Ancestor's Protection! All Danger Resolved

Amid the chaos, Tang Wei and members of the other major families looked at one another.

At first, they were stunned.

Yu Xiaoheng was a complete and utter madman!

But after the shock passed, a strange emotion quietly began to grow in their hearts.

This was good...

This was an incredibly good thing!

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

Then, aside from the lofty Spirit Hall...

Tang Hao of the Clear Sky Sect would firmly claim the top spot 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.

Was that... my brother?

Wasn't he the kind of person who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, someone so calm he was almost ruthless?

He was being this impulsive for a woman?

This... weak?

Yu Xiaoheng, you had changed.

That was fine too.

The corner of Yu Xiaogang's mouth lifted slightly.

You had grown weaker.

And I would grow stronger.

If it were me...

If it were me, I would never be so reckless! Second Dragon might be wonderful, but... what could be more important than one's life? Than one's future?

Yes, reckless! Ignorant!

The ignorant feared nothing!

Yu Xiaoheng, you were courting death! You simply did not understand the true mysteries of Thunder Pool Body Refinement. You did not know what it meant for a Thunderstone to shatter, but I knew it all too well!

This was the power of knowledge!

So...

I was the stronger one after all!

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

Yu Xiaogang straightened his back, and the gazes cast upon him by the clan members no longer seemed quite so piercing.

However.

Xiaoheng, after awakening your Martial Soul...

You had become too proud.

The old you would never have done something like this.

And because of that...

I would remember your lesson. 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 gravely wounded!

What a waste... so many family resources, squandered away.

However.

Sharp gasps suddenly came from beside the Thunder Pool.

They were followed by waves of startled cries!

At the center of the Thunder Pool.

Within that destructive silver-blue...

A streak of pure gold lit up!

At first, it was only a tiny spark, flickering in and out amid the raging torrent of Lightning, as though it might go out at any moment.

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

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

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

No one could answer him.

Because the sight before them had already surpassed everyone's understanding.

On the Viewing Platform, the delight on Tang Wei's face froze instantly.

His hand holding the 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 older, more majestic!

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

Their gazes pierced through the violent web of electricity, their pupils reflecting that swelling mass of Golden Light.

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

That was...

Sacred Dragon's Light!

Deep within the Thunder Pool.

Yu Xiaoheng's consciousness was sinking into boundless pain.

Torn apart.

Crushed.

Burned.

Every inch of flesh and 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 of the Thunder Pool's energy rampage after the Thunderstone shattered.

Though he had lived two lives and possessed an unyielding will, this was still the first time he had faced such a pure threat of death.

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

Buzz—

A warm, gentle current flowed from his right arm.

Immediately afterward, the segment of Sacred Dragon Bone he wore there bloomed with dazzling Golden Light!

An ancient, distant sigh seemed to cross the ages and ring directly within the depths of his soul.

"Alas..."

"A descendant of my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, bearing the Golden Sacred Dragon Bloodline, nearly being devoured by mere thunderclaps?"

Within the Sacred Dragon Bone, the Ancestor's Will that had slumbered for countless years finally Awakened.

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

It vaguely sensed the crisis outside and sensed that this descendant who had awakened the Golden Sacred Dragon stood on the brink of death.

So, it moved.

The next moment, countless golden threads finer than strands of hair surged from the Sacred Dragon Bone.

These threads were not a crude infusion of energy. Instead, like the finest 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 entwined around his fractured bones, holding and nourishing them like splints.

They seeped into his charred flesh, driving out the rampant Lightning Power and restoring new vitality.

From outside to within, from within to outside.

A vast golden net formed from pure Sacred Dragon Power enveloped and protected Yu Xiaoheng's internal organs, extraordinary meridians, Limbs and Bones, all of it.

The agonizing pain continued.

But the destructive sensation of imminent death quietly receded.

He had been saved!

***

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

The violent Lightning that had nearly torn him into pieces before could no longer harm him in the slightest.

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

Yu Xiaoheng felt it most clearly.

A second ago, Lightning had been deadly poison.

The next, it had become the most precious tonic!

"Crackle..."

Threads of silver-blue arcs of electricity slowly seeped into his Meridians along those golden filaments.

At first, the process still carried a hint of stinging pain.

But soon, the pain turned into numb tingling, and the tingling became an indescribable comfort.

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

He was no longer passively enduring it.

He was actively... devouring it!

Outside, a terrifying sight appeared.

Centered on Yu Xiaoheng's cross-legged body, a massive vortex formed.

The silver-blue electric light of the entire Thunder Pool was drawn into the vortex, transforming into visible pillars of Lightning that poured endlessly into his body!

His body seemed to have become a bottomless abyss.

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

The newly formed dragon scales were even thicker than before. Along their edges ran fine rings of silver-blue lightning patterns, flickering with electric light.

Dragon Scales First Manifestation had reached major completion!

Lightning continued pouring in, tempering his bones.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

Every bone in his body gave off crisp sounds as he underwent a complete transformation.