Di Tian Fighting With His Left and Right Brains

340th year of the Lingbing Douluo's ascension, 260th year of the Levant era.

Since the Star Luo Empire changed its era name, the new emperor has been on the throne for nine years. As a Title Douluo who ascended to the throne at over a hundred years old—much like his predecessor—he faces the same issue regarding his heirs.

None of the new emperor's children are Title Douluos, and most have already died of old age. Fortunately, in the generation of the Imperial Grandson, there is an 88th-level Spirit Douluo who is already forty-eight years old; with the help of medicinal pills, he could reach the level of a Title Douluo, so he was lucky enough to become the Imperial Grandson.

The new emperor sent him to the Star Luo Continent to take charge of administrative management in General Kater's military district. Anyone could see that the new emperor intends for the Imperial Grandson and General Kallen to form the next generation's imperial partnership.

Meanwhile, the child among his heirs with the highest innate soul power was also arranged by the new emperor to stay by the side of the Star Luo Empire's Limit Douluos and potential Limit Douluo candidates to cultivate relationships.

"Uh, Great-Grandmother?"

Dai Xiuyuan, a great-grandson with innate level-eight soul power who is now at level 40, looked at the young woman before him and, after a moment of contemplation, spoke up.

"This form of address feels strange to me. But never mind, at least you're the first to call me that, unlike your other brothers and sisters who just keep showering me with flattery."

At this moment, Dai Ruoheng, an 84th-level Spirit Douluo who is one year shy of thirty, rubbed her chin, her face revealing her discomfort.

Dai Ruoheng possesses the golden long hair unique to the Dai family, but unlike most members of the Dai family who have exquisite shells but are rotten on the inside, she grew up beside the Nation-Protecting Douluo Zhang Cheng and is, in reality, a member of the Zhang family.

As for the people sent by the new emperor, if they were rotten, hypocritical trash, she would kick them right back.

Furthermore, since the emperor had restored her to the family genealogy, she is also a member of the Star Luo imperial family, sharing the same generation as the new emperor. Aside from enemies, the new emperor, and her foster father, who in the country would dare to talk back to her?

"Forget it, is your Soul Spirit unable to provide you with more power?"

"Yes."

Dai Xiuyuan nodded. Because his own spiritual power was relatively high, he had originally selected a soul beast with a lifespan that, after purchasing and killing several overseas soul beasts, had increased to the thousand-year level.

"That's perfect. Since you've reached the Spirit Sea Realm, let's go hunt a new thousand-year soul beast. I'll call Count Libai along as well. With him and me protecting you, it'll be safer on the edge of the Star Dou Forest's mixed zone."

Access to the Star Dou Forest now requires reporting to the soul beasts, which is not as convenient as it was before the appearance of the Lingbing Douluo, but it is not as dangerous either. However, all in all, Dai Ruoheng does not like having to look at the expressions of soul beasts just to pick a Soul Spirit. How did that Lingbing Douluo even come up with this? The way this Soul Spirit's lifespan increases requires killing soul beasts, which seems to be only a slight change from the old method of killing soul beasts to obtain spirit rings; there is no real difference, as both require killing.

When Dai Ruoheng brought Dai Xiuyuan to the edge of the Star Dou Forest, the buildings of the Spirit Pagoda rose up from the ground, and Count Libai had already been waiting inside for a long time.

"Junior Brother, how is the paperwork going?"

Although Dai Ruoheng is much younger than Count Libai, her talent as a Spirit Douluo before the age of thirty, combined with her experience following behind Zhang Cheng since childhood, is something that Count Libai, as her junior brother, cannot hope to match.

Count Libai and Kallen belong to the empire's next generation of continuity, while Dai Ruoheng is the empire's more distant future.

"Everything has been handled."

Count Libai said to his senior sister.

"Good, let's take the Crown Prince's little prince to the Star Dou Forest."

Dai Ruoheng nodded. Back then, in order to get her third Soul Spirit to be an eighty-thousand-year soul beast, she had spent five whole years arguing from the time she was level 75 until the year before last; otherwise, she wouldn't be stuck at level 82 now.

It must be said that the people at Shrek Academy love to trip up geniuses who didn't graduate from Shrek Academy.

"Hmm, hey, the guide from the Spirit Pagoda over there, we can go now."

Zi Ji is one of the Ten Great Beast Kings and one of the few pure-blooded true dragons. She possesses the dark water attribute and a powerful devouring ability. Also known as the Demon Queen, Zi Ji is as famous as the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King Di Tian; the latter is the leader of the Ten Great Beast Kings, and they are collectively known as the two great dragon kings of the beast world.

However, today, while she was arranging for the Spirit Pagoda's Soul Hunting Squad to select soul beasts nearing the end of their lives to become Soul Spirits, a special aura attracted her.

The aura of a pure-blooded true dragon?! This left Zi Ji extremely astonished, and it wasn't just one—there were many!

"Chi Wang, watch the people from the Spirit Pagoda for me. I have an urgent matter to report to Di Tian."

Soon, Count Libai, Dai Ruoheng, Dai Xiuyuan, and the members of the Star Luo Imperial Guard were blocked on their path by three of the Ten Great Beast Kings of the Star Dou Forest.

Count Libai was singled out by Di Tian for observation. Under the gaze of the 890,000-year-old Di Tian, the 96th-level Count Libai didn't even dare to make a sound, standing on the ground like a stone statue.

"Indeed, it is not just the scent of one true dragon."

After Di Tian confirmed that what Zi Ji told him was correct, he asked Count Libai.

"Human, tell me honestly about your experiences. Don't think I don't know that the number of soul beasts you've killed is at least several hundred, if not a thousand."

What could Count Libai do? He decided to fabricate a relatively reasonable story first.

After hearing about how Count Libai had encountered a 600,000-year-old water-attribute true dragon while exploring a soul beast forest on another continent, and how most of his expedition team had died under its claws, Di Tian fell into deep thought. Should he send a 100,000-year soul beast to make contact with the other side? But if he sent a 100,000-year soul beast over, would it be inappropriate for it to suddenly intrude into a strange place?

If that 100,000-year soul beast did its job too well and the other side became interested and came over, what then? If they discovered that he was engaging in diplomacy with humans, would they think he was a traitor to the soul beasts and curse him for harboring the unrealistic idea of coexisting with humans?

But setting aside those possibilities, what if the other side was thriving? If that 100,000-year soul beast saw that, it might realize that instead of maintaining a superficial peace with humans—where soul beasts must be killed every year to satisfy them—it would be better for the soul beasts to be in charge themselves. If it chose to join them, wouldn't that just be handing over his own subordinate?

Should he tell the Lord? But the Lord has been recuperating for tens of thousands of years and has never mentioned the dragon or beast tribes of other continents. Is the Star Dou Forest on the Douluo Continent more important, and is there nothing useful over there? But if a 600,000-year soul beast can pop up, along with more than a dozen 100,000-year soul beasts, there shouldn't be a lack of places similar to the Star Dou Forest.

Could the Lord be all-knowing and all-powerful? No, that's impossible... Anyway, because of the pheromones on these humans, Di Tian's dragon brain was overheating.

"Beast King?"

It wasn't until Bi Ji, who was standing to the side, couldn't bear to watch anymore and nudged him that Di Tian finally snapped out of his thoughts.

He looked at the five humans, waved his hand, and finally said helplessly: "Go. This King was only interested in certain auras on you. Now that it has been confirmed, humans, you may leave."

"Beast King, what is wrong with you?"

"That human... Zi Ji was right. There are twelve types of true dragons, mixed with other 100,000-year soul beasts, and they are on another continent."

Di Tian remained silent for a moment before speaking.

"Twelve types of true dragons?" Bi Ji was surprised. She hadn't expected there to be so many true dragons in the world outside the Star Dou Forest.

"Yes. Excluding the Lightning Tyrannosaurus, there are eleven unknown true dragons. Among them, that 600,000-year soul beast with the clear water attribute is very likely to have the bloodline of the Water Dragon King."