Emperor Auspicious Beast

[NO. 7, Shrek Inner Court's eldest senior sister, Zhang Lexuan]

[Nothing else, nothing special, just pure talent!]

[A favored child of heaven who broke through to Soul Douluo before twenty, but because of Xuan Zi's inaction, an accident occurred during Soul Hunting.]

[She used every ounce of strength to kill a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, forced herself to absorb it despite her poor condition, and was severely injured for nearly a year.]

[Her injuries had barely recovered when she learned that Bei Bei, the child groom raised to be her husband, had gotten involved with Tang Ya.]

[With Shen Yichen's help, she finally managed to move on, but a few years later, Mu En passed away, and Shen Yichen vanished without a trace, nowhere to be found alive or dead...]

At that point, Shen Yichen quietly opened his eyes and glanced at Sister Lexuan.

Sure enough, Zhang Lexuan's face turned pale in an instant.

Her arms gradually tightened around Shen Yichen as she murmured, "Nowhere to be found alive or dead..."

Mu En stroked his fishing rod, doing his utmost to control the strength of his grip.

They had long known that the little fellow's ending probably wouldn't be a good one...

Compared to having no news at all, now, at the very least, they had found traces of him...

[Later, while leading Shrek in the Continental Soul Master Tournament, she noticed the Sun Moon Empire's plot and led the students away in advance.]

[She stumbled into Qiankun Asking Love Valley and became a backdrop to the God King's scheming against Huo Yuhao.]

[After coming to understand her true heart through the trials of an illusion, her reward was to forget Shen Yichen.]

[She could neither refuse the "reward" nor escape the God King's control.]

[After burning her soul and Martial Soul, she self-destructed and died.]

"So this is how I end..." Zhang Lexuan rested her chin lightly on Shen Yichen's shoulder, pressing her face against his little cheek.

Shen Yichen rubbed his cheek against Zhang Lexuan's. "This isn't our ending."

The diary wasn't being written to deceive, but to... make them see the Sea God's true face sooner. So they wouldn't harbor unrealistic hopes about him.

Shen Yichen sighed. But... no matter what, I deceived you this time, Sister Lexuan.

Forgive me. This is the last time...

[Du Busi: Qiankun Asking Love Valley, what kind of goddamn place is that?!]

From the description alone, Du Busi could make a rough guess.

That place had to be just as sinister as the Sea God's Light!

[Du Busi: Never have I felt this continent to be as unfamiliar as it is today.]

[Soul Engineer: Yes. Even though Shrek was the one that suffered, who doesn't feel like a fox mourning a dead rabbit?]

Whether from the Sun Moon Empire or the Douluo Three Kingdoms, whether human or Soul Beast, at that moment, all had quietly made a decision in their hearts: resist the God King Tang!

The diary continued...

[NO. 6, sword fanatic, Ji Juechen!]

[In short, Innate Soul Power of rank three, no exceptionally overpowered Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, no guidance from a famous master, and he broke through to Titled Douluo in his thirties!]

That was all Shen Yichen wrote about Ji Juechen.

But the fewer the words, the bigger the matter.

Breaking through to Titled Douluo in one's thirties was already enough to count as genius, but what if that person had started with Innate Soul Power of rank three?

Ji Juechen's appearance dispelled some of the oppressive atmosphere in the text.

After shaking off their melancholy, everyone felt much better.

But... immediately afterward...

[NO. 5, Emperor Auspicious Beast, Wang Qiu'er!]

Beneath the Lake of Life in the Great Star Dou Forest, Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King both widened their eyes. Here it was!

But...

The Auspicious Beast was only ranked fifth?

Even if the Auspicious Beast had undergone Human Transformation, her Martial Soul talents of Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light shouldn't have placed her no higher than fifth, should they?

Counting Huo Yuhao and the God King Tang's daughter, who else on the continent could rank above the Emperor Auspicious Beast?

"Humans truly are blessed by the heavens..." the Silver Dragon King said with deep feeling.

It seemed that to defeat humans, she would first have to become human and learn from humans...

After a round of analysis, the Silver Dragon King's world-shocking wisdom arrived at that conclusion.

[Here's a joke: the Emperor Auspicious Beast, who's lived for over fifteen thousand years, is Tang San's daughter.]

[The God King Tang said that when Huo Yuhao and the Emperor Auspicious Beast's attributes connected, a fragment of his daughter's soul entered the Emperor Auspicious Beast and awakened her intelligence.]

[Does the Emperor Auspicious Beast, who was born with her intelligence already awakened, know about this claim?]

[Hiss... If Wang Qiu'er counted as Tang San's daughter from his perspective, could it be that Wang Dong'er likewise wasn't Tang San's daughter, and was merely a girl from the Clear Sky Sect possessed by a fragment of Tang Wutong's Divine Sense?]

[The more you think about it, the more terrifying it gets, the more you think about it, the more terrifying it gets~]

[Huo Yuhao had two chances in his life to escape the God King Tang's control, and he failed to seize either. One was the Holy Necromancer Electrolux, and the second was the Emperor Auspicious Beast Wang Qiu'er.]

[Unfortunately, those two fought tooth and nail to help Huo Yuhao, yet still couldn't change his fate of being tied to a dog chain.]

[But I've strayed from the subject. Wang Qiu'er, the Emperor Auspicious Beast who had undergone Human Transformation, possessed the Golden Dragon Martial Soul of Ultimate Strength and wielded the Divine Artifact, the Golden Dragon Spear. That setup would be top-tier even in the world of Legend of the Dragon King ten thousand years later!]

[Her talent was unmatched, but she died a little early, sacrificing herself to become Huo Yuhao's Sixth Soul Ring.]

[Her appearance was as fleeting as a night-blooming flower. It was as though she'd come solely to deliver a Soul Ring to Huo Yuhao.]

The Silver Dragon King and Di Tian exchanged a glance, then both looked at the Emperor Auspicious Beast lying nearby.

Di Tian heaved a heavy sigh.

Even now, he still couldn't think of a way to keep the Auspicious Beast alive and safe.

Like an old father watching his daughter suffer from a terminal illness, what could he do but sigh?

"What's wrong, Di Tian? Can I go out and play now?" The Auspicious Beast raised her furry head.

"Let her out."

With a wave of her dragon claw, the Silver Dragon King sent the Emperor Auspicious Beast out of the underground world.

"My lord..."

"Di Tian, don't you understand yet? The Divine Realm—or rather, the Sea God—probably learned of my existence long ago. Perhaps... even I myself am part of his Ten-Thousand-Year Grand Plan."

Until they had the strength to openly break with him, submission, even if only on the surface, was the only thing the Soul Beasts could do for now.

"If possible, try to stop the connection between the Auspicious Beast's and the Child of Luck's attributes. If you really can't stop it, then let nature take its course..."

"Yes... my lord..."

As for the Emperor Auspicious Beast, no one in the group chat other than Di Tian could empathize with her.

At most, they cursed the God King Tang in their hearts once more for not acting like a decent human being.

The vast majority of humans didn't care at all what became of the Soul Beasts!

Even in the group chat, no one was willing to say another word about the Emperor Auspicious Beast.

[NO. 4, the Far North's Snow Empress, Shen Yixue]

[Little Nobody: Hm?!!]

Since joining the group chat, this was only Little Nobody's second time speaking, apart from asking about the reward on the first day.

The Far North's Snow Empress?

Me?

I underwent Human Transformation?

Well, that makes sense. I couldn't survive the Heavenly Tribulation, so undergoing Human Transformation was my only chance of staying alive.

But... could I have found some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures? Otherwise, at my age, I couldn't possibly undergo Human Transformation!