Reckless and Willful for someone else.

Yan Ling felt herself grow weaker as more and more of her bloodline entered Liang Chen's body, but she didn't mind it. Her bloodline was still dormant, so while it offered her some aid, it wasn't too great, not like Liang Chen's bloodline. And if she managed to someday fully awaken her bloodline, she would be able to make up for this lost portion that she was giving to Liang Chen.

At first, there was not much reaction from Liang Chen's body when she sent her bloodline into it, causing her heart to drop somewhat. But then, just when she was wondering if even this last resort would fail, there was a response from Liang Chen's body. A subdued roaring sound rang out from within his body, his Heaven Devouring Dragon bloodline started to move on its own, flooding towards the Star God bloodline that Yan Ling was giving him.

The Heaven Devouring Bloodline completely surrounded and overwhelmed the Star God bloodline, trying to devour it so that it could strengthen itself. But the Star God bloodline came from Star God Sirius, a follower of the imposing Nine Star Demon God, how could it allow itself to be devoured just like that?

The bloodline unleashed a deep howl, causing even the air in the surrounding area to vibrate as the bloodline slowly awoke due to sensing a threat. Since it was now slowly waking up due to the threat, the Star God bloodline pushed back the Heaven Devouring Dragon bloodline, carefreely flowing through Liang Chen's body.

The Heaven Devouring Dragon bloodline continued to assault the Star God bloodline, like a dragon jumping at it with ravenous hunger. The Star God bloodline seemed annoyed at these continued efforts, striking back at the Heaven Devouring Dragon bloodline. The result was that the dragon bloodline was pushed back once again, Liang Chen convulsing and vomiting more blood due to the force of the clash.

The dragon bloodline was not willing to give up on this extravagant feast, nor was the wolf bloodline willing to let itself be devoured, the two continuing to struggle with each other. And with each collision, Liang Chen would convulse and vomit more blood, his state getting worse and worse, rather than better.

At this point, Yan Ling was already on the verge of crying, her eyes bloodshot and red. Not only had she not been able to heal him, she was instead making it worse, pushing him closer to death. She desperately tried to control the wolf bloodline she had poured into his body, begging it to stop fighting with the dragon bloodline, begging it to stop harming Liang Chen.

As if it was able to hear her prayers, the wolf bloodline slowly stopped fighting with the dragon bloodline, calming down. It didn't let the dragon bloodline devour it, but it at least stopped fighting it. Yan Ling let out a deep breath of relief, looking at the bloodline with deep gratitude. For a short second, she felt like she saw the image of the bloodline becoming a gray wolf with azure eyes that was looking at her, but the image vanished as quickly as it appeared.

The dragon bloodline didn't stop its assault right away, but it seemed to notice that its actions were not only futile, but they were also a danger to its host. A strange calm followed, the two bloodlines flowing right next to each other, almost as if they were communicating with each other. Yan Ling didn't know what was going on, but Liang Chen's natural healing speed was starting to increase, allowing her to use her law of water to start actually healing his wounds.

The strange quiet continued for over two hours, Liang Chen's injuries slowly starting to heal thanks to the combined efforts of Yan Ling and the two bloodlines. She had just finished healing the holes in his lungs when a change occurred in the two bloodlines that were flowing next to each other. As if they had been waiting for his body to reach a certain stability, the two bloodlines started flowing towards his heart, merging together and entering his heart.

Neither swallowed the other, they both merged together to become a single bloodline previously unheard of. One listened to the prayers of his original host, doing its best to aid the one whom she cherished, and the other listened to its own host, doing its best to aid him in recovering and reaching the peak. Both had different reasons, but they had the same goal, so they decided to work together. Since both bloodlines wanted to work together, and were of Demonic beasts that had a similar rank, the fusion process was far smoother than it would usually be.

With the two bloodlines merging in his heart and then spreading through his body, his natural healing speed increased drastically, his wounds healing faster and faster. At this point, Yan Ling was unable to hold back her tears anymore, leaning her head against Liang Chen's chest and thanking the bloodlines, thanking fate, thanking destiny, thanking whatever she could think of.

After two days of meticulous care from Yan Ling, and the healing from the merged bloodline, all of Liang Chen's wounds had been healed. They were unable to fix his dropped cultivation, but he would easily be able to cultivate back to his normal realm if he got his hands on enough resources. Yan Ling knew a little about the technique he had used, Liang Chen explaining the more important details to her.

His Heaven Devouring Dragon bloodline had fused with the Star God bloodline, but the merged bloodline still contained his Heaven Devouring Dragon bloodline, meaning that he was still subject to the repercussions of the Mad King's Rage. Should he try to activate the technique again, he would end up burning up his Heaven Devouring Dragon bloodline in exchange for incredible power. Yan Ling was uncertain what would happen to the Star God bloodline should this happen, but she guessed that since they had fused it would be burned up alongside the Heaven Devouring Dragon bloodline.

Liang Chen's wounds had healed, but he still didn't wake up from his unconscious state. Yan Ling guessed that his mind had been overloaded due to the technique and the pain he experienced, he had likely forgotten to numb his sense of pain in the heat of the battle. He would wake up eventually, so she continued to wait at his side for him to wake up.

Her wait continued for another five days before a change finally happened. But the change wasn't to Liang Chen, it was to the surroundings. Cracks started to appear in the air about two kilometers away from the two of them, a sign that a spatial rift was about to open. Yan Ling quickly picked up Liang Chen and jumped away, not wanting either of them to get sucked into the rift and end up who-knows-where.

But as she picked him up and jumped away, she felt a slight trembling from Liang Chen's interspatial ring. It was faint at first, vanishing nearly instantly. But as the spatial rift continued to open, the trembling became more frequent and grew stronger, as if something within the ring was resonating with something on the other side of the spatial rift.

When the spatial rift fully opened, the trembling became especially intense, almost taking on a longing emotion. Yan Ling furrowed her brows slightly, using some of her Qi to lead a bit of Liang Chen's Qi into the interspatial ring, opening it up for her. She then sank her mind into the ring to locate whatever was trembling within it.

She quickly located a shattered jade fragment that was deep blue in color, looking exceedingly unassuming. The fragment was currently trembling and releasing a blue light, calling out to the spatial rift. There was clearly something on the other side of the rift that this fragment was reacting to, something it wanted to join up with.

Yan Ling knew what this fragment was, it was the jade fragment that held the first part of the Ocean God Physique, a body cultivation technique that was very important to Liang Chen. This technique formed the basis of his body and soul cultivation, it was perfectly suited to him who could absorb lightning and poison to cultivate. He only had the first part, so he had some troubles properly increasing his body and soul cultivation, forced to come up with various ideas for the next steps.

Yan Ling took out the jade and held it in her hand, the blue light it released swiftly flying into the spatial rift. Yan Ling looked at the jade and the spatial rift with a complicated expression. She knew how important this cultivation technique was to Liang Chen, he could become much stronger if he could get his hands on the other parts of this technique. And now it seemed like Yan Ling had found a lead on where to find the other parts, but that lead was located on the other side of this spatial rift.

She had no idea where this spatial rift might lead, so who knows if they would ever be able to find this lead again if they were to miss this chance. But what if there was some danger on the other side of the spatial rift? What if there was no way for them to return here within a short period of time?

Her expression continued to fluctuate for a short moment before she took out an orb of crystal clear quartz from her interspatial ring, throwing it into the spatial rift. She then took out a circular quartz mirror, putting some of her Qi into it and quietly observing it.

Shortly after she inserted her Qi into it, the mirror started to flicker with light, an image starting to appear on it. The image showed a vast and empty plain, the grass a withered yellow in color, gently swaying in the wind. There were no buildings, or even living beings, as far as the eye could see. She swiped the image a little, the scenery changing slightly, but still showing an empty plain.

What she had just thrown into the spatial rift was a gimmicky item she had taken from her father. As long as she had this mirror, she could see everything that was going on around the orb of quartz she had thrown into the spatial rift. It sounded useful, but the orb was incredibly easy to break, even a drop from a small height would be enough to shatter it and render it useless.

Her expression continued to fluctuate when she saw the empty plain, her gaze shifting between Liang Chen, the mirror, and the spatial rift. As the spatial rift started to slowly shrink, Yan Ling's expression grew determined, storing away the jade fragment and the mirror. She placed Liang Chen on her back in a piggy-back, taking out her own communication jade and muttering quietly.

"Father always did say that I was a somewhat willful and reckless girl with a tendency to be selfish. Just this once, let me be willful and reckless for someone else."

She sent Yan Ying a quick message, telling her what she was planning to do, telling him to await the return of a much stronger her and Liang Chen. She didn't even bother waiting for a response, running forward and entering the spatial rift.

She had failed to live up to Liang Chen's trust, Huang Dong escaping alive. She would not fail him this time, she would not let him miss the chance to get his hands on the continuation of a technique as important as the Ocean God Physique.

With Yan Ling carrying Liang Chen, they entered the spatial rift and vanished from the Dragon's Gate planet, one of them unconscious and the other uncertain of their destination. But one thing was certain, thanks to their presence, no place they traveled to would ever be dull or peaceful.

(End of Book Two: The Scourge King and the Storm Wolf. Next Book: Bloody Emperors.)