Chapter 16: Gu Yuena
"Di Tian? What has caused such alarm?"
Her voice was cold and ethereal, yet it contained supreme majesty.
"My Lord, your subordinate has made a significant discovery. The matter is of great importance, and I did not dare to make a decision on my own!"
Di Tian raised his head: "Your subordinate sensed an aura at the edge of the core area..."
He described in detail what he had seen and felt earlier: Bear Lord's violent attack on a seemingly ordinary human youth, the Sky-Tearing Claw being neutralized effortlessly by the opponent, and the youth's physical strength even causing a counter-shock.
Subsequently, an eruption of Dragon Might occurred—one that even he felt trembling from the depths of his bloodline—domineering, peerless, and ancient to the extreme.
He also described the inconceivable moment of Bear Lord's instant submission and his willingness to serve as a mount.
"...That aura, My Lord!"
Di Tian's voice carried a trace of trembling. He weighed his words carefully, his eyes filled with disbelief:
"Its fundamental nobility, dominance, and sense of pure power share the same origin as yours! In certain traits, its ferocity and the primal nature of its power are even more extreme! Your subordinate... your subordinate ventures to guess..."
He did not utter the name, but the implication in his eyes was clear enough.
"Impossible!"
The purple eyes of the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, suddenly constricted. For the first time, her cold voice fluctuated violently, carrying absolute denial:
"Are you certain you did not perceive it incorrectly? Di Tian, do you know what you are saying?!"
She took a sudden step forward, and her invisible pressure caused the ancient trees by the lakeshore to bow down.
In her long life and cognition, that existence—the Golden Dragon King—was the other half of her split self, the incarnation of the Dragon God's violent power, and was sealed by the five Great God Kings in the deepest part of the God Realm's forbidden land!
That seal was of the highest specification in the God Realm, with the Asura Divine Sword as the core and the divine power of the five Great God Kings as reinforcement; it was absolutely impossible to break!
Even if the Golden Dragon King were stronger, he could not possibly break free from the seal and descend to the lower realm without a sound!
"Di Tian, you are my most trusted arm, one of the Nine Great Dragon Kings; your perception and judgment are beyond doubt. But this matter is too preposterous!"
Gu Yuena's tone was full of severity: "The God Realm's seal is extraordinary. With the five Great God Kings presiding, if there were any disturbance, the God Realm would have been shaken long ago. It is impossible for us to have noticed nothing!"
"Your subordinate... your subordinate also finds it hard to believe!"
Di Tian lowered his head. After the initial shock, he also began to doubt whether his perception had deviated or if he had been deceived by some powerful illusion.
"But that aura... that pure physical power origin that felt as if it could crush everything, and that absolute bloodline suppression sufficient to make a recalcitrant fierce beast like Bear Lord submit instantly. Your subordinate has seen it only once in his life; only you, My Lord, can be compared to it. It was by no means fake! Bear Lord's submission cannot be faked either! That human youth—no, that existence—also easily promised Bear Lord a position in the God Realm..."
"A position in the God Realm?"
Gu Yuena's brows furrowed tightly, the light in her purple eyes flashing rapidly.
Promising a position in the God Realm? Such a tone... was arrogant to the point of ignorance, yet it carried a sense of natural certainty.
If it really were that madman, it would indeed be possible!
She fell silent.
The air by the lake seemed to freeze, leaving only the water of the Lake of Life rippling slightly under the starlight.
Di Tian's words were like a pebble thrown into a deep pool, creating massive waves in her heart.
Reason told her it was absolutely impossible, but Di Tian's precise description—especially the feeling of extreme power and the noble pressure of the same origin—was like a thorn driven deep into her cognition.
The Golden Dragon King—that was the existence she understood best and feared most.
They were originally one body; the sensing of each other's aura was a brand etched into the deepest part of their souls.
"Could it be that the God Realm has truly undergone some unimaginable upheaval? Have the five Great God Kings made a mistake?"
A terrifying thought rose in her mind.
After a long time, Gu Yuena took a deep breath, and the shock and doubt in her purple eyes were replaced by determination.
No matter how incredible it was, the situation Di Tian perceived had to be verified!
If it really was the Golden Dragon King, it would be a massive variable that would overturn the entire Douluo Star and even the structure of the God Realm!
Its significance would even far exceed the plan for her main body to awaken from its heavy injuries.
"Di Tian, clean up the traces left by Bear Lord's battle and erase all energy remnants that might attract the God Realm's investigation. For the time being, do not reveal a single word of this to Bi Ji, the Emerald Demon King, or others, except for the two of us."
Gu Yuena's voice returned to its cold state, but with an added weight that brooked no question.
"As you command!" Di Tian immediately responded.
"As for that existence..."
Gu Yuena cast her gaze toward the north, as if piercing through endless space to see the figure racing on Bear Lord's back:
"This seat will personally... take a look."
As her words fell, Gu Yuena's figure began to become illusory. A surging silver radiance separated from her main body; this radiance contained incredibly pure spatial and elemental power, quickly condensing by the lakeside.
As the silver light flowed, a version of Gu Yuena appeared—identical in appearance to her main body but with a much more restrained aura.
This was her clone, carrying a portion of her divine sense and power, sufficient for long-distance investigation and preliminary negotiation without exposing the location and weakened state of her main body.
The clone's purple eyes were equally deep, now filled with inquiry and vigilance.
"Di Tian, stay here to protect my main body. At the same time, stabilize the space and help my clone conceal its tracks; ensure that we avoid any possible perception from the God Realm."
Gu Yuena's main body instructed Di Tian. Her main body remained in the lake, maintaining her deep-level recovery.
"Yes! Rest assured, My Lord!"
Di Tian accepted the command solemnly. His powerful soul power surged as he began to carefully smooth out the surrounding spatial fluctuations to provide cover for the clone.
The Silver Dragon King's clone nodded slightly to the main body, and her figure instantly turned into an almost imperceptible silver stream of light, merging into the cracks of space. At a speed exceeding limits, she followed the direction indicated by Di Tian, silently tracking toward the extreme cold lands of the North.
In her heart, thoughts churned like a tide:
If it really is the Golden Dragon King, how did he break free from the God Realm's seal? What price did he pay?
How much of his strength has he recovered? What is his purpose in descending to the lower realm? Is it pure destruction? Or does he have other plans?
And who is that human youth he took as a disciple? Why was he favored?
What does the Golden Dragon King intend with this move?
The most important thing was—fusion!
The split power of the Dragon God! This was the goal she had been bitterly pursuing for hundreds of millions of years!
If the Golden Dragon King has truly escaped, and his state is not uncontrollable—this might be the only and greatest opportunity she has waited countless ages for: to recast the glory of the Dragon God and seek revenge against the God Realm!
Of course, it could also be a catastrophic disaster. She knew the Golden Dragon King's violent nature and unpredictability better than anyone.
Contacting him rashly carried immense risk.
"Regardless, I must confirm it with my own eyes!"
A flash of decisiveness and a deeply hidden longing crossed the clone's eyes:
"Golden Dragon King, I hope it is truly you. It is time for our accounts to be settled properly... or perhaps, they no longer need to be settled."
The silver light cut through the sky of the Northern Border, carrying Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena's doubts, vigilance, and a trace of a primal throb—one she hadn't even noticed herself—as it rapidly chased after the target that could change all fate.
Lin Yu, or rather, the Golden Dragon King who very likely broke free from the shackles of the God Realm!