Overawing the Entire Audience, Establishing Authority

Silence.

Dead silence.

On the enormous White Jade Plaza, over a thousand Heavenly Dragon Gate disciples stared blankly at the white-clad youth on the platform, surrounded by twin dragons of light and darkness, as though they had been frozen in place.

This was not the suppression of soul power.

It was absolute crushing pressure from a higher level of life, from a higher dimension!

Thud!

No one knew who was the first to succumb to the pressure, but their legs gave out and they dropped straight to their knees.

Then, like falling dominoes—

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The young disciples in the plaza, those who had just awakened their martial souls and even some who had already cultivated to the Soul Elder and Soul Ancestor realms, all fell to their knees uncontrollably.

Before this power, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon bloodline in their bodies was like an ant encountering its natural predator. It trembled madly and wailed in grief. They could not even possess their martial souls; they could only shrink deep inside their owners' bodies and shiver.

"Th-This... what kind of monster is that?!"

On the viewing platform, Second Elder Yu Zhenting, who had been arrogant and domineering moments ago, had gone pale as paper.

He stared fixedly at the two dragon phantoms behind Yu Chen, his eyes filled with irrepressible terror. As a Soul Douluo above level eighty, his perception of martial soul auras was far sharper than that of ordinary disciples.

He could clearly sense it: those two dragons... did not belong to this world at all!

Before them, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon was not even worthy of carrying their shoes!

"Stop playing tricks! I want to see just what you're up to!"

Gritting his teeth, Yu Zhenting lost his reason to the jealousy and panic in his heart. He absolutely could not allow Yu Tianfeng's son to possess such a heaven-defying martial soul. Otherwise, his branch would never have a chance to rise again!

Boom!

Yu Zhenting abruptly unleashed the formidable soul power of level eighty-five. Eight soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black—instantly rose from beneath his feet.

He tried to forcibly summon his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and use the pressure of a Soul Douluo to test Yu Chen on the platform.

However, at the very instant he prepared to possess his martial soul—

The black dragon phantom with crimson eyes behind Yu Chen suddenly turned its head, its cold, violent gaze locking directly onto Yu Zhenting.

The Red-Eyes Black Dragon, master of potential eruption and ultimate destruction.

Within those scarlet eyes was contempt and brutality toward one beneath it.

"Puh—!"

Yu Zhenting was struck as if by lightning. The martial soul phantom he had only half-condensed let out a shrill scream and scattered in midair.

Martial soul backlash!

Yu Zhenting spat out a mouthful of blood and staggered back more than ten steps before collapsing onto a chair. The eight soul rings around him flickered violently, as though they might extinguish at any moment.

His face was filled with horror.

He had not even touched Yu Chen. He had merely been glared at by that black dragon phantom, and his martial soul had actually collapsed!

How was that possible?!

"Second Elder, you have overstepped your bounds."

A cold voice brimming with killing intent exploded across the viewing platform.

Yu Tianfeng finally moved.

The Heavenly Dragon Gate Master took a step forward, unleashing without restraint the terrifying soul power of a peak level eighty-nine Soul Douluo. A solid blue lightning dragon coiled around him. Though his martial soul also felt fear beneath Yu Chen's twin dragon pressure, his formidable cultivation allowed him to forcefully withstand the trembling sensation.

Yu Tianfeng stood before Yu Chen's platform, his dignified gaze cutting across Yu Zhenting's face like blades.

"You dared release pressure against the Young Sect Master while his martial soul was awakening before everyone's eyes. Yu Zhenting, are you trying to rebel?!"

Yu Tianfeng's voice rumbled like rolling thunder.

The disciples and elders of the Second Elder's branch lowered their heads in fright, not daring even to breathe loudly. Even their strongest Second Elder had vomited blood from a single glare. Who would dare provoke the Sect Master now?

Clutching his chest, Yu Zhenting's face shifted between green and white. In the end, he could only grit his teeth and lower his head.

"I... would not dare. I was merely anxious just now, afraid that something might happen to the Young Sect Master."

He had backed down.

Under that absolute suppression of martial soul rank, coupled with Yu Tianfeng's very real threat of soul power, he had no room whatsoever to resist.

Yu Tianfeng snorted coldly and ignored Yu Zhenting. Turning to Yu Chen on the platform, his stern face was now filled with wild joy and pride.

He knew that Heavenly Dragon Gate was about to undergo a complete change.

"From today onward, Yu Chen shall be the sole Young Sect Master of Heavenly Dragon Gate!"

Yu Tianfeng's voice carried to every corner.

"Anyone who shows even the slightest disrespect again shall be punished according to sect rules!"

The plaza fell silent. Then, led by someone unknown, everyone shouted in unison.

"Greetings, Young Sect Master!"

Hearing the cries around him, Yu Chen slowly lowered his hands.

The white light and black flames gradually withdrew into his body, and the two terrifying dragon phantoms in the sky dissipated as well. The heavens returned to calm, as though everything that had just happened had been nothing but an illusion.

But everyone knew it had not been an illusion.

Yu Chen stood on the platform and slowly closed his eyes.

At the moment the twin dragons awakened, a cold, mechanical interface had appeared in his mind.

[The Transdimensional Twin Dragon Fusion Panel has been activated.]

[Left-hand martial soul: Blue-Eyes White Dragon (initial form). Attributes: ultimate light, ultimate yang lightning. Trait: absolute destruction.]

[Right-hand martial soul: Red-Eyes Black Dragon (initial form). Attributes: ultimate darkness, ultimate yin lightning. Traits: potential eruption, devouring.]

[Current status: no soul rings attached.]

[Advanced evolution paths unlocked: higher-dimensional dragon forms may be unlocked by devouring the fate of the Douluo Continent, high-level soul beast soul rings and soul bones, and heavenly treasures.]

[Special ability: self martial soul fusion skill (unlocks after obtaining the first soul ring).]

Looking at the panel in his mind, Yu Chen's lips curled into a cold smile.

The Blue-Eyes White Dragon ruled light and destruction, while the Red-Eyes Black Dragon controlled darkness and eruption. Moreover, he did not need to find someone highly compatible to cooperate with him. He alone could complete a martial soul fusion!

Tang San, you treated this world as your playground.

Then let's see whether the rules you set are tougher, or my white light and black flames are tougher.

Yu Chen opened his eyes and walked down from the platform.

The crowd automatically made way for him, opening a broad path. Every gaze upon him was filled with awe.

From this moment onward, the course of the Douluo Continent began to veer away from its original path.

Night fell. At the main peak of Heavenly Dragon Gate, in the sect master's study.

The atmosphere in the study was relaxed, even carrying an irrepressible hint of wild delight.

Yu Tianfeng sat behind his desk, looking at the son standing before him, unable to suppress the smile on his face.

"Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!"

"Your Second Granduncle relied on breaking through to Soul Douluo to act high and mighty in the sect all these years. Today, he finally kicked an iron plate!"

Yu Tianfeng laughed heartily and slapped the desk.