Xiao Lu, You Wouldn't Want That Either, Would You?

Douluo Continent, ancient times.

With a dull, thunderous crash, a massive silver dragon smashed through the void and plunged into the bottom of a deep pool in a primeval forest.

Gu Yue lay beneath the lake, crimson dragon blood pouring from her back and staining the entire pool blood-red.

"Dad, the divine senses of those bad guys from the Divine Realm still seem to be looking for us outside."

In the Sea of Consciousness, the little girl reminded her timidly.

Gu Yue's heart tightened, and she dared not be careless in the slightest.

There were many deities in the Divine Realm, especially the Asura God. Once they traced the tail of the spatial fluctuations back to them, they would be finished.

Just then, a massive dragon silhouette, black as ink, came speeding through the dense forest above the lake.

It was a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon, carefully cradling a dragon egg that emitted a faint purple glow.

He was none other than the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian, whom his mother, the Dark Dragon King, had sent to this lower realm's Douluo Continent during the great war in the Divine Realm.

The egg in his embrace was the yet-unhatched Hell Demon Dragon King, Zi JI.

As a pure-blooded Dragon King, Di Tian had once been a First-Level God in the Divine Dragon Realm. But after the great war in the Divine Realm and the Dragon God's final curse that "the beast race shall not become gods," Di Tian's cultivation had plummeted, dropping even below the divine level.

Now, sensing a presence whose bloodline surpassed his own, Di Tian was overjoyed. He immediately rushed to the forest with the dragon egg in his arms.

Splash.

The massive silver dragon broke through the lake's surface, slowly rising from the bottom.

At the sight of the enormous silver dragon, Di Tian's golden pupils contracted. He could sense the supreme bloodline of the Dragon God in her.

But there was no such Dragon King in the Divine Dragon Realm or the Divine Realm. Suppressing his excitement, Di Tian asked:

"Your subordinate is Di Tian, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King and captain of the Dragon God's personal guard. On my mother, the Dark Dragon King's orders, I escorted my younger clansister to take refuge on the Douluo Continent. May I ask which Dragon King Your Highness is?"

Gu Yue had not expected that, even after transmigrating into the Silver Dragon King, she would ultimately come to the Douluo Continent.

With a transmigrator's knowledge of the original story, she naturally recognized Di Tian. Her dragon eyes narrowed slightly, and she spoke in a deep voice:

"In the great war of the Divine Dragon Realm, the Dragon God was split in two. The Golden Dragon King, who inherited the Dragon God's Destruction Godhead and evil thoughts, is now sealed away by the Divine Realm. I am the Silver Dragon King, who inherited the Dragon God's wisdom and Creation Godhead."

"From this day forth, I shall be the sovereign of the Soul... beast race."

Gu Yue had meant to say the sovereign of the Soul Beasts, but Soul Beasts had only just been born on the Douluo Continent, influenced by the presences that had leaked from the deities during the great war in the Divine Realm.

On the entire Douluo Continent, not only were there no human Soul Masters, even Soul Beasts had yet to amount to much. The Soul Power in wild beasts' bodies did not amount to even ten years of cultivation, and humanity was only just coming into existence.

Hearing that the Dragon God had fallen and the Divine Dragon Realm had been overthrown, Di Tian felt as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue. But at the sight of the Silver Dragon King before him, an unprecedented hope flared amid his despair. Still holding the dragon egg, he saluted as a subordinate:

"Di Tian of the black dragon bloodline greets my lord!"

"At ease. The deities of the Divine Realm are searching with their divine senses. I will seal off the space at once; you must not expose yourself recklessly."

Without further ado, Gu Yue immediately summoned the Super Divine Artifact she had just seized, the Dragon God Core.

Nine-colored light rippled outward like water, sealing off the spatial fluctuations and blocking all perception of the entire lake and its surroundings in an instant.

Next, Gu Yue used the power of space and the Dragon God Core to carve out an independent space at the bottom of the lake. She brought the Goddess of Life and the Ancient Tree of Life, which had fallen with her and been temporarily sealed, inside, completely severing all contact with the outside world.

"Di Tian, stand guard on the perimeter and take good care of the dragon egg. Do not let any living creature approach this place."

"This subordinate obeys."

Di Tian withdrew to carry out his orders. Only then did Gu Yue enter the space and slowly let out a breath.

But she knew full well that this concealment was by no means permanently invincible. If she did not keep reinforcing the space, God King-level deities descending to the lower realm and conducting a blanket search would find traces sooner or later.

The problem was that her presence was dropping off a cliff.

She had to stabilize this body, which was on the verge of collapse, as quickly as possible before her pursuers arrived.

Earlier, by relying on the Dragon God's residual might, she had still been able to unleash power at the God King level, but even at her peak, the Silver Dragon King herself had only been a Half-Step God King.

Now this grievously injured body had fallen to the early stage of Half-Step God King, and before long, her strength would decline again.

According to the original Douluo IV, when the Silver Dragon King first awakened, she did not even have divine-level strength.

When that time came, never mind dealing with the Asura God or the God of Destruction if they came looking for her; she would struggle to suppress even the Goddess of Life right beside her.

She turned her gaze to the Goddess of Life, who looked no bigger than an ant to her.

"This huge dragon body is too much of a hindrance..."

A thought stirred in Gu Yue's mind, but... she had no idea how to assume human form.

She could control space and use a Super Divine Artifact because those were abilities the Silver Dragon King had inherited from the Dragon God, like innate instincts.

In other words, she could freely use the Silver Dragon King's elemental control and Creation Godhead at the press of a button, just as a Soul Master would. Beyond that, however, she knew nothing.

With no other choice, she sank her consciousness into the Sea of Consciousness and tentatively asked the little silver-haired girl before her:

"Little one, do you have a name?"

The little girl shook her head in innocent confusion and said in a clear voice, "Dad, I was just born. I don't have a name..."

Only then did it suddenly dawn on Gu Yue what the little one had been calling her.

"Wait... why do you keep calling me Dad?"

She blinked her large, clear, innocent amethyst eyes and answered brightly, as though it were only natural:

"Because Dad is Dad."

The corner of Gu Yue's mouth twitched, and she pondered in silence.

The newly split Silver Dragon King had inherited only the Dragon God's memories of the great war in the Divine Dragon Realm, and even those were wrong. Right now, she was like a newly hatched dragon.

Could it be a dragon's instinct to regard the first person it sees after hatching as family?

"Let me correct you. I'm not your dad. Call me Gu Yue," Gu Yue said solemnly.

The little girl nodded obediently. "Okay, Dad Gu Yue!"

"..."

Gu Yue gave up on correcting her.

"In that case, since my name is Gu Yue, your name will be..."

Little Gu Yuena blinked her big, sparkling eyes. "Gu Yuena?"

"Sure, as long as you're happy."

"Okay, Dad Gu Yue."

"..."

Gu Yue rubbed the space between her brows. For some reason, she felt as though she were looking after a child.

She handed control of the body over to little Gu Yuena. Silver light swirled, and the enormous silver dragon's body rapidly shrank.

A moment later, the light faded.

Gu Yue controlled the water element to form a mirror of water before her and examined her reflection.

In the mirror was a little girl with ankle-length silver hair, eyes as clear as amethysts, and skin of a sickly pallor.

Gu Yue exclaimed without thinking, "Damn, I'm cute."

But the next instant, she suddenly realized something was wrong and hurriedly checked.

There was nothing there!

Gu Yue froze on the spot and let out a despairing wail in her heart:

No! My mighty heavenly dragon...

"Dad... why are you kneeling on the ground?" Little Gu Yuena peeked around in the Sea of Consciousness.

"Children shouldn't pry into grown-up affairs."

Unwillingly wiping away a nonexistent bitter tear, Gu Yue forcibly suppressed her grief and indignation and turned her gaze back to the Goddess of Life.

Beneath the Ancient Tree of Life, the Goddess of Life had already awakened and was sealed in place by restraints.

Gu Yue raised a hand and loosened the restraints around her head a little.

As soon as the seal loosened, the Goddess of Life's eyes reddened, and she nearly burst into tears.

The sight of the Dragon God going mad was still vivid in her mind. She feared the silver dragon before her would suddenly declare, "You already have a way to die," and slap her to death, just as the Dragon God had slaughtered the dragon race.

Gu Yue had no time to be tender toward a beauty. Every moment she delayed, her injuries left her body a little weaker.

Taking advantage of her little-girl form, she floated up beside the Goddess of Life's ear and lowered her soft, childish voice, speaking coldly:

"Xiao Lu, answer me. Do you understand your situation now?"

The Goddess of Life looked at the little girl before her, who was much shorter than she was yet radiated dragon might, and bit her lip. "What do you want?"

"Simple. I need your divine power to help me cultivate and heal my injuries."

Seeing the Goddess of Life's suspicion and uncertainty, Gu Yue immediately made a threat:

"If you cooperate obediently, things will be easier for everyone. If you refuse... Xiao Lu, you wouldn't want Xiao Zi, the God of Destruction, to find out that his lover was captured by me and made to do some indescribable things, would you?"

The Goddess of Life's ears turned scarlet with shame and anger. "You... don't talk nonsense! Xiao Zi is my elder brother."

Elder brother?

Gu Yue thought for a moment and quickly sorted things out.

This was the era of the Divine Dragon Realm. By the Divine Realm's reckoning, it would still be several hundred years until the era of Douluo I.

And with one day in the Divine Realm equal to one year in the lower realm, that meant a span of hundreds of thousands of years in the lower plane.

It made sense that the two had not yet become partners.

"So what if he's your elder brother? I know you're in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry yet."

Divine power shimmered faintly in Gu Yue's palm. Using the Silver Dragon King's Creation Godhead, she casually formed an Image Recording Stone.

Then she adjusted the height at which she was floating and pressed a fair, tender little hand against the Goddess of Life's face without the slightest restraint.

Gu Yue even deliberately rubbed her face and waved the Image Recording Stone smugly with her other hand:

"If you don't agree, who knows what might happen next? Later, when I send a copy of this Image Recording Stone to everyone in the Divine Realm, or deliver it to your elder brother myself, what do you think he'll do after he sees it?"

"Y-you... take your hand off me!!"

With the mischievous little hand pinching and kneading her face, the Goddess of Life was ashamed and angry, her thoughts a complete tangle.

Her true form was the Ancient Tree of Life. She had originally been a sapling born from the Destruction Condensate that was the God of Destruction's true form. The two had come into being together, like twins.

Although Xiao Zi was extremely possessive of her, the two were not yet husband and wife, and she had always regarded him as her elder brother.

Even when facing Xiao Zi, she had always maintained a polite distance of three paces.

Yet now, this wicked young dragon was openly threatening her.

In the past, with Xiao Zi protecting her in the Divine Realm, when had she ever encountered such devilish methods?

"Not only that."

Seeing that the Goddess of Life was completely unable to think, Gu Yue withdrew her mischievous little hand and continued her threats with a smile,

"Once I've recovered from my injuries, I'll go outside the Divine Realm and lie in wait for your elder brother. I'll knock him unconscious, then lead him through all 108 lower planes under the Divine Realm's jurisdiction for a public parade."

"And while I'm at it..."

Gu Yue used the wind element to cut a leaf from the Ancient Tree of Life behind the Goddess of Life, then put it in her mouth and chewed.

"I'll chew the leaves of your true form, the Ancient Tree of Life, as snacks every day, and chop up the trunk for firewood, until I've stripped you, that great tree, completely bare!"

That string of utterly deranged threats drained all color from the face of the Goddess of Life, who was even kinder than the Godess of Kindness, and threw her into complete disarray.

Pressured on three fronts-her chastity and reputation, the safety of her true form, and her elder brother's honor-the Goddess of Life closed her eyes. She could only grit her teeth and submit to the humiliation:

"I'll heal your injuries."

"That's a good girl."

Gu Yue pressed a little hand to the Goddess of Life's shoulder and guided the Life Divine Power in her body slowly into her own.

Warm, gentle life force flowed through her body. The agonizing Asura Sword wound on her back was finally suppressed, and its worsening abruptly stopped.

Gu Yue let out a contented breath.

Before she could be happy for long, a new difficulty followed.

The Goddess of Life was currently only a Half-Step God King, while the Asura God was a true God King. Life Divine Power could only suppress the injury; there was no way to eradicate it completely in a short time.

More seriously, the Goddess of Life was restrained and unable to absorb the spiritual power of heaven and earth on her own. After this round of treatment, the divine power in her body was already nearly depleted.

If Gu Yue could not solve the problem of letting her recover mana on her own, this super power bank would soon be useless. And once the supply of divine power was cut off, the injuries in Gu Yue's body might, in the worst case, backlash against her.