As the words trailed off, a pale blue shadow emerged from the dragon scales on Luo Jiujiang's chest. The shadow was incomplete, revealing only Han Qianling's head and shoulders. It sat close to Luo Jiujiang, seemingly cuddling him in the dimly lit cave.
As Han Qianling's shadow appeared almost instantly, the excruciating pain in Luo Jiujiang's body gradually faded away, as if soothed by cool running water, until it almost disappeared.
"Qianling..." Luo Jiujiang sighed softly.
In the crisis just now, even the jade pendant given to him by Zhen Shuangliu did not move. Unexpectedly, it was the dragon scale that Han Qianling plucked off as if "casually" that reacted first.
How much thought had he put into this possible thrilling moment without even realizing it?
It would take one person to take into account thousands or tens of thousands of changes in order to be able to save Luo Jiujiang from the dire straits so perfectly.
Luo Jiujiang was filled with a myriad of emotions at the moment, with a hint of tenderness quietly flowing through his expression. The phantom of the dragon did not even take the next step, but paused for some unfathomable reason.
...Thinking about it carefully, he should really stop.
At the Seven-Day Feast, the entirety of the divine dragon was dismembered and exploited through various means, leaving not a single piece of it. Not only was his flesh and blood transformed into spiritual energy, but even his scales, horns, and even his soul were given to this new world. His flesh and blood became the first rain of the new world, a pungent, fishy scent. He met his end in this rain, while all remaining beings, visible and invisible, living and eternal, were reborn in his bloody rain.
From ancient times to the present, no one exists who does not live in the bath of His death.
Even if He were trapped here with only a tenuous hold on Him, He could still exact His blood debt from every living being that set foot here. Every being in the three thousand worlds with eyes, ears, and mouth owed Him a debt; and every being with a soul, a heart, and feelings was also inherently indebted to Him.
Therefore, even the forbidden jade pendant that Zhen Shuangliu left for Luo Jiujiang could not respond to the crisis at the moment, because the jade pendant also contained the blood of the Dragon God.
Yet, at this very moment, there was a being who could stand before his prey without hesitation, facing him without fear or guilt, and even so confidently say to him, "No."
Is there any living being in these three thousand worlds who can have a clear conscience towards Him?
If the spiritual consciousness left by the Dragon God here was not composed solely of paranoia and anger, if this spiritual consciousness had a little bit of thinking and perception ability besides devouring and destroying, if it could make the most basic response to the simplest words, it should know that such creatures exist.
This was the hatred that had ripped from him, born purely out of the Dragon God's melancholy and rage at that moment. He had gained new life within the mountain spirit and water spirit, but before he could even open his eyes, he had been suppressed for a full ten thousand years.
Even today, ten thousand years later, the hatred and anger in him have not been completely stripped away. If it were not for Luo Jiujiang as a "medium", he would even find it difficult to perceive the entire world.
...If we must say that there is any being in this world who has never owed the Dragon God anything, or even strictly speaking, the Dragon God owes something to his creatures, then it must be Han Qianling.
Now this one and only miracle, the one and only dragon queen in the Three Thousand Worlds, is facing her biological father head-on with openness and fearlessness.
The dragon god's consciousness resides in the essence of the five elements, while Han Qianling's consciousness resides in one of his own dragon scales.
This is a father versus son, a dragon versus a dragon, destruction versus protection; one of their emotions and thoughts is forever frozen in the moment of the seven-day world split, while the other becomes more vivid ten thousand years later.
One stood tall and slashed through chaos towards his end, while the other carved out human flesh and blood from the most filthy and extreme evil thoughts.
One is dead, the other is reborn.
The father and son, who had never met before, finally met each other. They stood in silence for a moment, reflecting each other like their own images.
Perhaps these ten thousand years of life had dulled the aura of the Dragon God's phantom. The pause lasted only a moment before it swung its claws again.
The dragon god's shadow shifted its gaze away from Han Qianling, seemingly ignoring him as if he were nonexistent or invisible. It roared at Luo Jiujiang once more, its voice filled with determination, clearly determined to squeeze every last drop of blood from him.
The powerful suction force came towards him again. Luo Jiujiang gritted his teeth, but the pain of peeling that should have swept over his body did not come.
There was a faint sound in front of him, as if Han Qianling sighed.
Luo Jiujiang raised his eyes and found that Han Qianling's pale shadow was flickering with fluorescent light.
"Father, I, the unworthy son Han Qianling, am here. This is our first meeting, and I have something important to tell you now."
Han Qianling's tone was still as polite and steady as ever, even though he was facing a mechanical spirit that seemed to have no ability to think, even though he was facing his own father.
...From a certain perspective, this is also because his biological father was the one who created his current situation.
"The purpose of my coming out at this moment is not to see you, but to protect the person behind me." Han Qianling's tone was leisurely and unhurried, and it sounded as if he had thousands of words to say later. Now he had just started, so there was no need to rush.
However, Luo Jiujiang was keenly aware of the danger in his voice.
"Qianling!"
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