Xiao Bai Danced with Her Sword, Aiming at Di Tian

"But the dead are gone; the living must cherish their own lives."

"Humanity is powerful, blessed by heaven and earth with unparalleled fortune. Soul beasts can never hope to match them."

"Moreover, our plane is governed by the God Realm. There are gods in the God Realm, and gods possess great love. They love all Ten Thousand Spirits and seek harmonious coexistence."

"The next Sea God to ascend to the God Realm from Douluo Continent had a mother who was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor in human form, giving him half soul beast blood. His wife was also a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Demon Rabbit in human form."

"The next Sea God told me more than once that he had always worked tirelessly for peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts."

"Cultivating the new Emotion God, Spirit Ice Douluo, who ascended to the God Realm ten thousand years ago, was one of Lord Sea God's unceasing efforts."

"The original purpose behind soul spirits was to achieve peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts. This is known throughout the world and beyond dispute."

"But how could Spirit Ice Douluo, who had merely been a soul master at the time, have created an invention as era-changing as soul spirits? I believe it must have been because Lord Sea God secretly guided him, revealing divine miracles and working for the sake of our soul beast race."

"The current slaughter of soul beasts caused by humanity's soul spirit research is merely the result of the God Realm's disappearance and the lack of anyone to govern matters."

"We need only endure for the time being, withdraw our forces and influence, and wait quietly for the God Realm's return and the descent of divine miracles. Then every crisis will be resolved with ease."

"Do not follow others into an abyss of eternal damnation and set foot upon a road of no return."

Yet after she delivered this speech, stitched together from speculation and deduction as though it were fact, not a single Sea Soul Beast cried out in support.

Every Sea Soul Beast present merely watched coldly, sneering again and again. They could not even be bothered to refute her.

It was not that no Sea Soul Beasts had believed her. Rather, every Sea Soul Beast who believed her was dead! They were the deceased members of the Sea God Faction!

It made sense. If Xiao Bai had not used the God Realm and Sea God as a banner, how could she have won the trust of so many Sea Soul Beasts and established the Sea God Faction?

She had even confronted head-on the Anti-Sea God Faction led by the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Demon Empress, both with more than nine hundred thousand years of cultivation, and before being utterly wiped out, she had bitten the Anti-Sea God Faction hard enough to leave it half-crippled.

But the Sea Soul Beasts now within the Merfolk Palace were either from the Anti-Sea God Faction or the Neutral Faction. No matter which faction they belonged to, none of them would believe Xiao Bai's nonsense again.

Because the Sea Soul Beasts capable of believing her had already done so back then—and they were all dead.

Those Sea Soul Beasts who had never believed her would not begin believing her just because of a few words.

Besides, what kind of bullshit was she spouting?

Give up five territories today, ten tomorrow, and then gain one night of peaceful sleep—only to wake and find humanity at their borders once more. Who did not understand that logic?!

Serving others with land was like carrying firewood to put out a fire. It meant exhausting the resources of all soul beasts to win humanity's favor.

She had developed such a sense of superiority from being Sea God's and humanity's dog. A Beast Traitor like her was often more disgusting than pure evil.

After waiting for a long time without seeing a single Sea Soul Beast agree with her, Xiao Bai found it difficult to maintain her composure.

Anger rose within her. What an ungrateful bunch!

Her gaze immediately shifted to Di Tian, her beautiful eyes dark and distant.

Everything stemmed from this fellow before her—this Beast God Di Tian of the soul beast race, this madman who intended to fight humanity's peak experts alone. He had given these self-pitying Sea Soul Beasts tremendous courage.

She had to kill this man who sought to sabotage Lord Sea God's purpose of achieving peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts, and scatter the newly gathered courage of these Sea Soul Beasts.

She immediately said, "Beast God, leading the soul beast race into war against humanity is ultimately a major event involving billions of lives. It must be handled with the utmost caution."

"Since this has been raised so suddenly, everyone needs time for careful consideration. And since the Merfolk Race prepared this banquet in haste and there is no dance music, why not let me perform a sword dance to entertain everyone? It can also serve as time for everyone to consider the matter."

Di Tian drank a cup of Jade Nectar from a Coral Cup. His dragon eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark, as though watching a clown leap about.

In the end, he gave an affirmative answer. "Fine."

More precisely, the time he granted was not for Xiao Bai, that blindly arrogant and foolish clown, but for the Sea Princess.

Di Tian naturally understood why the Sea Princess hesitated. He had even seen Li Ya, the merfolk princess who had already become a soul spirit, on Huo Yuhao. That was why he was willing to give the Sea Princess more time to consider.

But it was only a little more time. This concerned a struggle for the survival of a race; he would not allow any unexpected developments because of anyone or anything.

The promise Di Tian could make was only that, after everything was done, he would do his utmost to revive the dead and allow those who remained to be as fulfilled as possible.

If the Sea Princess still hesitated, he would make the decision for her.

Upon receiving the Beast God's approval, Xiao Bai was delighted inwardly, though her expression remained unchanged.

Naturally, she had not proposed a sword dance merely to entertain everyone. She intended to use it to kill Di Tian.

Of course, she knew her own limits. She could not kill Di Tian through her own strength alone. She had to bring out her trump card and join forces with the Sea Princess.

A sword dance required a sword to truly deserve its name.

Xiao Bai immediately summoned a longsword from her Sea of Spirit. Crystal ornaments decorated its hilt, gleaming with brilliant blue light, while the blade itself was hollow-carved as though something had been sealed within it.

This was the martial deterrent she had used while spinning grand tales to the Sea Soul Beasts—a divine artifact personally bestowed by Sea God.

Otherwise, with merely two hundred thousand years of cultivation, how could she have led the entire Sea God Faction and commanded Sea Soul Beasts with cultivation stronger than hers?

In truth, this divine longsword held a secret unknown to the others: it sealed within it a wisp of pure Sea God divine power.

To a god, it might have been nothing more than a breath. But to soul beasts and soul masters who used Soul Power, it was deadly poison. Once it entered the body, it would disrupt the flow of Soul Power and prevent one from mobilizing much of their strength.

Then, together with the Sea Princess's power, she would definitely be able to deal with Di Tian!

With that thought, Xiao Bai transformed into human form.

Her ash-blue hair spilled down her back, hanging all the way to the ground, and her eyes were the same ash-blue shade.

A faint ash-blue sheen glowed upon her fair skin. Her nose bridge was high, and her features possessed sharp, chiseled lines, yet they did not appear out of place. Instead, they were strikingly distinctive, lending her a captivating exotic charm. She was indeed suited to be a dancer.

She caught the divine longsword in midair, flicked it through a flourish, pushed off with her toes, and leaped into the air. Light as a feather, she landed in the center of the palace.

With the dignity of a Sea Soul Beast King, she began to dance gracefully.

As the greatest figure present, Di Tian naturally sat in the most honored position closest to the center.

The sword dance had already begun, yet Xiao Bai's expression gradually turned ugly. Her Voice Transmission to the Sea Princess, proposing that they join forces to kill Di Tian, received not even a single response. Every message vanished without a trace.