Tricking the Silver Dragon King!

The Silver Dragon King hovered opposite the Golden Dragon King, her purple dragon eyes reflecting the silhouette of the massive golden beast.

She could sense the power within the other, a force originating from the same source as her own, a half-body strength.

That power was pulling at her frantically, as if trying to drag her back to that most complete moment before the Dragon God fell.

Yet, she was equally clear that the Golden Dragon King before her was not her true other half.

"You are not him."

"Naturally not," Jiang Ce's voice emanated from within the Golden Dragon King, "though, I could be."

A flicker of scrutiny flashed through the Silver Dragon King's purple pupils.

This existence possessed the power of the Golden Dragon King, with a purity no less than the original.

But he was not her half, not the true Golden Dragon King suppressed within the God Realm.

"You possess the power of the Golden Dragon King, yet you are not the Golden Dragon King himself. What exactly do you want?"

"I want you," Jiang Ce's voice was frank.

"You are injured and require the power of the Golden Dragon King to recover. I have what you need in my hands.

Join my ranks; I will help you mend your wounds while granting you new power."

"My Lord, you must not!" Emperor Heaven struggled to hoist his dragon body from the deep crater, golden dragon blood still hanging from his maw.

"That fellow is not the true Golden Dragon King! If you merge with him, what if he devours your power—"

"Emperor Heaven," the Silver Dragon King did not turn back, "do you think he is capable of devouring me?"

Emperor Heaven opened his mouth, but knew not how to answer.

Even having merged with Zi Ji, the power of this Golden Dragon King was still inferior to the heavily wounded Silver Dragon King.

"Rest assured, I have no intention of devouring your power. It is only you that I want."

"I will grant you new power.

When that time comes, you will possess the full strength of the Dragon God—

to counterattack the God Realm, devour that half of the Dragon God, and become even stronger!

To recreate the power of the Dragon God!"

Golden flames reflected in the Silver Dragon King's purple eyes, and after a long moment, the corners of her mouth curled into an arc.

This mass of black sludge was bolder than any creature she had ever seen.

It was not arrogance; it was confidence.

A few humans, combined with the faint trace of Golden Dragon King blood within the Imperial Auspicious Beast, had actually managed to forcibly give birth to a demigod-level Golden Dragon King.

For ten thousand years she had been slumbering, waiting for a variable.

Perhaps, this variable had arrived.

"Tell me your plan."

Jiang Ce chuckled, and the Golden Dragon King raised a dragon claw as a mass of pitch-black liquid surged from beneath his scales.

"This is for you." With a flick of the claw, the mass of Venom flew before the Silver Dragon King, hovering in mid-air like a beating black heart.

"This is also a part of you, isn't it?" The Silver Dragon King narrowed her eyes.

"Don't you want power? Then try it."

"My Lord!" Emperor Heaven attempted to stop her.

Even if the Lord's power was terrifying, if she truly made contact with that black sludge, there was a high possibility of having her power usurped.

The Silver Dragon King, however, ignored Emperor Heaven's obstruction and raised her dragon claw to touch the pitch-black liquid.

The ink-colored Venom tissue began to permeate from the point of contact on her claw, slowly spreading along the gaps in her dragon scales, wrapping her dragon body layer by layer.

The Silver Dragon King felt the viscous sensation and flicked her Dragon Wing with slight impatience.

"Is this thing of yours just going to wrap me up?"

"Heh heh, now feel how your own power is."

Jiang Ce's voice echoed in the Silver Dragon King's mind, his amplification fully unleashed.

In an instant, the Silver Dragon King's aura surged fivefold.

A terrifying pressure descended from the sky, and the already heavily wounded Emperor Heaven was once again crushed to the ground by this aura, his bones creaking and cracking under the strain.

Silver Dragon King felt the unprecedented, surging power within her body, unable to hide the shock in her heart.

A fivefold amplification in every aspect—

She had never imagined that she, too, could be amplified by this Venom Symbiote.

According to the information the other party had transmitted into her mind, this was far from the limit.

That human named Liu Erlong had used a multitude of skills to strengthen all attributes by nine times.

Magnifying 1 to 10!

Then, further amplified by the Symbiote's independent fivefold multiplier, her total attributes reached fifty times their base.

Yet, that was merely a fiftyfold increase in attributes!

Her combat power far exceeded even that fiftyfold mark!

This mass of black sludge truly possessed the power to change everything.

"How does it feel?"

"Not bad." Silver Dragon King retracted her Dragon Wings. "However, you have also copied my power, haven't you?"

According to the information Jiang Ce had transmitted, his ability system included replication.

No wonder he possessed so many skills.

He had copied the bloodline and abilities of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and by utilizing the connection between Symbiotes, he had forcibly nurtured that faint trace of Golden Dragon King bloodline into a demigod-level existence.

This ability was simply incredible.

"I acknowledge you." Silver Dragon King shifted the topic, her purple dragon pupils staring straight at the Golden Dragon King. "However, how do you view humans and Soul Beasts?"

As the co-ruler of Soul Beasts, even after sleeping for ten thousand years, she was clear about everything in the outside world.

Humans and Soul Beasts slaughtered one another, their blood soaking this continent.

What stood between them was not a misunderstanding, but blood debts accumulated over countless generations.

Humans and Soul Beasts were destined to be unable to coexist—this was the iron law she had held for tens of thousands of years.

Now that this mass of black sludge stood before her, wielding such power, she needed to know which side this existence—which could nurture a Golden Dragon King and help her repair her injuries—truly stood on.

Jiang Ce did not answer immediately.

He thought about how to hoodwink this Silver Dragon King.

Gu Yuena clearly had no idea that the order forbidding Soul Beasts from becoming gods was issued by the Dragon God; she was still so naive!

Suddenly, Jiang Ce had an idea!

The Golden Dragon King's pupils, burning with golden flames, met the Silver Dragon King's purple eyes in the void, and they remained silent for a moment.

"You want my opinion? My opinion is—you are asking the wrong question. You are obsessed with humans and Soul Beasts, hatred and blood debts, who killed whom, and who should pay with their lives. You have cared about these things for tens of thousands of years, cared so much that the God Realm nailed your other half into a seal, and you are still struggling with whether humans and Soul Beasts can coexist!"

His voice suddenly rose, golden flames exploded from his dragon pupils, and the entire Annihilation Dragon Domain trembled with his words.

"Coexistence? What is coexistence! If humans kill your subjects, it's called a massacre, but if Soul Beasts kill humans, it's called instinct? The blood debts accumulated by both sides are too numerous to count, and then what do you expect? To shake hands and make peace? To laugh off the hatred? Naive! Stupid! Self-deceiving!"

The Golden Dragon King suddenly spread his Dragon Wings, and a golden storm swept across the entire battlefield.

Emperor Heaven struggled to lift his head from the deep pit, Zi Ji held her breath inside the Golden Dragon King, and even the Silver Dragon King's purple eyes widened slightly at this moment.

"There has never been any coexistence in this world! Never! Weakness is the original sin, and strength is the truth! Why were your subjects slaughtered? It is not because humans are evil; it is because they were too weak! Why was your divine consciousness shattered, Silver Dragon King? It is not because you did anything wrong; it is because you were already being targeted while the Dragon God was still alive!"

"The God Realm doesn't fear your hatred; it fears you becoming stronger! It fears a second Dragon God stepping on their heads!"

His voice slammed against the sky above the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

Yet, only Emperor Heaven and the Silver Dragon King standing before him could hear it; not a single sound escaped outward.

Jiang Ce suddenly felt that the speeches of a certain Führer were inexplicably magnificent.

Continue to play the part, impassioned and stirring, to hoodwink the Silver Dragon King!

It wasn't exactly hoodwinking, though; the Silver Dragon King was said to be the embodiment of the Dragon God's half-life of wisdom.

But what about the things she did afterward?

To destroy humanity, one must first understand humanity.

She sealed her memories, transformed into the amnesiac young girl "Na'er," and was adopted by Tang Wulin as his little sister.

After recovering her memories, unable to sever her human emotions, she split off the persona "Gu Yue" to continue leading the Soul Beasts while attempting to kill Tang Wulin.

During the execution, she fell in love with her target again, abandoned her opportunities multiple times, and eventually made a wager with her sub-persona.

After losing the wager, the personas merged, and in the final battle, she intentionally died at Tang Wulin's hands, trading her sacrifice for peace between the two races.

A Dragon King possessing god-level power, running off into human society to "understand" humans.

Simply moronic!

I won't accept it; heaven itself wouldn't allow it.

"So, I have come to tell you the answer. It is not humans, and it is not Soul Beasts.

It is the God Realm!

It is that group of gods sitting up in the sky, watching you tear each other apart while they rest easy!

They are your true enemies!

They nailed the Golden Dragon King into a seal, split the Dragon God in two, and wiped the Dragon race clean from the God Realm, And here you are, tearing each other to shreds over the lives of a few poachers and Soul Beasts!

Stupid! Stupid to the very marrow!"

The Silver Dragon King stared fixedly at the Golden Dragon King!

Emperor Heaven stood with his mouth agape, unable to utter a single word.

Jiang Ce lowered his voice slightly, but every word carried more weight than the last.

"Look behind me. There are humans, there is the Imperial Auspicious Beast, there is the Hell Demon Dragon King—why do you think they are standing here?

It is not because I promised them any benefits; it is because I showed them a third path!

Not to be a human, not to be a beast—

But to be a powerhouse who does not need to be defined by race, and who does not need to bow their head to anyone!"

Zi Ji: ???? I'm here voluntarily?!

Zi Ji: Pfft!

Wasn't I captured by you?

The Golden Dragon King raised his two dragon claws, the five blade-like tips slowly tightening in the void, as if he had already grasped something.

Continue to be impassioned, channel the stirring rhetoric of the Führer!

West Sea!

"I don't care if you are human or beast, and I don't care how much blood is on your hands.

I only care about one thing—

Do you want to become stronger?

Do you dare to follow behind me and take back everything owed to you, with interest?

You have been trapped in this problem for tens of thousands of years, Silver Dragon King.

Tens of thousands of years!

Enough for human civilization to cycle through dozens of times, enough for your enemies to live in luxury up in the sky, While you are still here asking, 'Can humans and Soul Beasts coexist'!"

Golden flames erupted from his dragon pupils, his voice sounding as if it would tear the entire sky in two.

"The answer is that it doesn't matter!

Coexistence or no coexistence, those are trivial matters!

What matters is who gets to call the shots!

Is it those animals who dared to kill even the Dragon God, or is it us, standing right here!"

He retracted his Dragon Wings, lowered his head, and his burning pupils stared directly into the Silver Dragon King's.

"You wanted power, and I have already given you a fivefold increase."

You want the Golden Dragon King's bloodline? My purity is no less than the original.

You want revenge? I'll give you a target.

You want the future—

I'll give you a throne to unite all powers!"

His voice finally fell, no longer impassioned, but carrying an extreme, suppressed calm.

"Tens of thousands of years, Silver Dragon King. How many more tens of thousands of years will you wait?"

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