Since everyone thinks they are the Dragon God, then I shall become the Dragon God from now on!

Huang Long frowned slightly.

The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had fallen in the great war triggered by the Dragon God's eruption. That should have been tens of thousands of years ago, yet they still retained consciousness?

And from the sounds they had made just now, it seemed that, like Di Tian and the others, they had mistaken him for the Dragon God.

Unfortunately, he was still absorbing the medicinal effects of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass.

Otherwise, he really would have wanted to dive down and investigate, to see whether the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had left behind any soul bones or the like.

With that thought, he was about to speed up the circulation of his power and refine all the medicinal energy.

But suddenly.

A sudden change occurred!

Something beneath the water seemed to be rushing upward, and the entire body of water began to churn and boil.

Countless bubbles surged continuously from beneath his feet. The temperature in the red Yang Spring region rapidly rose, while the temperature in the white Yin Spring region rapidly dropped.

Sensing the disturbance, Huang Long was startled and abruptly lowered his head to look down.

What was this now?

Could the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings truly have revived?

Were they even about to burst out?

Just as he was wondering, two enormous dragon phantoms—one red and one white—suddenly surged upstream along the red Yang Spring region and the white Yin Spring region.

Huang Long's pupils contracted sharply. The two dragon phantoms came incredibly fast, closing the distance in the blink of an eye and arriving beside him.

Yet the two dragon phantoms did not seem to mean him any harm. They merely swam around his body in circles.

Huang Long frowned in confusion and was just about to speak when his vision suddenly went black.

His consciousness seemed to be dragged away by something, passing through layer upon layer of darkness. Then, golden light spread throughout his surroundings.

When he opened his eyes again, he discovered that he was standing atop a boundless golden sea.

The seawater glimmered faintly, calm as a mirror. Only beneath his feet did tiny ripples spread outward in rings.

"Where is this?"

"Master, this is your spiritual space."

At that moment, a deep, resonant voice suddenly boomed beside his ear.

Huang Long was startled. He hurriedly turned toward the voice and saw, to his astonishment, two giant dragons seated not far away.

The dragon on the left was entirely crimson, radiating scorching heat from head to toe.

The dragon on the right was snow-white all over, its scales gleaming with a metallic luster and giving off a bone-piercing chill.

"Fire Dragon King pays respects to Master."

"Ice Dragon King pays respects to Father."

The moment he turned around, the two giant dragons slowly lowered their heads, as though worshipping him.

Huang Long did not know whether to laugh or cry at their actions.

He was just about to say something.

When an excited dragon roar suddenly rang out from behind him.

Huang Long's heart jolted. Could there be a third dragon here?

He hurriedly turned around and saw a golden five-clawed dragon with a pair of wings on its back slowly descending from the sky.

The golden dragon phantom was incomparably massive, several times larger than the two giant dragons before him. When its wings spread, they blotted out the sky and covered the earth.

It was his martial soul, Yinglong.

Had that dragon roar just now been a response to the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's worship?

Huang Long glanced at the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, only to find that they had lowered their heads even further, their entire bodies nearly prostrating themselves on the ground.

He sighed helplessly and waved his hand. "Get up first. There's no need to stay sprawled on the ground like that."

The Fire Dragon King slowly straightened at his words. "After tens of thousands of years apart, Master's bearing has become even more majestic. Even your bloodline has grown much stronger."

Huang Long pressed a hand to his forehead and smiled bitterly. "Thanks for the compliment, but you really have the wrong person. This is Yinglong, not the Dragon God you know."

"Impossible. Other than Father's bloodline being this powerful, what other dragon bloodline in this world could awaken us?" The Ice Dragon King refused to believe it.

After she and the Fire Dragon King had fallen, their bodies had plunged into this spring, while their consciousness had slumbered for an unknown number of years.

Only today, after sensing the pressure of this bloodline, had their consciousness finally fully awakened.

If this was not the Dragon God's bloodline, then how could it have awakened them?

Huang Long sighed helplessly. "Forget it. You wouldn't believe me no matter how I explained it."

"Tell me first—why did you suddenly pull my consciousness in here? What did you want to say?"

The Ice Dragon King said in a faint voice, "We waited here for tens of thousands of years. We thought Father would never appear again."

"But we never expected that Father had not only lost all your strength, but had also reincarnated as a human."

Huang Long frowned deeply upon hearing this.

"So, you want to kill me?"

The emotions the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King had only just worked up were instantly shattered by those words.

The two dragons stood there in a daze for quite a while before hurriedly waving their hands. "How could that be, my lord? How could we possibly kill you?"

The Ice Dragon King nodded heavily. "Father has returned to this world. The two of us can only be happy—we would never raise a hand against Father!"

Huang Long secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as they were not going to fight him, it was fine.

Although the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King were now merely consciousness forms, they had been God King-level powerhouses in life!

If their consciousness forms wanted to erase him, it would still be easy.

The Fire Dragon King continued, "Not only will we not harm you, we will also lend you our strength, my lord, so that you can lead the soul beast race back into the God Realm even sooner!"

Huang Long asked doubtfully, "How do you plan to help me? Aren't you already dead?"

The Ice Dragon King replied in a cool voice, "Though we are dead, our soul bones lie at the bottom of this pool, perfectly preserved."

"Father is now a human soul master. As long as you fuse with these two soul bones, you will be able to command the purest powers of ice and fire."

The Fire Dragon King at her side hurriedly nodded.

She was just about to say something when she suddenly saw her body beginning to fade.

"The time has come, my lord. We are very happy to have seen you again."

"But sadly, we are already dead. We will never again be able to witness your glorious bearing."

"Are you leaving?" Huang Long asked.

The Ice Dragon King nodded gently. "Father, we are now only a wisp of consciousness remaining upon our corpses. Holding on until now was already our limit."

"Father, please reclaim your power, then lead the soul beast race back into the God Realm once more!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she closed her eyes. Her enormous body gradually faded, then turned into specks of white starlight that slowly scattered throughout this space.

The Fire Dragon King dissipated even faster. In just three or four breaths, the two Dragon Kings had completely vanished.

Huang Long stood motionless, watching the figures of the two Dragon Kings gradually fade away.

He suddenly felt that whether or not he was the Dragon God's reincarnation no longer mattered.

What mattered most was that the soul beast race truly believed they had welcomed back their former god.

Even the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had left their power to him in their final moments.

That damned sense of responsibility again!

Huang Long sighed softly and simply stopped struggling against it.

Since everyone believed he was the Dragon God, then from now on, he would be the Dragon God!

Wasn't it just leading the soul beast race back into the God Realm?

Just charge!

At that thought, Huang Long's expression became serious. "Rest assured. From now on, I've got the soul beast race covered!"

The moment he finished speaking—

His consciousness returned to his body the next second.

The energies of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass were still clashing within him, but they were no longer as violent as before.

And before him lay two additional soul bones.

One red, one white.

One carried an utterly domineering scorching heat, while the other radiated an extremely chilling cold.

These should be the soul bones of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.