On the island, stone mountains towered above with bizarre rock formations below. Among the stone forest, stood gravestones with Colossal Dragons buried beneath one after the other.
With his divine cognition covering across the entire island, Meng Lei began his search.
After quite a while, Ol’ President’s tombstone could still not be found.
Meng Lei frowned.
Elder Amolin had said that she would bury Ol’ President in the Dragon graves, but why were there no signs of his tomb?
I need an explanation!
Meng Lei found Amolin, though the answer he got left him in shock.
“You’re saying, Ol’ President isn’t dead?”
“Big Brother’s Soul Jade is still intact, so he should still be alive.”
Amolin took out a blood-colored jade and continued with a dash of sorrow in her eyes. “When Dragons are born, a Soul Jade will be made.
“When the jade is fine, the Dragon is alive.
“When the jade breaks, the Dragon is dead.
“All this time, I have held onto Big Brother’s Soul Jade, never broken for these 20,000 years. So I have always believed that Big Brother isn’t dead yet!”
Amolin’s tears welled up. “Even though he perished together with the Tree of Life last time out in the Lost Continent, his Soul Jade never broke. So I’m certain Big Brother isn’t dead!”
“Not dead! Ol’ President is not dead! That is great, that is so great!” Meng Lei became incoherent with excitement. “Since he isn’t dead, then where is he? Didn’t he perish together with the Tree of Life?”
“In my opinion, there should be two possibilities.” Amolin said quietly, “Big Brother either had other incarnations, or he’s still sealed in your divine weapon.”
“Gods-Slaying Spear?”
Meng Lei took out his Gods-Slaying Spear and checked with his divine cognition. However, after a round of inspection, nothing could be found.
“Ol’ President isn’t inside the Gods-Slaying Spear...”
Meng Lei was utterly disappointed.
“Then there is only one possibility,” Amolin said. “Big Brother had other incarnations.”
“Other incarnations?”
Meng Lei frowned. “Since there are other incarnations, why didn’t he come back and look for you? It doesn’t make any sense!”
“I don’t know...” Amolin said with a bitter smile.
“Ol’ President!”
Meng Lei clenched his fists, “No matter where he is, I will find him!”
“If you can find him, please tell him that I’m waiting for him, please!”
Amolin wiped her tears.
“Definitely!”
Meng Lei nodded when a night owl-like voice echoed.
“You ugly lizards! Wait till I come out and turn all of you into the Undead, and I’ll burn your souls with divine fire!
“Hoo... hoo... hoo! Burn in eternal flames, and you’ll neither live nor die...”
“What was that sound?”
Meng Lei’s brows knitted together slightly.
The sound came from underwater below the island. To be exact, it was not a sound, it was actually an aura from divine cognition.
“Master, this was the sound of an ancient evil fiend, Puhaman,” Thaniel replied with respect.
“Evil ancient fiend Puhaman?”
A shrewd glint flashed across Meng Lei’s eyes as he asked with great interest, “Tell me more.”
“Speaking of Puhaman, it all started 50,000 years ago.”
Thaniel spoke faintly. “50,000 years ago, we Dragons ruled the Heaven’s Vault Continent. We are the only masters of this world. Even the Beast People, Fairies, Titans of the current age could only be holed up in their homelands and live off the breath of us. Moreover, the far northern wastelands, Fairy woods, and Titan highlands of the three empires were our backyard!”
Thaniel’s eyes were brimming with pride. “The Heaven’s Vault Continent was truly the Colossal Dragon’s continent! Unfortunately...”
Thaniel let out a wry laugh. “As the Dragon God left the Heaven’s Vault Continent along with his high-end combat power, our Dragon God Empire was in jeopardy. The Beast People holed up in the Beast People imperial courts, the Fairies concealed in the Goddess Lakeside, the Titans hidden in the Sierra Mountains, and other intelligent species like Goblins, Dwarfs, Trolls all appeared. Even all sorts of fiends and devils burst into the scene!
“Virtually overnight, our Dragon God Empire disintegrated. Not only did we lose a large tract of territories, but our elites suffered heavy casualties too. This was when the ancient evil fiend, Puhaman, appeared. As a Dead Souls half-deity, Puhaman’s destructive powers were no less than of the three empires!”
“Dead Souls half-deity?”
Meng Lei’s eyes lit up.
“Yes! Dead Souls half-deity!” Thaniel nodded slightly. “The evil Puhaman, though he only had a staff, and he could cast dead souls magic to summon countless evil Undead from the Underworld. The Undead army was formidable and dreadful. Any living things would be slaughtered wherever they went and turned into dead souls by Puhaman. In short, Puhaman made us suffer heavy losses. The empire had to send out several half-deities to suppress and seal him away.”
“So the Dead Souls half-deity is sealed here?” Meng Lei was very interested.
“Yes, Master,” replied Thaniel.
“Let’s go down and take a look.”
“Master, isn’t that a bad idea?” Thaniel objected hurriedly, “Puhaman is very evil—”
Meng Lei glanced at him as he asked in reply, “Evil? Is he as evil as me?” M
Thaniel shut up instantly.
Evil? Puhaman would be as innocent as a newborn baby compared to you!
“Get down then.”
Meng Lei flew down below the Dragon graves. Thaniel had no choice but to lead the way in front.
In a short while, both of them went into the sea and saw a brightly lit cave.
The cave reflected a soft milky halo, emitting fluttering light movements.
“Let’s head over and take a look.”
Meng Lei teleported before the entrance and saw a cave that was bright as day. Its walls were embedded with milk-white light elemental crystals.
There was an altar in the middle of the cave.
On the altar stood ten pillars, and each of them was crafted using light elemental crystals. They were connected to ten metal chains, which
