Ling Xiao sensed the five complete martial souls within him.
Ghost Ship, Dark Cloud, Giant Sword, Blood Shadow, Thunder Bear.
All had reached the physical form of Complete Soul. Converting them back into souls felt like a waste.
Yet he could sense that a revived Golden Dragon would bring far greater benefits than these five souls combined.
Besides, these martial souls originally belonged to others; he’d merely borrowed them. If they were gone, he could always seize more from other martial artists.
In the Mysterious Realm, enemies were never in short supply.
People always face choices, and Ling Xiao was no exception.
He wasn’t one to hesitate. Once decided, he acted with resolve.
“Fuse!”
Ling Xiao released a portion of his soul as the core for the Golden Dragon’s soul, then merged the five martial souls into it, forming a complete soul.
This soul integrated into the ancient Golden Dragon’s corpse, absorbing its lingering trace of ancient consciousness.
Buzz~~
In that moment, Ling Xiao felt as if he’d become an ancient beast, overlooking the earth, viewing all things as mere ants.
His mind flashed with glimpses of the era when this Golden Dragon lived.
It was likely the ancient primordial era, predating human martial artists.
Unfortunately, the dragon’s consciousness was fragmented, its memories incomplete, so Ling Xiao couldn’t discern how it died.
Even so, it was a treasure trove!
Its physical memories held vast arrays of ancient divine runes—primordial supernatural abilities that, once mastered, would likely surpass ancient martial arts in power.
Moreover, the Golden Dragon’s terrifying aura merged with Ling Xiao’s soul, making it even stronger and imbued with an ancient essence.
“Revive!”
Ling Xiao roared inwardly.
In the Mountains and Rivers World, the ancient Golden Dragon slowly opened its eyes.
At that instant, he felt the ground beneath him tremble, as if the Mysterious Realm’s laws were being shattered once more.
Reflecting on it, a similar phenomenon had occurred when he awakened the Mountains and Rivers Martial Soul, but he was too weak then, fainting and missing the significance.
Now it was different.
The ancient Golden Dragon, a beast from the primordial era, shouldn’t exist in the Mysterious Realm.
Its birth inevitably disrupted certain laws.
This disruption caused tremors across the realm.
Ling Xiao wasn’t sure of the specifics, only speculating.
As the Golden Dragon’s aura grew stronger, the quaking became more pronounced.
Oddly, the Mighty Divine Ape and countless ninth-level demonic beasts nearby seemed oblivious to it.
“Could it be that only martial artists above the Mortal Realm can sense law changes?”
Ling Xiao made a bold guess.
His guess was close but not quite accurate.
Only Heavenly Human Realm experts could typically sense such shifts.
He was an exception, as the Golden Dragon was born within his Mountains and Rivers Martial Soul, so he naturally felt it too.
The nearest major sect was the Yuehua Sect.
Its Heavenly Human Realm experts were trembling, blood surging, terrified and clueless about what was happening outside.
In the Volcano Palace, the recovering Demonic Flame Heavenly Venerable suddenly howled in pain.
The law shift instilled a primal fear in his soul.
He’d been given a rare Heaven and Earth Spirit Fruit by the sect, meant to heal his year-long injuries in just a month.
That single fruit showed how much the sect valued him.
But this sudden, terrifying aura disrupted his recovery, worsening his injuries.
“Damn it! Damn it all!”
He couldn’t fathom his bad luck. His progress was ruined, and with aggravated injuries, recovery would take at least a year and a half.
Meanwhile, at the top of the Yuehua Treasure Tower, Yuan Zun, also sensing the aura, showed delight.
Plagued by a chronic ailment that limited his strength, he’d been subdued by the Law Enforcement Hall’s elders.
To his surprise, this sudden aura felt oddly familiar, and his ailment began to heal.
“My disciple? No, impossible.”
Yuan Zun shook his head, dismissing the absurd thought.
Even if Ling Xiao broke through to the Mortal Realm, he couldn’t produce such an aura.
He’d never guess Ling Xiao had used his Mountains and Rivers Martial Soul and blood to revive an ancient Golden Dragon!
The dragon’s aura, influenced by Ling Xiao, bore his imprint.
It harboured malice toward enemies.
It held goodwill toward kin and friends.
For those neither friend nor foe, it showed neither.
But even without malice, the aura terrified Heavenly Human Realm martial artists across the Tianlong Continent, leaving them trembling, halting their actions.
Some evildoers, mistaking it for a supreme expert’s pressure, fled in panic, abandoning their wicked ways.
This was an unintended consequence Ling Xiao hadn’t foreseen.
The aura deterred countless wrongdoers, prompting genuine repentance.
“Three feet above, there are gods watching!”
They began to believe in this saying’s truth.
The terrifying aura lasted a full hour before gradually fading.
The ancient Golden Dragon was fully revived!
Roar~~
Standing in the Mountains and Rivers World, it let out a dragon’s roar toward the heavens.
That sound pierced the Fulong Mountain Range, clouds, and even the Mysterious Realm’s laws.
Ling Xiao would never forget that terrifying roar.
Though fearsome, it didn’t harm him, as the dragon’s soul core was part of his own soul.
But for others, it was different.
The roar shattered the realm’s laws, forming its own, altering the sun, moon, and stars.
The heavens trembled.
Its supreme dominance left Ling Xiao in awe.
Truly worthy of an ancient Golden Dragon—compared to it, the Demonic Flame Heavenly Venerable was nothing.
