Dugu Bo noticed this.
"Yanyan."
"Your Martial Soul isn't afraid of Di Tian?"
"It was at first."
Dugu Yan turned to look at Ning Xian.
"Then it wasn't."
Ning Xian said, "The bloodline aura of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings shielded it from his pressure."
Dugu Bo looked at the short horns atop the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor's head.
A little more anticipation entered his eyes.
Dugu Yan's Martial Soul had already begun Dragon Transformation.
If it continued to transform...
It might yet become a true dragon.
Dugu Yan withdrew her Martial Soul.
She linked her arm through Ning Xian's again.
"Senior."
"Who's stronger, Di Tian or the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings?"
"The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings at their peak were stronger."
"What about now?"
"Di Tian is stronger."
Dugu Yan nodded lightly.
The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had only their dragon souls and remains left.
Di Tian, however, possessed an intact physical body.
"Then can Di Tian break the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda?"
"No."
"What about his Dragon God Claw?"
Ning Xian looked at her.
"You know about the Dragon God Claw?"
"You just said it had mastered a secret technique of the Dragon Clan, Senior."
Dugu Yan moved a little closer.
"I guessed."
"Even the Dragon God Claw can't break it."
She relaxed.
"That's good."
Dugu Bo listened to their conversation without interrupting.
Di Tian could rank third on the continent.
Yet Ning Xian had never taken him to heart.
Even now, Dugu Bo could not discern just what level the Heaven-Earth Xuanhuang Pagoda had reached.
The Lake of Life.
The images in the sky continued to change.
The thousand-zhang black dragon slowly folded his wings.
The darkness dispersed.
Sunlight fell into the Star Dou Great Forest once more.
Di Tian assumed human form.