Among the dragon race, the Blood-Karmic Dragon Emperor was undoubtedly an anomaly.
Because it was not a true dragon in the conventional sense.
It was a unique offspring born from the union of two powerful evil dragon bloodlines—the Blood Dragon and the Karmic Dragon.
With the fusion of these two sinister bloodlines, the Blood-Karmic Dragon Emperor's personality was exactly what one would expect.
It was incomparably cruel, violent, and tyrannical.
If it had to be compared to something...
It was the beast-version of a "Long Aotian."
It wanted to pick a fight with everyone it met.
If someone irritated it, it wanted to kill them.
And if it was bored...
It would casually slaughter a few people for entertainment.
Even within dragon society, the vast majority of dragons despised and rejected an existence like the Blood-Karmic Dragon Emperor.
Now, the reason Chen Beiyuan's repeated Blood Oath attempts had failed finally became clear.
The Dragon Egg in his possession was, in truth, the reincarnation of an Eighth-Rank Calamity Beast—the Blood-Karmic Dragon Emperor.
Although it was still weak and had yet to hatch, its soul was undeniably at the Emperor Realm.
Under such circumstances, Chen Beiyuan—a mere Fifth-Rank Battle Commander—had absolutely no chance of forming a master-servant Blood Oath with it.
Even if an Eighth-Rank Battle Emperor personally attempted the ritual, the odds of success would still be extraordinarily low.
After all,
the Blood-Karmic Dragon Emperor had possessed terrifying combat strength in its previous life.
Its dragon soul was far stronger than that of ordinary Eighth-Rank Battle Emperors.
Furthermore,
before reincarnating, it had undoubtedly prepared numerous safeguards deep within its soul to prevent anyone from enslaving it.
Otherwise,
everything would simply become a wedding dress sewn for someone else.
A pure-blooded dragon capable of growing into an Eighth-Rank Calamity Beast was never as simple as it appeared.
What had initially seemed like a heaven-defying opportunity...
Had now become a blazing-hot burden.
Without a Blood Oath in place,
no matter how kindly Chen Beiyuan treated the Dragon Egg,
once it regained its memories and returned to its former peak,
it would once again become the ruthless and bloodthirsty Blood-Karmic Dragon Emperor.
When that happened...
The classic tale of "the evil dragon devouring its master" would likely unfold.
"So..."
"What am I supposed to do with you?"
Chen Beiyuan cradled the Dragon Egg in his hands.
His deep gaze rested upon the shell covered in strange crimson veins, as though he could see the dragon embryo developing within.
A faint heartbeat traveled through the shell into his palms.
At the same time,
he sensed an indescribable feeling of closeness.
Clearly,
after bathing in the Dragon Blood Pool, consuming the Dragon Blood Dao Fruit, and comprehending a Ferocious Beast Divine Ability,
Chen Beiyuan naturally inspired goodwill from the Dragon Egg.
The unborn dragon even instinctively regarded him as one of its own—
As family.
Under such circumstances,
even without a Blood Oath,
Chen Beiyuan could still rely upon this familial bond to make use of the future Blood-Karmic Dragon Emperor.
After all,
it was a reincarnated Emperor.
As long as sufficient resources were provided,
its cultivation and strength would recover at an astonishing speed.
It could become a powerful combat force in the shortest time possible—
Even reclaiming its former throne as Dragon Emperor.
The problem was...
Once its cultivation reached a sufficiently high level,
it could very well become uncontrollable.
If it were anyone else,
they would probably be trapped in hesitation,
unable to decide.
But for Chen Beiyuan...
The answer had been decided from the very beginning.
"What falls into my hands..."
"Never leaves them."
"As the Heaven's Chosen Great Villain..."
"If I can't even suppress a single Blood-Karmic Dragon Emperor..."
"That would be the real joke."
Secret Realm
Within the Secret Realm,
a massive emerald-green poisonous lake continuously bubbled as countless toxic blisters rose to the surface.
Terrifying poisonous miasma filled the air.
Even a Seventh-Rank Battle King,
if careless enough to allow the poison into their body,
would perish without even leaving behind a corpse.
At the bottom of the poisonous lake lay countless rotting beast carcasses and skeletons.
Among them were even the remains of Sixth- and Seventh-Rank Calamity Beasts.
This place was a forbidden land for the living...
And a paradise for the dead.
Just then,
a strange roar resembling a dragon's cry echoed from the depths of the poisonous lake.
It carried a horrifying pressure that chilled one's soul.
Instantly,
the entire lake began to boil violently.
The countless beast corpses slowly sank downward,
as though some terrifying existence hidden beneath the waters had begun silently feeding.
An indescribable sense of oppression and terror spread throughout the entire Nether Poison Dragon Pool.
BOOM!
An enormous figure suddenly thrust its head above the emerald waters.
It was...
A gigantic dragon's head!
Yet unlike the majestic dragons of myth,
this one radiated only horror.
Its head should have been covered in magnificent dragon scales.
Instead,
vast portions of its flesh had rotted away.
Thick streams of emerald poison continuously seeped from the decaying flesh, flowing across its body.
Its enormous dragon eyes glowed with eerie green light,
filled with naked brutality and bloodlust.
With a thunderous splash,
its colossal body and dragon claws rose from the depths,
overturning the entire poisonous lake.
Venom splashed in every direction.
ROAAARRR!
The grotesque dragon, its body covered in decay and poisonous slime, released a heaven-shaking roar,
as though proclaiming its birth to the entire world.
The soul pressure of a Top-Tier Battle Soul instantly enveloped the entire Secret Realm.
Upon the dragon's enormous head,
sat a half-naked young man glowing with emerald light.
It was none other than...
Lin Xiao.
He had truly succeeded.
He had actually completed his dragon transformation.
His high-tier Battle Soul—
Black Flood Dragon—
had evolved into a top-tier Battle Soul—
Nether Venom Dragon.
The Nether Venom Dragon was a mutated form of the Demonic Nether Poison Dragon.
Its venom was even more terrifying.
Its nature was incomparably savage.
A truly fearsome evil dragon.
At the very moment the Nether Venom Dragon was born,
Lin Xiao's aura became increasingly mysterious.
He seemed to be gradually merging with the monstrous dragon beneath him.
At the same time,
his cultivation exploded upward.
From the peak of the Fourth-Rank Battle General...
He leaped directly to the Middle Stage of the Fifth-Rank Battle Commander.
"At last..."
"I've successfully cultivated the Supreme Profound Dragon Transformation Scripture."
"As expected of a Ninth-Rank cultivation technique."
Although Lin Xiao still sat cross-legged atop the dragon's head with his eyes tightly shut,
it wasn't he who spoke.
Instead,
the terrifying poison dragon lowered its head,
looked at its own decaying flesh,
and spoke in a strange human voice.
The voice...
Was exactly the same as Lin Xiao's.
"No one could have imagined..."
"That I, Lin Xiao, would survive the Nether Poison Dragon Pool..."
"...and successfully transform into a dragon."
"With the Wordless Medical Scripture in my possession, I have no fear of the deadly poison within the Nether Poison Dragon Pool."
"I was even able to absorb the dragon venom into my body..."
"...allowing my Battle Soul to undergo evolution and become this terrifying poison dragon."
"Although the Nether Venom Dragon wasn't the ideal evolution I originally envisioned..."
"...its innate poison perfectly complements the Wordless Medical Scripture."
"It greatly enhances my combat strength."
"So what seemed like misfortune has instead become a blessing."
"The Supreme Profound Dragon Transformation Scripture, this Ninth-Rank cultivation technique, has finally reached its entry stage."
"It has drastically increased my cultivation..."
"...and officially set me upon the path of Dragon Transformation."
"The current me is finally qualified to compete with those supreme monsters."
"No..."
"Having cultivated a Ninth-Rank cultivation technique..."
"I am destined to surpass every one of them."
"What I lack now..."
"...is merely time."
Finally,
the enormous dragon head slowly turned.
Its eyes burned with overwhelming hatred and murderous intent.
"Chen Beiyuan..."
"The score between us..."
"...will be settled sooner or later."
The undisguised killing intent in his voice made one thing perfectly clear.
The Child of Destiny's hatred toward Chen Beiyuan had already reached the point where it ran deep into his bones.
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