The almighty of the Holy Dragon Clan is about to give a sermon

【“Your rebel army would be no different from paper cutouts in the face of those enemies at the Absolute and Heaven-Connecting Realms on Lingwei Star.”】

【“Of course I’m not going to send the rebel army charging at those people who wield divine abilities. I already have a brilliant plan to deal with them… Wait, you just said ‘enemies’?”】

【“What, did you think that after you coerced me for more than a decade, I’d be on your side? Dream on.

Chen Dong, we agreed from the beginning that I would forge weapons for you in exchange for you sparing my life. Isn’t it time for you to honor that promise?”】

【“Fine. You’re free.”】

【The Old Lady Duobao was utterly stunned.】

【Before she could even turn around and leave, you spoke again.】

【“Come with me to Lingwei Star.”】

【The Old Lady Duobao gnashed her teeth.】

【“What for? I’m not good at fighting. I won’t be of much use even if you bring me along!”】

【“Who said anything about making you fight? Don’t you understand divine runes? Once we seize Lingwei Star, you’ll be responsible for teaching the rebel army how to learn divine runes.”】

【“I’d let it pass if you wanted me to teach one or two people, but teach several million—or even tens of millions—of rebel soldiers? Are you insane?!

Do you know that even if you blew up the Eclosion Galaxy and smelted it into a pool of molten iron, the Saint Dragon Society wouldn’t care in the slightest?!

But if anyone dares to teach divine runes to humankind, the Saint Dragon Society will investigate them to the bitter end!

I teach my disciples because I know them inside and out, and they would never leak the knowledge. But there are so many of your rebel soldiers—I can’t control them all!”】

【“Just teach them without worry. I’ll handle the Saint Dragon Society.”】

【The Old Lady Duobao let out a long sigh, her feelings complicated.】

【She had thought she was finally free, only to discover that another prison sentence was beginning.】

【Besides, once she really taught divine runes to a large number of humans, she would surely end up on the Saint Dragon Society’s wanted list. Then she would truly be doomed.】

【The more the Old Lady Duobao thought about it, the more irritated she became.】

【She often looked back over her life, trying to figure out exactly when she had offended you, but she could never find the answer.】

【The Winged Army under Sotuofeiren’s command had already set out along the star routes for Lingwei Star a month in advance.】

【They would arrive before the rebel army and draw the first wave of fire.】

【You, meanwhile, would use the faster Long-Voyager to arrive at Lingwei Star ahead of both the Winged Army and the rebel army, clearing the obstacles for the rebel army.】

【Year Fifteen, age forty-one.】

【An unprecedented, planet-wide conference for exchanging insights into divine abilities was about to be held on Lingwei Star.】

【The organizer was the worldly representative of the Winged God—the supreme Winged God Church, one of the hundred great churches of the Southern Star Realm.】

【And the one who had proposed organizing this exchange conference and would share his precious insights there was the distant, powerful, mysterious, sacred, and noble Guantian Star!】

【Oh, this enchanting planet was a first-class star. It also had another name that was widely known—the ancestral world of the Saint Dragon race.】

【Of course, the ancestors of the Saint Dragons had also ascended from the Void Realm. Presumably, their ancestors had ascended to Guantian Star, which was why the Saint Dragons of today regarded it as their ancestral world.】

【The impoverished backwater that was the Eclosion Galaxy had actually received the visit of a noble Saint Dragon—a powerful Immortal Lord—who was willing to share his precious cultivation experience.】

【What a rare opportunity!】

【No, this was a stroke of destiny!】

【For a time, all the Absolute and Heaven-Connecting Realm cultivators who needed to comprehend divine abilities flew toward Spearhead Valley from every corner of the vast Lingwei Star, like moths rushing into a flame—or rather, like birds flocking toward the phoenix.】

【Spearhead Valley was where this great expert of the Saint Dragon race would soon lecture on the Dao.】

【The area within a thousand li was completely barren, without a single faction or even a supply station. But the great expert claimed that it was a blessed geomantic site, one that would aid enlightenment.】

【Spearhead Valley resembled a spearhead standing upright on the ground, narrow at the top and broad at the bottom.】

【Arriving had not been troublesome, since they had not come at the same time but had arrived one after another.】

【Leaving, however, would be troublesome. They would be packed together so tightly that these high-level cultivators would have no hope of escaping—not that they would escape, of course. They would be guaranteed to linger and savor the experience.】

【This great expert had also forbidden any Winged God Church legions or unrelated people from gathering nearby, ensuring that they would receive no aid if anything went wrong—not that anything would go wrong, of course. It was all to ensure that no outsiders disturbed the lecture.】

【The great expert declared that the foolish minds of low-level cultivators would only sully the wisdom of high-level cultivators like themselves.】

【The Winged God Church found this perfectly reasonable.】

【Who else would look down on ordinary cultivators like this, if not the noble Saint Dragon race?】

【It fit the image perfectly.】

【This goddamn Saint Dragon expert could be none other than you.】

【You used “Calamity of Ten Thousand Races” to alter your appearance, and “Who am I?” to alter your identity, background, and even your cultivation level.】

【—Yes, the trait “Who am I?” could even alter the aura of your cultivation. There was no limit to lowering it, but there was a limit to raising it. After all, if you directly changed yourself into an Immortal Emperor, even the trait couldn’t make that lie add up.】

【On this day, all of Lingwei Star’s high-level cultivators gathered in one place.】

【Normally, they dominated their respective territories across the planet and rarely had any chance to assemble together, though most of them worked for the Winged God Church.】

【Today, they had gathered with the pure intention of exchanging cultivation insights, and many of them were sincerely moved by the occasion.】

【“Spring has finally come for the cultivators of Lingwei Star!”】

【Half an hour later, winter descended upon the cultivators of Lingwei Star.】

【“Has everyone arrived…?”】

【Perched cross-legged on a huge cliffside boulder, you wore the appearance of a Saint Dragon—a dragon’s head atop a human body. Your eyes were half-closed, and your dragon whiskers were as white as snow. You looked just like an enlightened immortal.】

【The faint golden halo that flickered around your body made this group of high-level cultivators even more envious.】

【“So this is the great expert of the Saint Dragon race. A true powerhouse is indeed extraordinary. Look at that halo around him—that’s resonance with the laws of Heaven and Earth!”】

【“To be able to listen to a great expert expound the Dao today is truly a blessing earned over three lifetimes!”】

【“I heard some people were unwilling to come. Hmph, they’ll regret it for the rest of their lives!”】

【The first people you dealt with after impersonating a Saint Dragon expert and arriving on Lingwei Star were the upper echelons of the Winged God Church.】

【They treated the Saint Dragon with utmost reverence and did not dare offend him in the slightest. They had even reached the point of obeying his every word.】

【But they were not fools. If you ordered them all to commit suicide, they would definitely grow suspicious.】

【That was why you had arranged this exchange conference, gathering all of Lingwei Star’s high-level cultivators in one place.】

【A single net to capture them all!】

【To be honest, although you were extremely confident in your own strength—especially when facing alien races—】

【you still felt a little nervous when you saw the seven or eight Heaven-Connecting Realm cultivators present.】

【In a one-on-one fight, you would win without question. But in a fight against several opponents, it would depend on whether these Heaven-Connecting Realm cultivators were ordinary ones, or whether they possessed powerful treasures, cultivated extraordinary techniques, and comprehended formidable divine abilities.】

【The difference in actual combat strength could be enormous.】

【But you remained completely calm.】

【Leisurely, you pulled out the trait slingshot and fired the epic trait “The One and Only True Prophet” into the sky! The trait slingshot could fire purple epic traits at most.】

[As a hoarse, terrifying, bloodthirsty voice echoed all around them, everyone present suddenly lost their sight.]

“Night has fallen. Close your eyes!”