Because this little head was not the small, downy, black-eyed head one might imagine. On the contrary, it was a tiny dragon head with a pair of small horns, very young.
And it was not majestic like those True Dragons or Demon Dragons. Instead, it opened a pair of large, pitch-black, bright eyes. Its whole body appeared very tender and pink, with a special, chubby, pinkish look, appearing quite adorable, reminding Ye Chen of the Golden Little Divine Dragon.
"A dragon?"
All three parties were stunned. However, as the cocoon of light slowly cracked open, the little creature's appearance was completely revealed. It was not a dragon. It had a dragon's head, but the body of a horse, also covered in azure-gold dragon scales. It was none other than the famous Qilin.
The Qilin, its fame not inferior to the Four Great Sacred Spirits—the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—was also a renowned Chaos Sacred Spirit from the Mythological Era, representing auspiciousness and good fortune.
None of the three parties had expected that what emerged from the crimson-gold cocoon of light would be such a tender, young azure-gold Qilin. Its whole body appeared so endearingly clumsy, very pink and cute, opening its large, pitch-black, bright eyes to look from afar at Ye Chen, the Crimson Scale Giant Dragon, and the Dragon Tomb Will, appearing somewhat timid and pitiable.
Among them, the most shocked was Ye Chen. What had transformed into the crimson-gold cocoon of light was originally a mysterious, bird-like little creature covered in crimson-gold down. Now, having broken out of the cocoon, it had actually turned into a tender, pinkish azure-gold little Qilin. Wasn't this somewhat unbelievable?
Moreover, its entire aura had undergone a shocking change, completely different from the aura of the little creature Ye Chen had sensed before. Yet, Ye Chen clearly felt that deep within the little Qilin's soul, there was a familiar mark connected to him, closely linked.
"Little Dot!"
Ye Chen tried calling softly. The little Qilin tilted its small head, opening its large eyes to look at Ye Chen. Within its bright, large eyes was a hint of confusion, as if it didn't know who Ye Chen was. Yet, it also felt a sense of familiarity from the depths of its soul towards Ye Chen. It then looked at the Crimson Scale Giant Dragon and the Dragon Tomb Will.
It especially looked a few more times at the Crimson Scale Giant Dragon. Within its large, pitch-black, bright eyes was a trace of bewilderment, feeling that this huge existence before it seemed familiar. However, it was also like a newborn infant, not recognizing it, only feeling a certain soul-deep familiarity similar to what it felt towards Ye Chen.
Whoosh—
Almost transforming into a streak of azure-gold light, the little Qilin shot into the arms of the Great Emperor's reincarnation. The little Qilin, about the size of a small dog, landed in his embrace. The Great Emperor's reincarnation held the little Qilin, gently stroking it with a tender hand, softly saying, "Be good, everything will be alright."
The little Qilin could understand Ye Chen's words, nodding its little head, appearing very endearingly clumsy, innocent, and cute.
The Crimson Scale Giant Dragon looked at the little Qilin and said, "Don't you recognize me?"
The little Qilin lifted its small head, saw the Crimson Scale Giant Dragon's majestic, ferocious dragon head again, and hurriedly burrowed into the Great Emperor's reincarnation's embrace, its large black eyes filled with fear.
But deep within its eyes, a trace of bewilderment emerged again, because that seemingly ferocious giant dragon also made it feel a certain familiarity.
Seeing this scene, the Crimson Scale Giant Dragon sighed softly, "It seems you have truly lost all your memories."
"What do you mean?" Ye Chen looked at the Crimson Scale Giant Dragon, waiting for an explanation.
The Crimson Scale Giant Dragon did not answer but asked instead, "Before answering that question, I'd like to know, was the previous form of this little Qilin a creature of a different species?"
"How did you know!" Ye Chen was startled.
"If that's the case, then my guess is mostly correct." The Crimson Scale Giant Dragon nodded, then, without waiting for Ye Chen to ask personally, it proactively said, "You should also be able to tell, I am not a living being, but a dead dragon, right?"
Ye Chen nodded and said, "You should be a sentience that was reborn from the old body of the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor."
"That's correct. My existence is precisely that." The Crimson Scale Giant Dragon did not hide it, saying, "The Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor, with his profound cultivation back then, achieved the ultimate evolution through his own power, broke free from the constraints of his old body, evolved into the pure-blooded True Dragon of myth and legend, leaving behind his original Crimson Scale Demon Dragon old body, which was later buried by the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon clan in the Dragon Tomb."
"Moreover, this Dragon Tomb World is actually related to the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor. It is the inner world within this old body that transformed into this World Heaven and Earth. Later, it was moved here by the clansmen of the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon clan, becoming the current Dragon Tomb World."
"Although the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor abandoned this inner world heaven and earth, and based on this inner world's origin, nurtured a more powerful inner world, after all, it was originally nurtured by the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor himself. Moreover, when nurturing the new world back then, he did not exhaust all of the inner world's origin, thus leaving behind part of the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor's World Origin."
"You must know that the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor was no ordinary existence. He reached the peak of the Dark Blood Era, the most powerful Ancestral God of that era, which is what you call the Ancient Monarch. The inner world heaven and earth he left behind, along with some World Origin, over the long ages, underwent a kind of nurturing growth again, transforming into the current Dragon Tomb World!"
"Furthermore, over countless years, the Dragon Tomb World has buried generation after generation of ancestors from the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon clan, at least at the Great Power Realm, and even not lacking those at the Nine Tribulations Realm, like that Tyrant Dragon Divine Venerable. All were profound in cultivation. Even though they have perished, their dragon bones buried here, the dragon blood and Dao essence within them have seeped out, causing a special change in the Dragon Tomb World, even causing the originally unconscious entity of the Dragon Tomb World to transform into the current Dragon Tomb Will."
After saying this, the Crimson Scale Giant Dragon glanced at the Dragon Tomb Will, thus revealing the true origin of the Dragon Tomb Will.
Regarding this, Ye Chen was not too surprised and continued listening to the Crimson Scale Giant Dragon.
"Naturally, the Dragon Tomb World underwent a mutation, and because it was an inner world nurtured from the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor's old body, this mutation also fed back to the old body. Over the long ages, the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor's old body, due to the Dragon Tomb, slowly underwent a kind of transformation."
"Moreover, because when the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor shed his old body back then, there were also some remnant souls left within the old body. Those were discarded remnant souls. But due to the Dragon Tomb, a completely new sentience gradually emerged—that's me!"
The Crimson Scale Giant Dragon explained its true origin—a sentience born from the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor's old body. However, its eyes still held a dense aura of deathly stillness. It sighed softly, "Although I was born, I exist, the old body has long been dead and still. Because it is a Monarch's body, it remains immortal and indestructible. But I cannot leave the Dragon Tomb World. Once I leave, my existence will turn to ashes, leaving only the dragon body here."
"Previously, I suspected that what was inside the crimson-gold cocoon of light was an offspring of the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor, because I sensed a blood-is-thicker-than-water bloodline scent from it. Hence, I hoped for confirmation."
Ye Chen shook his head and said, "Impossible. Little Dot was born as a little bird, now transformed into a little Qilin. How could it be related to the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor? Moreover, didn't the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor enter the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain? Yet, I obtained it outside the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain."
He did not hide his identity. After all, now most of the One Hundred and Eight Ancient God Clans and Three Thousand King Clans come from the outside world. Him being from the outside world is normal.
"Hard to say." The Crimson Scale Giant Dragon said, "Regarding the Crimson Blood Dragon Emperor's power, you are not clear. He was already powerful to an unimaginable degree back in the Dark Blood Era. But I want to ask you, do you know of the Ten Revolutions Heaven-Defying Transformation?"
"Ten Revolutions Heaven-Defying Transformation!?" Hearing this, Ye Chen's expression suddenly changed!