Duality of Shadows

All over the planet Gloom, a wave of commotion spread like wildfire. Powerful cultivators from the sect and all regions of the planet suddenly felt a primordial bloodline and will emerge. It was as if an ancient, forgotten force had awakened.

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In less than a minute, the High Elders of the sect received the urgent order: "Quickly find the disturbance."

In an instant, hundreds of powerful and fearsome auras converged in one direction. It was very quick and sudden; the exact location was uncertain. Everyone only knew the general direction and rushed there, using their sharp senses to find the source. It would take two or three minutes to locate it.

Meanwhile, Alm and Bruno were on high alert, tense and powerless. The will in the green reverse scale was a raw reflection of the Chaos Dragon’s personality at the moment he lost it.

That green scale had fallen when he advanced from the mortal realms to the divine realms. At the beginning of the universe, there were hardly any life forms, and the dragon’s primordial and invincible bloodline reflected an arrogance as vast as the skies. This will would never bow to anything or anyone.

’That bitch isn’t just arrogant. She’s a mix of boundless will and irrational obstinacy. Her desires are as vast as the world... and...’ Bruno began to speak, then realized something and was stunned. ’Shit, we know this personality all too well.’

Both of their gazes turned to Ruri. There was no time to ponder the consequences; one thing was certain: they were not compatible with that will. But there was something undeniably familiar in that inflexible arrogance that reminded them of the woman they knew intimately.

’According to the queen, there are two Chaos Dragons. They created that fusion of techniques we received... they were a couple who created things together... in fact, something very similar to us, almost like manipulation,’ Alm reflected, stopping his thoughts. He was already used to this ’destiny.’

Ruri, who was beside them, felt the weight of their gazes and understood the gravity of the situation. But even she felt that the green scale emanated a force that pulsed in tune with her own being.

"Ruri, try to connect with the will of the scale," the whale said, and Ruri’s eyes widened in surprise. "This will is similar to yours. It won’t yield to any power. I, however, am unable to synchronize with it."

Alm and Bruno instinctively felt immense danger. In one or two minutes, the place would be invaded by beasts at a level impossible to react to or survive. In the next minute, the sect people would arrive. If they didn’t take the scale, they would never have such a good chance again. It was all or nothing; they put all their bets on their girl. When they couldn’t do something, she never let them down.

Ruri deactivated the concealment technique that covered the two, nodded to the whale, and clenched her fists, feeling their confidence. Her aura changed, and her entire will took hold of her as she took a step forward and closed her eyes. A violet light emanated from her body without her wanting to, reflecting the determination that possessed her.

Alm and Bruno sighed mentally; they were indeed almost identical in will. Automatically, they thought of the other Chaos Dragon, feeling something ominous and strange, but they chose to ignore it.

They watched the connection of the two wills. Neither the power of the dragon nor Ruri’s will could subdue the other. Instead, there was a slight resonance due to their similarities. Ruri tried to use her will to connect; as a result, the gentle method worked, and the dragon scale did not reject her.

The atmosphere around them changed, and the will of the reverse scale quickly connected to her soul. In no time, the scale was emotionally moved by Ruri and voluntarily fused into her body.

Despite being harder and more resistant than any metal, capable of becoming the best shield and defensive material, a dragon scale could not be placed in a spatial ring due to its pride. They could only merge all their internal power with a person’s body, and the physical part would turn to dust and disappear.

Ruri’s entire aura changed, and a subtle green glow began to swirl around her. It was an ethereal dance of green light, enveloping her like a spectral armor.

Alm and Bruno clearly saw her human bloodline being altered and easily adapting. This was an advantage of humans: their weak and submissive bloodline could merge with any other without conflict.

Humans were an adaptation from the Chromaraic, where all bloodline power had been erased; it was like starting with a blank canvas. The upside was the ease of adaptation and transformation into anything; the downside was starting very weak and relying on fate to improve.

From this day on, Ruri was no longer a pure human, but something different, with a subtle bloodline of primordial dragon. Her presence exuded an authority and power she didn’t possess before. Her aura changed, and her skin now glowed with a new intensity, like incandescent emeralds.

Alm and Bruno saw 90% of the power within the green scale being sucked away and breathed a sigh of relief; they had gotten it in time.

But... suddenly, their eyes narrowed.

Crack...

The sound was almost imperceptible but reverberated like thunder in their ears. Something cracked inside the scale. All the rune of the primordial earth within the whale stirred violently. Alm and Bruno felt an energy surge within the scale, and their hearts pounded like war drums.

It was a rune... a spatial rune, identical to their spatial inventory. The rune pulsed and released everything it had inside, hidden from the world.

"Fuck!" Alm and Bruno shouted in desperate synchrony.

At that exact moment, the entire planet trembled as if an ancient force was awakening from a millennia-long slumber.

A wave of primordial power exploded from the scale, awakening as if an ancestral beast had let out a furious roar. It was as if a star had gone supernova, and this power reverberated in all directions, escaping the planet with indescribable force.

Solar radiation and laws quivered, cosmic energies violently disordered. All planets in that solar system vibrated in response, as if they feared the presence of this primordial energy. The wave of power continued to expand, traversing the void of space.

Within seconds, the entire galaxy felt the impact. Stars flickered, planetary systems shook. Civilizations, conscious or not, experienced an inexplicable chill.

All sects, all major cultivators, in every corner of the galaxy, widened their eyes almost in synchrony, feeling the magnitude of the primordial power.

Alm and Bruno felt an infinite headache, the pressure of the power crushing them. This had completely spiraled out of control. What was supposed to be a small internal conflict within the sect, involving only beasts, had turned into something the entire galaxy would notice.

The problems this could generate were incalculable. It had drawn the attention of powerful enemies, curious and opportunistic, all now aware of the presence of a power as grand as it was dangerous. The future seemed dark and uncertain; the calm before the storm had ended, and chaos now seemed inevitable.