Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena!

"Young Master? You're calling me Young Master?"

Ling Xuqing looked at the Black Dragon King Di Tian, who knelt before him on one knee, his posture utterly reverent. A rare flicker of astonishment crossed Ling Xuqing's dark golden eyes.

Di Tian raised his head slightly. His dignified dragon face was now filled with fervor and devotion.

He gazed up at Ling Xuqing, his voice low and resolute, as if proclaiming an ultimate truth:

"Young Master, you have fused with the Golden Dragon King's Origin power and bloodline, and gained control of the Dragon Clan's treasures, the Golden Dragon Spear and the Ascending Dragon Pillar. You are the heir personally chosen by Lord Dragon God, the rightful Young Master of our Dragon Clan! And you are the true sovereign of our Soul Beast Clan!"

At those words, Ling Xuqing's mind jolted.

He had originally thought that after arriving in the Douluo Continent, he could only rely on the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and his knowledge of the future to survive amid the cracks, struggling alone against the many threats posed by Spirit Hall, Sea God Island, and even the Divine Realm.

But who could have imagined that simply by possessing the Golden Dragon King's Origin and the Ascending Dragon Pillar, he would suddenly become the highest leader of the Soul Beast Clan!

Just how many terrifying Ferocious Beasts lurked in the Star Dou Great Forest?

Besides Di Tian before him, there were also Bi Ji, King of Ten Thousand Monsters, Xiong Jun, Zi JI, and a host of other immensely powerful Ferocious Beasts.

With the entire Soul Beast Clan backing him, what the hell did he have to fear?

"I..." Ling Xuqing drew a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the joy and shock surging in his heart as he tried to make his expression look calm and dignified.

"Rise, Di Tian."

At his words, Di Tian respectfully bowed his head, then slowly stood up.

"Young Master," Di Tian said, his tone edged with urgency. "Now that you have gained control of the Ascending Dragon Pillar, there is hope for our Lord's injuries. Please come with me to the Star Dou Great Forest and meet our Lord! She will be overjoyed to learn of your existence!"

However, Ling Xuqing shook his head slightly.

"Now isn't the time."

"Young Master?" Di Tian froze, puzzlement flashing in his eyes.

With his hands clasped behind his back, Ling Xuqing gazed into the distant night sky and spoke slowly. "I'm too weak right now. Even with the Ascending Dragon Pillar, I still need to cultivate and grow stronger as quickly as possible. Only when I'm strong enough can I truly face all the threats the future holds. Only then will I be worthy of standing before her."

As he said this, the corners of Ling Xuqing's mouth lifted in a mysterious smile.

"Besides, perhaps... the Silver Dragon King will come looking for me herself?"

"Huh?"

In Ling Xuqing's sea of consciousness, Xiao Wu's soul nearly leapt to its feet, her voice brimming with disbelief. "The Silver Dragon King will come looking for you herself? Are you sure? Even the Black Dragon King, with an eighty-thousand-year cultivation base, regards her as a deity!"

Ling Xuqing chuckled inwardly. Heh, who knows?

Seeing how confident Ling Xuqing looked, Di Tian was still full of anxiety and confusion, but as his subordinate, he didn't dare defy him in the slightest.

"Since Young Master has made his decision, I shall obey."

Di Tian drew a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart. "Then I shall return to the Star Dou Great Forest, protect our Lord as she cultivates, and await Young Master's return."

"Go ahead." Ling Xuqing nodded slightly.

Di Tian bowed deeply once more, then turned and shot into the sky.

The enormous black dragon streaked across the night like a beam of dark light, disappearing in an instant toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Only after that terrifying pressure had completely faded did Ling Xuqing let out a long breath.

"He's gone." In his sea of consciousness, Xiao Wu still sounded shaken. "Xuqing, why didn't you go back to the Star Dou Great Forest to meet the Silver Dragon King? She's your biggest backer!"

"Xiao Wu, a backer is still someone else's strength. Only your own strength is real."

Ling Xuqing answered softly in his mind. "I'm still too weak right now. There's no harm in waiting until I've truly grown stronger before meeting her."

After soothing Xiao Wu, Ling Xuqing drew in all his aura. The Golden Dragon Wings on his back and the dragon claws on his hands vanished completely.

He straightened his clothes and set off toward Wuxi Village at an easy pace.

When he returned to the village, dawn was just breaking.

Ling Xuqing knocked on the village chief's door and solemnly said his goodbyes.

The village chief looked at the boy before him, whose bearing had grown ever more composed. His eyes were filled with pride and reluctance.

He gave Ling Xuqing a few reminders to stay safe, then watched him set off for Nuoding City with his pack on his back.

At the same time, in the Life Forbidden Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest,

the area was perpetually shrouded in dense white mist, and the life force was so concentrated it seemed ready to drip from the air.

Di Tian descended with a crash in the form of a streak of black light. With a flash, he appeared above Life Lake.

"My Lord! Di Tian requests an audience!"

His voice echoed over the lake, brimming with barely contained excitement.

A moment later, ripples spread across the surface, and a distant, ethereal voice rang out from the depths of the lake:

"Come in."

Di Tian drew a deep breath, transformed into a streak of light, and plunged straight into the depths of Life Lake.

At the bottom of the lake stood a vast crystal palace.

A purple-haired girl lay quietly in the center of the palace.

Her eyes were closed, and her face was so pale that not a trace of color remained. Even so, the aura she gave off still left Di Tian breathless.

The Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena.

"My Lord," Di Tian said urgently, kneeling on one knee outside the palace. "I discovered a human boy in Nuoding City!"

"Oh?" Gu Yuena's voice remained cool and distant, betraying little emotion. "He's only a human. Why are you so excited?"

"My Lord, he bears the Golden Dragon King's Origin aura!" Di Tian jerked his head up, his voice trembling. "And not only that, he has the Golden Dragon Spear, as well as... as the Dragon Clan's treasure, the Ascending Dragon Pillar!"

"What?!"

A terrifying dragon aura suddenly erupted inside the once-quiet crystal palace!

Gu Yuena's tightly shut eyes flew open, and her purple eyes were filled with stunned disbelief.

She abruptly sat up, her voice strained with urgency and shock.

"What did you say?! The Golden Dragon King's Origin? The Ascending Dragon Pillar? How can that be? Why would Lord Dragon God fuse the Origin power with a human?!"

"Your subordinate wouldn't dare deceive you, my Lord!"

Di Tian hurriedly reported everything about Ling Xuqing, from the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit's sacrifice and the divine-level Soul Ring to Ling Xuqing's claim that he was the Dragon God's heir.

After listening to Di Tian's account, Gu Yuena fell completely silent.

She had never imagined that Lord Dragon God would willingly fuse the Golden Dragon King's Origin power and bloodline with a human, reforming his body—and even give him the Golden Dragon Spear and the Ascending Dragon Pillar as well.

"Ling Xuqing..."

Gu Yuena murmured to herself, complex emotions flickering in her purple eyes.

After thinking for a long while, she finally made her decision.

"If he won't come to me, then I'll go find him!"

"My Lord, you...!"

Di Tian was aghast. "You haven't recovered yet. How can you leave the Life Forbidden Zone?!"

"It's fine." Gu Yuena shook her head gently, a faint smile lifting the corners of her mouth. "If I stay by his side, the Ascending Dragon Pillar will help me recover quickly and regain my peak strength."

As she spoke, her body began to shrink rapidly.

Before long, she had transformed into a breathtaking six-year-old girl, as exquisite as a porcelain doll.

She had long purple hair, skin as fair as snow, and eyes that shimmered with a noble, mysterious radiance.

With a thought, a silver-white spear appeared in her hand, radiating a sacred aura.

"Since he fused the Golden Dragon Spear with the Golden Dragon King's Origin and turned it into the Golden Overlord Spear, I'll do the same."

Gu Yuena murmured softly, perfectly fusing the Silver Dragon King's Origin with the Silver Dragon Spear.

The spear transformed in an instant, becoming a Silver Overlord Spear with a shape identical to the Golden Overlord Spear!

Immediately afterward, a pair of silver-white dragon wings, covered in fine scales, unfurled behind her with a sharp whoosh.

Her hands also instantly transformed into razor-sharp Silver Dragon Claws.

At the same time, two platinum-colored Soul Rings rose slowly from beneath her feet, their auras interwoven with holiness and domineering might.

In that instant, her Soul Power reached level twenty-four!

[Silver Dragon King Origin Exclusive Full Skill Setup]

First and second Soul Skills in full: All skills are manifested through the Silver Dragon King's life Origin and spatial dragon power. Every skill carries [Silver Dragon Might], which naturally suppresses the Dragon Clan, beasts, evil spirits, and monsters. Platinum-colored Soul Skills are exclusive divine-level skills of the Silver Dragon King, far beyond the conventional Soul Master system. They cause no Soul Power depletion, and the power of the Origin sustains them endlessly.

I. Silver Overlord Spear Exclusive Skills (4)

1. [Silver Dragon Sky-Piercing Stab]: Divine-level Origin skill. The Silver Overlord Spear condenses intensely refined silver dragon power, and several yards of dazzling platinum light burst from its tip. This is an ultimate single-target piercing skill. The spear is wrapped in space-rending power, allowing it to break through the limits of speed and pierce layers of defensive barriers in an instant. On striking its target, it unleashes a flurry of dragon-power shockwaves that tear through flesh and Soul Power meridians. It has a powerful armor-piercing and array-breaking bonus against defensive enemies and formations.

2. [Ten Thousand Spears Return Dragon Roar]: Divine-level Origin skill. A wide-area group attack. The wielder holds the Silver Overlord Spear and vibrates it in midair, conjuring countless silver spear shadows from the void. They densely blanket an area within a hundred meters, each spear shadow imbued with a trace of the Silver Dragon King's Origin dragon aura. As the rain of spears falls, a thunderous dragon roar shakes the heavens, rattling the enemy's mind and dealing wide-area piercing damage. It also knocks back low-ranking enemies and suppresses the Soul Power circulation of high-ranking ones.

3. [Dragon Aura World-Suppressing Spear]: Divine-level Origin skill. A battlefield-suppressing skill that combines offense and defense. The Silver Dragon King's life Origin is infused into the spear, causing the Overlord Spear to grow several times larger and become enveloped in thick platinum dragon aura. It can sweep forward with a colossal dragon-shaped spear aura, crushing all obstacles and enemy forces in its path as space trembles and twists in its wake. Alternatively, the dragon aura can be gathered around the wielder to form an absolute defensive barrier capable of withstanding wide-area assaults and elemental attacks.

4. [Origin Trace-Extinguishing Stab]: Divine-level Origin skill. The Silver Dragon King's ultimate killing move. All unnecessary motions are discarded, and all spatial dragon power and life Origin are concentrated at a single point at the spear tip, forming an ultimate world-destroying force. Its attack carries the effect [Origin Sealing]. Upon striking a target, it can temporarily seal their Origin power, Soul Power recovery, and self-healing abilities. It is specifically designed to counter powerful enemies with resurrection, healing, or supernatural recovery abilities. Its piercing damage ignores fifty percent of conventional defenses.

II. Silver Dragon Wings Exclusive Skills (2)

1. [Silver Wing Instant Space Flash]: Divine-level Origin skill. An ultimate movement skill. The silver dragon wings on the wielder's back spread and vibrate, drawing upon spatial dragon power to perform short-range space-jumps without a cooldown. The wielder can flash several times in succession, leaving platinum dragon-shaped afterimages to confuse opponents. During each teleport, the wielder enters a partially intangible, invincible state that evades all instantaneous attacks while greatly boosting attack and movement speed. It suits ambushes, dodges, and hit-and-run tactics.

2. [Thousand Feather Dragon Storm Prison]: Divine-level Origin skill. A wide-area control and sustained damage skill. The silver dragon wings beat violently, shedding countless silver dragon feathers that become streams of light swirling through the air to form a sealed, circular dragon-power domain. Fierce winds rage within the domain, while dragon aura locks down souls, suppressing enemy movement and Soul Skill use. The dragon feathers continuously slice through all targets inside. The domain also carries a purifying effect that dispels all the wielder's negative states, poisons, and corrosive forces.

III. Silver Dragon Claws Exclusive Skills (2)

1. [Space-Rending Dragon Claw Strike]: Divine-level Origin skill. A close-combat burst skill. The silver dragon claws on both hands gather dense, powerful dragon energy, and faint spatial rifts glimmer along their edges. With a full-powered strike, they tear open the void, conjuring two enormous silver dragon-claw apparitions. The strike is overwhelmingly powerful and can rip apart flesh, Soul Power barriers, and metal armor. On a successful hit, it leaves behind a burning dragon-power mark that continuously devours the enemy's Soul Power.

2. [Dragon Lock Soul-Suppressing Capture]: Divine-level Origin skill. An exceptionally powerful binding skill. The silver dragon claws release entangling Origin dragon aura that transforms into several silver, dragon-shaped chains, instantly locking onto targets in range. The chains pierce physical defenses and directly bind the enemy's body and soul, forcibly immobilizing them and sealing their skills. At higher levels, the chains can also pull and drag enemies, making the skill ideal for crowd control, holding targets in place, and coordinated attacks.

IV. First Platinum-Colored Soul Ring · First Soul Skill (4 all-purpose skills)

1. [Platinum Dragon Body]: Permanent passive. The basic Origin enhancement of the First Soul Ring. The body is covered in a thin layer of platinum dragon scales and dragon aura, doubling physical strength, toughness, and healing ability in every respect. It grants immunity to low-level elemental damage, physical impacts, and soul interference. It also carries the Silver Dragon King's unique dragon might, naturally intimidating all monsters, evil spirits, and fiends. Low-level opponents lose their will to fight outright.

2. [Origin Dragon Healing]: Healing support. The wielder draws upon the Silver Dragon King's boundless life Origin to instantly repair bodily injuries, damaged meridians, and soul damage, while rapidly restoring depleted Soul Power. It can instantly heal severe external wounds and partially mend hidden injuries. Some dragon power can also be transferred to teammates, providing nearby allies with sustained healing and enhanced status.

3. [Dragon Power Intimidation]: Group control. The First Soul Ring releases platinum dragon might over a wide area, suppressing the souls of all enemy units. Low-level enemies are immediately stunned and immobilized, and their Soul Power falls into disarray. High-level enemies suffer major reductions to attack speed, damage, and defense, and cannot use high-level burst skills. This creates an ideal opportunity for the wielder and their team to attack or counterattack.

4. [Instant Dragon Blade]: Ranged basic attack. An instantaneous skill with no cost. The wielder casually condenses fine strands of platinum dragon power into sharp dragon blades that shoot forth at lightning speed. It can wear down enemies from a distance, precisely eliminate targets, and break small defenses. Multiple blades can be launched in succession, with damage increasing as their number grows. It suits ranged harassment, finishing blows, and breaking shields.

V. Second Platinum-Colored Soul Ring · Second Soul Skill (4 advanced divine skills)

1. [Ten Thousand Domains Dragon Might Descent]: Domain intimidation. An advanced, enhanced version of the First Soul Skill, Dragon Power Intimidation. The wielder activates the Origin power of the Second Platinum Soul Ring, unfolding a wide-ranging [Dragon Might Divine Domain]. All enemy souls within the domain are powerfully suppressed, skill activation is greatly delayed, and Soul Power drains continuously. Meanwhile, the wielder and their allies receive a substantial boost to all attributes, and the damage of dragon-type skills increases by one hundred percent, crushing opponents of the same level in every respect and suppressing higher-level foes.

2. [Dragon Essence Resonance]: Team enhancement. A supreme support skill. The wielder draws upon the Silver Dragon King's Origin dragon essence, creating a resonance of power with themselves and all nearby allies. Everyone gains the [Platinum Dragon Essence buff], which boosts Soul Power circulation speed, skill cooldowns, critical attack rate, and defensive resistance in every respect. It grants immunity to mid- and high-level control, corrosion, and sealing effects, greatly enhancing the team's overall strength and endurance.

3. [Void Dragon Devouring Annihilation Array]: Wide-area finishing move. Combining the Silver Dragon King's spatial Origin with the power of devouring, the wielder unfolds a small-scale killing array centered on themselves. Space twists within the array as dragon aura devours all energy. All enemy elemental and Soul Power attacks are swallowed and nullified, while the array continuously plunders the enemy's Soul Power and Origin for the wielder's use. It combines three effects—disrupting attacks, draining life, and wearing down enemies—and counters mages of every element as well as ranged attackers.

4. [Dragon Shadow Split Spirit Technique]: Deceptive combat with clones. The Origin power of the Second Soul Ring is condensed to conjure three platinum dragon-shadow clones, each with seventy percent of the wielder's strength. The clones perfectly replicate all the wielder's spear, dragon-wing, and dragon-claw skills, and can fight independently, join in coordinated attacks, take hits in the wielder's place, and confuse enemies. The clones can switch places with the wielder at any time or instantly self-destruct to unleash a dragon-power shockwave, making the skill suitable for team battles, melees, duels, ambushes, and tactical hit-and-run combat.

Feeling the surging power within her, Gu Yuena nodded in satisfaction.

"Di Tian." Her voice was clear and melodious, yet carried unquestionable authority.

"Your subordinate is here!" Di Tian hurriedly replied.

"Have Zi JI follow me in secret. As for the Star Dou Great Forest, I'll leave it in your hands."

"Yes! Your subordinate obeys!" Di Tian bowed deeply. "Your subordinate respectfully bids you farewell, my Lord!"