Looking at Su Muyao’s serious expression, Di Fu Yuan sighed softly and said, "Silly girl, although I have died, I am not truly gone; I have an undying body."

"It’s just that my divine soul is out of the body, and my divine soul is scattered everywhere, not yet gathered."

He is the Black Dragon King, born extraordinary, possessing an undying body.

"I am not sure where my body is sleeping, probably in a place no one would expect."

"Only this way can my body be preserved."

Otherwise, his body would have long ceased to exist.

Every part of the dragon’s body is a treasure.

If the beastmen knew, they would certainly scramble for it.

"I also have no memory about my body."

He indeed didn’t know, and even if he did, he didn’t intend to tell the little girl, nor did he want her to take risks.

"I remember your previous divine soul said that there is a dark aura in the Endless Sea, and if any wild beasts or beastmen enter the Endless Sea, they will be entangled and die by the dark aura."

"This dark aura is different from the dark aura of the Demon Realm."

"But after we entered the Endless Sea, we haven’t seen such a dark aura yet."

Remember, the previous divine sense of Di Fu Yuan that was stored in the painting mentioned that this dark aura is the power of the Destructive Black Lotus, a darkness that surpasses all existence.

Moreover, the fall of the Dragon Clan is also related to the Destructive Black Lotus.

Di Fu Yuan said, "The reason the Floating Light Tide Sea became the Endless Sea is that the creatures on the seabed were invaded and polluted by the aura of the Destructive Black Lotus, causing fierce beasts to mutate and demon beasts to emerge from underground; everything became uncontrollable."

"So back then, the Dragon Clan also because of the power of the Destructive Black Lotus..."

Su Muyao needn’t say the rest; she knows that Di Fu Yuan understands too.

Di Fu Yuan’s peach blossom eyes flashed a deep, complex color. He looked into the distance as if reminiscing about long-past events.

Finally, he sighed and said, "Little girl, you should know that the Dragon Clan existed alongside the Giant Beasts, and back then, there were many giant beast races both on land and under the sea."

"Under the invasion of the Destructive Black Lotus’ aura, many Giant Beast Clans attacked the underwater Dragon Palace, sparking a great war under the sea, coinciding with the Destruction Tribulation of that time, causing everything to cease to exist; countless giant beasts perished."

"Since then, the Dragon Clan became a legend among beastmen, and there are no more giant beasts in the Beast World."

"Some wild beasts, even if huge, cannot compare to giant beasts."

"That’s equivalent to an era; later, under the protection of the Witch Clan, the part of the living beings that survived the Beast World became the life of the next era."

"That Destruction Tribulation was the Dark Chaos, because if not for the Destructive Black Lotus, countless giant beast races would never have been able to contend with the Dragon Clan, nor could they have approached the Dragon Palace by half a step."

Listening to Di Fu Yuan’s words, Su Muyao could imagine the scenes of those years.

"Do you know the Immortal Realm?"

Di Fu Yuan tried to recall some ancient matters, but he was only a wisp of the divine soul, and there were limited things he could remember.

So he tried hard to think, making his head hurt; he lightly pinched his temples with fingers as slender and white as jade.

"During the Destruction Tribulation, also known as the Dark Chaos, the Immortal Realm should have long since collapsed and no longer existed; otherwise, the Immortal Beastmen from the Immortal Realm would have intervened."

Su Muyao’s face changed; did the Immortal Realm no longer exist back then?

She wondered, "But didn’t you say you had a beloved female from the Immortal Realm?"

Ancient memories flashed through Di Fu Yuan’s mind, and even if only part, they were enough to be deeply engraved.

He gazed deeply at Su Muyao, as if seeing someone through her.

Su Muyao’s expression shifted several times, "Are you looking at her through me?"

"Do I look like her?"

"Are you taking me as her substitute?"

Su Muyao, in her previous life, had read countless novels, so her imagination was very active, coming up with various scenarios.

Di Fu Yuan, who was initially sunk into part of his memory, saddened, was amused by her words.

He reached out and gently tapped her forehead, not having the heart to use any force.

"Do you think I’m someone who would take you as a substitute?"

Su Muyao said, "But isn’t the Dragon Race Key something the Black Dragon King normally gives to his beloved female?"

"You should be the Black Dragon King, right?"

She had seen his true form, and connecting many things, she already had her suspicions.

Di Fu Yuan pinched his brow with his fingers and sighed helplessly.

"I really am... alas..."

"You’ve forgotten so thoroughly, even if you don’t remember, is there no familiar feeling in your soul?"

"Even when I lost all memories, with a wisp of divine sense stored in Mei Qingchen’s sword, upon seeing you for the first time, I could sense something."

The reason he protected the little girl back then wasn’t because there was a familiar feeling deep in his soul, instinctively safeguarding her.

The reason he woke up to her call was that there was an inherent connection between them.

Su Muyao pointed at herself, "Are you saying, it’s me?"

Di Fu Yuan knew she didn’t have memories, too reluctant to blame her.

"Yes, it’s you."

"You are the Immortal Phoenix, and I, the Black Dragon King, the female I interacted with back then has always been you."

The one he loved and protected was always her.

Back then, the little girl he cherished and nurtured personally, waiting for her to grow up so he could become her Beast Husband, but it never came to be as the Dark Chaos erupted in the Beast World.

After a pause, Di Fu Yuan continued, "It’s just that after you reincarnated, you have no memory."

There were some things he originally didn’t want to tell her, but the little girl imagined too wildly, and he didn’t want to create any misunderstandings.

Su Muyao realized something, shockingly exclaimed, "Are you saying the Immortal Phoenix from three hundred thousand years ago was also me?"

Di Fu Yuan explained, "There is only one Immortal Phoenix in the world, a being connected with the fortune of heaven and earth, closely related to the Beast World; you wouldn’t die easily."

"Unless the Beast World is completely destroyed."

But as long as the Witch Clan exists, even if the Beast World undergoes a Destruction Tribulation, it has been protected, and there are still living beings in the Beast World.

Therefore, under such fortune, the Immortal Phoenix was reborn.

Also, there was a force of guidance leading her back.

"What was I like then?"

Looking at Di Fu Yuan’s sincere expression, Su Muyao felt he shouldn’t be lying.

Di Fu Yuan said, "You were really, really good back then."

His personally raised little wife, of course, was perfect in every way.

She grew up carefree under his care.

He thought he would always protect her well.

But she is the Immortal Phoenix, and some things were beyond his control.

So now he also understands that he cannot protect her under his wings; she needs to grow on her own.

"How did I look then?"

"Exactly like you now."

Di Fu Yuan looked at Su Muyao at this moment, his peach blossom eyes carrying a gentle, shimmering light, his gaze as soft as water.

Despite his great power, his tenderness now made his aura feel like spring wind turning into rain, enveloping her heart with a warm current.

As if he had always pampered her like this.