Meeting the Light Dragon King

[Author's Note: In the Seer series, Rus Wang only possesses the Water attribute, lacks the Dragon attribute, and is not part of the Dragon race. However, for the sake of this story, I have decided that Rus Wang is a true Water-attribute Dragon. I ask my readers not to take this too seriously, as this book is merely a work of fan fiction.]

"This is the place."

Guided by the Turquoise Dragon and the Lightning Tyrannosaurus, Rus Wang arrived at the core area of the Dragon Valley Forest and paused at the edge of a cliff on a mountain over two thousand meters high. On the surface of a rock here, there were distinct, varying-sized imprints of the front right claws of dragons.

"In the past, the most powerful Dragon Kings of each generation would inject a massive amount of Soul Power here to open the spatial rift. But in our generation, since none of us have reached the level of five hundred thousand years, our Soul Power is insufficient to open it. Furthermore, before each entry, our predecessors had to bring along a significant amount of mineral ores containing energy."

The Lightning Tyrannosaurus looked at the Turquoise Dragon, who nodded immediately and used its Soul Power to transport all the ores that had been mined and piled up at the foot of the cliff.

"Although we have been unable to open the spatial rift for four hundred years, we haven't mined many ores. We ask that you, King, please carry them inside after you open the rift."

"That is not a problem."

Rus Wang took out his storage Soul Guidance Device and began placing the ores inside, taking quite a while to store them all.

Afterward, Rus Wang placed his right front limb onto the claw imprints left by the Dragon Kings of previous generations. The Turquoise Dragon and the Lightning Tyrannosaurus quickly retreated to join the group of hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts. As a ripple of Soul Power emanated from Rus Wang, the Soul Beasts of the Dragon Valley Forest, for the first time in 400 years, watched as light patterns quietly emerged beneath his feet.

The light patterns spread outward, quickly expanding to a diameter of one hundred meters. Within the patterns, a mist rose, and the aura became increasingly intense. As Rus Wang's momentum suddenly surged, the white light patterns on the ground began to fluctuate violently; the white mist rose, and the halo transformed into seven colors, suddenly erupting into a pillar of light that shot into the sky.

The sky was torn apart by the pillar of light, and the seven-colored radiance diffused outward, revealing a massive gap.

Having consumed a vast amount of Soul Power, Rus Wang immediately withdrew his right front limb from the claw imprints. Even with his strength at the six-hundred-thousand-year level, such a massive injection of Soul Power was a strain on him.

It was no wonder the Turquoise Dragon and the Lightning Tyrannosaurus said they weren't qualified; if he had been in his standard Rus Wang form, he estimated he would have been drained of all his Soul Power instantly.

Looking at the black gap of the spatial rift, Rus Wang nodded backward.

"I am going to meet the Dragon Soul. The management of the Dragon Valley Forest is left to you."

With that, Rus Wang stepped inside. Very quickly, he noticed the strange conditions around him: there was no air, and it was abnormally cold. Considering the brief mentions of the Dragon Valley World in the setting descriptions of the Fire Dragon Clan leader Jialin in Douluo Dalu 4, Rus Wang did not feel overly worried about his environment.

At this moment, due to the wariness and suppression of the God Realm, the Dragon Valley World was constantly drifting aimlessly through the universe. Rus Wang looked ahead, where the only point of light existed in the pitch-black world; it seemed he needed to fly toward it.

Rus Wang spread his wings and approached the point of light.

He did not know how much time had passed, but Rus Wang finally arrived before the point of light. Unlike the scene in the distance, this was another spatial rift, connecting to a world of forests and azure skies.

Rus Wang sensed the situation around the spatial rift briefly, and after confirming there was no danger, he stepped his entire body into it.

When his four limbs touched the soil of the Dragon Valley World, the sensation of crumbling beneath his feet caused him to lower his dragon head to investigate.

Ore with the texture of coal?

"Isn't this the feel of ore that has had its energy completely absorbed?"

Rus Wang was all too familiar with this. Back then, his foolish son Barus had followed Elena, who wasn't yet a Title Douluo, and had spent his time researching all sorts of heavenly treasures on the Zheer Continent. He had once created a formation capable of converting the energy within ores into absorbable Heaven and Earth Essence, but unfortunately, the materials consumed by that formation were not proportional to the energy produced, so Barus eventually gave up on it.

He hurriedly flew into the air and, using gravity, poured out all the ores he had previously stuffed into his storage Soul Guidance Device.

Before long, tens of thousands of tons of ore buried the forest surrounding the spatial rift.

It was as if this disturbance had triggered some mechanism; the ground around the entire spatial rift began to shake. This was not movement caused by animals; rather, the world itself was trembling.

Soon, from Rus Wang's perspective, the ores he had brought transformed into the texture of coal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Afterward, as if they were satiated, the ores he brought stopped turning into coal. Milky white mist emerged from these stones, eventually condensing into a single, complete cloud.

This left Rus Wang, who was flying in the air, stunned.

If his memories from his past life were correct, Dai Yun'er had said that in the sky of this Dragon Valley World, clouds were a manifestation of Dragon Souls. These clouds were the safest because they had no consciousness, only instinct.

This Dragon Cloud was also peculiar; it actually possessed self-awareness. It stood to reason that this must be the ancestor, the Light Dragon King, mentioned by the Turquoise Dragon and the others.

Rus Wang no longer lingered in the air; he descended to the ground and approached the milky white cloud clinging to the earth.

As expected, when Rus Wang flew down and approached it, the entire cloud transformed into the shape of a typical white Western dragon, noble and majestic, appearing to radiate an aura that warned strangers to keep their distance.

"The current Dragon King of the Dragon Valley Forest, Rus, pays his respects to the senior Light Dragon King."

Considering the situation of the Heavenly Sun Dragon population that Ximing had told him about, and what the Turquoise Dragon and the others had said—that the Dragon Kings of each generation had to open the spatial rift every year to pay their respects and inform it of the situation outside the Dragon Valley Forest—it was clear that this was an ancient senior who always considered the fate of the Dragon race, not a "wise" being like the Silver Dragon King.

"Rus? A new dragon never mentioned by Yanlong? It has been over four hundred years since your arrival. It seems that not only Yanlong, but Tianxing and the others have also met with misfortune, or perhaps died in the Heavenly Tribulation?"

The Light Dragon King's first words carried no hint of reproach. Looking at Rus, the first thing it asked about was the status of the Soul Beasts in the Dragon Valley Forest outside the Dragon Valley World.

"According to the Turquoise Dragon, the three powerful dragons who ruled the Dragon Valley Forest for over four hundred years before me—the ones you call Yanlong, Tianxing, and the others—all died simultaneously in the Heavenly Tribulation."

"Died simultaneously in the Heavenly Tribulation? That is far too coincidental. As for that kid, the Turquoise Dragon, I did hear of him from Yanlong, though it is a pity that at over three hundred thousand years, he is still too weak. As a fellow dragon, it is excellent that you, Rus, could come from elsewhere to rule the Dragon Valley Forest, filling the void of high-level combat power and, incidentally, saving me."

A flash of anger appeared on the Light Dragon King's dragon face, but it was quickly suppressed. It asked Rus:

"Would you mind telling me if there have been any major events in the last four hundred years, considering the Douluo Planet as a whole?"

"Excluding the mysterious deaths of the three powerful dragon kin four hundred years ago, two hundred years ago, a human in their twenties ascended to godhood. During this period, it led to the humans of the Sun Moon Empire on the Douluo Continent wiping out the humans of the Heaven Dou Empire. In the two hundred years since, the other two human nations on the Douluo Continent, pressured by the military might of the Sun Moon Empire, began searching for other continents. The Star Luo People happened to strike at a time when the Dragon Valley Forest lacked top-tier Soul Beasts, defeating the indigenous human kingdom in the north. Now, over two hundred years later, the Star Luo People have migrated a population of one million to the north of the continent where the Dragon Valley Forest is located. They have begun extending their sphere of influence toward the Dragon Valley Forest in the center of the continent and the remnants of the indigenous human kingdoms in the south."

After hearing Rus's words, a look of realization appeared in the Light Dragon King's eyes, followed by a laugh born of extreme rage.

"It seems some gods of the God Realm are determined to take the Douluo Planet, the place where our Dragon God's power remains, into their own pockets. They even calculated against me, knowing that without energy supplies, I would be like the other Dragon Clouds, possessing only instinctual reactions. Fortunately, with the arrival of a variable like you, Rus, I no longer need to worry about losing my consciousness entirely due to energy depletion in another dozen years or so."

"Now, introduce yourself in detail, Rus. Let this senior get to know his savior properly."