Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Upon hearing Qinglong's words, Yege immediately understood something.

Qinglong really did recognize him!

He had been pondering what exactly the world Lan Mi created was all about.

He eventually guessed that there were two possibilities.

One possibility is that Lan Mi obtained the Azure Dragon's memories by chance and transformed them into a dream world similar to a digital life form. The Azure Dragon in the dream world retained the original Azure Dragon's memories in a data-driven form, so Ye Ge could communicate with the Azure Dragon's consciousness—somewhat like communicating with a super artificial intelligence that has a basic information database.

The second possibility is that the world they entered wasn't an illusion at all, but a real time travel experience! They truly returned to that ancient era!

Ye Ge pondered in silence: 'So, it seems my teacher really does possess top-tier extraordinary abilities related to time?'

Controlling the reversal of time is a power of law, which should theoretically be a power that only god-level beings can master.

How could Lan Mi, a human superhuman at the peak of the Apocalypse Realm, master such extraordinary power?

Ye Ge really couldn't understand it.

Why do you remain silent?

Seeing Ye Ge remain silent, Qinglong's booming voice rang out again, echoing throughout the underground palace.

Above the bronze-cast stone gate of the underground palace, the carved dragon head had eyes that shimmered with a faint emerald-green light, as if the azure dragon was watching Ye Ge and Bai Xue Ling with those eyes.

Ye Ge raised her head slightly: "Who else do you think could use the Azure Dragon Technique to open the stone gate?"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Qinglong fell silent for a long while, seemingly recalling something, while carefully examining Ye Ge in front of him.

"Your voice is indeed very familiar..."

"There are only two people who know the Azure Dragon Technique and can use it. One is the First Emperor of Qin, but he is already dead."

"Could you be... the soul of the time traveler who possessed my body on the Eternal Night Mountain in the God Realm?"

"......ha???"

Bai Xueling was completely bewildered when she heard Qinglong's words. She turned around and stared blankly at Ye Ge.

Ye Ge sighed, her tone resentful: "I've been chatting with you for 1,440 years, telling you over a thousand stories to cheer you up, and you're already forgetting me after all this time? You're such a heartless, ungrateful old man..."

Azure Dragon: "What nonsense are you spouting? Not many years? More than a hundred million years have passed. If it were you, could you even remember that?"

Night Song: "That's different. I'm human, and you're a legendary creature. A hundred million years isn't a blink of an eye for you?"

"?!?" Bai Xueling's expression became even more stunned and shocked.

this......

What do you mean?

Are you two very close?

"My soul has been suppressed by the gods for hundreds of millions of years, so it's already quite good that I can still retain most of my memories."

The Azure Dragon paused, looked closely at Ye Ge, and said, "Human... So, you and the First Emperor of Humanity are of the same kind. I thought you would be a more powerful extraordinary being, but I didn't expect you to be such a small creature."

Night Song: "What, are you disappointed? You didn't expect that the one who kept you company and chatted all this time would be a female dragon, did you?"

Azure Dragon: "......"

Ye Ge paused for a moment, then turned to Bai Xueling and whispered, "Lingling, why don't you go outside and keep watch?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xueling snapped out of her daze.

She knew that Ye Ge meant she wanted to have a private conversation with Qinglong.

The catgirl didn't ask any more questions. She paused for a moment, then nodded obediently and quietly left the imperial mausoleum.

Thus, only Ye Ge and the unseen Azure Dragon remained here.

“It seems that your primordial spirit has recovered quite well over the past hundred million years,” Ye Ge said. “Just now, that female demon lord of the Soul Emperor realm entered the underground palace and was already so weak just from being suppressed by your spiritual power.”

"Suppressing a mere Soul Emperor realm being doesn't require much effort. Are you underestimating my abilities as a Holy Spirit?" Azure Dragon said calmly. "That little demon just now actually knew a portion of the Azure Dragon Technique, yet she used the wrong power to open the stone gate. I suppose you deliberately told her that?"

Ye Ge smiled and said, "Yes."

To successfully enter the imperial mausoleum, one needs to use soul power to activate the first section of the Azure Dragon Technique.

However, Yan Ji uses magic.

While this method can open the stone door in the same way, the defense mechanisms inside the underground palace will immediately recognize it as an enemy intrusion.

In that case, once Yan Ji enters the underground palace, she will inevitably be attacked by the underground palace's defense system!

And it will be far more intense than the attacks that Black Sun suffered back then!

“That female demon is at the Soul Emperor realm; I can’t beat her.” Ye Ge shrugged. “So I can only come to you, my old friend, for help.”

"You are indeed as treacherous and cunning as you were in those stories back then," the Azure Dragon commented. "The protagonists of those stories you told back then must all be yourself, right?"

"Guessed it right."

Ye Ge sat down on the ground, as if he were really preparing to have a long chat with an old friend.

“Alright, we can reminisce about the past later,” Night Song said. “Old Deng, I have something important to ask you.”

Qinglong paused for a moment: "What is it?"

Night Song: "About how much of your holy power have you recovered?"

There was silence for a few seconds.

After a long silence, Qinglong finally replied, "Less than one-tenth. To be precise, less than one percent."

Ye Ge exclaimed in surprise, "It's been over a hundred million years, and it's only recovered to one percent?"

"My body was destroyed by the gods, my bones were dismembered and sealed away. What is buried here is only a piece of my dragon skull. What do you say?" The Azure Dragon sneered. "If I had already recovered ten percent of my strength, those gods would probably have already come knocking on my door to strengthen the seal on me."

Ye Ge frowned and pondered, "I see..."

"So, if you encounter any trouble and want to borrow my holy power, you should give up that idea as soon as possible and find another way out." The Azure Dragon seemed to see through Ye Ge's thoughts: "My power has been completely sealed in this underground palace, and the range that can be radiated is only within this underground palace."

"Look at what you're saying." Ye Ge frowned, his face stern. "Although my human race is indeed about to face some unprecedented crises... we've known each other for over 1,400 years. How could I possibly ask you to lend me any holy power? Lending things is the worst thing you can do to damage a friendship."

Qinglong felt a little relieved after hearing this.

Ye Ge: "Yeah, I just wanted to ask you for some dragon bone powder."

Azure Dragon: "?"

Night Song: "Yes, it's the powder that was shaved off your dragon bone skull."

Azure Dragon: "???"