The Dragon God's Fall Revealed

Di Tian glanced back.

Then he issued a command.

"All guards, escort the young dragons away."

The Dragon Clan Guards did not hesitate.

They turned and entered the temple.

Di Tian remained outside the temple alone.

Words appeared on the Golden Ranking.

[The Dragon God War erupted.]

[The gods of the Divine Realm joined forces to besiege the Dragon God.]

[The Dragon God Guards suffered devastating casualties.]

[Di Tian defended the Dragon God Temple alone.]

[For seven days and seven nights.]

Skywater Academy.

Shui Yue'er's eyes widened.

"He held out alone for seven days and seven nights?"

Shui Bing'er watched the black dragon in the scene.

"Di Tian must have been much stronger then than he is now."

Long Yao nodded.

"When his Dragon God bloodline was at its most complete, Di Tian's flesh alone could withstand a God King's attacks."

Shui Yuerou asked:

"What happened in the end?"

"The Dragon God was defeated."

Long Yao looked up at the sky screen.

"Di Tian was gravely wounded as well."

A beam of divine light pierced the black dragon's chest in the scene.

Vast quantities of dragon blood spilled onto the temple steps.

Divine flames burned away his wings.

His claws snapped.

Yet he still stood before the temple, barring the way.

A streak of nine-colored light flew out from deep within the temple.

It was the origin mark the Dragon God had left behind.

The mark descended upon Di Tian.

Nine-colored light immediately enveloped his body.

The Dragon God's final image appeared in Di Tian's draconic eyes.

"Protect the Dragon Clan."

"Protect my legacy."

The nine-colored dragon silhouette gradually dissipated.

Di Tian lowered his draconic head.

He did not answer.

The Dragon God Mark merged with his origin.

The next moment.

The Dragon God Temple collapsed completely.

Boundless divine light rained down.

Di Tian's body was swept into shattered space.

Then the scene went dark.

Words slowly appeared on the Golden Ranking.

[The Dragon God fell.]

[The Dragon Clan Divine Domain collapsed.]

[Di Tian's origin shattered.]

[His divine body was destroyed.]

[His divine soul fell into slumber.]

Across the continent, countless Soul Masters stared at the final lines.

The Dragon God had fallen.

The Dragon Clan Divine Domain had collapsed.

Such a past was far more shocking than Di Tian's eight hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation.

Evil Demon Forest.

The Evil Emperor looked up at the sky screen.

A streak of purple light flashed through its single eye.

"So that was what happened."

"Di Tian hasn't been alive continuously since ancient times."

"His origin was once shattered."

"The Di Tian of today came back to life after the Dragon God War."

The Far North.

The Ice Empress raised her pincers.

"Sister Snow Empress, did he die once?"

The Snow Empress gazed at the Golden Ranking.

"It wasn't an ordinary death."

"His divine body was destroyed, and his divine soul fell into slumber."

"The fact that he could awaken again means the Dragon God origin still remained within him."

Sea God Island.

Bo Saixi watched the Dragon Clan's temple on the sky screen.

She gripped her scepter.

"Even after the Dragon God's fall, Di Tian was able to return."

"The vitality of the Dragon Clan's bloodlines is truly formidable."

Skywater Academy.

Shui Yue'er turned to Long Yao.

"Headmaster, was Di Tian reincarnated afterward?"

"It wasn't reincarnation."

Long Yao said:

"It was remnant soul rebirth."

Shui Yue'er blinked.

"What's the difference between remnant soul rebirth and reincarnation?"

"After reincarnation, memories of one's previous life are usually worn away by the cycle of rebirth."

"Di Tian never entered that cycle."

"He merely sheltered his shattered divine soul within the Dragon God origin."

Shui Bing'er asked:

"Then did he still remember the past after he awakened?"

"Some of it."

Long Yao looked at the sky screen.

"When the divine soul shatters, memories become fragmented along with it."

"But his duty as the Dragon God Guards Captain remained deep within his origin all along."

The scene on the sky screen lit up again.

In a desolate valley.

Black dragon blood soaked the earth.

Broken dragon scales lay scattered among the rubble.

Many years later.

A dark golden dragon egg slowly condensed from the dragon blood.

Nine-colored dragon patterns were etched into its surface.

The surrounding dark elements continually gathered toward it.

Wind, snow, lightning, and the power of the earth all merged into the dragon egg.

Long ages passed.

More and more cracks appeared on the dragon egg.

A tiny black dragon crawled out.

He did not have all his memories.

He remembered only a shattered temple.

Only a nine-colored dragon silhouette.

And only a single sentence.

Protect the Dragon Clan.

Golden words appeared.

[After the Dragon God War, Di Tian's origin reassembled.]

[His remnant soul took refuge within the Dragon God Mark.]

[He was born anew through the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King bloodline.]

[His memories were incomplete, and all his power was lost.]

[Starting as a young dragon, he cultivated anew.]

Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian watched the young dragon in the scene.

That was the first stretch of sky he had seen when he opened his eyes again.

There was no Dragon God Temple.

No Dragon Clan Guards.

Nor any of his former comrades.

Only barren mountains, rubble, and dragon blood that had yet to fade.

Di Tian closed his eyes.

He remembered those years.

Growing from a young dragon into a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast.

Breaking through from ten thousand years to a hundred thousand.

Then to two hundred thousand years, and five hundred thousand.

With every breakthrough, memories returned from deep within his bloodline.

The Dragon God Temple.

The nine-colored dragon silhouette.

The shattered Divine Domain.

And that command.

Protect the Dragon Clan.

Xiong Jun stood beside Di Tian.

"Is that how you came back to life?"

"Indeed."

Di Tian looked at the Golden Ranking.

"After I awakened, I had lost most of my power."

"Had the Dragon God origin not protected the last wisp of my divine soul, I would have dissipated long ago."

The Scarlet King asked:

"Then why didn't you immediately search for the other members of the Dragon Clan?"

Di Tian did not turn around.

"By then, no pure-blooded members of the Dragon Clan remained on the Douluo Continent."

"I searched for a very long time, but found only scattered traces of Dragon Clan bloodlines."

"Until I met my lord."

Beside the Lake of Life.

Gu Yuena looked up at the sky screen.

The nine-colored dragon patterns in the Golden Ranking's scene were resonating with the Silver Dragon bloodline within her.

Di Tian had once seen the Dragon God.

He had also protected the Dragon God.

But Gu Yuena knew that the one Di Tian truly served was not the Dragon God of the past.

Rather, she was the Silver Dragon King, who embodied the elemental origin after the Dragon God's Split.

Above, on the celestial screen.

The scene changed again.

In a shattered forest.

The gravely wounded Silver Dragon King hid underground.

The power of the Divine Realm had torn her body apart.

Nine elements constantly clashed within her.

Di Tian approached from afar.

At that time, he had only just recovered to a hundred thousand years of cultivation.

Scars covered his black dragon body.

He saw the sleeping Silver Dragon King.

He also sensed the aura of the Dragon God upon her.

Di Tian stopped deep underground.

He did not approach.

He merely lowered his dragon body and kept watch beside the Silver Dragon King.

Several days later.

The Silver Dragon King opened her eyes.

Di Tian bowed his dragon head.

"Di Tian pays his respects to my liege."

Words appeared on the Golden Ranking.

[Di Tian rediscovered the Dragon God Bloodline.]

[Confirmed the Silver Dragon King's identity.]

[Followed the Silver Dragon King from that day onward.]

[Guarded the Silver Dragon King as she restored her origin.]

[Rebuilt the Soul Beast Clan.]

Gu Yuena watched Di Tian in the scene.

Back then, Di Tian had not possessed his current cultivation.

Nor had he possessed his current imposing might.

Yet he still obeyed the command the Dragon God had left behind.

Protect the Dragon Clan.

The Silver Dragon King was the one he protected.

Xiong Jun, Scarlet King, Bi Ji, and Myriad Demon King in the Star Dou Great Forest all looked toward Gu Yuena as well.

After Di Tian's past was revealed, every Ferocious Beast understood one thing.

Di Tian did not follow Gu Yuena because of her strength.

It was because Gu Yuena bore the Dragon God's final legacy.

Di Tian looked toward the Lake of Life.

Gu Yuena stood upon the lake's surface.

Their gazes met across the celestial screen.

"Di Tian."

Gu Yuena spoke.

Di Tian lowered his head.

"My liege."

"The Dragon God has fallen."

"But the Dragon Clan remains."

"I know."

Di Tian answered.

"That is why I have always guarded this place."

"As long as you remain, my liege, the Dragon Clan will never die out."

Above, on the celestial screen.

The Golden Ranking's final passage slowly appeared.

[Di Tian once served as the Dragon God Guards Captain.]

[After the Dragon God War, his divine body was destroyed and his divine soul shattered.]

[Reborn through the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Bloodline.]

[After long ages, his cultivation returned to eight hundred and ninety thousand years.]

[Followed the Silver Dragon King and guarded the Star Dou Great Forest.]

[As long as the Dragon Clan endures, Di Tian shall not die.]

The final words appeared.

The entire Douluo Continent fell silent.

As long as the Dragon Clan endures, Di Tian shall not die.

This was no longer mere allegiance.

Di Tian had bound his own life completely to the Dragon Clan's future.

Spirit City.

Qian Daoliu gazed at the final line on the celestial screen.

"He is not a lone Soul Beast."

"Behind him stands the entire Dragon Clan."

Golden Crocodile Douluo's expression was grave.

"Great Enshrined, if Di Tian leads the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest..."

"He will not readily leave the Star Dou Great Forest."

Qian Daoliu tightened his grip on his scepter.

"Unless someone threatens the Silver Dragon King, or threatens the Dragon Clan's legacy."

The Heaven Dou Empire.

Upon hearing this assessment, Xue Ye immediately issued an order.

"Send word to the border."

"No one is to venture deep into the Star Dou Great Forest without authorization."

"Hunting high-level Soul Beasts is forbidden."

The minister bowed his head in acknowledgment.

"Yes."

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi looked toward the top of the Golden Ranking.

Di Tian's experiences were already staggering enough.

Yet the Golden Ranking had still not ended.

Second and first place remained unrevealed.

Chen Xin raised his head to gaze at the celestial screen.

"The Dragon God Guards Captain, Remnant Soul Rebirth."

"Di Tian holds more secrets than we imagined."

Gu Rong said gravely:

"But he is only third."

"Just what sort of beings are the two above him?"

Skywater Academy.

Shui Yue'er was still watching the Golden Ranking.

"Headmistress, if Di Tian used to be so powerful, why does he only have eight hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation now?"

"After his rebirth, he spent long ages cultivating anew."

Long Yao lifted his teacup.

"Eight hundred and ninety thousand years is already his current limit."

Shui Bing'er asked:

"What if he recovered the power he had before the Dragon God War?"

Long Yao looked at the black dragon on the Golden Ranking.

"Di Tian at that time was powerful enough to fight a God King."

Shui Yue'er's eyes widened.

"He could even fight a God King?"

Long Yao set down his teacup.

"That is all in the past."

Upon the Golden Ranking.

Di Tian's black dragon figure slowly faded.

The golden light belonging to third place gradually drew inward.

But at the very top of the Golden Ranking.

Two even more brilliant lights shone simultaneously in the positions for second and first place.

The dragon's might had yet to dissipate.

Another unfamiliar aura appeared between heaven and earth.

Di Tian raised his head toward the sky.

Gu Yuena lifted her eyes at the same moment.

Upon the Golden Ranking.

New golden words were slowly taking shape.

Skywater Academy.

The platform of the True Dragon Tower.

Di Tian's dragon image had already faded.

Yet his draconic might still lingered between heaven and earth.

Ripples spread across the lake one after another, striking the stone steps along the shore.

Shui Yue'er stood beside Long Yao, looking up at the Golden Ranking.

"To think Di Tian used to be so powerful."

"He even fought three God Kings."

Shui Bing'er looked at the final scene on the Golden Ranking.

"Di Tian already possessed God King-level combat strength back then."

"But now he only has eight hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation."

"The power he lost exceeds all the cultivation he currently possesses."

Long Yao sat at the stone table and poured himself a cup of tea.

"After the Dragon God War, his divine body was destroyed, and his divine soul shattered along with it."

"That he could come back to life at all was already thanks to the Dragon God Origin left behind."

Shui Yuerou looked toward the celestial screen.

"It must have taken Di Tian a very long time to cultivate again from a young dragon to eight hundred and ninety thousand years."

"After the ancient Dragon Clan was destroyed, the origin of heaven and earth on the Douluo Continent changed as well."

Long Yao lowered his hand and set down the teapot.

"It would have taken Di Tian no fewer than several hundred thousand years to cultivate back to his present realm."

Shui Yue'er picked up a pastry from the table.

She took a bite, her gaze still fixed on the Golden Ranking.

"Then does Di Tian still remember the Dragon God?"

"He does."

Long Yao answered:

"After his divine soul shattered, his memories were incomplete."

"But the duty the Dragon God left him has already become part of his origin."

"As long as the Silver Dragon King remains, he will protect the Dragon Clan."

Shui Bing'er nodded gently.

"So Di Tian follows Gu Yuena not just because she possesses the Silver Dragon King Bloodline."

"It is also because the Dragon God left him orders to protect the Dragon Clan."

"Exactly."

Long Yao looked toward the Lake of Life.

"Di Tian may disregard his own life and death."

"But he will never abandon the Dragon Clan's future."

Shui Yue'er set down the pastry in her hand.

"Then will he leave the Star Dou Great Forest?"

"As long as no one threatens the Silver Dragon King, he won't leave of his own accord."

Long Yao lifted his teacup.

"If anyone attacks the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian will lead the ferocious beasts into battle."

Shui Yuerou's gaze settled on the very top of the Golden Ranking.

"Di Tian is already ranked third."

"Now every faction on the continent will know that the Silver Dragon King is hidden in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Does Gu Yuena still need to keep hiding?"

Long Yao did not answer immediately.

The third-place entry on the Golden Ranking gradually dimmed.

Di Tian's name remained on the ranking, its golden radiance still clearly visible.

"She doesn't need to make any effort to hide."

Long Yao looked at the sky.

"The Golden Ranking has already concealed her aura for her."

"Until she chooses to reveal herself, no one can pinpoint her location through the images on the Golden Ranking."

Shui Bing'er raised her head and looked toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

"But Di Tian has already appeared."

"And the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest are all standing behind him."

"That information alone is enough to put every faction on the continent on guard."

Shui Yuerou picked up the thread.

"The Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire will both restrict soul masters from entering the Star Dou Great Forest."

"Spirit Hall will also investigate the Lake of Life again."

Long Yao nodded lightly.

"They will investigate."

"But they won't dare venture deep inside lightly."

Shui Yue'er gave him a puzzled look.

"Why?"

"Qian Daoliu has already obtained the Angel God Seal."

"Even he wouldn't dare enter the Star Dou Great Forest rashly."

Long Yao set down his teacup.

"Di Tian is no ordinary ferocious beast."

"And Gu Yuena is certainly no ordinary soul beast."

"If Spirit Hall pushes too hard, the Star Dou Great Forest will truly unleash a beast tide."

Shui Bing'er looked at the Golden Ranking.

"Di Tian can hold off Qian Daoliu."

"Gu Yuena's strength surpasses even Di Tian's."

"At least for now."

Long Yao did not explain further.

He knew that Gu Yuena's origin power had yet to recover.

But after the Dragon God's Split, the Silver Dragon King had gained command of the nine elemental origins.

Once she recovered to a certain degree, Di Tian would be no match for her.