This world had never heard such a passionate speech.
The Silver Dragon King stood rooted to the spot, her purple dragon eyes widening slightly.
Di Tian lay in the crater, having even forgotten to fold away his Dragon Wings.
They had lived for countless years. They were proud by nature and had never bowed their heads.
But at that moment, faced with Jiang Ce's impassioned speech,
the idea of growing bigger and stronger
made their dragon blood boil.
They wanted nothing more than to charge into the Divine Realm right then and drag those high-and-mighty gods down from their thrones one by one.
That was right. Why obsess over the petty quarrels between humans and Soul Beasts?
Their true enemy had never been each other. It was the Divine Realm.
It was those so-called gods who feared the Dragon God's return, and feared anyone reaching true supremacy.
The strong had power; the weak had no truth.
Weakness was the original sin.
Once they were strong enough, every problem would resolve itself.
Could humans and Soul Beasts coexist?
In the face of absolute power, that question wasn't worth wasting time on.
"Well said."
A clear, melodious voice rang out.
The Silver Dragon King's massive body gradually shrank amid silver radiance, transforming into a peerless beauty with long silver hair and violet eyes.
Her white dress outlined her tall, voluptuous figure, but beneath it was a Black Silk Bodysuit formed from Venom's tissue, clinging to every inch of her skin.
The strange sensation made her uneasy all over. It felt as if countless hands were touching her from head to toe at once.
While the Silver Dragon King felt uncomfortable, Jiang Ce was thoroughly enjoying himself.
"Our enemy has always been the Divine Realm!"
Jiang Ce's words made her finally let go of the obsession that had entangled her for tens of thousands of years.
When she became powerful enough, everything in the world would change for her.
Obsessing over those trivial issues was a waste of time. Rather than circle endlessly within the prison of hatred, she might as well focus on growing stronger as quickly as possible.
By then, every problem would resolve itself.
Watching the Silver Dragon King take human form, Jiang Ce knew he had completely convinced her.
Those naïve questions in her mind—
Could humans and Soul Beasts coexist? Should she choose revenge or destruction?
She had now tossed them aside where they belonged.
"Then, to a pleasant partnership."
Under Jiang Ce's control, the Golden Dragon King slowly raised his claw and reached toward Gu Yuena.
Gu Yuena raised her hand at the same time. The instant their powers met, boundless radiance burst forth.
The radiance was tightly contained within the bounds of the Star Dou Great Forest, without a trace escaping.
The Golden Dragon King's enormous body flowed into Gu Yuena like water.
In an instant,
Gu Yuena's aura surged higher and higher.
She could feel the old wound that had tormented her for tens of thousands of years healing at a visible rate.
The Golden Dragon King Bloodline flowed through her, merging with the Silver Dragon King Bloodline and filling the missing half of her origin.
Her shattered divine consciousness and broken divine core slowly fused together at that moment.
Gu Yuena closed her eyes, feeling the resonance between her divine core and her origin.
"I feel wonderful now."
When she opened her eyes again, her once-pure violet irises had become one gold and one purple.
Golden flames burned in her left eye; a silver moon shone in her right.
"Your gift is wonderful. I'll accept it."
"Right?"
Jiang Ce gave a smug chuckle.
Beneath her white dress, the Black Silk Bodysuit stirred again, and a huge mass of Venom's tissue surged out of Gu Yuena.
This time, it didn't transform into the Golden Dragon King. Instead, it slowly split into several portions and reshaped itself into five figures.
Zi JI, Liu Erlong, Tang Yuehua, Ye Yingling, and the Imperial Auspicious Beast—
The five figures emerged one by one from the Symbiotic Link.
The Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Imperial Auspicious Beast, looked at the Silver Dragon King nervously.
After all, she had just helped a group of outsiders slap Di Tian into the ground and forcibly pulled Zi JI into the fusion.
Would the Silver Dragon King settle the score with her later?
But Gu Yuena made a move that left the Imperial Auspicious Beast utterly stunned.
She crouched down and reached out to stroke the beast's fluffy head.
"Thank you, too, for your help this time."
Her voice was still cool and clear, but a trace of unprecedented gentleness had entered her tone.
"If it weren't for your bloodline power, it would have taken me a very, very long time to recover completely."
After all, it was the source of her Golden Dragon Bloodline—a trace of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline—that had allowed Jiang Ce and the others to catalyze the Golden Dragon King Bloodline together.
And that had brought her immense benefits as well.
All three of the Imperial Auspicious Beast's eyes widened.
The Silver Dragon King had praised her.
The Silver Dragon King had patted her head.
She rubbed happily against Gu Yuena's hand, her tail wagging like an excited puppy's.
And now—did she have the Silver Dragon King backing her up?
Then Di Tian wouldn't be able to stop her anymore, right?
She immediately turned to look at Di Tian, who seemed just as dazed.
Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, was still in the crater, blood at the corner of his mouth not yet wiped away.
He had taken in every word of the speech.
He still felt the lingering pressure of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
And after the Silver Dragon King's aura surged again when her bloodline merged with the Golden Dragon King's,
he had been so thoroughly suppressed that he couldn't even raise his head.
Thankfully, the Silver Dragon King soon reined in her aura.
But the Imperial Auspicious Beast didn't care about any of that.
A sly glint flashed through her eyes. She looked like a child who had finally found a powerful ally and could now openly defy the head of the household.
"Master, can I go to the human world now?"
"Master, you mustn't."
Di Tian jerked his head up, his dragon eyes full of urgency.
"The Auspicious Beast is tied to the Star Dou Great Forest's fortune and is inseparable from the Soul Beast Clan—"
"Master."
The Imperial Auspicious Beast gazed pitifully at the Silver Dragon King, all three eyes sparkling.
"I want to go out and see the human world for myself."
Gu Yuena furrowed her brows slightly.
Di Tian was right.
The Imperial Auspicious Beast carried the fate of the Star Dou Great Forest and bore the hopes of the entire Soul Beast Clan.
She was an omen of good fortune, nourished by destiny and protecting the clan.
As long as she remained in the Star Dou Great Forest, Soul Beasts in the region would grow twice as fast, and the chances of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts breaking through their bottlenecks would also double.
If she left, the Star Dou Great Forest would be in serious trouble.
"You should know your own duty. You want to go out, but that would have serious consequences."
Di Tian's eyes lit up at once.
That was right. His master understood what mattered.
The Imperial Auspicious Beast lowered her head, her tail no longer wagging.
Of course she knew all that.
But she was truly fascinated by the prosperous human world Jiang Ce had shown her, and by the magnificent Myriad Worlds.
She wanted to go out and see what the world was like. She had been in the Star Dou Great Forest for five thousand years, and it was just too boring.
"These problems you're worried about are easy to solve."
Jiang Ce's voice came from the Silver Dragon King.
Di Tian and Gu Yuena both froze.
Easy to solve?
How?
"Just have two Auspicious Beasts."
The moment he said it, the entire battlefield fell silent.
Two Auspicious Beasts? How could that be possible?
The Imperial Auspicious Beast carried the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest. As long as the first Auspicious Beast existed, the Power of Destiny would never transfer.
That was an ironclad law of the world. How could there possibly be two Auspicious Beasts?
Yet the Imperial Auspicious Beast's eyes lit up.
If there were two Auspicious Beasts—then she could go out and play.
Right after that,
a piece of information Jiang Ce had sent her appeared in her mind.
Division.
By sacrificing half of her cultivation base, she could split off a body exactly like herself.
Her consciousness could travel between the two bodies, sharing perception and control.
"This is amazing!"
Brilliant golden light blazed around the Imperial Auspicious Beast.
As the Silver Dragon King, Di Tian, and Zi JI stared in stunned silence, two Imperial Auspicious Beasts appeared on the spot.
Although each beast's cultivation had dropped from five thousand years to two thousand five hundred, they were both complete Auspicious Beasts.
The Power of Destiny had been divided in two, but it had already been strengthened fivefold by Jiang Ce's enhancement. Even split in half, it wasn't much weaker than before.
In fact—
with two Auspicious Beasts existing at once, the combined enhancement effect was even stronger than before.
"Yay! Can I go out and play now, Master?"
Both Auspicious Beasts looked excitedly at the Silver Dragon King, their tails wagging like two ecstatic puppies.
One could remain in the Star Dou Great Forest and continue carrying its fortune, while the other went out to play with everyone—perfect.
The Silver Dragon King looked at the two Imperial Auspicious Beasts, fell silent for a moment, then sighed.
"You can."
"Yay! You're the best, Master!"
The two Imperial Auspicious Beasts scampered around the Silver Dragon King, as happy as two little puppies finally allowed outside.
Zi JI stood where she was, staring at everything before her and murmuring to herself.
"This is simply unbelievable."
She raised her hand and looked at it.
Although she still wore a purple dress on the outside, beneath it was a Black Silk Bodysuit formed from Venom's tissue, clinging tightly to her body.
She could feel the latex suit wriggling faintly. Its sticky sensation made her uncomfortable all over.
"There's plenty more that's unbelievable."
"Damn it!"
"Don't move!"
At Zi JI's shout,
everyone's attention immediately shifted to her.
[Third update! I'm making a change to the tight-fitting clothes today. Some readers have been saying the outfits were giving outsiders a treat. I'd described them before: when outsiders were around, they looked like Zhu Zhuqing's leather suit. But I've decided to change it anyway, to make things clearer. When Venom covers someone, it turns into an extremely thin Black Latex Suit, or black tights. The outer layer can then change into ordinary clothes.
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