A King's Responsibility, the Women's Reactions

Star Dou Great Forest, Lake of Life.

"Only he retained his memories of his past life. Just like having to face the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon and the God Realm alone, the pressure in his heart must be unimaginable."

Gu Yuena was somewhat moved.

In truth, the pressure within her, the Silver Dragon King, was equally overwhelming.

Gu Yuena understood that as the Co-lord of Soul Beasts in the eyes of all soul beasts, as long as she chose to wage war against the God Realm, every soul beast would follow her.

Bearing such a burden meant that all those under your command eagerly awaited every word you said.

Gu Yuena did not want soul beasts to continue being slaughtered, nor did she want soul beasts that had once been free to become slaves. Therefore, she had no choice but to resist the oppression of the God Realm.

Whether it was Di Tian or the other Fierce Beasts, they had always placed their hopes on Gu Yuena, expecting her to lead them in changing the fate of the soul beast race. Yet she had no one with whom she could share her pain and loneliness.

Having truly witnessed the immense power of the God Realm's God Kings, Gu Yuena knew just how slim the chances of accomplishing such a thing were.

Even so, Gu Yuena could not show it. She could only grit her teeth and hold on by herself.

Otherwise, if even she, the Co-lord of Soul Beasts, feared the God Realm, how could the other soul beasts find the courage to fight it?

But things were different now.

Through this Diary Instance, Gu Yuena had seen Luo Ye and learned that he was willing to shoulder this responsibility and help her change the fate of the soul beast race.

Although she had never met Luo Ye, after reading what was written in the diary, she inevitably developed a measure of goodwill toward him.

Of course, this goodwill had nothing to do with romantic feelings. It was recognition of his identity as the Son of Destiny. She knew Luo Ye was someone she could trust, a companion who could fight alongside her in the future.

"Looks like I should find an opportunity to meet him someday."

Gu Yuena looked at Luo Ye's name in the diary, brilliant light gleaming in her purple vertical pupils.

Extreme North.

"Snow Empress, judging by what this guy wrote, did we also fight against the God Realm alongside him in our past lives?"

The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, known as the Ice Empress, blinked and asked the Heavenly Snow Woman before her.

Snow Empress did not answer immediately. Only after confirming that no new content had appeared in the Diary Instance did she ask in return.

"If an opportunity were placed before us, where victory could change the fate of soul beasts, do you think we would take part?"

Ice Empress froze for a moment. After pondering it for a while, she answered seriously.

"We definitely would!"

"As the king of the Ice Jade Scorpions, even as leaders of the Extreme North, neither of us would ever miss such an opportunity, even if it meant standing against the God Realm."

Snow Empress nodded slightly. Gazing over the boundless glaciers and snowfields, she raised her fair, delicate palm to catch a falling snowflake and spoke softly.

"Because of the Extreme North's environment, few humans ever set foot here apart from ice-attribute human soul masters. Compared to other soul beast gathering grounds on the continent, the soul beasts of the Extreme North have suffered the fewest deaths."

"But anyone could see that as the number of human soul masters increases, there may even come a day when soul beasts become scarce. When that happens, the Extreme North will surely become their target."

"The soul beasts of the Extreme North can only avoid disaster for a time; they cannot remain safe forever. So if Luo Ye is willing to change the circumstances of soul beasts, then at the very least, neither of us will stand by and do nothing."

A king had to bear a king's responsibility.

As the two strongest Fierce Beasts of the Extreme North, Snow Empress and Ice Empress had the duty to protect the soul beasts here.

Therefore, when Luo Ye wrote in his diary that the two of them had been his inseparable friends in their past lives, fighting Tang San and the God Realm alongside him, both Snow Empress and Ice Empress immediately believed it.

A very human-like look of emotion appeared on Ice Empress's face as she muttered.

"I've always regretted letting that bastard Tian Meng escape back then. Who would have thought that, in the end, he would become Luo Ye's soul ring?"

Snow Empress had not expected that either.

In fact, it was not just Ice Empress. Even Snow Empress envied, and even resented, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's good fortune.

A useless Ice Silkworm had forcibly reached a level of cultivation that even they could not attain simply by consuming ten-thousand-year ice marrow, coming within a hair's breadth of becoming a million-year soul beast.

But before the Son of Destiny, the beloved child of the Douluo Continent's Plane Will, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm still fell far short.

To help Luo Ye grow more quickly, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm directly sacrificed himself to Luo Ye and became his soul ring.

That was right. According to Snow Empress's guess, this was very likely the work of the Plane Will. In her view, even Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's discovery of that ten-thousand-year ice marrow had probably been arranged by the Plane Will from the start.

While Snow Empress was making this reasonable deduction, Ice Empress beside her asked.

"Snow Empress, now that we know the future from the Diary Instance, what should we do?"

Snow Empress was stumped by the question.

Faced with such a future, she did not know what to do either.

After hesitating for a long while, Snow Empress slowly said, "For now, let's wait and see. We'll watch what Luo Ye does next. If there's an opportunity, we can also try to find him ahead of time."

Skywater Academy dormitory.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er had likewise finished reading the diary's new content, and their feelings were indescribably complicated.

Shui Yue'er, the younger sister, could not hold herself back and spoke first.

"Sis, are we connected to Luo Ye too?"

After hesitating for a moment, Shui Bing'er said thoughtfully, "I think the reason we received this Diary Instance is most likely related to our relationship with Luo Ye in our past lives."

"Just as Luo Ye wrote in the diary, he is the only one who was reborn. No one can understand that kind of loneliness. He would need to make countless efforts to restore the relationships from his past life."

"But the appearance of this diary, aside from helping him grow faster, also allows people like us to learn of these matters in advance, making it easier for us to understand and return to his side, joining forces with him against the Outer Realm Heavenly Demon and the God Realm."

"So besides the two of us, there must be others who have also received this Diary Instance, especially those names Luo Ye mentioned."

Shui Yue'er was dumbfounded, her eyes revealing a pure, unclouded foolishness.

She suspected she and her sister had not read the same diary. How had her sister seen so much through its contents?

Shui Yue'er pressed on.

"Then is there anything we should do?"

Shui Bing'er looked at Luo Ye's name in the diary and shook her head.

"Not for now. Let's wait first. Luo Ye already said in the diary that he went to Shrek Academy to take Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong away. Once he accomplishes that, he will not remain there any longer."

"Perhaps when the time comes, we can try to recruit them into our Skywater Academy."