The Power of Destiny

The origin that had separated from the center of the universe was no ordinary energy. It was the most profound and supreme— the Law of Destiny.

It transformed into an invisible yet incomparably weighty torrent and instantly merged into Yu Chen's massive dragon body.

There was no rejection, no conflict. It was as though that power of law had found the home it had sought for countless ages, perfectly fusing with Yu Chen's soul and bloodline in an instant. The two intertwined, even becoming symbiotic. Before this vast will, even the once-unrivaled Golden Dragon King bloodline became exceptionally docile, completely submitting to this newly ascended ruler and drawing close to its sole bearer.

At that moment, the luck and power of destiny accumulated throughout the universe's endless ages seemed to have found an outlet, converging madly and all blessing a single person.

This also made Yu Chen understand where that inexplicable confidence had come from.

For comparison, the Emperor Auspicious Beast of Star Dou Forest—Three-Eyed Golden Lion—had merely gathered the luck and destiny of that one forest, yet she had already been capable of suppressing an entire region.

But what he had gathered now was the power of destiny and luck from the entire universe!

The difference in scale between the two was like that between a firefly and a brilliant moon. They could not be compared at all.

From this moment onward, he was no longer merely a soul master, nor was he merely a descendant of the Golden Dragon King.

He was the universe's sole "Emperor Auspicious Beast," the sovereign of destiny standing above all living beings.

He commanded the power of destiny and held the authority of the universe. With a single word, he could determine the rise and fall of all things; with a single utterance, he could decide the fate of all beings.

In other words, this was not merely a leap in strength, but the ultimate transcendence of life itself.

When he became a god in the future, he would have no need to rely on any God Realm, much less compete for the inheritance of any god position. The divine core he naturally condensed would stand above all laws—God of Destiny.

He would be completely free from the oversight and restraints of any God Realm system. It could even be said that above him, there simply existed no being qualified to judge him.

No God Realm in this vast universe could bear his god position. If one forcibly tried to contain it, that God Realm could only end in self-destruction. This was because the authority over universal destiny he wielded had already surpassed the Dragon God.

The Dragon God was certainly formidable, possessing authority over the elements and the two great origin authorities of creation and destruction, but he was ultimately still the ruler of a God Realm.

Yu Chen's god position, however, was a supreme existence directly borne upon the laws of the universe itself. It belonged to a realm entirely equal to the Creator God and the God of Divine Punishment!

At this moment, though he had yet to become a god, he already possessed the qualifications to transcend the God Realm.

Such a world-shaking fluctuation naturally could not escape the notice of the era's strongest beings.

At the core of Star Dou Forest, beside Life Lake.

The Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, who had been in seclusion healing her wounds, suddenly opened her eyes. Her beautiful silver eyes were now filled with incredulous shock.

"How could this be..."

She stared blankly into the sky. As one of the Dragon God's incarnations, her perception of luck was the keenest. She could clearly sense that the fortune of the soul beast race, which humans had always suppressed, was now soaring madly.

Not only that, even humanity's fortune was rising. Yet that was not the key point. What shocked her most was that the fortune of the dragon race was recovering at a terrifying speed, as though something was about to break through the shackles of ten thousand years and once again stand at the pinnacle of the world.

"This fortune... it is even more outrageous than that of the dragon race at its peak. What exactly is happening?"

The Beast God Di Tian naturally sensed it as well. "This is the fortune of our dragon race. When the Dragon God fell, the dragon race's fortune scattered. Yet now, it is actually recovering."

The most excited of all was the Emperor Auspicious Beast. "This is the power of destiny. Could another auspicious beast have been born? Its power of destiny is actually even greater than mine." Her voice was incomparably clear, laden with shock.

At the same time, within the Dragon Valley pocket world deep in the Sea of Spirit.

Within this mysterious space where countless dragon ancestors had been buried, a majestic will slowly awakened.

The Dragon God—once the common sovereign of soul beasts and the strongest being in the God Realm—remained at the pinnacle of the current age even in the state of a remnant soul. Through layer upon layer of barriers, he too caught this vast torrent of destiny.

"The universe is ascending... fortune is being fed back..."

The Dragon God's deep voice echoed through Dragon Valley, carrying a trace of confusion. "But why is the fortune of the beast race, especially my dragon race, so abundant? This golden pillar of fortune is practically blinding this old man."

"Could it be... the next Dragon God has already appeared?"

At the Dragon God's level, discovering the source was as easy as turning over his hand. Though he had long since "fallen," he could reconstruct a physical body and revive at any time if he wished. He had merely remained hidden all this time for the sake of making arrangements and waiting for a certain opportunity.

His divine consciousness instantly crossed endless void, pierced through the barriers between planes, and descended directly upon the center where fortune converged—Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

When his gaze fell upon the youth coiled in midair, whose body flowed with the ultimate Golden Dragon bloodline, all of Dragon Valley abruptly trembled.

"This bloodline purity... impossible! How is this possible?!"

Even the Dragon God's ancient consciousness underwent violent fluctuations. He stared fixedly at the core source of bloodline within Yu Chen's body and cried out in horror:

"This is... the Golden Dragon King's origin bloodline! He is not merely an inheritor—he is actually the Golden Dragon King's biological son?!"

The Dragon God was completely dumbfounded.

The Golden Dragon King he had split off after his fall had been so crazed back then. How had he even left behind offspring?

Yet the connection of their bloodlines could not be false. That trace of resonance from the same origin instantly clarified their relationship for him.

"The Golden Dragon King is one of my incarnations, my son... then this boy, isn't he... my biological grandson?!"

After a brief shock, the Dragon God's emotions instantly shifted from bewilderment to wild delight.

He carefully sensed the Law of Destiny Yu Chen had just obtained, as well as his utterly terrifying cultivation talent. He did not even need to deduce much before reaching a conclusion.

"Good! Excellent! This is truly wonderful!"

The Dragon God was so excited that he nearly lost control and manifested himself directly. This talent, this fortune, was several times more formidable than the dragon race's crown prince he had chosen back then!

"With this child, why should the dragon race fear failing to rise? The position of Dragon God will have a successor!"

"This..."

The Dragon God's joy at discovering his "grandson" abruptly froze in the next moment, turning into even deeper horror.

He once again carefully examined the aura of laws surging around Yu Chen. The more he looked, the more frightened he became. Even his formerly imposing dragon voice now carried a trembling note of disbelief:

"Not merely the Golden Dragon King's bloodline... this pull of destiny... he is not even a Son of the Plane, but a Son of the Universe?!"

The Dragon God's voice echoed through Dragon Valley, filled with immense shock.

"This is a Child of Fortune, a Child of Destiny personally nurtured by the will of the universe! He is the darling of the entire great universe's will!"

A Son of the Plane was merely someone favored by a small world.

But a Son of the Universe? Such a being stood at the summit of countless worlds, the true protagonist of this vast universe!

"No wonder... no wonder the laws of the universe personally bestowed an origin blessing upon him. No wonder the God Realm Nexus fell into chaos because of him."

The Dragon God drew a deep breath, and the last trace of doubt in his heart completely vanished.

"So it was not coincidence, but destiny. This child is meant to bear the future of the entire universe."

Had anyone else encountered such fortune, the Dragon God might have worried that their virtue did not match their position and that they would incur heaven's envy. But the youth before him carried the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, was a direct descendant of the Dragon God, and had now gained the recognition of the universe's origin.

"Good! What a Son of the Universe! What a Child of Destiny!"

The Dragon God laughed loudly once more, his voice brimming with unconcealed exhilaration and boldness.

"It seems Douluo Continent, and even this God Realm, will be completely transformed by my grandson's arrival!"