Rift-Splitting was stunned: Di Tian's bloodline was stronger than mine? Xuan Zi: The rules will clash

"Burp... Ancestor, it's rare for you to blow the Dragon Breath Gathering Command."

Xuan Zi swallowed the meat in his mouth, wiped his greasy lips with his filthy sleeve, and looked up at the enormous dragon on the mountaintop, grinning as he said:

"You didn't even disturb the Fire Dragon King, yet you summoned me and these stupid juniors who spend all day digging dirt and gnawing rocks.

"Has watching that grand spectacle in the sky made you envious? Planning to take us to Douluo Continent to grab a share of the spoils?"

After taking human form, Xuan Zi had cultivated to level 98 and possessed a Soul Core, with combat strength far beyond an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.

He thought little of the seven great hundred-thousand-year lesser dragons beside him, either.

"Enough of your nonsense!"

The Taotie Dragon King snorted coldly, pressing his mountain dragon might directly down on Xuan Zi.

Yet when it reached three feet above Xuan Zi's head, a faint earthen-yellow halo silently diverted it into the ground.

Seeing Xuan Zi effortlessly dispel his pressure, a trace of approval flashed through the Taotie Dragon King's eyes, and he said gravely:

"The Sky Screen has hung above us for more than a day.

"The true state of that place across from us, called 'Douluo Continent,' has already been laid bare in the Sky Screen.

"The Xuanwu Empire is determined to take it. The joining and merging of the two continents is imminent."

The Taotie Dragon King's golden eyes shifted slightly, sweeping over Xuan Zi and the seven great lesser dragons:

"Xuan Zi, and you seven, speak your minds.

"What do you think of this Sky Screen and Douluo Continent, which is about to collide with us?

"How should our True Dragon Forest respond?"

As soon as he finished, the most hot-tempered of them, the Gluttonous Evil Dragon, raised his head first and let out a hoarse roar:

"Ancestor!

"In my opinion, there's no need to hesitate!

"Those Douluo Continent natives in the Sky Screen are pitifully weak!

"A full-fledged human fortress, yet that madwoman blasted thirty thousand people to pieces in a single strike.

"And those Sacred Pillar Douluo from that Sea God Island were like little chicks before Yu Chuanwu!

"We should simply trample through their maritime borders, storm Douluo Continent, and seize all their mountain and forest territories to devour and nourish ourselves!"

"You idiot, all you know is eating!"

Xuan Zi rolled his eyes, raised the bone he had gnawed clean, and smashed it hard against the Gluttonous Evil Dragon's forehead with a dull clang.

The Gluttonous Evil Dragon shrank his neck under the blow, but did not dare lash out.

Xuan Zi dropped his joking expression, his face growing somewhat more serious:

"Ancestor, if things were truly that simple, that brat Lu Ye wouldn't have waited until today to launch a full-scale operation."

Xuan Zi glanced up at the Sky Screen in the air and said pensively:

"This old man hasn't missed a moment of the Sky Screen livestream over the past few days.

"On the surface, Douluo Continent human Soul Master power is indeed inferior to that of the Xuanwu Empire.

"The development of their Soul Tools is extremely backward, and most of their Martial Soul cultivation methods cling to old conventions.

"In terms of the number of top experts and combat strength at the same rank alone, Xuanwu Continent could indeed beat them into submission."

"But..."

Xuan Zi changed tack, his tone growing heavier:

"The Sky Screen has split into two halves these past few days, revealing an enormous amount of information.

"Douluo Continent has three major powers that must not be taken lightly:

"First is Spirit Hall. Its Supreme Pontiff, Bibi Dong, is unfathomable. Although that Mad Spider in the Sky Screen gave her quite a fright, faint fluctuations of divinity linger about her. She is no mediocre fighter.

"Second is Sea God Island. Bo Saixi is a level 99 Peerless Douluo, and she also has the Sea God's divine descent inheritance.

"Third, and most crucially..."

Xuan Zi turned toward the Taotie Dragon King, his gaze sharp:

"Star Dou Great Forest!"

At that name, the Rift-Splitting Black Dragon King and the Storm Dragon King atop the mountain also lowered their heads slightly.

As for why Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen were not included?

The two had vanished from the Soul Master world for many years. Few people who knew of them remained, and they had hardly ever spoken in the Sky Screen livestream.

Thus, Xuan Zi had not discovered them.

Among the seven great lesser dragons, the Earth-Swallowing Savage Dragon, who had the broadest experience and a cultivation of 180,000 years, spoke in a rumbling voice:

"Xuan Zi, you mean... the Soul Beast territories on Douluo Continent?"

"Exactly."

Xuan Zi said solemnly:

"When the Sky Screen revealed the entirety of Douluo Continent, a few images swept past the Far North and Star Dou Great Forest.

"In the Far North, baleful cold soared into the sky. Some exceptionally fierce beast must dwell there.

"And in the Core Circle of Star Dou Great Forest, the Qi of life was terrifyingly dense, with a layer of spatial discontinuity that even the Sky Screen's deductions could hardly see through completely."

"What alarmed this old man most was this:

"Earlier, when the young emperor Lu Ye announced Brother Black Dragon's name in the Sky Screen,

"a dragon might faintly emanated from Star Dou Great Forest over on Douluo Continent, sharing the same roots and origin, and its bloodline pressure was even fully equal to that of a true dragon!"

After taking human form, Xuan Zi's perception of Dragon Clan bloodlines had become extremely clear.

Moreover, having received the Rift-Splitting Black Dragon King's dragon blood baptism, he could perceive black dragon bloodlines especially clearly.

At these words, the Rift-Splitting Black Dragon King could no longer sit still:

"Xuan Zi!

"Is what you say true?!

"Does Douluo Continent truly have a Pure-Blood Black Dragon?!"

Xuan Zi nodded and said seriously:

"Black Dragon King, you call yourself the 'Rift-Splitting Black Dragon King' because you are the only Pure-Blood Black Dragon in True Dragon Forest.

"But according to the Ancient Secret Tome passed down by our ancestors, the foremost of the Nine Great Dragon Kings under the Dragon God was the true Dark Dragon King!

"This old man suspects that the one hiding in Star Dou Great Forest might be a pure direct-line descendant he left behind!"

The ancient records handed down that Xuan Zi mentioned

were precisely the Douluo Continent Records that Lu Changqing had written back then based on his memories.

Among them was information about Di Tian.

The Rift-Splitting Black Dragon King's heart immediately sank, and he said:

"If that is true, then I really must go meet him!"

He considered himself the last true dragon of the black dragon lineage, which was why he called himself a dragon king to the outside world.

But if the black dragon lineage had a direct descendant of a true dragon king with an even stronger bloodline, his position would become awkward.

The Taotie Dragon King exhaled a long breath of stale air, suppressing the dragons' agitation:

"Black Dragon, be patient.

"Xuan Zi, in your view, what is the greatest uncertainty our True Dragon Forest will face after the two continents collide?"

Xuan Zi gave a long sigh, his expression becoming incomparably grave:

"A clash of rules, Ancestor."

Xuan Zi held up two fingers and said gravely:

"First is human greed.

"Douluo Continent's cultivation rules are completely different from those of our Xuanwu Continent!

"After the progenitor's avatar founded the empire on Xuanwu Continent back then, he implemented the bloodline resonance and Soul Beast contract method.

"Human Soul Masters and high-ranking Soul Beasts have a basic agreement setting limits between them. Ordinary humans would never dare lightly provoke a hundred-thousand-year beast king.

"Even hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts taking human form can receive protection and cultivate safely."

"But what about Douluo Continent?

"It is a human world where breakthroughs rely entirely on 'hunting Soul Beasts for their rings and bones'!

"In their eyes, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast is a blood-red Soul Ring and a guaranteed Soul Bone!

"Those are supreme treasures enough to drive every Titled Douluo on the continent mad!"

Xuan Zi pointed at the seven great lesser dragons behind him:

"Ancestor, once the barrier between the two worlds melts away completely,

"when those reclusive old monsters of Douluo Continent and the elders of Spirit Hall see our True Dragon Forest teeming with hundred-thousand-year ferocious beasts possessing dragon king bloodlines, what will they do?

"They'll swarm us like sharks scenting blood!"