Chapter 50: Triumphant Return

Among the soul bones that a Soul Master can fuse, there are a few cases that are the most precious.

If the age of the soul bone itself is disregarded, Trunk Soul Bone, Head Soul Bone, and External Attached Soul Bone are considered the rarest and most valuable.

External Attached Soul Bone is precious because it exists independently of the common Six Major Soul Bones, truly rare, and can grow along with the Soul Master's growth.

Trunk Soul Bone and Head Soul Bone have the most significant enhancement effect for a Soul Master, yet they are the hardest to obtain.

The Mountain Dragon King, being the descendant with the strongest defensive power among the Dragon God lineage, brings a Trunk Bone that is undoubtedly the highest‑grade Trunk Bone, unquestionably stronger than Tang San's Deep Sea Demon Whale King Trunk Bone. With it, Yu Tianyun's bodily defense can surely leap to a brand‑new level.

Besides clearly feeling the newly added soul bone on his body, Yu Tianyun's perception continuously extends outward; everything in the outside world is imprinted in his mind with perfect clarity, requiring no eyes to see—just by feeling, he can discern with such precision.

This means his soul power seems to have risen a tier; top‑grade soul power is one of the fundamental factors that allows crossing stages when absorbing a ten‑thousand‑year Soul Ring.

Yu Tianyun never expected that, during such a long stay in this Dragon Valley, he could not cultivate soul power, yet his soul power achieved this breakthrough. Perhaps it was the feedback from those dragon souls when he was digging graves and burying bones.

His consciousness gradually faded as he entered deep meditation once more. The complete fusion of his body with the Mountain Dragon King's diamond‑like Trunk Bone and the adaptation to the surging soul power both require considerable time.

After an unknown length of time, Yu Tianyun slowly opened his eyes, feeling that his body had perfectly merged with the Mountain Dragon King's diamond‑like Trunk Bone, and the skyrocketing soul power was now fully under his control.

He feels his bodily strength and soul power have already reached the Title Douluo level!

This enhancement is so massive that he can hardly determine how long he actually meditated.

The skill granted by the Mountain Dragon King's Trunk Soul Bone is unsurprisingly identical to that of the Little Dragon Man.

It is indeed "Mountain Dragon Command" and "Gravity Strong Control"! Yu Tianyun stands up, stretches his limbs, gazes at this Dragon Valley that has borne his countless hardships and gains, feeling a flood of emotions. Now, it is time to leave.

He takes a deep breath, slightly employs his soul power, then retrieves a Dragon Pearl from the Storage Soul Conduit and immediately injects his soul power into it.

In an instant, the Dragon Pearl blazes brightly, a silver aura envelops Yu Tianyun as he vanishes from the Dragon Valley small world.

Yu Tianyun's vision goes black, and in a flash he once again feels the familiar space distortion and pulling sensation.

Not long after, the darkness dissipates and the light reconvenes. Yu Tianyun appears in the underground hall he entered from. The hall is pitch black at this moment, yet through his soul power perception, everything in the surrounding environment is clearly presented in his mind.

The hall is empty; it must be because he has not left for a long time, and his grandfather could not have been waiting here forever.

Without lingering, upon discovering the hall empty, Yu Tianyun walked straight out, winding up the black passage. After a short while, he passed the stone‑door mechanism that requires inputting Blue Electric Tyrannosaur Weapon Soul soul power at a specific location. However, exiting from inside to outside does not require such hassle; Yu Tianyun quickly found a switch on the wall, pressed it, and hurried out. A few minutes later, Yu Tianyun finally reached the surface. After reaching the surface, he could not wait to find Yu Yuanzhen, because in the Dragon Valley small world, in order to quickly bury those true dragon remains, he had not kept track of time; now he is eager to know how much time has passed and what has happened over these years.

At this moment, in a room of the Lan Dian Ba Wang Sect's main hall, Yu Yuanzhen is sitting cross‑legged on a bed, meditating, stabilizing his cultivation after another breakthrough. Suddenly, he opens his eyes and senses an extremely dense dragon aura in the sect, as if a true dragon cub with a pure bloodline had appeared! In the next instant, he vanishes from the room.

Just as Yu Tianyun, having arrived on the surface, prepares to look for Yu Yuanzhen, he suddenly feels a powerful aura rush toward him. Yu Yuanzhen instantly appears before him, his eyes full of surprise and doubt.

"Tianyun, what is this..." Yu Yuanzhen scans Yu Tianyun from head to toe, shocked by the dense dragon aura on him.

Yu Tianyun hurriedly bows and exclaims excitedly: "Grandfather, I finally returned! I endured hardships in the Dragon Valley, but gained enormously, my strength surged, and I feel my bodily quality and soul power are close to Title Douluo!"

"Tianyun, I can sense that this trial truly gave you a massive boost; the dragon aura on you is even denser than that of a pure‑blood true dragon!" Yu Yuanzhen's aged face remains shocked, as if looking at a monster, gazing at Yu Tianyun.

"Grandfather, the reason my dragon aura is so dense may be because I absorbed too many true dragon souls, and also I absorbed a true dragon soul bone!" Yu Tianyun does not tell Yu Yuanzhen that the true dragon soul bone he absorbed is of Dragon King level, as that would be astonishing and hard to explain, so he simply tells a lie.

Yu Tianyun is very satisfied with his Dragon Valley journey; although he may have wasted several years cultivating soul power, the gains he achieved there far surpass those from cultivating outside. The improvement in bodily quality and soul power gives Yu Tianyun confidence to choose a Soul Beast of ten‑thousand‑year cultivation for his next Soul Ring.

Yu Yuanzhen, after all, is also a Title Douluo; his astonishment gradually subsides, and he slowly says:

"Tianyun, your power increase this time is great, so tell grandfather in detail about your experiences inside!"

Yu Tianyun suppresses his urge to ask urgent questions, since he is already out and need not be hasty. In a clear voice he slowly says: "Alright, Grandfather, when I first entered the Dragon Valley small world, I appeared in a hill region. There were no opportunities within the hills; after crossing them I entered a plain. Upon realizing I could not attract dragon clouds of other elements, I simply flew up into the sky and voluntarily entered the dragon clouds."

Yu Tianyun briefly recounted his experiences and conjectures, but described the reward obtained after burying true dragon remains as an ordinary true dragon soul bone. After all, on Douluo Continent, the best soul bone in a Soul Master's eyes is already of ten‑thousand‑year grade, and explaining the truth would be troublesome.

Yu Yuanzhen, after hearing Yu Tianyun's account, for a moment does not know what to say.

Seeing Yu Yuanzhen's silence, Yu Tianyun takes the initiative to ask the question he wants: "Grandfather, after I entered the Dragon Valley small world, how many years have passed on Douluo Continent? What has happened during these years?"

Hearing Yu Tianyun's question, Yu Yuanzhen puts aside his myriad emotions, his gaze slightly complex as he looks at Yu Tianyun and says: "Two years have passed; there aren't many major events, only that your second grandfather and third elder have both broken through to Title Douluo! Oh! And also my two granddaughters‑in‑law."

Upon hearing that the second grandfather and third elder have broken through to Title Douluo, Yu Tianyun is not surprised, as they had been stagnant at level 89 for many years. But when he learns of his two fiancées, he impatiently presses: "Grandfather, tell me quickly! What about Yan Yan and Rong Rong?"

(End of chapter)