Just as Yun Tian was about to step forward for a closer look, two faint glimmers suddenly bloomed on the enormous dragon skeletons before him.
The next second.
Above the two dragon skeletons, two translucent souls appeared, resembling Western dragons.
The instant those two souls appeared, a voice rang out in Yun Tian's mind.
"Clearly a human, yet your body contains a power that strikes fear even into us."
The voice was majestic and domineering, yet deep within it lay a trace of fear.
Yun Tian stared blankly at the two spirit forms above the dragon skeletons.
Could these two things be the lingering dragon souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King?
The two spirit forms before him both looked like Western dragons, one red and one blue, and they had appeared at the bottom of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He could hardly be blamed for thinking so.
Yun Tian let out a deep breath of stale air and recalled Sang Biao, who had been swept in alongside him but had fallen unconscious, into his body.
"Human, this king knows you have many questions right now, but you need not worry. We will do nothing to you. On the contrary, we will bestow a tremendous fortune upon you."
Another unfamiliar voice rang out in Yun Tian's mind.
"My name is Fire Dragon King. The voice you heard in your mind earlier belonged to my companion, the Ice Dragon King."
Now Yun Tian could be completely certain that the spirit forms before him were the lingering dragon souls of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
As God King-level powerhouses in life, the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King were unlikely to have their immense divine souls simply dissipate even after they fell. Instead, they would linger for a time as something akin to remnant souls.
During that time, they would continually wear away. Only when these remnant souls dissipated completely would the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King truly be dead.
"Human, you need not know our identities. You need only know that we have little time left, yet the kin we have been waiting for have not come here, and our great vengeance remains unfulfilled. We can only choose you."
"We will bestow a tremendous fortune upon you, but in return, we also hope you can help us accomplish certain things."
The Ice Dragon King's voice rang out in Yun Tian's mind.
Hearing the Ice Dragon King's words, Yun Tian had a rough idea of who their kin were and what vengeance they meant.
It seems the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings can probably sense Di Tian and Gu Yuena beneath the Star Dou Great Forest, but they cannot release their presence to draw them here.
As for this great vengeance, presumably it concerns the Divine Realm.
Anyone who had transmigrated into the Ice Dragon King or Fire Dragon King knew.
As the most powerful deity, the Dragon God was proud and attempted to elevate the Divine Dragon Realm into a higher-order God Star. In doing so, however, he violated the laws of the universe and brought a backlash upon himself.
During the investiture ceremony, the Time Dragon King and Space Dragon King were influenced by the laws and disrupted the ritual, causing the dragon crown prince to die saving the Dragon God. The Dragon God consequently descended into madness and launched a war.
Late in the war, the Dragon God regained his senses. He voluntarily asked the Asura God to slay him, thereby dividing and sealing his out-of-control self.
Originally, with the Dragon God's death, the dust should have settled on everything, but...
The Dragon God died, and among these Dragon Kings, some died while others met miserable fates.
Those human deities used the pretext of preventing another being as powerful as the Dragon God from emerging among them, going mad, and launching another war to exterminate them to the last.
The remaining Dragon Kings and the divine beasts who were First-Level Gods and Second-Level Gods were all killed. The remaining Third-Level Gods and those divine beasts without any status, who only ran errands, were kept in captivity.
As for whether the Nine Great Dragon Kings hated the Dragon God, of course they did, especially the Dragon Kings who had died at his hands.
But compared with the Dragon God, they hated the Asura God and the other four God Kings who sought to wipe them out after the war, along with those sanctimonious human deities, even more.
Originally, after coming to the lower realm, they had used their remaining power to transform this place into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, suffused with their presence.
Their goal was to have their kin-the Silver Dragon King, one of the Dragon God's two split forms, who had also escaped to the lower realm-come here one day, sense their presence, and seek them out.
Yet they had never expected that, after untold long years, not only had the Silver Dragon King never come, but even Di Tian, the junior who had escaped the Divine Realm with her, had never visited this place.
Seeing that their wisps of remnant souls were about to dissipate, they had no choice but to select Yun Tian, a human whose body contained an unknown yet terrifying power.
"Then, may I ask what you two would like me to help you accomplish?"
Yun Tian stepped forward and asked. Although he had a rough idea of what the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings wanted him to do, pretending not to understand was the right choice at a time like this.
Yun Tian showed not the slightest fear. Instead, he looked impatient to begin, leaving the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings somewhat at a loss.
When facing something unknown, whether a person or a thing, should one not be wary? Why was this human so eager instead?
"Far above you, there exists another world. That world is called the Divine Realm."
"As the name suggests, it is a world of gods. As for their ranks, you can understand them as follows: divine officers possess divine power but no divine position, while those with divine positions are divided into Third-Level Gods, Second-Level Gods, First-Level Gods, and the strongest beings in the Divine Realm, those who truly have a say there-the God Kings."
"In life, we were supreme powerhouses at that God King level, but an accident caused us to fall here. Our request is simple. We will become your second and third Martial Souls."
"Furthermore, these Martial Souls will not require you to absorb additional Soul Rings. Whenever you break through a major realm, they will automatically condense a Soul Ring best suited to you, and the Soul Rings' ages can continue to increase as your strength grows."
After hearing this, Yun Tian was somewhat dazed.
Martial Souls?
The two great Dragon Kings would become Martial Souls?
The two great Dragon Kings had been God King-level powerhouses in life. If they became Martial Souls, they would be divine-grade Martial Souls at the very least.
But...
He did not seem to need them. The two great Dragon King Martial Souls were certainly powerful, but Sang Biao had grown increasingly powerful over the years, to the point that even he did not know where Sang Biao's limits lay.
There was also that spear. It now weighed ninety thousand jin. He had never tested its might, because no one currently at Skywater Academy could withstand a single strike from it.
Rather than gaining two additional Martial Souls, why not use the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' remaining power to make his spear and Sang Biao even stronger?
"Seniors, since you have a way to become my Martial Souls, surely you can become my Soul Rings as well?"
Rather than Martial Souls, he would prefer a Soul Ring condensed from all their power.
Besides, what would having the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings as his Martial Souls mean?
It would mean he was a thorn in the Divine Realm's eye, a splinter in its flesh!
He did not want to draw the Divine Realm's attention so early, much less be regarded as a thorn in its eye.
Hearing Yun Tian's words, the two great Dragon Kings nodded.
"We can indeed become your Soul Rings, and divine-skill Soul Rings at that. Not only would their ages have no upper limit, but the trace of divine power within them could also make your Martial Souls increasingly powerful, and could even be used once as a trump card."
"But Soul Rings have their limits, after all. They cannot compare to Martial Souls."