Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

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Xuanming seemed to be deep in thought: "What's the difference?"

“The difference is huge.” Gu Yuena’s tone became serious. “The Douluo plane is a mortal plane, and its world barriers and rules cannot support the power of a complete god-level existence for a long time. Therefore, in order to protect these fragile mortal planes, the rules of the universe will naturally suppress all gods who descend here.”

"Whether it's a second-level deity, a first-level deity, or even... a God-King," she said slowly. "When their true forms descend upon the Douluo Plane, their power is greatly suppressed by the plane's rules, preventing them from unleashing their true strength. This is a protective mechanism to prevent god-level power from easily destroying the mortal realm."

“But your situation is completely different.” Gu Yuena pointed at Xuanming. “You became a ‘god’ within the rules, and your divine sense is legal here and is not subject to these restrictions. This means that within the Douluo plane, in terms of the strength and coverage of divine sense alone, even if a God King were to descend, after being suppressed by the rules, he might not be much stronger than you.”

A flash of understanding crossed Xuanming's eyes. This meant that in Douluo Continent, his "home turf," he possessed an almost unrestricted "eyes" and "ears" within a domain that even God Kings were limited in.

“Of course,” Gu Yuena added, “this is only at the level of divine sense perception. At the level of absolute power, even if a God-King is suppressed, the quality and quantity of his divine power are still far beyond what you can currently compare to. You must not let your guard down because of this.”

Xuanming nodded; he naturally understood this principle. Power level was fundamental, while the advantage of divine sense was more evident in its auxiliary and strategic aspects.

Xuanming closed his eyes and carefully examined himself. Suddenly, he noticed something unusual—his divine sense did not seem to be completely stable at the level of the initial stage of the Divine Origin Realm. Instead, it was growing at an extremely slow but unwavering pace!

He informed Gu Yuena of this discovery.

"It's still growing?" Upon hearing this, Gu Yuena's beautiful face revealed an undisguised shock for the first time.

She knew very well that after breaking through the bottleneck, one's spiritual sense would often fall into a long period of stagnation.

Subsequent growth requires the support of divine power and is a process of gradual accumulation. Unless one's spiritual awareness is extremely strong before the breakthrough or one's bloodline talent is extraordinary, it is possible to maintain rapid growth in the early stages. However, one should never be like Xuanming, who naturally and continuously improved after just breaking through or even before fully becoming familiar with the power.

This is unreasonable!
Even she couldn't quite understand Xuanming's current state.

Xuanming remained silent for a moment, seemingly recalling something. He raised his hand, and a faint, chaotic spiritual fluctuation swirled around his fingertips, which he then transmitted to Gu Yuena.

This was during his transformation within the spiritual cocoon, when his consciousness drifted in the boundless ocean of the spirit and accidentally touched upon a strange "point," a "crack" that seemed to connect to an unknown land.

Gu Yuena focused intently on sensing the information within that wisp of spiritual fluctuation, her silver-purple eyes suddenly narrowing!
"This is... a dimensional rift?!" Her voice was filled with disbelief. "And... on the other side of the rift is the Dragon Tomb!"

The Dragon Tomb is the final resting place of the dragon race, a strange space constructed by the fallen Dragon God with his remains and the countless heroic souls of the dragons, containing unimaginable dragon origins and soul power! Xuanming's divine sense unexpectedly connected to the Dragon Tomb during his breakthrough?!

"No wonder...no wonder your divine sense continued to grow after your breakthrough!" Gu Yuena instantly realized, "It's because the vast, ocean-like dragon soul power within the Dragon Tomb is nourishing your primordial spirit through this crack!"

But then, an even greater question arose in his mind: "But... you don't have the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. How could those proud remnant souls of the dragon race allow an outsider, especially a human, to draw power from the Dragon Tomb? It's already a miracle that they haven't torn your soul apart!"

unless……

A flash of lightning seemed to strike Gu Yuena's mind, and she suddenly realized a possibility—the Heart of the Dragon God!
In order to obtain the Dragon God's Heart, she forcibly entered the depths of the Dragon Tomb and faced the test of the Dragon God's remaining divine soul. That test was extremely harsh; the Dragon God's divine soul did not fully recognize her, believing that in her current fragmented and damaged state, she was simply not capable of bearing and controlling the complete power of the Dragon God.

Ultimately, she overcame the trials and obtained the Heart of the Dragon God through sheer willpower and the authority of the Silver Dragon King. At that time, while the Dragon God's soul did not acknowledge her, it also... did not truly stop her.

Now, Xuanming's divine consciousness is not only not being rejected by the Dragon Tomb, but is instead being continuously nourished. This means that... the controller of the Dragon Tomb, the remnant soul of the Dragon God, is actively helping him! It is tacitly allowing, and even guiding, the power of the Dragon Tomb to nourish Xuanming's primordial spirit!
The moment this thought clearly surfaced, Gu Yuena was completely stunned. She stared blankly at Xuan Ming, her heart churning with turbulent emotions, unable to describe her complex feelings at that moment.

Because she had never considered this possibility!
All understanding has always pointed to one point: only the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King can inherit the Dragon God's legacy, and only by merging these two forces of the same origin can the Dragon God's bloodline and glory be restored. This is a deeply ingrained consensus.

But at this moment, the Dragon God's soul's actions pointed to another possibility that everyone, including herself, had overlooked—

growing up!

The Dragon God was not born a supreme god-king! He rose from humble beginnings, undergoing countless years of arduous cultivation and tempering, gradually refining, purifying, and sublimating his bloodline before finally reaching the pinnacle and creating a glorious era for the soul beast race with his own strength!

The power of the Dragon God's bloodline is itself a process of continuous evolution and increasing strength!

The Dragon God's soul chose to help Xuanming, which sent a shocking signal: it recognized Xuanming's potential! It believed that Xuanming possessed the potential to strengthen and evolve his bloodline through his own cultivation, without relying on inheritance, and ultimately reach or even surpass the Dragon God's level back then...
Gu Yuena looked at the human man in front of her, examining him for the first time with a completely new, shocked, and scrutinizing gaze.

She had initially thought that Xuanming was merely an extremely important and potentially powerful ally and partner in her plan for revenge and the revival of the dragon race. But now it seemed that the Dragon God's approval meant that the potential within Xuanming might far exceed her initial expectations!

"What's wrong?" Xuanming asked, noticing Gu Yuena's ever-changing expression.

Gu Yuena looked into Xuanming's questioning, icy blue eyes, her mind racing. In the end, she forcibly suppressed all her turbulent thoughts and that earth-shattering guess.

She stepped forward, stretched out her arms, and gently hugged him, pressing her cheek against his chest, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat.

She did not reveal that the Dragon God's soul had recognized him.

Because she knew that Xuanming's burden was already too heavy. The sacrifices of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King weighed on his heart like two heavy mountains.

To fulfill his promise to the Ice Dragon King and to complete his agreement with her, he had already paid too high a price, and even more than once... entertained some extreme thoughts that even he himself found alarming.

How difficult is the path to the revival of the Soul Beast race? Reviving the Dragon God and restoring the glory of the Dragon race? Even she, the Silver Dragon King, is not entirely confident about this.

As humanity grows stronger with the covert support of the gods, the living space of soul beasts is constantly being squeezed, and their future situation is destined to become increasingly difficult.

She knew very well that Xuanming didn't have much so-called "kinship" feeling towards the human group.

His childhood experiences led him to scoff at the so-called "human righteousness." Similarly, he did not harbor much prejudice against soul beasts that were "not of his kind."

In essence, he probably made no difference between the life and death of humans and soul beasts.

Everything he did from beginning to end was less about helping the soul beast race and more about fulfilling the promise he made to the Ice Dragon King, and... his later agreement with her.

It was this pure yet weighty "commitment," under the dual pressure of immense authority from the divine realm and the uncertainty of the future, that gave rise to those extreme thoughts that even Xuanming himself found alarming. She could clearly sense that Xuanming's thoughts had veered towards an extreme direction more than once—

Since the hope for the revival of the Soul Beast race is slim and the obstacles are enormous, why not try a different approach?
Destroy humanity! (End of Chapter)