Embrace in the Forest, a Kiss Across a Thousand Years

After a night of self-reflection, Huo Yuhao's state of mind had completely settled. His words and actions became proper and restrained, and he maintained an appropriately measured distance from Wang Qiu'er at all times. Wang Qiu'er suppressed every feeling in her heart and followed in silence, her golden eyes calm and undisturbed, leaving only the indifference of fellow disciples traveling together.

The three ventured ever deeper, crossing vast stretches of ancient forest and avoiding countless territories of high-level soul beasts. The spiritual energy of the surrounding vegetation and the pulse of the earth all faintly carried a supreme dragon aura—gentle yet domineering, enveloping heaven and earth.

Only Tang Wulin, walking at the very front of the group, could not stop his body from trembling.

It was not fear, nor was it exhaustion.

It was resonance.

It was an ultimate pull etched into his blood and bones, spanning ten thousand years of reincarnation.

From the moment he entered the depths of Star Dou Great Forest, the dormant Golden Dragon King's Origin within him had begun to surge madly, leaping with excitement. Every inch of bone and sinew, every wisp of his soul, screamed frantically to rush toward its rightful home.

Closer.

Closer and closer.

The figure he had longed for day and night, the one he had desperately sought across time and space, was in the deepest part of this forest sea.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er gradually sensed that something was wrong as well.

The auras of all soul beasts in this area had vanished. Everything was silent. High-level soul beasts had instinctively fled in fear, and the entire world seemed sealed by an invisible supreme power, so quiet it was unbelievable. The faint dragon aura flowing through the air was noble and vast, far surpassing that of ordinary dragon clans. Even the Golden Dragon bloodline within Wang Qiu'er faintly felt an instinctive urge to bow in submission.

"What overwhelming dragon pressure..." Huo Yuhao murmured with a frown, his heart filled with shock. "There's actually such a terrifying existence hidden in the depths of Star Dou Great Forest?"

Wang Qiu'er's gaze was grave as she stared fixedly at the mist-shrouded woodland ahead. She shook her head slightly without speaking. This dragon aura was pure, ancient, and supreme, standing above every dragon clan in the world. It was a level even she could not reach.

Tang Wulin alone ignored everything around him. His pace suddenly quickened as he cast aside the other two and raced desperately toward the place where the dragon aura was strongest.

The wind howled past his ears. All his exhaustion, pain, restraint, and longing erupted in that instant.

Passing through layers of hanging spirit vines and pushing aside the swirling mist, a clear and tranquil lakeshore suddenly appeared before him.

The lake was as clear as a mirror, reflecting the shadows of countless trees. Flowers bloomed along its shores, and spiritual energy drifted through the air, making it seem like a paradise beyond the world.

And upon a bluestone by the lake stood a peerlessly beautiful figure in silence.

A silver-blue gown trailed across the ground, while her long hair cascaded over her shoulders like moonlight. Her skin was fair as snow, her features exquisite beyond compare. Her violet eyes were clear and ethereal, holding the stars and all creation within them, carrying an innate cold nobility that looked down upon all living things. A faint silver dragon radiance lingered around her, tender and lingering, vast and boundless.

Gu Yue Na.

After so many years, across the ages of time and space.

They had finally met again.

She had long sensed that familiar pulse of dragon aura, sensed the familiar soul rushing toward her across the years. Standing quietly and looking at him from afar, the ten-thousand-year frost in her violet eyes completely melted away, replaced by longing as intense and profound as his own.

The instant their eyes met, everything in the world faded into nothingness.

There was no sun, moon, or stars; no forest, mountains, or rivers; no other people or things.

Between heaven and earth, there was only the two of them.

"Gu Yue..."

The soft call was hoarse and choked, carrying ten thousand years of longing, endless suffering, and unyielding obsession.

Tang Wulin could no longer restrain the emotions surging in his heart. His figure flashed as he burst forth at extreme speed, crossing dozens of meters in an instant and throwing himself toward her without hesitation.

Gu Yue Na also stepped forward of her own accord, lightly moving to meet him.

In the next instant, the young man's strong, powerful arms fiercely pulled the person he had yearned for day and night into his embrace.

He held her with all his strength, as though he wished to knead her into his bones and blood, merge her into his soul, make up for their separation across ten thousand years, and fill every emptiness left by countless days and nights of longing.

Their warm bodies pressed tightly together, their heartbeats resonating and their bloodlines echoing.

The origins of the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King crazily merged, entwined, and answered one another in that moment. Their ultimate bond, born from the Dragon God's single body, pierced through heaven and earth and shook the entire Star Dou Secret Realm.

"Wulin..."

Gu Yue Na buried her face in his chest and murmured softly. Her usually cold voice carried a rare tremble and tenderness. Ten thousand years of restraint and ten thousand years of solitude crumbled away in that instant, leaving only softness and devotion in her heart.

She had waited far too long for this embrace.

From the division of the God Realm to lying dormant amid chaos, from being separated by time and space to gazing at each other from afar.

After countless changes of sea and land, they had finally embraced.

Tang Wulin held the warm, soft beauty in his arms, her uniquely cool and faint fragrance lingering at his nose. Every grievance, confusion, loneliness, and longing surged into his heart. He lowered his head, no longer needing to restrain himself, and fiercely covered the cool lips he had yearned for day and night.

Tender yet domineering, lingering yet blazing.

A kiss of longing that had crossed ten thousand years quietly fell upon the tranquil shore of Life Lake.

Their lips and teeth clung together, their emotions burning hot as dragon auras intertwined. The spiritual energy filling the sky boiled and flowed for this kiss. It kissed away the bitterness of a thousand years of separation, the debts of longing through countless lifetimes, and every obsession and wait that had crossed time and space.

Golden-blue and silver-violet dragon radiances embraced and coiled around each other as they rose into the air, illuminating the entire clear lake surface. It was beautiful and magnificent, fated and moving.

At the forest entrance not far away, Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er stood frozen in place, their pupils contracting sharply, their faces filled with shock.

Wang Qiu'er was merely astonished by the woman's peerless beauty and terrifying dragon pressure, but Huo Yuhao's mind had already been thrown into raging turmoil!

That figure!

That aura!

That incomparably familiar Silver Dragon Origin!

In an instant, every scene from the battle at Rising Sun City replayed wildly in his mind!

That day, three Title Douluo had surrounded them in a lethal assault. The battle had reached a desperate point, and everyone believed there was no hope left, that death and injury were inevitable. Just as Tang Wulin exhausted himself with Dragon God Transformation and was on the verge of collapse, an extremely ethereal, vast, and cool silver-blue radiance had silently swept through the void!

That sliver of power was soundless and inconspicuous, yet it precisely restrained the soul skills of the three Title Douluo, disrupted their origins, and created the most crucial opportunity for Tang Wulin to slay his powerful enemies!

The battlefield had been chaotic then, dragon aura raging and smoke filling the sky. No one had seen the figure hidden in the void, and no one had detected the source of that secret power.

Only he, with his immensely vast spiritual power and Spirit Domain perception spread across the battlefield, had faintly caught that fleeting silver dragon aura. Yet he had never been able to trace it back to its source or learn which powerful expert had secretly lent a hand.

Until this moment.

Seeing the silver-blue woman embracing Tang Wulin by the lake with his own eyes, and personally feeling this identical, incomparably vast silver dragon aura.

The entire truth suddenly became clear!

So that was it! The mysterious expert who had secretly acted in Rising Sun City's desperate battle, protected Tang Wulin, and restrained the three Title Douluo was her!

Huo Yuhao's mind shook violently, enormous waves rising in his heart that could not settle for a long while.

He finally understood why Tang Wulin's combat strength had soared that day, allowing him to turn the tide, and why the attacks of the three Title Douluo had repeatedly become disordered and riddled with openings.

It was not simply because Dragon God Transformation was overwhelmingly powerful. It was because this incomparably mysterious silver dragon woman had crossed space, quietly entered the battle, and silently saved Tang Wulin's life!

So from beginning to end, such a peerless expert had silently remained behind Tang Wulin, protecting him and helping him break the deadlock.

The two embracing by the lake knew nothing of the earth-shaking turmoil behind them.

All their tenderness and devotion had condensed into that embrace and kiss.

Ten thousand years of waiting had finally found fulfillment in one perfect moment.

Across time and space, they had finally met in their destined reunion.