The Silver Dragon King's Turmoil, the God Realm's Test?

As the soul beast race's last hope, its true ruler, the Silver Dragon King possessed astonishing wisdom.

She had originally remained asleep while injured, but today, the moment Gu Yuena summoned her Martial Soul True Body or revealed herself, the Silver Dragon King sensed it.

!?

How could there be power from the same source as hers?!

At first, from so far away, the Silver Dragon King thought it might be a Rank 98 Douluo with an Elemental Silver Dragon Martial Soul whose martial soul had undergone an ancestral reversion mutation.

That was still considered normal. After all, the further soul masters cultivated, the more powerful their martial souls became, and ancestral reversion could even occur.

Silver Dragon martial souls were rare, but Elemental Silver Dragon martial souls could also appear in humans. Yet the moment Gu Yuena summoned her Martial Soul True Body, she could no longer remain calm.

What did it mean to share the same source as her? It was practically identical to the power flowing through her body.

"Could it be that, at the beginning of its birth, some lucky being picked up a portion of my power and that fellow's power?"

The Silver Dragon King racked her brains and could only think of this seemingly plausible possibility.

She had once considered splitting off a portion of her power to control humanity. But humans were so weak that she felt they simply did not deserve it.

Di Tian alone was enough.

When she had first been born, it had been at the moment of the Dragon God's fall. Back then, she and the Golden Dragon King had each absorbed half of the Dragon God's power.

Suppose that, at that time, some Elemental Silver Dragon had luckily absorbed part of the Dragon God's incomplete power under such circumstances and survived.

Then, if it had passed down through inheritance, and the power within its body had become a martial soul that resembled hers, would that explain it?

This was the only reasonable explanation the Silver Dragon King could devise after racking her brains.

But why would the martial soul still possess such powerful strength after being passed down among humans? That itself was something of a logical flaw.

Yet at this moment, the Silver Dragon King only dared release a thread of divine sense, because her injuries had yet to fully heal.

And with such a great distance between them, her scan could not thoroughly eliminate every possibility.

After considering this possibility, as the power of that Silver Dragon Spear appeared—

She completely lost her composure.

What kind of joke was this? How could someone be stealing her power too?

Her power had clearly never been taken away!

Just as the Silver Dragon King's thoughts fell into disorder, a plausible guess quickly surfaced.

When she had fought those people from the God Realm, she had ultimately chosen to let the Golden Dragon King cover her retreat. But he had also suffered severe injuries and even lost a great deal of blood essence, forcing her to spend all these years recovering.

If those people from the God Realm had used her blood essence from back then to fabricate such a being under those circumstances—

Then using it to test her could barely be considered plausible.

As for whether it truly was a Silver Dragon Spear identical to hers, the Silver Dragon King naturally thought that was impossible. It had to be a counterfeit casually copied by those people from the God Realm, though it could still reach the level of a divine artifact.

But its main purpose was definitely to fish for her, this silver dragon fish—ptui, the Silver Dragon King.

"Heh. One day, I will definitely destroy all of you."

As the Silver Dragon King secretly made up her mind, a thought crossed her mind.

Within the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian, the lofty Beast God, suddenly transformed into his true form and slipped into the Lake of Life.

As he continued forward, a flash of silver light passed by. After arriving in the space where the Silver Dragon King was recuperating—

Di Tian dropped to one knee and spoke in a deep voice.

"My Lord, what are your orders?"

"Those people from the God Realm have begun interfering."

"They must have used my blood essence from back then to fabricate an inferior and laughable avatar, one possessing my power, even including the Silver Dragon Spear."

Di Tian naturally knew of the God Realm, but after hearing this, he still sucked in a sharp breath and clenched his fists in humiliation.

"Those damned bastards! My Lord, I understand. I swear upon the blood of our race that I will destroy this despicable, laughable counterfeit!"

After saying that, Di Tian was about to rush out in a frenzy. He even intended to immediately spread the news among the Star Dou beasts.

Nothing else mattered for now. The most important thing was to kill this damned spy and this counterfeit avatar that had insulted his lord.

"Idiot!"

Watching Di Tian's eager appearance as he prepared to act on her behalf, the Silver Dragon King felt a headache coming on.

His loyalty was genuine loyalty, but to the astonishingly wise Silver Dragon King, if Di Tian truly acted, it might instead arouse the God Realm's suspicions.

"Wouldn't that be as good as confessing without being asked?"

As the Silver Dragon King spoke those words helplessly—

Di Tian also snapped out of his emotional state. Right! Since the God Realm had fabricated this inferior avatar, they must be trying to provoke him, or rather, lure his lord into revealing herself.

"My Lord, are we just going to endure this? The God Realm creating such a thing is utterly defiling our race's bloodline!!"

Di Tian's face had turned red with fury as he gritted his teeth and emphasized those words.

Yet the Silver Dragon King merely glanced at him indifferently and said softly.

"Failure to endure small matters ruins great plans. At most, another ten thousand years. Once our race recovers from its injuries, returns to Dragon Valley, and obtains that thing, everything will come to an end!"

Upon hearing this, Di Tian was instantly overwhelmed with excitement, but then he realized another problem.

"What if she comes to the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"When that time comes, I will make the decision myself."

After the Silver Dragon King spoke—

As Di Tian swam back, he initially felt a trace of humiliation, but it was soon replaced by something like relief.

Another ten thousand years was no more than the flick of a finger to him.

After emerging, the relief on his face turned into a distant glare toward the sky.

Just wait, you people sitting high above in the God Realm, stealing the fruits of the Dragon God's Domain. Your comfortable days are nearly over!

Meanwhile, Wang Yan was leading the gloomy Shrek delegation back home.

No one, including him, could muster a smile.

Because this time, the price Shrek had paid was simply too great.

It was not merely the end of ten thousand years of glory. There had also been two incidents of student casualties: one involving the strongest Soul King in history, and another where two people had been publicly killed in a counterattack.

This could even affect Shrek's prestige.

As the team leader, he was truly numb.

He had heard before of Xuanzi's terrifying record while leading teams.

But hadn't that only happened once?

Why, when it was his turn to lead a team, did two accidents happen in a single trip?

Feeling like the unluckiest man alive, Wang Yan wanted to cry but had no tears.

Above Shrek City, an incomparably bedraggled figure suddenly appeared in midair.

In an instant, Shrek's two outer academy deans, Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, shot into the sky, staring at the figure before them with disbelief.

Even Shrek City's lord took to the air at that moment.

Because the figure before them was none other than Xuanzi. But at this moment, Xuanzi had lost his right arm and looked utterly wretched.

And that kindly figure who often sat before the freshman dormitory gates had already vanished without a trace.

Beneath the radiance of the Golden Tree, half his face was bathed in light while the other half was concealed in shadow. His expression could not be seen clearly, but the near-numb look on his face seemed enough to show that he had expected all of this...