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"Master, that area is currently under strict control by the Tang Sect. If we wish to enter, we will have to force our way in," Di Tian reported, not avoiding Bai Xu's presence.
"Then force it open," Gu Yuena declared, her tone leaving no room for argument, as if she had fully reverted to her Silver Dragon form. She turned to Bai Xu and said, "You will accompany me into the Dragon Valley. Once we obtain the Dragon God's Core, you may use it once."
Bai Xu nodded. "Agreed."
"Di Tian," Gu Yuena continued.
"Your servant is here."
"Separate a strand of your spiritual energy and attach it to Bai Xu. You once served the Dragon God and have the right to know the truth about the great war."
Di Tian was taken aback. "Master, are you referring to the war between the Dragon Clan and the human deities?"
Gu Yuena glanced at Bai Xu. "Ask him."
Di Tian's expression turned grave. "I was present during that great war… I witnessed with my own eyes the Asura God splitting the Dragon God in two. What more is there to explain? Could what I saw with my own eyes be false?"
For dragons like Di Tian, who had lived through the era of the Dragon God, only the Dragon God was the true master in their hearts. The current Silver Dragon King was merely the one most likely to become the Dragon God.
Deep down, he harbored his own selfish desires—to see the Dragon God reborn and to restore the glory of the Dragon Clan.
For this dream, he was willing to bow, to protect, and to sacrifice everything. That was why, in the original story, even against the Silver Dragon King's wishes, he repeatedly targeted Tang Wulin, who carried the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, until Gu Yuena's power was restored and he was forced to stop.
Bai Xu looked at Di Tian and sighed. "Right now, you don't seem like the Dragon God's chief guard. Instead, you resemble a fanatical devotee of the Dragon God. For a dragon like you, raised within the Dragon Clan, it's only natural to revere the Dragon God. But, Di Tian—admiration is the emotion furthest from understanding!"
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The figures of Bai Xu and the other two tumbled out of the spatial rift, landing on a grassy plain. Di Tian stood frozen, visibly shaken—an uncharacteristic loss of composure.
Bai Xu continued, "They say distance creates beauty. Though you were the chief guard, that was the extent of your role. The Dragon Clan also had the Nine Great Dragon Kings and the Crown Prince—all Divine Kings, all far closer to the Dragon God than you were. Yet now, the Ten Great Dragon Kings have all perished, the Dragon Clan is nearly extinct, and the Dragon God has been split in two. He has long since departed from you, and his image remains eternally frozen in your heart, endlessly deified by your memories."
"You even know about the Crown Prince… Just how much do you know?" Di Tian narrowed his eyes, staring at Bai Xu with undisguised killing intent for the first time. This man was terrifying—he truly seemed to know everything about the past and the future.
Gu Yuena did not intervene. Though Di Tian harbored murderous intent, he could not kill Bai Xu—not now, and certainly not in the future.
"Everything," Bai Xu stated bluntly, without hesitation.
"Prepare yourself. The Dragon God was not perfect. He, you, and I—we all have flaws."
"Di Tian, let's keep moving," Gu Yuena ordered.
"Yes…"
Suppressing the questions in his heart, Di Tian spent the entire journey pondering Bai Xu's words, occasionally stealing glances at him. This man was truly bizarre—just where had he come from?
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"Master!" +3
Xiong Jun, Chi Wang, and Zi Ji had been waiting atop a large mountain for some time. The moment Bai Xu and the others appeared, they bowed in reverence.
Gu Yuena closed her eyes, sensing quietly. "Rise. This is the pocket dimension. I can feel the resonance in my bloodline… the sorrow of the dragons who perished here…"
"Master, this pocket dimension is guarded by the Tang Sect. If we wish to avoid alerting them, we have no choice but to forcibly open a spatial passage."
"Do it. Prepare yourselves. Separate a strand of your spiritual energy and attach it to Bai Xu. You will accompany us inside."
"As you command."
Di Tian separated a wisp of translucent energy from his brow, which slowly drifted toward Bai Xu. He explained, "This spiritual energy will not harm you in any way. Once you and Master enter the Dragon Valley, it will serve as my eyes."
"Understood."
Bai Xu and Gu Yuena stepped back. She asked, "Though I trust you, this concerns the Dragon God. Are you certain what you say is true?"
"Absolutely. The fact that you, as the Silver Dragon, lack these memories proves they were meant to be hidden. Whether intentional or not, no one has uncovered the truth. I am like a shovel. The choice to dig is yours. Will you tear off this false mask and bravely face the truth of your clan's destruction? Or will you press forward, disregarding everything to become another Dragon God? The decision is yours."
Gu Yuena's brows furrowed, but she said nothing more.
To avoid detection by powerful forces, the group moved far from the Dragon Valley's entrance, arriving at a desolate mountain range where they prepared to force open the passage.
Di Tian and the others assumed their true forms, unleashing their soul power and shaking the fabric of space.
A beam of light tore through the sky, spreading a radiant, multicolored glow as a massive rift appeared.
Without hesitation, Bai Xu and Gu Yuena leaped inside. With her spatial element enveloping Bai Xu, the disorienting sensation of spatial travel was nullified. After a brief freefall, they landed steadily on a vast landmass.
The Star Luo Continent had many similar spatial rifts, though most were unstable and prone to collapse. A rare few, however, were stable, connecting to unique realms.
The Dragon Valley was like a shattered continent trapped within a spatial rift, forming a delicate equilibrium. It had its own ecosystem but was not a planet—merely a flat expanse beneath a domed sky. If the spatial rift destabilized, this pocket dimension would be destroyed.
"Ah, so many dragon souls!" Bai Xu exclaimed, his primordial spirit leaving his body to hover midair as he surveyed the land with his spiritual sense.
"They're all fragmented souls, barely sentient, acting on instinct…"
"Something is calling to me. Let's hurry." Guided by her instincts, Gu Yuena swiftly advanced toward the valley's heart.
The outskirts were teeming with dragon souls, most of them mindless, attacking anything that drew near. As they ventured deeper, the number of souls decreased, but those they encountered were all true dragon spirits.
Whenever one threatened to attack, a flash of Gu Yuena's violet eyes made it retreat, submitting to her presence.
Soon, they reached the summit overlooking the valley.
The valley was entirely sunken inward—less a valley and more a vast basin.
From their vantage point, the depths stretched endlessly, shrouded in mist and twilight.
But within the thousand-meter-deep basin, the ground was littered with enormous skeletal remains. The moment Gu Yuena reached the edge and gazed downward, an indescribable grief surged through her heart.
From within the Dragon Valley, faint, mournful draconic roars echoed like sorrowful laments.
Gu Yuena pressed a hand to her chest, suppressing the urge to let out a roar of her own.
Silver light split apart as Gu Yue and Na'er reappeared, both silent as they bore witness to the final resting place of their kind.
"Let's go. No hesitation." Bai Xu, feeling no connection to the scene, spoke impassively before leaping into the valley.