Chapter 83: Not Good—Jiang Chen, Save Me!
The Snow Empress continued guiding Jiang Chen, helping him learn how to control the Ice Dragon King's power.
It was far more dangerous than anything outside. Meanwhile, within the Clear Sky Sect's plaza, thunderclouds churned tempestuously overhead.
"Looks like I've got no choice but to take this lightning today," Zhen Hua muttered bitterly, glancing up at the sky as tribulation clouds gathered above him.
Despite his grim expression, his hammer didn't pause for even a moment.
"Heavenly Forge... come forth!"
BOOM!
A barrel-thick purple bolt of lightning crashed down from the heavens, slamming into the glowing divine metal on his anvil.
At the same time, Zhen Hua's four-word battle armor enveloped him entirely, merging even with the hammer in his hands.
As a Divine Craftsman, he had forged this armor himself—a unique masterpiece of his creation.
BOOM!
CLANG!
Under his relentless forging, the crystalized metal began to radiate an extraordinary aura. Under the tempering of divine lightning, it was no longer just metal—it was transcending mortal limits, evolving into something divine, infused with the power of heaven and earth.
And yet, this was only the beginning. He couldn't stop now.
The Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, Cold Jade Marrow Bed, Twin Ice God Lotus, Aureum of Life, and the Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Eight-Angled Grass—any one of these could forge a Heavenly metal on its own.
But today, they were being melded into one.
"This lightning... is worth it!"
Zhen Hua roared as the storm above flared anew. The tribulation clouds thickened; another heavenly thunder formed instantly.
"Cycle Forging Technique—Second Stage!"
While Jiang Chen and the Snow Empress focused on their ritual, Gu Yue had her own plan.
Under the shroud of night, a shadow silently slipped into the Blacksmith Association.
Moonlight glimmered over Gu Yue's face, no longer lively but cold, detached, and ruthless.
Even at midnight, the forge still rang with rhythmic hammer strikes.
"This time, I'll take back what's mine!" she hissed.
After being humiliated countless times before Jiang Chen, her patience had shattered.
She possessed overwhelming power—why should she still be playing games?
Though she hadn't yet reclaimed Na'er, that girl had only been a fragment of her personality, stripped of strength. The complete might of the Silver Dragon King was still hers.
Tonight, Gu Yue chose to overturn the board completely.
So what if there were traitorous beasts? So what if there were secondary gods or god-king remnants?
"None of them are my match. Tang Wulin, if you won't befriend me, don't blame me for this—it's your own doing!"
"And as for that wretched Jiang Chen... when I ascend as Dragon God, you'll kneel beneath me!"
With a swipe of her hand, she tore open space itself and vanished.
Elsewhere, Tang Wulin was ecstatic. "Old Tang! I did it—I became a fourth-rank blacksmith!"
He had passed his advancement test earlier that day, his master already submitting his registration for the upcoming Tianhai Forge Tournament.
Tang Wulin was sure he'd dominate his division easily.
What young man didn't want to show off a little?
"Heh-heh... Just wait till Senior Sister sees this—she'll be shocked!"
Tang God King: …
Watching his son's smug grin left him utterly speechless. Pathetic! Completely hopeless!
How had he, Tang San, produced such a foolish child?
He regretted ever sending Tang Wulin to live among ordinary people. Had he been raised at Shrek Academy or trained under Da Ming and Er Ming, he wouldn't have turned out like this.
Now, his son barely even listened to him. Every word went in one ear and out the other. That stubborn, numb attitude infuriated him.
It seemed there was only one solution left—to throw the boy into the Valley of Eternal Emotions and rebuild him into the son he was supposed to be.
All this… for a woman?
"Wulin, you—"
Before Tang San could finish reprimanding him, his expression froze. His divine senses flared as he felt an immensely powerful presence approaching.
"Who's there?!"
Tang Wulin noticed nothing—until a haunting voice resounded beside him:
"I am the Dragon God."
A gleaming white dragon claw tore through the void, plunging straight toward Tang Wulin's chest.
He barely had time to turn his head before a suffocating dread consumed him.
"I… I'm dead?"
Inside his body, Tang God King Tang San was furious. Someone dared to strike his own son before his divine consciousness? Unforgivable!
"How dare you!"
His mental roar shook the entire space. In an instant, a tall man in imperial-blue robes materialized, his long aqua-blue hair cascading to his feet—his presence awe-inspiring.
The Sea God, Tang San—one of the three current God Kings of the Divine Realm!
"The Sea God's Trident!"
"Unmoving Storm!"
A blue, trident-shaped weapon surged into his grasp, releasing waves of divine power that slammed between Tang Wulin and the approaching claw.
Gu Yue was ready for this. Jiang Chen had already warned her—this remnant divine thought belonged to a god-king who possessed two godhoods.
The last being to wield dual divinities had been the Dragon God himself—master of Creation and Destruction.
This god-king's strength was unnatural. To wield two divine positions was unthinkable. Yet, even if this was only a fragment of divine consciousness, it still held overwhelming might.
"Hmph. Sea God? You're merely a first-class god—how arrogant."
Even a God King wouldn't make her flinch.
"Die!"
"Presumptuous!"
Their spiritual powers collided violently. To Tang San's shock, he found himself falling behind.
Even worse—the Golden Dragon King's bloodline within Tang Wulin suddenly boiled, awakening with a mix of terror and excitement.
That residual consciousness within the Golden Dragon King recognized the presence instantly—fear and longing twisted together.
The Silver Dragon King?
She had come here herself?! Wasn't she supposed to be recovering?
Damn it!
Back in the Divine Realm, he had barely managed to defeat the Golden Dragon King with Good and Evil Gods aiding him—and even then, he had only sealed it away, not destroyed it.
That desperate king had ultimately fled by merging into his son's body.
And now, the Dragon God's other half—the Silver Dragon King—was here.
She possessed not only the Dragon God's divine spirit but its genius-level intellect.
Her mind rivaled his own, the Divine Realm's lauded "God of Wisdom."
If he'd known she would appear to claim the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, he would have destroyed her long ago.
"Stop!"
Tang San roared, thrusting his trident with full divine might.
"Endless Azure Sky!"
Gu Yue's eyes widened. This—this was only a divine fragment, yet its power rivaled a true god-king strike!
"N-no... Jiang Chen! Save me!"
(END CHAPTER)
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