Golden Dragon Spear

"This is the Golden Dragon King's power."

Xiao Bai watched the changes in Yu Chen's right leg from beginning to end, a flash of wonder crossing her eyes.

The Golden Dragon King's power was the exact opposite of hers.

She governed elemental and spiritual power, while the Golden Dragon King governed strength and the power of destruction. The two were complete extremes.

"As expected, the Golden Dragon King chose Yu Chen too, hoping to carry on his power through him."

No emotion showed in Xiao Bai Dragon's eyes.

She could roughly guess the Golden Dragon King's current predicament. Even if he wasn't dead, he probably wasn't having an easy time.

Before long, Yu Chen opened his eyes.

Boom-

A surging aura rippled outward from his body. Its force pressed a shallow crater into the earth beneath his feet, sending dust scattering in every direction.

A spear appeared in his hand.

The spear was around two or three meters long, golden from end to end, its sharp tip gleaming with a cold sheen. Golden patterns covered its shaft, like layers of overlapping dragon scales.

Whoosh, whoosh-

Holding the spear, Yu Chen casually swung it twice.

The tip sliced through the air with a piercing whistle. Waves of air rushed in the direction it pointed, flattening the Blue Silver Grass dozens of meters around him.

"Is that... the Golden Dragon Spear?"

Xiao Bai looked at the golden spear in Yu Chen's hand, a trace of surprise flashing through her eyes.

The Golden Dragon Spear was the Golden Dragon King's divine weapon, fashioned from a golden dragon's rib and possessing ultimate destructive power and ultimate strength.

But after studying it closely for a while, she shook her head.

Though its appearance and aura were somewhat similar, this wasn't the true Golden Dragon Spear.

After all, the real Golden Dragon Spear was a divine weapon. A single Thousand-Year Soul Ring couldn't possibly manifest it.

Still, she had a feeling that the spear in Yu Chen's hand held limitless potential.

"Congratulations, benefactor."

The Blue Silver King looked at Yu Chen's surging aura and gave a gratified smile.

"This Soul Ring is roughly three thousand years old. As your strength increases, its age will continue to grow."

"Thank you, senior."

Yu Chen cupped his hands toward the Blue Silver King and put the spear away.

This Soul Ring truly suited him perfectly.

His second martial soul, the Golden Dragon Claw, had greatly strengthened his body.

His strength was boundless, his speed astonishing, and his spiritual power exceptionally strong.

He had been thinking about how to put his body's strengths to use.

In the original story, Tang San's fifth Soul Ring, the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, had given him some inspiration.

If he could use the energy of Blue Silver Grass to manifest a weapon-type Soul Skill, he could bring his physical strength and speed into play to their fullest extent.

Sure enough, once he had that idea in mind, he obtained this Soul Skill.

Moreover, his spear had an incredibly powerful property: it ignored defenses.

It didn't simply reduce defense by a hundred percent. It completely ignored all defenses at the level of fundamental rules.

Even if an enemy used a defensive Soul Skill and received a defense boost from a Soul Master with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, they would be no different from someone naked before his spear.

And as his strength increased, the spear could develop new properties.

"Xiao Bai, what do you think I should call this Soul Skill?"

Yu Chen asked with a smile.

"Yiya!"

Xiao Bai looked earnestly at Yu Chen, flicking her little tail behind her.

"Golden Dragon Spear-a good name!"

Yu Chen stroked Xiao Bai's head, then turned to the Blue Silver King and said, "Senior, thank you for helping me with my Soul Ring Condensation. I need to head back now."

The Blue Silver King glanced at the sky.

The moon had already risen to its zenith, and the night was deep.

He said with concern, "Benefactor, it's so late. Why not rest here for the night before leaving?"

Yu Chen shook his head. "I have something urgent to attend to and need to hurry back, so I won't stay any longer."

He had already been away for a day. He had to return as soon as possible, or Ming Dashan would start worrying again.

As he spoke, his Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone lit up, and his body slowly rose from the ground.

He waved to the Blue Silver King and flew into the night sky with Xiao Bai, soon disappearing into its deep-blue expanse.

The Blue Silver King's projection remained where it was, gazing in the direction Yu Chen had vanished. He murmured, "Someone with twin martial souls. Humans truly have boundless potential."

However, just as he was about to disperse his projection and return to his true body, a black figure suddenly appeared before him.

"Please stay a moment."

"Who are you?!" The Blue Silver King instantly braced himself as though facing a formidable enemy.

This person had appeared before him without warning, and he couldn't sense his aura at all.

Clearly, this person's strength far surpassed his own.

Moreover, even with the stranger standing right before him, he felt as though he was facing neither a human nor a Soul Beast, but a towering mountain.

"My respects, senior."

The Blue Silver King's voice was much more strained than before, and even his projection trembled slightly.

"May I ask what brings you to the Blue Silver Forest, senior?"

"Don't be nervous."

Di Tian said, "There are merely a few things I'd like to ask you."

The Blue Silver King hurriedly said, "Whatever you wish to ask, senior, I will tell you everything I know."

Di Tian stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze resting on the blue forest in the distance. "What I want to know is how your Blue Silver Clan manages to gather fortune."

He had watched the entire process of Yu Chen's Soul Ring Condensation.

It was his first time seeing such a method.

He had also heard about the Blue Silver Emperor's role.

It could allow the entire Blue Silver Forest to gather the power of faith, turn it into fortune, and then feed it back to the whole clan.

He wanted to do something similar in the Star Dou Great Forest.

He wanted to establish a figure like the Blue Silver Emperor and use the power of fortune to help other Soul Beasts cultivate faster and break through their bottlenecks more easily.

Normally, the power of fortune arose only through heaven and earth. It couldn't be gathered deliberately.

Di Tian had never succeeded.

But after hearing the Blue Silver King's words and learning about the Blue Silver Clan, hope had risen in Di Tian's heart once more.

Hearing this, the Blue Silver King felt a little more at ease. The stranger really had come to seek his advice.

He collected his thoughts and said, "In the world of Soul Beasts, Blue Silver Grass belongs to the lowest rank. Our bloodline power is weak, and at most, we can only become Thousand-Year Soul Beasts."

"We kept thinking about how to grow quickly and break past our limits."

"In the end, we discovered that unity was the only way."

"With countless hearts beating as one, we gathered the power of faith and raised one of our clansmen to the imperial throne, making him an emperor."

"Then the one who became emperor first would lead those who followed to become kings."

At these words, Di Tian's eyes suddenly lit up.

An emperor first, leading others to become kings?

So that was how it worked?

But with so many Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, how could he make all their hearts beat as one?

Yu Chen returned to camp. Ming Dashan only asked a few brief questions before the group continued on their journey.

Time hurried by, and a month soon passed.

On the main road, Yu Chen and his two companions trudged along, travel-worn and dust-covered.

In the distance, a majestic city came into view.

Its walls soared into the clouds, and flags atop its gate towers fluttered in the wind. Even from afar, they could see the crowds and lines of carriages outside the city gates.

Heaven Dou City.