Douluo: Dragon King of Taiji Profound Truth
Chapter 25

The Pact of the Silver Dragon King Half Body: Gu Yue-I'll Take It All

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The blazing afternoon sun poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows, dividing the entire room into a battlefield of interwoven light and shadow. Tiny light spots danced across the sandalwood floor as the two young girls stared at each other for a long time, their gazes colliding in midair, grinding against each other, sparks flying.

Gu Yue leaned against the marble table, her figure slender and graceful, her ink-black hair falling to her waist, her expression calm and cold.

On the other side, the red velvet sofa lay submerged in a waterfall of light. Na'er crossed her long legs, silver radiance flowing through the tips of her hair, while the golden morning glow filled her delicate white collarbones, dazzling enough to make one dizzy.

Gu Yue and Na'er each occupied one side. Sunlight outlined the beautiful, expressive lines of the two girls, black and silver-white forming a stark contrast, like the eternally opposing poles of yin and yang.

The dust floating in the air suddenly froze. Gu Yue smiled faintly, her voice icy. "Weren't you going to have a talk with me? Why have you been silent ever since we got here?"

The hostility in her tone was so obvious that even a three-year-old could have sensed it. Yet Na'er did not care. Tilting her head, green hair spilling down like water, she slowly said, "I remembered some memories. They should belong to the Silver Dragon King... or, more plainly, to you, the Silver Dragon King's primary personality.

"The memories were so long—at least hundreds of thousands of years. Though they did not seem to have much practical value. Ever since the defeat and exile to the Star Dou Great Forest, most of that time was spent sleeping and recovering from injuries. It was nowhere near as wonderful and happy as my short four years."

As soon as she said that, Gu Yue's breathing became heavy, whistling like a broken bellows. Suppressing the violent fluctuations in her emotions, she said coldly, "You are one half of the Silver Dragon King. Those memories are shared by both of us. There is nothing strange about remembering them now.

"Through the Silver Dragon King's memories, you witnessed the entire history of the Star Dou Great Forest, from prosperity to decline. You saw the Xingdou Fierce Beasts lead the Soul Beast Clan in desperate resistance, only to fail to turn the tide as they suffered defeat after defeat beneath humanity's Soul Guidance Technology.

"The Outer Zone and Mixed Zone have long fallen. The Star Dou Great Forest has only the Core Zone and the Lake of Life remaining. Humanity built a high wall and claimed it was to protect the last seeds of the soul beasts. In truth, they were raising soul beasts in captivity. Once the time is right, they will charge into the Star Dou Great Forest without mercy and turn every soul beast into a Soul Spirit!

"Na'er, we are both halves of the Silver Dragon King, the overlords of the Soul Beast Clan! Humanity is vicious and cruel, greedy as demons. We have a duty to lead the soul beasts out of this mire and wage a war of vengeance against humanity!"

Hearing this, Na'er raised her brows and stared at Gu Yue. Deep darkness gathered in her eyes as she curled her lips and gave a disdainful snort. "The Soul Beast Clan has declined, and you want revenge. Yet the first thing you want to do is devour me and transform into the complete Silver Dragon King.

"Never mind whether you can truly achieve your goal and successfully take revenge. I would definitely die. All my abilities and my soul would become part of you. To you, I am merely a tool that can be sacrificed at will."

Gu Yue looked at Na'er, her brows knitting even tighter. "Your birth was an accident. You took away thirty percent of my power and the Silver Dragon Spear. I merely want to set things right and return to the proper path of the past. We were originally one..."

"No!"

Na'er interrupted her coldly, expressionless. "We are different. You are the Soul Beast Overlord, the Silver Dragon King, while I am a human being of flesh and blood!"

"A human?"

Gu Yue froze for a second, her expression twisting slightly. "One half of the Silver Dragon King does not recognize the soul beasts, yet recognizes humanity, our mortal enemy... Na'er, you have truly broadened my horizons."

"Why can't I recognize humanity?" Na'er asked seriously.

"The Silver Dragon King, just like humans, was originally only a child who descended into this world.

"When we split apart, we encountered Spatial Turbulence. The Ten Thousand Demon King pursued me relentlessly and was determined to capture me and bring me back to fuse with you. Had Shrek City not possessed so many Title Douluo, and had I not happened to meet Zhao Xuanzhen and Aunt Leng, I would have ceased to exist long ago.

"Humans gave me a home. They gave me meticulous care and taught me to Understand Good and Evil and know gains and losses. Zhao Xuanzhen, Aunt Leng, Big White Sister, Little White Sister... they all like me, and I like them too. I am willing to give everything to protect my home.

"Gu Yue, I may have remembered the Silver Dragon King's memories, but so what?

"The memories surfaced before my eyes. As long as I saw them, it felt as though I had been immersed in a dream. But they are not real. When I wake up, I am still myself, not the Soul Beast Overlord, the Silver Dragon King!"

"Shut up!"

Those words had undoubtedly touched Gu Yue's bottom line. Extreme rage erupted from her, and a dazzling streak of purple rose from the depths of her black pupils as the aura of the Silver Dragon King Bloodline pressed toward Na'er!

"Who's afraid of you!"

Na'er refused to yield in the slightest. As the shadows of her eyelashes swept across her lower lids, boiling purple light surged from her silver-white eyes. She had clearly activated the Silver Dragon King Bloodline!

Purple eyes met purple eyes. Droplets of water on the tender tips of the room's greenery reflected two distorted images. The moment their gazes intertwined, the prism hanging by the window refracted brilliant rainbow light.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the sound of ocean waves drifted faintly through the air. The yin and yang totem formed by the two perfect bodies became clearer amid the light and shadow. As the halves of the Silver Dragon King confronted each other, even the sunlight began to tremble uneasily.

"Enough."

Gu Yue snorted coldly. The gorgeous purple faded from her eyes, and her pupils slowly returned to clear black. "So you are telling me that from now on, you will stand with humanity and become enemies with me and the Soul Beast Clan?"

"Whether we are enemies does not depend on me. It depends on your choice." Na'er likewise withdrew her purple light and said in a deep voice, "Gu Yue, I will not beat around the bush. Let's lay everything out in the open.

"I do not know the ultimate goal behind your joining the Spirit Pagoda. Frankly speaking, I do not want to be in the same environment as you, but Zhao Xuanzhen and Aunt Leng agreed to this, and I cannot change it.

"I only want to ask one thing. In your plans, what will become of the Spirit Pagoda? What will happen to Zhao Xuanzhen, Aunt Leng, and the others?"

"If I am to take revenge on humanity, I must first understand humanity. That is why I joined the Spirit Pagoda. As for those two people you mentioned, if they stand in the way of the Soul Beast Clan's revenge, I will kill them without hesitation!"

"Gu Yue, if you cross the line, do not blame me for showing no mercy. There is only one Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian, but humanity has a double-digit number of Extreme Douluo!" Na'er said coldly.

"From what you are saying, you intend to expose my identity to the Douluo Continent?" Gu Yue crossed her arms over her chest and raised her snow-white chin slightly. "If you do that, can you, as the other half of the Silver Dragon King, remain untouched?

"Na'er, remember my advice. Once a soul beast, always a soul beast!

"No matter how much you see yourself as human, the blood flowing through your body cannot be cleansed away! Humans have an old saying: those not of our kind must harbor different intentions. If your identity as one half of the Silver Dragon King is exposed, what choice do you think those people you love will make?

"Soul Rings, Soul Bones, Soul Spirits... which ending would you prefer?"

Na'er's lips moved as if she were biting the tip of her tongue, unwilling to admit anything in those words.

Gu Yue took lotus steps toward Na'er. Their pretty faces slowly drew close, black and silver-white meeting again. "Mutual destruction is the worst possible outcome. Let us make an agreement now.

"I will not harm Zhao Xuanzhen or the humans you care about. Even if I start a racial war, I will spare their lives in the end. In exchange, you may not expose my identity, nor may you recklessly interfere with what I do in the Spirit Pagoda. Be a good spectator."

Na'er pondered for a long time before adding, "One more condition. I want absolute freedom. You may no longer try to devour me and become the complete Silver Dragon King."

"...Are you dreaming?"

Gu Yue frowned slightly, her face plainly saying, Woman, don't push your luck!

If I don't become the Silver Dragon King, then what the hell am I even playing for?

Watching thirty percent of my power and my Innate Divine Artifact sway before my eyes all day long—how is that any different from a Youthful Pig Head boy yearning for a bunny girl senior?

Watching Gu Yue, who looked as though she wanted to curse but stopped herself, Na'er suddenly became smug. "I almost forgot. After gaining humanity, you cannot devour me at all.

"If I am not willing, then even if you force our fusion, both your soul and body will develop cracks from my resistance. Not only will you fail to become the Silver Dragon King, you may even suffer a mental breakdown."

Gu Yue clenched her two fists tightly, her knuckles turning white. Embarrassment flashed across her face at having her thoughts exposed.

In another time and space, she had intended to make Na'er willingly fuse with her and become the Silver Dragon King with a complete body and soul. The two had even made a bet. Gu Yue had transformed into an ordinary-looking girl and approached Tang Wulin, planning to make him fall in love with her.

Now, Gu Yue faced the same predicament again. This Na'er was even more troublesome. With her humanity and the support of the Spirit Pagoda's high-level members, she dared to fight for benefits and struggle to the very end.

"Na'er, why don't we make a bet..."

Gu Yue prepared to use her old trick.

"Not listening, not listening!"

The moment she heard the word "bet," Na'er hurriedly covered her ears and shook her head from side to side, moving as fast as a rattle drum.

"You think I'm stupid, but I'm not stupid at all!

"Zhao Xuanzhen emphasized this to me years ago: only stupid pigs gamble. People with leverage should force the other party to back down!

"Anyway, I don't care. If you hurt Zhao Xuanzhen or Aunt Leng, I'll expose both our identities to the outside world. Then you can wait for your plans to crumble and for the Extreme Douluo of the entire Douluo Continent to hunt you down! If you forcibly devour me, I'll destroy my soul directly. The two halves of the Silver Dragon King can hold hands and go to hell together!"

Na'er rolled the knife right there on the spot. Gu Yue was so furious that fire nearly burst from her eyes, and she sucked in a breath through her teeth. Who had taught this unlucky child?

Forcibly suppressing the urge to strangle Na'er to death, Gu Yue gritted her teeth. "The previous conditions remain in effect. The additional condition will be changed: before I recover to the level of an Extreme Douluo, I will not attempt to devour you.

"This is the greatest sincerity I can offer. If I truly said I would let you go forever, I doubt even you would believe it."

"A gentleman's word!"

Na'er raised one hand, and Gu Yue reluctantly extended hers.

"Smack, smack, smack!"

Three claps, and the agreement was sealed!

After a round of back-and-forth confrontation, the two halves of the Silver Dragon King finally reached an agreement. Each held to her bottom line, and they would coexist peacefully for the time being.

Gu Yue's eyes darkened as her thoughts shifted repeatedly. With seventy percent of the Silver Dragon King's power, becoming an Extreme Douluo in the future was all but certain.

The obstacle Na'er posed to breaking through the shackles of the plane and achieving a God Position was not an especially urgent issue. Therefore, Gu Yue relaxed her timetable and devoted more energy to infiltrating the Spirit Pagoda and carrying out her revenge plans.

The tense atmosphere gradually eased. Na'er poked Gu Yue in the kidneys, her face full of curiosity. "A few days ago, at the Spirit Ascension Platform in Eastsea City, that black-haired boy beside you seemed to carry the aura of the Golden Dragon King.

"How long have you been enrolled? You still haven't stripped away his bloodline. That doesn't fit your cold-blooded personality!"

The Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King attracted each other. Tang Wulin had already broken through the First Floor seal and possessed a Golden Dragon Claw at the time, so Na'er could naturally sense that aura.

"You think I didn't want to take it from him?!"

Gu Yue angrily flung Na'er's hand away. This girl really knew how to bring up the one thing she did not want to hear. Because Tang Wulin had cheated by calling his father for backup, Di Tian, Bear Monarch, and the other fierce beasts had been severely injured and were still lying around in the Star Dou Great Forest like corpses. Moreover, Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Bloodline had inexplicably and bizarrely regressed within a single day. She was already irritated enough!

The Golden Dragon King Bloodline had regressed, she could not obtain thirty percent of the Silver Dragon King's power, she bore a blood feud for her race, a large number of Xingdou Fierce Beasts had been injured, and now someone was even holding her by the throat after she joined the Spirit Pagoda...

For one brief moment, Gu Yue lamented that there was no soul beast in the entire world more miserable than her!

"Oh dear, so what if there's no Golden Dragon King?" Na'er said carelessly. "At worst, you can become human with me. We can live happily every day.

"Aunt Leng has already planned it out. Zhao Xuanzhen, you, and I will be the Trident that shares hardship and joy in the future. The three of us should simply live our lives well. Nothing matters more than that!"

"Impossible. The blood feud between soul beasts and humans must be avenged!" Gu Yue's resolve remained firm.

Na'er curled her lips. A dark gleam flashed through her silver eyes and vanished. Zhao Xuanzhen could restrain Gu Yue's Elemental Control. As long as the two halves of the Silver Dragon King did not fuse, Gu Yue could not become a god and would remain suppressed by Zhao Xuanzhen, unable to stir up much trouble.

When the time comes, I'll act cute, tempt him, and coax Zhao Xuanzhen into restraining Gu Yue. Then I'll get right in Gu Yue's face and unload on her. Let's see who the real Big Sister is!

"I'm done talking. Aunt Leng needs me for something. Remember our agreement!"

Before leaving, Na'er did not forget to remind Gu Yue.

Once Na'er's figure vanished, Gu Yue suddenly broke into a smile. Coldness seeped through it. *Only an idiot would abandon racial hatred and live with humans...

We are both the Silver Dragon King. Playing wiles with me is useless. You want to buy time for your own growth, but you do not realize that agreement is merely an excuse I can tear apart at any time...

I cannot wait until I become an Extreme Douluo. The sooner I devour you, the better!

Na'er, humans may be emotional and capable of understanding many feelings that soul beasts can never touch, but humanity is not as rational and cold as beast nature. You were too impatient, and you exposed your weakness.

The humans you love are the fatal crack in your heart. If they abandon you, the humanity you possess will naturally collapse into despair. That will be the best time for me to devour you.

Zhao Xuanzhen, Zhao Xuanzhen... whenever his name is mentioned, your eyes are filled with pride and intimacy. He must be the most important person in your heart, and the human who has influenced you most deeply—the core of your humanity...

As it happens, Zhao Xuanzhen is my only examiner. Any future promotion in the Spirit Pagoda, and any access to its core secrets, will require his support.

Childhood sweethearts... what an endlessly evocative phrase. It contains ten thousand possibilities, or it can mean nothing at all!

Talent, appearance, benefits, feelings... as long as I surpass you in every way, Zhao Xuanzhen will decisively abandon you and choose me instead! Humans are selfish. Everyone in this world is the same!*

Gu Yue's eyes burned with fierce ambition. She clenched her fists tightly and turned toward the Meeting Room where Zhao Xuanzhen had been earlier.

*"Zhao Xuanzhen, the Spirit Pagoda, and you...

I want you all!"*

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