Chapter 169: Forging the Foundation of a Divine Realm from Dragon Bones!
Gu Yue thought for a moment before taking out a shimmering silver dragon scale from her chest. She handed it to Jiang Chen.
"With this, you won't be harmed by any of the dragon souls within the tomb."
She had to find the Dragon God's Heart—bringing him along would be unnecessary and potentially dangerous.
Though their relationship had grown closer, she was not foolish; even among allies, vigilance was wisdom.
"Perfect," Jiang Chen said with a faint smile.
He'd been worrying that if she caught sight of him digging up dragon remains, she might just kill him on the spot.
Once Gu Yue departed, Jiang Chen began his true mission.
The deeper he ventured into the tomb, the larger the dragon bones became—entire hills of ivory, remnants of countless fallen dragons.
Thanks to the Silver Dragon King's scale, the ceaseless wails of the dragon souls were muffled to a distant echo.
"To think that in less than ten thousand years, these bones would nourish an entire stellar system—the Longma Galaxy—and even give rise to god-level beings rivaling first-tier divinities."
"The Dragon Tomb truly was the cornerstone of it all."
Looking down at the endless bones, Jiang Chen couldn't help but feel a pang of sorrow.
"Rest in peace."
He plunged the Golden Dragon Spear into the ground, its devouring light swirling outward as it consumed the energy of the remains.
Any single bone here would be priceless—perfect material for divine armor or mecha cores.
"I'll build a monument for you in the new divine realm," he murmured softly.
"…Wait. Is that the Mountain Dragon King's skeleton?"
Before him stood an enormous mass of brownish bone, stretching kilometers long, radiating crushing pressure. Even gravity thickened around it—an immovable pillar between heaven and earth.
Jiang Chen sighed.
People often said the dragons perished in their war with humanity. But could humans truly challenge the Dragon God and the Nine Dragon Kings?
No. It was never about humans.
The Dragon God, stricken by grief after losing his wife, had abandoned his duty.
He sought to relinquish his power and pursue her reincarnation, yet the weight of his role held him back.
In his desperation, he tried to elevate the Dragon God Realm further and pass its stewardship to his son, the Dragon Prince.
But during the Divine Star Ceremony, the cosmic laws interfered—and the Emerald Dragon King, master of space, and the Time Dragon King, master of time, betrayed him.
The Dragon Prince fell.
Already fractured between his destructive and creative divine personas, the Dragon God lost his mind completely.
In his madness, he slaughtered his own kin, annihilating nearly all of dragonkind with his own hands.
Finally, it was the Asura God who separated the two godhoods and established a decree:
Until the dragons revive and the Dragon God returns, soul beasts shall not ascend to godhood.
Jiang Chen's sorrow turned to fury.
"What does that have to do with the rest of us soul beasts?! To hell with that!"
He no longer held back.
With a swing of the Golden Dragon Spear, the Mountain Dragon King's colossal skeleton vanished into his small divine realm. The entire valley trembled, cliffs collapsing under the force. The spear in his hands vibrated in response, and even the Silver Dragon King's scale grew warm against his chest.
Then he saw it—
At the heart of the valley, glowing with seven-colored radiance.
"The Dragon God's soul…"
Jiang Chen tensed immediately.
He desired it—but he dared not touch it.
This was the remnant of a being who had once surpassed the level of a God King.
If that consciousness still lingered and took offense at his presence, he could be wiped from existence in an instant.
He considered sending Elecs, but… no. He wasn't willing to lose a good teacher just yet.
"Forget it. Better to leave this for Gu Yue."
At the bottom of the valley, that soul shimmered like countless gemstones fused into a luminous entity—larger even than the Mountain Dragon King's skeleton.
"Fine. I'll let her handle the Dragon God's Heart—she can pay me back later. Consider it an investment into my miniature divine realm. After all, once she becomes a god, Di Tian needs somewhere safe too. Can't let him die under the heavenly tribulation."
Turning away from the radiant core, he focused on the other bones around him.
Opening the gates to his small divine realm, he placed the Silver Dragon King's scale and Di Tian's scale before him.
"Though I'm not of dragon blood, I am still a soul beast. The divine realm has fallen into ruin, but I swear to create a new one—one where soul beasts can rise again. The Silver Dragon King still lives, as does the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian, alongside the Abyssal Demon Dragon King and Zi Ji. I will see them all ascend to godhood and restore the dragon race!"
He didn't truly expect any response, nor divine approval. Tang Wulin's "Thousand-Day Dragon Burial" had been a ceremony to let dragons rest in peace.
His own ritual?
He was grinding their bones to ash—consuming their power for his own creation.
True cremation.
Unsurprisingly, the tomb remained silent.
"Alright then… looks like I'll have to do this myself."
If the spirits wouldn't come willingly, he'd use the Golden Dragon Spear to devour them directly.
"I recall," he muttered, "there's supposed to be a descendant of the Fire Dragon King here… Kali."
Finding and nurturing her would be a valuable bonus.
He drew a fragment of bone from the Fire Dragon King's remains he'd stored in his divine realm.
"This should resonate with her."
Though his current power couldn't consume the entire tomb, it hardly mattered. Both his gluttony and Gu Yue's absorption of the Dragon God's Heart would drain much of its residual energy.
Sensing its depletion, the tomb's instinct—though not conscious—would recognize this world as barren.
Soon, it would lift off, leaving the Douluo Planet, drifting through space once again.
"Let it go," Jiang Chen sighed. "Never be too greedy."
Perhaps when it resurfaced, it would be reborn—forming the Longma Galaxy and birthing a new generation of dragons.
Though they'd never match the might of the ancient age, it would still be a new dawn.
The Dragon Tomb would need a higher realm's energy to recover—and that was beyond his reach.
"Alright, a few more bones," he muttered. "And somewhere here lies the Fire Dragon's egg."
The Nine Dragon Kings—Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Light, Darkness, Space, Time, and Stability.
The Water Dragon King—also the Ice Dragon King—was already with the Snow Empress, forming the Ice God's foundation.
The Fire Dragon King's remains were within his own divine realm.
The Mountain Dragon King's bones were being drawn in as well.
The Space and Time Dragon Kings, who betrayed the Dragon God, were likely obliterated completely—
not even dust left behind.
Jiang Chen rubbed his temples.
"So, where are the Earth, Wind, Light, and Darkness Dragon Kings' remains?"
He wanted the complete God-King Set, after all.
"How am I supposed to complete this?"
The Ice Dragon King's left arm, the Fire Dragon King's right, the Mountain Dragon King's torso—so far, so good.
But he still needed the legs and the skull.
"Maybe Di Tian knows where the Dark Dragon King's body lies… but would he tell me?"
He smirked wryly.
"Yeah, I doubt it."
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