A true dragon!
Though the Myriad Abyss Continent had no tradition of true dragon worship, the ancient legends of true dragons had still made them a sacred existence in the hearts of every martial cultivator.
After all, dragons were the sovereign clan of antiquity — one of the noblest races to ever exist.
The true dragon lineage, in particular, boasted bloodlines of supreme nobility, renowned throughout the heavens.
And now, seeing Jiang Chen manifest a true dragon dharma form — a dragon warring in the wild — that shattered the giant's savage lion dharma form in an instant... what kind of terrifying bloodline will was this?
A low-grade dharma form was merely a hollow shell. Without the will inherent to the dharma form's own attributes, it could only possess offensive power while lacking any true intimidating presence.
Jiang Chen's dharma form, however, clearly possessed the mighty will of a true dragon and the true dragon's commanding power — which was precisely why it had been able to annihilate his opponent's dharma form in the blink of an eye.
For a moment, the entire arena fell into a brief silence.
Indeed, almost no one could react in time. Everyone was struggling to process what they had just witnessed, their minds buzzing with questions.
How could the Divine Abyss Continent possibly have a true dragon? This Pill King Zhen had clearly refined a true dragon's bloodline. Otherwise, his condensed true dragon dharma form could never have possessed such formidable true dragon will.
"Your Majesty, Pill King Zhen, he..." Cloud Monarch's mind also short-circuited momentarily, stammering, unable to form coherent words.
"True dragon will... this little fellow actually has the power of a true dragon within his bloodline. A genius, a true genius!" the Peacock Emperor cried out in delighted surprise.
In truth, the Peacock Emperor's current cultivation and lofty status were also tied to a stroke of fortune from his own childhood.
In his youth, he had inadvertently obtained the ancient bloodline of a peacock.
The peacock was also one of the noble races in ancient times. Even compared to the Dragon Clan, it was of roughly equivalent standing, differing by only a slight margin.
It was precisely because of this formidable bloodline power that the Peacock Emperor had excelled in everything he learned from a young age. He became famous in his youth and rose to become a regional overlord.
Thus, he understood full well the incredible power of a bloodline.
Looking at Jiang Chen's true dragon bloodline now, it was clearly very pure. Judging by the size of his true dragon dharma form, it was also perfectly authentic; it was obviously not one of those impure dragon bloodlines.
Since ancient times, the True Dragon Clan's lineage had proliferated into countless branches. The bloodlines of various dragon descendants had been continuously diluted. But the direct, legitimate lineage of the True Dragon Clan would naturally be passed down as well.
Peacock Emperor was completely shocked at this moment, and at the same time felt a twinge of relief at his own judgment and choice.
"This boy Jiang Chen, given time, will definitely become a legend of the Divine Abyss Continent." This was the only thought in Peacock Emperor's mind at this moment.
In an inconspicuous area not far from the arena, two elders dressed as rogue cultivators, seeing the scene unfold on the stage, also found it incredible.
At this moment, the two of them were feeling very conflicted.
These two hailed from the Nine Sun Heavenly Sect. One was a Tier Twelve Inspector of the Nine Sun Heavenly Sect, the other a Supreme Elder.
Both held high positions and great power within the Nine Sun Heavenly Sect. This time, disguising themselves as rogue cultivators to infiltrate the Glorious Glass King City, they had come specifically for King Zhen.
Just like the Unending Heavenly Capital, the Nine Sun Heavenly Sect also suspected the identity of this King Zhen.
Their suspicion, however, held somewhat more reason than the Unending Heavenly's. For they had accidentally obtained a piece of information stating that this King Zhen had once presented a King Pill Token at the border of the Glorious Glass King City, and it was a Tier Two King Pill Token.
And within the Nine Sun Heavenly Sect, one who had once been associated with Cao Jin was a Tier Two Pill King named "Shi Zhen". Meanwhile, the token presented by this King Zhen at the time bore the name "Zhen Shi".
These were clearly just the two characters reversed.
The people of the Unending Heavenly had no idea that the Nine Sun Heavenly Sect possessed a young alchemy prodigy named "Shi Zhen," and a Tier Two Pill King wasn't exactly famous enough to draw widespread attention.
However, within the Nine Sun Heavenly Sect itself, they knew that Shi Zhen and Cao Jin had vanished together.
Moreover, all manner of evidence pointed to Cao Jin's demise being closely tied to Jiang Chen. If that was the case, then Shi Zhen's disappearance was most likely connected to Jiang Chen as well.
With that in mind, the token that King Zhen had presented became exceedingly suspicious.
They could all but conclude that the token had belonged to Shi Zhen.
As for whether this King Zhen was truly Jiang Chen, they harbored deep suspicions as well. After running through every possible analysis, they judged the likelihood of King Zhen being Jiang Chen to be at least seventy or eighty percent.
That was a far more solid basis for suspicion than anything the Unending Heavenly had put forward.
Which was precisely why the Nine Sun Heavenly Sect had taken this matter so seriously. The burly man on the arena stage was one of their true disciples, and his ranking surpassed even Cao Jin's.
Back in the day, Cao Jin had ranked ninth, but this man held the seventh position.
His name was Xiao Paohui, and his cultivation was at least as formidable as Cao Jin's, if not stronger. On top of that, his fighting style was brutal and ferocious — he fought as though he feared no death, his momentum overwhelming and aggressive. Many opponents who faced Xiao Paohui found that if they failed to adapt to his rhythm, they could very well be crushed by sheer force of presence alone.
Xiao Paohui and Cao Jin had always had a good relationship. After receiving this task, he had not hesitated at all.
This was not simply a matter of avenging Cao Jin. Xiao Paohui had also learned from the higher-ups in the sect that Jiang Chen might possess a fortuitous encounter tied to the Nine Sun Heavenly Sect's fortune for the next millennium.
With this, Xiao Paohui's motivation only grew stronger.
Because of Cao Jin's death, Xiao Paohui had come fully prepared from the start. Clearly, Cao Jin's death had profoundly affected him.