Chapter 2: Dragon Might Shakes the Star Dou
"Become the next Huo Yuhao? That means I've transmigrated into the Peerless Tang Sect era." Lin Yun nodded thoughtfully.
And who was Huo Yuhao?
The protagonist of the Peerless Tang Sect period, nicknamed Huo Cheat—trained like a dog by Tang San, the pitiful son-in-law of the Tang Clan, the number-one tragic figure of Peerless Tang Sect.
Have a transmigrator like me grovel at Tang San's feet? Willingly put a dog collar around my own neck?
Impossible. Absolutely impossible!
"I choose option one! I'll crush Tang San and kill that two-faced, hypocritical mutt!" Lin Yun made his decision without hesitation.
A faint, barely perceptible chuckle echoed—seemingly satisfied—but Lin Yun didn't hear it. His vision was completely overtaken by a dazzling golden light.
[Choice confirmed. Reward granted. Begin your journey, young one!]
In the world of consciousness.
The blinding golden light finally condensed into a colossal golden dragon, taller than a mountain. Its crimson vertical pupils locked eyes with Lin Yun—and then the dragon let out a thunderous roar that shook the heavens.
ROAR——
The next instant, the massive dragon's body slammed into Lin Yun's chest. Despite being a completely unequal matchup, like a watermelon smashing into a sesame seed, the watermelon melted directly into the sesame seed's body.
The dragon's form began to fade. Crimson streamers imbued with overwhelming dragon might surged into Lin Yun's heart. His heartbeat thundered. The crimson energy gradually merged into his bloodstream and flowed throughout his body.
In the outside world, Lin Yun's mouth let out a piercing cry, echoing with the same dragon's roar.
His originally thick black hair began to turn golden at the roots, eventually glowing with a brilliant luster like pure gold.
His once frail, baby-fat body began to stretch, becoming lean and powerful. Supple muscle rose across his limbs—firm yet not bulky. His cute features sharpened, turning striking and handsome, with a hint of innate majesty in his youthful brow.
ROAR——
The dragon's roar resounded again as its golden phantom reappeared, howling at the sky behind Lin Yun before crashing into his body once more.
Lin Yun's tightly shut eyes suddenly opened. His dark-brown pupils had turned completely crimson, and his round pupils shrank into vertical slits.
Blood-Red Dragon Eyes!
The clang of metal rang out repeatedly. Pain filled Lin Yun's expression as he clutched his right hand with his left.
On his right arm, the skin began to ripple rhythmically before splitting open. No blood flowed out. Instead, golden dragon scales started to grow from the cracks.
His right arm was transforming—into a powerful, fearsome dragon claw!
ROAR——
The tremendous power fully merged into his body. Lin Yun let out a cathartic roar, and a boundless wave of dragon might erupted from within him, sweeping across the entire Star Dou Great Forest!
BOOM!!!
"He's back!"
Deep within the Lake of Life, in a secret, hidden space, a slender silver-scaled dragon suddenly opened her eyes. Within those bright purple dragon pupils gleamed an uncontrollable joy.
She had felt it—it was his power!
A tall, two-meter man appeared in an instant. His black robe made him look strong and imposing. Thick black hair fell loosely behind him, with a single golden lock drifting across his forehead. His vertical golden eyes radiated overwhelming majesty.
But at this moment, his expression was filled with reverence as he knelt on one knee before the silver dragon.
"Master!"
"Ditian, go! He's back—he's right here in the Star Dou Great Forest!" the silver dragon said excitedly, her melodious voice trembling with urgency.
"Yes, Master!" Ditian responded respectfully, a barely restrained joy also on his face.
Another Master had returned!
He turned and stepped through a spatial gate. Ditian's figure disappeared from the realm.
Suppressing her joy, the silver dragon turned to look at her own draconic body.
There, a terrifying wound nearly cleaving her in half glowed with a bloody light. The mangled flesh squirmed, trying to heal—yet the blood-colored glow continued to prevent any recovery.
"I am gravely wounded, my condition has fallen to its lowest, and I haven't recovered in hundreds of thousands of years… and what about you, who fought in that war as well?"
…
"This is… power!"
The soul-piercing pain gradually faded. Lin Yun's blood-red vertical pupils slowly focused. He looked down at his right hand, now transformed into a dragon claw.
And then at his chest…
There, a majestic golden dragon lay coiled across his torso like a divine tattoo, wrapped around him in an elegant pattern.
Martial Soul — Golden Dragon King!
"So this is the gift you've given me?" Lin Yun lifted his head to the sky, a smile curling at his lips.
"Thank you…!"
I will not let you down.
The next moment, darkness fell before his eyes. The overwhelming power receded like the tide. His crimson vertical pupils turned to golden round ones. The scales on his dragon arm began to retreat beneath the skin, restoring his arm to a fair, slender human form.
Though the unknown existence had perfectly merged the Golden Dragon King bloodline into Lin Yun's body and awakened his martial soul, Lin Yun himself was still far too weak.
After the fusion completed, his exhausted spirit instantly sank into slumber. His body also needed time to adapt to the terrifying power it had just inherited.
BOOM—KRAK!
Just three hundred meters above where Lin Yun lay unconscious, dark clouds rapidly gathered without warning. Thunderbolts raged through the sky. A spatial rift was torn open by a terrifying force.
"Hahahaha…"
"To wield the sun and moon and pluck the stars—none in this world compare to me!"
"Who would've thought… a fragment of this old man's soul could actually survive…"
A small gray orb suddenly appeared, trembling in place for a moment before transforming into a streak of gray light. It shot straight into Lin Yun's forehead and entered his spiritual sea.
It wasn't supposed to appear at this point in time. But the vast energy from Lin Yun's bloodline fusion, combined with a previous unknown being's gaze into this place along the river of time, had triggered immense temporal fluctuations.
That was what enabled this mysterious powerhouse—who shouldn't have been here—to descend upon this world.
Silence returned.
The Mandrake Snake and Gale Demon Wolf, once a deadly threat to Lin Yun, now lay motionless. Blood poured from their orifices, their souls shattered into nothingness. All that remained were their lifeless corpses.
And…
Two slowly floating yellow soul rings above their remains.
Though Lin Yun was still unconscious, his body continued to emit a faint yet overpowering dragon might. This aura instilled such terror in the surrounding soul beasts that none dared approach.
Until—
A black figure quietly appeared on the scene, golden vertical pupils fixed excitedly on the slumbering Lin Yun.
"Master… your servant has found you!"
(End of Chapter)