anovelconsole Chapter 464 Legend of the Dragon God
Chapter 464 Legend of the Dragon God
After a moment of silence, Di Tian took a deep breath and said:
"Tang Chuan, now that you have inherited the position of the Sea God, you should know that Douluo Continent is not the whole world. Above mortals, there is the God Realm."
"In the past, there were human gods and beast gods in the divine realm."
"However, the current divine realm no longer allows beasts to become gods."
Upon hearing this, Tang Chuan's eyes flickered slightly.
Di Tian continued:
"It wasn't like this a long, long time ago."
"In that era, the divine realm did not consist only of human deities."
"Dragons, phoenixes, qilin, black tortoises, white tigers—all kinds of divine beasts can cultivate to become gods. And the one who governs the lineage of divine beasts is the Dragon God."
When he said the words "Dragon God," Di Tian's voice clearly became more subdued.
That's not just simple respect.
Rather, it is a reverence that originates from the depths of one's blood.
Even though Di Tian is the Black Dragon King, one of the strongest ferocious beasts on the Douluo Continent, and the current ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest, when he talks about the Dragon God, it's still as if he's looking up at a mountain that can never be crossed.
"The Dragon God is the supreme ruler of the Dragon Clan."
"He simultaneously wielded unparalleled physical strength and the power of the elements of heaven and earth. In his era, the dragon race stood at the pinnacle of all beasts, and the divine beast lineage held an extremely high position in the divine realm. However, precisely because he was too powerful, the human deities of the divine realm began to fear the dragon race and the divine beast lineage."
At this point, a hint of coldness appeared in Di Tian's eyes.
"Human gods fear us."
"They fear the continued growth of the divine beast lineage, and they fear the power of the dragon god surpassing the order of the divine realm."
Ultimately, a major battle broke out between the two sides.
That battle was later known as the Battle of the Dragon God.
At this moment, in the ominous land, the wind suddenly subsided. Bi Ji, Zi Ji, Xiong Jun, Wan Yao Wang, and Chi Wang all remained silent. Clearly, this history was not just a legend for the soul beast lineage, but a history passed down from their ancestors.
Di Tian slowly said:
"The Dragon God led the lineage of divine beasts to war against the gods of the divine realm."
"That battle shattered the divine realm, and many gods perished."
"The divine beast lineage suffered heavy losses, and countless human deities were also killed or wounded."
"But in the end, we were the ones who lost."
Tang Chuan remained calm, but a hint of seriousness appeared in his eyes.
Di Tian continued:
"The gods of the divine realm joined forces to suppress the Dragon God. The benevolent God King, the evil God King, and the Asura God, the enforcer of the divine realm, all participated in that battle."
"Finally, the Dragon God was struck down by the Asura God's sword."
"The body of the Dragon God was split in two."
Xiao Ruier's expression changed upon hearing this.
She possesses the bloodline of the Golden Dragon and is naturally sensitive to the word "Dragon God." Upon hearing that the Dragon God had been cut in two, she subconsciously tightened her grip on the Golden Dragon Spear.
Di Tian glanced at her, then lowered his voice and said:
"Although the Dragon God was defeated, he was not completely destroyed."
"Its origin was split in two. One half inherited the Dragon God's most powerful physical body and strength, and was called the Golden Dragon King. The other half inherited the Dragon God's divine soul, wisdom, and the power to control and create elements, and was called the Silver Dragon King."
"The Golden Dragon King was sealed deep within the divine realm by the gods. The Silver Dragon King, our lord, however, tore through space while severely injured, escaped the divine realm, and fell to the mortal realm."
As he said this, his gaze turned to the deepest part of the ominous place.
A silvery glow flickered there.
It's like a moon sleeping deep in the forest.
"After arriving in Douluo Continent, our lord was severely injured."
"She cannot appear in the world, nor can she reveal her presence. She can only slumber in the deepest part of the Star Dou Great Forest, slowly recovering by relying on the life force of this continent and the offerings of the soul beast lineage. We ferocious beasts guard this perilous land, but what we are truly protecting is not just the Star Dou Great Forest, but our lord."
Upon hearing this, Tang Chuan looked at Di Tian and asked in a deep voice:
"So, you've been hiding the existence of the Silver Dragon King all these years."
Di Tian nodded, without denying it.
"good."
"Because once the existence of the Lord is discovered by the divine realm, the divine realm will surely unleash divine punishment once again."
"The Golden Dragon King has been sealed away. If our Lord is also found, the last half of the Dragon God's essence may fall completely into the control of the God Realm. At that time, not only will our Lord be in danger, but the entire Soul Beast lineage will also have no chance of recovery."
Xiong Jun couldn't help but growl:
"Those gods in the divine realm have never regarded soul beasts as living beings. They cut off the path for soul beasts to become gods, forcing them to die generation after generation through the hunting of human soul masters."
"A 100,000-year-old soul beast that has cultivated into human form still has to face the heavenly tribulation they set up."
"Even if one survives the heavenly tribulation, there is almost no chance of truly becoming a god."
"These are the rules they set!"
Brigitte said softly:
"Therefore, our lord has always been the last hope for the Soul Beast lineage."
"If one day our lord returns to his peak, perhaps the path for soul beasts to become gods can be reopened."
"At least, we won't let soul beasts be relegated to just soul rings and soul bones forever."
Upon hearing this, Tang Chuan did not speak immediately. He knew part of this history, of course, but hearing it from Di Tian's mouth made it all the more significant.
In his past life memories, this was a fictional setting.
But in this world, it is a living blood debt.
It is what the ferocious beasts like Di Tian, Bi Ji, and Xiong Jun truly bear.
It is also the biggest secret that has been hidden deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Di Tian continued:
"The reason why Tang San has guessed the master's identity today is because he has inherited the position of Rakshasa God. Although Rakshasa God was not the main force that killed the Dragon God back then, as a deity of the God Realm, he must know some secrets of the Dragon God War."
"I think that when Tang San inherited the godhood, he probably learned about the legends of the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King from the divine thoughts left behind by the previous Rakshasa God. When he saw the Lord make a move and saw the elemental laws in the Lord's hands, he could naturally make the connection to the Silver Dragon King."
Xiao Ruier said coldly:
"So after he escaped, he's very likely to spread the news?"
Di Tian nodded with a grim expression, his face turning extremely ugly, and said:
"good."
"Tang San is not the kind of person who would swallow his anger and suffer in silence."
"He will surely harbor resentment today for being defeated by the Lord."
"If he can't kill the Lord, he'll try to use the God Realm. As long as he spreads the news that the Lord is hiding in the Star Dou Great Forest to the God Realm, the God Realm might start watching this place again."
Zi Ji's voice was icy as she said:
"At that time, the Starry Sky Forest will become the target of all the gods."
The Way of the King of Ten Thousand Demons:
"It's not just the gods; if Tang San reveals the information to the Sun Moon Empire, the Sun Moon Empire might also use the soul tool to help him launch a large-scale attack on the Star Dou Great Forest."
The three heads of the Crimson King roared simultaneously:
"If they dare to come, burn them all to ashes."
Xiong Jun sneered:
"Burning them to ashes would be too good for them."
"Those iron lumps of the Sun Moon Empire, I'll take them down with one claw each."
Di Tian showed no sign of relaxation. He looked at Xiong Jun and said in a deep voice:
"Tang San has become a god."
"The soul tools of the Sun Moon Empire are far more advanced than those of the Douluo Continent."
"Plus the Rakshasa Undead Legion, if they really join forces to invade the Star Dou Great Forest, do you think it will be as simple as a human Soul Master hunting souls?"
Xiong Jun fell silent. Although he had a bad temper, he wasn't brainless. The battle just now had proven that after Tang San became a god, even if all the ferocious beasts joined forces, they would be no match for him.
If the Silver Dragon King hadn't forcibly emerged from seclusion, this perilous place might have truly been massacred by Tang San today.
Tang Chuan stroked his chin and slowly began to speak:
"I think the divine realm won't know about this for the foreseeable future."
Di Tian's gaze sharpened, and he asked in confusion:
"What do you mean by that?"
Tang Chuan looked into the depths of the ominous land, where the silver light still lingered faintly, as if a sleeping moon was hidden at the edge of the forest.
"Although Tang San has become the Rakshasa God, he is still in Douluo Continent."
"The divine realm and the lower realm cannot simply transmit whatever message they want."
"If he wants to completely spread the news of the Silver Dragon King in the Star Dou Great Forest to the God Realm, the safest way is to ascend to the God Realm, enter the God Realm in person, and then reveal it to those gods."
Xiong Jun couldn't help but say:
"Since he has already become a god, can't he simply ascend to heaven?"
Tang Chuan explained calmly:
"Of course."
"But the question is, is he willing to leave now?"
Xiong Jun was taken aback.
Tang Chuan continued:
"The person Tang San wants to kill most right now is me."
"He went to great lengths to lure the Sun Moon Empire to the west coast, and then launched a surprise attack on the Starry Sky Forest. In essence, all of this was to weaken us and strengthen himself."
"If he ascends to the God Realm now and leaves Douluo Continent, it means that he will no longer be able to personally intervene in matters in the lower realms for the time being."
"The divine realm has its own rules. Once a god returns to their rightful place, they can no longer freely roam the Douluo Continent, devour souls, refine the dead, and control the Sun and Moon Empire as they do now. Otherwise, why would the previous Rakshasa God have gone to such great lengths, resorting to having a remnant soul attach itself to the Rakshasa Demon Scythe to save him?"
Di Tian's eyes flickered slightly.
These words finally calmed him down a bit.
Tang Chuan is right, the divine realm does indeed have its own rules.
Otherwise, when Rakshasa God descended in his true form and Tang Chuan, Qian Renxue, and Di Tian surrounded and killed Tang San, Rakshasa God could have taken action himself and wouldn't have needed to forcibly intervene using the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and his remnant soul.
Tang Chuan stood with his hands behind his back and continued:
"Therefore, Tang San will not be willing to ascend now."
"I'm not dead yet, Qian Renxue is not dead yet."
"The Starry Sky Forest has not yet been turned into an undead by him."
"The Sun Moon Empire's Soul Guidance Expeditionary Force has not yet truly conquered the Douluo Continent."
"If he leaves now, it's like handing over the game to the enemy."
"Given Tang San's personality, he would never accept it."
Xiao Ruier said coldly:
"How could someone like him possibly give up the chance to take revenge himself?"
Tang Chuan nodded.
"good."
"He must want to see me lose with his own eyes."
"He definitely wants to kill me with his own hands, and he definitely wants to trample everyone around me under his feet. He won't leave Douluo Continent easily until he does all that."
"Therefore, the secret of the Silver Dragon King will not be immediately known to the God Realm."
Hearing this, Brigitte breathed a slight sigh of relief.
The Demon King pondered and said:
"So, Tang San is actually keeping this secret to himself, waiting until the most crucial moment to use it?"
Tang Chuan said:
"right."
"This is a card."
"The earlier you play it, the less benefit you will get. This card will only become more valuable when he is cornered or wants to make a deal with some being in the divine realm."
Di Tian remained silent for a moment, then slowly nodded and said:
"You're right. Tang San is greedy, ruthless, and vindictive. Since he suffered such a great loss, he would never simply send the message to the God Realm and wait for them to deal with it."
"He'd rather profit from it himself."
Even now, Di Tian's expression hasn't completely relaxed.
He looked up at the sky, his golden eyes still filled with deep worry.
"But even so, we cannot be careless."
"Our lord just made a forceful move, using the Silver Dragon King's essence."
"Even if she has tried her best to suppress her aura, the divine realm may not be completely unaware of it."
"Now that you are a god, you should know that the divine realm is extremely sensitive to the fluctuations of gods in the lower realms, especially the aura of the Lord, which is exactly what the divine realm has been searching for."
"If it were just ordinary divine power fluctuations, perhaps they could be concealed. But the Lord is different; she is the Silver Dragon King after the Dragon God split apart, one of the beings that the gods of the divine realm feared most back then."
Di Tian's voice grew increasingly deep.
"If the divine realm does detect something amiss, even if they cannot immediately pinpoint the Lord's location, they may send hunters down to investigate."
"Those hunters may not be first-level gods, but they represent the will of the God Realm. Once they arrive on Douluo Continent and get close to the Star Dou Great Forest, it will be difficult for the Lord to continue to hide his presence."
Upon hearing the words "Hunter," Xiong Jun's expression turned grim.
Clearly, the term "God Realm Hunters" is not unfamiliar to the Soul Beast lineage. It refers to the power used by the God Realm to investigate unusual activities, track down remnants of divine beasts, and clean up abnormal entities in the lower realm.
Even if the hunters themselves are not very strong, they are still enough to make any creature in the lower realms wary.
Di Tian looked at Tang Chuan and said in a deep voice:
"Tang San may not ascend for the time being, but if the God Realm notices something, things will be beyond our control. If they send hunters down..."
Di Tian did not continue speaking.
But everyone understood what he meant.
Once the hunters from the divine realm descend to the mortal world, the Silver Dragon King's secret may be completely exposed. At that point, it won't just be a matter of Tang San being a Rakshasa god.
Rather, it is a life-or-death crisis between the God Realm and the Star Dou Great Forest.
After listening, Tang Chuan didn't show much panic. He simply raised his head, glanced at the night sky obscured by the ancient tree branches, and after a long while, slowly said:
"If any hunters do come down, I will handle it."
Di Tian's eyes narrowed, his face showing disbelief, and he said:
"You handle it?"
Tang Chuan said calmly:
"That's right. I am now the Sea God. As long as the hunters don't directly discover the Silver Dragon King's existence, if they go down to the mortal realm to investigate, the first person they might come into contact with is actually me."
Emperor Tian said in a deep voice:
"But what if they trace it back to the Star Dou Great Forest?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Chuan remained calm.
He glanced up at the sky above the ominous land. The dense canopy of trees obscured the night, with only a few rays of moonlight filtering through the leaves. The lingering silver elemental fluctuations around him had not completely dissipated, and an ancient and subtle dragon-like pressure still lingered in the air.
Di Tian's concerns were not unfounded. If the God Realm truly sensed the Silver Dragon King's aura and sent out hunters to investigate, then the Star Dou Great Forest would very likely be exposed.
But Tang Chuan simply said:
"Then let them not be able to find it."
Di Tian was slightly taken aback and asked in confusion:
"What do you mean?"
Tang Chuan slowly said:
"The hunters are not omniscient. When they descend to the mortal realm to investigate, they always look for auras, traces, remnants of divine power, and unusual phenomena in the heavens and earth. Since they want to see these things, I can let them see what I want them to see."
Di Tian's gaze narrowed slightly, and he said:
"Are you trying to mislead them?"
Tang Chuan said:
"good."
"The Star Dou Great Forest is so vast, with complex auras and countless soul beasts. It has just experienced a great battle, resulting in elemental disorder, lingering death energy, shattered space, and mixed soul power fluctuations."
"If handled properly, even if the hunters from the divine realm really come down, they may not be able to pinpoint the location of the Silver Dragon King."
He raised his hand, and a cyan-gold and blue-silver imperial light slowly shone from his palm.
The newly revived blue silver grass swayed gently all around, and wisps of subtle life waves spread outward, like countless invisible threads, merging into the soil, grass, lake water, and the depths of the forest.
"Moreover, the Star Dou Great Forest is full of Blue Silver Grass."
"Wherever there is Blue Silver Grass, I can sense it and also conceal it."
"I can use the life force of the Blue Silver Emperor to restore the ecology here, and I can also use it to cover up some of the aura left by the Silver Dragon King. If the hunters really come, I can even sense in advance where they will enter the forest."
A hint of surprise appeared in Biji's eyes. As a life-type ferocious beast, she was most aware of the Blue Silver Emperor life force that Tang Chuan was releasing at this moment.
That was not the ordinary Blue Silver Emperor, nor was it simply the power of the Sea God; it was a life authority truly connected to the earth and its vegetation.
Emperor Tian said in a deep voice:
"But the hunters represent the divine realm. If they insist on venturing deep into this perilous land, it's unlikely that ordinary concealment will suffice to stop them."
Tang Chuan looked at him and said:
"Then let's try another way."
"Let them mistakenly believe that the real source of the anomaly is elsewhere, let them wander in circles on the Douluo Continent, and the more they investigate, the less they will find the real answer."
Upon hearing this, Xiong Jun couldn't help but grin.
"You little rascal, you look quite serious, but you're not exactly innocent either."
Tang Chuan said calmly:
"Being too honest with those high and mighty beings in the divine realm will only lead to losses."
"If they are truly investigating impartially, I can talk to them. But if they came with the intention of eradicating soul beasts and capturing the Silver Dragon King, then there is no need to be too polite to them."
Di Tian's eyes darkened.
"What do you want to do?"
Tang Chuan's tone was calm, yet it carried an undeniable chill.
"If we can trick them, we'll trick them."
If you can't fool them, then...
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the ruined and dangerous land.
"Then let them disappear completely from the Douluo Continent." (End of Chapter)