Di Tian: That Human Is Going Too Far!

"Your subordinate obeys!"

Seeing this, Di Tian immediately answered with utmost respect.

Only then did Gu Yuena withdraw her terrifying Dragon Might.

Soul Beast society wasn't as complicated as human society. Whoever was stronger had the say.

The Silver Dragon King had become the new Lord of Soul Beasts not because she was an incarnation of the Dragon God, nor because of the strength of her bloodline.

It was because of her terrifying power.

Even severely wounded, she could easily suppress every Ferocious Beast.

That was why these proud Ferocious Beasts recognized her and acknowledged Gu Yuena's leadership.

The same principle applied to Di Tian becoming the Lord of Soul Beasts' representative.

Otherwise, he would have been nothing more than a mascot, like the Imperial Auspicious Beast, before he had grown strong.

At that moment, several Ferocious Beasts—including Bi Ji, the Myriad Monster King, and the Scarlet King—as well as all the other Soul Beasts present, were prostrate on the ground, not daring to move.

"You, come here."

Immediately afterward, Di Tian looked toward a Soul Beast.

It was a Cyclops, with a completely bald body and a massive frame nearly ten meters tall. Its single pupil was dark gold.

Cyclopes were a type of Soul Beast unique to the Star Dou Great Forest, possessing both strength and spiritual attributes.

This one was the Cyclops King, an exceptional specimen even among top-tier Soul Beasts.

And its cultivation was astonishingly at the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.

Although the Cyclops King was extremely reluctant to obey Beast God Di Tian's order, it still came forward, trembling.

Seeing the Cyclops King, Huo Yutong furrowed her brow, clearly dissatisfied.

That was only natural. A Soul Spirit was a partner who would accompany a Soul Master for life.

And Huo Yutong was a girl, so of course she preferred pretty and cute Soul Spirits.

As for the Cyclops King's appearance, "hard to look at" was the kindest way to put it.

Still, Huo Yutong didn't feel she could say anything.

After all, it was already a blessing to have a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast whose attributes matched hers willingly offer itself as her Soul Spirit!

What right did she have to pick and choose?

"Find another Soul Beast. This one's too ugly."

Unlike the embarrassed Huo Yutong, Gu Tian spoke without the slightest politeness.

"You..."

Di Tian was about to fly into a rage, but after glancing at the expressionless Gu Yuena, he forcibly held himself back.

Star Dou Great Forest.

"That human... is going too far!"

Watching what his future self went through in the image, Di Tian felt deeply aggrieved.

He had once been the Dragon God's personal guard captain. Now he was the foremost of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts and the Lord of Soul Beasts' representative. When had he ever been treated like this?

"Master, why are you indulging that human so much?"

Xiong Jun scratched his head, confused. "You're not even sparing our own kind!"

"Isn't it obvious? Master must have her reasons!"

Di Tian snorted, clearly displeased that Xiong Jun would question the Silver Dragon King. "We just need to follow orders."

Seeing this, the Myriad Monster King and the Scarlet King, who had been about to say something, wisely kept their mouths shut.

Elsewhere, at the foot of a mountain.

"I'm one of the most handsome Cyclopes around! That human actually dared to call me ugly!"

The Cyclops King flew into a rage when it saw the human in the image calling it ugly. It even ended up destroying its own home in the process.

Then it thought it over. It was precisely because of this that its future self avoided becoming an experimental subject.

So what if someone called it ugly!

At least it had kept its life!

Meanwhile, in a dense forest.

"This might be an opportunity!"

A deer-shaped figure murmured softly. "I wonder what choice my future self will make?"

Just then, a very beautiful deer walked up to Huo Yutong.

Its coat was made up of strands of fur in dazzling rainbow colors.

It was a Seven-Colored Elk, a Soul Beast as rare as the Jade Heavenly Swan.

"Human, I can become your Soul Spirit."

The Seven-Colored Elk spoke in a gentle female voice. "In return, I have one condition."

"I hope you can protect our Seven-Colored Elk Clan until one of our members reaches a hundred thousand years of cultivation."

As it spoke, the Seven-Colored Elk looked toward Gu Yuena.

Clearly, the other party in this deal wasn't Huo Yutong, but the true ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Agreed." Gu Yuena nodded slightly.

At that, a smile appeared on the Seven-Colored Elk King's face. She knew she had made the right bet.

Whether to Soul Masters or other Soul Beasts, Seven-Colored Elk were extremely alluring.

The only reason this clan had survived for so long was that it had a Soul Beast with nearly two hundred thousand years of cultivation watching over it.

In a few hundred years, the Seven-Colored Elk King would face her Heavenly Tribulation.

Her chances of surviving it were vanishingly small.

When that time came, without a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to protect them, the Seven-Colored Elk would have only one fate:

Extinction.

That was why, after agonizing over it for so long, the Seven-Colored Elk King had finally stepped forward and volunteered to be the subject of this Soul Spirit Experiment.

"Good. Now I'll begin guiding your soul imprint as it takes shape."

Huo Yutong reminded her gently, "You must be entirely willing. Please trust me, and trust each other. Then we'll form our contract."

"That's right. The ultimate goal of today's Soul Spirit Experiment is to establish a partnership between equals."

"And you're undoubtedly getting the better end of the deal."

Gu Tian spoke with a hint of meaning. "Tong'er has already received the God Position Inheritance of the God of Emotion. If she continues cultivating as planned, she'll become the next God of Emotion sooner or later."

"And she'll be a Deity on our side!"

Gu Tian paused slightly, then said, "Do you know what that means?"

"What does it mean?" the Seven-Colored Elk King asked instinctively.

"It means that when your host becomes a god, you'll become a God as well."

Gu Tian enunciated each word. "You'll never have to fear the arrival of a Heavenly Tribulation again, and you'll have an endless lifespan."

He seemed to be speaking to the Seven-Colored Elk King, but also to all Soul Beasts.

As soon as he said this, not only did the Soul Beasts in the image erupt in an uproar, but everyone outside the Sky Curtain did too.

Even Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts stared wide-eyed. They were incredulous, but more than anything, they felt a surge of hope.

Soul Beasts couldn't become gods!

At their level, they all knew this ironclad rule.

Soul Beasts had only one way to become gods:

When their cultivation reached a hundred thousand years, they could choose to reincarnate as humans.

Once they became human, they were no longer bound by this rule.

But becoming a god was hardly easy.

That was why Soul Beasts with noble bloodlines, such as the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, the Heavenly Snow Woman, and the Evil Eye Tyrant, would rather challenge their limits than reincarnate as humans.

If things really were as the image said, then wouldn't they have another option?