NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 24: Chapter 24 The Tamer of Dragons
Recap:
With the Ninth Chain stirring to life and the world slipping into the Convergence Phase, Tianyu discovers that six other Flame Chainbreakers are scattered across forgotten realms. To confront the entity sealed before fire, he needs to gather them all. The Sovereign Path Map points to their locations, each one hiding a unique bearer. Now, Tianyu sets off to the first destination: the Howling Sky Peaks, where a rogue cultivator commands dragons and answers to no one.
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The wind howled fiercely across the Howling Sky Peaks.
This wasn't just any mountain range; the peaks towered higher than the clouds, their tips clawing at the sky.
Ancient dragon bones jutted out from the cliffs, remnants of the Draconic Wars that took place long before any systems were in place.
Tianyu stood at the base of the Broken Spiral Path, watching a black-scaled drake soar overhead.
Behind him, Qin Yao was carefully examining the terrain.
"This isn't just a realm.
It's a beast sanctum," she remarked.
Long Shen's eyes narrowed.
"The dragons here don't bow to anyone. Not even the Vault would dare to enslave them."
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Suddenly, Tianyu's system pinged.
> [Realm Sign-In Site Detected: Dragonbone Spiral Sealed Node]
> Warning: Sovereign Access Required to Proceed
He stepped forward, placing his palm on the obsidian ribcage embedded in the ground.
> [Sign-In Successful]
> Reward: Dragonbone Echo Key Unlocks Beastborn Flameflow
A surge of energy coursed through him.
The landscape shifted, and the skies trembled.
Then, from above, a voice boomed, raw and thunderous.
"Who dares sign in on my mountain?"
From a cliff ledge, a woman descended on a silver-feathered drake the size of a palace. She wore tattered martial robes stitched with dragon scales, and a black glaive rested across her back.
Her left eye glowed with a golden light, while her right was missing, replaced by a dragon's fang embedded in the socket.
She wasn't beautiful in the conventional sense like most cultivators; she was primal, untamed.
"I'm not from the Vault. I'm not part of any Sect," she said.
"So why does the world now whisper your name louder than mine?"
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> [Chainbreaker Detected: Flame Chain 6 User: Yun Xianxia]
> Title: Dragon-Sworn Exile | Status: Unaligned
> Battle Power: 91% of current host
> Bonded Beasts: 3 dragons, 9 wyrm-spirits, unknown egg
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Tianyu remained silent, offering a slight bow.
"I seek unity. The Ninth Chain stirs."
Yun Xianxia let out a bitter laugh.
"I don't unite.
I command beasts, not empires.
I claimed this peak from the corpse of the Vault.
What makes you think I'll submit to your convergence?"
"I don't want you to submit," Tianyu replied with a calm demeanor.
"I want you to fight."
The ground trembled.
The sky split open.
From behind Yun, three dragons appeared—one cloaked in thunder, another in mist, and the last in molten shadow.
She lifted her glaive.
"Then prove you're not just another weakling with a system."
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They collided in midair.
Yun Xianxia's glaive whirled with the fury of beast souls.
Each strike called forth the essence of long-lost creatures—serpent bears, sky spiders, phoenix hounds.
Tianyu countered with his null flame, deflecting her summoned spirits and unleashing pure creation-force at her dragons.
But Yun was no ordinary puppet of the Vault. She fought with a wild unpredictability.
Her attacks were driven by instinct, madness, and memory.
> [Warning: Host Entering Zone of Instinctual Combat]
> Origin Flame Compatible Adapting combat rhythm...
Tianyu's flames began to shift, mirroring her erratic style.
Qin Yao and Long Shen observed from a distance.
"She's testing him."
"No," Long Shen corrected.
"She's breaking him open to reveal what's real."
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After a hundred exchanges, Tianyu's robe was in tatters, and her glaive lay cracked on the ground.
They held their breath, enveloped in silence. Then, with a grin, Yun spoke up.
"You smell like the old world. Like war and betrayal."
She let her weapon fall to the ground. "You'll do."
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> [Chainbreaker Recruited: Yun Xianxia]
> Trait Unlocked: Beastbonded Resonance Partial Dragon Control Available in Allied Domains
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Tianyu turned to face the next realm, but before he could move, Yun stepped in front of him.
"You're strong. But the Ninth Chain? Even dragons whisper not to disturb it."
He nodded, "I don't plan to wake it."
"Then what do you plan to do?"
"I plan to end it."
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Teaser for Chapter 25:
Tianyu embarks on a journey to the Forgotten Sea, where a child wields a blade forged from the void. But the Vault has sent a hunter—one trained in anti-sign-in warfare. And in the shadows, the heartbeat of the Ninth Chain grows louder.