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242: Infinite Agony Soul Mark
🕑 Added 2025-04-27 20:35:10 +0000 UTCAfter around ten breaths, the Dragon God's domain finally faded. However, all the dragons, including the Dragon Kings, were still shivering, not even daring to lift their heads. Not that it mattered, these dragons were already completely incapacitated by those two crazy women.
"That's enough," Yun Wuji saw that it was enough and called out to stop them.
"Who... who... are... you...?" The Dragon Emperor, being the strongest beast in the God Realm of Absolute Beginning, despite its incomprehensibly miserable state, with its soul damaged and its body battered with ghastly holes, gathered what little will remained. It turned its gigantic dragon eyes toward Yun Wuji, eyes still trembling in deep fear.
It couldn't understand... no, it couldn't believe that there was someone with such a dragon soul! It was the Dragon God's soul, something that should not exist. Even the Western Divine Region's Dragon God Realm, the inheritors of the Primordial Dragon God, did not possess it!
"I'll give you two options," Yun Wuji said, his voice cold as he glanced indifferently at the shivering Dragon Emperor. "Submit... or die."
Yun Wuji's expedition to the God Realm of Absolute Beginning wasn't just about stealing the Divine Fruit; he had a greater purpose in mind. His true aim was to subdue these powerful dragons. They were an incredibly formidable group of beasts, and if they were to attack a King Realm like the Star God Realm or even the Eternal Heaven God Realm, they would completely slaughter it!
The Dragon Emperor alone could rival, or even surpass, the strongest God Emperor in the Eastern Divine Region, Qianye Fantian!
If it were anyone else, that would be an impossible feat. Not even the Dragon Monarch could do it. But Yun Wuji was different. With careful planning and the combination of Moon Star Restoration and Dragon God's Domain, he easily crushed these powerful beasts.
Of course, his success also came from his deceptively low cultivation, making others instinctively underestimate him. After all, compared to Divine Masters, he was weaker than an ant.
Who would ever care about an ant?!
The element of surprise, combined with his unreasonably powerful skills and the help of three Divine Masters, made it possible for him to crush the most powerful beast clan in the God Realm of Absolute Beginning, without a single loss!
The Dragon Emperor slowly and with difficulty moved its neck, looking at the shivering dragons lying on the ground, their blood staining the earth. Never in its wildest dreams had it imagined that a chase to reclaim their Divine Fruit would result in such a disastrous defeat. It was as absurd as it was brutal.
The Dragon Emperor, who had carried its pride like a crown throughout its entire life, now did the unthinkable; it lowered its head and whispered, "I submit."
If it were facing anyone else, it would never surrender, even if it meant death, even if it meant the extinction of its clan. A Dragon could die, but it could never live in shame. However, that single Dragon God's Domain had shattered not only its will but also its pride.
Another thing was that, since this man was the inheritor of the Primordial Dragon God, it didn't feel as much resistance to submitting to him.
"Good," Yun Wuji nodded slightly without any change in expression. He pointed his finger at the Dragon Emperor and spoke coldly, "I will brand you with my mark. Don't resist."
A silver light shot from his finger and landed on the Dragon Emperor's head. The Dragon Emperor felt something ominous from the beam of light, but it dared not resist and allowed it to enter its soul.
Countless silver marks suddenly appeared across the dragon's body, glowing three times. Then, all the marks converged into one point on the dragon's forehead before vanishing inside.
"This is the Infinite Agony Soul Mark," Yun Wuji spoke as he looked down at the Dragon Emperor. He tried to smile, but his lips only curled stiffly, resembling something like a half-smile. "I'm sure you're familiar with the Brahma Soul Death-Wishing Mark. This skill of mine has the same effect."
When he had the 'honor' of personally experiencing the Brahma Soul Death-Wishing Mark, cast on him by Qianye Ying'er, Yun Wuji gained some insight into how it worked. Later, he subtly inquired about it whenever she came to seek his help with cultivation, learning what he needed to eventually mimic the technique himself.
With only a basic understanding and a very short amount of time, Yun Wuji used his frightening genius to create a technique similar to the Brahma Soul Death-Wishing Mark. After all, he was the one who created cheat skills like Invictus. In comparison, the Infinite Agony Soul Mark seemed almost insignificant.
"Brahma Soul Death-Wishing Mark?!" Just hearing that name, even the mighty Dragon Emperor couldn't help but shiver in dread. It stared at Yun Wuji in disbelief and fear!
"What? Do you want to try it?" Yun Wuji's eyes narrowed as he asked. Before the Dragon Emperor could answer, he activated the curse!
"Roarrr!"
Silver marks suddenly appeared across its body, and immediately, the Dragon Emperor's gigantic eyes widened. It opened its mouth and let out a hoarse, painful roar.
Pain!! Excruciating pain, unbearable pain, a pain that was tens of thousands of times greater than anything it had experienced throughout its entire life. It was a pain that transcended the soul and will, a pain so intense that it made death feel like mercy!
In the next moment, the silver mark suddenly faded, and with it, the overwhelming pain ebbed away. The Dragon Emperor's massive head collapsed to the ground as it gasped for air, its body that had just stopped trembling after recovering from the Dragon God's Domain now shook uncontrollably once more.
Although the agony lasted only a brief second, to the Dragon Emperor, it felt like ten thousand years. It imagined death countless times. It longed for death!
Staring at the Dragon Emperor, who was completely in a sorry state, Yun Wuji didn't feel pity, though he couldn't feel pity anyway. The reason he activated the curse wasn't because he wanted to torture the Dragon Emperor for fun; after all, in his state of Invictus, the only thing that mattered to him was results.
He did it to carve a deep and painful memory into it, to leave a psychological shadow, especially at this very moment when the Dragon Emperor was at its lowest point in life. From now on, it would only feel fear toward Yun Wuji and the words 'Infinite Agony Soul Mark.'
From now on, this dragon would absolutely obey Yun Wuji, even if he ordered it to die.
"Since you are now my follower, I can't leave you in this pathetic state," Yun Wuji uttered, then stretched out his hand. Pure white Light Profound Energy cascaded like a waterfall, covering the Dragon Emperor's entire body.
Slowly, the injuries on its body began to heal. The grotesque, gaping holes slowly closed, the wounds mending under the pure white Light Profound Energy.
Minutes passed, and after more than half an hour, most of its wounds had recovered. It was no longer as pathetic and miserable as it had been.
Light Profound Energy was the first profound energy Yun Wuji ever cultivated, and his control and mastery over it were unparalleled. In fact, it could be said that he didn't even need the other half of the Miracle of Life, as his mastery had already surpassed it. However, even with his extraordinary control, he still couldn't heal a Peak Divine Master like the Dragon Emperor in just half an hour.
The effect of Light Profound Energy on himself and on others was completely different. Injuries that he could heal in moments took minutes when applied to others.
Another thing is that he didn't want to completely heal the Dragon Emperor; this is also a form of suppression.
"This...king...err...This lowly dragon, thank you, my lord," the Dragon Emperor moved its gigantic body and slowly prostrated in front of Yun Wuji. Its body still trembled faintly as it spoke, but this trembling wasn't from pain. It was from deep, soul-wrenching fear, a fear that came from the tiny human standing before it!
"Good. You are very smart, and I like smart people... I mean beasts." Yun Wuji slowly walked over and stepped on the Dragon Emperor's head. "If you follow my orders in the future, I won't just let you live freely, I'll reward you."
"For example, I can grant you Dragon God's Divine Origin Blood."
Now that he'd given it enough sticks, it was time to offer a carrot.
"Dragon God's Divine Blood?" The Dragon Emperor didn't dare to move an inch as Yun Wuji stepped on its head. It listened attentively, and when it heard Yun Wuji's final words, its eyes widened in shock, unable to hide its disbelief.
The Dragon God's Divine Blood is the ultimate dream of every Dragon in the Primal Chaos! It's the blood of their God, after all! Anyone who obtains it, even diluted blood, can completely change their life!
The reason the Dragon God Realm has been the strongest in the Primal Chaos for nearly a million years is because of the Dragon God's blood they inherited!
"Yes," Yun Wuji replied slowly, then stretched out his hand again. From the tip of his index finger, a small silver drop of blood, glowing faintly, seeped out.
The aura radiating from that drop of blood made the Dragon Emperor's entire blood stir restlessly. Without a doubt, this was the Dragon God's divine blood! Though the blood's color was different from the azure blue of the memories it inherited, the aura it emitted left no question, it was the Dragon God's blood!
"Now get up and go speak to your clansmen," Yun Wuji said, retracting his hand and tapping the Dragon Emperor's head with his foot.
