**Chapter 222: The Silver Dragon King, A Blank Slate**
As the light faded, the Silver Dragon King assumed her human form. She looked exactly as she did in the video: long, silver hair cascaded down her back, as soft and smooth as silver crystal. Long, curled lashes framed her eyes, and her purple pupils were so clear and translucent it was as if one could see a galaxy of stars within them… One had to admit, whether in her true form or human guise, she was extraordinarily beautiful.
After transforming into her human form, the Silver Dragon King looked at the leading Di Tian and said, "Prepare yourselves; follow me to the Human World."
"Yes, Master."
Di Tian did not hesitate, nodding in affirmation. He believed that since his master had awakened at this time, it meant she had surely seen the video. And having seen it, she must have her own plans for the future of soul beasts. As a subordinate, all he had to do was obey.
The other soul beasts had no objections. After all, the Silver Dragon King was the common ruler of the soul beasts. It could be said that nearly all soul beasts on the Douluo Continent were races nurtured by the essence of the divine beasts that perished on the Douluo Continent during the great war in the God Realm long ago.
And as the leader of all divine beasts back then, and a continuation of the Dragon God's life after he split, it was only fitting for the Silver Dragon King to become the common ruler of the soul beasts.
As for why the Silver Dragon King was going to the Human World, even if she didn't say, the fierce beasts already had their suspicions. It was undoubtedly to find that Lord of White Cloud City from the video.
After all, the solution to the restrictions placed on soul beasts still lay with that Lord of White Cloud City.
Sometimes, when it came to humans, the soul beasts found they truly had no choice but to be in awe. Their creativity and potential for growth were simply terrifying.
Take the Contract Soul Master method, for example. Though it seemed like a simple contract, it was anything but. Even the Silver Dragon King couldn't create such a thing. Yet, a human less than a few hundred years old had managed to do it.
Talent was truly an unfair thing at times.
And just as Di Tian and the other fierce beasts had guessed, the Silver Dragon King had indeed emerged from seclusion to find Ye Cheng, the Lord of White Cloud City from the video. Her purpose was that symbiotic contract with soul beasts.
After all, with the soul beasts on the Douluo Continent so tightly restricted by the God Realm, the Silver Dragon King absolutely needed the symbiotic contract if she wanted to cultivate her own forces. Only then could the soul beasts under her command grow and become divine beasts!
Otherwise, if Di Tian and the other fierce beasts couldn't break through to become divine beasts, they would be worthless to her. If they weren't even divine beasts, when they eventually clashed with the God Realm, they probably wouldn't even qualify as cannon fodder.
Moreover, according to the situation in the video, the Human Faction might not necessarily be an enemy to soul beasts. Didn't the video show that without the God Realm's interference, soul beasts and humans could live together? And quite harmoniously, at that?
What's more, at the end of the video, that Lord of White Cloud City even reprimanded the God Realm and then effortlessly destroyed it.
That scene had left the Silver Dragon King feeling incredibly invigorated! It was as if years of accumulated pressure had vanished in an instant! The word 'refreshing' couldn't even begin to describe it.
So, even though the two had never met in reality, the Silver Dragon King felt a spiritual connection with Ye Cheng. If this were a dating sim, her initial favorability toward Ye Cheng, a man she had never met, would already be as high as 70.
With this level of favorability, even if Ye Cheng suddenly went mad and proposed to her, she wouldn't get angry. She might even seriously consider it, with the chances of accepting or refusing being fifty-fifty.
The reason for this was that despite having lived for so long, the Silver Dragon King hadn't actually experienced much. Her mentality was no different from that of an ordinary girl. Otherwise, in the original story, the ridiculous event of her falling in love with the little dragon-man, Tang Wulin, wouldn't have happened.
If she were truly a divine beast king with hundreds of thousands of years of experience, would she fall in love with Tang Wulin, a little guy whose age wasn't even a fraction of hers? Would she be as driven by emotion as she was in the original story?
It seemed impossible, no matter how one thought about it.
When the Dragon God was besieged by five God Kings, he split his power at the brink of death, transforming into two brand new lives—the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King. He also bestowed his two god positions upon these two new lives, granting them immense power from birth.
Therefore, the Silver Dragon King is not a clone of the Dragon God. She can be considered his asexually reproduced offspring—a completely new life.
Soon after her birth, the Silver Dragon King faced an attack from a God King. She was severely injured and, out of necessity, fled miserably by escaping into the void. She finally escaped back to the Douluo Continent.
However, due to her severe injuries, she spent most of the next several hundred thousand years in a healing slumber. She had almost no contact with anyone, and her only understanding of the world came from the Dragon God's memories.
It could be said that, in some respects, the Silver Dragon King was essentially a blank slate, like an infant. Although the Dragon God left her with some memories, those were, in the end, just memories. Worldly love, affection, and emotional entanglements—the Silver Dragon King had never experienced them. She knew such things existed, but she had no idea how dangerous emotions could be.
Once you truly fall in love, you can lose all control. You might even stop being yourself.
This was why, in the original story, she split off Na'er. But this other half of herself fell in love with Tang Wulin. When it was time to fuse back together, Na'er's emotions came with her, instantly overwhelming the worldly-naive Silver Dragon King.
So, don't imagine the Silver Dragon King as some cunning, ancient monster who has lived for hundreds of thousands of years. When it comes to emotions, she's a complete blank slate—the type to be easily deceived and to have her heart easily stirred.
Of course.
Although the Silver Dragon King was young at heart and inexperienced, she was, after all, a continuation of the Dragon God's life and had inherited some of his memories. Because of this, she possessed an innate arrogance.
If you were an ordinary person trying to curry favor or get close to her, she wouldn't even spare you a glance.
Only someone on her level, or whom she considered an equal, would have a chance to win over this naive little silver dragon.
In the original story, Tang Wulin happened to meet this condition. After all, possessing the entire essence of the Golden Dragon King, he could be seen as the Golden Dragon King reincarnated. It was only natural that she would take special notice of him.
*Cough*, I've digressed.
After deciding to set off for the Human World to find Ye Cheng, the Silver Dragon King didn't delay. She departed, bringing only two fierce beasts of considerable strength to act as her attendants. As a side note, these two fierce beasts were named Bi Ji and Zi Ji, and their true forms were an Emerald Swan and a Demonic Dragon, respectively.
As for Di Tian and the other hot-tempered male fierce beasts, they were left behind to guard their headquarters. This was to avoid the embarrassing scenario of the entire leadership leaving, only to return and find their base had been raided.
(end of chapter)