Gu Yuena Was MVP This Time!

"Oh? Is it really that serious?"

Xiao Wu knew better than anyone how powerful Daming and Erming were. She'd lived with them for tens of thousands of years.

She'd become the big sister of the entire core area because of those two kings of Soul Beasts. Even the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape had to call her Sister Xiao Wu!

Xiao Wu had thought she was one of the top beings in the Star Dou Great Forest.

But there were still beings more powerful than Daming and Erming?

And from the looks of it, they'd known about them for a long time. They'd just kept it hidden from her and her mother.

Xiao Wu was a little upset, but thinking of the suffocating pressure she'd just felt, she swallowed her complaints.

"Did that human child from earlier live there too?"

Her range had always been limited to the surrounding area, and she'd never seen him in all this time. He sure knew how to hide!

Could he, like her mother, have transformed and started cultivating anew?

The Sky Azure Bull Python shook its enormous bull's head. "I've never sensed that lord's presence in the Star Dou Great Forest. He might have come from another settlement of Soul Beasts."

That bloodline suppression was even stronger than Di Tian's. There was no way the Sky Azure Bull Python could fail to recognize it.

Huo Yuhao followed Di Tian to the bottom of the Lake of Life.

"Human! And one with a spiritual attribute, too!"

As Huo Yuhao entered the Lake of Life, a familiar voice rang out in his mind.

"He even has my aura!"

"Little Spirit Master, do you need a Soul Ring? I'm a powerful Soul Beast with nearly a million years of cultivation!"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm from ten thousand years ago sounded urgent and delighted, chattering away as it tried to sell itself.

"All right, all right. Stop talking!"

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit spoke up, cutting off the other version of itself.

Look at you, acting like you're worth nothing!

Could you show a little dignity as a million-year Soul Beast?

The Sky Dream from ten thousand years ago: "!!!"

"Why is there another me?"

Huo Yuhao didn't join in the conversation between the two Sky Dream Ice Silkworms. By then, he'd followed Di Tian into another space at the bottom of the Lake of Life.

Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena was recovering from her injuries in this isolated space.

A gigantic dragon, silver from head to tail, lay coiled within.

Beside the dragon was a blue-green stone radiating a dense aura of life.

This was Gold of Life, said to bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones. Gu Yuena had such an enormous piece all to herself. She was unquestionably the richest woman on the Douluo Continent.

"Milady, this is the lord you asked me to find."

Even without Di Tian's reminder, Gu Yuena had already sensed the mighty dragon might emanating from Huo Yuhao, as well as the dragon bloodline that ranked even above her own.

She hadn't kept her eyes closed to maintain some sort of dignity. She'd been trying to figure out where the dragon bloodline in Huo Yuhao came from.

The only bloodline more powerful than hers, the Silver Dragon King Bloodline, belonged to the fallen Dragon God.

So the Dragon God hadn't truly died after all. Had a wisp of his divine soul survived, been preserved, and reincarnated into the Douluo World?

Once he decided the time was right, he would awaken again and lead them in a triumphant return to the Divine Realm!

But when Huo Yuhao entered the space, Gu Yuena discarded her earlier theory.

She could sense that although Huo Yuhao's dragon bloodline was powerful, it had no connection to her.

It was only when Di Tian spoke that Gu Yuena snapped out of her whirlwind of thoughts.

"You have the aura of my dragon clan."

After Gu Yuena spoke, a silver-white glow shimmered over the enormous dragon's body.

When the light faded, the dragon was gone, replaced by a tall young woman.

She had beautiful silver-white hair that reached her ankles, its texture like silver crystal.

Her beauty was peerless, as though she embodied all the world's splendor. Her violet eyes were stunning, clear and limpid.

She was breathtakingly beautiful—so beautiful that the moon would hide its face, the flowers would wilt, the fish would sink, and the geese would fall from the sky...

Every word used to describe a beauty could be piled onto her without exaggeration.

Even Huo Yuhao, who came from the future and considered himself well acquainted with beauties, couldn't help but sigh when he saw Gu Yuena.

It had to be said: setting aside her astonishing intelligence, Gu Yuena really was a perfect woman.

"You must be mistaken. I'm not part of the dragon clan. My Second Martial Soul is simply a dragon-type Martial Soul, and both my parents are human."

He had a feeling Gu Yuena's next words would be, "You must shoulder the burden of restoring the Soul Beast Clan."

After fusing with the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, Huo Yuhao had indeed thought about improving the plight of the Soul Beasts.

But that was his own choice. He didn't need anyone forcing it on him.

"On the Douluo Continent, Soul Beasts and Martial Souls appeared because of the influence of the Dragon God's bloodline. Many powerful Beast Martial Souls come from Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that transformed into humans."

Gu Yuena hadn't taken in Huo Yuhao's explanation.

"After transforming, these Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts need to interact with humans, absorbing and experiencing the aura of humanity so they can truly become human. During this process, transformed Soul Beasts can easily develop feelings for human Spirit Masters and leave behind descendants."

"Most of those descendants inherit their Soul Beast ancestors' forms as their Martial Souls."

Huo Yuhao nodded. He knew all that.

Why was Gu Yuena telling him this?

"Since Soul Beasts and Martial Souls both ultimately originate from the Dragon God's bloodline, then even if a future Soul Beast or Martial Soul undergoes a bloodline return to its ancestral form, its bloodline could never surpass the Dragon God's!"

Gu Yuena stared intently at Huo Yuhao.

"The dragon clan was once the most powerful race. Your ancestors must have been powerful beings who lived in the same era as the Dragon God, or even earlier. They came to the Douluo Continent by chance and left behind their bloodline."

"That would also explain why your bloodline is so much stronger than mine."

That was the Silver Dragon King, heir to the Dragon God's astonishing wisdom!

Huo Yuhao was dumbfounded.

That worked too?

He hadn't even said anything yet.

She'd already come up with an explanation for why his Martial Soul had, against all odds, manifested as a dragon!

As expected of you, Silver Dragon King!

The truth—that his Ancestral Dragon Spirit came from a drop of blood belonging to the Primordial Ancestral Dragon in another world—had to remain a secret, no matter what.

Since Gu Yuena had already filled in the gaps in his backstory for him, all he could do was clap and give her a thumbs-up.

Gu Yuena was MVP this time!

Huo Yuhao was just a lucky freeloader who'd been carried to victory!

He gave her a mental thumbs-up, but on the surface, Huo Yuhao still looked utterly stunned and bewildered.

Huo Yuhao wasn't the only one. Even Di Tian was deeply shocked.

Gu Yuena continued.

"Not only has your Martial Soul returned to its ancestral form, but the blood in your body is no longer purely human, either."

"You might not have noticed, but once you summon your Martial Soul and activate Martial Soul Possession, the dragon bloodline in your body will awaken completely!"