The Truth

Gazing at the girl’s furious state, Aurelia felt no anger, for she more or less understood the other’s heart.

After all, before she learned the truth, she was just like Lydia.

Or rather, even more severely affected.

So severe that she abstained from food and water, so severe that she wished to end her life and pursue that man’s retreating figure in another world.

The news of the man’s death was like extinguishing Aurelia’s hope for life.

She had climbed step by step to become a highly anticipated Saintess candidate, all for the sake of having enough power to stand by that man’s side.

But now the man was dead, and everything seemed meaningless.

A Saintess candidate inexplicably falling into a dying state was a major event in the Great Dragon Divine Dynasty.

The Dragon God Cult was in a frenzy.

Theoretically, the inheritance of each generation’s Saintess involved four candidates competing.

Whoever could first receive a response from the Dragon God would become the Saintess.

So, before the official result was out, each candidate Saintess could potentially be the only special existence of this generation capable of communicating with the Dragon God.

The Dragon God Cult dared not gamble on this 25% chance.

Thus, the previous generation’s Dragon God Cult Saintess, who was nearing the end of her life, for the first time truly exercised divine power, directly bypassing the Dragon King’s royal authority.

She advanced the entire Great Dragon Divine Dynasty’s Dragon God Festival by a full three months.

Aurelia, on the verge of death from illness, was thus the first to be pushed into the Dragon God’s Sacred Land.

Aurelia remembered that day very clearly.

Because it was the turning point that changed her life.

The Dragon God Sacred Land was almost identical to what the previous generation’s Saintess had described.

There were no grand palaces as the dragons imagined, nor was the ground a golden path paved with gold coins.

There was only a vast expanse of white, so pure that it felt ethereal and void.

And the Dragon God, that colossal figure, seemingly capable of surpassing mountains and spanning the heavens, was curled up in this vast white space, sleeping peacefully and deeply.

Aurelia had entered in human form, and each dragon scale on the Dragon God was almost as large as she was.

The Dragon God’s breathing was like the roar of waves in her ears.

Its massive dragon head rested on a truly golden pillow, sleeping soundly and heavily.

Under normal circumstances, after a spirit entered the Dragon God’s unique dimension, each candidate Saintess should do their utmost to awaken and communicate with the Dragon God.

Only by successfully receiving a response from the Dragon God could they shed the “candidate” from their name and become the true next-generation Saintess.

But at that time, Aurelia’s heart was dead.

She had no desire to communicate with the Dragon God before her.

Death, for her then, was perhaps the only correct destination.

She merely stood there blankly, looking at the mythical existence revered by the giant dragons.

Her swollen eyes slowly shed a tear, which dropped onto the almost transparent ground, surprisingly creating ripples.

Then the sleeping Dragon God opened Its golden eyes, as if capable of peering through heaven and earth.

The Dragon God had awakened. Aurelia had done nothing, yet this legendary deity had responded to her presence.

“Little girl, why are you crying here?”

The Dragon God lifted Its head, looking at the tiny figure before It, no bigger than one of Its teeth, and asked in a deep voice.

However, it was better not to ask.

The question seemed to strike Aurelia’s sore spot.

The grief that had been suppressed in her heart instantly erupted like a punctured water balloon.

The overwhelming sorrow transformed into tears and sobs, echoing in the empty space of the Dragon God.

Then, the Dragon God panicked…

A deity who had lived for an unknown number of years had no experience caring for a child, but when It saw the crying, delicate girl before It, the Dragon God inexplicably panicked…

“Why, why are you crying?”

The Dragon God’s voice asked with a slight stammer.

‘Could it be that my appearance scared this child?’

It extended Its massive dragon claw, carefully using the edge of one claw to gently wipe away the tears from the girl’s cheeks.

The Dragon God controlled Its huge body, circling the girl with Its long tail.

The Dragon God frantically manipulated Its divine power to transform Its appearance into a kind old man.

The old man came to the girl’s side, stroking the girl’s head with his calloused yet warm large hand.

Warm divine power infused into the girl’s body. Her previously broken emotions seemed to slowly calm down.

The Dragon God, in the form of an old man, looked at the girl in his arms who was gradually ceasing to cry, and nodded in satisfaction.

What happened next was beyond the imagination of the dragons.

The Dragon God, awakened by tears, in a state of fluster, actually managed to soothe the girl in his arms.

Aurelia stopped crying and was willing to share her worries with the kind Dragon God before her.

All in all, after Aurelia tearfully recounted her entire past, the Dragon God, who had been patiently listening like an elder, suddenly burst into laughter.

Aurelia looked up blankly, confused by the Dragon God’s sudden laughter.

“Foolish girl, there’s no need to worry about this. Your beloved other half, whom you’ve been thinking of, isn’t actually dead. I can sense her strong life force, and that healthy, vigorous beating heart!”

“Really?!”

Aurelia, her eyes filled with tears, heard this sentence, and a light gradually appeared in her previously bewildered eyes.

“I am the Dragon God. A deity’s words are never false.”

At this moment, the Dragon God, in the form of an old man with no divine appearance, suddenly revealed a completely different expression.

That untamed arrogance and disdain allowed the girl to briefly glimpse the Dragon God’s true divine power.

“Then where is he now?”

The girl’s voice was filled with anxiety and longing.

“I don’t know.”

The arrogant expression on the old man’s face had just appeared when it instantly froze at the appearance of these words.

He awkwardly reached out and scratched his head, his tone slightly dry.

The light that had just shone in the girl’s eyes instantly dimmed again.

“However, that is not important. An unbreakable link has already been established between you and him. You will eventually meet him in the near future.”

The old man gazed at the vividly colored red hair tie on the girl’s head, and said so.

The spiritual space of the Dragon God’s Sacred Land itself only allowed spiritual bodies to enter.

But now, Aurelia’s entry had brought that hair tie along with her.

Seeing that she was sufficiently comforted, the old man once again reverted to the Dragon God’s massive form.

“I can see your memories, and I can feel the wishes in your heart. Your confusion is like a traveler lost in the white mist, constantly wandering. And what I can tell you is, as a descendant of the Dragon God, fear nothing else. Go boldly and claim the person or thing you love!”

A very draconic statement, one could only say, truly worthy of the Dragon Tribe’s Ancestor.

“When you meet the one you love, the most correct way to show affection is to procreate with them, to bear children of their bloodline. This is the crystallization of love!”

The old dragon, who had lived for an unknown number of years, made an improper statement.

“But, but Dragon God, I remember you don’t wish to interfere with the affairs of the Great Dragon Divine Dynasty, so how can you speak of procreation?”

The white dragon girl’s delicate face flushed crimson, but her heart couldn’t stop pounding.

She was still a maiden in her boudoir, but the Dragon God’s words were too…

“Procreation is an instinct etched into the dragon’s genes. There’s a human saying that dragons are inherently lustful, and it’s truly so.”

“If you truly fall in love with someone, then boldly go and get them, in both body and soul. That’s how I was when I was young.”

The Dragon God said proudly.

“But Dragon God, you’re always sleeping?”

“Cough, cough… I am not like you. For a deity of my rank, reproduction is merely a desire, but in the face of life itself, desire is worthless.”

“I want to procreate, and I can. My divine status dictates that my partner for procreation should also be a deity, but just look at those goddesses outside…”

As he spoke, the Dragon God’s massive body suddenly trembled, as if remembering something unpleasant.

“Those goddesses are truly insane. Each one fighting fiercely to gain the attention of the Goddess of Lampfire. If I were to join in…”

“A brief release of desire versus getting all my dragon scales beaten off—I can still distinguish which is more important. Compared to going out and getting beaten, I still feel it’s safer to stay in my Divine Realm and sleep…”