287: The second dragon god-level ancient name

The Dragon God's prolonged silence made Lin Yang extremely anxious.

If even an existence like the Dragon God didn't know how to revive Shen Youchu, then he would truly fall into despair.

"Sacrificing oneself for Immortal Ascension, rare since ancient times..."

After a long silence, the Dragon God finally spoke.

"Strictly speaking, the woman who sacrificed herself for you hasn't completely died, but she isn't alive either. Instead, she has merged into your body in a special way, and is now in a unique state of constant life and death."

"To revive her, you need to fulfill three demanding conditions."

"Which three conditions?"

Lin Yang asked impatiently. No matter the conditions, even if it meant climbing a mountain of blades or plunging into a sea of fire, as long as he could revive his Junior Sister, he would do it without hesitation.

Seeing this, the Dragon God directly stated the three conditions.

"First, you must achieve the Immortal King realm yourself, breaking free from the shackles of the Dao."

"Second, use the 'three lives stone' as a guide to recall the sacrificed Soul through a reversal of time and space, and fully bestow your Immortal King Fruit Status upon the newly returned Soul."

"Third, endure the 'Reverse Life Tribulation' on behalf of the revived person."

"If you are willing to complete these three tasks, that woman who sacrificed herself for you can return completely unharmed."

Hearing the Dragon God's words, Lin Yang blurted out without hesitation: "I am willing!"

"I imagine you don't know the consequences of doing so. Let me tell you, if you become an Immortal King in the future and then voluntarily relinquish your Immortal King status to revive this woman, even if you can Cultivate again, it's highly likely you will never be able to Breakthrough to the Immortal King realm again in your entire life! Are you still willing?" the Dragon God said.

"I am willing." Lin Yang still didn't hesitate in the slightest.

His Junior Sister didn't even care for her life for him, so what did he have to hesitate about?

Seeing this.

The Dragon God, who had originally wanted to dissuade him, took a deep look at Lin Yang and then found it difficult to say anything more.

At this moment, a hint of contradiction also appeared in the Dragon God's heart.

Subjectively, he didn't want a promising talent like Lin Yang to ruin his future for the sake of reviving a woman.

However, if Lin Yang had shown any signs of hesitation just now, he would have felt a touch of disappointment towards this young man he had just acknowledged.

After pondering for a moment, the Dragon God meticulously explained how to fulfill these three conditions.

The first, naturally, needed no further explanation.

The Dragon God believed that with Lin Yang's Aptitude, achieving the Immortal King realm was only a matter of time.

"The Reverse Life Tribulation is extremely terrifying; it can sever an Immortal King's spirit! But I see that you Cultivate the Human Race's Body Refining Divine Ability, the Indestructible Scripture. If you can Cultivate it to the Twelfth Heaven, you will have a chance to overcome this tribulation."

Thus, two of the three conditions had a solution.

Only the three lives stone from the second condition remained to be resolved.

However, Lin Yang had never heard of this item.

"The three lives stone is an item of Karma, existing only in the 'Sea of All Things'. If you want to obtain the three lives stone, you must personally go to the Sea of All Things." The Dragon God said.

"Sea of All Things?"

Lin Yang was startled upon hearing this. It was the first time he had heard of this place, and he immediately asked where it was located.

"The Sea of All Things is a special ocean world, situated at a unique Reincarnation node. It doesn't belong to the past, nor to the future, and cannot be reached by ordinary means." The Dragon God shook his head.

"Cannot be reached?"

Lin Yang frowned slightly. Did that mean he had no chance of obtaining the three lives stone?

"Heh heh, I only said ordinary methods cannot reach it. Since the Sea of All Things exists, there are naturally ways to enter it." The Dragon God chuckled.

With that, the Dragon God pointed a finger.

"Shhh!"

The next moment, a mysterious imprint, accompanied by the terrifying scene of thousands of stars falling, directly rushed into Lin Yang's glabella.

"I once entered the Sea of All Things and left an Ancient Name imprint within it. Now I bestow upon you the Dragon God Ancient Name. With the unique authority of the Ancient Name, you can directly enter the Sea of All Things. As for whether you can find the three lives stone within, that will depend on your own fortune." The Dragon God said.

"Ancient Name..."

Lin Yang secretly felt surprised. Wasn't an Ancient Name an extraordinary power that only the most outstanding among the True Dragon Bloodline could obtain?

Could he, an outsider, also obtain the power of an Ancient Name?

As he was surprised, he felt a burning sensation in his glabella, and an ancient Dragon pattern, as if born from Chaos, slowly emerged.

The Dragon pattern was entirely purplish-gold, exceptionally noble.

Whoosh!

The next moment, at the instant the Dragon pattern fully manifested, surging light erupted, rushing up to the Ninth Heaven, slowly condensing into two ancient Dragon-shaped characters in the sky.

"great ancient!"

Boom boom boom!

At the same time, the entire Dragon Realm trembled, and countless figures swarmed out, all looking towards this direction with astonished eyes.

"This is... a Divine-Grade Ancient Name!?"

"How is this possible? Besides Lord Artoria, how could a second Divine-Grade Ancient Name appear?!"

The Dragon Clan powerhouses were shocked, and gasps of cold air echoed through the crowd.

"That direction is... the Dragon God Temple!"

"Who is worshipping the Dragon God inside now?"

Just then, an elder of the clan asked with burning eyes.

"It should be Lord Artoria, and young friend Lin Yang."

A middle-aged strong man stepped out and said thoughtfully. It was General Ou Weng of the Dragon Clan.

"What!?"

"Impossible, he's Human Race, how could he obtain our Dragon Clan's Ancient Name?"

Many clansmen shook their heads upon hearing this, exclaiming that it was impossible.

From ancient times until now, Ancient Names have been the Supreme honor of the Dragon Clan; there has never been a precedent of an outsider obtaining an Ancient Name.

"There must be someone else!"

Immediately after, the Dragon Clan powerhouses all moved, swarming towards the Dragon God Temple, wanting to witness for themselves who the new owner of the Divine-Grade Ancient Name truly was.

They simply couldn't believe that Lin Yang had obtained the Divine-Grade Ancient Name.

This was too fantastical; how could an outsider obtain their Dragon Clan's Supreme Ancient Name?

...Meanwhile.

A chaotic zone where time was stagnant and space was void.

Ten blurry shadows sat in the Void Realm, like ancient, eternal sculptures standing there.

They were the Ten Ancestors of the Eerie Clan, having existed for countless years, almost never appearing in the outside world.

Some called them the source of the Eerie.

At this moment, the ten ancestors were gathered around a mottled, mysterious stone tablet.

The stone tablet was entirely white, as if cast from jade, with two strange characters imprinted on its surface.

Its name, "Sacrificing the Dao."

Other than that, there was nothing unusual.

But if one could see through it, they would see endless fresh blood surging within the stone tablet, forming a vast ocean, with blood waves towering, incredibly terrifying.

"Begin."

After an unknown period, one of the ancestors spoke indifferently.

The other nine ancestors nodded, and then all ten together dripped a drop of essence blood towards the mysterious stone tablet before them.

Rumble!

As soon as the ancestor's essence blood appeared, it instantly crushed the Void Realm, causing turbulence in the surrounding space-time and a violent surge in the River of Time.

But the ten paid no mind, their gazes fixed on the ancient stone tablet with the words "Sacrificing the Dao" on it.

Under the watchful eyes of the ten peerless powerhouses, the ten drops of ancestor essence blood slowly merged into the stone tablet.

One breath, two breaths... like a stone sinking into the sea, the stone tablet that had swallowed the ten drops of ancestor essence blood remained completely still.

"Failed again?" one ancestor sighed lightly.

The other ancestors remained silent.

They had experienced such an outcome many times before.

Buzz!

Just when everyone thought this time would be the same, the two characters "Sacrificing the Dao" on the stone tablet suddenly trembled slightly, slowly detaching from the stone tablet as if melting.

"Hmm?"

This scene instantly drew the gazes of the ten ancestors back together.

Immediately after, a line of mysterious ancient text slowly appeared on the stone tablet:

"There is only one way to Breakthrough beyond Sacrificing the Dao, and that is... to stew the great ancient into soup!"

In the darkness, the Ten Eerie Ancestors looked at each other.

"Stew the great ancient... into soup?"