Chapter 250: The Legendary Ancestral Dragon

"Elder Dragon, does this mean our boss won't die?"

"Of course. While this person's talent and strength are astonishing, throughout history, I've seen many human prodigies on this continent whose talent surpassed his. What truly shocked me was this woman. As he neared the limits of his endurance, she unhesitatingly burned her soul, essentially sacrificing herself for her beloved. Such courage, I fear, is even rarer in this world than those with extraordinary talent..."

"Don't disturb them. Based on my judgment, these two are currently in a state of 'soul communion.' Simply put, both have exhausted their entire beings, yet their souls have reached an unprecedented state of resonance, similar to those two who carry my complete Dragon Source."

"However, this specific situation, where their bodies are separate but their souls can merge, is even rarer!"

"The reason for this is likely that as he was fully activating his own Dao principles and his soul power was depleted, the girl used a sacrificial method to replenish his final soul energy, forcing their souls to merge."

Everyone gathered around, listening with awe and amazement.

"Ahem, Elder Dragon, please just tell us how they can wake up, and what the extent of their injuries is now."

The giant dragon sighed softly: "The man's meridians are shattered, and he has almost completely depleted his life force. Although the woman's physical body is unharmed, her spiritual energy is severely overdrawn. Fortunately, despite enduring so much pain, there is a way for them to fully recover, and even significantly increase their strength."

Everyone looked at the giant dragon: "Elder, are you perhaps suggesting that our boss and the Empress inherit your complete Dragon Source?"

"Clever little ones."

Everyone was speechless.

"But Elder Dragon, isn't it said that a complete Dragon Source cannot be inherited by a single human body? And unlike Mu Qingtian and Ghostly Asura, their bodies haven't merged. How can they bear your Dragon Source power?"

The giant dragon's deep voice resonated again: "That's because Mu Qingtian and Ghostly Asura were merely vessels for my Dragon Source; they couldn't even absorb one-tenth of my true power. Since my Dragon Source was complete, my dragon soul remained unbroken. Without my personal approval, no matter how strong they were, they could never perfectly inherit the Dragon Source's power."

"These two, however, are different. They've given me enough shock and moved me profoundly. Furthermore, their physical conditions allow them to perfectly inherit 100% of my Dragon Source's power, achieving a true state of fusion and absorption. They are utterly incomparable to those two damned fellows."

"Most importantly, Xu Yang was already baptized by true dragon power, which allows him to absorb my strength more efficiently, even reaching a state of perfect compatibility. Once they perfectly absorb it, my dragon soul will not disintegrate, which indirectly preserves myself."

After listening to the dragon's explanation, everyone finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Ah, haha! This is great! I was worried that Mu Qingtian might refuse to give the Dragon Source to our boss if he woke up. But now that Elder Dragon has personally decided, no one can stop our boss from receiving this fortune!"

The giant dragon snorted with a laugh: "Those two good-for-nothings disturbed my peace and destroyed my physical body back then; they should have died long ago! Now, I shall grant them their ultimate fate..."

Roar!!

The dragon soul's pressure exploded like the sky collapsing, and almost instantly, the physical bodies of Mu Qingtian and Ghostly Asura completely disintegrated. Thus, a generation of powerful experts from six thousand years ago vanished into dust...

The brilliant aquamarine Dragon Source was as large as a human head, and its radiance was significantly greater than the Dragon Source of the ancient desolate dynasty's guardian dragon that Xu Yang and others had previously inherited in the Imperial Tomb!

If it weren't for the fact that the guardian dragon soul and the Taotie within Xu Yang were both deep in slumber due to extreme exhaustion, they would undoubtedly be utterly astonished right now!

This aquamarine dragon was an Ancestral Dragon that had lived for over a million years! It was far more powerful than the guardian dragon from back then, which only had a growth period of five hundred thousand years!

A creature like Taotie, considered an ancestral beast among primeval spiritual species, could already be ranked among the top tier of beast races on the continent.

However, if this giant dragon before them possessed a complete physical body, it would absolutely be among the continent's most supreme ruler-level entities. No other life form could possibly surpass it.

Therefore, receiving such a legacy could be described as a blessing in disguise for Xu Yang and the Empress.

More importantly, the water-attribute Dragon Source perfectly aligned with the Empress's constitution, eliminating any possibility of her rejecting it due to elemental incompatibility. As for Xu Yang, having received the Taotie bloodline's sacrifice, his innate devouring talent allowed him to refine all elemental spiritual energies. This single talent alone was enough for Xu Yang to bear external powers of all attributes, completely negating any chance of rejection...

The brilliant Dragon Source pulsed with light, taking the place of the Dao Heart Whisk and hovering before the chests of the Empress and Xu Yang.

Soon, the Dragon Source visibly transformed into the purest aquamarine life essence, surging wildly into Xu Yang's body.

Naturally, the Empress's body was also absorbing it, though at a much slower rate and in significantly smaller quantities than Xu Yang.

"Compared to Xu Yang, this young woman's talent is considerably less, and her physical tolerance is also weak. Her cultivation realm is too low, so she can only bear 20% of my Dragon Source power. However, even this will be enough for her to undergo a complete metamorphosis and be reborn like a phoenix from the ashes! Her future achievements will undoubtedly be limitless; reaching the peak of the Tribulation Crossing Realm will be no problem for her."

Everyone gasped in astonishment.

The Empress absorbed only 20%, yet this already put her talent far above everyone else present.

If the remaining 80% was absorbed by Xu Yang, wouldn't that be an unbelievable, heaven-defying transformation?

"Uh... Elder, if our boss receives 80% of your Dragon Source, will he completely transform into a dragon? His arms already underwent partial dragonification when he previously absorbed a portion of the ancient desolate lineage's guardian dragon's source."

The giant dragon snorted in response: "Physical dragonification after absorbing a Dragon Source occurs because the source itself already contained impurities or hadn't reached full maturity. My Dragon Source, when perfectly absorbed by him, will only manifest as an increase in life force and elemental attributes. If they are lucky, these two youngsters might even awaken my true dragon domain, though the probability is quite low."

As time passed, the effects of the Dragon Source began to manifest on Xu Yang and the Empress.

Their bodies were enveloped in shimmering aquamarine radiance, appearing pure and ethereal, like something from a dream. Yet, there was no overwhelming pressure emanating from a powerful true dragon aura as one might expect; instead, everything seemed remarkably calm.

As the giant dragon put it, this was the true manifestation of perfect absorption, where dragon power was completely internalized.