98: Fusion of the bloodline of the Candle Dragon

Shen Guyan just smiled: "Rest assured, the impact is not significant."

"Since you are so confident, then go ahead and prepare." Zhang Zhenpeng did not discourage him. In his view, Shen Guyan was not even ten years old yet, and his goal should be the selection for the next youth genius ranking.

This youth genius ranking, assessed by the Spirit Pagoda, only held selections for young Spirit Masters across the entire continent every five years. Five years later, Shen Guyan would still be under fifteen. By then, given Shen Guyan's talent, he might even have Cultivated to a Spirit King.

For a Spirit King under fifteen to participate in the selection, as long as no monsters from Shrek came to crash the event, getting into the top five was quite secure.

However, what Zhang Zhenpeng did not know was that Shen Guyan's goal was never just the top five, nor would he wait five years to participate in the selection.

The Spirit Pagoda generally only gave four entry quotas to each academy, and for Sea and Land Academy, one could even consider it as two. The Zhou Sisters possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and had excellent talent themselves; taking up two spots was practically set in stone.

After the matters were settled, with Gu Yue's help, Shen Guyan sat in a wheelchair and returned to the long-missed classroom.

"Ah, it's Zhuo Tianya, Zhuo Tianya is back!"

Someone shouted this, and the classmates sitting there turned their heads one after another.

"Tianya, how did you end up like this?"

"Wow, Tianya, you dyed your hair, so handsome..."

"I haven't seen you for over two months, I haven't been able to listen to class attentively..."

"When will you recover? Looking at you, it shouldn't be anything serious, right?"

"..."

Just after entering the classroom, Shen Guyan's appearance immediately attracted a large number of female students from Class One to gather around. They crowded by his side to inquire after his well-being, which made Gu Yue feel very uncomfortable.

Shen Guyan quickly switched back to the public image of Zhuo Tianya and greeted these girls gently.

It had to be said that his image with white hair draped over his shoulders made him, who was not even ten years old, appear much more mature. Coupled with the fact that Shen Guyan was accustomed to presenting himself as an old man with white hair in his previous life, his speech was humble and gentle, which most girls simply could not resist.

Shen Guyan did not forget to scan the classroom. Fei Biao and Long Chu, who had previously plotted against him with Cang Qiong, were already gone. They must have been secretly captured by Shen Guhong and handed over to The Five Little Ones to deal with.

Hopefully, those five Little fellows could grow up quickly; he, Gongzi Yu, never liked doing dirty work himself...

"Stop swooning, everyone go back to your own seats."

At this moment, the Class Teacher of Class One walked in from outside the classroom. Seeing a group of people surrounding Shen Guyan, he scolded them with a mix of laughter and tears.

As the female classmates sheepishly left, Shen Guyan sat in his seat and meditated as usual. Only this time, there was an extra person beside him: Gu Yue.

Within the academy, besides the identity of the lower-grade heartthrob, Shen Guyan also had a nickname that left him somewhat speechless—the Academy's Brother-in-Law.

As for where this title came from, it was because Gu Yue often appeared near the academy in the guise of Zhuo Tianqiong and had been seen by many Sea and Land Academy students. Over the years, she had even gained a large number of suitors.

If it weren't for the fact that Shen Guyan knew her identity as the Sovereign of Spirit Beasts, he might have been unable to help but praise her beauty.

Shen Guyan quickly entered a meditative state.

For a Spirit Master, the sea of consciousness is the source of the Soul and power.

As Shen Guyan's Mental Energy broke through to the Late Stage of the Spirit Connection Realm, his sea of consciousness became vast and boundless. Gray mist permeated it, and occasionally, wisps of Soul Power light flickered. His consciousness drifted in this sea of consciousness, just like searching for a unique star in the vast Universe.

Suddenly, a brilliant crimson light lit up in the depths of the sea of consciousness, like a crimson blazing sun.

Shen Guyan's consciousness was instantly drawn to it. The source of that light was precisely the wisp of Candle Dragon Bloodline that had evolved from his Azure Dragon Spirit. As he approached, the crimson light grew more intense, and faintly, a figure with a human face and snake body emerged within it, surrounded by crimson flames capable of tearing through space. It was the phantom of the Candle Dragon from mythology.

That flame was no ordinary fire; it contained a pressure like that of creating the World. Every flicker caused ripples in the sea of consciousness, as if an ancient Divinity was breathing slightly in its sleep.

The aura emitted by the Candle Dragon Bloodline was powerful and ancient, carrying the terrifying great power recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas": "When it opens its eyes, it is day; when it closes its eyes, it is night; when it breathes, it is winter; when it exhales, it is summer."

Shen Guyan tried to extend his consciousness to establish a connection with this Candle Dragon Bloodline and subsequently achieve Fusion. His consciousness, like an invisible hand, slowly reached toward the Candle Dragon phantom in the light.

Just as his consciousness was about to touch the Candle Dragon phantom, a repulsive force that seemed capable of reversing day and night suddenly erupted.

Shen Guyan's sea of consciousness instantly plunged into darkness, and the next moment, it was shrouded in blinding light. Cold and heat alternated, attacking his consciousness.

His sea of consciousness shook violently, as if experiencing the Chaos turmoil when Pangu created the World, and his consciousness became briefly blurred as a result.

A heaven-shaking roar resounded in his mind, like the roar of the Candle Dragon inhaling and exhaling the World in ancient times. That impact nearly made him lose control of his consciousness.

Shen Guyan did not get discouraged. He took a deep breath, stabilized his consciousness, and tried again.

This time, he mobilized all of his Mental Energy, condensing it into a tough thread, and cautiously approached the Candle Dragon Bloodline.

When the thread touched the repulsive force, Shen Guyan felt as if he had stepped into a turbulence of time and space. The powerful pressure felt like being pressed under Mount Buzhou. Every inch he advanced, he felt his Mental Energy being ruthlessly devoured by the river of time, as if he were climbing a perilous heavenly ladder connecting heaven and earth, filled with space-time rifts. Every step was extremely difficult.

As the mental thread deepened, the repulsive force grew stronger and stronger. Shen Guyan felt as if his consciousness was being burned by the Candle Dragon's crimson flames and frozen by extreme cold, with pain washing over him like a tide. His forehead was covered in sweat, large beads of sweat sliding down his cheeks, and his body trembled slightly, but his eyes were incomparably firm, staring fixedly at the Candle Dragon Bloodline.

That pain went deep into his Soul, as if it wanted to completely obliterate his Primordial Spirit, but the obsession in his heart was like the Candle Dragon's crimson flames, burning brighter and brighter, supporting him so he would never retreat.

Finally, the mental thread broke through the first line of defense of the repulsive force and touched the edge of the Candle Dragon Bloodline.

In an instant, countless ancient scenes flooded into Shen Guyan's consciousness: the Candle Dragon dividing day and night with its own power, the seasons changing with its every breath; the Candle Dragon coiling naked in the Chaos, using itself as a guide to create the World.

This information, carrying the mysteries of creating the World, was like keys that seemed capable of opening the door to powerful strength, but at the same time, it made Shen Guyan's consciousness bear an unimaginable load.

He felt as if his head was about to be burst by this massive amount of information. Countless scenes and knowledge flashed crazily in his mind, overwhelming him, and he could even feel his consciousness beginning to crack under the impact of this ancient information.

Shen Guyan struggled to digest this information while continuing to attempt to further fuse his consciousness with the Candle Dragon Bloodline.

He slowly wrapped the mental thread around the Candle Dragon Bloodline, attempting to guide its power to fuse with his own Soul Power.

However, the Candle Dragon Bloodline seemed to have its own supreme will and did not seem willing to be easily controlled by Shen Guyan. It struggled violently, countless times causing space-time disorder, stars reversing, and the sun and moon losing their light in Shen Guyan's sea of consciousness.

Shen Guyan could feel the turbulent waves in his sea of consciousness. The Candle Dragon Bloodline was like a furious ancient Vicious Beast, constantly attacking the mental defenses he had built, causing his sea of consciousness to fall into Chaos.

Shen Guyan felt as if his consciousness was about to be torn apart, and the pain made him almost want to give up. But a stubbornness deep in his heart and a desire for powerful strength supported him.

He constantly adjusted his Mental Energy, changing the method of Fusion. He tried to soothe the Candle Dragon Bloodline in a gentle way, just like soothing a sleeping ancient Divinity.

He transmitted his Soul Power into the Candle Dragon Bloodline with the rhythm of the Great Sorrow Demonic Curse, trying to soothe its restless will.

After countless attempts and adjustments, the struggle of the Candle Dragon Bloodline finally gradually subsided.

Shen Guyan was overjoyed. Just when he thought the Fusion was about to succeed, his Meridians began to feel stinging pain, as if countless creation axes were hacking away wantonly. Immediately after, this Incarnation of his Spirit also emitted creaking sounds, as if it could be crushed into powder by this force at any moment.

It could be seen that crimson cracks began to appear on the surface of Shen Guyan's Spirit Incarnation, and blood light seeped out from the cracks, like a fragile city in the storm of creating the World.

The power of the newborn Candle Dragon Bloodline was like a torrent of Chaos capable of destroying everything, potentially submerging him completely at any time.

Facing the intense pain coming from the depths of his Spirit, Shen Guyan fell into a dilemma. If he continued the Fusion, his sea of consciousness might be completely destroyed; but if he gave up, all his previous efforts would go down the drain.

At this critical moment, Shen Guyan's Spirit Incarnation suddenly emitted a cyan halo full of vitality. Cyan Dragon scales instantly spread all over his body, quickly smoothing out the injuries of his Incarnation.

This is... the Azure Dragon's ability?

Shen Guyan decided to take a risk. He raised his willpower to the extreme, guiding the power of the Candle Dragon Bloodline to flow slowly within his body according to the circulation route of the Great Primordial Art.

He concentrated all his Spirit, building the Dragon soaring pattern recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in his mind, guiding the power of the Candle Dragon Bloodline bit by bit into this route, allowing it to gradually fuse with his own Soul Power.

This process was incomparably difficult. Every time he guided a wisp of the Candle Dragon Bloodline's power, Shen Guyan's Spirit had to endure tremendous pain.

His consciousness wandered on the edge of pain, and it could collapse at any time. But relying on his tenacious willpower, he gritted his teeth and persisted.

As time passed, the power of the Candle Dragon Bloodline in Shen Guyan's body gradually fused more and more with his Soul Power. His sea of consciousness also underwent earth-shaking changes under the impact of this powerful force.

He could feel that his Spirit Incarnation had become as tough as the roots of a Chaos cyan lotus, and faintly, a crimson blazing sun was slowly rising on the edge of the vast ocean.

That crimson light was like the dawn of daybreak, bringing a trace of fear to this dead silent spiritual World. He could feel his body gradually adapting to this power. Although the process was still painful, he knew he was moving towards success.

However, the process of Fusion was not all smooth sailing. When it reached a certain degree, the power of the Candle Dragon Bloodline suddenly became violent again.

"No way, again?"

This time, the Candle Dragon Bloodline no longer followed the guidance of the Great Primordial Art but stirred up a storm of creating the World in Shen Guyan's sea of consciousness, wantonly destroying his consciousness.

Shen Guyan felt as if his sea of consciousness was about to be torn into pieces by this violent force, and even his consciousness began to become blurred.

That feeling was as if he were placed in a dark abyss, surrounded by endless pain and despair. That violent force was like a demon's sharp claws, constantly tearing at his body and Soul.

With his current Cultivation and Mental Energy, wanting to fuse the Candle Dragon's Bloodline seemed too early...

At this life-or-death moment, a scene suddenly emerged in Shen Guyan's subconscious—it was a series of scenes from his previous World, fighting side by side with his wife Ming Yuexin, Qin, Qi, Shu, Hua, Jian risking their lives with him, until the newly born Azure Dragon Society controlled the entire Martial Forest.

Covering the sky with one hand, it seemed like creating another glory, yet it could not achieve the Dao, could not be a recluse, and lacked a broad mind. Although he was the layout planner, he could not jump out of the game. In the end, he was just dwelling between half-immortal and half-demon, unlike Fu Hongxue who experienced the baptism of extreme pain, endured the ultimate torture, and with one slash, it was already empty and hazy. Initially coming from the human World, now he was still wandering in the human World—

The characteristic of the human World is to endure the torture of pain, only then can one possess the bearing of a saint...

Until this moment, Shen Guyan finally recovered into that enlightened Gongzi Yu.

The true embodiment of the Azure Dragon is endless life, embracing all things in the Universe...

He silently mobilized his last bit of power. Supported by the Azure Dragon Aura, Shen Guyan finally regained control of the Candle Dragon Bloodline's power. He guided this power, following the established route, and continued to fuse it with his Soul Power.

"This, this is..." Medusa's lingering Soul could not help but poke her head out from the seabed cave of the sea of consciousness, watching the changes in the scene above in shock.

As the Fusion deepened, Shen Guyan could feel the power from the Candle Dragon constantly gathering, like surging waves, one wave after another. He seemed to be getting closer and closer to success...

No one noticed that all of this was happening only in Shen Guyan's spiritual World. It was merely a meditation, yet it almost cost him his life.

Gu Yue, who was sitting obediently beside him, seemed to vaguely perceive something. Her beautiful dark eyebrows furrowed slightly; she always felt that something extraordinary had happened inside her brother's body.

Finally, after going through the arduous Fusion process, Shen Guyan successfully completely fused that wisp of Candle Dragon Bloodline with his sea of consciousness.

In his sea of consciousness, the light of the Candle Dragon Bloodline and the light of his Soul merged with each other, forming a unique and powerful force capable of controlling day and night and reversing the four seasons.

The next moment, Shen Guyan exited the meditative state, quickly opened his eyes, and then slowly closed them.

Although it was only for an instant, it was clearly a pair of vertical pupils unique to the Dragon Clan, crimson in color, while the whites of his eyes had completely turned into an eerie black.

The next moment, everything around him plunged into absolute darkness!

The Class Teacher and all the students who were still in class only felt their vision go dark, as if all the light had been snatched away.

What's going on? Is someone using a Spirit Ability?

Not just the teaching building and Sea and Land Academy; the Candle Dragon's Domain power even spread to the entire Hailu City.

Everyone fell into a state where they could not see anything.

Fear spread crazily, especially among the Spirit Masters in Hailu City who possessed Dragon-type Spirits; they could not help but have their legs go soft and collapsed straight to the ground.

Could it be that some high-ranking Dragon Clan member has descended?

At this moment, everyone in the entire Hailu City lost their light.

In the pre-Qin period, the "Great Wilderness Northern Classic" in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" recorded: "Beyond the Northwest Sea, north of the Red River, there is Mount Zhangwei. There is a god, with a human face and a snake body, red in color, with straight eyes that look directly ahead. When it closes its eyes, it is dark; when it opens its eyes, it is bright. It does not eat, does not sleep, and does not breathe; wind and rain are its attendants. This is Zhujiuyin, this is the Candle Dragon."

What no one saw was that on both sides of Shen Guyan's eyes, crimson Dragon scales were crawling all over, and a pair of blood-red Dragon horns had grown on his head, looking ferocious and terrifying.

"Could this be the ability of the Candle Dragon?" Shen Guyan struggled to suppress the restless aura of the Candle Dragon, only then reopening his eyes and muttering to himself.