He possessed some of the Dragon God's memories.
But he had never seen this kind of power before.
It wasn't Soul Power, and it shouldn't have been Divine Realm power either. It was older than the Dragon God, more ancient than the birth of the Divine Realm—the Creation Origin!
"What exactly are you..."
He had only just begun to speak when Xu Yanli moved.
His swordlight was as fine as a strand of hair. It didn't strike the dragon's body, only the chains.
His speed surpassed the limits of space and time. Even the Golden Dragon King's keen eyes could catch only a fleeting blur, leaving him no time to react.
Clink!
A crisp cracking sound rang out, as light as a needle piercing ice.
The first divine chain binding his neck snapped!
The break was smooth as a mirror. The sealing runes that had flashed frantically went dark at once, and the black chain, deprived of the divine power sustaining it, turned to ash and vanished into nothingness.
The Golden Dragon King's enormous body shuddered.
He could clearly feel the shackles that had suppressed him for countless years lose one layer.
Relief and the sensation of surging, violent power swept through his body.
Xu Yanli didn't pause. His sword continued its work.
The second strike, the third, the fourth...
Fine streaks of swordlight flashed forth one after another, so fast that they overlapped into a curtain of light, silently raining down.
Clink, clink, clink!!!
A rapid succession of crisp snaps exploded through the air, one after another.
The eighteen divine chains that suppressed the Divine Realm shattered in succession, falling away and crumbling to ash.
With every chain that broke, the pressure on the Golden Dragon King weakened, and the terrifying power sealed within him for countless ages surged