[Note: I'm not sure whether Soul Spirits can be passed down. Baidu Wenku says they can. If Douluo 3 sources explicitly state that Soul Spirits cannot be passed down, please provide the exact reference so I can correct this.]
"So, to sum it up: twenty thousand years ago, there was a man called Tang Chen, the ruler of Slaughter City. His grandson, Tang Hao, had a child with a Blue Silver Emperor—a bastard named Tang San. The Blue Silver Emperor died, and then this guy founded the Tang Sect. After obtaining the dual godhood of the Sea God Domain and Asura God, he defeated the Rakshasa God and Angel God, then ascended to the Divine Realm with the Shrek Seven Devils."
"Then, ten thousand years later, there was an orphan called Huo Yuhao. In Star Dou Forest, he happened upon a fleeing medicinal herb—the Million-Year Great White Worm. A human and a Soul Beast became a duo, and he was taken in by Tang Sect disciples from Shrek. Then he went around cheating his way to victory, collecting top-tier Soul Beasts and having them sacrifice themselves to become his Soul Rings. Along the way, he was passionately pursued by Wang Qiu'er, a Three-Eyed Golden Lion who had taken human form, and Wang Dong'er, a human girl. Somehow, though, the woman by his side eventually became a human girl called Tang Wutong. After that, he defeated the Holy Spirit Cult, which had inherited ties to Slaughter City. In his twenties, he promoted the Soul Spirit method throughout the human Soul Master World and founded the Spirit Pagoda, then suddenly went to the Divine Realm."
"Another Tang, and a graduate of Shrek Academy, too. The key thing is, he was also a member of the Tang Sect. Anyone with eyes can tell that some god was pulling strings behind the scenes!"
Light Dragon King truly lived up to his reputation as the one who had guided the Dragon Race in Dragon Valley Forest across tens of thousands of years. He had guessed the truth in one go. Rus Wang silently gave him a thumbs-up. As expected, the old hand was different—he hadn't been brainwashed into stupidity by the Love God's power.
"Zi JI, answer me!"
Light Dragon King barked.
"Yes, Senior Light Dragon King."
"Besides being a human city, does Shrek Academy have any other connection to the gods?"
"Uh... Sea God Island?"
Zi JI thought for a moment, then replied,
"Sea God Island? Sea God Island... gods from the Divine Realm! Damn it, so this was all a setup! And a setup to plunder fortune, at that. They even dared to take the fortune of Star Dou Forest. Under the cover of human activity and the Heavenly Tribulation that killed the Dragon Race, they dared to reach their grubby hands toward my Dragon Valley. After they've finished looting the Dragon Race's legacy, will the Tang Clan try to seize the Douluo Plane, too?"
If Light Dragon King still had a physical body, he would absolutely have picked up the Dragon-Slaying Blade and hacked Di Tian to pieces. Unfortunately, he was only a dragon soul now. Unless a Dragon Race member with godhood—in other words, a million years of cultivation—appeared and used heavenly treasures to rebuild his body, all he could do was curse Di Tian, that idiot, in Dragon Valley World. The Dragon God had truly misjudged him back then.
"Senior, is there any point in keeping in contact with the other side of Douluo Continent?"
"Yes. No matter how stupid Di Tian is, the Dragon Race must handle its own affairs internally. But aside from the core area of Star Dou Forest, there's no point thinking about the rest of Douluo Continent anymore, Rus. They even dared to use the Valley of Love and Emotion as part of their setup. I'd wager the remains of the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King are trapped, too."
"By the way, Zi JI."
"Yes, Senior Light Dragon King."
"From now on, I need you to study some Dragon Clan Secret Techniques under my guidance, then return to Star Dou Forest and teach what I've taught you to the Dragon Race there, as well as the Silver Dragon King while she recovers."
Di Tian was useless now. When the Dragon Race had ruled the universe and created the Divine Dragon Realm, they hadn't relied on brute strength and cultivation alone. They'd also had a wealth of secret techniques and knowledge. Light Dragon King had preserved quite a few techniques that could keep the Dragon Race from being detected by the gods of the Divine Realm.
Di Tian was a dragon, too. Why hadn't he thought of sending one to retrieve these things from me? Or did he simply not know what the Dragon God had done in his final moments? Even if he didn't know, he could at least have sent a dragon from one of the other Dragon Realm continents to try to make contact.
"It's a great honor to receive your personal guidance, Senior!"
One of the Nine Great Dragon Kings was going to teach her personally! Aside from Di Tian and their Lord, there probably wasn't another member of the Dragon Race in Star Dou Forest who had received treatment like this.
Seeing Zi JI's excitement, Light Dragon King felt a little more at ease.
Apart from Di Tian, this junior seemed quite sensible.
"If the Silver Dragon King is still in her right mind and can move freely when the time comes, and we combine that with Folded Ear Continent, which Rus is bringing together, then the Dragon Race and the Elves may still be able to turn the tables."
With that thought, Light Dragon King made a suggestion to Rus Wang.
"Rus, you've seen the state of the Dragon Race in Douluo Continent and what Di Tian has done. He can be a loyal subordinate with strength, but that's all he can be—a loyal subordinate who can fight. He can't shoulder the burden of strategy, and he's been toyed with by those people in the Divine Realm. You're the strongest Dragon Race member under him. You must take on more responsibility now."
"With the Silver Dragon King gravely injured and asleep, I can only put everything on your shoulders. But you never experienced the glory of the Dragon God's Divine Realm, so I'll give you a few of the Dragon Race's treasures to help ease your burden."
As he spoke, Light Dragon King walked toward a rune array. When he channeled his energy, a vast force covered the center of the array, and a nine-colored gem appeared.
Light Dragon King picked it up and placed it in Rus Wang's outstretched forelimbs.
"This is the Dragon God's Tear, Rus. Its core function is to summon power from the minor planes where the Dragon Race resides. The stronger the user's spiritual power, the stronger the call, and the easier it is to open a spatial passage. It can let the Dragon Race send more power to help the user. But after each use, you need at least seven days to absorb the world's energy and replenish it. This will greatly improve your fighting strength, so keep it safe. Don't let it fall into the hands of any race outside the Dragon Race."
After carefully placing it in Rus Wang's claws, Light Dragon King took a test tube containing dragon blood from his storage Soul Tool and carefully placed it in Rus Wang's other forelimb.
"This is the core material needed to forge the Dragon Ascension Pillar. I once taught your son, Barus, how to make one through letters and books. He has now mastered the process completely, but he's missing the core material. This test tube contains blood from when I still had a body. It was preserved in the unmelting snow near the corpse of an Ice Dragon in the Dragon Clan Graveyard. It isn't as good as the Dragon God's blood, so the Dragon Ascension Pillar's effect will certainly be greatly reduced, but its core functions will remain. It can help the Dragon Race break through the ten-thousand-year realm sooner and maintain the purity of their bloodline by calming their minds and focusing their thoughts."
As for the Dragon God Core, Light Dragon King wasn't ready to tell Rus about it. Rus Wang was certainly qualified, but his strength was still too low. He hadn't reached a million years of cultivation.
Moreover, the Dragon God Core was the Dragon God's greatest legacy in Dragon Valley World, more precious than Light Dragon King himself or the Dragon Race knowledge he had preserved. It contained a divine throne's spatial domain and divine power of origin, and could temporarily raise its holder's spiritual power to the God King level. Light Dragon King needed to give it to a worthy successor, someone who could lead the Dragon Race out of its disadvantage and bring about its revival.
So, for Light Dragon King, choosing which Dragon Race member would inherit the Dragon God Core was a matter requiring the utmost care. Even if the Silver Dragon King, split from the Dragon God, finished recovering and came to Dragon Valley World to ask for the Dragon God Core, he wouldn't hand it over lightly. He would first have to observe her closely.
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