Recognition... Arthur also knew that obtaining the dragon bones had been too easy, but he didn't understand why the Dragon Kings thought so highly of him.
The Holy Dragon King's light Soul flickered slightly, letting out a long, drawn-out sigh.
"In fact, for some special reasons, we have seen the hope for the Dragon Clan's revival." The light of the soul flame seemed to brighten for a moment as it gazed gently at Arthur. "The heaviness of Yue protects your body, the swiftness of Feng helps you soar, and the time and space of Emerald broadens your vision."
Seen?
Arthur frowned slightly, recalling the future scenes he had seen before.
Is it similar to that?
"My time should have ended a long, long time ago. I kept this residual flame not to linger on, but to take one last look at the hope of the Dragon Clan."
The Holy Dragon King was also quite helpless; the old Dragon God had shut himself away, even going so far as to seek death voluntarily.
After that incident occurred back then, he had hidden away for ages, not daring to come out and face the Dragons.
He had truly exhausted himself worrying about this family.
"You don't need to worry about our purpose." The Holy Dragon King's voice was no longer gentle and long, but became clear and swift, like light itself. "The moment the Dragon God fell, the World fell into a moment of Chaos and disorder. Together, we were able to catch a glimpse of the future."
Several images made purely of light flashed rapidly into Arthur's consciousness.
A thin but resilient thread of Karma extended from Arthur, tightly intertwining with the Gold and Silver Light Cocoon undergoing Fusion deep within the Dragon Valley, while also faintly connecting to some blurred and massive existences beyond distant time and space.
The images came to an abrupt halt.
"You, Arthur, are the greatest Anomaly of the future," the Holy Dragon King said concisely. "Your own trajectory drifts outside many established 'main trunks of fate.' The potential of the 'variable' you carry far exceeds the ordinary."
The Holy Dragon King's light Soul contracted slightly.
"Giving you the dragon bones was not a gift, but a strategic move." The Holy Dragon King's voice carried an unquestionable majesty. "Gathering the Legacy of the Dragon Clan, bearing the Dragon God Imprint, and carrying the Opportunity of the new Dragon God. You are no longer a bystander; you have developed a deep connection with our Dragon Clan."
Arthur understood.
The Dragon Kings had actually seen that he would be incredibly powerful in the future, so they were investing early.
"No, no, no, Senior."
Arthur felt numb and was secretly annoyed with himself.
He had indeed been too greedy this time; he should have stopped after getting the torso bone.
Why leave the Dragon Clan's revival to him? What about Gu Yue? Isn't there Gu Yue?
Arthur was just someone who wanted to ride on others' coattails to victory.
"I think this matter still needs discussion. Wait a moment, let me go out and talk it over with them."
Seeming to know he was being a bit too hasty—
The Holy Dragon King dropped a bombshell.
The light Soul suddenly froze, and that point of pure white soul flame erupted with an unprecedentedly intense light.
The entire space of light shook violently, and all the soft white light contracted inward, condensing into an incredibly clear ultimate vision that existed only deep within Arthur's Soul.
It was not a human city, nor was it a Spirit Beast forest.
It was a realm of "nothingness." It was the end of the Douluo Plane, the starting point of rules, a sea of Chaos where nothing had yet been born.
And within that "nothingness," a point of dazzling light was gestating, expanding, and carving out a path!
In the core of the light, a figure was faintly visible.
It was blurred and hard to distinguish, but its aura resonated faintly with Arthur's Holy Lance, the colorful mark on his forehead, and the Dragon King Power within his body.
Centered on that figure, a vast will acted like a creation axe, splitting open the Chaos.
The Foundation of mountains rose from the void, forming stable land and pillars.
The clear and turbid air currents began to differentiate, giving rise to the endless firmament and the winds of the cycle.
The river of time and the walls of space were woven and fixed, forming an orderly past, present, and future, along with stable dimensions.
Pure light and the fire of creation ignited the core, dispelling the last shadows of Chaos and giving the newborn World the meaning of "existence" and the potential for life... The subsequent images became blurred and finally disappeared.
But Arthur understood.
That scene.
It was him creating a God Realm!
The vision lasted only a moment, but it was more shocking and direct than the previous silhouettes.
The Holy Dragon King's voice followed, no longer containing any gentleness or helplessness, leaving only absolute solemnity and a decisive, iron-clad conclusion:
"Do you see? This is the ultimate variable. Our Dragon Clan's revival needs a new God Realm, and your creation of a God Realm also requires our assistance."
They couldn't speak for anything else, but when it came to creating a God Realm, their Dragon Clan had experience.
Creating a God Realm?
Me?
Arthur admitted he was dumbfounded at this moment. Although he had such thoughts before, they were just fantasies and not meant to be taken seriously.
An opening!
The next second.
Without further explanation or instructions, pure light power, under the Holy Dragon King's control, surged into Arthur's body!
It gathered in his right hand.
Arthur felt as if a star had been stuffed into his right hand. The scalding light power surged through his Meridians, yet strangely it didn't harm him at all. Instead, it followed the patterns of the dragon bones, smoothing and fusing those originally awkward Dragon Clan powers bit by bit.
"Senior, there's really no need." Arthur's voice carried a hint of helplessness. So all that previous gentleness and sighing were just a setup to force this Opportunity upon him?
The Holy Dragon King's light Soul became increasingly intense, almost turning into a physical figure of light. His voice resounded directly in Arthur's mind through his Soul: "This is destiny and choice. You already possess the talent for creation; the Dragon Clan is merely giving you a push."
The light power condensed in the palm of his right hand, gradually turning into a mark flowing with gentle white light. The mark was shaped like a scale and also resembled an ancient seal script; it was precisely the Dragon Clan's Light Dragon Seal.
The moment the seal was formed, the dragon bones in Arthur's body vibrated simultaneously. From the tailbone to the torso bone, and then to the skull that had just been fused, they seemed to connect into an invisible Dragon Vein, continuously feeding power into that Light Dragon Seal.
"This seal serves as a guide to help you command the Legacy of the Dragon Clan, and also as a pact, linking you with the new Dragon God." The Holy Dragon King's voice grew weaker, and the light of his Soul began to dim. "My residual flame is entirely entrusted to you. I leave the Dragon Clan in your hands."
As the words fell, that clump of pure white soul flame, which seemed to have burned for ages, suddenly turned into a stream of light and dove into the Light Dragon Seal in Arthur's palm.
Instantly, Arthur felt countless pieces of information flood into his mind.
The history of the Dragon Clan, the Holy Dragon King's Legacy, and even a fragment of memory regarding the Dragon God creating a God Realm. It was the experience left behind when the Dragon Clan carved out their God Realm—obscure and difficult to understand, yet carrying an incredibly heavy power.
The Light Dragon Seal slowly sank into the panel in his palm, leaving only a faint, gentle white light pattern. The vast flow of information was like an opened floodgate, crashing against Arthur's Sea of Consciousness.
He saw the Dragon God roaring in the Chaos, carving out the first territories with supreme power. The Nine Great Dragon Kings each performed their duties, stabilizing the earth, water, wind, and fire, anchoring time and space, and igniting the light.
It was a glorious and magnificent creation epic belonging to the Dragon Clan. Though it was only broken fragments, it carried an indescribable weight and sense of ancient history.
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