At this moment, Tang Wulin felt as if he had just completed the Dragon God Transformation with Gu Yuena, but on this occasion, he wasn't just receiving temporary enhancements. Instead, his powers had been permanently elevated.

Gu Yuena rolled over, and said, "Let's get out of here."

Silver light shimmered around her as she spoke, and spatial elements surged through the surrounding area. At the same time, she made a pressing motion toward the underside of the bed, and both of them vanished amid a flash of silver light.

A muffled groan rang out from beneath the bed, following which Dai Yun'er crawled out into the open.

As a princess, even the floor beneath her bed had been kept pristinely clean, but she had two massive black rings around her eyes, and she had a horrified look on her face as she murmured to herself, "They're not human! Neither of them are human! I, I don't love him anymore!"

It wasn't that she no longer loved him; she no longer dared to love him!

Thinking back to the ferocious "storm" from the night before, she couldn't help but shudder. She looked down at her own frail body, and it was clear to her that there was no way she could've handled that.

Was this guy really a human?

Dai Yun'er was struck by the urge to cry at the sight of her own ravaged bed, but she couldn't find the tears.

She had expended so much painstaking effort, only to benefit someone else. She wanted nothing more than for the ground to open up and swallow her whole! At the same time, there was a sense of severe lingering fear in her heart. If she had been the subject of Tang Wulin's desires the night before, would she still even be alive right now?

It was no wonder that he only loved her; neither of them were human!

......

Silver light flashed, and when Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena reappeared, he was surprised to discover that they had arrived in the forest.

Both of their bodies had been covered by dragon scales, and it was the first time that he had seen Gu Yuena with silver scales all over her body.

Despite those scales, the alluring curves of her perfect figure was still clearly visible, and even after that euphoric night, Tang Wulin still couldn't help but be overwhelmed by desire again.

He reflexively wound his arm around her slender waist. "Gu Yue..."

Gu Yuena was given quite a fright by his scorching aura, and she immediately blushed as she asked, "Have you still not had enough?"

"No! I'll never get enough of you!" As someone who had just spent his first night basking in the pleasures of being with a woman, how could he possibly repress his burning desire?

Gu Yuena punched him gently on the arm. "How did you end up together with Dai Yun'er?"

Tang Wulin faltered slightly upon hearing this, and his brows furrowed slightly as he replied, "I don't know! Last night, I had already returned to the Tang Sect headquarters. By the way, we were attacked by the Holy Spirit Cult last night, and they sent..."

Thus, he gave her a recount of everything that had taken place the night before, all the way until he returned to the Tang Sect headquarters, then somehow ended up in Dai Yun'er's boudoir in that intoxicated state.

"She must've spiked your food or drink. This Dai Yun'er really is a piece of work!" Gu Yue couldn't help but roll her eyes at Tang Wulin with a displeased pout.

The flames of desire in Tang Wulin's heart were fanned even further by her alluring expression, and his hands began to roam over Gu Yuena's body again.

"Don't move." Gu Yuena grabbed onto his hand and leaned her head against his chest to bask in his warmth.

"I heard everything you and Na'er said to one another," she sighed.

Tang Wulin asked, "Did you reawaken because of what happened last night? What happened to Na'er?"

Gu Yuena raised her head and looked up at him with a lost expression. "Sometimes, even I can't tell whether I'm Gu Yue or Na'er. I did everything in my power not to fuse with her so she could continue to exist, but we are one entity; as Gu Yuena's powers continued to advance, we'll inevitably fuse as one again. Last night, a very large portion of our psyches fused with one another. I had thought that once we fused together, one of us would completely disappear, but that doesn't appear to be the case. In our current state, we seem to be coexisting, and all of our memories have been collated together."

Tang Wulin didn't know what to say in response to this.

Gu Yuena continued, "She really does love you very much. Initially, when I fell in love with you, I was influenced by her. Otherwise, none of this would've happened. She really shouldn't have urged me to reawaken, and I was even more at fault for being unable to repress my own jealousy. If I hadn't reawakened, perhaps she would've been able to make up her mind about some things; perhaps the two of you would truly be able to be together."

"What do you mean by that?" Tang Wulin asked.

Gu Yuena lowered her head to avoid Tang Wulin's gaze. "If we become enemies one day, would you kill me?"

Tang Wulin immediately replied, "Of course not; how could we possibly be enemies?"

A wry smile appeared on Gu Yuena's face as she tightened her embrace around Tang Wulin even further. "You don't understand. If I'm going to destroy the world one day, are you not going to try and stop me?"

A confused look appeared on Tang Wulin's face. "I don't know. Such a day won't ever come; how could someone as kind as you destroy the world? You're not a member of the Holy Spirit Cult."

Gu Yuena took a deep breath before gently pushing Tang Wulin away. "There are some things that I can't simply renounce; there are some duties that I'm obligated to complete. Wulin, one day, you'll understand the source of my pain. Now that I've reawakened, I must shoulder my responsibilities again. This is a park in Heaven Dou City. Leave the Star Luo Empire as soon as you can; I can sense that war is not far away."

Silver light began to shimmer all over her body, while the Golden Dragon King reverse scale hanging in front of her chest was giving off faint golden light.

"Don't go!" Tang Wulin stepped forward to try and latch onto her, but Gu Yue's body was already turning transparent as she shook her head in a wistful manner. "After last night, I no longer have any regrets. Wulin, I love you."

The silver light collapsed, and Gu Yuena instantly vanished into thin air.

Tang Wulin stared blankly at the empty air that he had his arms wrapped around, and an overwhelming sense of loss replaced his former euphoria.

Why was it that she and Na'er were always so mysterious? What exactly were they carrying on their shoulders? It had to have something to do with the Spirit Pagoda, but he was already the Tang Sect Master and Sea God's Pavilion Master; was he still not powerful enough to protect them? Why did they have to leave him?

Tang Wulin's heart throbbed with pain, and he couldn't help but throw a punch into the air.

A resounding sonic boom rang out, and a black hole with a diameter of over a meter was smashed into the air by his punch. The ferocious suction force caused Tang Wulin to stumble forward, and he hurriedly steadied himself before staring down at his own fist in a stunned manner.

This was definitely something that he hadn't been capable of in the past! He immediately inspected the Golden Dragon King seals within his own body to find that the remaining six were still as solid as ever. However, his body underwent a strange transformation.

His golden meridians, bones, and organs had been basked in a layer of faint nine-colored light, and what was most astonishing to him was his soul core; it had swelled to around twice its original size and was completely filled with rich liquid soul power.

What was even more remarkable was that his soul core was flowing upward like a reverse waterfall, linking together with his mind. Upon closer inspection, he could sense that another soul core had appeared in his mind. This soul core was far smaller than his original one, but there was an undeniable connection between the two.

He was well aware of what a second soul core entailed; it was the sign of a Hyper Douluo!

This was an integral step in his journey to become a Limit Douluo.