Silver Dragon King Appears, Confronting the Goddess of Life

"Ah... let go of me. You're practically smothering me to death."

After being held by the woman for quite a while, Li Qinglian was starting to feel suffocated.

The Goddess of Life froze for a moment before coming back to her senses and hurriedly loosening her arms.

"Sorry, I got too excited."

Her cheeks flushed faintly as she realized that the one in her arms was still only a child who had just finished rebuilding his body.

Lowering her head, she carefully examined the human child before her.

He was tiny, with soft black hair. Faint red marks remained on his fair little face where she had rubbed against him.

His pitch-black eyes, deep as an abyss, watched her warily and helplessly. A tiny gleam of pale white light flickered in their depths, like a little beast that had just been angered.

The Goddess of Life's gaze unconsciously drifted downward.

Then, she noticed the unmistakable clothing feature that identified him as a boy.

She suddenly let out a breath of relief, finally confirming his identity.

The worry hanging over her heart finally eased.

"My name is Little Green. I'm the same kind as you. My true form is the Life Divine Tree."

The Goddess of Life crouched down to meet Li Qinglian's gaze, her voice soft and gentle.

She activated her origin power and held her palm upward. A phantom of a small emerald tree slowly appeared.

Its shape was identical to Li Qinglian's Death Divine Tree.

The branches curved in the same way, and the crown had the same outline, yet the aura it emitted was completely opposite: holy, warm, and brimming with vitality, like a spring breeze brushing across frozen earth.

"My name is Li Qinglian."

"You should be the Goddess of Life of the God Realm, right?"

Sensing the dense life aura around her, so rich it seemed impossible to disperse, he spoke bluntly.

A trace of surprise flashed through the Goddess of Life's eyes before turning into even deeper tenderness.

"You guessed right. I am the Goddess of Life of the God Realm."

She reached out and gently tousled Li Qinglian's short black hair.

"But in front of you, I'd rather be Little Green."

"After all..."

"In all heaven and earth, you are the only one of my kind."

"You can also give me a new name."

The Goddess of Life paused, and a thin sheen of tears appeared in her emerald eyes.

Li Qinglian looked into those tear-filled green eyes and opened his mouth.

He had wanted to say something, yet he did not know what to say.

He turned his face away.

"Don't you already have the God King of Destruction?"

Li Qinglian curled his lips.

"Little Zi and I are more like siblings than husband and wife."

"At first, we didn't even have the concept of being husband and wife. Later, all the gods of the God Realm treated us as a married couple, so we simply accepted it."

"But nothing has ever happened between us. The laws reject us both, so we have never even held hands."

The Goddess of Life grew somewhat flustered.

She was afraid Li Qinglian would form a bad impression of her because of this.

Before Li Qinglian was born, she had mistakenly believed that the other side of life was destruction. But in truth, she and the God of Destruction were more like friends.

"Fine."

Li Qinglian reluctantly accepted the Goddess of Life's explanation.

"Hmph. If you hadn't been born so late, how could I have mistaken you for someone else?"

The Goddess of Life pouted and spoke indignantly.

"Life comes before death."

"Only after the living beings of this world flourished to their peak, accumulating enough death to form the Death Origin, could I be born."

"Life comes first, death comes after. Isn't that perfectly reasonable? Don't try to turn this around on me."

Li Qinglian crossed his arms over his chest, speaking with a rather cocky air.

In all the world, only Li Qinglian could speak to a God King like that.

"So that's how it is. Little Qinglian, you're really so smart."

Unable to resist, the Goddess of Life scooped Li Qinglian up again and gently rubbed her face against his.

"Hey, hey, hey. Stop rubbing against me already."

Li Qinglian was helpless.

The Goddess of Life did not listen to him at all.

"I don't want to. I want to keep rubbing against you..."

The Goddess of Life's voice was soft and syrupy.

Li Qinglian was so small. To the Goddess of Life, that was simply perfect!

Beyond the feelings between man and woman born from their bloodline bond, her feelings for Li Qinglian also carried an even stronger maternal instinct.

Who knew how long passed before the Goddess of Life finally stopped, only after Li Qinglian's face was covered in her saliva.

"Qinglian, how about giving me a human name? A name known only to the two of us."

The Goddess of Life blinked her bright eyes. At that moment, she seemed not like a lofty God King, but merely a young girl.

"A human name?"

Li Qinglian rested both hands behind his head and leaned against the trunk of a large tree.

"How about Wan'er?"

Seeing how gentle as water and pure-hearted the Goddess of Life was, Li Qinglian offered the name.

"Alright. How about you call me Wan'er from now on?"

The Goddess of Life seemed very pleased with the name.

"Ahem. Fine, but there's something I have to explain to you. No matter what you may be thinking right now, I only see you as an older sister. I haven't thought about anything else."

Li Qinglian spoke with a serious expression.

"Why? But we were born to be a pair."

The Goddess of Life frowned, somewhat unhappy.

"Let's start as friends first. You're making this difficult for me."

Li Qinglian said awkwardly.

Soul beasts valued bloodlines more. Once the Goddess of Life learned that he was the Death Divine Tree, she might have already regarded him as her husband.

But both Li Qinglian's soul and his current body were human. For humans, feelings mattered more. Now that he had rebuilt himself, when he stood beside the Goddess of Life, she seemed more like his mother.

"Fine. You can't escape from the palm of my hand anyway."

The Goddess of Life stretched out her slender finger and waved it before Li Qinglian's eyes.

"Goddess of Life, you really did appear."

"Actually, I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

The tranquil Life Lake suddenly began to boil.

Silver light exploded, and the lake water surged backward.

A figure emerged from countless motes of light.

Her silver-white hair fell to the backs of her knees, every strand glimmering with hazy moonlight.

Her face seemed sculpted by the heavens themselves. Her nose was high and straight, her lips lightly pursed, and the corners of her eyes tilted slightly upward, carrying the innate arrogance of the dragon race.

When Li Qinglian was born, she had vaguely guessed his identity before transplanting him to Life Lake.

When she saw the Goddess of Life acting so intimately with Li Qinglian, the Silver Dragon King's lips curved upward.

From this moment onward, she had leverage over the Goddess of Life as well!

She was not worried that the Goddess of Life would dare report her location to the God Realm. Not unless she wanted to drag her little lover down with her.

She could not guarantee anything else, but if the God King of Destruction learned of Li Qinglian's existence, he would definitely harbor murderous intent.