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Xuan Ming pondered, "What's the difference?"
"The difference is huge," Gu Yuena's tone became serious. "The Douluo Continent belongs to the Mortal Realm, and its World barriers and rules cannot sustain the power of a complete Divine Rank existence for long. Therefore, the Universe rules, in order to protect these fragile Mortal Realm planes, naturally suppress all Divinities that descend here."
"Whether they are Second-Rank Divinities, First-Rank Divinities, or even... God Kings," she said slowly. "When their true bodies descend upon the Douluo Continent, their power will be greatly suppressed by the plane's rules, preventing them from unleashing their true strength. This is a protective mechanism to prevent Divine Rank power from easily destroying the Mortal Realm."
"But your situation is completely different," Gu Yuena pointed at Xuan Ming. "You became a 'God' within the rules; your Divine Sense is legitimate here and is not subject to this restriction. This means that within the Douluo Continent, in terms of the strength and coverage of Divine Sense alone, even if a God King descends and is suppressed by the rules, they might not be much stronger than you."
A flash of realization crossed Xuan Ming's eyes. This meant that on the Douluo Continent, his 'home turf,' he possessed 'eyes' and 'ears' that were virtually unrestricted, even in a Domain where God Kings were limited.
"Of course," Gu Yuena added, "this is limited to the perception level of Divine Sense. At the absolute power level, even if a God King-level existence is suppressed, the quality and quantity of their divine force are still far beyond what you can compare to now. You must not take this lightly."
Xuan Ming nodded; he naturally understood this principle. The power level was fundamental, and the advantage of Divine Sense was more reflected in auxiliary and strategic aspects.
Xuan Ming closed his eyes and carefully introspected, suddenly noticing something unusual—his Divine Sense did not seem to be completely stable at the Early Stage of the Divine Primordial Realm, but was continuously growing at an extremely slow yet incredibly steady pace!
He informed Gu Yuena of this discovery.
"Still growing?" Gu Yuena's beautiful face showed unconcealed shock for the first time upon hearing this.
She knew very well that after a Divine Sense broke through a Bottleneck, it often entered a long period of stagnation.
Subsequent growth required the support of divine force and was a process of persistent effort. Unless the accumulation of spiritual sense before the Breakthrough was extremely profound, or one's own Bloodline talent was Heaven-Defying, it might be possible to maintain a period of rapid growth in the Early Stage. But it should never be like Xuan Ming, who continued to naturally improve immediately after breaking through, even before fully familiarizing himself with the power.
This defied common sense!
Even she found Xuan Ming's current state incomprehensible.
Xuan Ming was silent for a moment, seemingly recalling something. He raised his hand, and a very faint mental fluctuation, carrying a chaotic aura, swirled around his fingertips. He transmitted it to Gu Yuena.
This was a peculiar 'point' he had accidentally touched while his consciousness drifted in the boundless mental ocean during his transformation in the mental cocoon—a 'crack' that seemed to connect to an unknown place.
Gu Yuena focused her Divine Sense on the information within that wisp of mental fluctuation, and her silver-purple eyes suddenly constricted!
"This is... a plane crack?!" Her voice carried a hint of disbelief. "And... on the other side of the crack is the Dragon Tomb!"
The Dragon Tomb was the final resting place of the Dragon Clan, a peculiar space constructed from the remnants of the Dragon God's body and countless heroic Dragon Clan Souls after the Dragon God's demise, containing unimaginable Dragon Clan Origin and Soul power! Xuan Ming's Divine Sense had unexpectedly connected to the Dragon Tomb during his Breakthrough?!
"No wonder... no wonder your Divine Sense can continue to grow after the Breakthrough!" Gu Yuena instantly understood. "It's because the vast, ocean-like Dragon Clan Soul power within the Dragon Tomb is nourishing your Primordial Spirit through this crack!"
But then, a greater doubt surged into her heart: "But... you don't have the Bloodline of the Golden Dragon King or the Silver Dragon King. How could those proud Dragon Clan remnants allow an outsider, especially a Human, to absorb the power of the Dragon Tomb? It's already a miracle that they didn't tear your Soul apart!"
Unless... a flash of lightning seemed to strike Gu Yuena's mind. She suddenly thought of a possibility—the heart of the dragon god!
She had forcefully entered the depths of the Dragon Tomb to obtain the heart of the dragon god, facing the trials of the Dragon God's lingering divine soul. Those trials were incredibly rigorous; the Dragon God's divine soul did not fully recognize her, believing that her current fragmented and damaged state was insufficient to bear and control the complete power of the Dragon God.
Ultimately, she relied on an unyielding will and the authority of the Silver Dragon King to forcefully break through the trials and obtain the heart of the dragon god. And at that time, although the Dragon God's divine soul did not recognize her, it also... did not truly stop her.
Now, not only was Xuan Ming's Divine Sense not repelled by the Dragon Tomb, but it could also continuously receive nourishment. This meant... that the controller of the Dragon Tomb, the Dragon God's lingering divine soul, was actively helping him! It was tacitly allowing, or even guiding, the Dragon Tomb's power to nourish Xuan Ming's Primordial Spirit!
The moment this thought clearly emerged, Gu Yuena was completely stunned.
She stared blankly at Xuan Ming, her heart churning with stormy waves, and for a moment, she didn't know how to describe her complex feelings.
Because she had never considered this possibility!
All along, all understanding pointed to one thing: only the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King could obtain the Dragon God's Legacy, and only the Fusion of these two homologous powers could recreate the Dragon God's Bloodline and glory. This was a deeply ingrained consensus.
But at this moment, the Dragon God's divine soul's actions pointed to another possibility that everyone, including herself, had overlooked—
Growth!
The Dragon God was not born a Supreme God King! He also rose from obscurity, undergoing countless years of arduous Cultivation and tempering, step by step Cultivating, purifying, and sublimating his own Bloodline, finally ascending to the pinnacle and single-handedly creating the glorious era of the Spirit Beast Clan!
The Dragon God's Bloodline Power itself was a process of continuous evolution and strengthening!
The Dragon God's divine soul choosing to help Xuan Ming conveyed a shocking signal: it recognized Xuan Ming's potential! It believed that Xuan Ming possessed the possibility of continuously strengthening and evolving his Bloodline through his own Cultivation, without relying on inheritance, ultimately reaching or even surpassing the Dragon God's Realm back then!
Gu Yuena looked at the Human man before her, observing him for the first time with a completely new gaze, filled with shock and scrutiny.
She had originally thought that Xuan Ming was merely a very important and immensely potential ally and partner in her plan for revenge and the revival of the Dragon Clan. But now, the Dragon God's divine soul's recognition meant that the potential contained within Xuan Ming far exceeded her initial imagination!
"What's wrong?" Xuan Ming asked, looking at Gu Yuena's constantly changing expression.
Gu Yuena looked into Xuan Ming's inquiring ice-blue eyes, her mind swirling with thoughts. Finally, all the tumultuous thoughts and the shocking speculation were forcibly suppressed.
She took a step forward, extended her arms, and gently embraced him, resting her cheek against his chest, listening to his steady and powerful heartbeat.
She did not reveal that the Dragon God's divine soul had recognized him.
Because she knew that the burden on Xuan Ming's shoulders was already too heavy. The sacrifices of the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King were like two heavy mountains pressing on his heart.
To fulfill his promise to the Ice Dragon King and to complete his agreement with her, he had already given too much, even on more than one occasion... having extreme thoughts that even he found alarming.
How difficult was the path to the revitalization of the Spirit Beast Clan? Resurrecting the Dragon God and restoring the glory of the Dragon Clan? This was something even she, the Silver Dragon King, was not entirely confident about.
Watching humanity grow stronger with the secret support of the God Realm, the living space of Spirit Beasts was constantly being squeezed, and their future situation was destined to become increasingly difficult.
She knew very well that Xuan Ming did not have much so-called 'kinship' towards the Human Race.
His childhood experiences made him scoff at the so-called 'Human Race righteousness.' Similarly, he had little 'not of my kind' repulsion towards Spirit Beasts.
Essentially, the lives and deaths of Humans and Spirit Beasts might make no difference in his eyes.
Everything he had done from beginning to end, rather than helping the Spirit Beast Clan, was merely to fulfill the promise he had made to the Ice Dragon King, and later... his agreement with her.
It was this pure yet heavy 'commitment' that, under the dual pressure of immense pressure from the God Realm and the uncertain future, gave rise to those extreme thoughts that even Xuan Ming himself found alarming. She could clearly feel that Xuan Ming's thinking had slid towards an extreme direction more than once—
Since the hope for the revival of the Spirit Beast Clan was slim and the resistance immense, why not try a different approach?
Destroy humanity!