If Beast God does not mind my Willow Catkin Appearance, I can serve you at any time.
After resolving the issue with the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan, the banquet in the palace did not end. It remained lively and boisterous, entirely unaffected by the extermination of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan.
Facing the passionately war-hungry Sea Soul Beasts, Di Tian raised a hand to press the crowd down and quiet the hall. He announced that he would send word regarding the time to begin the war.
He also made it clear that Sea Soul Beasts with cultivation above two hundred thousand years should come to the continent in batches so that he could enhance their strength.
After finalizing the details of the preparations, the banquet drew to a close. Di Tian did not leave immediately, but entered the inner court of the Merfolk Palace with the Sea Princess.
The moment they entered, the Sea Princess immediately offered up a gemstone necklace, one she had removed from her own body.
It was a blue, heart-shaped gemstone, its edges faint yet distinct. Deep blue in color, it gave off a mist-like radiance.
"This is my Ocean Heart. Please accept it, Beast God."
The Sea Princess knew very well that although she had submitted to Di Tian, it had not been a decision she made of her own accord. Rather, Di Tian had made the decision for her.
After all, when the Golden Shuttle formed from Mermaid Tears had appeared earlier, her intention had only been to use it to knock away the divine artifact sword, not to kill Xiao Bai, the true culprit.
She also knew that Di Tian was a Beast God who could not tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes. His complete extermination of the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan made that abundantly clear.
To avoid a rift forming between herself and Di Tian, she took the initiative to offer the Ocean Heart, the most precious possession of a merfolk—just as a True Dragon's Reverse Scale was precious to a True Dragon, and a Natal Feather to a bird.
The Ocean Heart was known as a merfolk's external heart. Once it was crushed, the merfolk's internal heart would shatter as well, and their life force would rapidly drain away until they perished completely.
It also possessed another trait: once every month, it could nullify one energy attack, then amplify that nullified energy and transfer it to the wearer as energy for their next attack.
It was precisely because Di Tian knew of the Ocean Heart's ability that he had been more inclined to use abilities like the Black Dragon Sword in his battle with the Sea Princess.
Di Tian did not refuse the Sea Princess's Ocean Heart. He accepted it from her hand, carefully feeling its warm, jade-like texture.
This Ocean Heart could be said to be the most powerful and precious one in this plane. It had come from a merfolk with seven hundred thousand years of cultivation.
By Di Tian's estimate, if it were used to draw upon the power of the sea, it could even nullify an energy attack from an ordinary god.
However, after seeing Di Tian accept her Ocean Heart, the Sea Princess did not stop there. Instead, she stepped closer.
Her breath fragrant as orchids, she said, "If Beast God does not mind my Willow Catkin Appearance, I can serve you at any time."
As he caressed the Ocean Heart in his hand, he glanced at the Sea Princess leaning toward him, at her face as mature and luscious as a peach.
Yet he felt no stirring at all. He merely said calmly, "There is no need to worry. My promise still stands."
"Even if Li Ya truly meets with misfortune, as long as we ultimately succeed and a God Realm belonging to our soul beasts is established, I am fully confident that I can revive your daughter."
"Li Ya's soul bone was fused by Huo Yuhao and turned into divine armor. He would not cut off his own arm or destroy his own divine armor."
Of course, the promise Di Tian had given would only be fulfilled after everything succeeded. To some extent, it was merely a grand promise, but this was already the limit of what Di Tian could offer.
"Thank you, Beast God." After saying that, the Sea Princess fell silent for a while before asking, "Do you need me to attend to you in bed now...?"
"We'll talk about it later."
"There are several people ahead of you. Get in line behind them."
"Ah?!" The Sea Princess cried out in stunned disbelief.
She simply could not believe her ears. Such words had actually come from Beast God Di Tian's mouth.
Putting away the Ocean Heart, Di Tian walked out of the inner court under the Sea Princess's somewhat dazed gaze.
He said, "I remember that the Ocean Heart, like a True Dragon's Reverse Scale, can be used to contact me at any time. That will be much more convenient. I still have some plans on the continent, and I will contact you when the time comes."
After leaving the palace's inner court, he followed the corridor and found the room where Lan Fozi was temporarily staying.
"Weren't you going to the continent with me? Why have you started cultivating?"
Di Tian's puzzled voice rang out, causing Lan Fozi, who had not entered a deep cultivation state to begin with, to quickly withdraw from her cultivation.
But the look she gave Di Tian was equally puzzled, and even somewhat surprised.
"So fast?!"
"What was so fast?"
"Uh... Senior, do you need Whale Rubber?"
Hearing this, Di Tian said faintly, "You can just say what you want to say."
"The inner court you went to is the Sea Princess's residence. Under normal circumstances, outsiders are not permitted to enter. Under abnormal circumstances..."
At this point, Lan Fozi's voice abruptly stopped, because she saw Di Tian's face growing darker and darker.
She immediately gave an awkward laugh and tried to change the subject. "The life essence of the entire Demon Soul Great White Shark clan has been refined into the Deep Sea Domain. I can feel that the effects of cultivation have improved significantly. Senior, don't you think so?"
And then?
Then Lan Fozi felt her body lighten as she was lifted into the air, the back of her neck gripped in Di Tian's hand.
Di Tian's voice sounded beside her ear. "Sorry, but I'm suddenly in a bit of a hurry."
Very soon, Lan Fozi's screams echoed throughout the sea.
"Hey? Senior, Senior! Noooo—"
"Too fast! Too fast! We're breaking the surface!"
"Senior, Senior! We're about to fly, Senior!"
Then she really did fly.
Naturally, those shrieks drew the attention of quite a few Sea Soul Beasts. But among those who could truly see Di Tian and Lan Fozi at his dragon-like speed, only the ferocious beasts could barely manage it.
Among them was the merfolk princess gazing toward the upper sea from the Merfolk Race's territory.
The Sea Princess's eldest daughter wore a shifting expression, her emotions extremely complicated. No one knew a mother better than her daughter; how could she not understand why her mother had invited Di Tian into the inner court?
It was not that, upon seeing Di Tian emerge from the inner court so quickly, she would make the same strange, baseless speculations as Lan Fozi.
Rather, as she looked at this Beast God who had nearly become her stepfather, she simply could not tell whether she felt pleased or disappointed.
Before her complicated emotions had even fully settled, Di Tian had already brought Lan Fozi to Heaven Dou City.
On the bustling streets of Heaven Dou City, Lan Fozi followed behind Di Tian, her sparkling eyes fixed on him with deep resentment.
As she tidied her disheveled hair and clothes, she secretly grumbled to herself: You were the one who told me to say it directly. But when I did, you got upset.
What kind of Beast God is that? How petty.
But that feeling did not last long before it was overwhelmed by another emotion surging up within her.
"Mother..." Lan Fozi's expression froze.
The Demon Empress's powerful cultivation might have concealed her presence from most people, but it could never hide it from her own daughter. It was a bond of blood and soul that could never be severed.
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