Chapter 6584 Unstoppable Rise
“Lord Long Chen!”
Hearing that Long Chen had arrived, the Domain Protector immediately rushed over to welcome him. Seeing Long Chen safe and sound, he finally relaxed.
News of the white-robed Long Chen destroying the Brahma holy land had long since reached them. Rumors then claimed that he had returned to the heaven region’s battlefield through a spatial crack, only to fall unconscious and be carried away by the Rainbow Cranes. After that, all reports ceased.
In truth, the Rainbow Cranes had run into the sweeping elder on their way back to the academy, and he directly took them to the first academy. Thus, anyone attempting to tail them lost the trail, and their only report was that Long Chen had vanished.
As for the news of Long Chen going to the Zither Sect and Jiuli City, they had yet to reach this place, so the Domain Protector still feared the worst.
“Where is the domain lord?” asked Long Chen.
“The domain lord and the other elders are trying to awaken the white dragon patriarch,” the Domain Protector replied with a weary smile. “We’ve all been dreading some unexpected accident during this period. They should emerge from seclusion soon.”
Long Chen hastily said, “I’m already back, so we don’t need to awaken the patriarch, right?”
The Domain Protector answered, “It’s fine. The heaven region’s battlefield’s destruction has triggered a chain reaction across the nine heavens and the Primal Chaos World. The laws of both worlds are beginning to intermingle. It is time for the patriarchs to awaken.”
Long Chen suddenly thought of Ye Boran, who had left seclusion and appeared in Jiuli City. That meant Divine Sovereigns could now once more travel freely through the nine heavens.
Long Chen then asked about the current situation of the Heaven Dragon Law Domain.
The Domain Protector replied, “Lord Long Chen, you brought so few people into the heaven region’s battlefield. As a result, those left behind never got to participate, and now every brat in the dragon race is burning with resentment.”
The dragon race had reached an unprecedented power. Countless geniuses were emerging like bamboo after spring rain.
Over ten million hundred-flame divine sprouts were ready to go to the battlefield, but Long Chen only brought a hundred thousand of them. Because of that, the dragon race nearly erupted in rebellion.
Fortunately, Long Chen had given the order. If anyone else had issued it, the disciples would never have accepted it. They wouldn’t go down without a fight.
The ones left behind felt wronged beyond reason. They had missed the greatest battle of their era. Now, the higher-ups were busy awakening the white dragon patriarch, leaving only the Domain Protector to manage everything. He had exhausted himself running around putting out fires day and night.
These heavenly geniuses were itching to undergo their tribulation. They swore that after they became Divine Emperors, they would get revenge on all factions that had dared to attack Long Chen.
But without entering the heaven region’s battlefield, they had no way to reach the One Merger realm, no way to condense essence runes, and no way to skip the Divine Emperor realm and directly become Sovereign Lords.
Their cultivation realm was now lagging behind, and they were in immense danger. They felt like this era was slipping past them, leaving them behind.
And Long Chen was the reason why.
Seeing those who had entered the battlefield return stronger than ever only worsened their jealousy. A dangerous undercurrent now churned within the dragon race. These geniuses were stubborn to the bone. If they clashed, the entire race would be thrown into chaos.
The only one capable of controlling them was Long Chen. Thus, the Domain Protector had been anxiously waiting for him to return.
Even the gatekeepers were the Domain Protector’s handpicked subordinates. He didn’t dare to let ordinary disciples guard the entrance. Otherwise, they could kill every visitor out of sheer rage. He couldn’t trust their self-restraint.
Unfortunately, the Dragonblood Legion and the allied experts had suffered heavy wounds and were still recuperating. Otherwise, a few of the Dragonblood warriors would have been enough to control the situation.
Without them, the lonely Domain Protector was overwhelmed.
“Lord Long Chen...”
As news of Long Chen’s return spread through the Dragon Domain, countless heavenly geniuses rushed over to see him. In an instant, their giant plaza became packed.
Long Chen looked over the crowd of fervent gazes and felt a swell of emotion.
He said, “Brothers and sisters of the dragon race, thank you for your trust in me. You’ve made a major sacrifice for the dragon race.”
“Lord Long Chen, you are our king! Our lives are yours! What is this compared to that?!” shouted one of them.
The Domain Protector shot that disciple a dark look. That very brat had been the one causing the most trouble.
“Lord Long Chen, let us undergo our tribulation! Once we become Divine Emperors, our dragon race will crush our enemies!”
“We’ll make those traitors pay! Lord Long Chen fought to the death for the nine heavens, but they didn’t show even a sliver of gratitude!”
“We will bring justice! We will make them pay in blood!”
The dragon race’s disciples shouted crazily, their emotions ablaze. A single command from Long Chen would unleash a legion of fearless dragons across the nine heavens.
Feeling his own blood heating up, Long Chen announced, “Brothers and sisters, naturally I had my reasons for not letting you enter the heaven region’s battlefield. But don’t worry. I guarantee you will not fall behind.”
“What?”
“Really?”
“Lord Long Chen, are you just consoling us?”
These disciples were astonished. Was Long Chen saying that they could skip the Divine Emperor realm as well?
Long Chen eyed the mountain of Heavenly Dao Fruits in the primal chaos space. There was no way to count how many of them there were.
In that final battle, he had slain far too many experts. Tens of millions belonged to the dragon race—both from the nine heavens and the outside world.
Long Chen quickly sent out orders. Every hundred-flame divine sprout was to enter seclusion, and he personally distributed the Heavenly Dao Fruits for them.
After he was done, thirteen million heavenly geniuses of the dragon race quickly condensed Sovereign flames one after another. Most received One Merger Heavenly Dao Fruits, which allowed them to form essence runes directly. The rest were capable of condensing 999 flames and would have to merge them on their own before forming an essence rune.
As they condensed flame after flame, they felt as though they had fallen into a dream.
Long Chen summoned the Seven Treasure Colored Glass Tree, accelerating their comprehension and rune condensation.
“Senior, don’t worry, the dragon race’s rise is unstoppable!” Long Chen promised.
Seeing so many elites condensing essence runes and comprehending law power, Long Chen felt a burst of pride.
After arranging things for these disciples, Long Chen left the rest of the dragon race’s Heavenly Dao Fruits to the Domain Protector so that he could choose who to give them to.
However, Long Chen warned him severely to keep the matter of the Heavenly Dao Fruits a secret. After all, while all the remaining Heavenly Dao Fruits were only of eight hundred Sovereign flames and below, they were still of immense value.
Only then did Long Chen head toward the rear of the Dragon Domain. It was a restricted area, where the Dragonblood Legion and the others were recovering.