Companion Dragon God

It felt as though the blood in Gu You's body was flowing in reverse, and a strange pain swept through his entire body.

"Then I'll begin." The Ice Emperor Scorpion's head touched Gu You's forehead. Its powerful Extreme Ice covered everything around them in a layer of snow-white, thick ice.

His Martial Soul began to manifest, and his Soul Power seemed to reach a critical point.

30!!

A black Soul Ring streaked with faint red marks flew out from the Ice Emperor Scorpion and hovered beneath Gu You's feet.

The veins across Gu You's body bulged. His flesh suffered immense pain, yet his mind felt strangely comfortable, an indescribable sensation.

The black Soul Ring was highly unstable. Gu You pressed two fingers together and suddenly opened his eyes. His pupils had turned vertical slits, and the Soul Ring stopped struggling, floating steadily beneath him.

"It really worked. You should know that we Soul Beasts all possess Soul Bones, so naturally, I can't be left out. Of course I have one too. What I'm giving you is a right leg bone, and it's already close to undergoing a qualitative transformation. It's comparable to an ordinary Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and will likewise grant you two Soul Bone skills." The Ice Emperor Scorpion was already in a soul state. Her body had changed drastically, growing nearly ten meters tall and radiating the true aura of a king.

"You're a hundred thousand years old?" Gu You revealed a shocked expression.

"That's right. I should have reached a hundred thousand years long ago, but because of the heavenly tribulation, I kept suppressing myself. After merging with you, I was no longer restricted by the heavenly tribulation. I can now be considered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

Gu You began to merge with it calmly, no longer allowing himself to be distracted. The pain had mostly faded, but it would return. After all, there was still a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. Even if a Soul Beast sacrificed itself willingly, the power of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was not something an ordinary person could endure. A Soul Ring could be handled with Spiritual Power, but a Soul Bone could only be endured by the physical body.

The black Soul Ring began to emit a red glow, and enormous energy erupted from it. The ice around them shattered, and even the instruments that had once restrained the Ice Emperor Scorpion were blasted to pieces by this force.

Now! The Ice Emperor Scorpion's right leg bone floated before Gu You and merged into his right leg.

An indescribable pain erupted within his right leg. It reached such an extreme that he even lost all sensation.

Aah!

A powerless sense of Destruction slowly rose within Gu You's heart. It was as though everything around him had gone dark, and a low voice echoed in his mind.

Why...

In an instant, the world around him changed. It was eternally black and boundless.

"Where is this?" Gu You fiercely pinched his arm. He could feel pain. He clearly remembered merging with the Soul Bone just moments ago, so how had he suddenly arrived in this damned place?

Why...

The voice appeared again, deep and low. He could hear desolation and loneliness within it, as well as a trace of insignificant anger.

"Why? That's right... why? Why did I come to this world? Why do I have this special Martial Soul?" Gu You's gaze darkened. Purple light flashed above him, giving the entire dark world a faint glow.

Gu You looked up, and his pupils widened. A Giant Dragon! A Giant Dragon ten thousand meters long!

Nine strange halos hovered around the Giant Dragon's body. Its purple scales radiated a dense glow, as solid and unbreakable as a fortress of stone. The nine halos behind its head expanded slightly outward before continuously contracting.

God King...

Gu You silently watched everything before him. The answer he sought had finally arrived.

"Human, you have finally come." The Giant Dragon's voice was gentle, utterly unlike the aura surrounding it.

"Yes, I've finally come, to uncover the secret between us." Gu You smiled.

"Do not approach the Dragon God. This is merely my benevolent intent, an important step in what I wish to tell you. I will soon fall asleep. When that happens, my malevolent intent will take over everything. It will retaliate against you for approaching the Dragon God. Even if it does not kill you, you will still pay an enormous price." The Giant Dragon spoke with a smile.

"Then let it come. Senior, tell me your story. I'm very curious about what happened tens of thousands of years ago. I also want to understand the grievances and hatred involved. The Dragon God is already dead. The only things remaining in this world are its two bloodlines, the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. Yet if either of them merges with the other, it will appear again." Gu You looked at the Giant Dragon. Since he had used someone else's power, he could not be an ungrateful person. If there truly was some great enmity, he would kill the Golden Dragon King and erase its bloodline, making it truly disappear.

But now was not the time. The Plane Master belonged to the Tang Clan, and so would the Life Ancient Tree in the future. Two true god-level beings and one second-level god were far beyond what Gu You could contend against now.

"In ancient times, two Giant Dragons were born between heaven and earth. One represented Genesis, while the other represented Destruction. At that time, the Dragon Clan began to flourish and became the strongest race, unmatched by anyone in the world. Later, it and I ascended to the God Realm, leading countless clansmen with us. Everything had been well, but the Dragon God made a decision I could not understand: Soul Beasts would no longer be allowed to become gods! At the time, the Dragon God's forces were already several times stronger than humanity's forces in the God Realm. To ease this situation, the Dragon God disregarded the discussions among the Divine Beasts and issued this decree. The laws of heaven and earth acknowledged it, and nothing could stop it. I was furious. The Dragon God trusted humanity too much. It did not understand humanity's evil, nor did it understand humanity's ambition..."

"Then why did you choose me?" Gu You looked at the Dragon God in confusion. Since it hated and distrusted humans, why had it chosen a human?

"Did I have a choice?" The Companion Dragon God let out a long sigh.

"Huh? I suppose that's true. After all, Soul Beasts can no longer become gods." Gu You coughed twice awkwardly.

"I led the Soul Beast clansmen who believed in me to rebel, but I underestimated the Dragon God's strength. It had already comprehended powers other than Genesis. I was originally meant to be one with it. It believed in Eternal Genesis, while I believed in Eternal Destruction. It believed in people's love, while I had truly witnessed humanity's evil side. I believed in humanity's evil. Our strength was equal, depending on how great its Genesis energy was, just as its strength depended on how great my Destruction energy was. Yet in that battle, I was defeated by the anger within its Destruction. It comprehended several laws of Divine Power and became a Supreme God King, no longer bound by the constraints between it and me. My rebellion failed. I was annihilated by its Divine Power, and the Divine Beasts who rebelled alongside me could not escape its punishment either. A trace of my origin soul remained undying and drifted through this world. I watched helplessly as it was slain by the human gods. I do not know whether it regretted it in the end, but I know that I won. Later, I drifted through the starry cosmos for a long time. Even Douluo's history forgot me. Then, by chance, I parasitized your mind, used a trace of Divine Power to send you across worlds, and continuously restored my origin power. Afterward, I set up these nine seals for you to lift and absorb in the future." After the Dragon God finished telling its story, Gu You remained silent for a long time.

Whose fault was this, humanity's or that Soul Beast god's?

Original story, for reference only.