Flawed Jade Makes a King! The Manga Dragon King, Yu Yuanzhen!

[With the deaths of the Four Sons of the Royal Banner, the Death Barrier shrouding the summit instantly shattered.]

["My Soul Power! My Soul Power is back!"]

[The eight hundred disciples on the summit froze at first, then erupted in pent-up cheers as lightning rekindled around their imprisoned Martial Souls. But no sooner had their cheers begun than they all went rigid.]

[On the altar, the purple-gold lightning surrounding Yu Yuanzhen had dimmed considerably. Blood had soaked several patches of his black clan robes, and his chest heaved violently, every breath carrying the metallic scent of dragon blood.]

[That last strike, "Sound Shakes the Nine Heavens," had nearly drained all the Soul Power from his body.]

["Hahaha... good! What a Yu Yuanzhen!"]

[In midair, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo were first shocked and furious, then exchanged a glance, wild delight appearing on both their faces.]

["So what if the Four Sons of the Royal Banner are dead? Your oil has run dry, your lamp is guttering, and your Soul Power is exhausted. How many attacks from the two of us can you withstand now?"]

["Yu Yuanzhen, you will die today without a doubt!"]

[The Soul Power of the two level-ninety-six Super Douluos erupted simultaneously, bearing down on True Dragon Mountain's summit like black clouds crushing a city.]

[The army of eight thousand Soul Masters also reformed its ranks, its shouts shaking the mountain walls.]

[Yet Yu Yuanzhen did not even glance at them. He slowly raised his right hand and slammed his palm onto the True Dragon Altar beneath his feet.]

["Boom!!"]

[The entire True Dragon Mountain shook violently, and an ancient, drawn-out dragon's cry rose from deep within it.]

[The stone slab at the center of the altar shattered inch by inch. A jade crown as pure white as snow slowly rose from underground and hovered in midair.]

[Faint, snow-white dragon patterns flowed across the jade crown. The moment it appeared, the lightning throughout all nine mountains of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan resonated in unison, giving off a soft hum.]

["The legendary... Snow Jade Crown?!"]

[Qian Jun Douluo's expression changed abruptly, and he cried out involuntarily, "That's the central crown of the True Dragon Nine Crowns!"]

[Demon Subduing Douluo's pupils also contracted, but then he sneered. "So what? Yu Yuanzhen, your head has long since fused with the clan's inherited Soul Bone. You can absorb no more than eight fragments of the True Dragon Nine Crowns. You can't absorb this final crown at all!"]

["Who are you trying to scare by bringing it out for show?"]

[They were right. The True Dragon Nine Crowns were one whole, sharing a single origin, but a Soul Master had only one Head Soul Bone slot.]

[Yu Yuanzhen had long since fused the inherited Soul Bone left by the first clan leader into himself-the first of the nine crowns.]

[The other eight crowns could only attach to it to amplify its power; he could not fuse this central Snow Jade Crown into his body as well. Forcing the fusion would only shatter his Soul Bone and make his body explode, killing him!]

["Who said I was the one who would absorb it?!"]

[Yu Yuanzhen snorted coldly, flashed to Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin's side, and handed them the Snow Jade Crown.]

[At the same time, he quickly instructed them to take it to the Northern Snowfield Dragon Domain. That was the ancient ancestral land of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, as well as the source of the bloodline corresponding to the Snow Jade Crown!]

[The Snow Jade Crown was the central token. It could awaken the ancient dragon race's will sealed within the ancestral land, unlock the full potential of the blue lightning tyrant dragon bloodline, grant mastery of the true dragon inheritance, and build up the strength to exact revenge!]

["Grandfather!" Yu Tianheng trembled all over, his fingers turning white around the Snow Jade Crown. "If we leave, we leave together! I'm not going!"]

["I'm not going either! Clan leader!" Yu Tianxin held up his wounded body, his voice hoarse. "If we die, we die together!"]

["Go!" Yu Yuanzhen frowned, releasing a trace of draconic might that pressed both of them to a halt.]

[Just then, Qian Jun Douluo's icy shout rang out from below the mountain. "Trying to leave? That's no longer up to you!"]

["All troops, heed my command! Surround the mountain! Don't let a single one escape!"]

[The army of eight thousand Soul Masters roared its assent, surrounding True Dragon Mountain's summit in layer upon layer, their Soul Power fluctuations joining into a vast tide.]

["Stay here forever!"]

[Qian Jun and Jiang Mo shouted fiercely, locking onto the Snow Jade Crown in Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin's hands. They moved, about to rush forward to intercept and kill them.]

["Your opponent is me!"]

[Yu Yuanzhen moved across their path, blocking the two of them head-on. The remaining lightning around him reignited. Though it was no longer at its former peak, he still possessed the imposing air of one man holding a pass against all comers.]

["All disciples, heed my command!" Without looking back, he spoke in a voice like rumbling thunder. "Do everything you can to cover the young clan leader and Yu Tianxin as they break out! Head for the northern snowfields! As long as you have a single breath left, do not let anyone from Spirit Hall so much as touch the Snow Jade Crown!"]

["As the clan leader commands!"]

[The eight hundred disciples roared in unison, the radiance of their Martial Souls blazing together.]

[Qian Jun and Jiang Mo found the sight laughable.]

["Yu Yuanzhen, the True Dragon Nine Crowns are like a piece of jade. Without this final Snow Jade Crown, yours is flawed jade!"]

[Your Soul Power is nearly exhausted, and you're on the verge of shattering. You think that half-crippled body can stop us brothers?!"]

[At those words, Yu Yuanzhen suddenly chuckled. His laughter grew louder and louder until it became a dragon's cry that shook the valley.]

[He burned all his Soul Power without holding anything back. Cracks spread across the Soul Rings around him, yet they blazed with unprecedented brilliance.]

["Flawed jade makes a king!!!"]

[Before his words had faded, Yu Yuanzhen detonated all the Soul Power within him and unleashed the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique to its fullest.]

[He had already become a thirty-thousand-meter true dragon of lightning, charging straight at Qian Jun and Jiang Mo!]

["He's mad! He's burning his origin to force a Dragon Transformation! He's courting death!!" Qian Jun and Jiang Mo's expressions changed drastically. "Fall back! Everyone, fall back!"]

["No! Grandfather!!!" Yu Tianheng roared like a madman, trying to stop him.]

[Yet Yu Yuanzhen's laughter rang out through heaven and earth.]

["I don't believe I'll be buried here today, and I've never felt so clearheaded and refreshed. It's as though I can see rebirth!"]

["Because from this day forward, I, Yu Yuanzhen, will be bound no more!"]

[He had devoted his entire life to the clan, never living a single day for himself. Today, he broke free of every shackle!]

[In the eyes of the thirty-thousand-meter true dragon of lightning, there was not the slightest desire for death, only a blazing heat that would burn everything away, and unfettered freedom!]

[Dragon claws tore through the sky. Purple-gold lightning, carrying the resolve to burn jade and stone alike, crashed toward Qian Jun and Jiang Mo!]

["With lightning, shatter the darkness!!!"]

[Boom, boom, boom!!]

[The thirty-thousand-meter true dragon of lightning that Yu Yuanzhen had become slammed viciously into Qian Jun and Jiang Mo!]

[Qian Jun and Jiang Mo let out piercing screams. The defensive barrier they had raised with every last ounce of their Soul Power was instantly torn apart like thin paper.]

[The true dragon's claws slammed into their chests, shattering their breastbones inch by inch. Both flew backward like kites with severed strings and crashed heavily into the mountainside.]

[The terrifying shock wave swept down the mountain. Everywhere it passed, swaths of Soul Masters were hurled into the air and blasted apart.]

[The entire True Dragon Mountain shook violently. The mountain crumbled, the earth split, and broken rocks tumbled down. Beneath the scorching lightning, screams rose one after another.]

[In just a few breaths, Qian Jun and Jiang Mo were gravely wounded and on the brink of death. Of the army of eight thousand Soul Masters, more than half were killed on the spot by the explosion's aftermath, their corpses strewn across the land!]