Three Words
Ryu stepped through the portal, his eyes blurring for a moment before he could finally see once again.
After registering just where he was, Ryu stood silently for a long time, ignoring the individuals that were all around him. Maybe just a few days ago, after seeing this place, he would have flown into an immediate rage. Draconic scales would flood down his skin, his irises would flicker between its current silver and a deep crimson, and maybe the ground beneath his feet would have long since shattered.
Though some of it had changed in the last 900 million years, it wasn't enough that Ryu wouldn't be able to recognize it with a single glance.
The Deep Eruption Sect.
If the Awoken Moon Sect was a subordinate Sect of Ryu's Ice Phoenix Clan, then the Deep Eruption Sect was a subordinate Sect of his Tatsuya Clan. Compared to the former, Ryu had much deeper roots with the latter, by several measures.