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#874 - After a hundred trials, the golden dragon descends into the world

The colorful golden liquid in its pupils and on its body was rapidly receding.

A deeper, more resilient dark golden luster regained control of Xiaojin's entire body.

Although it couldn't unleash the full potential of other attributes like other Dragon Souls, it could still form a simple Five Elements Wheel.

Especially with the Metal attribute as its core, it enhanced the Metal attribute's defense externally and increased absorption efficiency internally.

This was also why it, in its demigod form, had independently withstood the previous lightning tribulations.

Deep within Xiaojin's heart, there was an idea, or rather, an ambition.

That was to temper itself so that its body could completely withstand the power of the other nine extreme attributes.

Quan Yi's rapid progress made Xiaojin's role as a vessel increasingly approach its limit.

All the color transformed into nutrients for Extreme Metal, and the damaged body was also rapidly recovering; however, its volume after tempering permanently shrank.

The lightning tribulation wouldn't be so merciful as to give Xiaojin too much recovery time.

Thunder roared, and the power of lightning, even stronger than the previous lightning tribulation, poured down entirely on that small Dragon Soul.

Although the lightning tribulation's primary target was the Little Goddess, it adjusted its direction, placing Xiaojin in the middle of the attack point and the target.

This made it the first to bear the brunt of the attack.

However, Xiaojin showed no fear at all; instead, it unleashed an unyielding dragon roar, fully operating the Five Elements Wheel amidst the lightning tribulation's baptism to resist and digest the power of the lightning tribulation.

In this process, its surface body rapidly became colorful and quickly fell off under the lightning tribulation's erosion.

However, while falling off, it continuously added new Extreme Metal from within to replenish the loss.

In the difficult tug-of-war between attrition and replenishment, although Xiaojin's volume was still shrinking, the speed was greatly reduced.

With the help of the lightning tribulation, the dark gold color inside Xiaojin became increasingly condensed and heavy.

This part could not be taken away or destroyed even by the lightning tribulation.

In its foolish persistence, Xiaojin was constantly accumulating inner strength.

Its volume was reduced to three-quarters of its original size.

But fortunately, it successfully passed the sixth lightning tribulation.

By the seventh lightning tribulation, the power of the entire lightning clearly increased by a larger margin.

Four, seven, and nine were all watershed moments for lightning tribulations.

The Chaos Lightning Tribulation, filled with the power of annihilation, fiercely bombarded Xiaojin's body.

This strike would shake even the soul; the surface metal was no longer falling off but being annihilated.

In its increasingly blurred consciousness, Xiaojin desperately clung to the last connection with its body, preventing the two from completely separating and collapsing.

The complete dragon form was completely erased, leaving only a dark golden sphere the size of a fingernail stubbornly supporting itself there.

This final sphere, no matter how strong the lightning tribulation, could not penetrate it and dye it its own color.

Amidst the dazzling colorful light, this tiny sphere gradually emitted an even more dazzling dark golden color.

This scene was so similar to when Quan Yi self-detonated his Martial Soul, reforged it, and evolved it to Extreme Metal.

The only difference was that this time, Xiaojin was relying on its own will to resist the lightning tribulation, absorb it, and temper itself.

Below, Quan Yi, seeing this precarious scene, had already clenched his fists.

But he didn't move half a step from his spot.

This was his trust in Xiaojin. All he could do now was wait for it to successfully return and celebrate its victory.

At this moment, Xiaojin, whose heart was connected to Quan Yi's, revealed a faint, almost imperceptible smile on its exhausted soul.

"No, this can't continue. I must absorb the lightning tribulation to replenish what's missing."

Xiaojin forcibly controlled its tiny body, prying open small openings from its rounded surface, swallowing a small portion of the lightning tribulation into its belly as if eating something.

The lightning tribulation that entered its body destroyed the metal from within, but Xiaojin only absorbed a very small portion; this energy was quickly suppressed and digested within.

Once digestion was complete, Xiaojin opened its mouth again, swallowing the lightning tribulation in small bites.

The dark golden sphere, whose reduction rate had been greatly reduced, maintained a balance between income and expenditure even though it could only absorb a small portion.

Even, as time passed, the sphere began to expand slightly.

Xiaojin, having survived the most dangerous period, regained its footing and began to expand its territory from a small point.

By the end of the long and arduous seventh lightning tribulation, Xiaojin's volume had doubled.

Moreover, the dark gold luster was mixed with a more profound golden light.

That wasn't the color of metal but the radiance representing divinity.

The Dragon Soul within opened its eyes; within its soul, a clearer golden glow was brewing.

This powerful mental fluctuation, although still very subtle, had reached the level of Divine Sense.

Whether it was its body or soul, Xiaojin had successfully crossed the most important step.

From mortal to divine.

Even though it was only a very small part of the change, from this moment on, it would no longer be the same as before.

"Roar!"

The emotions that had been suppressed to the extreme burst out completely from Xiaojin's body with this small breakthrough.

The overwhelming dragon might directly impacted the tribulation clouds.

At this point, the tribulation clouds showed signs of fatigue; the continuity of the entire lightning tribulation was delayed, and it even tried to avoid Xiaojin and redirect its target to the Little Goddess.

The eighth lightning tribulation, still terrifying in power but not as amplified as the seventh, attacked the Little Goddess from the opposite direction.

But Xiaojin was holding back a bellyful of anger; the dark golden sphere flew straight in front of the Little Goddess, blocking the lightning tribulation.

This time, it wasn't taking small bites but swallowing the lightning tribulation in large gulps.

The thumb-sized sphere gradually returned to its original state by devouring the lightning tribulation.

Only, in this process, its inner divinity was constantly stimulated.

By the end of the eighth lightning tribulation, the dragon body had returned, and the divinity of the soul and body naturally flowed outward.

This meant that its divinity had accumulated to the limit.

At this moment, it was only one step away from the God-level.

By the final ninth lightning tribulation, the power of the tribulation clouds had increased to another level.

This strike reached the power of a true first-level God realm.

However, facing the final lightning tribulation, Xiaojin's heart was full of confidence.

"Let this final lightning tribulation witness my path to becoming a god."

The unprecedented ninth Extreme Chaos Lightning, carrying an impact sufficient to penetrate the earth, violently washed over Xiaojin's body.

The restored body was tempered again; under the final hammer blow, Xiaojin's inner divinity completely merged, forming true divine power.

Tempered a hundred times into divinity, the Golden Dragon descended upon the world.