Chapter 222: The Silver Dragon King, a Blank Slate
As the light faded, the Silver Dragon King transformed into her human form. She looked exactly as she did in the video, her long silver hair cascading down her back, each strand smooth and glistening like crystalline silk. Her long eyelashes curled elegantly, framing her clear violet eyes, which shimmered like a vast starry sky. Whether in her dragon form or human form, she possessed an unparalleled beauty.
After taking on her human form, the Silver Dragon King turned to the leader of the soul beasts, Di Tian, and said, "Make preparations. We are heading to the human world."
"Yes, my lord."
Di Tian did not hesitate. He believed that since their ruler had chosen to awaken at this moment, it meant she had undoubtedly seen the video. Having witnessed the future it depicted, she must have already devised a plan for the soul beasts. As a subordinate, his duty was simply to obey orders.
The other soul beasts had no objections. After all, the Silver Dragon King was the undisputed ruler of their kind. Nearly every soul beast on the Douluo Continent had originated from the divine beasts that perished in battle against the Divine Realm, their essence nurturing the new generations of soul beasts. As the last remnant of the Dragon God who once led all divine beasts her position as the leader of all soul beasts was unquestionable.
As for why she wanted to go to the human world, the soul beasts could already guess it was surely to seek out the White Cloud City Lord from the video.
After all, the solution to their shackles lay in his hands.
No matter how much the soul beasts might have despised humans, they couldn't deny their ingenuity and terrifying potential for growth.
Take the soul contract system, for example. On the surface, it seemed like a simple contract, but in reality, it was anything but. Even the Silver Dragon King herself could not have created such a thing, yet a human who had lived for less than a few hundred years had accomplished it.
Talent was an unreasonable force.
As Di Tian and the others had predicted, the Silver Dragon King's reason for awakening was indeed to seek out Ye Cheng, the White Cloud City Lord from the video. She needed the method of forming contracts with soul beasts.
Under the Divine Realm's oppressive restrictions, it was impossible for her to cultivate a powerful force among her kind. The only way to do so was through soul contracts. Only by establishing these contracts could her subordinates grow into divine beasts.
If Di Tian and the others could not break through to become divine beasts, they would be of no value to her. When the inevitable clash with the Divine Realm occurred in the future, they wouldn't even be qualified to serve as cannon fodder.
Moreover, the video had shown that humanity was not necessarily the enemy of soul beasts. Without interference from the Divine Realm, the two races could live together peacefully perhaps even harmoniously.
Most importantly, in the video's final moments, Ye Cheng had openly condemned the Divine Realm before destroying it effortlessly.
That scene had filled the Silver Dragon King with indescribable satisfaction. It felt as if a burden she had carried for countless years had suddenly been lifted, as if an immense pressure had finally been released.
To say it was "satisfying" would be an understatement.
Though she had never met Ye Cheng, she already felt a strong connection to him. If this were a romance novel, her starting affection for him would already be at 70% before they had even met.
At that level of affinity, even if Ye Cheng suddenly proposed to her on the spot, she wouldn't be angry. In fact, she might seriously consider it her chances of accepting or rejecting would be fifty fifty.
The reason for this was simple.
Despite her long lifespan, the Silver Dragon King had not experienced much. Her mindset was no different from that of an ordinary young woman. If that weren't the case, she would never have fallen in love with Tang Wulin in the original story a situation as absurd as it was ridiculous.
If she truly possessed the wisdom of a divine beast who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, would she really have fallen for a boy who wasn't even a fraction of her age? Would she have acted so impulsively, driven by emotion?
Of course not.
When the Dragon God was on the verge of death, besieged by the five Divine Kings, he split his power into two new beings Gold Dragon King and Silver Dragon King each inheriting a portion of his divine authority. They were not merely fragments of his existence but entirely new life forms.
From the moment she was born, the Silver Dragon King was thrown into war. The Divine Kings hunted her, leaving her grievously wounded. With no choice, she fled through space, barely managing to escape to the Douluo Continent.
But due to her severe injuries, she spent most of the following hundreds of thousands of years in deep slumber, healing. Her interactions with the world were minimal. Her understanding of life was almost entirely derived from the memories left behind by the Dragon God.
In a sense, the Silver Dragon King was like a blank slate a newborn.
Though she possessed the Dragon God's memories, they were merely information, not experiences. She had never felt emotions like love or attachment. She knew of their existence but had never truly understood their impact.
Love, once experienced, was uncontrollable. It had the power to change someone completely.
That was why, in the original story, when she split off a part of herself as Na'er, and Na'er fell for Tang Wulin, her eventual fusion with Na'er overwhelmed her. The emotions Na'er carried completely shattered her defenses.
So, the Silver Dragon King was far from the cunning, old, battle hardened creature some imagined her to be.
In matters of emotion, she was utterly inexperienced easily swayed, easily moved.
Of course, that didn't mean she lacked pride.
As the descendant of the Dragon God, she had an innate arrogance. She would never give the time of day to ordinary mortals. If someone wanted to get close to her, they had to be her equal or at least someone she acknowledged as worthy.
Tang Wulin had met this criterion simply because he carried the Gold Dragon King's power. To her, he was essentially the reincarnation of the Gold Dragon King. That was why she had paid him any attention at all.
But back to the present
After deciding to journey to the human world to find Ye Cheng, the Silver Dragon King wasted no time. She chose only two powerful female soul beasts to accompany her as attendants. These two were Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan, and Zi Ji, the Dark Demon Dragon.
As for Di Tian and the other hot tempered male beasts, they were left behind to guard the forest. The last thing she wanted was to return and find their home stolen due to a lapse in security.
(End of Chapter)
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