Six-Star Dou Sheng

As the saying went, when Heaven opened a door for you, it had surely already closed another window.

For something like the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning, which rivaled a human Seven-Star Dou Sheng and had taken who knew how many long years to form, it still needed to gather spirituality...

Not only it—none of the Black Demon Lightning Xie Tianxiao had devoured before possessed even the slightest intelligence.

And according to Xie Tianxiao's estimate, the reason the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning had rushed toward him earlier was likely because he had devoured all the Black Demon Lightning, causing it to act on instinct.

Crash!

Golden lightning flashed as the flaming barrier collapsed beneath the golden dragon's assault. The dragon then carried streak after streak of lightning across its body as it charged before Xie Tianxiao.

In response,

Xie Tianxiao showed no panic whatsoever. Ten Heavenly Flames of different colors slowly floated around him.

Perhaps affected by the words "gather spirituality" from earlier, the golden dragon did not attack Xie Tianxiao again. Instead, its dragon eyes stared fixedly at him, as though trying to read something from him.

Thus, man and dragon stared at each other.

The undisguised aura of Dou Shengs caused the space between them to gradually distort.

"Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning, born between Heaven and Earth, I can tell you this: even without me, you would never have succeeded by relying on Black Demon Lightning to withstand the backlash brought by gathering spirituality."

Xie Tianxiao spoke in a calm yet unquestionable tone.

"Roar!"

The golden dragon let out a low roar upon hearing this. Its dragon cry was deafening, carrying a majesty that seemed capable of piercing Heaven and Earth.

"Don't be so unwilling to accept it. Before a lifeless thing like you, if I wanted to leave,