Chapter 6182 Where is the Justice?
“Lord Long Chen!”
The Sovereign sprouts immediately dropped to one knee, greeting Long Chen with reverence.
“There’s no need for that,” said Long Chen, quickly helping them up. “You can just greet me normally in the future.”
Long Chen didn’t like to see people kneeling toward him. In the same vein, his knees would not bend to anyone other than his mother and father.
“Lord Long Chen, without you, we would never have reached this level. You are our lord—no, our king! For us to kneel to our king is simply our way of expressing our veneration. We kneel to you because of the gratitude and respect in our hearts,” said one disciple emotionally.
Long Chen was baffled. What does he mean? What happened?
Just as the disciple was about to explain, a Sovereign Lord arrived in a flash and quickly bowed.
“Lord Long Chen, you’ve returned! The Domain Protector has been waiting a long time. Follow me over, quickly!”
“The Domain Protector is looking for me?” asked Long Chen, surprised and confused.
“I think it’s best if the Domain Protector explains directly,” the Sovereign Lord replied, leading him toward the Dragon Domain’s palace.
It was almost funny. The last time Long Chen had visited, he’d been blocked at the gate and had to fight his way in. Now, the entire Dragon Domain revered him as a god. Everyone he passed bowed with deep respect, not daring to be the slightest bit rude.
The palace was the same as before. So was the Domain Protector—except now, he was a seventh Heavenstage Sovereign Lord.
Inside the palace stood hundreds of experts, with the weakest among them at mid-stage Sovereign Lord level. Furthermore, nine late-stage Sovereign Lords were present, each radiating an aura stronger than the Domain Protector himself.
This time, Long Chen bore witness to the Heaven Dragon Law Domain’s thick foundation. It was truly worthy of being the dragon race’s strongest Dragon Domain.
To Long Chen’s shock, everyone in the palace—including the Domain Protector—dropped to one knee when he appeared.
“Greetings, Lord Long Chen!”
“Domain Protector, don’t do this!” Long Chen rushed forward, trying to lift him up.
However, the Domain Protector remained kneeling. He said, “Lord Long Chen, we are aware of everything that happened in the Sovereign Domain. Please forgive us for our previous rudeness, our sins. From today onward, the dragon race will forever follow you.”
Long Chen was completely baffled. Why were all these Sovereign Lords kneeling to him? He had no idea what to make of it.
“What rudeness? What sins? Domain Protector, I think you really need to explain this to me,” said Long Chen quickly.
Only then did the Domain Protector slowly rise, followed by the others.
“Lord Long Chen, please take a seat,” said the Domain Protector.
He wanted Long Chen to take the central throne—the largest of the nine thrones in the palace.𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
This throne had remained unoccupied for countless years. Even the Domain Protector had always sat on a side throne. That central seat was reserved for the true Sovereign—the undisputed ruler of the dragon race.
Although many dragon experts had dreamed of sitting in that spot, they only dreamed. No one actually dared to. Only the primal chaos Dragon Sovereign had once claimed it.
Now, however, Long Chen was the first since that time who had gained the full approval of the Dragon Domain’s experts. Every single one of them was willing to offer him that seat.
“Domain Protector, what...?” Long Chen trailed off, staring at the throne. He didn’t know its history, but even he could tell what it symbolized.
With a smile on his face, the Domain Protector explained, “It’s just a seat, not the Sovereign King Crown. It won’t restrict your freedom. You abandoned the crown and returned the dragon race’s karmic luck to us. Other than the Primal Chaos Dragon Sovereign, only you are qualified to sit there. After all, you’ve inherited his legacy—you’re his disciple. And for a disciple to sit in his master’s seat... that is only fitting.”
Long Chen hesitated. It seemed that if he refused, there would be a long argument. Hence, he could only thicken his face.
“In that case, this little one will comply.”
He sat down.
As he did, only three late-stage Sovereign Lords took seats on the side thrones. The others respectfully stood to the sides, and the atmosphere in the palace became rather serious.
The Domain Protector broke the silence by saying, “Lord Long Chen, you’ve finally returned. If you hadn’t come back soon, we were going to look for you. I believe you’ve already heard about the heaven region’s battlefield, right?”
Long Chen nodded.
The Domain Protector continued, “Our Heaven Dragon Law Domain has an entrance to that battlefield. Currently, we have over ten million Sovereign sprouts—”
“Hold it! How many?!” Long Chen interjected.
Long Chen’s shocked appearance made all the dragon experts smile with gratification.
The Domain Protector explained, “Lord Long Chen, you did not mishear. We have over ten million Sovereign sprouts, and it is all thanks to you. When you destroyed the Sovereign King Crown, you released countless years of accumulated karmic luck. That karmic luck surged through the dragon race. The Heavenly Daos and the dragon veins fused. As the strongest Dragon Domain, we absorbed the largest share.”
Now it all made sense to Long Chen. Even the gate guards were Sovereign sprouts—because the Domain had that many to spare.
Once, a Sovereign sprout was a peerless treasure. Now, in the Heaven Dragon Law Domain, they were as common as grass.
The Domain Protector continued, “We also have thirty thousand divine sprouts. Most of them possess fewer than fifty Sovereign flames. But we also have 1,057 divine sprouts with over fifty flames. 193 of them have surpassed one hundred flames, and sixteen of them have surpassed two hundred.
And one of those sixteen... is from your Dragonblood Legion.”
“My Dragonblood Legion has someone with two hundred Sovereign flames?” Long Chen jumped in shock. “Is it Gu Yang?”
“Not him. It is that youngster called Guo Ran,” replied the Domain Protector.
“Guo Ran?”
Long Chen stared at the Domain Protector in disbelief. The lazy slacker, who refused to move if not pushed, had two hundred Sovereign flames? Where was the justice in that?
“Ah, speaking of that, has anyone broken through three hundred Sovereign flames yet?” Long Chen asked as he thought of Long Biluo.
The Domain Protector shook his head.
He replied, “Not yet. Our Dragon Domain’s number one genius is Di Mengyao. She has 247 Sovereign flames. With the dragon race’s current karmic luck and her unparalleled talent, I believe no one in the entire nine heavens will reach three hundred Sovereign flames faster than her.”
When Long Chen heard this, his heart shook. That meant Long Biluo was truly a monster.