Golden Pupils and Amethyst Pupils: A Way to Break the Deadlock

The living room was somewhat dim.

Tang Ziran held his head, drowning in guilt and self-reproach.

Silver Dragon King Na'er's eyes resembled violet crystals, reflecting a tenacious light.

She softly chanted in Dragon Language, "Dragon God's Path was not wrong."

"The reason he made those choices back then was simply to fight for the one he loved. I also believe he would never regret it."

The Dragon Emperor's Golden Pupils flashed with surprise. Had her memories awakened?

Yet in response to this declaration of pure love, the Dragon Emperor merely sneered. "Hmph. For the one he loved—that means for his own selfish desires, doesn't it?"

"For his own selfish desires, he wagered the future of all True Dragons and Sub-Dragons, cutting off the path to godhood for every beast."

"Wasn't that selfish?"

"If you approve of what he did and intend to replicate his path, then as the common sovereign bearing the hopes of all soul beasts, you are truly unworthy of your position."

"Poor Old Di's son. You sold him off just like that, and now he is still working dutifully like a fool."

As he spoke, the Dragon Emperor glanced back at Di Guangming.

Sure enough, no matter how indifferent he was toward life and death, the Holy Dragon King could not suppress the anger on his face when he heard that his son had been used by the Silver Dragon King in such a way.

"So you really are the Son of Light?" the Silver Dragon King said calmly.

The Dragon Emperor instead asked, "Three years ago, you knew it was me, yet you still had that little dark brat Di Tian come and clear the scene. Weren't you afraid that after he destroyed my new body, I would kill him on the spot?"

"Heh, even a vicious tiger would not eat its cub, would it?" Na'er's Amethyst Pupils turned toward the Holy Dragon King, her expression brimming with confidence.

"And besides..." She looked back at the Dragon Emperor, revealing a teasing smile that did not belong on someone her age. "He will forever remain loyal to the True Dragon Clan. Even if I make him wait another ten thousand years, or demand that he sacrifice himself and die, he will still forever regard me as his sovereign."

"And you are merely a Sub-Dragon."

"Is that so? Then you truly make me..." Disgust surfaced in the Dragon Emperor's Golden Pupils.

He stared into Na'er's Amethyst Pupils, then suddenly changed the subject, speaking one word at a time. "These are the eye colors A-Jin and I exchanged. After we hatched from chaos and separated, they served as proof that we had once been twins."

"But I truly hate it... I hate that the Amethyst Pupils I gave him have appeared in your eyes."

The Dragon Emperor leaned down slightly and met Na'er's gaze, leaving behind a threat. "In the future, I will personally take these Amethyst Pupils back from your eye sockets."

"Oh? Then I am very much looking forward to it, you Sub-Dragon who no longer even has a physical body and has to scavenge for a vessel..." Na'er glared back without yielding.

Suddenly, as if remembering something, she said teasingly, "Your Godhood has already been stripped away. To break through to God Rank, you still have to adapt to the laws of the universe all over again. I only need to recover my cultivation. So you should pray to me, pray that once I restore my original body, I will remember our old ties and allow your dragon soul to continue barely surviving in this world."

Within the shadows, at that moment,

those Amethyst and Golden Pupils confronted each other like needle against needle, dazzling beyond compare.

At that moment, a third voice in Dragon Language joined in. "Silver Dragon King, the other Eight Sons fear you because they are restrained by their own attributes. But after learning the sacred attribute from Senior Tiger King, I am no longer restrained by the light you control!"

"Aren't you afraid that, so Xiao Tian will no longer be used by you, I will gather the Power of Annihilation from his mother and cut you down here, eliminating future trouble forever?!"

A furious gleam shot from the Holy Dragon King's platinum eyes. He raised a hand and clenched it, and the Dark Crown floated within the shadows, carrying the Power of Annihilation.

Na'er said nothing. A rainbow-silver glow appeared in her hand, and an illusory Silver Spear surfaced above the back of her hand, facing the Dark Crown from afar.

The tense atmosphere was on the verge of exploding.

"Enough."

Suddenly, a hand rose before the Holy Dragon King.

The Dragon Emperor was like a dictator unaffected by emotion.

He promptly stopped this dispute, which brought him no benefit.

Then he turned toward the man behind the sofa, switching from Dragon Language back to human speech. "When he wakes up, I will come again."

With that, the Dragon Emperor immediately left through the front door with the Holy Dragon King.

Only after the two figures, one large and one small, vanished beneath the noon sunlight outside did Na'er press a hand to her forehead and brace herself against the wall. Two conflicting emotions intertwined in her eyes, yet remained distinctly separate.

Just now, she had truly feared that the other side would attack here, because...

Na'er turned back to look at the despondent Tang Ziran behind the sofa, then at the room's tightly shut door.

The sound of traffic rushed past below.

As the scenery shifted, the Holy Dragon King once more used the Time-Traveling Dragon and returned to the top floor of the Spirit Pagoda.

His sharply defined face, usually carrying a solemn and radiant dignity, wore an ugly expression.

Upon learning that his son, Di Tian, had been treated by the Silver Dragon King as a tool in some childish game, even as the strongest Dragon King, he felt powerless.

The state of mind with which he had regarded life and death as meaningless when leaving the Dragon Tomb had been utterly thrown into chaos by his young and ignorant bootlicker of a son.

"Is your heart in turmoil, Di Guangming?"

At the dining table, they ate seafood by the sea.

Imitating human movements, the Dragon Emperor sliced Giant Squid tentacles one cut at a time.

"Yes. Concern brings disorder. Your Majesty sees clearly," the Holy Dragon King immediately replied with a proper attitude.

The Dragon Emperor set down his knife and fork and sighed. "The Silver Dragon King indeed possesses astonishing wisdom, but she insists on using it on the wrong path—on schemes and calculations against our beast clan brethren."

A trace of concern appeared in the Holy Dragon King's eyes. "The Silver Dragon King said just now that the time she needs to recover to God Rank will definitely be far shorter than yours..."

"If things continue this way, won't the Golden Dragon King's bloodline and divine core fall into her hands first, letting her gain the advantage before us?"

"Heh." The Dragon Emperor laughed disdainfully. "She is merely a garment of color. Even without using Phoenix's creation, she could not possibly use annihilation before my eyes."

"If she dares to fight me? I have discovered so many treasures in this world. Once I excavate them all, even if she becomes a god before me, and even if I possess only eighty or ninety ranks of cultivation, I will still devour her whole!"

Brilliant violet light burst from his Golden Pupils. The Dragon Emperor failed to restrain his strength and destroyed the entire table of delicacies, along with the table itself, into the energy of heaven and earth...

Seeing the clan emperor's overflowing confidence, the Holy Dragon King finally relaxed. Familiar with such scenes, he summoned attendants to swiftly bring over a new lunch spread, then bowed again and asked, "Your Majesty, are we certain we are still going to that human's home today?"

"Yes." The Dragon Emperor nodded. "Just now, I completely saw through the purpose of God King Tang San."

"What is it?" The Holy Dragon King's eyes lit up.

The Dragon Emperor did not answer directly, instead quoting an ancient saying. "Those humans of the Tang Sect often say: when Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility upon someone, it must first torment their heart and will, exhaust their muscles and bones, and starve their flesh and skin."

"God King Tang San is actually using this path of suffering to tame his son, allowing his son's body to gradually adapt to the Golden Dragon King's bloodline as it develops."

"I observed him just now and found that A-Jin's bloodline power was indeed weakening. It was weakened by exhaustion and hunger. Otherwise, mere Blue Silver Grass and a defective Soul Spirit would not be enough to weaken the Golden Dragon King's bloodline power."

"This also proves that Tang San's plan is indeed working."

"Then how should we counter it?" the Holy Dragon King asked.

The Dragon Emperor casually cut into his seafood. "To counter a scheme, first muddy the situation. Since a vortex has appeared on the sea's surface, we will exert force in the opposite direction."

"When dragons are born into this world, they must feed on all races."

"We need do nothing. We only need to feed that child until he is full, allowing the Golden Dragon King's bloodline within him to receive sufficient nourishment. That way, he will fuse with it ahead of time, gain control of the forty-ninth rib, and allow the complete Golden Dragon to reappear in this world."

"In that case, the Annihilation Godhead will also be activated ahead of time."

"Don't humans have something called a vaccine? Then let God King Tang San's son become a test mouse, cultivating that damaged and violent Annihilation Godhead for us in advance."

"And I will continue using Myriad-Forging Sublimation to comprehend the power of creation, achieving both annihilation and creation at once!"

Thus, the growth plan the Asura Sea God had arranged for his son was exposed by the Dragon Emperor with a single stroke.