The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

The woman in palace attire frowned slightly, reached out and grabbed Chu Xiu, whose body was uncontrollably controlled by an invisible divine soul force, instantly binding him in front of her.

Chu Xiu's heart tightened immediately.

Only now did he truly feel the power of this woman in palace attire.

This sense of oppression was something he had never felt before, even when facing the Demon Emperor's divided soul.

The woman in palace attire could suppress him with her spiritual power alone, making him unable to muster any will to resist. It was as if if he were to fight against her, he would suffer a backlash that he would regret.

If a remnant soul that has been dead for countless years can still possess such great power, how terrifying must her power have been at its peak!

The woman in palace attire reached out and grabbed the Yinglong Nuo mask covering Chu Xiu's face, attempting to tear it directly off.

Unfortunately, the Yinglong Nuo Mask had already fused with Chu Xiu's skull, and it was impossible to remove it unless he was beheaded.

"..."

After trying several times without success, the woman in palace attire stared blankly at Chu Xiu in front of her.

Cold sweat trickled down Chu Xiu's forehead. Even though the woman in front of him didn't show any emotion on her face, he could still vaguely sense that she was suppressing immense anger.

When she handed this item to you, did she give you any instructions?

The woman in palace attire took a few deep breaths to calm her raging anger and asked.

Chu Xiu shook his head: "His Majesty the Demon Emperor has not said much. Why don't you go and ask His Majesty yourself?"

The woman in palace attire frowned and snapped, "If I could leave this place, would I need to ask you?"

"Please calm down, senior, please calm down..."

Chu Xiu quickly spoke to soothe the woman in palace attire.

"Since His Majesty entrusted me with the skull of our predecessor, it means he knows that I possess the same bloodline as our predecessor,"

"Perhaps His Majesty specifically ordered me here to undergo the test of my predecessors and obtain the legacy they left behind..."

The woman in palace attire sneered, "You human boy, you've got some pretty good ideas."

With a wave of her hand, she removed the restraints from Chu Xiu, turned around to look at her own body, which had long since weathered into bones, and her eyes revealed endless sorrow.

"The inheritance of my Yinglong lineage is not something that can be possessed merely by bloodline..."

Chu Xiu asked doubtfully, "If it's not because of the power of bloodline, then why was a wisp of remnant soul within the skeleton of an Yinglong that I encountered in a certain secret realm willing to directly bestow its inheritance upon me?"

The woman in palace attire turned around abruptly, a look of astonishment on her exquisite face: "Besides me, have you encountered another Yinglong?"

Before Chu Xiu could nod, the woman in palace attire made another move, grabbing Chu Xiu in front of her and pointing a finger at his brow.

Chu Xiu suddenly felt an extremely powerful divine soul force probe into his sea of ​​consciousness, leaving him no room to resist.

He had no choice but to calm himself down and enter his sea of ​​consciousness.

Within her sea of ​​consciousness, the woman in palace attire was ignoring the restrictions imposed on her master, Chu Xiu, and rapidly perusing all of Chu Xiu's memories since his transmigration.

To Chu Xiu's relief, the woman in palace attire seemed completely uninterested in his extraordinary encounter, only looking at the scene of him and the Dragon Girl receiving the scroll given by the remnant soul of Yinglong.

"It's him……"

The woman in palace attire seemed to recognize the remnant soul of the master, her eyes showing regret, before she looked at the dragon girl in the memory.

"This child is a direct descendant of our clan, so it's normal for him to inherit his legacy..."

"But what...right do you have?"

The woman in palace attire glanced sideways at Chu Xiu, who shrugged, indicating that he didn't know either.

The woman in palace attire carefully observed the every move of the remnant soul of Yinglong in the scene.

Suddenly, it was realized that the remnant soul seemed to want to bestow the human inheritance upon Chu Xiu, while the dragon girl, as a direct descendant of the dragon, seemed to be just a side effect.

The woman in palace attire was puzzled. As she reached out to try and draw Chu Xiu's soul before her,

The thunder dragon formed from countless imperial auras and the myriad swords of light formed from the unique Heavenly Dao power of the Ancient Realm Lord instantly protected Chu Xiu's soul.

"You possess such an immense imperial aura!"

The woman in palace attire looked shocked. "There's even... the power of the Heavenly Dao!"

She looked at Chu Xiu: "Only those who become the rulers of a world are qualified to possess such power of the Heavenly Dao. How could you possibly..."

The woman in palace attire suddenly recalled some scenes from Chu Xiu's memories that she had previously overlooked, and turned to flip through them again.

Soon, Chu Xiu's actions in the Ancient Realm were revealed to him.

"Is this... the Ancient Realm—Southern Jambudvipa?"

The words of the woman in palace attire immediately aroused Chu Xiu's suspicion.

He frowned and asked, "The Ancient Realm is the Southern Jambudvipa?"

An unbelievable idea immediately popped into his mind.

If the Ancient Realm is the Southern Continent, then his transmigration might not be a soul transmigration to another plane, but rather a parallel world with a history similar to Earth's but with a completely opposite future!

So... even if he obtains the intercontinental teleportation array to travel to the Southern Continent, he will only see the ancient world he left years ago, not his true home planet, Blue Star.

Chu Xiu's eyes showed sorrow; he ultimately had no way to go back.

The woman in palace attire's doubts and shock interrupted Chu Xiu's thoughts: "You actually gained the recognition of the Heavenly Dao of the Ancient Realm... In this world where order has collapsed, how could a Heavenly Dao possibly recognize a mere human as its master!"

Chu Xiu did not answer, even though he himself was unsure whether it was the system's instruction or whether he was truly the destined one.

"Ancient god bloodline, emperor's aura, power of the Heavenly Dao... any one of these would attract the covetous eyes of even the strongest experts, yet they all converge on you!"

"No wonder...no wonder my cousin entrusted his belongings to you..."

The woman in palace attire looked enlightened, and as she withdrew from Chu Xiu's sea of ​​consciousness, she also brought Chu Xiu's consciousness back to the outside world.

"Senior, please tell me my secret..."

Before Chu Xiu could finish speaking, the woman in palace attire interrupted him, and to Chu Xiu's astonishment, directly communicated with the Heavenly Dao through her divine soul, swearing an oath to the Heavenly Dao:

"I have nothing to worry about. I swear on my remaining soul that if I reveal any of Chu Xiu's secrets that I previously knew, I will be destroyed by the Heavenly Dao and my soul will be scattered!"

Seeing this, Chu Xiu's fear of the secret being exposed dissipated.

Although this senior Ying Wuyou is domineering in his actions, he is a good person.

The woman in palace attire looked at Chu Xiu, her beautiful eyes filled with complex emotions:

“You are indeed qualified to receive my inheritance… In fact, I am the one who is above my station…”

Chu Xiu smiled calmly: "Without the strength to protect you, even if you have a lot of luck and opportunities, it will be useless."

The woman in palace attire raised an eyebrow, a look of surprise in her eyes: "You child, you certainly have a good character."

"I never imagined that the future of my Yinglong lineage would be entrusted to a mere human boy like you... What a cruel twist of fate..."

The woman in palace attire sighed helplessly.

"Very well, since that's the case, I'll ask you this: are you willing to accept the highest inheritance of my Yinglong lineage and become the only remaining Yinglong in the world today, after me!"

Chu Xiu was taken aback. "Become Yinglong? And the last one?"

In other words, the one before us is the last remaining Yinglong in the world today.

Yinglong, the most supreme lineage of divine beasts in the world... is actually on the verge of extinction?