The Joys and Sorrows of Soul Beasts Are Not Shared

Just as human joys and sorrows are not shared, Di Tian had been locked in a mental tug-of-war for another decade, agonizing over whether to send 100,000-year Spirit Beasts—disguised as Star Luo People—to follow their ships to the world beyond Douluo Continent in search of the remaining true dragon species. (Current time: 350 years after Lingbing Douluo ascended to godhood, 270 years of Levant.)

On the side of Zheer Continent, the 100,000-year Spirit Beasts were throwing a party to celebrate the successful birth of offspring from the Sun-Passing Ginkgo, Yin Ji. Nineteen years ago, the relocation plan implemented by Rus Wang had successfully transplanted Yin Ji's main body to the core area of the Nanshan Rainforest on Zheer Continent.

Nourished by the fertile soil of the Nanshan Rainforest core, Yin Ji soon grew just as the others had when they first arrived on the continent. In the first dozen years, her cultivation surged, and with the help of Rus Wang, she weathered her heavenly tribulation and broke through to 400,000 years.

After the 400,000-year tribulation ended, Yin Ji scattered ten fertilized ginkgo seeds she had previously harvested from her main body within a hundred-meter radius. After five full years of meticulous care, two successfully manifested into plant-type Spirit Beasts this year: one male core and one female core.

For Yin Ji, who had lost her fellow Sun-Passing Ginkgo peers, this was the greatest surprise. From now on, the Sun-Passing Ginkgo of the Dragon Valley Forest would no longer be a lone sprout; she could finally branch out and spread her leaves! As a plant-type Spirit Beast, her most primal desire—to propagate her lineage—was finally satisfied after ten thousand years of suffering.

At Rus Wang's villa in the suburbs of the new city of Ravenna in the Elf Kingdom, a party was held with all the 100,000-year Spirit Beasts from the Dragon Valley Forest and the Nanshan Rainforest gathered, having transformed into human forms. Brachiosaurus meat was served in abundance, and various spices were used without restraint. The vegetarian dishes were equally luxurious; although the Spirit Beasts dared not harvest herbs from the core of the Nanshan Rainforest at will, what everyone was eating this time were common nourishing herbs from the mixed zones of the Nanshan Rainforest. Regardless of the comparison, it was far better than the Dragon Valley Forest, and the Spirit Beasts gorged themselves wildly.

"Zheer Continent really knows how to raise us."

Because he still needed to defend the Dragon Valley Rainforest, the Giant Mountain Golden Ape, who was not usually stationed here, took advantage of the birthday party for Yin Ji's children to travel to Zheer Continent for a rare visit, following the spatial teleportation array activated by Rus Wang.

At this moment, holding banana wine brewed from Nanshan Rainforest bananas and pairing it with Brachiosaurus meat, he ate and drank heartily without a care for his image. Only after arriving at Zheer Continent did he realize how good this elf continent was. What kind of miserable life had he been living in the Dragon Valley Forest before? He had to guard against humans, and he could only stare at the few nourishing herbs in the forest that he wasn't even allowed to eat.

"Your children?"

The core figure of the party, Yin Ji, was holding a young dragon and conversing with Ximing.

"Yes, godmother. This is my third litter. It's a pity that, unlike the first two, this one doesn't resemble her father, Rus, at all. I expect Rus's genes will only manifest after she evolves."

Rus Wang let out a silent sneeze.

"A crystallization of light and ultimate water attributes; this child's future is limitless."

Yin Ji watched the young dragon in her arms, who had suddenly begun to move her limbs, and looked in a certain direction. Those who had come to attend the birthday party for Yin Ji's offspring included not only 100,000-year Spirit Beasts but also the Spirit Douluo of the elves. (Currently, only Elena among the elves is a Title Douluo; most elves, after living for three hundred years, feel they have lived enough and generally choose not to break through further. Rus Wang does not currently force elves to become Title Douluo, preparing for the disappearance of the system barrier after 1730.)

Several elf cubs were looking at the young dragon in Yin Ji's arms.

"Her friends?"

"Yes, they grew up together. These are the children of Rus and us nine sisters. Like the elves, their intelligence begins to form at age six."

"It is truly hard to imagine that our Spirit Beasts could have intelligence mature so quickly. But this is good; growing up with elf children can deepen the relationship between our Spirit Beasts and the elves."

Yin Ji set the young dragon down and said to her, "Go play with your friends, child."

While the 100,000-year Spirit Beasts were gathered on Zheer Continent for a party, a meticulously planned operation to capture a lone target was forced to an end because of the collective absence of the 100,000-year Spirit Beasts from the Dragon Valley Forest.

"Where on earth did those 100,000-year Spirit Beasts go?"

Having undergone nearly 19 years of instruction and training from the Guardian Douluo, the 149-year-old Count Libai had now reached level 98, while the 39-year-old senior disciple Dai Ruoheng also possessed terrifying cultivation speed, having reached level 93.

But now, Dai Ruoheng had encountered an obstacle restricting her cultivation level: her third Spirit Spirit provided her with a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, not a 100,000-year one. Although Dai Ruoheng had been killing ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts over the past few years to raise the spirit ring to the 90,000-year limit, the gap in the spirit ring's age still hindered her cultivation progress.

Furthermore, the life-force effects provided by ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts were simply not ideal, and ten-thousand-year Spirit Spirits and spirit rings were rare to begin with. Even with Dai Ruoheng's father being Zhang Cheng, a Limit Douluo of the Star Luo Empire, the entire empire did not have enough Spirit Beast resources to provide life-force for Dai Ruoheng's Spirit Spirit.

Therefore, killing a 100,000-year Spirit Beast, or one close to that age, became an urgent necessity. Of course, if possible, the former was undoubtedly the better choice.

But considering that a 600,000-year dragon was guarding the Star Luo Great Forest, Count Libai, as someone who had experienced it firsthand, dared not venture too deep and planned to try another method: catching a lone target.

Yet, who could have expected that when Kallen and the Imperial Grandson's 12th Army had set up an ambush on the edge of the Dragon Valley Forest, waiting for Count Libai to lure out a 100,000-year Spirit Beast for Dai Ruoheng to kill, the core area of the Dragon Valley Forest remained completely still, terrifyingly quiet.

For the Star Luo Empire, they could no longer afford to lose a level 98 seed candidate intended to challenge the level 99 Limit Douluo realm. Count Libai could never sense the aura of a 100,000-year Spirit Beast, and not daring to be arrogant, he immediately caught an 80,000-year lizard he had been observing for several months and rushed out of the Dragon Valley Forest.

"No 100,000-year Spirit Beasts?"

Kallen asked his old friend.

"Don't mention it. There wasn't even a sub-dragon; I don't know where they all went. I couldn't go any deeper, so I just caught this lizard and brought it back."

Over these nineteen years, Rus Wang naturally couldn't have just moved the Sun-Passing Ginkgo to Zheer Continent. The soul power consumption for spatial teleportation was indeed significant for Rus Wang, but the good thing was that neither the sub-dragon tribes nor the true dragon tribes in the Dragon Valley Forest had populations exceeding three hundred. (The minimum population for species propagation in the wild is 50.)

Therefore, the true dragon and sub-dragon populations of the Dragon Valley Forest, as well as any tribe that had ever produced a 100,000-year Spirit Beast, had long since been relocated by Rus Wang to the Nanshan Rainforest and coniferous forests of Zheer Continent to live carefree lives.

As Dai Ruoheng activated her eighth spirit skill, White Tiger Destruction Kill, a thick, bloody scent permeated the constructed ambush zone.

Sitting on the ground, the eighth and ninth spirit rings among the nine that appeared behind Dai Ruoheng changed the most significantly after she killed the 80,000-year Spirit Beast; the rings, originally black with a hint of red, gradually transitioned from being dominated by black to red.

Accompanied by a wave of soul power that shook the earth, Dai Ruoheng's spirit ring configuration changed from three purple and six black to three purple, four black, and two red. Dai Ruoheng's future achievement of Limit Douluo was now almost visible to the naked eye.

"Congratulations, Senior Sister. You have two 100,000-year spirit rings now. The future backbone of the empire will depend on you."

"What are you saying? Junior Brother, I still want to live freely for a few more years."

Holding the right leg spirit bone of the 80,000-year lizard, Dai Ruoheng handed it to the Imperial Grandson beside her, then glared indignantly at Count Libai and the smiling General Kallen.