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Chapter 564: Dragon God Seal Appears, Recognition from the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings

One red, one blue.

Ethereal dragon shadows coiled around the dragon's remains, and an awe-inspiring pressure like that of the primordial era swept across the entire valley.

The vine soul beasts in the valley trembled. The seven-colored toxic miasma shrouding the mountains was cleared away in an instant.

An ultimate aura descended upon the world, carrying an oppressive draconic might.

Silver hair fluttered. Yet that oppressive might felt like a spring breeze to Gu Yuena; her expression was calm, seemingly unaffected.

A profound aura surrounded Su Yu as he faced that blazing dragon might head-on, unable to help but sigh inwardly.

Such pure, imposing pressure far surpassed Di Tian and the ice dragon Bingbing.

Though all were pure-blooded dragons, the bloodline of this first-generation Ice and Fire Dragon King was clearly much purer.

"Ang!"

A resonant dragon roar erupted as the red and blue dragon shadows opened their majestic eyes.

The two giant dragons looked down from on high at Gu Yuena and Su Yu below.

"Silver Dragon King!"

The crimson dragon spoke, its eyes fixed on Gu Yuena, its rough voice solemn and full of authority.

"You awakened us. For what purpose?"

The Fire Dragon King's voice boomed like thunder.

"Fire Dragon King, disturbing your slumber is a last resort. The dragon race is in decline and needs your strength."

Gu Yuena opened her red lips and spoke lightly.

"We have already fallen. Only a wisp of remnant soul remains. We fear we cannot help you."

A cool voice sounded. The Ice Dragon King's vertical pupils glowed with a ghostly light.

How could they not wish to contribute to the dragon clan once more?

But they had long since perished.

What use is a single remnant soul?

In a few ten thousand years, even this remnant might dissipate.

They had the will but not the power.

"What this king needs is precisely your remnant souls and god cores."

Gu Yuena said blandly.

"Silver Dragon King, what do you mean by this?"

The Fire Dragon King frowned, puzzled.

"You wish to borrow our god cores to cultivate a new Ice and Fire Dragon King?"

That was the Fire Dragon King's first thought.

With their most essential god cores, one could obtain everything of theirs.

If refined by a pure-blooded dragon, one might even soar to the heavens in a single step.

"Silver Dragon King, if you have a suitable candidate, bring them here. This king is willing to gift my god core to that junior."

Said the Ice Dragon King.

Though it had died, it had never forgotten its identity as a member of the dragon race.

If its legacy could once again serve the dragons, it would not refuse.

Gu Yuena shook her head and looked to Su Yu beside her. "The one who needs your strength is him."

"What? Silver Dragon King, are you joking?"

The Ice Dragon King was shocked.

The Fire Dragon King's eyes flared with flames, gaze turning hostile. "Silver Dragon King, are you in your right mind?"

"He is nothing but a lowly human."

"You had better give this king a reasonable explanation!"

The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had once been illustrious figures among dragons.

At their peaks, each Dragon King was not inferior to any God King.

As two of the Dragon God's nine direct heirs, they had their own pride.

Ordinary dragons might acknowledge the Gold and Silver Dragon Kings as their rulers, but they would not.

They had always pledged allegiance only to the Dragon God, not to either of the Gold or Silver Dragon Kings.

Gu Yuena remained calm. "You'd best look carefully before you speak."

Gu Yuena signaled with her eyes. Su Yu did not hesitate and raised his left hand.

A seal appeared floating in Su Yu's palm.

In an instant, nine-colored radiance burst forth. An illusory nine-colored dragon coiled around the seal.

Su Yu infused soul power. The Dragon God Seal enlarged at once. The nine-colored dragon soared, and dense nine-colored brilliance illuminated the surroundings.

With a stirring dragon chant, an ancient, primordial pressure surged like a tidal wave.

Facing this pressure, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' blazing draconic might melted like snow, forced back into their bodies.

Under the nine-colored glow, the red and blue dragon shadows trembled violently, as though even their illusory forms could scarcely hold.

"Dra… Dragon God pressure—how is this possible?"

The Fire Dragon King's eyes were full of disbelief.

This aura was all too familiar.

Though far weaker than the Dragon God at his peak, the taste was identical.

This was absolutely the Dragon God's pressure—no mistake.

"Impossible, impossible—how can this be?"

The Ice Dragon King cried out. It looked to Gu Yuena and asked repeatedly, "Silver Dragon King, tell this king—who is he, who exactly is he? How can he possess the Dragon God's power?"

A human wielding such pure Dragon God power—

It should not exist!

"Such pure Dragon God power—besides the Dragon God himself, who else could possess it?"

Said Gu Yuena.

"Impossible—he's clearly a human!"

The Ice Dragon King denied.

With its experience, it was not hard to discern Su Yu's race.

Though some dragon blood flowed in Su Yu's veins, his essence was human.

On that, it would not be mistaken.

If this were the Dragon God, how could his bloodline be so lacking?

How could it believe this?

"He is the Dragon God's reincarnation."

Gu Yuena recounted everything, including Su Yu's birth and all that had transpired.

"Though we don't know why the Dragon God's remnant soul reincarnated as a pure human, the Dragon God's power cannot be faked, nor can the resonance with the Dragon God Core."

Hearing this, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings fell silent together.

Born in Dragon Valley, resonating with the Dragon God Core, and possessing the Dragon God's origin power that even the Gold and Silver Dragon Kings could not use—

If not the Dragon God reincarnated, then who?

Compared with bloodline, the Dragon God's power—the origin power of nine elements containing the essences of creation and destruction—was the Dragon God's true foundation.

Su Yu's identity was beyond doubt.

They might mistake a person, but the Dragon God Core would never.

"Silver Dragon King, you intend to help the Dragon God return to the summit?"

Given how weak Su Yu currently was the Ice Dragon King felt it understood Gu Yuena's aim.

"Only when the true Dragon God emerges will our dragon clan have hope!"

Gu Yuena looked at Su Yu, bright eyes gleaming.

To oppose the God Realm—she could not; other soul beasts could not.

Only Su Yu, who could re-inherit the Dragon God's divinity, had that possibility.

Compared to devouring the Golden Dragon King to become a new Dragon God, allowing the true reincarnated Dragon God to reclaim the power originally his would be far simpler.

"This method is feasible."

After long thought, the Fire Dragon King gave its answer.

"But the Dragon God is currently still human. His bloodline problem must still be solved."

Said the Ice Dragon King.

"With the Dragon God's origin power, reforging the bloodline is easy."

"Moreover, we can also lend the Dragon God a hand—help his lordship become a pure-blooded dragon again."

Chapter 565: The Ninth Soul Ring, the Ice Dragon King

The Fire Dragon King's voice carried fervor.

To reforge a Dragon God—just thinking about it made dragons excited.

All the more so if its own bloodline could contribute; that was even more exhilarating.

The Dragon God's status among dragons was supreme.

For the Fire Dragon King, to be needed for the Dragon God's growth was an honor.

"Help the Dragon God become a pure-blooded dragon again?"

The Ice Dragon King was taken aback, then its eyes lit with excitement.

For them, all their essence was condensed in their god cores.

They only needed to inject the power of their god cores into Su Yu's body.

Naturally, Su Yu would gain a pure dragon bloodline.

And the god cores of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings would grant Su Yu the dual bloodlines of ice and fire.

Thus, if Su Yu could gather the bloodlines of the remaining seven Dragon Kings, and add the Dragon God's origin power,

Restoring the Dragon God bloodline would be easy.

Feasible indeed!

Light shone in the Ice Dragon King's eyes. Energetically, it said, "Old Fire, you oaf, you've actually come up with a good idea."

"As long as we gather all nine of our bloodlines, the Dragon God will naturally be able to reforge the Dragon God bloodline."

The Nine Dragon Kings were created by the Dragon God, each inheriting one of his abilities and bloodlines.

Nine Dragon Kings added together might not equal the Dragon God.

But Dragon God remnant soul + Dragon God origin + the essences of the Nine Dragon Kings would absolutely create a new Dragon God bloodline.

After all, the Dragon God lacked nothing else—only a pure dragon bloodline.

And that, they could give.

"Kidding? This king is smart as can be!"

The Fire Dragon King raised its head, smug.

Such a brilliant idea—only someone as clever as it could have thought of it.

The Ice Dragon King clearly knew this old fellow's temperament and didn't bother humoring it.

It gazed at Su Yu with deep reverence.

"Lord Dragon God, what is your will?"

The Ice Dragon King asked respectfully.

Su Yu smiled faintly. "Then I'll trouble you."

The Ice Dragon King hurriedly shook its head. "Lord Dragon God, you're too courteous. This is what we should do."

"To be of service to you is our honor."

The Fire Dragon King chimed in quickly as well.

The two first-generation Dragon Kings who gave Gu Yuena no face at all were now exceptionally respectful once Su Yu's identity was confirmed.

To the Nine Dragon Kings, the Dragon God was not only a leader but a father.

That reverence and devotion was hard for outsiders to understand.

"In that case, let's not delay. Begin."

"Hurry and begin. This king can hardly wait."

Urged the Fire Dragon King.

To have this remnant body still serve the Dragon God—the Fire Dragon King had long been eager.

Gu Yuena gave Su Yu a look. Understanding, Su Yu released the Ice Emperor martial soul.

Seven red, one gold—eight soul rings rippled around him.

"I've reached level ninety and still lack my ninth soul ring."

"Allow me!"

The Ice Dragon King raised its head and leapt forth amid the Fire Dragon King's envious gaze.

The Ice Dragon King's phantom coiled, and its skeletal remains burst with dazzling light.

Extreme cold surged, and ice-blue radiance brimmed with majestic sanctity.

An ice-blue crystal floated up from the Ice Dragon King's bones, its many facets refracting brilliant colors.

"Lord Dragon God, this is my god core, containing all of my divine power and bloodline essence. Though time has eroded some of it, the remaining pure energy is still vast."

"You have already forged a divine body—an ice-attribute divine body at that—perfect for bearing my power."

Under the Ice Dragon King's control, the ice-blue god core swept forward to hover before Su Yu.

Within the god core lay its will. Though it had passed for many years, its control over the core remained deft.

Su Yu received the core and gently stroked it, sensing the vast power within.

A divine beast's god core is akin to a god's divine seed—

Their most primordial energy.

In the Legend of the Dragon King, Tang Wulin soared by relying on the Golden Dragon King's core.

The Ice Dragon King might not match the Golden Dragon King.

This core had also lost much to time.

But, without exaggeration, the remaining energy could still easily spawn a first-rank god.

If Su Yu fully absorbed this core, he could immediately become a first-rank god.

Of course, with Su Yu's current foundation, fully digesting it was still far off.

But initial absorption was no problem.

"Ice Dragon King, I have a soul-spirit method…"

Su Yu explained in detail. Hearing the key parts, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings were thrilled.

"Such a wondrous secret art—worthy of the Dragon God!"

"To fight alongside the Dragon God—what more could we ask for!"

Both dragons grew excited.

"Therefore, I'd like to first make you my soul spirit. That way, absorbing your god core's energy will be much easier."

Su Yu stated his intent.

With a soul spirit's help, handling the core would be much simpler.

"No problem, Lord Dragon God. Please proceed—I will cooperate fully!"

The Ice Dragon King said excitedly.

Su Yu nodded, grasped the god core, formed a seal with his other hand, and with ancient chanting, a golden array enveloped Su Yu and the Ice Dragon King.

The Ice Dragon King's remnant soul sensed a mysterious power descend upon it.

It did not resist; instead, it cooperated. Points of golden light and endless golden mist wrapped man and dragon alike.

Within the golden radiance, the Ice Dragon King's remnant soul seemed to gain an inexplicable blessing and began to transform.

"Ang!"

A great dragon chant rang out. The Ice Dragon King circled Su Yu in flight as a blue-gold soul ring gradually appeared as Su Yu's ninth soul ring.

At the same time, Su Yu pressed the god core into his body. An indescribable, vast energy erupted like a tidal flood.

Brilliant blue-gold light wrapped Su Yu. Extreme cold spread madly outward from him.

Su Yu shone all over. Endless blue-gold brilliance blasted skyward, forming a blue-gold pillar that pierced the heavens.

A terrifying energy fluctuation rippled out for thousands of miles in an instant.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

A mighty divine power swept forth. Su Yu's skin, meridians, bones—even every cell—thrummed with jubilant delight.

Chapter 566: Power of Ice and Fire, Su Yu Transforms into a Pure-Blooded Dragon

This was an evolution—

An evolution of life at its source.

What the Ice Dragon King's god core brought was not merely soul power, but a true transformation from the inside out.

The blue-gold radiance grew ever more dazzling. Every inch of Su Yu's skin seemed to turn to the purest jade.

His heart pounded violently; his blood surged through his veins like a mountain torrent.

Seemingly inexhaustible divine power gathered into Su Yu's limbs and bones, fierce and overbearing.

Every cell in Su Yu's body became like a black hole, greedily drinking in that vast divine power.

"Ang!"

A dragon chant sounded; his tendons and bones sang together.

At the center of Su Yu's brow, a diamond-shaped scale suddenly appeared.

At some point, the ancient azure dragon horns had sprouted atop his head.

Once platinum in color, the horns were now sheathed in blue-gold light, rapidly transforming.

Su Yu's left hand turned into a cyan dragon claw; on his right, dark-gold radiance flashed.

Blue-gold light entwined both claws simultaneously, and blazing draconic might etched itself upon them.

Gradually, the cyan and dark-gold claws transformed into blue-gold dragon claws.

Under the god core's formidable divine power, these two external soul bones were forcibly pushed along a new path of metamorphosis.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, Su Yu's aura surged. Layer upon layer of dragon scales poured uncontrollably from within him.

Scales covered his arms, legs, and torso; even his neck was fully sheathed in blue-gold dragon scales.

After ingesting a dragon pill, Su Yu already possessed a sliver of dragon blood.

Now, under the influence of the Ice Dragon King's core, that dragon blood was exploding!

Scales crept up his cheeks; even his originally ice-blue eyes turned into blue-gold vertical pupils.

In that moment, Su Yu fully became a young dragon-man.

Majestic, rolling bloodline pressure spread in all directions.

Watching Su Yu's transformation, the Fire Dragon King nodded repeatedly. "That's more like it. Now that's easy on the eyes."

Gu Yuena said nothing, but her gaze on Su Yu grew softer.

The Ice Dragon King's god core not only comprehensively strengthened Su Yu's body and spirit; it was also rewriting his bloodline.

For the reincarnated Dragon God to lack a sufficiently pure dragon bloodline would always be a flaw.

The Ice Dragon King was now filling that gap.

Its god core would grant Su Yu a bloodline purer than Di Tian's—

The true first-generation Dragon King bloodline.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

With the god core's power pouring in, humming sounds continued to emanate from Su Yu.

A dense icy aura, carrying extreme vital force, crashed against everything around without restraint.

One blue-gold ring after another rose around Su Yu's body—

Like a different kind of soul ring.

"To manifest bloodline power in this manner?"

The Fire Dragon King spoke with a hint of surprise.

With its eyesight, it could tell these rings were no mere ornament.

They were a sign of bloodline development.

Each ring represented one of the Ice Dragon King's abilities.

Not soul rings, yet similar to them.

Calling them bloodline soul rings would be quite apt.

One blue-gold ring after another rose, enfolding the Ice Emperor's soul rings within.

Inside: seven red, one gold, one blue-gold—nine soul rings pulsed.

Outside: nine blue-gold rings blazed with divine might.

"Zheng!"

Another clear dragon chant rang out as an enormous blue-gold ring appeared outside Su Yu's body.

Ten blue-gold rings made Su Yu all the more sacred.

In that moment, he emanated a pressure transcending heaven and earth, sovereign over the cosmos.

"A god?"

The Fire Dragon King blinked. At this moment, Su Yu seemed to have shattered the Douluo Continent's limits,

Raising his bloodline to a whole new level.

"What a pity. The Dragon God's current physique is limited; he cannot fully inherit Old Ice's entire power yet."

"But Old Ice, I think you can seal the god power in your core for now, but fully release the bloodline power."

"With the Dragon God's origin power, he will certainly digest it."

The Fire Dragon King advised.

As if hearing the Fire Dragon King, the vast divine fluctuations around Su Yu began to withdraw, but his majestic aura only grew denser.

Gradually, dragon scales crept further over Su Yu's face. With a tearing sound, blue light flared behind him.

His clothes ripped. Blue radiance took form—a pair of dragon wings about ten feet long.

A beat of the wings gathered endless ice elements.

The Wings of the Ice Dragon King.

After fusing the Ice Dragon King's bloodline, Su Yu successfully awakened the Ice Dragon King's wings.

These were not wings like those granted by a soul bone; they were his own.

In other words, at the level of bloodline, Su Yu had become a newly born Ice Dragon King.

Su Yu had transformed from a pure human wielding Dragon God power into a pure-blooded dragon in human form.

Much like Snow Empress's state, at this moment, Su Yu was both human and a pure-blooded dragon.

"Good!"

"Well done. Let me, Old Fire, add my share."

The Fire Dragon King shouted excitedly. Under its control, a crimson crystal flew into Su Yu's body.

It was the Fire Dragon King's essence—its god core.

With the Fire Dragon King's core joining, Su Yu shuddered violently.

Ice and fire are naturally incompatible; their repulsion was like needle to awn—how could it be trivial?

"Old Fire, don't mess around. The Dragon God can't bear your power right now."

The Ice Dragon King scolded, deeming him reckless.

The Fire Dragon King chuckled. "This king isn't stupid. How could I endanger the Dragon God?"

"I will inject only pure bloodline into the Dragon God, and seal the god power in my core."

"Don't underestimate this king's wisdom!"

Threads of red-gold essence streamed from the core into Su Yu's limbs and bones.

As promised, it sealed away all divine power and bestowed only its bloodline to Su Yu.

Even so, the Ice Dragon King blood already surging within Su Yu fiercely repelled the Fire Dragon King blood.

But with a flare of nine-colored radiance, the Dragon God's power appeared and soothed all conflict.

The scales upon Su Yu began to change, crimson and ice-blue interweaving as though merging into one.

Even the wings on his back turned blue and red, cold and flame entwined—extraordinarily wondrous.