Dragon Egg

Inside the laboratory, Luo Sanpao lay quietly in the center of the metal platform.

After its Martial Soul connection with Yu Xiaogang was severed, its life state did not change significantly immediately. The high-level dragon-like structure that was originally hidden deep within its body did become more active, but it remained at a certain critical point. No matter how Ruan Mei adjusted the surrounding energy concentration, it did not take the final step towards the form of Golden Sacred Dragon.

Nguyen Mai stood in front of the light screen for a moment and quickly found the problem.

Although Yu Xiaogang restricted Luo Sanpao's growth, the bloodline of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan still existed within him. For the past few decades, Luo Sanpao had relied on this incomplete dinosaur information to sustain himself. Now that the connection with the host has been completely severed, along with the removal of the restraints, the foundation that supported his evolution has also been lost.

To truly begin the reorganization of dormant higher-order structures, a sufficiently complete dinosaur reference is still lacking.

Ruan Mei's gaze naturally fell on Di Tian.

"Lend me some blood."

Di Tian frowned slightly.

My blood?

"You are the highest-level dragon here, with the most complete structure stored in your blood." Ruan Mei raised her hand and retrieved several sets of test data left behind by Di Tian. "Not many are needed, just a sample to confirm the direction."

Di Tian glanced at Luo Sanpao on the platform and did not immediately refuse.

If it were merely to create a powerful Soul Beast, he wouldn't easily hand over the blood of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King. However, when the Golden Sacred Dragon appeared just now, he also noticed something unusual. That seemingly comical and weak Martial Soul actually concealed a dragon's essence within its body that far exceeded its appearance.

He raised his finger and made a small cut on his palm.

A drop of blood, deep red with a pale golden hue, slowly rose to the surface.

Nguyen Mai raised her hand to catch it.

The blood, enveloped by power, floated above Luo Sanpao, not falling directly into his body, but instead breaking down into countless tiny specks of light almost invisible to the naked eye. As these specks of light gradually merged into his body, the sleeping Luo Sanpao suddenly trembled violently.

Golden lines spread rapidly along its skin.

The short dragon horns reappeared, and the limbs began to lengthen, with the structures hidden deep within the Martial Soul awakening one after another. However, this change only lasted for a dozen seconds before the rapidly rising life fluctuations stopped again.

Di Tian looked at Ruan Mei.

"It failed?"

"No."

Nguyen Mai's gaze remained fixed on the changing data. "It lacks a sufficiently stable life structure to support this evolution."

Blood ties provide direction.

The transformation from Luo Sanpao to the Golden Sacred Dragon requires more than just a reconstruction of its appearance.

Its original body was too weak to support the complete structure of a dragon. If it were to continue to be forced to evolve, it would only collapse on its own before the evolution was complete.

Nguyen Mai pondered quietly for a moment, then suddenly raised her other hand.

A tiny point of light, enveloped in a special power, appeared in her palm.

The light wasn't intense, but it made Di Tian instinctively raise his head.

That's not Soul Power.

It was not any life energy he had ever come into contact with.

Upon seeing the point of light, Lin Yuan immediately realized. "Permanence?"

Nguyen Mai nodded slightly.

"A little bit of life information left after processing. I originally only intended to use it to observe the remodeling process of different life forms, but now I can give it a try."

Instead of directly channeling her power into Luo Sanpao's body, she disassembled that wisp of Permanence and recombined it with Di Tian's dragon blood information.

The first contact between two forces that were originally completely unrelated.

The golden light on Luo Sanpao's body suddenly contracted.

The Golden Sacred Dragon did not reappear.

Its entire body began to shrink rapidly.

"Roar!"

Luo Sanpao suddenly awoke from his deep sleep. He had barely uttered two cries when his limbs were completely enveloped by a continuous surge of golden-blue light. He tried to struggle, but even his voice quickly disappeared into the increasingly dense life energy.

Zi JI took half a step forward.

Di Tian raised his hand to stop her.

Everyone was looking at the experimental platform.

Luo Sanpao's original body gradually lost its outline, and his flesh, Martial Soul structure, and the two completely different powers regrouped, finally shrinking completely into a ball of constantly pulsating golden light.

A few minutes later, the light gradually stabilized.

Luo Sanpao is no longer visible on the platform.

Instead, there was an egg that was nearly half the height of a person.

It was pale gold in color, but its surface was covered with cyan patterns, and occasionally a faint dragon-shaped light and shadow would flash along the eggshell. Di Tian's bloodline aura was still present, but it had been completely merged with another unfamiliar life force.

Xiong Jun stared at the egg for a long time, finally unable to resist asking, "Where's the pig?"

Little Herta has already reached the side of the platform.

"It's inside."

She quickly reviewed the newly generated data, a genuine interest appearing on her face for the first time. "It didn't complete its evolution; instead, it completely abandoned its original body and chose to rebuild a new body capable of supporting the structure of a higher-level dragon."

Di Tian's gaze also turned serious.

He could sense life inside the eggshell.

Moreover, it's far more complete than Luo Sanpao just now.

Ruan Mei reached out and gently touched the eggshell, feeling the stable and slow life fluctuations inside.

"Its bloodline has given it the direction of a dragon, Permanence has given it a chance to reshape itself. What it will ultimately hatch into remains to be seen."

Lin Yuan looked at the dragon egg, its surface shimmering with gold and blue.

The Luo Sanpao who used to only talk nonsense has disappeared.

What remains here today is the life born from the first true fusion of the Douluo Clan bloodline and the Permanence power of the Star Sea.

Although it's just an egg right now.

Ruan Mei did not rush to continue intervening. After maintaining the device in the most suitable environment for gestation, she finally turned to look at Di Tian and the others who had been waiting for a long time.

And you?

"You came all this way specifically to see me, what brings you here?"

Di Tian did not answer immediately, but looked at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan stepped forward and briefly explained the problems currently facing the Soul Beast of the Douluo Continent.

"No matter how long Soul Beast lives or how strong it becomes, it can only ultimately reach the limit of this world. Long ago, the Dragon God and the Divine Realm went to war. In the end, the Dragon God perished, the Golden Dragon King was suppressed, and the Silver Dragon King escaped severely injured. Since that war, the Divine Realm has always maintained restrictions on Soul Beast."

He glanced at Di Tian.

"Soul Beast cannot obtain Godhood normally, nor can they enter the Divine Realm through normal means. Senior Di Tian has lived for hundreds of thousands of years, but as he continues to ascend, he will only face increasingly dangerous heavenly tribulations."

Little Herta, who was still examining the data on the dragon eggs, turned around upon hearing this.

"Directly restricting the upward mobility of a race?"

Di Tian's voice was deep. "The Divine Realm will not allow Soul Beast to reappear that can threaten their power. After the Dragon God War ended, this path was completely blocked."

Lin Yuan continued, "So they want to see if there's another path besides the rules left behind by the Divine Realm. The universe is vast, and there's more than one Path. If the Genius Society can find a way for Soul Beast to break free from the original Douluo system, it's more important to them than simply increasing their strength."

Herta did not answer immediately.

She has clearly begun to consider whether there is a possibility of compatibility between the life form of Soul Beast and the Path system.

Nguyen Mai suddenly raised her head.

"The Divine Realm?"

Lin Yuan looked at her.

Nguyen Mai raised her hand and swiped on the light screen next to her.

Is this it?

A recorded image quickly filled the entire screen.

Di Tian's previously calm expression instantly changed.

That's not Douluo Continent.

The footage was filmed in the pitch-black universe, where vast swathes of architectural ruins float haphazardly in the void. Broken palaces, collapsed pillars, and enormous stones of unknown origin are scattered everywhere, and traces of lingering energy can still be seen in many places.

The most striking feature is a massive palace that has been completely dismantled.

The entire building is divided in two from the center.

The cut was so clean it was almost eerie, and large patches of dark red and pale marks remained around it.

Looking at the footage, Ruan Mei said, "When I arrived, I detected residual Nihility power nearby, so I deviated slightly from my course. By the time I got there, only these things remained."

Lin Yuan's eye twitched slightly.

Di Tian, however, did not hear what followed at all.

He had already stood up from his seat, his eyes fixed on the corner of the screen.

Half a long sword was floating there.

The sword was broken and its surface was covered with cracks, but it still retained an aura that Di Tian could never forget.

He raised his hand and pointed to the screen, his voice trembling noticeably for the first time.

"That is..."

"The Asura God's Super Divine Artifact."

Di Tian's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Asura Sword!"