Chapter 71: The World Beneath the Lake — The Slumbering Silver Dragon King
An earth-yellow light condensed on the Titan Giant Ape's thick right arm, and the air in front of it was compressed.
A transparent, circular air cannon appeared in front of its fist.
Invisible air was actually compressed into a tangible cannon through the Titan Giant Ape's control over gravity—this alone showed just how terrifying its mastery of gravity was.
The power of this strike was absolutely extraordinary.
Roar—
With a furious roar, the Titan Giant Ape swung its right fist heavily toward Bibi Dong.
In the next moment, a visible wave of air exploded in the sky. The transparent air cannon pierced through the clouds and tore through space, smashing toward Bibi Dong, who was restricted by the two domains.
"Invincible Golden Body!"
Facing the joint attack of the two beast kings, Bibi Dong's expression did not change. A blood-red soul ring on her body lit up instantly, and immediately after, a strong golden light burst forth from her.
The dazzling golden light radiating from Bibi Dong caused the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python's eyes to turn blood-red instantly.
Aunt Wu Qing—
That's right, what Bibi Dong released was a soul skill originating from Xiao Wu's mother, called Invincible Golden Body.
The two soul beasts immediately recognized this soul skill.
Within a short period of time, this soul skill could even block all attacks below the god level.
Even though the Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python were both hundred-thousand-year soul beasts with immense strength, their attacks absolutely could not break the defense of the Invincible Golden Body.
The air cannon struck the location where Bibi Dong stood, followed closely by the cyan mist spat out by the Azure Bull Python.
Boom—
Accompanied by a heaven-shaking explosion, this small world seemed to fall into silence.
In the next second, the ground where Bibi Dong stood collapsed. Mud and soil splashed and exploded in midair, trees fell one after another, and clouds of dust filled the sky.
Even the central lake was affected by the aftermath of the attack, as huge waves surged up one after another.
The Lake Bottom — Another World
At the bottom of the central lake, within another space, a dragon-shaped soul beast as massive as a mountain range lay sleeping with its eyes tightly closed.
This soul beast's appearance leaned more toward a western draconic lizard.
However, its entire body was covered in brilliant silver scales, as if cast from molten silver, emitting a faint silver radiance.
A sacred aura emanated from its body, making one unable to resist the urge to bow in worship.
This was the Silver Dragon King, recuperating within the central lake.
Around the Silver Dragon King was a layer of transparent light, as if separated by a sheet of invisible glass.
In reality, this was a protective measure created by the Silver Dragon King herself—another layer of space.
Outside the spatial barrier sat a tall and imposing man with long black hair.
Strangely, his pupils were a rare dark gold.
This person was none other than the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King—Di Tian.
Also known as Beast God Di Tian, his true body is the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King. Aside from the Dragon God's split forms—the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King—and the Dragon God's Nine Sons, he possesses the purest Black Dragon bloodline and is the current clan leader.
He was bestowed by the Dragon God with the Dragon Clan's supreme technique, the Dragon King Claw, and his strength is extremely formidable.
The Dragon God's Past
In legend, during the ancient era of Douluo Continent, it was the Dragon Clan that ruled the world.
Their ancestor, the Dragon God, relied on his extraordinary innate talent to cultivate into godhood, ascend to the God Realm, and even directly generate his own divine seat.
Because the Dragon God's power was too great, the God Realm Committee sought to restrain him. However, the Dragon God was arrogant by nature and refused to submit. He united other divine beasts and launched a war in the God Realm, fighting against the gods.
At that time, the various magical beasts and soul beasts of the mortal world were still allowed to cultivate to the god level through their own efforts and enter the God Realm, and they even had their own divine system for beasts.
Divine beasts had always been ruled by the gods, but under the Dragon God's leadership, their wild nature erupted, and they sought to unify the God Realm.
The war quickly spread across the entire God Realm.
In the end, the five rulers of the God Realm Committee at that time—the God of Goodness, God of Evil, Asura God, God of Destruction, and Goddess of Life—joined forces, leading the gods in a great battle against the divine beasts.
They ultimately defeated the divine beasts led by the Dragon God, but the gods also suffered heavy losses. Among the Seven Elemental Gods, four first-level gods fell at the hands of the Dragon God.
It was only through the joint efforts of the God of Goodness, God of Evil, the Asura God, and others that the Dragon God was finally defeated.
The Dragon God's divine consciousness and soul were completely shattered, but relying on his immense power, even while gravely injured, he forcibly split himself into two:
The Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.
After his consciousness was completely shattered, it reformed into spiritual awareness, and his once perfect and immensely powerful abilities were inherited separately by the two.
The Golden Dragon King inherited the Dragon God's powerful physical abilities—immense strength, invulnerability, and unparalleled speed.
The Silver Dragon King inherited the Dragon God's ability to control the elements.
After the Split
When the Dragon God split, an enormous amount of energy was released. In order to eliminate all future trouble, the God Realm Committee launched a full-scale pursuit.
In the end, the Golden Dragon King was killed in the God Realm. Everything within its divine soul was erased, leaving only its divine power, which was sealed within the God Realm Committee.
Later, that divine power was used by Tang San, after he became a God King, on his own son, allowing him to become a God King-level powerhouse.
Meanwhile, the Silver Dragon King took advantage of the chaos to escape the God Realm, entered the turbulent flow of space-time, disappeared, and eventually arrived at the Douluo Continent, hiding within the central lake to recover.
Beast God Di Tian and the others guarded the injured Silver Dragon King here.
The upheaval of the Dragon Clan dealt a tremendous blow to the God Realm. Nearly half of the divine positions were left vacant, and it took hundreds of years to recover.
One must know—hundreds of years in the God Realm is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of years in the mortal world.
It took that long for the God Realm to replenish its gods, showing just how devastating that catastrophe was.
After this painful experience, the God Realm Committee issued the harshest divine punishment in history:
From then on, no beasts were allowed to ascend to the God Realm through cultivation.
The path for beasts to ascend was completely sealed, and all divine positions belonging to beasts were abolished.
From that point onward, no matter how powerful a beast became, it would ultimately be suppressed below the God Realm, with absolutely no way to find a path upward.
In the end, they could only remain at the peak of their kind… until death.
As for the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape guarding the central lake, they were the gatekeepers chosen by Di Tian.
Although the battle outside was extremely intense, it had no effect whatsoever on the space where the Silver Dragon King was located.
Because the two were not within the same space—this was also one of the Silver Dragon King's methods.
For the Silver Dragon King, who controlled elemental power, creating a folded space was not difficult at all.
At this moment, a stunning woman dressed in green, with green hair, walked up to Di Tian.
"Di Tian, the two guardian soul beasts outside seem to have encountered danger. Should we intervene?"
A trace of hesitation flashed through Di Tian's golden eyes, but it quickly turned firm. He shook his head.
"Unless someone enters this Lake of Life, no one is allowed to go out."
"Once this space is opened, the God Realm will definitely sense it. Not only will we be exposed, even the Lord's existence will be revealed before the God Realm."
"The Lord has not yet recovered. If discovered by the God Realm, they will inevitably send people down. At that time, what awaits us will be total annihilation."
Hearing this, the green-haired woman nodded.
"I understand. I'll tell Chi King and the others not to act recklessly."
After speaking, she turned and left.
Di Tian closed his eyes once more.
A trace of reluctance flashed through his gaze, and a monstrous killing intent flickered across him before disappearing.
He glanced at the sleeping Silver Dragon King within the spatial barrier and suppressed the killing intent in his heart.
Even if the soul beasts in the outer space went out, the God Realm likely wouldn't discover the Silver Dragon King in a short time.
However, they might notice the abnormalities of this region and send someone to investigate.
Even if it was only a possibility—
Di Tian did not want to take that risk.
Because this concerned the fate of the entire soul beast race.
God Realm…
One day, our soul beast race will rise against you.
Just wait.