Chapter 977 (1/2)

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”The new Golden Dragon King?” Tang Wulin was looking at Old Tang in a surprised manner. This was the first time that he'd heard Old Tang make such a bold declaration.

Old Tang chuckled in response, ”Indeed! You will be the new Golden Dragon King. The essence of the Golden Dragon King is contained entirely within your body. This energy can take your life at any moment, but if you can completely absorb and digest it, then you will undoubtedly attain all of its power. However, I must warn you that you aren't absolutely safe even though you've attained a dragon core. The final nine Golden Dragon King seals contain the true power of the Golden Dragon King, and the first nine seals provided nothing more than a process for you to adjust to the Golden Dragon King's power.

”Don't be lured into a false sense of security, thinking that your dragon core will keep you safe from everything. With your current physical const.i.tution, it's still going to be quite dangerous for you to break the 10th seal, but you should be ready by the time you manifest a soul core as well.”

Tang Wulin was quite stunned to hear this. He had thought that with the drastic improvements in his physical const.i.tution, it'd be an easy task for him to break the 10th seal. However, Old Tang's words clearly indicated that things weren't as optimistic as he'd imagined.

”But why, Old Tang? I feel like my physical const.i.tution is already very powerful, especially now that I have a dragon core. Can't I just use my dragon core to directly absorb the essence of the Golden Dragon King?”

Old Tang shook his head, and replied in a serious voice, ”It's nowhere near as easy as you think. I chose to awaken at this time solely because I wanted to caution you against excessive optimism. Not only do the final nine Golden Dragon King seals contain terrifying power, most importantly, they also contain shreds of the Golden Dragon King's will. No one knows what's contained within those shreds of will, but with how violent and ferocious the Golden Dragon King was, its will is definitely going to impact your psyche. As such, not only do you have to absorb the Golden Dragon King's energy, you also have to constantly make sure that you don't lose yourself to its power. Otherwise, it's quite possible that you could fall under the control of the Golden Dragon King's will.”

Tang Wulin drew a sharp breath upon hearing this. He had always known that the Golden Dragon King seals within his body were extremely dangerous, but he didn't think that the final nine seals would be this perilous!

”What should I do then, Old Tang? If this essence contains the will of the Golden Dragon King, then wouldn't my spiritual power and mind also be impacted? How can such terrifying power...”

Old Tang clasped his hands behind his back, and said in a serious voice, ”You have to realize that even in the Divine Realm, the Golden Dragon King was one of the most powerful first-rank G.o.ds.”

Tang Wulin's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this. ”Is it true that the Golden Dragon King was a part of the Dragon G.o.d?”

Old Tang turned to him with a rather surprised expression. ”You already know about that?”

This was an indirect confirmation to Tang Wulin's question.

”You knew about this as well, didn't you? Also, what are first-rank G.o.ds?”

Old Tang explained, ”Generally speaking, all G.o.ds are supposed to be equal in the Divine Realm, but in reality, there is a hierarchy, and that hierarchy is based primarily on power. The weakest G.o.ds are referred to as G.o.dly officials, and above them are the third-rank G.o.ds, followed by second-rank G.o.ds, then first-rank G.o.ds. The most powerful G.o.ds are known as G.o.dly monarchs, and they are the enforcers of laws in the past Divine Realm. What I'm telling you about now only applies to humans who become G.o.ds.

”For beasts, the situation is rather similar, but there's only one beast-type G.o.dly monarch, which is the Dragon G.o.d! In terms of individual combat prowess, the Dragon G.o.d is actually more powerful than all of the five human G.o.dly monarchs, but the human G.o.dly monarchs still hold the advantage when it comes to overall power. The Dragon G.o.d perished during its battle against the human G.o.dly monarchs, and that was how it was split into the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King.

”It could be said that the Golden Dragon King is comparable in power to a human G.o.dly monarch, and it's certainly more powerful than all of the first-rank G.o.ds. As such, you can imagine how terrifying the power contained within the final nine seals is. How difficult do you think it would be to completely absorb and convert this power?”

”I noticed you referred to the 'past' Divine Realm. I've heard that it's been many years since someone on the Douluo Continent managed to become a G.o.d; does the Divine Realm no longer exist?”

A slightly lost expression appeared in Old Tang's eyes, and he sighed, ”No, the Divine Realm still exists; it's just that we're no longer able to contact it. However, if you can truly break all of the Golden Dragon King seals and absorb all of the energy they contain, then you'll possess enough power to create your own Divine Realm and dictate the laws within that realm.”

Tang Wulin drew a sharp breath upon hearing this. He had thought that he'd already held an extremely high opinion of the Golden Dragon King seals within his body, but at the very most, he had thought that he'd perhaps be able to reach the Limit Douluo level after absorbing all of the energy contained within the seals. However, Old Tang was telling him that he'd become a G.o.dly monarch instead! That was insane!