Ancestor's Protection! All Danger Resolved

Amid the chaos, Tang Wei and the members of the other major families exchanged looks.

At first, they were stunned.

Yu Xiaoheng was a complete and utter madman!

But after the shock passed, a peculiar feeling quietly began to grow in their hearts.

This was a good thing...

An incredibly good thing!

If Yu Xiaoheng perished here, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would have no one capable of holding up the heavens for the next hundred years!

Then, aside from the lofty Spirit Hall...

Tang Hao of the Clear Sky Sect would firmly claim the top position among the younger generation and become the undisputed strongest of the future!

In a corner of the crowd.

Yu Xiaogang stared blankly at that hellscape of lightning.

That was... my brother?

Wasn't he the kind of person who would stop at nothing for his goals, someone so calm he was cold-blooded?

For a woman, he was acting so impulsively?

So... weakly?

Yu Xiaoheng, you had changed.

Fine.

The corners of Yu Xiaogang's lips rose slightly.

You had grown weaker.

And I would grow stronger.

If it were me...

If it were me, I would never be so reckless! Erlong might be wonderful, but... how could she be more important than one's life? How could she be more important than one's future?!

Yes, reckless! Ignorant!

Ignorance is Bliss!

Yu Xiaoheng, you were seeking death! You didn't understand the true mysteries of tempering the body in the Thunder Pool. You didn't know what the Thunder Guiding Stone breaking meant, but I understood it perfectly!

This was the power of knowledge!

So...

I was the stronger one!

Even if my Martial Soul had mutated, even if I possessed only half a rank of Soul Power, my mind, my knowledge, still stood above yours!

Yu Xiaogang straightened his back. The looks his clansmen cast his way no longer seemed quite so piercing.

However.

Xiao Heng, after awakening your Martial Soul...

You had become too proud.

The old you would never have done this.

And because of that...

I would remember this lesson of yours. Like you, I would persevere and strive, but I would never...

Be arrogant!

As Yu Xiaogang pondered, a trace of regret flashed through his eyes. He knew that this time, even if his elder brother did not die, he would be severely injured!

What a waste... So many clan resources, squandered for nothing.

However.

A series of sharp inhalations came from the edge of the Thunder Pool.

Then came one startled cry after another!

At the center of the Thunder Pool.

Within that destructive silver-blue radiance...

A streak of pure gold lit up!

At first, it was merely a firefly-like spark, flickering in and out amid the violent torrent of lightning as though it could be snuffed out at any moment.

Yet not only did it not go out, it began to expand with an unstoppable momentum!

"Th-that... what is that?"

A disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan spoke in a trembling voice.

No one could answer him.

Because what they were witnessing had already surpassed everyone's understanding.

On the viewing platform, the delight on Tang Wei's face froze instantly.

The hand holding his wine cup trembled slightly, nearly spilling the fine wine within.

That golden light...

It was not the glow of Yu Xiaoheng's Soul Power.

It was more ancient, more majestic!

Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian, the brothers who had just been at each other's throats, also stopped all movement.

Their gazes pierced through the raging web of lightning, their pupils reflecting that ever-expanding mass of golden radiance.

As the clan leader and second-in-command of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, they understood better than anyone what this meant.

That was...

Holy Dragon Light!

Deep within the Thunder Pool.

Yu Xiaoheng's consciousness was sinking into boundless pain.

Torn apart.

Crushed.

Burned.

Every inch of flesh, every bone in his body, wailed beneath the ravages of lightning.

I really screwed up...

That was the only thought in Yu Xiaoheng's mind.

He had overestimated his physical body and underestimated the extent to which the Thunder Pool's energy would run wild after the Thunder Guiding Stone shattered.

He had lived two lives and possessed an unyielding will, but ultimately, this was still his first time facing such a pure threat of death.

Just as his consciousness was about to be completely overwhelmed by the agony.

Buzz—

A gentle, warm current flowed from his right arm.

Immediately afterward, the segment of Holy Dragon Bone he wore there burst forth with dazzling golden light!

An aged, distant sigh seemed to cross the endless ages of time and space, ringing directly within the depths of his soul.

"Alas..."

"A descendant of my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, bearing the bloodline of the Golden Holy Dragon, nearly devoured by mere Thunder?"

Within the Holy Dragon Bone, that wisp of Ancestor's Will that had slumbered for countless years finally awakened.

This will had long since become incomplete. It could not communicate with the outside world and did not even possess complete consciousness, leaving it with only the instinct to protect its bloodline.

It vaguely sensed the crisis outside, sensing that this descendant who had awakened the Golden Holy Dragon stood at the brink of death.

So, it acted.

The next moment, countless golden threads finer than hair streamed out from the Holy Dragon Bone.

These threads were not a crude infusion of energy. Instead, like the most skillful embroiderer threading a needle, they precisely burrowed into Yu Xiaoheng's shattered body.

They entered his ruptured blood vessels and stitched the breaks back together.

They wrapped around his fractured bones, securing and nourishing them like splints.

They seeped into his charred flesh, driving out the rampant power of lightning and restoring new vitality.

From outside to within, and from within to outside.

A vast golden net formed from pure Holy Dragon Power enveloped and protected Yu Xiaoheng's organs, extraordinary meridians, limbs, and every bone in his body.

The excruciating pain continued.

But that annihilating sensation of imminent death quietly receded.

He had been saved!

With the protection of the Ancestor's Will within the Holy Dragon Bone, Yu Xiaoheng's body seemed to have become an impregnable fortress.

The violent lightning that had nearly torn him to pieces moments ago could no longer harm him in the slightest.

When it struck those golden threads, it not only failed to cause any damage, but was instead drawn in and tamed by a strange force, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

Yu Xiaoheng felt this most directly.

A second ago, the lightning had been deadly poison.

Now, it had become a supreme tonic!

"Crackle..."

Strands of silver-blue electrical arcs slowly seeped into his meridians along those golden threads.

At first, the process still carried a faint stabbing pain.

But soon, the stabbing pain turned into numbness, and the numbness transformed into an indescribable comfort.

Yu Xiaoheng had a sudden realization. He immediately cast aside all distracting thoughts and circulated his Soul Power with all his strength, guiding this immense energy.

He was no longer passively enduring it.

He was actively... Devouring it!

Outside, a terrifying sight unfolded.

Centered around Yu Xiaoheng's seated body, a massive vortex formed.

All the silver-blue lightning within the entire Thunder Pool was drawn toward this vortex, transforming into visible pillars of lightning that poured endlessly into his body!

His body seemed to have become a bottomless pit.

The golden dragon scales that had once shattered inch by inch began to reform.

The newly formed dragon scales were thicker and sturdier than before. Around the edges of each scale ran a circle of fine silver-blue lightning patterns, flickering with electric light.

Initial Dragon Scale Manifestation had reached major mastery!

The lightning continued to pour in, tempering his bones.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

Every bone in his body let out crisp sounds as he underwent a Complete Transformation.