I am the Golden Dragon King, I'm laying my cards on the table! One Soul, Two Bodies? Better to be Tang Wulin!

Bibi Dong's breathing grew rapid.

In her mind, the secrets of the God Realm that the Rakshasa God had casually tossed to her as a "reward" long ago became incredibly clear.

The Dragon God, once the supreme God King, was slain by the combined efforts of the five great God Kings for inciting a rebellion of the dragon race, his divine soul and power split in two.

The one who inherited the Dragon God's destructive will and physical strength was the Golden Dragon King, sealed within the Forbidden Land of Gods of the God Realm.

The one who inherited the Dragon God's elemental control and power of creation was the Silver Dragon King, who had fled to the lower realm heavily wounded, whereabouts unknown.

"Golden Dragon King... Silver Dragon King..."

Bibi Dong's lips trembled slightly as she matched the information on the celestial screen with the secrets in her mind.

A truth that made her soul shudder surfaced.

"So that's... how it is..."

Bibi Dong slumped back onto her throne in a daze, her scepter slipping from her hand and hitting the floor with a crisp clang that sounded jarringly loud in the great hall.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei had never seen the Pope act so out of character; they exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in the other's eyes.

"Your Holiness?"

Yue Guan spoke cautiously.

Bibi Dong ignored them, completely immersed in her own thoughts.

A moment later, Bibi Dong said with a firm gaze:

"Effective immediately, no personnel of Martial Soul Hall, including spirit masters from subordinate kingdoms and duchies, are permitted to enter the Star Dou Great Forest without my personal decree!"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei were shaken to their cores.

"Your Holiness, this..."

Yue Guan asked, bewildered.

"The Star Dou Great Forest is the primary source for spirit masters from the Heaven Dou and Star Luo empires to obtain spirit rings. A total ban... I fear it will cause a massive backlash."

"Then let them go to the Sunset Forest!

Go overseas! Go anywhere else!"

Bibi Dong's voice turned hysterical.

"In short, whoever goes to the Star Dou Great Forest dies!

I do not want to see Martial Soul Hall spirit masters dying inexplicably inside for the sake of a foolish spirit ring!"

She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, but the apprehension in her eyes only grew more intense.

"Furthermore, immediately terminate all infiltration and suppression plans against the Upper Three Sects, especially the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

The 'Soul Hunting Operation'... is shelved indefinitely!"

Bibi Dong knew very well how arrogant and united the dragon race was.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan possessed the True Dragon martial soul; although their bloodline was thin, they were ultimately related to the dragon race.

With the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King reunited, moving against them now would be no different than actively provoking those two terrifying existences.

Although Bibi Dong herself was not entirely certain, it was better to be safe than sorry.

She had no choice but to do this.

The only thing she had to do now was to consolidate all her power.

In the subsequent rankings of the celestial screen, she had to hide herself as much as possible; the secret of her Rakshasa God inheritance must absolutely not be exposed!

Otherwise, once those two Dragon Kings shifted their hatred for the God Realm onto her, a successor to a god, Martial Soul Hall would be wiped out overnight!

Meanwhile, at the Life Lake in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The appearance of the celestial screen plunged the entire core area into a dead silence.

Di Tian, Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and the other fierce beasts all stared at the sky in stunned silence.

Then, they looked at Gu Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged by the lake, with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

The Young Master was actually the Golden Dragon King?

Although Gu Yuena had announced Gu Yuan's identity six years ago when he first appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian and the others still harbored doubts, believing that Gu Yuan merely possessed the Golden Dragon King martial soul and had some connection to him, but could not possibly be the Golden Dragon King himself.

They never expected it to actually be true.

The Young Master... was actually ranked first on the list?!

A sixty-second-level Spirit Emperor at twelve years old?!

As for Gu Yuan, after the initial shock, he quickly calmed down.

I can't keep a low profile anymore...

Gu Yuan sighed helplessly in his heart.

However, things had reached this point, and worrying was useless.

Anyway, with Gu Yuena and the entire Star Dou Great Forest as his backing, he was not afraid of harassment from the human world.

What he was more concerned about now was another question.

"Can the God Realm... see this canopy?"

Gu Yuan's thoughts stirred.

[Perspective Switch]

Hum--!

His consciousness instantly crossed endless space and time, descending from the Star Dou Great Forest of the Douluo Continent to that Forbidden Land of Gods of eternal darkness and cold.

Boundless loneliness and a violent will of destruction swept over him once again.

Gu Yuan's "gaze" pierced through the darkness, looking toward the "outside."

The Forbidden Land of Gods was a dimensional space independent of the God Realm, yet closely connected to it.

Here, he could not see the resplendent palaces of the God Realm or the gods coming and going.

However, he could clearly perceive that the nine divine chains piercing his dragon body were connected to the core hub of the God Realm, continuously drawing power from the God Realm to suppress him.

Gu Yuan raised his "head" and looked at the "sky" of the Forbidden Land of Gods.

There, it was a void; there was nothing.

That golden canopy which had stirred up monstrous waves above the Douluo Continent did not appear in the God Realm.

"The God Realm cannot see the canopy..."

Gu Yuan reached a preliminary conclusion.

This made Gu Yuan breathe a slight sigh of relief.

If the God Realm had also seen this ranking, the five Great God Kings would likely spare no cost to descend divine punishment and completely erase him, this "Golden Dragon King clone."

But, was it really that simple?

Gu Yuan focused his consciousness on those divine chains piercing his body.

He could feel that these divine chains were not just seals, but also a form of surveillance.

The enforcement gods of the God Realm could roughly perceive the state of his main body through these divine chains.

"I just don't know the precision of this surveillance.

Can they deduce that I have a clone in the lower realm through the abnormalities of my main body?"

Gu Yuan's consciousness calmed down, and he began to observe carefully.

He discovered that ever since the canopy appeared and his clone was exposed, the soul origin of his Golden Dragon King main body seemed to have become slightly more active due to his emotional fluctuations.

Although it was extremely weak, almost negligible.

But for those gods who had monitored him for ten thousand years, would this slight fluctuation arouse their vigilance?

"It is still impossible to determine for now."

Gu Yuan pondered in his heart.

"However, regardless, I must prepare for the worst.

I must improve my strength as soon as possible and create my own god position!"

The appearance of the canopy had disrupted Gu Yuan's plans, bringing an unprecedented sense of urgency.

The time left for him was perhaps already running out.

"It is just a pity that the Golden Dragon King is suppressed in this Forbidden Land of Gods and cannot do anything at all."

Gu Yuan sighed inwardly.

"Otherwise, even if it were like Tang Wulin, sealing the Golden Dragon King divine core and origin within my human body, it would still be better than being suppressed here forever!"

Just as Gu Yuan's consciousness returned to his human body.

In his mind, a cold and mechanical voice rang out without warning!