Tang San Confesses to the Master (Revised)

"I... I am willing to submit..."

It felt as though a century had passed; the expression on Gu Yuena's face shifted repeatedly until, finally, unable to meet Di Tian's gaze, she lowered her head in utter humiliation and voiced her choice.

Possessing world-shaking wisdom, she understood that at this juncture, she truly had no other options.

For the sake of her entire race, she reasoned that she could not die yet.

As long as she lived, everything remained possible.

If she died, then everything would truly be lost.

"My Lord... you cannot, My Lord..."

"We of the Soul Beast race would rather die than submit to a lowly human!"

Upon hearing Gu Yuena's words, Di Tian immediately cried out in a loud, wailing voice.

He knew that his Lord must be feeling immense pain and humiliation, but no matter what, she could not submit to a lowly human!

[Ding~ The Sovereign of Soul Beasts, the Silver Dragon King, has expressed submission to the Host. Congratulations to the Host for completing the domestication!]

Regrettably, whatever Di Tian said now was useless; the moment Gu Yuena uttered her submission, the Containment Shelter had completed her domestication.

"Shut up! He is my master now!"

Gu Yuena immediately rebuked Di Tian.

"My Lord... you..."

Hearing Gu Yuena's address toward Lin Yue, Di Tian's eyes widened until they nearly split, filled with an inability to accept the reality.

It was not just him; Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and the others all felt an indescribable sorrow. Their Sovereign of Soul Beasts had actually been forced into this by a human.

If even their Lord was reduced to this, what of them?

Since when had their Soul Beast race become so easy to bully?

"Gu Yuena, he is too noisy. Kill him!"

At that moment, Lin Yue spoke, issuing a direct command to Gu Yuena to kill Di Tian.

He had said it before: this dragon had already paved his own path to death.

It had nothing to do with anything else.

In truth, Lin Yue quite admired Di Tian's loyalty and persistence.

However, he was too troublesome, having expressed his opposition to Lin Yue time and again.

Furthermore, Lin Yue needed an example to make an impression on the others.

Even though Gu Yuena had expressed submission, it did not mean the other Soul Beasts were willing to follow suit.

Therefore, it was necessary to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, letting the remaining Soul Beasts know fear.

Do not be fooled by the original story, where those Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts chose to self-destruct at the final moment, thinking they were truly unyielding to the death.

That was only because they knew they were doomed; if they didn't self-destruct, they would be killed and have their bones and soul rings harvested.

If they succeeded in self-destructing, the enemy would gain nothing.

But things were different now; Lin Yue was only forcing them to submit, not demanding their deaths.

"Master, I can persuade him to submit to you."

Upon hearing Lin Yue's words, Gu Yuena's expression changed instantly, and she hurriedly offered a suggestion to him.

She dared not, nor would she, disobey Lin Yue's command, but she still wanted to try and save Di Tian.

"No need!"

Lin Yue replied with a faint, cold tone.

"My Lord..."

"Are you... are you truly going to obey the command of a lowly human?"

Di Tian looked at Gu Yuena, unable to accept the sight; he seemed to see the bleak fate of the Soul Beast race.

What dignity would the Soul Beast race have left in the future?

"My Lord!"

"My Lord!"

Zi Ji, Bi Ji, and the other Fierce Beasts who had followed Gu Yuena were also growing anxious.

They could still understand Gu Yuena's submission—Lin Yue was simply too despicable and had given her no other choice.

It was either death or submission.

But they had not expected Lin Yue to be so ruthless, immediately ordering Gu Yuena to kill Di Tian.

"Yes, Master!"

Facing Di Tian's look of disbelief, Gu Yuena's eyes turned red, yet she still respectfully accepted Lin Yue's command.

"Di Tian, you have shown contempt for my Master; you deserve to die!"

"Elemental Annihilation!"

Boom—

Gu Yuena struck immediately, launching her ultimate attack directly at Di Tian's heart.

"My Lord..."

Facing Gu Yuena's assault, Di Tian felt his heart turn to ash. He abandoned all resistance, allowing her attack to land squarely upon him.

"Di Tian!"

"Our King!"

"Lord Beast God!"

Xiong Jun and the other fierce beasts cried out in alarm.

Pfft—

Before they could even react, Gu Yuena's attack had already pierced straight through Di Tian's heart.

They likely never expected that Di Tian would offer no defense and put up no resistance.

"Pfft—"

Di Tian stared blankly at the hole in his chest. After spitting out a mouthful of essence blood, he turned to look at Xiong Jun and his other subordinates. "Cough, cough... you... you must... take good care of My Lord in the future..."

Thud—

With that, Di Tian's body collapsed to the ground, his life force extinguished.

Seeing this scene, the Ice Empress, the Snow Empress, and the other Soul Beasts felt a deep sense of sorrow, their expressions turning incredibly grim.

Di Tian, who had been so powerful, had actually died just like that.

The gazes they directed toward Lin Yue became even more fearful.

"Now it is your turn..."

"Do you choose submission, or destruction?"

Lin Yue swept a indifferent glance over Di Tian's corpse before looking at the remaining Soul Beasts.

"As the Sovereign of Soul Beasts, I command you: join me in submitting to my Master!"

After suppressing the sorrow in her eyes, Gu Yuena stepped forward and spoke to the other Soul Beasts present.

Having said this, Gu Yuena took the lead and knelt on one knee before Lin Yue.

"Roar—"

"If you want to submit, go ahead, but even if I die, I will never bow to a lowly human!"

Boom—

Faced with Lin Yue's coercion, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast let out an angry roar and detonated itself on the spot.

It was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Honey Badger.

However, the other Soul Beasts were not stirred by its self-destruction; like humans, the longer one has lived, the less one wishes to die.

There was only one Honey Badger, after all.

Daming was the first to prostrate himself before Lin Yue.

"Roar—"

Seeing Daming do this, Erming let out a roar of grief and indignation before kneeling down as well.

[Ding~ Sky Azure Bull Python has expressed submission. Congratulations to the Host for completing the taming!]

[Ding~ Titan Giant Ape has expressed submission. Congratulations to the Host for completing the taming!]

[Ding~ Bi Ji has expressed submission. Congratulations to the Host for completing the taming!]

[...]

While Lin Yue was subjugating the beasts, Shrek Academy.

In Tang San's dormitory.

"Teacher, that is my experience!"

"I truly did not seize someone else's body; I have simply lived one more lifetime than others!"

Tang San, whose martial soul had already been crippled, confessed his history to Yu Xiaogang.

"Xiao San, according to what you have said, it is indeed as you claimed—Tang Hao misunderstood you!"

"It is a pity that things have reached this point; he will no longer listen to your explanations."

"Furthermore, you have already lost your value to him."

"To put it bluntly, Tang Hao only acknowledged your identity before because he saw your value; he saw a certain hope in you."

"Now that the spirit beast is gone, your talent cannot be realized. His hopes were dashed, which is why he erupted like that."

"Sigh~"

"Even Teacher did not expect Tang Hao to be this kind of person!"

After listening to Tang San's account, Yu Xiaogang felt incomparably shocked; he was eager to get to the bottom of many things regarding Tang San.

Therefore, he chose to believe Tang San immediately, and then bitterly denounced Tang Hao's behavior.