Chapter 181: Bi Ji, Take This Dragon Egg to Raise!
"Do you have true dragon blood?"
That one question left Gu Yue momentarily speechless. She had been so focused on bringing Jiang Chen into the dragon race that she had completely forgotten—the Nine Dragon Kings were long dead. Where would she even find real dragon blood?
Di Tian's? No, he would never agree.
The Fire Dragon King's descendant—the dragon egg? That was even worse than Di Tian's blood.
Gu Yue found herself with no words.
"I…"
She couldn't possibly give him her own bloodline, could she? That would be… inappropriate.
Then, suddenly, something sparked in her mind. Her eyes lit up with a glint of sly wisdom.
"What if… I pass you the Golden Dragon King's bloodline instead?"
The Golden Dragon King, inheritor of the Dragon God's destructive divinity, carried an innate god seat within his blood.
Surely Jiang Chen wouldn't say no to such an offer.
"Oh? So you're suggesting that I kill his son right under the God King's nose, absorb the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, and then get devoured by you so you can restore the Dragon God?"
Jiang Chen shot her an annoyed look. "What a convenient little dream you have."
He'd do the dirty work, and she'd reap the benefits. Typical.
"You've already planned it out for me," Gu Yue said coolly. "Half of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline is enough for you to use."
With the Dragon God's Heart at hand, it mattered little whether her Golden Dragon King bloodline was pure or partial—it would only affect her strength after she became the Dragon God.
Even half its power could elevate her to the God King level.
"That's fine, but I'll accept it only after you become the Dragon God."
"Deal!"
Gu Yue agreed instantly. Her confidence in her ascension was absolute.
The God Realm had yet to return, and she now held the Dragon God's Heart.
Who in all of Douluo could stop her?
At her full strength as the Silver Dragon King, even the Plane's Core would not be her match if it manifested completely.
And by then, Jiang Chen would have no chance of backing out.
"Alright then, hand them over."
He'd play along for now—first secure the soul bones, talk about details later.
"I don't know where they are," Gu Yue said flatly.
Jiang Chen: ???
"You don't know, yet you made me agree to this? Are you kidding me?"
"Jiang Chen, mind your tone when you speak to me!"
Gu Yue frowned in displeasure.
"Even Di Tian doesn't know. He said that when the Dragon Catastrophe struck, the nearly depleted Dark Dragon King and Light Dragon King used the last of their power to shield me and bring me out of the Dragon God Realm to Douluo Continent."
"Because of planar constraints, they couldn't force a breakthrough and likely drifted away into the cosmos."
"But don't worry. Now that I possess the Dragon God's Heart, once I regain my peak power—or even before that—as long as I can traverse the void like a god, I'll reclaim their remains."
"You're not in a hurry anyway. Be patient."
Even Gu Yue sounded a little embarrassed. He had just agreed to join the dragon race, and she couldn't even meet his basic request.
She felt strangely… unqualified.
No! Gu Yue, you must ascend to the Dragon God quickly!
Bring back the remains of the Dark Dragon King and Light Dragon King.
"Brother Dark Dragon King, Sister Light Dragon King—you'll understand my intentions, right? This is for the revival of the dragon race!"
Yes, framed that way, it didn't sound like betrayal—it was loyalty.
She was still a proper dragon.
Jiang Chen, meanwhile, realized he'd just been expertly manipulated.
"You cunning dragon."
He was speechless.
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"Fire Dragon King's descendant?"
Star Dou City.
At the very top of the Spirit Pagoda.
Through the large glass window, one could see the tower rising above Douluo City in the distance.
On a black leather sofa sat a middle-aged man dressed in dark robes, holding a scorching crimson egg in his hands.
His golden eyes glimmered with fascination.
It had been so many years since he'd last seen a true dragon egg.
A real one. A pureblooded dragon descendant!
The Lord had personally brought this egg back.
After learning that the Lord had entered the Dragon Tomb and obtained the Dragon God's Heart, Di Tian had been overjoyed.
The revival of the dragon race was one step closer.
And now, with a true dragon descendant—one of the Nine Dragon Kings' line—his spirits lifted even further.
Di Tian absentmindedly hummed a human tune.
"Hmm? The Federation? The Phoenix is arriving soon? Yes, I understand."
The Federation's communication was straightforward: the Phoenix would soon be visiting, and they hoped the Spirit Pagoda could persuade her to join.
After all, the Pagoda housed many soul beasts—an environment more familiar to her kind. Perhaps she'd be comfortable staying there.
As for using force? Best not.
She was the only phoenix remaining in existence. If she had survived this long, she surely had powerful safeguards.
If persuasion worked, persuasion was the better path.
Ending the call, Di Tian looked down at the egg in his arms, golden eyes softening with thought.
Though he had once served as a captain under the Dragon God, he was a younger generation dragon born after the great age.
He had never witnessed the Dragon-Phoenix War himself, nor had he ever seen a phoenix.
He was genuinely curious.
"Di Tian, what's that?"
A woman dressed in emerald robes entered the room. Her fair skin glowed with a healthy radiance, and her deep green hair was crowned with a feathered diadem that exuded vitality.
The moment she stepped inside, the life energy in the air surged around her presence.
Even the fiery dragon egg in Di Tian's hands mellowed, the red fading slightly as it absorbed the overflowing life essence.
She was none other than Bi Ji—the Emerald Swan, fourth among the Ten Great Beasts and the greatest healing-type soul beast, with six hundred thousand years of cultivation.
The moment she laid eyes on the dragon egg, she extended her hand, channeling pure life energy into it.
"You're here!"
Di Tian's eyes lit up at the sight of her. Finally, someone who could take care of the egg!
The Lord had ordered him to incubate it, but he was a full-grown male dragon—how could he possibly raise a baby?
He couldn't trust other soul beasts with it, and while humans and soul beasts might now coexist peacefully, something this precious could never be left in human hands.
Now Bi Ji had returned—perfect timing!
"You just came back from the Myriad Demon King's domain?"
The combined energy of the Yin-Yang Icefire area was producing vast fields of Jade Scale Sevenfold Flowers that needed tending—tasks only the Myriad Demon King could handle. But since his spiritual clones were too few, he had enlisted Bi Ji's help.
Without her, rebuilding Douluo University would've taken much longer.
"Yes," Bi Ji replied. "I still don't know where he got so many Jade Scale Sevenfold Flowers. Even a Titled Douluo would hardly dare to approach that place."
If not for the Demon King's plant-based nature, capable of subduing mindless flora, it would've been impossible.
"Good. The Federation just asked something of me, so I'm leaving this with you."
Before Bi Ji could respond, Di Tian handed her the dragon egg.
"This was entrusted to me by the Lord—a descendant of the Fire Dragon King from the Dragon Tomb. I need you to look after it."
With that, he vanished, leaving only Bi Ji staring blankly at the egg in her hands.
"A real dragon… a dragon egg!"
(END CHAPTER)
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