With that thought, Yang Kai simply let it be.
The consciousness indeed clung tightly to him, and then Yang Kai felt as though something was being drawn from him. This absorption caused him no harm, but it was of immense benefit to the other party.
Not far away, Qiongqi stared blankly at the scene before him. From his vantage point, he could clearly see a continuous stream of golden aura flowing from Yang Kai’s body, only to be absorbed by the pitch-black dragon egg. As this golden aura flowed, the life force emanating from within the egg grew ever more vigorous, and the patterns on its shell became increasingly dazzling.
The radiance blooming from it was one thing, but the overwhelming Dragon Might radiating from the egg was far too conspicuous.
The commotion here seemed a bit excessive!
Qiongqi couldn’t help but worry that this activity would be discovered by the Dragon Clan. In this state, any dragon passing within a hundred miles would certainly sense what was happening here. If they came to investigate, things would get complicated.
Fortunately, his fears did not materialize. Although the disturbance was significant, several days passed without anyone being alerted.
Until one day, Qiongqi, who had been keeping watch, suddenly heard a *thump*.
He turned his head to look. The dragon egg, cradled in Yang Kai’s embrace, had suddenly erupted with a visible halo of light that radiated outward with a boom. And under Qiongqi’s observation, the dragon egg had finally stopped absorbing the aura from Yang Kai’s body.
It was about to hatch!
For no particular reason, that thought sprang into Qiongqi’s mind.
Although he had never witnessed a dragon egg hatching before, what he saw before him assured him of what was about to happen.
It had actually succeeded? Qiongqi found it quite incredible. Under his perception, the dragon egg had been completely devoid of life, a dead thing. But now, in Yang Kai’s hands, it had seemingly performed the miracle of bringing the dead back to life. He couldn’t imagine how the Dragon Clan would react if they knew.
*Thump…* Another sound rang out, like a heartbeat or a drumbeat. The halo of light rippled outward, pulsing in four directions.
*Thump-thump-thump…*
The sounds grew more frequent, more rapid, and circle after circle of visible light ripples surged frantically outward, as if someone were continuously skipping stones across a lake’s surface.
At a certain moment, the noise stopped abruptly, but a different, strange sound emerged concurrently.
*Crack…*
A thin fissure split open in the dark dragon egg, running from the top down through its center.
*Crack-crack…*
The egg, tall as a person, suddenly split open in the middle. In that instant, Qiongqi’s eyes widened, eager to see what kind of dragon Yang Kai had spent such immense effort to hatch.
But when he looked, he could barely make anything out. A brilliant, pure white light shot forth from within the dragon egg, piercing straight into the heavens.
Simultaneously, a high, resonant dragon cry soared into the sky, echoing between heaven and earth.
From a distant location, answering dragon cries rose one after another, reverberating across the entire Dragon Island.
In the sky, dragon shadows manifested, and strange phenomena altered the heavens. Looking up, the sky above Dragon Island seemed to be filled with the phantoms of countless great dragons soaring and running, their Dragon Might pervading everything, making heaven and earth tremble.
Across Dragon Island, countless pairs of eyes lifted to gaze upward, all wearing expressions of shock and confusion.
On Ice-Snow Island, Zhu Yan and Fu Zhun stood side by side atop a glacier. Fu Zhun looked haggard, her face pale. Ever since the day she discovered her son had been stolen, her spirit had been somewhat off. She could neither rest nor eat, and had lost all interest in her Cultivation. For a majestic tenth-grade dragon to grow so visibly thin was truly unbelievable.
These days, Zhu Yan had been investigating, but he had no leads at all. He had secretly searched the residences of over a dozen clansmen and found no trace of the child. He had come today to ask Fu Zhun if she had any other clues, but they had exchanged only a few words before witnessing this phenomenon.
The two great Elders of the Dragon Clan looked up in unison, their faces filled with emotion.
“The Dragon Temple trembles, Dragon Souls manifest… This is, this is…” Zhu Yan’s eyes widened as he blurted out in shock: “A new clansman is born?”
This was not the first time he had witnessed such a thing, so he naturally understood what this celestial phenomenon represented. Whenever a new member of the Dragon Clan was born, such phenomena would appear. However, this time, the scale seemed grander than ever before.
Fu Zhun was also dazed by this event, momentarily forgetting the grief of her missing son. She murmured in a trance: “Did any of our clansmen show signs of this beforehand?”
Zhu Yan shook his head: “What signs? If there had been any, wouldn’t we have known? Several of our dragonesses haven’t even produced dragon eggs yet. How could a new clansman possibly be born?”
The birth of a dragon required first the production of a dragon egg, followed by many years of incubation, before a new clansman might emerge. Right now, there wasn’t a single dragon egg on the entire island, so naturally, no one could be born.
“But this phenomenon…” Fu Zhun began, then suddenly her expression changed. She cried out in alarm: “Lin’er! It’s Lin’er! Lin’er has been born!”
Hearing her say this, Zhu Yan’s first reaction was disbelief. All hope for Lin’er was long gone; he had verified that himself. How could he possibly be born again after so many years?