"I told you long ago—she's been here all along!"
Lu Chuan sighed.
Before the Silver Dragon King flew into a rage,
he had already sensed the changes in the elements around them.
He could have stopped it,
but sometimes taking a beating once worked far better than being warned a hundred times!
If Bi Ji only realized what it meant to be the God of Creation, the Lord of the Silver Dragon,
after the Silver Dragon King unlocked all eighteen seals,
then the injuries she suffered would surely be far worse than this!
"Bi Ji, remember: she is the Silver Lord! The Silver Dragon King!"
"If there's a next time, I may not be able to protect you!"
Lu Chuan glanced back at Bi Ji, who was still shaken, and warned her again.
After all, she had served him for tens of thousands of years.
He couldn't just pull up his pants and pretend he didn't know her!
He stepped forward,
placing himself between Bi Ji and Tang Wuyue.
Golden light blazed around him,
and he bore the brunt of the dragon might's scattered aftershock.
Otherwise, after this,
Bi Ji would probably spend at least a thousand years recovering.
With Lu Chuan taking the pressure off her,
the weight pressing down on Bi Ji eased considerably.
She clutched her chest,
struggled to nod,
then slid down the wall and sat on the floor,
her eyes filled with lingering fear.
The Silver Dragon King's fury subsided the moment Lu Chuan stepped in.
She had given him some face.
Seeing that, Lu Chuan said no more.
If he still didn't understand what the Silver Dragon King meant by now,
then he really would be a blockhead!
He took a few steps over to Tang Wuyue,
then crouched beside her,
watching as the little girl's brows furrowed in pain even in her sleep.
He reached out and gently brushed the sweat-dampened strands from her forehead,
then took out an Ice Crystal Fruit.
"Wuyue, don't be afraid."
He murmured to himself,
put the Ice Crystal Fruit into his mouth,
and crushed it between his teeth.
Then, without the slightest hesitation,
he bent down,
supporting the back of Tang Wuyue's neck with one hand,
and pressing his thumb against her chin.
With a little force,
he gently pried open a narrow gap between her clenched teeth.
He leaned closer,
and slowly fed her the juice in his mouth, infused with the essence of the Ice Crystal Fruit,
along with his gentle Soul Power.
Almost the instant their lips touched,
inside the dream, within the silver sea of light,
Tang Wuyue was being battered by torrents of seven elements and was on the verge of collapse.
Suddenly, she felt a coolness—crisp and pure, yet carrying an incomparably familiar presence—
spread from her throat,
quickly easing some of the agony that felt as if it were scorching and devouring her heart.
Meanwhile, in the outside world,
after feeding her the Ice Crystal Fruit,
Lu Chuan picked up a Red Flame Fruit,
and repeated the same movements.
Two tremendous currents of medicinal power, one cold and one hot,
quickly converged inside Tang Wuyue.
All they needed now was to establish balance,
turn the clash of ice and fire into the yin and yang of the Taiji,
and contain all the elements,
so she could make it through this trial!
Lu Chuan had thought she'd already made it through,
but halfway through constructing the balance,
the little girl's Soul Power ran out!
Outside,
Lu Chuan was waiting to feed her Earth Dragon Blood when he saw what had happened.
He slapped his forehead,
feeling a headache coming on.
Normally, in this situation,
Bi Ji might have been able to help if she hadn't been injured,
or,
if the Silver Dragon King hadn't punished Bi Ji,
then with Xiao Wuyue's degree of Soul Power compression,
she would have had enough to guide the elements inside her body into balance.
But now,
the timing couldn't have been worse!
"Why did you have to punish your subordinate when she hadn't even done anything? She's short on Soul Power, so now all that suffering was for nothing!"
Naturally, he was talking to the Silver Dragon King.
But Tang Wuyue was in so much pain that she had nearly lost her hearing,
and the Silver Dragon King might not be able to hear him.
The agony of fire and ice erupting inside her made Tang Wuyue curl up,
and perhaps out of instinct,
or perhaps because of the Silver Dragon King's warning,
as she writhed in unbearable pain,
she suddenly whimpered:
"Big brother... It hurts... Ah!"
For some reason, that cry made Lu Chuan think of Red Wolf giving birth while Wolf Uncle offered his arm.
Without thinking, he held his arm in front of Tang Wuyue's little mouth.
The next moment,
the little girl sank her teeth into it.
Golden Dragon King blood welled up,
slid down her throat, and entered her body.
In an instant,
the elemental turmoil inside her subsided.
The Power of Destruction contained in the Golden Dragon King Bloodline was like a gang boss,
beating all the elemental power into submission.
It went from a reckless destroyer to a doctor,
nourishing and widening the little girl's meridians, which had nearly been stretched to the point of bursting.
"So I really am the biggest tonic of all!"
"If I'd known the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King Bloodlines could counterbalance each other and eventually reach equilibrium, what was I worried about?"
Lu Chuan rubbed his brow,
unable to understand why the Silver Dragon King couldn't have solved the problem in one step,
instead of adding two more confusing steps.
"It must be the Golden Dragon King Bloodline lowering my IQ.
"Back when I took the college entrance exams,
thousands upon thousands of candidates crowded onto a narrow bridge,
and I spent three years playing on my phone on that bridge,
three years reading novels,
yet I still didn't get knocked off.
I made it into a top-tier university all the same.
There's no way there's anything wrong with my intelligence!"
That was what Lu Chuan told himself.
Tang Wuyue's body had already begun to undergo wondrous changes.
After swallowing Lu Chuan's bloodline,
balance took shape,
and the elements came under her control.
The first element she completely subdued
was the gentlest one: Water Element.
Inside the training ground,
centered on Tang Wuyue,
water vapor within a ten-meter radius began to gather frantically.
It condensed around her body into a crystal-clear suit of Silver Water Armor,
protecting her completely.
Faint golden dragon patterns flowed across the Water Armor.
Lu Chuan took one look.
That was all his blood!
Without thinking, he lifted the arm she had bitten.
The wound was already gone,
but the bite mark remained.
And from the looks of it,
it wasn't going away.
In the dream,
the Golden and Silver Dragon King Bloodlines reached equilibrium,
and the portals to the Silver Dragon King Seals opened.
Power as vast as the sea surged out,
washing through every part of Tang Wuyue's body.
If the little girl had just been caught between fire and water,
now she was soaking in a hot spring,
steaming in a sauna.
The benefits brought by the Origin of the Silver Dragon King,
She was tempering her entire body.
Besides controlling the Water Element,
the most important thing was her Innate Soul Power!
It had started at level three,
then soared all the way to level ten!
While sealed away,
the Silver Dragon King had hidden seven levels of Innate Soul Power within the first layer of the seal.
As soon as the seal was undone,
she would leap from a good-for-nothing to a heaven-blessed prodigy!
From then on, there would be no more bottlenecks.
As long as she accumulated enough Soul Power,
advancing to Soul Saint, Soul Douluo, and even Titled Douluo
would all come naturally.
As for why it had been hidden,
first, it was to leave Tang San with the impression that he had a good-for-nothing daughter.
If she had been a genius,
she might not have become the Divine Realm's dumping ground,
but instead a tool for him to win over the children of destiny.
Tang Wutong was a typical example.
Second, if she ended up in the mortal world,
her level-three Innate Soul Power
would keep her from attracting attention
before her first wisp of divine sense awakened.
As for the third reason...
Perhaps it was to make it more justified for someone to protect her.
The Silver Dragon King took one last look at Lu Chuan,
then her phantom slowly faded away,
leaving only a voice echoing through the dreamscape:
"Remember this feeling. Water changes with its form, yet can be harder than gold and stone."
The dream shattered,
and Tang Wuyue immediately opened her eyes.
The Water Armor covering her body,
the instant she opened her eyes,
retreated like a tide,
seeping into the ground.
She gasped for breath.
Her body still hurt,
but she felt lighter and stronger than ever before.
Soul Power surged and roared within her,
far exceeding what she'd had before.
In one leap, she had reached level 25!
Beneath her feet,
two purple Soul Rings slowly rose,
a sign that she had become a Soul Grandmaster!
"Brother... I've gotten so much stronger!"
Tang Wuyue excitedly felt the changes in her body,
as though she had become the darling of heaven and earth!
She looked down at her hands.
A faint silver glow seemed to flow beneath her skin.
With a single thought,
she could clearly sense the Water Element everywhere in the air.
A slight movement of her mind,
and a small, glistening ball of water gathered at her fingertips,
changing shape as she pleased.
She didn't need any preparation at all!
At the sight of this, Lu Chuan's mouth twitched.
"The Goddess of Life's blessing, combined with the Silver Dragon King's innate affinity for the elements of heaven and earth—that's just too absurd!"
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