Yun Ming's Death, Soul Remaining

Unfortunately, it was useless to regret now. He had failed to kill Chen An completely before, and now he had failed to kill him completely again. Instead, he was about to be completely killed by his opponent—killed by someone he could once have crushed at will. How laughable.

He had always been confident, believing himself to be the greatest genius of this era. He was supposed to be the one treating others as background props, never the one becoming someone else's backdrop. Yet Chen An's appearance had made him realize that his confidence had been somewhat blind.

He was not the protagonist of this era. Chen An was. It was something he could not accept, yet had no choice but to accept.

As his heart stopped beating, his breathing also ceased. His consciousness blurred, and on a physiological level, he was dead.

But not on a spiritual level. Chen An decisively switched abilities, changing from his Xuanwu form into his Three-Eyed Golden Lion form.

After using that energy fruit, not only had his Xuanwu Bloodline risen to the Dragon God's level, but his Three-Eyed Golden Lion Bloodline had also reached that level.

His Three-Eyed Golden Lion form had changed as well. Its body was larger, its appearance more magnificent and noble, and it radiated a peculiar energy fluctuation. This was the power of destiny.

Previously, the power of destiny possessed by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion Bloodline could only affect soul beasts. But now that the Bloodline had evolved to the Dragon God's level, that power was no longer limited to soul beasts. It seemed capable of affecting even humans. More precisely, it could influence the destiny of the entire plane, over a far broader range.

While in his Three-Eyed Golden Lion form, Chen An simultaneously summoned the Soul-Seizing Bell and