The Great Stage of Douluo, My Name is Qian Xunji

Although Soul Beasts engage in internal strife and battles, they remain uniformly hostile toward humans.

This can be considered an unspoken rule between Soul Beasts and Spirit Masters.

It is also because of these unspoken rules that even powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts will huddle together for warmth, especially those who have experienced the Heavenly Tribulation and are even more desperate to survive.

Gu Yuena does not care about the Spirit Masters in the human world; even a Title Douluo is nothing in her eyes.

However, she is wary of those gods. The human world holds many legacies left behind by gods, and the divine servants who guard these legacies have connections to the gods themselves. If things were to escalate and alert the gods behind them, it would be troublesome if the God Realm found out.

In reality, I find Gu Yuena's decision to seal herself, transform into human form, and integrate into the human world to understand why humans are so powerful that they can surpass Soul Beasts—only to end up with a split personality—to be somewhat absurd.

Isn't it obvious why Soul Beasts cannot develop?

Can you not see the massive Heavenly Tribulation?

Do you think Soul Beasts don't want to develop?

It is because just staying alive is already difficult enough; where would they find the time to develop?

Humans don't have to face the Heavenly Tribulation to become gods, yet Soul Beasts are struck every hundred thousand years, and the better their talent, the harsher the strike.

The path for Soul Beasts to become gods has also been completely blocked by the God Realm.

You, the Silver Dragon King, haven't even managed to become a god yourself, yet you are confused as to why Soul Beasts cannot develop or compete with the human race, and you even seal yourself and head into the human world to serve yourself up on a platter?

If you killed the gods in the God Realm who cast the Heavenly Tribulation and opened the path for Soul Beasts to become gods, many Soul Beasts that have lived for hundreds of thousands or even a million years would immediately be able to become gods, and the Soul Beasts would flourish instantly.

Your followers and subordinates are being struck by lightning right in front of you, facing life-threatening danger, yet you are still wondering why Soul Beasts cannot develop?

Chapter 93: Shielding

Gu Yuena could only vaguely sense that this new competitor had appeared on human territory.

Moreover, it was not on the outskirts, but in the core region of humanity.

Why would a newborn pure-blooded dragon run into the heartland of humans?

Gu Yuena's own strength lies between a First-Class God and a God King, and as a high-ranking dragon, she can freely shift between human and beast forms.

It is not difficult for her to infiltrate the human world.

"I need to make a trip to the human world," Gu Yuena commanded, without explaining the reason for her abnormal behavior.

She did not want her subordinates to know that a newborn pure-blooded dragon could obtain the Dragon God inheritance.

"Yes, My Lord!" Di Tian replied with a bow, his attitude respectful.

Although he was inwardly confused as to why Gu Yuena would suddenly head to the human world instead of staying in seclusion to recover from her injuries, he chose to trust his Lord, the incarnation of the Dragon God; she must have her own reasons for doing so.

Many Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest that have exceeded one hundred thousand years of age choose to transform into human form.

Transforming into a human can delay the arrival of the Heavenly Tribulation and allow them to break through lifespan and strength bottlenecks via the human cultivation system; the human form also optimizes cultivation efficiency.

However, even after transforming, no Soul Beast will go to the human world before reaching level 70. This is their most vulnerable stage; even an ordinary Spirit Master could easily kill a Soul Beast that has just transformed.

Most Soul Beasts that transform, provided they are not brain-damaged, choose to stay obediently in the forest under the protection of their companions, cultivating rapidly with their top-tier aptitude. Even if they just slack off, they can become a Spirit Saint within fifty years.

Fifty years is a very short time for a Soul Beast.

But there are always some brain-damaged Soul Beasts who cannot even stay for fifty years; they are filled with curiosity about the human world and love to wander outside, as if they are afraid of staying alive.

For such weak and brainless fellows, as long as they do not disturb the Silver Dragon King in the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian cannot be bothered to care.

Gu Yuena and Di Tian both transformed into human forms and left the Star Dou Great Forest, entering the human world.

The Silver Dragon King does not understand the human world. In the memories she has acquired, it is still the era of prosperity where Soul Beasts were dominant, and humans could only huddle in corners, struggling to survive.

She has spent too long recovering from her injuries.

The two dragon Beasts traveled continuously.

Gu Yuena could only move forward based on her senses to find that newborn dragon, her route twisting and turning constantly.

Di Tian followed quietly, raising no objections.

On the other side, Bian Que looked at the dragon egg, which was constantly glowing and showing signs of activity, with some confusion.

Based on his knowledge, this egg was clearly not yet mature. Donghuang Taiyi's dragon egg should be developing quietly rather than exhibiting such abnormal phenomena.

As the leader of Yunmengze, Donghuang Taiyi's strength and wisdom are beyond doubt.

There must be a reason for him to show such unusual movement.

Just as Bian Que was about to take the dragon egg back to Martial Soul City to find Qian Xunji, the movement of the dragon egg stopped, and its aura faded to almost nothing, as if it had merged with nature.

Just as he was hesitating about what to do, the internal chat interface for heroes lit up, and Donghuang Taiyi sent a private message.

Donghuang Taiyi: [The problem has been solved. Continue with the original plan, but keep me hidden; do not let anyone see me.]

Bian Que: [Understood.]

Inside the dragon egg, Donghuang Taiyi, still only a young dragon embryo, quieted down after sensing Bian Que's actions, continuing to develop himself, purify his bloodline, and obtain that mysterious power of inheritance.

Donghuang Taiyi was not only the leader of Yunmengze, but also a grandmaster of the Yin-Yang School, possessing profound knowledge and mastery over many rare techniques.

The moment he was summoned by the Summoner, he sensed a subtle, lingering hostility from this world directed toward him.

The Yin-Yang School was extremely sensitive to such matters of nature and destiny, and Donghuang Taiyi confirmed that his perception could not be wrong.

He decided to employ the natural arts of Guiguzi to dilute his own presence and merge with nature.

At the same time, he utilized the reincarnation arts of Guiguzi to reshape his innate bloodline, pushing himself toward even greater heights.

Unexpectedly, this led Donghuang Taiyi to discover this so-called Dragon God inheritance.

However, this Dragon God inheritance was clearly toxic; upon acquiring it, Donghuang Taiyi sensed that some entity seemed to be constantly tracking his location through it.

The person on the other end did not have a high level of mastery over the inheritance, appearing to have gained partial control over it only due to some special circumstances.

The philosophy of the Yin-Yang School, to which Donghuang Taiyi belonged, combined ancient numerology with the theory of the Five Elements, further developing them to construct a grand cosmological schema in an attempt to explain the causes of natural phenomena and their laws of change.

For a grandmaster like Donghuang Taiyi, this was merely a trivial annoyance, easily resolved with a simple spell.

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Heaven Dou Empire

Traveling without pause, Gu Yuena suddenly lost the ability to sense the direction of that newborn dragon's aura and paused in confusion.

Then, she felt sheer disbelief!

She was the Silver Dragon King, the incarnation and successor of the Dragon God; how could her perception be blocked?

She attempted to sense the newborn dragon's aura again, but still found nothing. That aura seemed to have merged with nature itself—omnipresent, yet impossible to truly locate.

Gu Yuena lowered her head, pondering the reason for this situation. "A natural life attribute? Or a special application of the spirit attribute? No, if it were a life attribute, it should be as vibrant as Bi Ji's, making it easier to detect."

"Then it must be a spirit attribute, or some other unique innate ability."

Compared to a spirit attribute, Gu Yuena believed it was more likely an innate ability belonging to that newborn dragon.

After all, as the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena had inherited the entirety of the Dragon God's spiritual power, reaching a level of intensity comparable to a Creator God, far exceeding that of an ordinary God King.

While rare, special innate abilities did exist among Soul Beasts; the most typical example was the Lucky Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and its ability to amplify and bless all other Soul Beasts.

Such Soul Beasts were born with unique innate abilities and could be called the darlings of the Soul Beast world; had they lived in the era of the ancient Soul Beasts, they would have inevitably become gods.

Suddenly losing her target and learning of this newborn dragon's "talent," Gu Yuena was unwilling to give up.

She continued to move along the path where she had previously sensed it.

And then...

She missed Bian Que and Donghuang Taiyi, who were heading toward the Sunset Forest.

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Chapter 94: Seeking Advice

For Donghuang Taiyi, the matter of Gu Yuena was merely a minor interlude; even the acquired Dragon God inheritance was, to a man of his background, nothing more than a decent subject for research.

They had always been in pursuit of deeper knowledge and laws.

Endless and boundless!

As for Gu Yuena, she searched the general vicinity of her previous perception countless times, only to return empty-handed.

Her injuries had not yet healed, and with the Golden Dragon King as a powerful rival, she had to return to the bottom of the lake to continue her healing and seclusion.

Moreover, the growth of that newborn dragon would take time; the strength of a Soul Beast relied on talent and lifespan, and those with a cultivation of one hundred thousand years were at least ten thousand years old.

Gu Yuena did not believe he could hide forever without leaving a single trace.

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Heaven Dou Empire, Heaven Dou City

Yu Xiaogang finally made contact with the clansmen who had been reluctant to deal with him and learned the news of his father Yu Yuanzhen's disappearance.

His first reaction was disbelief.

His father was, after all, one of the world's top combatants, a powerhouse at the level of a Title Douluo; how could he have disappeared without a sound?

With his father gone, what was he to do?

Yu Xiaogang still possessed a modicum of self-awareness; he knew that the freedom he had enjoyed for so many years relied entirely on his family.

If not for his family and his father, his innate half-level soul power could never have reached his current level as a twenty-ninth-rank Soul Grand Master.

If not for his family and his father, given his aptitude, how could he have entered Martial Soul Hall, met the saintess Bibi Dong, and ultimately walked out alive?

If not for his family and his father, his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul could never have been published.

Knowledge monopoly was one of the unspoken rules of this world. Those commoners did not even know what a Title Douluo was, let alone have the opportunity to learn more profound knowledge. Aside from the Martial Soul Hall Academy, such knowledge was only taught to the nobility.

It was for this reason that the soul rings of commoner Soul Masters were often poorly matched, with most of their first soul rings being white.