Chapter 564 - 255: Dragon Mansion Changes Hands, New Emperor Crowned (2)

It can be said that in this short period of less than half a year, Lu Wenwu’s progress has been greater than the sum of all his previous rest periods spent exploring and cultivating on his own.

Vision, strength, experience, methods, combat thinking... all abilities have received a substantial enhancement.

If he could, Lu Wenwu really wanted to keep cultivating like this forever.

Having a master to guide him compared to walking alone, the speed of improvement is simply worlds apart.

But he cannot.

All good things must come to an end.

As of today, everything has finally reached the time to say goodbye.

Lu Wenwu looked at the old Dragon Emperor, whose form was already somewhat dim and ethereal, speaking in a low voice: "Uncle Ao..."

"What’s with all this fuss? It’s just that this wisp of my residual soul is about to disappear, it’s not like I’m actually dead." The old Dragon Emperor smiled, "You kid, keep cultivating well, and when the time comes, go to the Immortal Realm to find my true self, it’s the same."

"...It’s not the same." Lu Wenwu muttered indistinctly, "How could it... be the same..."

A wisp of a split soul separated for over ten thousand years, can it really still be considered the same person as the true self?

Just like a reincarnated body that has had its memories completely erased, can it still be considered the same individual as its past life?

This is a profound philosophical question.

Lu Wenwu is not a philosopher, he only thinks from his emotional standpoint.

In his view, memory and cognition are the important components of personality, and cannot simply be differentiated through the soul body.

When the split soul and the true self have absorbed enough different memories, they have already forever separated into two completely different individuals.

Even if in the future Lu Wenwu can really break the world barrier and go to the Immortal Realm of this Cultivation Realm and meet the real Ao Wanhai, so what?

To him, the other party is merely Ao Wanhai, not the old Dragon Emperor who taught him like a senior for half a year.

That is merely a similar flower.

"Alright, let’s not dwell on it. Before the old dragon leaves, there is one last thing to be done."

The old Dragon Emperor once again came over, patting Lu Wenwu on the back.

This time, the pat felt somewhat illusory, like soft candy.

The scene before their eyes blurred and they were already in the giant hall where Lu Wenwu first met the old Dragon Emperor, beside the massive treasure couch designed specifically for the dragon body.

"Get up there, kid. This sea that’s been vacant for exactly eleven thousand eight hundred and sixty-three years should welcome a new emperor. This is our family’s private land, having no Dragon Emperor to manage it, what’s that about? Hmm... although there’s not much left."

The old Dragon Emperor chuckled and pointed, and Lu Wenwu felt an irresistible powerful force acting upon him.

It was a resonance originating from his bloodline, and the entire Dragon Mansion was releasing a strong sense of yearning.

Lu Wenwu, unable to control himself, transformed into the Purgatory Dragon, hovering majestically above the treasure couch like the depictions in murals, embodying a figure of utmost dignity.

Endless light flickered, a brilliant golden power surged from the spirit vein, racing up the mountain peak made entirely of spirit stones and rare materials, reaching all the way to the Dragon Palace!

The next moment, that crystal-like Dragon Palace shone like a beacon!

A crown composed entirely of golden light condensed from all directions, forming a dazzling crown above Lu Wenwu’s head.

When the crown resonated with Lu Wenwu, the whole Dragon Mansion seemed to be activated, radiating multicolored lights.

The initially concealed arrays all shut down automatically, and the lavishly architected true body of the Dragon Mansion was projected over the entire ocean!

All demon beasts with dragon bloodline in their bodies and aquatic races around the world, regardless of what they were doing, all froze at the same time.

They felt something in their hearts and instinctively looked towards the location where the Water Mansion’s projection appeared.

A new Dragon Emperor succeeded the old one.

At this moment, a new Dragon Emperor was born!

The ocean and the aquatic race now have a new ruler!

Many aquatic races who had refined their bloodlines to the peak were even so overjoyed that they trembled with excitement.

They sensed the legendary Transformed Dragon Sect!

As long as they ascend the Dragon Sect, they could transform into True Dragons and truly become at the top of the food chain!

At this moment, the entire world trembled.

The whole Demon Race was boiling!

Countless flood dragons leapt from their lairs, not even bothering to conceal their tracks as they rushed to the sea, hoping to pay homage to the new Dragon Emperor and seize the chance to transform into a dragon.

Inside the hall, the old Dragon Emperor still wore that laughing demeanor.

His already faint eyebrows were filled with kindness and satisfaction as he looked at Lu Wenwu, who had completed the handover ceremony.

"Uncle Ao..."

Lu Wenwu felt a stuffiness in his heart, calling out softly.

"Kid, it’s time to change what you call me. Now you should call me the former emperor."

"Haha! Old dragon, I’m off!"

The old Dragon Emperor’s form flickered, suddenly transforming into a majestic Divine Dragon soaring upwards.

That dragon figure rose higher and faster, and the pressure it exerted became more formidable, but its splendid and majestic form gradually turned transparent, until it finally dashed out of the Dragon Mansion and dispersed completely into the vast ocean.

Having obtained full control of the Dragon Mansion, Lu Wenwu descended, burying his head into his body, coiling up like a snake.

At this moment, his ears were still echoing the last words the old Dragon Emperor left him.

"Child, finish your business and go back early, it’s not safe here."

Lu Wenwu didn’t want to think about all those miscellaneous things.

His mind was very complex now.

Other than re-concealing the Dragon Mansion and curling up into a dragon coil to daze, he didn’t want to do anything else.

"What... what’s happened?"

Astonished, the voice of the Celestial Fire Demon God floated out from the Life and Death Talisman.

When Lu Wenwu had fully become the Dragon Emperor, he, who had been suppressed the entire time, was released.

"Brother Wu, where’s that especially big, especially terrifying True Dragon from before? Did it do anything to you? And you... how did you... how did you become like this..."

In a state of suppression, the Celestial Fire Demon God had no concept of time passing.

In his perception, they were still in the moment from half a year ago when they first entered the Dragon Palace Hall.

One second, they came across a majestic True Dragon, and the next instant, he was suppressed by its terrifying aura.

The next second, Lu Wenwu had already transformed into an equally formidable True Dragon, coiled on that massive treasure couch, with a splendid crown exuding intense pressure above his head.

The disheartened Lu Wenwu didn’t want to open his mouth to explain, nor did he want to speak.

He grabbed the Life and Death Talisman and tossed it directly into the Spirit Heaven Cave Heaven, having Mao Mao handle any questions.

During this period of cultivation in the Spirit Heaven Cave Heaven, Mao Mao witnessed the entire process, which the old Dragon Emperor tacitly agreed to after recognizing Lu Wenwu.

What does a Divine Beast signify?

As long as it steadily continued with cultivation, it may not become the next White Tiger Divine Monarch but wouldn’t be much worse.

Even if the White Tiger Divine Monarch here wasn’t the Four Symbols God full of philosophical and symbolic significance from the Divine Continent myth, it was still an extremely important God of War, the absolute main force in battlefield warfare, in the Immortal Realm.

This discovery further strengthened the old Dragon Emperor’s conviction that Lu Wenwu possessed immense fortune.

Only those with great fortune can be recognized by a Divine Beast!

Entrusting the Dragon Mansion to him, no problem!

As long as he is alive, their branch of the Dragon Race will not be doomed!

However, Lu Wenwu didn’t know the old Dragon Emperor’s true thoughts.

Just as the Celestial Fire Demon God in the Spirit Heaven Cave Heaven’s shock echoed over and over, just as the outside world was rocked by an 18 magnitude earthquake over the succession of a new Dragon Emperor, and the reappearance of the True Dragon Race for the first time in over ten thousand years, Lu Wenwu only felt unmotivated and tired.

Unconsciously, he fell asleep just like that, curled up on the treasure couch of the hall.

Slept very deeply, very deeply.

Since the beginning of the last trial, he had been in a constantly tense state; heaven knows how long it’s been since he fully relaxed.

Unnoticed, the accumulated weariness within Lu Wenwu was gradually cleared away, and fatigue was slowly dissipating from his soul and spirit.

He was now like a sharp sword in slumber being polished free of rust.

When that sword is once again honed to brightness and sharpness, the world will be astonished once it is unsheathed!