The Space Dragon King Reappears

As the Bone Dragon fell, Xu Xingyu, in her fused state, also transformed into a beam of light, and the figures belonging to Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena were separated.

After being separated, the two knelt on the ground, panting heavily. The attack had exhausted all their energy, leaving them in a weakened state before they could fully recover.

Fortunately, the previous attack, Creation Returns to Origin, purified the surrounding Power of Destruction into attribute-free energy, allowing the two to absorb the surrounding energy and recover without hindrance.

As the two recovered, Xu Xingyu began to recall the battle, and glancing at the weakened Gu Yuena beside her, a pang of pain flashed through her heart.

Although his memory of the original novel after Douluo Dalu III: The Legend of the Dragon King was vague—after all, he hadn't had the patience to read it all the way through because it was so bad—he remembered that there was a passage in the original novel where Tang Xianyu used the Heaven-rending Sacred Abyss Halberd to kill a Super God Level powerhouse (about Second-Level God?) when he was level 69.

Admittedly, a large part of his success was due to the energy stored in the Heaven-rending Sacred Abyss Halberd itself, a Super Divine Artifact, and its ability to ignore defenses. But even though he succeeded,

Xu Xingyu, having cultivated in the Origin Primordial Realm, believed that her understanding, application, and creativity in techniques surpassed those of the Tang family who relied on their past achievements.

Despite possessing a cultivation level higher than that of a salted fish and wielding a Super Divine Artifact, he failed to defeat a First-Level God, which was truly infuriating.

If he were stronger, Gu Yuena wouldn't have had to pay such a high price to help him. Originally, it was thought that with his current cultivation level, he could take on the responsibility of protecting Gu Yuena.

In the end, he was still the one being protected. This was the first time Xu Xingyu had felt so weak since reaching his current level.

Just then, a voice interrupted his thoughts, "Starry Night, I never thought I'd see such an expression on your face again. It seems that after several reincarnations, your personality isn't as lazy as before."

Xu Xingyu was taken aback and turned to look at the source of the sound.

The skull of the previously fallen Bone Dragon began to emit an Emerald light. The dragon bones shattered, and in its place came a Head Soul Bone. The sound actually came from the Head Soul Bone.

"You... you wouldn't happen to be... Emerald?"

Upon hearing this, a voice resounded from the skull once more, "It is I, the Space Dragon King, one of the original Nine Great Dragon Kings, and also the Emerald Dragon King. It's been a long time, Starry."

"Yeah, it really has been a long time." Xu Xingyu smiled casually. "But you're still the same as ever, always finding opportunities to tease me."

The Space Dragon King responded with a hint of resentment, "It's because you always take nothing to heart and live only in your own little world."

"Now that you're taking responsibility, you're back to this pathetic state. It would be strange if I didn't mock you, wouldn't it?"

"Hey, Space, you... Waaah..." Gu Yuena immediately wanted to refute the Space Dragon King's words, after all, she had seen Xu Xingyu's contributions to the Dragon Clan over the years.

However, before Gu Yuena could speak, Xu Xingyu stopped her. He himself was still very clear about what he was like as the Starry Dragon Emperor.

Because he didn't want his father and brothers to suffer, he voluntarily withdrew from the right to inherit the Dragon God Divinity, causing the right to fall to his eldest brother, the Light Dragon King, and the Space Dragon King in front of him.

The Space Dragon King harbored some resentment towards his past self because of this, so it was common for him to take the time to mock himself; it was their way of getting along.

"Sigh." A sigh came from the skull, "Never mind, as a sinner of the Dragon Clan, I have no right to say anything more to you."

"A sinner of the Dragon Clan?" Xu Xingyu frowned. Why would the Space Dragon King call himself a sinner of the Dragon Clan?

Even if his memory was incomplete, he knew clearly that the Space Dragon King had always made efforts and contributions to the development of the Dragon Clan. How could he be a sinner against the Dragon Clan?

Could this be related to the Space Dragon King being located in the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon's Tomb?

The Bone Dragon, who had just fought, was also somewhat puzzled. How could the Space Dragon King, even under the influence of Will of Destruction, utter such treasonous words as "the Dragon God must die"?

Before he could ask what was going on, the Space Dragon King continued talking to himself.

"Starry, you still don't understand yourself enough. With the power you possess now, you are more than capable of defeating me when I was in a frenzy."

"It's just that you've used your power too conservatively, which has led to a slight lack of understanding of the power of destruction and creation."

"Remember, don't take your level too seriously. Unless you're facing a God King level being, no one in this world can withstand a single blow from you!!!"

"I hope my last bit of strength can help you; it's the only way I can atone for the Dragon Clan's sins."

After speaking, the Head Soul Bone belonging to Emerald transformed into a stream of light and actively merged with Xu Xingyu.

The fusion process went unexpectedly smoothly, without the pain of previous body modifications. Xu Xingyu felt the power that the Soul Bone brought him.

He could feel that with the integration of his Soul Bone, his understanding and control over Power of Space had greatly improved.

Meanwhile, the Soul Bone of the other eight Dragon King also resonated with the arrival of the last Dragon King Soul Bone.

Water, fire, wind, earth, light, darkness, time, space, and stability—the energies within the Nine Great Dragon Kings' Soul Bone were activated.

The power of time and stability merged with the Bloodline Soul Core in his chest, while the remaining seven elements, drawn by the creative energy, converged in Xu Xingyu's dantian, forming a small vortex.

Xu Xingyu knew this was a sign that his Third Soul Core was about to condense. He really didn't expect that the Space Dragon King and the other eight Dragon King would help him so much after their deaths.

With this vortex as a foundation, Xu Xingyu will find it much easier to successfully condense her third Soul Core, unlike Huo Yuhao in the original story who had to go into seclusion for several years to succeed.

Gu Yuena was very happy about this, after all, she had always been worried about Xu Xingyu's three- Soul Core route.

Normally, two Soul Core are enough. A third Soul Core is not necessary for advancement. Although condensing it will grant greater power, the possibility of condensing it is much more difficult as a trade-off.

Especially since Xu Xingyu uses the Yin-Yang Complementarity to unite things, it becomes even more difficult.

Therefore, with such a prototype in place, when Xu Xingyu condensed her Third Soul Core, she only needed to worry about the mutual interference and the path of Soul Power that would occur when the Soul Core took shape.

What puzzled Gu Yuena was why Xu Xingyu's expression remained sullen throughout the process of fusing with the Space Dragon King's Soul Bone.