Dream of the Golden Dragon King

Chapter: The Dream of the Golden Dragon King

"Alright, student Chi Qiu, relax your control over your martial soul."

Before the final syllable had even faded, Yu Rufeng extended his hand, and the light from his sixth and seventh black soul rings erupted brilliantly. Activating his Martial Soul Avatar, his own figure became illusory, while the previously ethereal White Sparrow became tangible. It flapped its wings and landed upon the golden dragon phantom surrounding Chi Qiu, letting out a low cry.

In that instant, Chi Qiu felt the blood throughout her entire body begin to boil. Her ultimate dual attributes seemed to hear a call, becoming exceptionally active in a heartbeat. Even her power of fate, just as she had anticipated, flickered with golden light within her Sea of Consciousness, appearing to show signs of expanding and filling up. She carefully controlled it, maintaining the barrier that kept her power of fate isolated from that mysterious soul fragment of unknown origin.

Right at that moment, she seemed to hear the laughter of a dragon.

At first, she thought she was hallucinating, but the sound gradually became clearer. Simultaneously, a golden light flashed from the third eye on her forehead, and the Golden Dragon Spear flew out, sticking firmly to her hand; she couldn't even let go if she wanted to.

At the same time, she felt the Golden Dragon Spear resonating with that laughter.

"Who is it?" she asked using her spiritual power.

"I never expected that one day I would be able to contact the lower realm through my own bones," the voice suddenly sounded as if it were right beside her ear. "And it is all thanks to this human's strange soul skill; otherwise, with your pathetic little bit of my bloodline, it would never have been enough to resonate with me."

A little bit of bloodline? The pupils in Chi Qiu's beautiful golden-red eyes shrank violently. Could the one speaking inside her head right now be...

"I am not speaking inside your head, but inside your bones," the voice came again. Chi Qiu was startled; it seemed that even her Sea of Consciousness was under the other party's observation.

"Senior." Her tone immediately became filled with the utmost respect.

Her Golden Dragon martial soul was simulated precisely based on that so-called "little bit of bloodline." Therefore, the only one who could be speaking to her right now was—

The Golden Dragon King!

"Senior, where are you?" Beyond respect, Chi Qiu's tone carried a hint of urgency. "Over these years, soul beasts have been dwindling, the Master is unable to emerge from seclusion, Teacher Di Tian is nearing his limit, and we..."

"You call that creature 'Master'?" The Golden Dragon King seemed somewhat annoyed. "With my bloodline in you, you have no need to submit to her."

"But you are not here, and she is the only one we can rely on!"

"I would like to be there!" the Golden Dragon King sneered. "Unfortunately, I am trapped in the God Realm by those human gods. I fear it won't be long before they find a way to drain my blood dry."

"You... are in the God Realm?!" Chi Qiu was shocked. "Then who is contacting me right now..."

"Do you know how you got that Golden Dragon Spear?" The Golden Dragon King's tone was like that of someone mocking a deceived child. "They broke off one of my ribs to make it! You being able to obtain it isn't just because you have my bloodline; after all, it is already considered a divine artifact. There is a god trying to frame you."

Chi Qiu stood frozen, struggling to digest the information brought by the Golden Dragon King.

"You did well to block that soul fragment; otherwise, I would have been unable to communicate with you right now. Once your Sea of Consciousness was polluted by that fragment, the final link between you and me would have been severed, and you would have walked right into that creature's trap, eventually ending up just like me—drained of blood with nothing left."

Chi Qiu drew a sharp, silent breath.

That day, the reason she was able to immediately detect the malicious intent of that fragment was because her spiritual link with Huo Yuhao had allowed both of their spiritual powers to rise to a new level. Had it been any other time, things would have been hard to say.

"I am sealed very tightly, and under normal circumstances, I cannot easily communicate with the lower realm. But today, I felt the resonance on the bone, which was exactly this human before you stimulating my bloodline within your Golden Dragon Spear, so I seized the opportunity."

"It is my honor to be able to communicate with you, Senior," Chi Qiu said immediately.

"To hell with honor; it is more like misfortune," the Golden Dragon King retorted angrily. "No one understands the Silver Dragon King better than I do. The personality she inherited makes her destined to fail, but I can only watch, and you can only watch. Even if you were given another ten thousand years, you still wouldn't be able to defeat her."

Chi Qiu was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Senior, the connection between you and me is actually already quite close. After my bloodline was strengthened by Teacher Yu, it became capable of reaching this level of resonance with you."

"And so what?" The Golden Dragon King was clearly not the type to think in circles.

"Since the connection between bone and bone allows me to speak with you, then perhaps some power can also be transmitted."

"Ha, little kitten, you want me to transfer my power to you? Don't have such daydreams." The Golden Dragon King understood her meaning but rejected it outright. "Not to mention whether I am willing, do you think the barrier between the God Realm and the lower realm is so easily crossed? Furthermore, I have an extra layer of seals upon me."

Chi Qiu shook her head. "We won't know until we try. You said it yourself: if things continue like this, you can only watch, and I can only watch. Without your help, another ten thousand years won't change anything. Do you have a better plan? Or do you only intend to scold me to vent your anger?"

"Then tell me, what do you intend to do once you obtain the power?"

Chi Qiu's eyes brightened. "I do have one thing I must report to you."

With that, Chi Qiu immediately told the Golden Dragon King everything about Huo Yuhao's situation.

"The fortune on this human is absolutely extraordinary. That momentary eruption even surpassed the eruption of the Star Dou Great Forest when I was born. Even if this is the will of this continent, there shouldn't be such an overwhelming power of fate... It is more like a combination of two super-fortune individuals."

"I originally had no intention of actively interfering in these matters, but once I realized that I was likely the only one who could clearly perceive this terrifying power of fate, I took action."

The Golden Dragon King's tone seemed very displeased. "What, you intend to pin your hopes on a human? If you are that decisive, then in my eyes, your brain is on the same level as that Silver Dragon King's."

"That won't happen," Chi Qiu said. "We can only seek a balance with humans, and I just want to find a breakthrough from here. You must admit that it is unrealistic to want to have soul beasts rise up and exterminate humanity right now."

"Heh, if I were in the lower realm, I would certainly kill every last human."

"You cannot come down," Chi Qiu replied, neither humble nor pushy.

"...Is there anything else about that human named Huo Yuhao?"

"We have already performed an attribute connection. There seems to be another divine consciousness from an alien world inside his sea of knowledge, an existence he calls Electrolux."

This news actually piqued the Golden Dragon King's interest. He pondered for a moment and said, "If it is a divine consciousness that does not belong to this world, it can indeed count as a means for this Huo Yuhao... Using the power generated by this world itself will ultimately be limited, but if one can break through this limitation, many things become simpler."

"It seems you also think my idea is feasible." Chi Qiu felt a slight sense of relief.

"Haha, I see you were worried I would be hostile toward that brat? Hmm, after living together for more than a year, have you already developed a fondness for the human world?"

"I will not hide it from you, Senior... it is true."

"Hmph, from ancient times to the present, you are all the same. Since you are willing to be honest with me, you still have a bit of a conscience. I will try to secretly transmit my power to you in stages, but it requires a carrier connected to your own body. I will first use this rib of mine to leave a stele in your Sea of Consciousness as a carrier. When I die one day, you can at least cry at my grave."

Before Chi Qiu could say, "Senior, please don't be so pessimistic," she felt a sharp pain in her Sea of Consciousness. A Golden Dragon Stele was slowly rising from the surging golden waves, like a mountain peak rising from the sea during the collision of ancient continents.

Her body swayed, and she fell to the ground.

"Miss Qiu?!" Wang Dong was the first to rush over and catch her. "What is going on? Teacher Yu, is this a side effect?"

Although Chi Qiu and the Golden Dragon King had been communicating in the Sea of Consciousness for a long time, in the outside world, only a minute or so had passed.

"I'm fine." Chi Qiu took a deep breath to soothe the pain in her brain and said, "Teacher Yu's soul skill is truly formidable. Wang Dong, go ahead and try it."

Then, she called out, "Teacher Yu, can you let me see Yuhao immediately?"