Instinctively—
Gu Yuena released her true Silver Dragon form.
A colossal dragon of silver light—stretching over a thousand meters—appeared in the sky.
But she wasn't attacking Su Linfeng…
She was trying to escape.
The suction from the Chaos Bell felt as though it would devour her entire being.
Only one thought filled her mind—
Escape.
Get away from the pull of that terrifying treasure.
"Whoa… so white!"
Linfeng blurted out in stunned admiration as her radiant form filled the heavens.
"Wow… so white!"
Gu Yuena's violet eyes shot him a glare sharp enough to kill.
This human was mocking her—at a time like this?!
She had only wanted to test him, and somehow it had turned into this.
BOOM!
The Chaos Bell tolled again—its deep note reverberating through space.
From the void vortex, a faint corner of the bell's surface emerged.
Gu Yuena instinctively swung her dragon tail,
but her expression changed instantly—
That single movement filled her with a terrifying, irresistible powerlessness.
She saw it.
Where the bell revealed just a sliver of itself—
The sky shattered.
The void collapsed.
The entire Douluo World trembled.
The world's space… couldn't withstand its presence.
Faced with such overwhelming suppression, Gu Yuena didn't hesitate another second.
She summoned her divine weapon, the Silver Dragon Spear.
"Break for me!"
Her shout carried divine might.
The phantom of the Dragon God, towering a thousand meters tall,
merged into the spear, which began to hum and tremble violently.
Every soul beast across the Star Dou Great Forest raised its head—
their bloodlines responding instinctively to her divine aura.
"Such terrifying energy… I'm going to die!"
From afar, Dugu Yan trembled as she lifted Bibi Dong,
then immediately turned and fled deeper into the forest.
It was the wisest decision—
because the air around the Silver Dragon Spear was already cracking apart.
The power of both forces—the Bell and the Spear—
was beyond what the Douluo Plane could endure.
If she didn't flee now, there'd be nothing left to flee from.
SWISH!
The Silver Dragon Spear launched toward the swirling vortex,
straight at the Chaos Bell.
The spear's light was like a blade of heaven itself—
a streak of brilliance that could split the world in two.
It was Gu Yuena's strongest strike,
the full power of an Extreme Douluo avatar,
amplified by her divine weapon.
BOOM!
Heaven and earth trembled.
Space tore apart like shattered glass.
Linfeng watched in disbelief—
As Gu Yuena and her spear crashed against the Chaos Bell's revealed corner.
For a single, blinding moment—
The world went white.
Then—
The Silver Dragon Spear shattered.
It broke into a dozen fragments,
falling like meteors into the Star Dou Great Forest below.
"Wh–what the hell…"
Linfeng's jaw dropped.
It shattered? The Silver Dragon Spear… just broke?!
Gu Yuena… she's done for?!
His chest tightened with sudden panic.
As if responding to his emotion,
The Chaos Bell pulsed once more—
It's light erupting into a brilliant five-colored radiance.
The fragments of the Silver Dragon Spear were pulled upward—
each piece lifted gently into the air.
Under the Bell's multicolored glow, the weapon slowly reformed—
whole once more.
Gu Yuena's broken body, too, was restored.
She reappeared, kneeling in midair,
silver hair flowing, hand gripping her spear,
her eyes wide with awe and submission as she gazed at the Bell.
Just moments ago—
She had died.
And now… she lived again.
That bell's power—it wasn't something she could even comprehend.
Even if her true body came personally,
its full strength wouldn't amount to one ten-thousandth of that bell's might.
She trembled—not out of fear, but reverence.
As her thoughts raced,
the Chaos Bell slowly faded back into the vortex, disappearing completely.
In less than a minute,
Gu Yuena had experienced life, death, and resurrection.
And she knew—without doubt—
that everything had been real.
"That… that artifact… what is it?"
Her voice shook as she looked down at Linfeng,
a rare daze in her usually calm eyes.
"Is that why the gods above don't dare touch you?"
Linfeng merely spread his hands innocently—
neither confirming nor denying.
For someone as smart as Gu Yuena, that was answer enough.
She shivered at the thought.
Her curiosity nearly got her killed.
If Su Linfeng had any hostile intent,
she'd have been truly destroyed—
and even though this was only her avatar,
Its death would still wound her true body.
"Sister…"
Linfeng smiled faintly, his gaze sweeping over her.
"Should I call you Sister Gu, or Sister Na'er?
Your true body can split into two avatars, can't it?"
"You… you actually know this is my avatar?!"
Gu Yuena's violet eyes widened.
He was becoming more and more mysterious by the second.
Gu Sister? Na'er Sister?
She had never even used those names before!
She was just Gu Yuena!
Then realization dawned—
She looked sharply at him.
After a brief silence, she asked quietly,
"That favor I refused earlier… does it still count?"
Linfeng twitched a bit at the corners of his mouth.
Now she remembered that?
She had refused it herself—
and now wanted to take it back.
Still, he couldn't bring himself to deny her.
She really had saved Bibi Dong.
"I know what you're thinking," he said calmly.
"Aside from helping you overthrow the Divine Realm,
I'll agree to anything else you ask."
"First—because I currently don't have the strength for that."
"Second—because of this."
He raised his hand—
A small violet flame appeared in his palm, burning quietly.
Gu Yuena's eyes sharpened instantly.
"That's… the Source of Destruction!"
Her voice trembled.
"You actually earned the acknowledgment of the Human God?"
Linfeng only smiled faintly.
He didn't answer.
In truth, the flame hadn't been refined by his Solar True Fire—
Perhaps because he himself had acknowledged destruction's existence.
As long as that "Human God" sat on the Divine Committee,
the Asura God wouldn't dare move recklessly against the Douluo Plane.
Still, Linfeng feared not the gods,
but his own lack of strength to protect those he cared for.
That was why—for now—
He would endure and plan.
"But I can make a compromise."
Linfeng's tone softened.
"Gu Yue-sister, if we can cooperate,
I can promise you this—"
"One day, the Beast God will return to the Divine Realm."
"Do you believe me?"
Gu Yuena's body trembled.
Believe him?
If he'd said that earlier, she might have laughed.
But after witnessing the Chaos Bell—
after feeling her own Dragon God bloodline tremble in submission—
She believed.
That feeling… was something she had never experienced before.
Not even before the God-Kings of the Divine Realm.
Against them, her blood would surge in defiance.
But before that bell—
She could only kneel.
Her silver eyes narrowed.
"How do you intend to cooperate with me?"
Linfeng smiled faintly.
"By creating gods."
He spoke plainly.
"For certain reasons, the Beast God cannot currently ascend to godhood.
But through the path of human divinity, we can reach the Divine Realm."
"That's why I want the Star Dou Forest and the Spirit Hall to work together."
Gu Yuena froze.
Create gods?
Cooperate… with humans?
Impossible!
She—the proud Silver Dragon King—
despised humans more than anyone.
Even helping Bibi Dong earlier had been only because of Su Linfeng.
Now he wanted her to ally with human Soul Masters?
Never.
"Impossible," she whispered.