Chapter 0377: Evolution in the Ancestral Dragon Pool

After telling Huang Long the time when he should enter the Ancestral Dragon Pool, Kennedy and Donald explained some specific details about what to expect once inside, such as things he needed to be cautious about.
Huang Long nodded, remembering everything.
A while later, Kennedy and Donald got up to leave. Before going, Kennedy glanced thoughtfully at Brad beside him.
With Huang Long’s farewell, Kennedy and Donald left the Sihai Mansion.
Huang Long was just a low-ranking direct descendant. The fact that Kennedy personally came to inform him about entering the Ancestral Dragon Pool showed how high his status was within the Luning family.
“Did you notice that high-ranking god named Brad by Huang Hai’s side?” Kennedy suddenly turned to Donald on the way back.
Donald didn’t understand what Kennedy meant. He remembered Brad by Huang Hai’s side and asked doubtfully, “Elder, what’s wrong? Is there something wrong with Brad?”
But he really hadn’t paid much attention to that high-ranking god. At a glance, it seemed like just an ordinary one.
Kennedy remained silent, lost in thought.
Donald followed quietly behind him.
Suddenly, Kennedy stopped in his tracks. “What did Huang Hai say about Brad’s identity?”
Donald replied, “It is said to be a friend Huang Hai met during a trial.”
“A friend from a trial,” Kennedy murmured, his eyes flickering. “Maybe my intuition was wrong.” Then, under Donald’s confused gaze, he added, “I initially felt that Brad’s strength was on par with yours, or even greater.”
“What?!” Donald exclaimed in shock, stopping in his tracks. “How is that possible?! If Brad’s strength is on par with mine or even greater, then doesn’t that mean he has the strength of our ten elders?!”
Kennedy nodded. “That’s what I initially thought, but it’s not certain. It’s hard to believe anyway.” He was referring to the idea that Huang Long could have a peerless powerhouse as a “friend.” Although Huang Long claimed Brad was his friend, it was obvious to everyone that Brad was likely Huang Long’s guard.
Huang Long, a newly risen high-ranking god, taking a peerless powerhouse as a guard? To put it bluntly, taking a peerless powerhouse as a subordinate—Kennedy wouldn’t believe it, nor would anyone else.
Moreover, Huang Long had just become a high-ranking god. By that logic, did he already have a peerless powerhouse as a subordinate when he was still a mid-ranking god before his ascension?
After being shocked, Donald suddenly laughed. “Elder, that’s impossible.”

Kennedy also nodded and said, “It must be my intuition that’s wrong.”
At this moment, in the Sihai Mansion, Bradd said to Huang Long with some concern, “Young master, do you think Kennedy might figure out my identity?”
Bradd wasn’t too worried about the others, but he couldn’t guarantee Kennedy and Bazel’s safety—after all, they were both Supreme Gods at the Great Perfection stage.
“Don’t worry, Kennedy won’t notice anything,” Huang Long said.
Before Kennedy and Bazel arrived, Huang Long had asked Bradd to bring his aura-suppressing talisman. Combined with Bradd’s own efforts to conceal his aura, Huang Long was confident that no one—except the Supreme God—could detect anything amiss, not even a Supreme God at the Great Perfection stage.
After hearing Huang Long’s words, Bradd was skeptical, thinking to himself, “Is that talisman the young master has really that effective?”
However, he was somewhat surprised by Huang Long addressing Kennedy by his clan leader’s title.
Huang Long, a direct descendant of the Runing family, addressing the clan leader by name?
After Kennedy and Donald left, Huang Long spent the next two days practicing in the Sihai Mansion.
With rumors spreading outside, Huang Long didn’t want to go out and end up in a scene crowded with thousands of people.
Two days passed, and finally, the day arrived when Huang Long would enter the Ancestral Dragon Pool.
That day, Huang Long followed the descendant sent by Donald to the Ancestral Dragon Mountain.
The Ancestral Dragon Pool wasn’t located within the Runing family’s main city but on the Ancestral Dragon Mountain behind it.
There were various legends about the Ancestral Dragon Mountain in the Netherworld. Some said it was the birthplace of the Runing Supreme God Susan, which is why the Runing family named it the Ancestral Dragon Mountain. Others claimed it existed even before Susan became the Supreme God, and she later practiced there before ascending to that status, hence the name.
Regardless of the legend, it was all related to Supreme God Susan.
“Susan,” Huang Long thought, standing in front of the Ancestral Dragon Mountain and gazing at the vast mountain range before him.
“Brother Huang Hai, the Ancestral Dragon Pool is right ahead. Let’s go,” said the Runing family’s Supreme God descendant who was leading Huang Long.
“Okay,” Huang Long nodded and followed the descendant toward the pool.
The closer they got to the pool, the more Huang Long felt as if some mysterious force was calling to him.
He found it strange.
Before long, the descendant landed Huang Long in front of a palace.
This palace consisted of a group of buildings connected together to form a single complex.
“This is the Ancestral Dragon Palace, Brother Huang Hai. Let’s go in,” the descendant said before leading Huang Long inside the palace.

After entering the palace, Huang Long followed the young man through various turns until they arrived at a side hall at the very center of the palace, where they stopped. This side hall was different from the others Huang Long had seen along the way—it was made of a light blue divine stone. “Could this be the Blue Sea Stone?” Huang Long thought to himself. The Blue Sea Stone, a divine stone originating from the deepest parts of the Nether Sea in the underworld, contained the purest essence of water energy. For divine-level experts who practiced water-based laws, this Blue Sea Stone was considered a sacred stone of the universe. However, it was said that only a few such stones existed throughout the entire underworld, and yet this side hall was made of it. “Huang Hai, you’ve arrived,” said Donald as Huang Long stepped in. “Elder Donald,” the young man and Huang Long bowed in greeting. Donald nodded and then said to the young man, “You’re not needed here. Go back first.” As the young man respectfully replied and turned to leave, Donald turned to Huang Long with a smile and said, “Come in with me.” Seeing Donald’s sudden smile, which seemed mysterious, Huang Long was puzzled but followed him into the side hall. Once inside, he felt a sense of freshness, as if he were in a spiritual sea. Huang Long realized this was the effect of the Blue Sea Stone. Looking around, he saw that the hall wasn’t very large, about three to four thousand square meters. The walls were covered with intricate symbols from this world that even Huang Long couldn’t understand. In the center of the hall was a pool covering nearly a thousand square meters, with mist swirling above it. Among the mist, a dragon shape could be faintly discerned—though not clearly—yet it conveyed a powerful sense of dragonly might. “Is this the Ancestral Dragon Pool?” Huang Long’s eyes narrowed. Through the misty dragon shape, he saw that the water in the pool was deep blue. “Yes, this is the Ancestral Dragon Pool,” Donald said, as if reading Huang Long’s thoughts, confirming his suspicion. Then he pointed at the pool and said, “This pool was created from the eye of a Chaos Divine Dragon.” “What?! Created from the eye of a Chaos Divine Dragon?!” Huang Long was shocked after hearing Donald’s words. He had never imagined that the Ancestral Dragon Pool, passed down through countless generations in the Luning family, could have originated from the eye of a Chaos Divine Dragon. “That’s right. You must have heard many rumors outside, but they’re all false,” Donald said. Huang Long nodded. There were many legends about the Ancestral Dragon Mountain, and naturally, there were even more legends surrounding this pool.

“This Chaos Divine Dragon, over a thousand Derivative Eras ago, for some unknown reason—perhaps killed by a more powerful enemy—had one of its eyes fall here to Zulong Mountain, where it was discovered by our Supreme God,” said Donald. “It is because of this eye that our Supreme God named it Zulong Mountain.”
Huang Long was surprised; so that was the origin of Zulong Mountain!
But over a thousand Derivative Eras ago?! According to the records of the Netherworld, the Netherworld itself was born just over a thousand Derivative Eras ago. So did this Chaos Divine Dragon exist even before the birth of the Netherworld? After all, according to Donald, this dragon had already perished over a thousand Derivative Eras ago.
“Enough about these things for now,” Donald interrupted Huang Long’s thoughts and continued, “You must be eager to enter this Zulong Pool. Go ahead and evolve within it now.” After a pause, he joked, “You won’t cause such a big disturbance this time, like when you entered the Heavenly Dragon Space, right?”
Huang Long smiled.
Under Donald’s watchful eyes, Huang Long flew into the Zulong Pool.
As soon as Huang Long entered the pool, a force emerged from the water’s surface, lifting him above it. Standing outside the pool, Huang Long hadn’t felt anything unusual, but once inside, he sensed the dragon energy in his body boiling like burning blood. At the same time, a faint dragon roar echoed throughout the pool.
Hearing this faint roar, Donald grew anxious and let out an exclamation. He stared at the pool, but aside from that faint roar, nothing seemed abnormal, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
“But what was that dragon roar just now?” Donald frowned.
In the Luning family, no member, including them, had ever heard a dragon roar when entering the Zulong Pool.
When Huang Long entered the pool, his dragon blood boiled, prompting him to activate the “Water-Fire Dual Dragon Technique.” Under Donald’s gaze, a shadow of a five-clawed golden dragon appeared behind Huang Long.
“How long will Huang Hai’s transformation and evolution last? Probably about four hours?” Standing inside the pool, Donald watched Huang Long.
The longer the evolution in the Zulong Pool, the more beneficial it would be for future cultivation. Generally, direct descendants could sustain it for at most half an hour; those with blood concentration above 60 could last nearly an hour, while the elders like them could last around four hours, with Kennedy and Bazel approaching five hours.