The Silver Dragon King's Personality Flaws

A clear, ethereal female voice, carrying the majesty born of strength, bloodline, and noble race, rang out from all directions at once, creating a dreamlike sense of separation from another lifetime.

"Di Tian, you were right. Your understanding of emotions is more comprehensive. After all, in matters like this, your judgment is more accurate than mine."

The clear voice paused, as though she were considering what choice she would make if she found herself in the same situation as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion—whether she, too, would break free from fate's shackles.

After a moment, she gave a soft sigh.

"If I had gone through the same things as the Auspicious Beast, I might not have done any better than she did. Perhaps I would have been even worse."

Di Tian said nothing, tacitly accepting her words. Such a possibility did exist.

After all, when the Silver Dragon King had arrived in Douluo with her body terribly damaged, she had remained at the deepest part of the Lake of Life, slowly recovering from her injuries bit by bit, never once coming into contact with the outside world.

As a result, the Silver Dragon King, sovereign of the Soul Beast World, was not particularly wise when it came to such matters.

The Silver Dragon King had slept beneath the earth for so long that perhaps only when the soul beasts faced a crisis that truly concerned the survival of the entire Soul Beast World would she emerge to "save the Soul Beast World from disaster."

Di Tian sighed inwardly. Sigh, the emotions Master inherited from the Dragon God are ultimately unsuited to presiding over the overall development of the Soul Beast World.

After the Dragon God had split into two parts, resentment and benevolence, physical power and elemental power had separated. The emotions possessed by the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King were entirely different.

Whether it was the Golden Dragon King or the Silver Dragon King, both had flaws in their personalities.

As the Dragon God's divine spark of destruction, the Golden Dragon King possessed an almost mad will. He had inherited the Dragon God's formidable physical strength, as well as negative emotions such as despair, rage, and resentment.

The Silver Dragon King, meanwhile, had inherited most of the beautiful emotions known as "benevolence." Deep in her subconscious lay love and hope, but also softness and hesitation. She could be trapped by beautiful love.

Di Tian spoke with high emotional intelligence. "Master, your existence is the future of the Soul Beast World and the hope of our race. Having occupied such a lofty position for so many years, it is only natural that worldly matters like these would weigh on your heart and entangle your feelings."

In low-emotional-intelligence terms: indecisive, lacking in scheming, and easily lovestruck.

The Silver Dragon King felt that Di Tian made sense and asked for his opinion. "Di Tian, how do you intend to handle the Auspicious Beast's situation?"

Di Tian believed it would benefit the Auspicious Beast. "The Auspicious Beast is currently restless and filled with melancholy. It seems this is precisely the precursor to deeply contemplating certain matters."

"And after deep reflection, she will certainly grow. Her understanding of emotions will become more comprehensive as well. This is not a bad thing for her."

The Silver Dragon King agreed with him. "Then take good care of the Auspicious Beast. If there are any major changes later, I will personally go and see this so-called other aura of fate."

Di Tian froze. But after thinking carefully, if Master brought back a "Light Orb—Silver Dragon King edition" to take a proper look at...

It seemed rather good for her to reflect deeply on herself, just like the Auspicious Beast.

Di Tian cupped his hands respectfully. "I will keep a constant watch on the Auspicious Beast's condition. Master, you need only recover from your injuries in peace."

"Mm..."

The clear, ethereal voice gradually faded. The vast, distorted vortex-like space before him smoothed out, and the enormous dragon claw covered in silver hexagonal scales slowly withdrew until that dazzling silver radiance vanished completely.

Shrek City. Before going solo, Huo Yuhao planned to spend half a day building up some startup capital for traveling.

He went to the market and bought several pounds of beef and lamb, along with fifty Green Fish. Then he went to the Blacksmith Shop, bought a small cart and a grill, and began the day's barbecue business.

Huo Yuhao went to the Snack Street frequently visited by Shrek Academy students. After paying the stall fee for the day, he set up his stand.

He used the White Tiger Dagger to cut up the meat.

The beef and lamb were threaded onto long bamboo skewers, while the Green Fish were grilled one fish per skewer over a blazing brazier.

Huo Yuhao had even come up with a special stall name for himself. A wooden sign hung beside him, bearing the words: "At first, it was narrow, barely wide enough for one person to pass. Then, after eating dozens of skewers, one was Suddenly Enlightened."

"Suddenly Enlightened BBQ Stand."

"Three Copper Soul Coins per skewer, four skewers for ten Copper Soul Coins. Grilled Fish are five Copper Soul Coins each."

As Huo Yuhao busied himself grilling, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's voice sounded in his mind.

"Yuhao, I've noticed that you seem to have been considering your Second Martial Soul these past two days. Do you know what Second Martial Soul I've prepared for you?"

The Light Orb he had previously shown the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was exclusive to the Auspicious Beast, so Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not know about it.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's tone carried a hint of pride. His chances of successfully bringing the Ice Empress into the god-creating team were quite high.

"What is it?" Though Huo Yuhao had long known, he still cooperatively asked.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not hide the anticipation in his voice. "The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, ranked second among the Three Kings of the Far North—the Ice Empress!"

"Oh." Huo Yuhao nodded blandly and focused on grilling.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm froze. He had expected Huo Yuhao to be incredibly shocked, but his reaction was so calm that there was not even the slightest ripple.

"Yuhao, she's four hundred thousand years old! Is it because you fused with my million-year Soul Ring that you have no concept of what four hundred thousand years means?"

As Huo Yuhao turned the skewers, he replied, "No. I already have other ideas for my Second Martial Soul."

He planned to try using Origin Ice as his Second Martial Soul. Each ring of Origin Ice would fuse with Soul Spirits such as the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, continuously evolving through Ice Attribute energy.

He had heard that the yin-yang hotpot at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well might contain the remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. Once he had a certain level of combat strength in the middle stages, he could consider it.

"What?! Other ideas?"

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm abruptly sat up in the Sea of Spirit.

If the spot for the Second Martial Soul was given to another soul beast, what would Bing Bing do?

Emotion filled Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's eyes. Just as he was about to earnestly recount his hundreds-of-thousands-of-years-long emotional journey of loving the Ice Empress to Huo Yuhao—

Huo Yuhao asked with interest, "Brother Sky Dream, think about it..."

"You're a Soul Ring attached to the Spirit Eyes Martial Soul. If the Ice Empress became the Second Martial Soul, she would have many Soul Rings attached to her... Brother Sky Dream, think it over carefully."

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fell into brief contemplation upon hearing that.

Something was off. Very off—twelve parts out of ten off.

Thinking about it that way, he was the Wisdom Soul Ring of the first Martial Soul. If the Ice Empress could become the Wisdom Soul Ring of the Second Martial Soul rather than the Martial Soul itself, wouldn't they be an even better match?

Having thought that through, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm happily began fantasizing again. "Yuhao, since you put it that way, you can decide the Second Martial Soul for yourself."

"When you reach level twenty, I'll take you to obtain the Ice Empress's Wisdom Soul Ring."

"Mm." Huo Yuhao answered and continued grilling.

Before long, the mouthwatering aroma of meat spread through the air. Coated in a dark, glossy secret sauce, the skewers smelled irresistibly fragrant as oil sizzled from them.

At the Snack Street, the students who had run a hundred laps around Shrek's training grounds were ready to come out for something good after resting.

"Wang Dong, the Suddenly Enlightened BBQ Stand smells so good."