Above The Sky
Chapter 917 - 917 72 The Ancestral Dragon Body of the Spark!

917: Chapter 72: The Ancestral Dragon, Body of the Spark!

(7000) 917: Chapter 72: The Ancestral Dragon, Body of the Spark!

(7000) This is a dense belt of small asteroids, where numerous fragments of celestial bodies are scattered along the same orbit at a regular speed.

They have become increasingly smaller due to explosions and collisions from eons past, yet some sizable fragments were intentionally preserved to serve as locations for certain facilities.

The ‘Slumber Dragon Nest’ is one of them.

It is a perfectly spherical ecological base, entirely embedded on a fragment of a celestial body with a hemispherical dome protruding from the rocky structure.

Through the transparent observation window, one can see the dark void of space and the faint glimmer of sunlight from the distant reaches of space and time.

The juvenile is here.

It stares blankly into the depths of the universe—deep within the asteroid belt, there are numerous similar structures and bases quietly standing on the remnants of shattered stars, but what captivates the juvenile’s attention are not these motionless constructions.

It is the massive behemoths that roam between the stars.

Immersion in the memory of the Qing Steel Dragon leaves Ian slightly startled; he was just calling upon his own memory of the Terra Starfield’s star chart, pondering where in the Terra Starfield there might be an asteroid belt, as he remembers there should be none.

However, the distance to the sun and the surrounding celestial bodies tell him that this location is indeed the Nemesis Star Orbit.

So, these small asteroids… these celestial fragments…

Are they the remnants of the Nemesis star?!

And could there really be an outer space experiment ground for True Dragons here?

Before Ian has time to marvel at the staggering secrets behind the True Dragons and to entertain the disbelief that the Nemesis might have shattered.

In the Qing Steel Dragon’s memory, he sees a gigantic creature emerging from the darkness.

That is a True Dragon.

But it doesn’t seem like a dragon.

No…

Upon seeing this behemoth that emerges from the dark asteroid belt, the first thought that crosses Ian’s mind is actually a question.

—What kind of being, exactly, deserves to be called a ‘dragon’?

What appears before the juvenile and Ian is a colossal Ark Behemoth, or perhaps a vessel, spanning over fifteen kilometers in length.

It has a curved wedge shape; the top half resembles a long and sharp semicircular cone, split through the middle, while the lower half, when viewed from the side, forms a ‘↼’ shape.

Sinusoidal light wings, formed by the flows of Subspace Spirit Energy, spread from the ‘↼’ structure like dragon wings.

At the pinnacle of the Ark Behemoth, rows of what appear to be portholes or observation holes are shining softly and smoothly.

Is it a lifeform?

Or a type of large winged warship?

The pinnacle of another civilization’s engineering appeared before the juvenile and Ian.

While rendering them speechless, it also communicates, through some inexplicable means, an irrefutable fact.

—It is a dragon.

—The first-generation Ancestral Dragon, the original True Dragon.

The Ancestral True Dragon Eltolimu stands in front of the ‘Slumber Dragon Nest,’ the silver and black intermixed streamlined outer armor exuding an artistic beauty.

It gazes at the juvenile, peering back through the observation window, then transmits an emotional wave that represents a ‘smile’.

[Nainpolaca, come here, we’ve made it]

A gentle wave reaches out and soon, another slightly smaller behemoth emerges from the depths of the asteroid belt.

In comparison to the first-generation True Dragon, the newly appeared one seems quite peculiar as well—it resembles a giant space Dragon Whale shaped like a massive water droplet, but trailing from its backside are many Jellyfish-like tentacles that rhythmically expand and contract, causing ripples in space-time.

Large side fins on its body, similar to wings but made from a softer flesh and blood structure, show a kind of elasticity that arouses curiosity about the sensation of tumbling on them.

However, compared to the more mechanical structure of the first-generation True Dragon, the second-generation True Dragon looks more like a biological entity.

As for the third-generation juvenile… it is a complete life form.

The True Dragon named Nainpolaca draws closer to the Slumber Dragon Nest, and two enormous True Dragons now face the tiny juvenile.

This marks the first encounter between Qing Steel Dragon Solstina, her mentor Rock Silent Dragon Nainpolaca, and the Ancestral Eltolimu.

Back then, the Qing Steel Dragon knew nothing and understood nothing; she only knew that she was the only True Dragon in the Dragon Nest who had freed herself from incubation, and also the sole survivor among the True Dragons in that base.

As one of the few successful specimens from various plans to hasten the next generation of True Dragons, the Juvenile Form of the Qing Steel Dragon Solstina lived slowly, as the mentor dared not rush her into adolescence, the so-called ‘working state.’

[Once entering the working state, our lifespan starts counting down—we will pass away after five hundred years]

The mentor says: [Although we can use various methods to prolong it, in the end, it’s all just tricks.

Without growth, there is no wisdom, and entering a state of suspended animation is essentially no different from death; it only skips over a part of time]

[Even the ancestors can’t avoid it]

[Fortunately, you were born successfully.

Ancestor Eltolimu is happy to learn this before passing away—that we are not simply tools doomed to die without a future but rather lives filled with hope]

At that time, the Qing Steel Dragon could not grasp the meaning of these words fully.

By the time she did, centuries had already passed.