"Nothing serious?" Lei Chen's consciousness projection gently shook his head, his tone carrying undeniable insight. "You and I both know that the Spacetime Turbulence is the universe's heavenly might. The backlash from forcibly redirecting its course is far more than 'minor expenditure.' Your old injuries were likely aggravated by this as well, weren't they?"
The Silver Dragon King fell silent for a moment. She knew there was no point concealing anything before this ruler who shared the same origin as the plane. She let out a low dragon roar, tinged with barely perceptible pain. "That is correct. My old injuries have indeed been triggered, and my origin has also been shaken. I fear it will take some time to recover."
"Though this place is good, it is not the best location for healing. I must return to the Dragon Clan's ancestral land—the Dragon Valley Micro-World—to enter seclusion. Only then can I completely stabilize my injuries and restore my strength."
Her enormous dragon head turned toward Lei Chen's projection, her gaze blazing. "Plane Lord, the Divine Realm is gone, and our alliance has been formed. I hope you will not forget the promise you made to my Soul Beast clan. When I emerge from seclusion, I hope to see an entirely new order."
Lei Chen's projection rippled with warm yet resolute light, as though the promise of the entire plane echoed through it. "Silver Dragon King, rest assured. I will never go back on what I promised you."
"When you recover and emerge from seclusion, you will surely see a world completely different from the present—Soul Beasts will no longer have to fear perishing for soul rings, and Heavenly Tribulations will also be blocked by me. This is my guarantee to you."
Sensing the sincerity within Lei Chen's words, the last trace of doubt in the Silver Dragon King's eyes vanished. She nodded slightly in acknowledgment. However, just as she was about to leave and enter the Dragon Valley Micro-World for her long seclusion, she seemed to hesitate.
Then, she raised a dragon claw. Within her palm, a faint dark-golden sphere of light slowly emerged, containing an aura of extreme savagery and destruction.
The sphere was only the size of a fist, yet countless dark-golden dragon shadows seemed to struggle and roar within it, radiating a heart-palpitating pressure.
This was the purest core fragment of the Golden Dragon King's origin, which had fled into the Spacetime Turbulence after his self-destruction!
The Silver Dragon King stared at this cluster of origin, her purple eyes filled with indescribably complicated emotions—sorrow, nostalgia, and an even deeper resolve. Crystalline dragon tears silently slid from the corners of her eyes, glimmering faintly within the dark underground space.
She looked at it for a long time, as though making a final farewell to her other half. At last, she took a deep breath and gently pushed with her dragon claw. The dark-golden sphere instantly pierced through space and silently entered the body of the Imperial Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who was peacefully sleeping within the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
After doing this, the Silver Dragon King's aura seemed to weaken a little further. Looking at Lei Chen, she spoke with a hint of supplication. "This is what remains in this world of my other half... the Golden Dragon King."
"It is now extremely weak and needs powerful bloodline and fortune to nourish it back to life slowly. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion bears the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest and is the most suitable vessel. During my seclusion, I hope you can look after it on my behalf."
Lei Chen's projection solemnly promised, "The Golden Dragon King's legacy should not end here. Rest assured, Silver Dragon King. As long as I am here, I will ensure that the Imperial Auspicious Beast remains unharmed and wait quietly for the day the Golden Dragon King Origin revives."
Having received Lei Chen's assurance once more, the Silver Dragon King said no more.
Her enormous dragon body slowly coiled, and intense silver light erupted around her. An ancient and secret spatial passage slowly opened behind her. At its other end, a strange world could faintly be seen, with countless dragon bones drifting within it and dragon aura soaring into the heavens.
That was the Dragon Clan's final sanctuary, the Dragon Valley Micro-World.
With a flash of silver light, the Silver Dragon King's figure completely entered the passage and vanished. The spatial passage slowly closed behind her, and the underground space returned to its former silence. Only the faint residual dragon might she left behind proved that she had once lain dormant here for countless years.
After seeing off his most important ally, Lei Chen's consciousness returned to the depths of the Plane Origin Sea. He, too, had something he needed to do.
Now was the time for him, the Plane Lord, to condense a perfect body capable of freely walking between heaven and earth.
The seven-colored humanoid light projection he had manifested during his confrontation with Tang Hao and Ah Yin had merely been a temporary avatar condensed from the plane's power. It was not true flesh and blood, nor could it permanently bear his increasingly powerful plane will. He needed a real body of his own.
"Condense!"
With Lei Chen's low shout in his mind, the entire Plane Origin Sea began to boil. Vast and majestic Plane Origin power gathered from every corner of Douluo Star like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, crazily condensing at the source of the plane.
Seven-colored radiance shone brilliantly. It was the manifestation of the origins of the seven great Elemental Laws that formed the foundation of the world: earth, water, fire, wind, light, darkness, and space.
These lights intertwined and wound around one another, like the finest craftsmen, beginning to shape a perfect body befitting the status of the Plane Lord with Plane Origin as its foundation.
At the same time, with a thought from Lei Chen, the shattered origin of the Thunder God's Divine Throne, which he had long since found and partially refined, was also stirred.
A thread of purple-golden lightning energy containing the aura of judgment and destruction roared like an unruly thunder dragon as it rushed into the condensing seven-colored sphere of light.
This thread of Thunder God Origin was not meant to directly inherit the Divine Seat. Instead, it served as the core and catalyst, completely merging into this newborn body and becoming part of its innate authority. It would lay the firmest foundation for Lei Chen to personally reforge the complete Thunder God's Divine Throne in the future and completely transform it into the heavenly punishment authority of the Douluo Plane.
The seven-colored radiance and purple-golden lightning collided and fused violently, producing a hum that shook the soul. The process continued for an unknown length of time, seeming to last only an instant and yet also ten thousand years.
Finally, all light and energy withdrew completely, leaving a perfect male body quietly floating within the Plane Origin.
He appeared to be a young man of around twenty. His black hair flowed like a waterfall, hanging naturally down, with faint seven-colored streams of light flickering at its tips. His body was tall and well-proportioned, every inch of skin seeming to have been sculpted from the finest divine jade, containing explosive power and perfect affinity with the laws.
His features were extraordinarily handsome, with sword-like brows, starry eyes, a high nose bridge, and clearly defined lips. Yet together, they conveyed a transcendent calm and majesty, like mountains and rivers that had existed since antiquity, or a starry sky that embraced all things.
Most remarkable was the faint seven-colored halo naturally radiating from his body, as though draping him in a hazy divine dawn and displaying the noble status of the Plane Lord.
At the center of his brow, a lifelike purple-golden lightning mark had quietly been imprinted. Tiny arcs of electricity flickered across it, radiating a heart-palpitating aura of judgment. It was the mark of having fused that thread of Thunder God Origin!
Lei Chen gently clenched his fist, feeling the surging power within this new body and the sense of control linked by blood to the entire plane. A satisfied smile curled at the corner of his lips.
"Then, it is time to truly begin remaking this world."
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