Chapter 1179: Chapter 26: Dragon God’s Offspring

“Starting today then…?”

Jin Yanhua seemed somewhat moved, and An Jing was indeed right. If she really intended to seize the position of Chief at the Zhaolin Ye Zhen Banquet, she couldn’t wait; she couldn’t start tomorrow but must reveal her sharpness today, from now.

However, she had just returned to the Dragon Hall, and immediately there were dragons coming to provoke her. Obviously, they had been spying for a long time. No surprise, it was a probing before the Zhaolin Ye Zhen Banquet, intending to discover her true strength.

Behind this, layer upon layer of planning had probably already been woven into a web. The youth held lofty aspirations; An Jing didn’t care about these sordid affairs, but she had long been accustomed to planning the future for the Heavenly Palace Team, so her mind was momentarily complex.

An Jing wasn’t in a hurry. Though he didn’t know the hidden story behind it, he knew that Jin Yanhua had her pride; at this moment, she was certainly not enduring but slowly awakening from the hibernation of a thousand years, like a treasure sword revealing its edge, needing someone to unsheath it.

“An Jing, I know a bit about Jin,” sighed You Ruhui, who, through the Emperor’s Blood, quietly informed An Jing of some inside stories: “In the Ancestral Dragon Hall, the ‘Past and Present Rise and Fall,’ the Four Seasons Dragon Gods have been in the world for a long time, but this position hasn’t been without change.”

“To ensure orderly succession, each Dragon God would select an heir; once the position of Dragon Prince is set, all his siblings would become vassals of his Destiny Pattern, like Jin’s former Fate Pattern ‘Accumulating Soldiers into Mountains,’ which was evidently formed for the future ‘New Dragon God,’ to become a Divine Craftsman under the Present Dragon God at the Ancestral Dragon Hall.”

“For stability, it’s an inevitable choice; otherwise, given the Dragon Clan’s nature, not acknowledging anyone, there’s a significant possibility of not just the Nine Dragons Struggle for Succession but even a Hundred Dragons War! This is also why the Nine Seas Dragon Court once separated from the Heavenly Sea.”

“Certainly, Jin is not willing to accept such a destiny,” An Jing understood for the most part upon hearing this: “Though for the Dragon Clan as a whole, stability is better, avoiding unnecessary ends, such preordination, like destiny set, anyone with a speck of pride in their heart would never accept it.”

“No wonder Jin is determined to pave her own way!”

“What are you two little ones mumbling about?” Jin Yanhua glanced over; although not knowing what You Ruhui said through the Emperor’s Blood, An Jing’s silence made her aware they were conversing.

She said with some displeasure, “Alright, did Ruohui say everything? She’s right, but not entirely; there are some details I didn’t explain to her back then.”

Raising her head, the Dragon Lady’s gaze was leisurely, seeming to penetrate the Cloud Vortex straight to the Dragon Hall above, where the Ancestral Dragon Hall resided: “You humans may find it hard to understand, but top-tier True Spirits like Dragons and Phoenixes… don’t need others to complete the gestation for the next generation.”

“By chance, through the collision of Heaven and Earth Power and the Great Daoist Principles within the Martial Artist Array Realm, new Transformed Dragons can naturally derive, almost inheriting all the excellent traits of the Dragon God, being the true direct descendants of the Dragon God.”

“In comparison, bloodline fusion is a backward method, as during integration, blood roots undergo chaotic collisions, even causing expression errors, loss in inheritance, weakening what was a perfect talent from both parents, introducing variations, and leading to unforeseen dire consequences.”

“Though both are offspring, evidently the former’s expression is more complete; the latter always carries many errors, making them imperfect individuals.”

Saying so, Jin Yanhua calmly turned her head, glancing towards An Jing and You Ruhui, pointing at herself: “And I’m among the many offspring of the four Dragon Gods in the Ancestral Dragon Hall… the only Dragon Descendant born through bloodline fusion.”

“My mother was an ordinary little dragon with the cultivation just at the Divine Repository, now long dead. Though my bloodline seems pure, my Great Dao is mottled, having not inherited the slightest Cosmic Light Divine Power from Father God, but instead awakening a nonsensical Great Artisan’s Fate.”

“All dragons say I’m a regrettable defective; strong among common dragons yet vastly distant from truly being the Dragon God’s offspring.”

Closing her eyes, Jin Yanhua calmly said, “But Father God sees value in me, treating me as any other offspring.”

“So,” this prompted An Jing to thoughtfully ask, “Jin, do you want to use the power of the Ancestor Dragon Scale to elevate your foundation, transforming into a Heavenly Dragon, defeating your siblings to become the true successor of the Present Dragon God?”

“Haha, initially so, I didn’t intend to oppose Father God’s decision, just unwilling to yield, stubbornly wanting to prove that Jin Yanhua isn’t inferior to dragons in my lifetime.”

Jin Yanhua candidly admitted, she calmly said, “But during the adventure in Endless Heavens, I gradually found the true source of my inner anger.”

“My brother indeed surpasses me in strength; should he take this as a point, I would concede, martial arts have no second, willing to fight and lose.”

“But all dragons, including him, insisted it’s about origin, bloodline, naturally fated matters, as if my resistance and fight, anger and unwillingness were just a waste of time, futile.”

“They said I’d long should have conceded, why rely on Father God’s favoritism, seeking hardship, creating more emotions.”

“That made me really unconvinced.”

With a grin, Jin Yanhua revealed her sharp fangs, disdainfully smiling, “The Ancestral Dragon Hall’s philosophy states anyone can become a dragon, yet internally they stress on bloodline, on origin—though the Earthly Transformed Dragon is remarkable, it’s not unreachable through Acquired means!”

“I will prove this.”

Saying as such, Jin Yanhua shuddered, transforming within the thunder into an armored dragon body, uttering a long cry, rushing out of the Cloud Vortex, with An Jing and You Ruhui exchanging a smile; the young girl retracted the projection back to the Emperor’s Blood, while An Jing stepped out, following close behind Jin Yanhua.

Outside the Cloud Vortex, three dragons with blue-red scales were still singing long hymns.

And beyond these three, a dragon with bright yellow crystal-like scales hovered atop the cloud pillar, squinting, staring at the Cloud Vortex Dragon Mansion where Jin Yanhua was, thoughts surging within.

Jin Xuanzhang, Divine Guard of the Dragon Court. Bearing the ‘Present’ surname, his ancestors must have Dragon God bloodline. He comprehended the Yangyu Dragon Bloodline, having once imagined in his youth, a future of soaring and success—achieving Divine Guard, conferred as a Dragon General, eventually from Nine Seas returning to the Heavenly Sea, becoming, within the Ancestral Dragon Hall, second only to the Dragon God among Four Seasons Dragon Clan.

Yet under the harsh realities, dreams all turned to ashes; though the Heavenly Sea Dragon Court being the Huai Xu Dragon Clan Ancestral Court, resources weren’t infinite, and possessing neither outstanding dragon aptitude nor exceptional mindfulness, after millennia of cultivation, he became just a Divine Guard; descending to the human realm, he could be called a Demon King, but in the Heavenly Sea, just another ordinary among dragons, with cloud vortex residence barely half a hill big, stretching his body was the limit, often having to respond to earthly calls, manipulating clouds and rain, earning laborious rewards.

Fortunately, he awakened the Fate Pattern [Long Time], developing the Yangyu Dragon Vein, with Divine Skills receiving heavenly light, retrospection returned to ‘Sun-Time Divine Dragon,’ able to accumulate light like jade, gathering energy like a warehouse; with this Divine Skill, he gained the appreciation of the Present Dragon God’s eldest son, Jin Qixu, becoming his retinue, only then residing in a vortex where he could freely coil and stretch, continuing cultivation, even possessing the possibility of becoming a Dragon General.

As the eldest son of the Heavenly Sea Dragon, Jin Qixu’s retinue was numerous, and the Chief Steward of his residence once advised him that while his method of ‘Long time, many years’ did bear a hint of the mystical Cosmic Light Divine Power, surpassing it in some mystical aspects, gained him the patronage of [Jin Qixu], to become a house guest to be able to live in the dwelling and become a Dragon General, yet his aspirations of rising with the Heavenly Sea Dragon Court and becoming a Divine Guard ultimately turned to ashes, for despite the prestigious status of the Heavenly Sea Dragon Court as the Huai Xu Dragon Clan Ancestral Court, he was among numerous dragons merely ordinary.

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