[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi":3,"chapter-douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-384":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Douluo: The Exiled Immortal Descends, Sword and Wine Slay the Gods",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1550613,2014,"Chapter 384: The Silver Dragon King Gifts Her Reverse Scale — The Greatest Karmic Bond of Douluo Descends! If the Gods Will Not Permit It, Then I Will","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-384",384,"\u003Cp>Gazing into those amethyst-like dragon eyes, a sense of closeness naturally welled up from the depths of Li Zhexian's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver Dragon King felt the same pull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For her, that closeness was even more tangible—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a tremor born of shared bloodline, and a trust so complete it allowed for utter surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian was just about to speak, when the Silver Dragon King's clear yet faintly weakened voice rang out first:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are gazes upon you that I do not like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"May I temporarily block them for you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the words fell—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wisp of illusory, multicolored dragon breath, suffused with a lingering fragrance, gently enveloped Li Zhexian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>..\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divine Realm Plaza\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the now-blurred light screen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Dong frowned and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this is the Silver Dragon King? She can actually obscure our vision?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Asura God spoke slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As one half of the Dragon God, she is born with the status of a God King. Blocking divine perception is only natural.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the God of Destruction strode in from the plaza corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him followed a man clad in deep blue robes, long azure hair flowing like ocean waves. His handsome face was filled with suppressed fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Dong's lips curved slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Destruction, it seems the Sea God is rather displeased.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sea God's expression instantly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The God of Destruction cast him an indifferent glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the shadow of his purple cloak, his eyes held an ancient, unyielding obsession and authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations to Li Zhexian for stepping onto the divine path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, I have heard…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is entangled in karmic ties with the remnants of the Dragon God.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Evil, Asura—you two are on good terms with Li Zhexian. You must properly advise him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The affairs of the Dragon God are a taboo of the Divine Realm. No god is permitted to touch them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The tragedy of the ancient god war must never be repeated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Asura God continued to gaze at the blurred light screen, saying nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji Dong, however, knitted his brows tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the current situation—and Li Zhexian's personality—it was nearly impossible for him to sever his karmic ties with Spirit Beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is troublesome…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, eat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver Dragon King curled her tail,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sweeping over a cluster of the most luxuriant spiritual herbs from her nest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She piled them into a small mountain before Li Zhexian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing hesitation on his face, she looked around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze finally settled on the crystals formed on the rock wall by condensed primordial energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She extended a dragon claw,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pried off the largest crystal,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and presented it to Li Zhexian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, do you want to eat this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I like it too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It helps heal injuries.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she snapped off another piece, popped it into her mouth, and began chewing with audible crunches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within his spiritual sea,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skydream shrank into a corner under the Silver Dragon King's aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, he couldn't help muttering:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Spirit Beast's aura alone makes me want to kneel…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But why does her intelligence feel… not very high?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Empress and Snow Empress shot Skydream cold looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For reasons unknown, hearing Skydream criticize this mysterious Spirit Beast stirred inexplicable anger in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That feeling…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was like hearing someone speak ill of one's own elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian sensed the commotion within his consciousness, a trace of understanding flashing through his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Silver Dragon King had descended upon the Douluo Continent countless years ago,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after separating from the Dragon God's body,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she had never truly walked among mortals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had remained hidden beneath Star Dou, quietly recuperating. Her nature was still pure and untainted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfamiliar with worldly affairs—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He originally intended to gently refuse her kindness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing the expectation in those purple dragon eyes, he could only pick a spiritual herb suitable for direct consumption, place it in his mouth, and chew slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you. This is enough for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why… do you call me brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crunch, crunch… I don't know…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver Dragon King answered indistinctly as she chewed on the crystal:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crunch, crunch… I just feel that you're very close…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this moment, he had imagined their meeting countless times—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>swords drawn, tensions bristling, or veiled tests of wit and power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet never had he anticipated this…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that the Silver Dragon King would so naturally, so intimately, call him \"brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the silent dragon nest—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soft light spilled down from the dome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Illuminating this strange yet harmonious scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian ate the spiritual herbs,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while across from him the Silver Dragon King went crunch, crunch, gnawing on crystal shards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was in high spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her shimmering silver dragon tail swayed cheerfully behind her, keeping time with her chewing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Silver Dragon King finished the crystal and exhaled a breath of resplendent dragon essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That breath slowly unfurled before Li Zhexian, transforming into a flowing screen of light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the light screen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the scenes were tragic and harrowing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit Beasts wailing under human blades;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>forests falling in swathes beneath axes;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the glaciers of the extreme north melting away without end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another, Spirit Beasts whose cultivation had reached its very peak roared their grief at the heavens, hurling themselves toward the heavenly tribulation—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only to be reduced to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet still, the barrier of the Divine Realm remained unmoved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silver Dragon King slowly curled her tail, as though trying to hide away that sorrow with nowhere to go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These scenes…\" she murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every moment, they repeat somewhere on this continent…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The future of the Spirit Beast race…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I cannot see any hope…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One day… the Spirit Beasts will be driven to extinction…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian pressed his lips tightly together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as a human,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>watching such devastation unfold before his eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could not suppress the surge of compassion rising in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was very soft, like remnants of a whisper carried on the wind, tinged with careful pleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you ascend to godhood…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could you… leave my Spirit Beast race… a single path of survival…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand the law of survival of the fittest!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I do not dare ask for too much—only that the Divine Realm grant Spirit Beasts a single chance to become gods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that within this vast heaven and earth, my people may yet have hope of continuing on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the very least…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let them have something to believe in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crystalline dragon tear slid down, shattering into specks of light upon the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, I know how unreasonable this wish must be for you…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But through these endless ages, you alone… have shown me a glimmer of light.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have nothing with which to repay you. Only this—my most precious possession…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her words fell,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she lifted a dragon claw\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and resolutely tore away a single brilliant silver scale from her chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood still stained the edges of the scale, exuding a dense, pure aura of divinity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within Li Zhexian's spiritual sea,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skydream cried out in shock:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A dragon's reverse scale—each dragon has only one in their entire life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The value of this reverse scale is beyond measure!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Empress and Snow Empress also stared in stunned silence at the silver scale, radiant with divine light, their hearts shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dragon's reverse scale, like an angel's sacred feather, was unique and irreplaceable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when one entrusted their life and absolute faith would it be given to another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet despite knowing how precious this reverse scale was—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skydream, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress all remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Spirit Beasts themselves,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>how could they not hope Li Zhexian would accept this trust and fight for a sliver of hope for their kind?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this karmic burden was simply too heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavy as mountains of eternity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had crushed countless hopes before, heavy enough to make even gods hesitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian gazed at the bloodstained reverse scale before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expectation in the Silver Dragon King's eyes made him unable to meet her gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—This was the weight of an entire race's survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dragon nest fell into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time itself seemed to freeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>under the slowly brightening gaze of the Silver Dragon King,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Zhexian reached out—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and accepted the bloodstained silver scale into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I ascend to the Divine Realm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will fight for a path forward for the Spirit Beast race.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the gods do not permit it—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice was calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1428,"2026-06-06T07:17:02.445Z",1,"novelbin.me","91383207478726f176757c2b6a75ed6c24bc9059019e375514517a107b7270d0","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-165","douluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-chapter-164",442,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-exiled-immortal-descends-sword-and-wi-cover.jpg"]