With Gu Yue, But His Heart Was with Di Tian

"Thank you." Di Tian finally spoke.

He could tell that every word Zi Ji had said came from the heart.

Zi Ji's little heart, which had been pounding wildly, gradually returned to its normal rhythm after receiving Di Tian's answer.

A smile bloomed across her beautiful face as she took Di Tian's hand.

"Then can you tell me why you insisted on parting ways with my lord back then?"

"Could it really be as I saw it? You, Sister Xue Ling, and that Black-Robed Woman just now, traveling the mortal world together and living freely and carefree?"

"The Di Tian I remember—the towering Beast God revered by countless soul beast subjects—would never abandon his race's future."

"Ha..." Di Tian smiled helplessly.

"You're not wrong. The life you just described is one I truly long for and envy."

"But unfortunately, not yet. Human Gods and I have reached the point where we cannot coexist. They won't let me live in peace."

"As for why I parted ways with my lord..."

After a pause, Di Tian's voice turned somewhat colder.

"Of course, it was because I began to question Gu Yue's plans."

"We watched the Auspicious Beast grow up together. She remained unharmed for fifteen thousand years, yet within only a few short years of entering the human world, she died after sacrificing herself for Huo Yuhao, the one she loved."

"Na'er entered the human world to experience and understand humanity, but human emotions infected her, forcing part of her personality to split away."

"With two such bleak examples before her, Gu Yue still insisted on entering the human world."

"Heh..."

"Perhaps she has not lost her trust in me, but my trust in her has run its course."

Zi Ji fell silent after hearing his words.

The fact that Di Tian no longer addressed Gu Yue as "my lord" already explained much.

Moreover, everything he said was true. The human world was far too prosperous, and the human heart held countless thoughts and forms. Dazzling sights could easily bewilder one's eyes. How could she and the other ferocious beasts not worry that their lord would once again lose herself in human emotions?

But their voices carried too little weight. Unlike Di Tian, the solitary warrior who fought for the revival of their race, they could only deliberately bury all their dissatisfaction deep in their hearts and avoid speaking of it.

At the same time, a trace of joy welled up within her.

For Di Tian to so decisively part ways with his lord, he must have had his own plans and confidence. The Heavenly Snow Woman with a hundred thousand years of cultivation, and the Black-Robed Woman whose cultivation even she could not see through, were surely parts of that plan.

That would make the revival of the soul beast race even more certain.

As though they shared a tacit understanding, Di Tian saw the joy spreading through Zi Ji's eyes and answered the thoughts in her heart.

He told her everything in detail: how he journeyed to the Far North Land and encountered Xue Ling, along with the last remnants of the northern soul beasts; how he joined forces with the Demon Empress and moved to the Star Luo Continent; how he received the legacy of the Dragon God's Dragon Race lineage; how he successfully survived the Million Year Soul Beast Tribulation.

And now, he was forging Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mecha for the ferocious beasts capable of taking human form, preparing for the upcoming Final Chapter Peak Competition.

Zi Ji listened attentively, her beautiful eyes shining with wonder, but she did not interrupt.

Only after Di Tian finished did she cup his handsome face in her hands, stroking it as she clicked her tongue in amazement. "A Million Year Soul Beast... Your lifespan has increased enormously, and even your appearance has become much younger."

"Can I wear the Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mecha made by humans that you mentioned?"

"Of course."

"With your cultivation nearing three hundred thousand years, along with Four-Word Battle Armor and God-level Mecha, you can unleash combat power at the level of five hundred thousand to six hundred thousand years."

Zi Ji trusted Di Tian's words completely, and she nodded excitedly again and again.

"I knew it. Di Tian, you would never abandon the soul beast race."

"Then it seems there is one benefit to my continuing to follow my lord—I can relay my lord's information to you in real time."

"Since you did not go wandering the nine heavens and still care about the soul beast race, you must surely still worry about the lord you protected for countless years. Though your heart is wounded, it has not died. I can record my lord's information and movements for you. That must be better than you investigating them yourself."

"Don't worry. I definitely won't tell my lord anything about your side."

"Hehe..." Zi Ji was truly delighted now.

With her body beside her lord but her heart with Di Tian, she could help Di Tian while also earning merit at her lord's side, clearing away Di Tian's worries.

Mm, she really was brilliant! Through the observation window, Di Tian gazed eastward toward Binhai. His lips moved, yet no sound emerged.

By his ear, Zi Ji intimately recounted what had happened while following her lord during this time.

"After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, we used the hidden connections we had planted long ago to display my lord's talent before the upper ranks of the Spirit Pagoda. In the end, she became the disciple of the Spirit Pagoda's vice tower master, Sky Phoenix Douluo, Leng Yaozhu."

"Under the identity of my lord's family elders, and with my lord helping us conceal our auras and identities, we obtained idle positions as guest elders in the Spirit Pagoda. For now, we are lying low and learning about the Spirit Pagoda's internal situation. That is also why I could find time to come see you."

"At this point, my lord has already gone to Eastsea City to get close to that human boy named Tang Wulin. While recovering her cultivation, she is also fulfilling her wager with Na'er."

"She is preparing to enroll in Eastsea Academy in Eastsea City. Xiong Jun is guarding my lord now. That role should originally have been yours."

Gu Yue's side was nowhere near as turbulent or dramatic as Di Tian's. Instead, it was like an old woman playing mahjong—taking one tile, discarding one tile.

Judging by her current actions, she had not done anything particularly outrageous yet.

Nor did Di Tian believe that the stubborn, headstrong Gu Yue could be corrected and returned to the proper path by him.

Since he had decided to part ways and strike out on his own, she was not worth spending too much energy on. It was enough to learn of her basic whereabouts from Zi Ji at regular intervals.

Everything else could wait until after the Final Chapter Peak Competition succeeded.

Casting aside his many thoughts about Gu Yue, he asked Zi Ji:

"Where is Bi Ji? Is she well?"

"Hey..." Zi Ji answered with dissatisfaction and resentment.

"You only ever care about her. I was the one who came to find you first."

"Bi Ji's cultivation is far stronger than mine, yet she didn't come to find you at once."

"Well..." Di Tian's expression turned strange as he took an Emerald Green feather from close against his body.

The Emerald Green feather gleamed with a lustrous sheen, radiating vigorous vitality. Just one light breath of its scent made one feel utterly comfortable, as if drifting among the clouds.

Zi Ji snatched the feather from Di Tian's hand, and her expression darkened further.

Having worked alongside Bi Ji for many years—and also being her rival for the position of principal consort—no one in the world understood Bi Ji better than she did.

How could she fail to recognize that this Emerald Green feather came from Bi Ji, and that it was the most important feather on Bi Ji's body—her lifebound feather!