Chapter 0378: Anomaly in the Ancestral Dragon Pool
Above the entire True Dragon Hall, there was only silence—silence within the Ancestral Dragon Pool, where the Yellow Dragon was undergoing evolution and transformation, and silence outside the pool, where Donald was watching the Yellow Dragon.
Gradually, an inexplicably oppressive atmosphere began to fill the hall. At first, Donald didn’t notice it, but as the pressure grew heavier, he finally felt a strange sense of threat. He looked around the hall, but everything seemed normal—nothing out of the ordinary. Could it be? A thought flashed through Donald’s mind, and his gaze shifted to the Yellow Dragon above the pool.
Since there was nothing abnormal in the hall, the only explanation was that the oppressive aura came from the Yellow Dragon itself. Yet, the Yellow Dragon sitting in the pool appeared unchanging, its glow only becoming stronger—a normal phenomenon for anyone entering the pool to evolve. Donald frowned.
Suddenly, the entire Ancestral Dragon Pool changed. A dazzling blue light emanated from it, and the mist on the pool’s surface grew thicker. The dragon-shaped silhouette that had formed began to take on a solid form.
“What… is this?!” Donald’s eyes widened in shock.
The dragon-shaped silhouette in the mist had always remained unchanged over time, and they were used to it. Even their supreme god couldn’t explain its origin. Now, it was changing?!
Under Donald’s astonished and incredulous gaze, the silhouette eventually developed dragon scales, each one shining with a golden light. To his surprise, as the dragon claws formed, they turned out to be five—very similar to those of the Golden Dragon behind the Yellow Dragon.
Previously, they could only vaguely see the dragon’s shape in the pool’s silhouette and couldn’t determine its exact form.
As the silhouette changed, Donald snapped out of his shock, feeling at a loss. The Ancestral Dragon Pool was the most important asset of the Luning family. Without hesitation, he quickly formed a stone talisman to send a message to Kennedy and the others.
At the Luning family headquarters…
“What? Huang Hai entered the Ancestral Dragon Pool, and it’s experiencing an anomaly?!” Kennedy was shocked after receiving Donald’s message.
The Heavenly Dragon Space was not like the Ancestral Dragon Pool. The latter was crucial for the survival and inheritance of the Luning family. If something unpredictable really happened, Kennedy couldn’t afford to take any risks.
Startled, Kennedy didn’t care about anything else and immediately vanished, heading toward Mount Ancestral Dragon. At the same time, he passed on the news to the other elders of the Runing family. In an instant, 107 powerful auras arose as they all rushed toward the Ancestral Dragon Hall on Mount Ancestral Dragon.
Inside the Ancestral Dragon Hall, after the dragon-shaped shadow in the Ancestral Dragon Pool developed scales, its five claws extended as it raised its head and roared.
The sound of the dragon’s roar penetrated Mount Ancestral Dragon and reached the heavens. Not only those at the Runing family’s headquarters but also all the descendants across the vast territory of the Runing family, spanning countless billions of miles, could hear it clearly.
When the dragon’s roar sounded, everyone, including Kennedy and the elders who had arrived, felt their souls tremble.
Inside the Ancestral Dragon Hall, Donald was even pushed back by the force.
A powerful aura forced this peerless warrior to the edge of the hall.
When Kennedy and the elders arrived, they witnessed a scene they would never forget: the dragon-shaped, five-clawed golden dragon had taken physical form and was circling the yellow dragon in the Ancestral Dragon Pool, with waves of dragon energy filling the entire hall.
The yellow dragon sat in the pool with its eyes closed, unaware of what was happening around it. It felt as if it were lying in an ocean of condensed dragon energy, surrounded and nourished by pure dragon energy, making its body light as air. Its soul, damaged during rebirth, was gradually recovering at an astonishing speed.
“Elder,” Donald said, flashing to Kennedy’s side as soon as he saw them arrive and pushed to the edge of the hall by the powerful aura. He bowed and felt relieved.
Kennedy glanced at Donald with a bitter smile. This Huang Hai truly caused endless worries. Back in the Tianlong Space, it had disrupted the airflow there, preventing other descendants from absorbing and integrating dragon energy. Now, it had caused such a huge disturbance.
“Elder, what should we do now?!” Boris, the second elder, asked in shock, pulling his gaze away from the Ancestral Dragon Pool. Everyone turned to look at Kennedy.
Kennedy frowned.
Such a situation had never occurred in the Runing family, and he didn’t know how to decide.
Stop it? This wasn’t like in the Tianlong Space. Back then, if they tried to stop Huang Hai from absorbing dragon energy, it would backfire, causing only minor damage to the yellow dragon. But if they forced it to stop evolving now, it was foreseeable that Huang Hai would suffer backlash from the Ancestral Dragon Pool, having a severe negative impact on its future cultivation. It might even stop evolving altogether, or worse, regress and become useless!
“Chieftain, we can’t hesitate anymore,” said Elder Bishop urgently. “Although the Yellow Sea is important, the Ancestral Dragon Pool is even more crucial. If something goes wrong with the Ancestral Dragon Pool and it collapses, none of us can bear the consequences!”
“That’s right, Chieftain. We mustn’t hesitate now,” agreed another elder who supported Bishop. “No matter how important Huang Hai is, it’s not more important than the continuation and inheritance of the Runing family!”
Soon, many elders voiced their agreement.
Donald almost spoke, but ultimately stayed silent.
Kennedy frowned. “Huang Hai is someone assigned by the Supreme God. We should report this to the Supreme God first and make a decision based on His judgment.”
Whether Huang Hai was the legendary figure or not, the Supreme God had instructed that he be given special care. Moreover, Huang Hai’s talent was unprecedented—something not seen in trillions of years. Kennedy didn’t want to make such a decision unless it was absolutely necessary.
“This matter is of great significance. We indeed should report it to the Supreme God,” said Basel, who had remained silent until now.
Seeing that both Kennedy and Basel agreed, Bishop and the others couldn’t say anything more.
Indeed, Huang Hai was no ordinary member of the family; they needed to report this to the Supreme God.
Kennedy held the stone talisman left by the Supreme God, explained the situation with the Ancestral Dragon Pool, and then waited with everyone for the Supreme God’s reply.
Once again, the Ancestral Dragon Hall fell silent.
Bishop stared at the yellow dragon inside the Ancestral Dragon Pool, his heart filled with complexity, resentment, and even a hint of jealousy—a truly unpleasant feeling.
He could still vividly recall how the yellow dragon had broken through from the mid-stage god level to the peak of that stage after entering the Dragon Heavens Space.
“Is Huang Hai about to break through again?! If that happens, the yellow dragon will have broken through three times in just over a hundred years. Bishop didn’t know how to express his thoughts anymore.”
Whether or not there would be another breakthrough, it was clear that if the yellow dragon continued to evolve like this, its future cultivation would undoubtedly benefit greatly.
Bishop’s expression was unpredictable.
The others also had mixed feelings.
Inside the Ancestral Dragon Pool, the yellow dragon remained seated in meditation. If anyone paid close attention, they would notice faint strands of dark gray mist emanating from its body. However, these strands were extremely subtle, and coupled with the mist in the pool, Kennedy, Bishop, and the others upstairs failed to detect them.
These strands of black-gray mist were actually impurities within Yellow Dragon’s physical body. Despite having consumed various refined elixirs, immortal pills, and sacred fruits over the years, and continuously cultivating and refining his body, impurities still remained. Now, however, these impurities were gradually evaporating from Yellow Dragon’s body.
“The Lord God has replied!” Kennedy suddenly spoke up in the silence, then took out the stone talisman.
Bishop and the others turned their attention away from Yellow Dragon and looked at Kennedy.
“The Lord God says she will come in person. We must wait and not act rashly!” Seeing the reply on the stone talisman, Kennedy breathed a sigh of relief, then spoke to everyone, his gaze sweeping over them sternly.
To everyone’s surprise, the Lord God would actually come all the way from the Godly Space?!
“Yes, Clan Leader!” The elders dared not defy him and replied respectfully.
“However, Clan Leader, even if the Lord God comes from the Godly Space, she won’t make it in time,” Bishop said after responding respectfully.
“That’s the Lord God’s will. Do you dare disobey?!” Kennedy asked, his tone sharpening as he looked at Bishop.
“Bishop dares not,” Bishop replied hastily, feeling anxious.
The will of the great Lord God was indeed something no mere peerless warrior like him could defy.
Thus, everyone stood in the great hall, gazing at Yellow Dragon in the Ancestral Dragon Pool, waiting for the arrival of the Lord God.
Time passed slowly.
An hour, two hours, four hours went by.
Fortunately, so far, no serious consequences had occurred.
But when Yellow Dragon entered the Ancestral Dragon Pool to evolve and transform for four hours, Kennedy and the others grew inexplicably nervous.
“Hehe, this Yellow Sea—how long do you think it can last?” Basel suddenly spoke up, breaking the somewhat dull and tense atmosphere in the hall.
The elders exchanged glances but couldn’t come up with an answer right away.
“Clan Leader, what do you think?” Basel turned to look at Kennedy.
Kennedy pondered for a moment and said, “Four and a half hours.”
Four and a half hours was already Kennedy’s highest estimate for Yellow Dragon. After all, Bishop’s own evolution and transformation had taken less than four and a half hours.
Hearing Kennedy’s estimate, Bishop’s expression darkened. He glanced in the direction of the Ancestral Dragon Pool and sneered inwardly, “Four and a half hours? Absolute nonsense!”
Basel gave Bishop a meaningful look before smiling at Kennedy and saying, “My opinion is similar to the Clan Leader’s.”
After Basel spoke, the hall fell silent once again.
As they waited, time seemed to pass extremely slowly.
Yet as everyone waited, half an hour gradually passed. When Huang Long entered the Ancestral Dragon Pool after four and a half hours, everyone’s expressions turned serious—filled with surprise, shock, and disbelief. Even Kennedy and Bazel no longer showed their previous ease. Four and a half hours later… five hours—approaching!