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Blood trickled from the corner of Gu Yuena's mouth as she cried out in anguish, "Don't you dare!! Do not think I am unaware of your disguise!! The evil aura upon your body makes me sick!! You are nothing but a puppet nurtured by the consciousness of the universe!!"
"Cosmic consciousness?! I am myself! I am the Golden Dragon King!!" The Golden Dragon King's reptilian pupils flashed with a blinding, sharp brilliance.
"Ahhh!!!"
The Golden Dragon King felt as if his head were about to explode. However, as the Golden Dragon King, he immediately sensed that the Silver Dragon King was ceaselessly utilizing the Heart of the Dragon God to attack his Spiritual Sea.
He immediately activated the Golden Dragon Spear. In an instant, the Silver Dragon King's blood essence was forcibly absorbed by him, allowing his spirit to recover slightly.
A streak of golden light flashed from the center of the Abyssal Sage King's brow, smashing straight toward the Silver Dragon King.
"Silver Dragon King!! Whether you want to or not, you and I are originally one!! Just be obedient, become my nourishment, and fuse with me!!"
The moment the golden light collided with Gu Yuena, she was similarly converted into a brilliant silver light.
At this moment, the Golden Dragon King transformed into the physical origin of the Dragon God, while the Silver Dragon King transformed into the spiritual origin of the Dragon God. The two began to merge.
Feeling her own consciousness being ground away, Gu Yuena continued to firm her resolve.
She could not sleep yet!!
If she slept now, she would never see Ye Lan again!!
Sensing the Silver Dragon King's powerful will, the Golden Dragon King—while fusing with the spiritual origin—saw flashes of the Silver Dragon King's memories pass through his mind.
A moment later, the Golden Dragon King's face turned an iron-green hue, and he roared in fury, "Unforgivable!! Silver Dragon King, to think you actually fell in love with a human!!"
"As a member of the Dragon Race, you are an absolute disgrace to our kind!!!"
The thought that after he became the Dragon God, his mind would contain love for a human made the Golden Dragon King's skin crawl with goosebumps.
"Silver Dragon King, wait until I become the Dragon God!!! I will descend upon the Douluo Planet and destroy everything you love!!! Humans? Soul Beasts?? All of them will die for me!!!"
Gu Yuena gritted her teeth. Facing the overpowering Golden Dragon King, she had no energy left to retort.
Hearing that the Golden Dragon King intended to destroy everything she loved—destroying Ye Lan and the Douluo Continent—her resolve spiked.
Amidst the golden and silver radiance, the silver light began to shine even more piercingly. For a split second, the golden light seemed on the verge of collapse.
However, as time passed, the golden light gradually stabilized and began to relentlessly swallow the silver light.
The Golden Dragon King laughed maniacally, "Silver Dragon King, I truly never expected that for the sake of that human, you would transfer your own origin essence to a little silkworm and help it become that human's Soul Ring."
"Hahahahaha!!! You're killing me with laughter!!"
"If you weren't missing that bit of origin essence, I might have actually been swallowed by you just now!!"
"Accept your destiny!! I am the Dragon God!!!!"
Gu Yuena's face grew paler by the second. Sweat the size of beans drenched her cheeks, and a look of despair gradually filled her pupils.
If she were absorbed by the Golden Dragon King, and he became the Dragon God, then Ye Lan would certainly be killed by this new deity.
The Douluo Continent, countless Soul Beasts, and innumerable other cosmic planes would all be slaughtered and devoured by the Dragon God.
With Ye Lan's current strength, he definitely could not stop the Golden Dragon King once he ascended.
She knew Ye Lan needed time. As long as there was enough time...
She believed Ye Lan could surpass her, and surpass even the Dragon God.
Thinking of Ye Lan, the despair in Gu Yuena's eyes gradually shifted into unwavering determination.
No matter what, she had to buy enough time for Ye Lan, even if it cost her life!!
Gu Yuena's mind conjured the image of that figure with blue-gold hair one last time, and a single silver tear fell from her eye.
The instant that crystal-clear silver tear dropped, a spatial rift flashed open beneath her. The tear fell into the rift and vanished.
With her mind fixed on that blue-silver figure for the final time, Gu Yuena immediately detonated her remaining spiritual origin.
"Silver Dragon King!! You lunatic!!!"
The Golden Dragon King panicked instantly. He had never imagined that the Silver Dragon King, for the sake of Ye Lan, would directly choose to die for love just to prevent the birth of the Dragon God.
"You forced me to do this!!! Five years!! Just five years!!!"
"When I thoroughly become the Dragon God, that will be the moment of Douluo's destruction!!!"
A white light flashed within the Golden Dragon King's body, and his consciousness instantly plunged into the chaotic state of gestation.
A nine-colored giant egg, standing eight thousand meters tall, enveloped the Dragon God's physical origin and the scattering spiritual origin. Not a shred of the detonated spiritual origin was allowed to leak out.
The instant the massive nine-colored dragon egg appeared, the first layer of the Abyssal Space was burst open by its sheer presence.
Space cracked wildly in all directions like shattered glass, and the giant dragon egg instantly sank into a rift in space-time, vanishing from sight.
The unconscious Abyssal Sage King was caught in the shockwave of the shattering space. He was instantly sliced into several pieces by the spatial rifts, turning into a black mist that disappeared.
A long time later, under the Abyssal Plane's self-healing mechanism, the broken space was slowly repaired.
beneath the Demon Throne within the Abyssal Demon Palace, a black-purple light flashed.
"What happened??!! Where is that silver-haired woman?" the Abyssal Sage King asked blankly.
Then, with a flash of black-purple soul light in his palm, he saw that the Heavenly Saint Abyssal Halberd was still there, and the Abyssal Sage King let out a long sigh of relief.
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*Douluo Empire, Sunset Forest Soul Beast Protection Area, Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.*
Within the tranquil ocean of blue plants, a spatial rift tore open, and a single silver teardrop landed precisely between Ye Lan's brows.
A cold sensation instantly washed over him, followed by an endless tide of sorrow that drowned his mind.
Ye Lan was startled awake instantly. He looked at the teardrop emitting silver light before his eyes, his pupils contracting.
The silver teardrop gradually manifested into a silver earring. Ye Lan reached out and tightly gripped the earring, and boundless grief once again swept through his mind.
"What is this? Why does my heart ache so much?" A sudden premonition of dread rose within Ye Lan.
He examined the earring closely. It was engraved with faint dragon patterns, and suspended below the silver setting was a transparent, water-drop-shaped silver gem.
Using True Vision, Ye Lan instantly confirmed that the item belonged to Gu Yuena; the soul power fluctuations upon it were identical to those of the Silver Dragon King.
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"Could something have happened to Gu Yuena?"
Ye Lan didn't know why, but his heart was inexplicably panicked.
Just then, the space in front of him was torn open again. Two figures walked out: a middle-aged man in black robes with golden eyes, and the Ice Sky Snow Woman.
"Di Tian, Snow Empress? Why are you here!?" Ye Lan asked in surprise.
The moment Di Tian saw Ye Lan, he hurriedly said, "Ye Lan, this is bad. The Lord... she may have met with misfortune!"
"What happened to her?!" Ye Lan asked, the panic in his heart intensifying.
The Snow Empress looked at Ye Lan, a trace of dazed trance flashing through her eyes, before she spoke. "Not long ago, after the Lord broke through to level 100, she heard about the war at the Abyssal frontline. She went alone to the Extreme North to investigate."
"According to news from the Abyssal frontline, after the Lord killed many Abyssal monsters, she headed toward the deepest part of the Extreme North."
"After that, there has been no news of the Lord."
"More importantly, the spiritual imprints on our bodies have all disappeared."
As she said this, the Snow Empress's eyes dimmed.
"Spiritual imprints?!" Ye Lan asked, confused.
"Ye Lan, a spiritual imprint is a mark the Lord leaves on us Soul Beasts. If we are in danger, the Lord knows immediately."
"But suddenly, the spiritual imprints on all of us vanished."
"There is only one possibility for this: The Lord has fallen," Di Tian said with a grim expression.
Ye Lan's face went instantly pale. He never expected that after that battle, the news he would receive of Gu Yuena would be her death.
Di Tian gripped Ye Lan's shoulders with both hands, lowering his head as he said in a deep voice, "Ye Lan, I beg of you—slaughter your way into the Abyssal Plane!! Kill the Abyssal Sage King and avenge the Lord!!!"
"The Lord was likely ambushed. Although her spiritual power is immense, her physical body is her weakness."
"Although I don't know how the Abyssal Sage King did it, anything is possible."
Ye Lan tightened his grip on the earring in his palm and nodded, Gu Yuena's smiling face floating in his mind. "I understand."
Seeing Ye Lan's depressed state, the Snow Empress grabbed Ye Lan's right hand with both of hers. "Ye Lan, let us work hard together!!"
Di Tian added, "As long as we can breach the Abyss and avenge the Lord, the Soul Beast clan is willing to pay any price!!"
The Snow Empress's cold hands conveyed Gu Yuena's care. For some reason, Ye Lan sensed a shadow of Gu Yuena within the Snow Empress.
He looked up at the Ice Sky Snow Woman in surprise and disbelief; it was as if Gu Yuena were right in front of him.
Facing the Snow Empress, who was like a plum blossom in the snow, Ye Lan quickly retracted his offending gaze. He turned to Di Tian and said, "Senior Di Tian, let us strive together! If Gu Yuena is truly dead, I will drag her back even from hell!!"
"Good!!! I was waiting for those words!! The hope of the Douluo Planet now rests on you!! As long as you still have a fighting spirit, the Abyssal Plane is nothing worth mentioning!!" Di Tian affirmed. He knew very well how terrifying Ye Lan, who possessed talent surpassing the Lord, truly was.
"Senior Di Tian, take me to the Abyssal frontline. I want to see how this Abyssal Plane should be conquered," Ye Lan said.
Just as Di Tian was about to take Ye Lan away, he inadvertently sensed the Blue Silver Forest surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and a drop of cold sweat rolled down his forehead.
He was shocked to discover that the surrounding blue ocean was actually composed entirely of hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass!!!
There were likely hundreds of thousands of them. Di Tian made a rough calculation and was stunned to realize that even if he added up every hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in the entire history of the Douluo Continent, there wouldn't be as many as the Blue Silver Grass in this outer perimeter.
"Ye Lan, I don't know whether to call you the Son of Soul Beasts or the Creator of Soul Beasts... isn't this number of hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts outside a bit too much?!!"
Ye Lan waved his hand helplessly. "Senior Di Tian, you know my martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. It's perfectly reasonable for me to cultivate some Blue Silver Grass, right?"
I don't believe you for a second!
Di Tian retorted internally. Even if this place was unique, and even with the Soul Beast luck on Ye Lan, it shouldn't be possible to cultivate this many hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts. If the outside were full of hundred-year Soul Beasts, he would find it normal, but that blue ocean was entirely made of hundred-thousand-year ones!!
The Snow Empress and Di Tian looked at the waves of the blue ocean in shock. They gained even more confidence in Ye Lan's ability to avenge the Lord. Once a full-scale war with the Abyssal Plane began, these Blue Silver Grass alone would be enough for the Abyss to suffer a heavy blow.
"Let's go!" After recovering from his shock, Di Tian tore open space to help transfer Ye Lan and the Snow Empress to the Extreme North.
The three of them descended in a certain space in the southern part of the Extreme North. At this time, there were almost no Abyssal demonic beasts in the outer periphery of the Extreme North, only a scattered few.
Ye Lan saw a squad of Goblins digging a cave below. An ice-blue light surfaced on his head as he directly used the Soul Shock of the million-year Tianmeng Ice Silkworm spiritual skull.
In just an instant, the heads of several Goblins exploded like watermelons, transforming into a black-red mist that drifted toward the north.
A portion of the black-red mist gradually attached itself to his body, and he immediately obtained the Abyssal Buff.
His strength increased by roughly one ten-millionth—to him, it was almost negligible.
"Senior Di Tian, what exactly is this Abyssal Buff?" Ye Lan asked.
"Based on my own fragmented understanding, it is likely the precursor to a 'God Position,' a kind of Abyssal Law. If the Lord were here, she would know, but that should be close to the truth," Di Tian explained.
"Are there side effects?" Ye Lan continued to ask.
"No. Due to the fusion of the Abyssal Plane and the Douluo Planet, regardless of the outcome, only one plane can inevitably exist. Therefore, the Abyssal Buff is like an identity for the future plane," Di Tian explained.
"I understand. Take me to a Spirit Douluo-level Abyssal Dungeon. I want to go in and cleanse it, to see how these dungeons can be conquered," Ye Lan said.
"Alright!!!" Di Tian agreed, leading the two of them on a search.
Since the Extreme North was the Snow Empress's original territory, she was extremely familiar with the terrain. With her guidance, they easily found a Spirit Douluo-level Abyssal Dungeon.
A thousand-meter-tall black octahedron stood erect in the snowy plains. On the pristine white snow, there were countless Abyssal Mammoths, Cyclopes, Lesser Demons, Soul-Devouring Beasts, and more.
"Senior Di Tian, I'm going in. I'll leave these Abyssal monsters for you to vent your anger on," Ye Lan said, looking at the black octahedron.
"ROAR!!!" Di Tian transformed directly into the thousand-meter-long Darkness Demon Dragon King and swept toward the countless Abyssal monsters.
The Ice Empress also appeared, transforming into the Ice Sky Snow Woman, whipping up a storm of ice and snow.
Ye Lan activated Shockwave and charged toward the Spirit Douluo-level Abyssal Dungeon. This dungeon could only be entered by Spirit Douluo; soul masters of other ranks could not enter.
In a split second, as Ye Lan touched the black octahedron, he was instantly teleported inside the Abyssal Dungeon.
The moment Ye Lan entered the dungeon, he felt the malice of the entire world.
Three blood moons hung high in the blood-colored sky. The air was filled with swarms of black insects and countless screeching black bats.
Looking around, the entire purple-black land was bustling with herds of Abyssal Mammoths, Cyclopes, and others.
Their levels were all between rank 80 and 89, corresponding to Spirit Douluo.
Compared to Soul Masters, these Abyssal monsters possessed stronger vitality and defense. In terms of elements, they were slightly weaker than Soul Masters, with their attributes leaning more toward darkness, evil, poison, blood, and the like.
Overall, the monsters of the Abyssal Plane were much stronger than the Soul Masters of the Douluo Continent. It could be said that every Abyssal monster was at least equivalent to a Soul Master possessing a high-grade martial soul.
Ye Lan activated his Golden Dragon Pupils, instantly analyzing the gap between the Abyssal monsters and Soul Masters.
Of course, this analysis was based on the Douluo Continent of ten years ago.
The Soul Masters of today's Douluo Continent were not comparable to those of a decade ago.
Within mere seconds of Ye Lan appearing in the Abyssal Dungeon, under the deliberate targeting of the Abyssal Plane, the Abyssal monsters of the entire world looked up at the "frail" human with blue-silver hair in the sky.
The Abyssal Poison Wasps, bats, and strange birds capable of flight all sped toward Ye Lan. The Lesser Demons, Abyssal Mammoths, and Cyclopes without flight capabilities all gathered various black, purple, and blood-colored energies to launch long-range energy attacks at him.
In just a moment, thousands of Abyssal monsters came surging forth.
(End of Chapter)