Egg

Master Xing put it well: people have mothers, and demons have mothers too.

Soul beasts naturally all have soul beast mothers as well.

...Except for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Because the Imperial Auspicious Beast was molded directly by heaven and earth, not born from a mother.

Wang Rui, who had been kicked onto the Douluo Continent by Miss Jin Ni, was currently immersed in a void-like chaos.

The five senses he had possessed as a human no longer existed, yet he could still vaguely feel that he had become something like a slime, without any definite shape.

And some terrifying power that inspired instinctive fear was literally kneading and flattening him like a pair of invisible hands.

Wang Rui struggled to think in this state.

Was that instinctively frightening power the will of the planet? Or, to put it in more fantastical terms, the Heavenly Dao of this world?

Perhaps. Yet his intuition vaguely told him that power seemed to far exceed the scale of a single planet.

It was more conceptual, more abstract, and even more... boundless and elusive.

Like endless destiny itself.

The moment that thought arose, Wang Rui suddenly felt his consciousness and thoughts beginning to sink. His thinking slowed, as though all his energy had been drained away in that instant.

It was like sinking into a safe, deep sea, where there was nothing around him but viscous seawater, allowing him to fall asleep peacefully as he descended.

—Because he had guessed the correct answer, and his soul was temporarily unable to bear such a truth.

Wang Rui's sluggish thoughts could not come up with anything for the moment. He was doing everything he could to fight off the heavy drowsiness, widening his nonexistent eyes. He absolutely could not miss the process of being shaped from nothing by those hands of destiny.

—After all, even without using the tip of a tail that did not yet exist, anyone would know that witnessing the power of heaven and earth create something was a precious experience countless people could only dream of.

It was flowing destiny, the operating laws of heaven and earth, the origin of all things, and the ultimate end of endless similar worlds.

Even if his rational mind could not currently comprehend knowledge beyond the bounds of comprehension, his soul would firmly remember this feeling.

The benefits brought by this revelation would accompany Wang Rui throughout his life, until he surpassed the highest peak of this world.

The drowsiness grew heavier and heavier. Wang Rui began to feel as though his slime-like body had been kneaded into a ball, rolled into a thin sheet, then wrapped around some filling like a dumpling wrapper.

His own thought amused him.

And the power that had just been fused into him was precisely the Power of Destiny that destiny had bestowed upon the Imperial Auspicious Beast about to be born.

With power originating from destiny itself, Wang Rui seemed to begin vaguely sensing what destiny was "thinking."

...Calling it thoughts was not entirely accurate. It had no so-called self-awareness, nor did it possess distinct wisdom or personality.

If one had to put it into words, destiny was merely a certain rule, or a certain path... put more plainly, it was probably the so-called wheel of history.

Such great power naturally could not possess clear emotions or will.

What Wang Rui sensed was actually causality in the unseen.

The soul beasts of the world needed a "beast of destiny" to bear the fate of the Soul Beast clan, so destiny created the Imperial Auspicious Beast.

The Imperial Auspicious Beast that bore the fate of the soul beasts had to become the strongest soul beast in this world. Thus, destiny replicated the bloodline of what was then the strongest soul beast—the Golden Dragon King, who had been sealed in the Divine Realm—as the bloodline of the Imperial Auspicious Beast.

And in order to maintain balance, the Imperial Auspicious Beast, which bore the fortune of all soul beasts, absolutely could not represent only the interests of the dragon clan, nor could it be a pure-blooded dragon. Thus, destiny replicated the bloodline of an ancient lion king possessing the might of Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire, mixing it into the body of the Auspicious Beast.

In the end, it created the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, neither lion nor dragon, with the Power of Destiny within her.

As different kinds of power converged, a golden liquid streaked with fiery red began to gather into a mass. An eggshell as brilliant and hard as golden crystal gradually formed around that golden liquid.

Only then did Wang Rui realize a very serious problem: Miss Jin Ni was a girl... so what about him?

Before sinking into slumber, his utterly exhausted soul let out a hoarse, desperate cry: Please, no reincarnating as a girl! Absolutely! Definitely! Without question! Make me a male Three-Eyed Golden Lion!

The golden eggshell sealed shut completely. An egg with a pure golden base and a shimmering multicolored halo appeared out of thin air within the dense forest.

As the tiny fetal heart began its first beat inside the shell, a mysterious, invisible ripple spread outward, seeming to announce its existence to the entire world.

At that instant, every soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest paused whatever it was doing.

Those hunting stopped their pursuit, those fleeing for their lives halted their steps, those sleeping opened their eyes, and those playing froze where they stood.

Most creatures did not understand what had happened, but they all gazed blankly in the direction of the golden egg.

A moment later, they resumed what they had been doing, their hearts tinged with confusion, as though it had merely been an insignificant little interlude.

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest, towering ancient trees surrounded a lake like a green gemstone.

A massive black tiger with purple stripes silently walked to the lakeshore and sat down, its steel-whip-like tail elegantly curled beside it.

"Di Tian, did you sense it? The Auspicious Beast seems to have appeared in our Star Dou." The giant tiger spoke, her voice unexpectedly that of a rather cold and stern woman.

"Yes." The tall man in black robes seemed to emerge from the shadows of the trees out of nowhere. His usually stern face now bore ecstatic delight. "The Auspicious Beast has appeared in our Star Dou Forest. Ordinary soul beasts will cultivate faster, and it will become easier for Fierce Beasts to pass their Heavenly Tribulations. Heaven truly favors the Soul Beast clan."

"However, the Auspicious Beast has likely only begun gestating and has not yet officially been born," the giant tiger said calmly. "Otherwise, the heavenly phenomenon would not have stopped here. Di Tian, should we dispatch forces to protect the Auspicious Beast that has yet to emerge?"

Di Tian furrowed his brow. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head. "No need. Let nature take its course. We can welcome the Auspicious Beast back once it is born. It will not suffer any harm in the forest."

"But—" The giant tiger seemed somewhat hesitant, but before she could finish, an excited shout interrupted her.

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