Emperor Auspicious Beast, A Million Years of Cultivation Still a Waste?

Within the Star Dou Great Forest, aside from Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts like the Titan Giant Ape, could there be even more formidable beings?

Bibi Dong suddenly recalled that when she had obtained Xiao Wu's mother's soul ring, the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had apparently not been nearby, which was why she had had the opportunity.

Why had the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python been absent at that time? She had never thought deeply about it. If they were not staying in the core region, where else could they have gone?

Could there be a place within the Star Dou Great Forest that was even more central than the core region?!

(This book follows Douluo I rather than Legend of the Divine Realm. Xiao Wu's mother was killed by Bibi Dong. If it followed Legend of the Divine Realm, there would be far too many plot holes. I already wrote that version in an old book, so I won't write it again here. Just pretend you didn't see Bibi Dong's complicated look earlier~~)

Xiao Wu, who had already reached the border between the two great empires, was somewhat surprised to see Dai Yichen obtain a Million Year Soul Ring, but she felt that it was not too extraordinary.

Although she had likewise never seen a Soul Beast over a hundred thousand years old, she had heard her mother, as well as Da Ming and Er Ming, mention that the lake near where they lived in the Star Dou Great Forest was not actually considered the core region. Humans had merely designated it as such because of Da Ming and Er Ming's presence.

The true core region lay deep in the center, in the Great Peril Land her mother had spoken of. Her father had entered the Great Peril Land when she was little and had never reappeared.

Her mother had once gone alone to search for her father, only to encounter an immensely terrifying black bear. According to her mother, she had only barely escaped by relying on her soul skills because she had been some distance away. Had she been any closer, even Teleportation would likely have been suppressed and rendered useless!

Her mother had already been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast at the time, and her strength had not been weak. Yet that bear had been even more terrifying. Before it, her mother had been like an ant. It was then that they learned there were even more powerful beings deep within the forest, with cultivation of at least two hundred thousand years!

What puzzled Xiao Wu, however, was why those powerful ferocious beasts had never come to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Then one day, Da Ming and Er Ming decided to go in together and explore a little. But during that very period, an accident occurred!

Her mother was killed by a powerful figure from Spirit Hall. She did not know that person's name; she had only vaguely seen her appearance and the phantom of a spider behind her.

She had been too young at the time. Her mother had sacrificed herself with great difficulty so that she could escape. But thinking about it now, her mother clearly possessed both Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body, two great life-saving soul skills. Why had they been so easily breached?

As she thought about it, Xiao Wu's eyes gradually reddened again, tears welling in them. But she quickly pulled herself together.

Her top priority now was to enroll in a Soul Master Academy, learn some basic knowledge, and wait until her strength reached a certain level before finding an opportunity to go to Star Luo City.

Star Dou Great Forest, near the Lake of Life.

Bi Ji and Scarlet King found Di Tian. Bi Ji looked at Di Tian solemnly and said, "Di Tian, a beam of light suddenly appeared in the early hours yesterday morning and took Tian Meng away. Has anything unusual happened on your end?"

As she spoke, Bi Ji walked over to a Soul Beast resembling a golden lion and stroked the soft fur on her body. "Little Golden Lion, did you sense anything?"

The being before them, resembling a golden lion with a third vertical eye in the center of her forehead, was the Emperor Auspicious Beast born in the Star Dou Great Forest thousands of years ago. She carried the fortune of the entire forest and possessed the Power of Destiny. Her appearance doubled the cultivation speed of Soul Beasts and also doubled the chances of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts breaking through their bottlenecks. She was immensely important to the Soul Beast clan.

Thus, she was honored as the "Emperor Auspicious Beast." However, in private, Bi Ji still preferred to call her Little Golden Lion, because she was simply too adorable.

Di Tian shook his head. "No. That light yesterday appeared far too strangely. Even I failed to sense it, and the Auspicious Beast did not sense anything unusual either. It's very strange."

Di Tian thought for a moment. "For the time being, tell Bear Monarch and the others not to wander too far from this area. The safety of the Auspicious Beast and my lord is what matters most."

"Since the few of you cannot cultivate by absorbing Tian Meng's heaven-and-earth essence, then remain near the Lake of Life."

What they could not see was that a diary had appeared before the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes, and she was reading it with great interest.

She already knew why Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had vanished, but she had no way to say it aloud. She could sense that the diary before her did not seem hostile toward her, and it could even increase her cultivation.

It was just very strange that no one around her could see its existence.

She had not been born long ago yet—though for a Soul Beast, it truly had not been long—but because of her bloodline, she had developed some consciousness early on. Reading the contents recorded in the diary felt as though she had discovered a new continent.

Ever since she was born, she had never gone far from the Lake of Life. Even if she went a little farther, Scarlet King would protect her. She had no idea what the world outside was truly like, and she was intensely curious.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm Catcher rewarded by the system yesterday not only gave my Spirit Eyes Martial Soul its first soul ring, but more importantly, it gave me a skill: Life Reflection Shield. With such a trump card, even if Bibi Dong or the Seven Great Offerings of the Hall of Consecration came, I wouldn't die!

It was just a little unfortunate that, despite being a Million Year Soul Beast, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not possess a soul bone. Still, that was not too surprising. He had originally been nothing more than an ordinary ice silkworm Soul Beast in the Extremely Northern Land. That race was food for other powerful Soul Beasts in the Extremely Northern Land, including Ice Empress, one of the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the North Pole.

I remember that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion clan Ice Empress belonged to were clearly enemies. The ice silkworm race was frequently eaten, yet Tian Meng still fell for Ice Empress and even pursued her, only to be hunted down by her. It was rather amusing when you thought about it.

But it was also during his flight from that pursuit that he accidentally fell into an Ice Abyss containing a great amount of Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow. Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow was an immense tonic for ice-element Soul Beasts. By continuously consuming it, Tian Meng obtained an extraordinarily abundant supply of energy, and with the accumulation of a long span of time, he gained a million years of cultivation.

What a pity. Trash was still trash. Under normal circumstances, after cultivation reached one hundred thousand years, a Heavenly Tribulation had to be endured once every hundred thousand years. Yet Tian Meng had reached a million years of cultivation without ever triggering a single one. I don't know whether it was because he was so weak that heaven and earth never noticed him, or whether he had some unique method for avoiding Heavenly Tribulations.

But he truly was weak. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King also had cultivation close to a million years. If it had been him, he could probably have fought Di Tian and Bear Monarch among the ferocious beasts for a long time without either side gaining the upper hand. Yet Tian Meng was directly captured by them and had the energy within his body drained to raise their strength.

P.S. If anything is wrong with the Douluo II portions, point it out and I can revise it promptly~