I am the son of the Dragon God in Douluo Continent.

Just as Xu Xingyu had imagined, Wang Dong'er and the others were immediately shocked upon learning that Gu Yuena was pregnant.

It should be noted that Wang Dong'er and the others were all eyeing Gu Yuena's position as the empress, and wanted to take her place.

But to everyone's surprise, Gu Yuena got pregnant!

Damn it, doesn't this mean they've completely lost their chance to compete for first place?

(Gu Yuena: "As long as I live, you will all be my concubines!")

It seemed that they could only settle for second place, so after that, Wang Dong'er and the others would spend their evenings practicing dual cultivation with Xu Xingyu, striving not only to advance in cultivation but also to catch up with Gu Yuena's realm.

Anyway, dual cultivation is still cultivation. At most, the process is a little more enjoyable. In any case, they and Xu Xingyu are lovers, so they are not too lax.

Even Wang Dong'er was considering eating her own portion of the Love-Sickness Heartbreak Red to increase her success rate.

However, Xu Xingyu and her mother Xiao Wu dissuaded them, as their divine examination was the priority, and the child could wait.

Of course, Gu Yuena's pregnancy did not prevent her from seeking out Xu Xingyu for dual cultivation at night, just like Wang Dong'er and the others. In fact, she might have been even more eager for different kinds of cultivation than before she was pregnant.

After all, she is a dragon, and dragons are oviparous animals, so giving birth is divided into two stages: laying eggs and hatching.

Before laying eggs, female dragons, unlike other animals, need a maternity leave. They need to obtain more life essence from their partners to nourish the eggs in their wombs so that they can lay eggs successfully. Therefore, every night, Gu Yuena would frantically seek out Xu Xingyu for dual cultivation.

As for the issue of nurturing the fetus, after a female dragon becomes pregnant, her abdomen becomes the most defensive part of her body. This is a physiological instinct to protect the dragon eggs inside. With Gu Yuena's cultivation level, unless it is a deity wielding an ultimate artifact, no one can harm her child.

Xu Xingyu wouldn't allow such a dangerous person to get close to her lover; the only one capable of attacking Gu Yuena is him!

In fact, Xu Xingyu was quite clear that Gu Yuena's successful pregnancy this time was just a prelude to the "Heartbreak Red" incident.

Much of the success was attributed to Gu Yuena's own cultivation level, which was able to withstand the enormous energy of his genetic material, which allowed her to successfully conceive with the help of the Acacia Heartbreak Red.

If it were Wang Dong'er and the others, their bodies could only refine these factors to enhance their own strength, but they were not yet able to withstand the power of these factors to successfully conceive.

Of course, if they successfully become gods, then this problem will no longer exist.

There was no other way; the Dragon God bloodline was the strongest bloodline power in the Douluo Universe, aside from the Creator God and the Heavenly Guardian God.

Xu Xingyu's Dragon God bloodline is a mutated and evolved version, and its power even surpasses that of his Dragon God father.

Therefore, the lower one's cultivation level, the less likely one is to conceive Xu Xingyu's child.

During this period, in addition to her nighttime cultivation, Xu Xingyu also had to work as the leader of the Douluo Three Kingdoms Alliance. In addition, she also had to take time to absorb the dragon energy in Dragon Valley to prepare for her upcoming assessment.

Xu Xingyu's seventh test is called "Refining Bones to Transform into Dragons". In this test, Xu Xingyu must use a large amount of dragon energy to transform his entire skeleton into dragon bones so that he can complete the first step from human to dragon.

During this process, all the soul bones that Xu Xingyu had previously fused with would be stripped away, because although the soul bones of the nine dragon kings were powerful, they were not as good as the bones of the dragon god himself. What belongs to others will never be as good as what belongs to oneself.

Although the soul bones of the nine dragon kings are of great help to him at this stage, these soul bones will inevitably hinder Xu Xingyu's development in the future. Therefore, it is only a matter of time before the soul bones are removed.

Of course, this so-called soul bone stripping does not require Xu Xingyu to cut off his arms and legs like Tang Hao in the original work. He can use his soul power, which is about to be transformed into divine power, to strip the soul bone. It will be a painful process, but Xu Xingyu is already used to pain and it is not a big deal.

Xu Xingyu didn't start because transforming all the bones into dragon bones required absorbing a large amount of dragon energy, transforming the bones one by one step by step.

Therefore, in order to ensure the smooth progress of this bone refining process, Xu Xingyu would go to Dragon Valley every once in a while and then use the power of the Star Dragon Tower to replenish herself with a large amount of dragon energy, in preparation for the day when all her bones would be refined into dragon bones.

After about six months, Xu Xingyu felt that his body had absorbed enough dragon energy and he could start refining his bones. So after discussing it with his loved ones, he left behind a Star Soul clone to handle matters on his behalf.

He then went to Dragon Valley to enter seclusion and begin the bone-refining ritual.

Upon arriving at Dragon Valley, Gu Yuena, Gu Qiuxi, and Ya Lin'er waited for each other near the Star Dragon Tower before leading him to the core of the Star Dragon Tower to prepare for the upcoming bone refining.

Yalin'er said, "I believe Xingyu, you have made sufficient preparations for this bone refining, but there are some things I need to tell you before we begin."

"Speaking."

Yalin'er explained calmly, "The so-called bone refining ritual is actually about refining a large amount of dragon energy to mutate one's bones, causing them to change in the direction of dragon bones."

"Normally, this mutation process is very long. Unless there is a special opportunity, it is impossible to replace all the bones in the body with dragon bones without absorbing dragon energy for hundreds of years."

"But you are different. Not only do you possess the purest bloodline of the Dragon God, allowing you to generate your own dragon energy, but you also have the ability to accelerate the refining of this dragon energy, enabling your bones to transform into dragon bones more quickly."

"A faster way?" After a moment of curiosity, Xu Xingyu seemed to have grasped something. "Could it be elemental lightning tribulation?"

Gu Yuena then spoke up, "That's right, it's elemental lightning tribulation. By activating the power of the seven elements, you can generate seven elemental lightning tribulations within your body to accelerate the refining of dragon energy. If your control is good enough, you can even consider adding your other elements."

"I see." Xu Xingyu nodded. "So that means I can also try to integrate the power of creation and destruction into the lightning tribulation."

Xu Xingyu was quite familiar with elemental lightning tribulations. He not only encountered them when he became a god, but he also often used elemental power to construct lightning tribulations within his own body for cultivation.

Although this approach is somewhat dangerous, it is not difficult for Xu Xingyu, who is blessed with the bloodline of the Dragon God. In fact, if something goes wrong, he can use the power of time to go back to before the incident.

Moreover, he suffered the most terrifying Nine-Colored Chaos Calamity when he was forging the Abyss!

Since I'm going to create a lightning tribulation, it has to be massive, otherwise I'd be letting down my dragon god bloodline! It's just a lightning tribulation, right? Watch me create a lightning tribulation even more terrifying than the Nine-Colored Chaos Tribulation!