SSS-Rank 10x Reward System: Accepting Disciples to Live Forever-Chapter 217: Show me

Dragon blood was said to be incomparably potent.

Just a single drop was enough to permanently transform anything it touched.

Although Wang Chen did not know much about the Upper Realm, he had once heard Mo Huyan mention something about it. Whenever a drop of dragon blood fell upon the land, the surrounding environment would be irreversibly scarred. Entire regions would transform into terrifying forbidden zones, forming twisted spiritual fields that warped everything within them.

Most cultivators who entered such places eventually lost their minds.

Driven mad by the violent energy lingering in the air.

With knowledge like that, how could Wang Chen not be concerned?

There was absolutely no way he could casually allow something as terrifying as dragon blood to flow inside his veins.

So what if dragon blood was powerful?

Could it really surpass what the tower had already given him?

Even if this bloodline allowed him to become the strongest dragon the world had ever seen... what then?

In the end, the dragon race had still perished.

That alone proved something.

Their path had limits.

A race that could not even realize it had been cultivating a false Dao... a race that could not distinguish truth from illusion...

How could Wang Chen possibly allow such a bloodline to mix with his own?

Countless thoughts surged through his mind like an unstoppable storm.

At this point he no longer even cared whether Eternal Dream could read his thoughts.

Somewhere deep inside his heart, he had already reached a conclusion.

She would not harm him.

After all, he was the only person she could rely on.

That confidence gave him a trace of boldness.

Wang Chen’s expression gradually became more serious.

More resolute.

His grip on the egg in his hands tightened slightly, as if he were holding the most precious treasure in existence.

In truth...

That egg really was the most valuable thing he possessed right now.

Because it was the only reason he might walk out of this palace alive.

For Wang Chen, nothing in the world was more precious than his own life.

Anything that increased his chances of survival automatically became priceless.

Just as his thoughts settled into this stubborn resolve, Eternal Dream suddenly looked at him with a faint smile.

A smile that was not quite a smile.

"You are quite clear-hearted," she said softly.

"It is extremely impressive that you can resist the allure of dragon blood and refuse its fusion."

Her snow-white eyes studied him carefully.

"No wonder you are the chosen one."

At that point, a faint teasing smile appeared on her divine face.

"I may not harm you," she continued calmly, "but that does not mean I cannot test you."

Her voice slowly grew colder.

"My dragon race fell because we walked the path laid down by someone else."

"We comprehended another being’s Dao."

"In the end, we were nothing more than fruits grown for someone else’s harvest."

Her gaze sharpened.

"So show me."

"Show me how you are different."

"Show me what difference that so-called worldly knowledge makes."

Her voice carried a sharp edge now.

"This so-called science you speak of."

Her eyes locked onto him.

"Does it allow you to overturn fate?"

"Does it allow an ’ant’ like you..."

"...to face an enemy capable of filling your heart with despair?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

The atmosphere suddenly grew heavy.

"Young cultivator."

"Use everything you have."

"Let me see whether a mere cultivator can survive against multiple Domain Sovereigns."

Eternal Dream’s eyes were terrifyingly sharp, like unsheathed blades.

There was no trace of doubt in her expression.

She already knew everything there was to know about Wang Chen.

But now she wanted confirmation.

She wanted to see whether the so-called "science" he relied upon truly carried the meaning he claimed.

Yet even Eternal Dream could not escape one simple truth.

No matter how calm and rational she appeared...

She was still a pure-blood dragon.

A race famous for its overwhelming pride.

Deep within her subconscious, a stubborn part of her still refused to accept that the dragon race had truly taken the wrong path.

Her so-called rationality struggled to accept that her entire race had simply become crops waiting to be harvested.

And so...

She wanted to witness it with her own eyes.

She wanted to see how Wang Chen would face the crushing pressure of the cultivation world.

Eternal Dream’s words echoed in Wang Chen’s mind like rolling thunder.

He knew it.

Things were never going to end this easily.

How could a dragon that had lived for millions—no, billions—of years possibly be sane in the head?

Damn it.

I should have prepared for something like this from the very beginning...

The thought had barely formed when—

Three terrifying auras erupted at once.

They exploded outward like collapsing stars, vast and overwhelming, crashing into Wang Chen’s senses with such force that his mind nearly blanked out.

The pressure alone was suffocating.

At some point, the world around him returned to normal.

The frozen stillness vanished.

His cultivation base surged back instantly, returning to its peak state as though some invisible switch had been flipped.

But Wang Chen had no time to pay attention to himself.

His entire focus was locked onto the three monstrous auras rising before him.

They surged like tidal waves, shaking the very fabric of space.

Compared to them...

Wang Chen felt like nothing.

A mere speck.

No—

Even calling himself a bacterium felt like an exaggeration.

There was simply no comparison.

Only one thought surfaced in his mind.

Domain Sovereigns.

Three of them.

Three beings standing at the Domain Sovereign level.

He could faintly sense their identities.

The first aura clearly belonged to the woman from the ancient winged race.

The second...

Most likely Yang Kai.

And the third one—

The third aura carried an oddly familiar presence.

Wang Chen’s pupils shrank.

All-Seeing Immortal?

That old fellow had always appeared as nothing more than a wandering soul without a proper body.

Yet the aura erupting now was terrifyingly powerful.

Realizing this, Wang Chen felt a cold chill crawl down his spine.

It seemed he had been treating the All-Seeing Immortal far too casually all this time.

Just then—

A furious roar exploded inside Wang Chen’s ears.

"Fellow Daoist?!"

"No... you thieving piece of scum!"

"How dare you take the Nine-Realms Liquid all for yourself?!"

"Didn’t we already come to an agreement?!"

"How ruthless!"

The voice thundered across the palace.

From the distance, the figure of the All-Seeing Immortal rushed forward.

A body was rapidly forming around his soul, white flames burning fiercely across his entire figure. His eyes were blazing with fury as they locked directly onto Wang Chen.

More specifically—

They locked onto the egg in his hands.

Before Wang Chen could react, two more furious voices rang out almost simultaneously.

"Seven Darkness Divine Devil Blood!"

"A treasure capable of restoring my race!"

The ancient winged woman’s voice was filled with killing intent.

Almost immediately, another voice followed.

"Eternal Dew!"

"This could preserve her body..."

Yang Kai’s voice trembled slightly, his usually calm demeanor completely gone.

Both of their gazes were firmly fixed on the object in Wang Chen’s hands.

But what they saw...

Was not a dragon egg.

To them, Wang Chen was holding something entirely different.

A priceless divine treasure.

A treasure they desperately needed.

A treasure worth fighting to the death for.

Wang Chen was not an idiot.

He instantly understood what was happening.

His face twitched slightly.

Inside his mind, only one thought remained.

That sadistic dragon.

Eternal Dream had thrown him directly into the middle of three Domain Sovereigns.

And now they all believed he had stolen treasures that belonged to them.