Golden Dragon King.
One of the individuals born when the ancient Soul Beast ruler, the Dragon God, split apart—a unique existence.
Its true body had been sealed in a forbidden land in the Divine Realm, where it had slumbered inside a dragon cocoon.
"Ding dong. 100,000 Snow Hatred Value has been deducted. Your current balance is 11,000. The External Soul Bone you purchased, the Golden Dragon Claw of the Golden Dragon King, has arrived. Please accept delivery."
A flash of light appeared before Qin Chuan, instantly illuminating the pitch-black bedroom.
Amid the radiance, a dragon claw cast from gold, its distinct joints covered in scales, came into view.
Qin Chuan was immediately drawn to it and tried to touch it.
The moment his right hand made contact, the dragon claw turned into a pool of golden liquid and flowed into his hand, merging with it with desperate urgency.
Caught off guard and completely unprepared, Qin Chuan watched the Soul Bone merge into his right hand. A needle-like pain even shot through his entire right arm.
Qin Chuan immediately sat cross-legged, channeling the Soul Power throughout his body into his right hand to speed up the fusion with the Golden Dragon Claw.
Beads of sweat rolled down his forehead. Qin Chuan clenched his teeth as the bones in his right arm crackled.
The Golden Dragon Claw's power exceeded Qin Chuan's imagination. The Golden Dragon was hailed as the ancestor of strength and possessed the attribute of Ultimate Strength. It truly lived up to its reputation.
Qin Chuan took a deep breath. He felt the bones in his right hand almost shatter, then reform. Amid destruction and rebirth, the Golden Dragon Claw, transformed into golden liquid, gradually fused with his right hand.
The next morning, as the first rays of dawn streamed through the window and fell across Qin Chuan's face, he slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
"Compared to before... my right hand feels so much stronger."
Qin Chuan raised his right hand and examined it repeatedly. It looked utterly ordinary, barely different from before.
He sprang to his feet and planted both feet on the ground. After gathering his strength in his dantian, he took a deep breath and gently raised his right hand.
He lifted the hundred-jin golden-thread nanmu bed with ease, raising it over his head. His right arm didn't budge as he held it aloft.
"The Golden Dragon Claw's skills are... Dragonification and Tear."
His right hand, along with his entire right arm, was covered in densely packed golden scales, and golden claws extended from the tips of his fingers.
He gently clenched his right hand, and an overwhelmingly powerful force spread from his palm.
The large golden-thread nanmu bed Qin Chuan held over his head was crushed in an instant by an immense, invisible force, turning into golden splinters that fell onto his head and body.
"What incredible strength... I have a feeling that even the hardest metal in the world would be like dough in my hands."
The 100,000 Snow Hatred Value was well spent. This was far more useful than the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
Angel Holy Temple.
Qin Chuan, Qian Renxue, Ye Guyi, and Bibi Dong—the four members of the small team about to travel to the Douluo Continent of ten thousand years in the future—were ready to depart.
Before leaving, Bibi Dong brought a large amount of gold. Gold remained a circulating currency and hard currency both ten thousand years ago and ten thousand years later.
Qin Chuan looked at Qian Daoliu and smiled. "Grandpa, we're leaving. We'll come back once every year."
Qian Daoliu patted Qin Chuan on the shoulder and smiled. "Be careful in the world ten thousand years from now. If you run into a problem that even Bibi Dong can't solve, come back and find me."
Bibi Dong curled her lip. "Don't underestimate me. Once we're in the world ten thousand years from now, I'll make the higher-ups at Shrek Academy tremble at the mere mention of my name."
Qian Renxue used an Angel Soul Bone skill to disguise Bibi Dong and herself. As the Angel God and Rakshasa God from ten thousand years ago, their portraits were sure to be held by many ancient forces and empires on the Douluo Continent, as well as Shrek Academy. She then disguised Ye Guyi's Martial Soul and her own as Holy Angel Martial Souls.
"System, open a space-time tunnel to the Main Timeline," Qin Chuan silently said in his heart.
"Ding dong. 100 Snow Hatred Value has been deducted. The space-time tunnel is being constructed for you."
As soon as the words fell, a black hole suddenly appeared before Qin Chuan. The vortex expanded at an astonishing speed until it swallowed Qin Chuan, Qian Renxue, Ye Guyi, and Bibi Dong.
The four vanished completely before Qian Daoliu, as if they had never been there.
"Safe travels," Qian Daoliu said quietly.
Main World, Sun Moon Empire in the Peerless Tang Sect era, Jingyang Mountains.
The sky suddenly darkened, and four figures descended one after another.
Bibi Dong landed safely with Qin Chuan in her arms, while a pair of golden wings unfurled from each of Qian Renxue's and Ye Guyi's backs.
After landing, Ye Guyi looked around at the familiar forest and said happily, "Great-grandma, we're back in my world."
Qian Renxue tapped Ye Guyi on the head and said crossly, "Call me big sister! Don't call me great-grandma! Be careful or you'll give away our identities."
"Sorry, I forgot for a moment." Ye Guyi covered her head, stuck out her tongue, and smiled sheepishly.
"Where are we?" Bibi Dong asked, surveying the surrounding Primeval Forest.
Ye Guyi took out a map, spread it on the ground, and pointed to the Jingyang Mountains in the Sun Moon Empire. "This is the Jingyang Mountains, a major Soul Beast forest and rare-metal mining region within the Sun Moon Empire. If we head east, we can reach the empire's capital, Bright Capital, in less than two days."
"I wonder if enrollment at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy is already over. Before I came here to search for the treasure left behind by my great-grandmother, I spent some time in the city. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's enrollment was supposed to last seven days. I wonder how things stand now."
Ye Guyi rolled up the map and put it away, then looked at Bibi Dong.
As the strongest member of the four-person team, Bibi Dong was in charge of all their actions.
Bibi Dong turned to Qin Chuan and asked, "What do you think?"
Qin Chuan smiled. "Let's try our luck. Even if registration ended ages ago, I can still rely on my Twin Martial Souls. And the Martial Souls of Big Sister and Guyi are Holy Angel Martial Souls that produced Deities ten thousand years ago. I'm sure the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy will treat us like royalty."
Ye Guyi muttered under her breath, "You three are all my great-grandparents, if anything."
A day later, Bright Capital.
As the cultural and economic center of the Sun Moon Empire, Bright Capital was filled with towering buildings standing across the land like stars scattered across a board. Pedestrians thronged the broad streets, chatting away amid the bustle, while the shops lining both sides mostly sold rare metals.
"Bright Capital, the capital of the Sun Moon Empire. The empire's Soul Guidance Technology is exceptionally advanced, far surpassing that of the Douluo Continent in this era. Shrek Academy has already begun exploring soul tools, but neither Shrek Academy nor the three great empires has any Grade 9 Soul Engineers. The Sun Moon Empire, on the other hand, has more than ten."
Ye Guyi explained as they walked.
Qin Chuan, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue looked up at the surrounding high-rises, at the pedestrians' clothes, and at the Soul Guide Traffic Command Robots they had never seen before. All three were stunned.
So this is the world ten thousand years later?
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