[Beep~ The six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast Sea Princess has pledged her allegiance. Congratulations, host, on completing the taming!]
[Beep~ The ninety-thousand-year Soul Beast Mermaid Princess has pledged her allegiance. Congratulations, host, on completing the taming!]
[Beep~ The thirty-year Soul Beast Deep Sea Demonic Whale has pledged its allegiance. Congratulations, host, on completing the taming!]
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The system's notifications rang out without end.
After the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the other Soul Beasts had all pledged their allegiance, Gu Yuena, at Lin Yue's signal, used the livestream to issue an order to every Soul Beast in the Containment Shelter, commanding them to submit to Lin Yue.
Even the powerful Soul Beasts that hadn't answered Lin Yue's summons ultimately submitted to him.
They wouldn't dare refuse.
They couldn't naively assume that because they hadn't answered Lin Yue's summons, he wouldn't know about them.
It wasn't just the powerful Soul Beasts. All the ten-year, hundred-year, and thousand-year Soul Beasts in the Containment Shelter also pledged their allegiance to Lin Yue.
With this move, Lin Yue had directly tamed every Soul Beast in the Containment World.
Except for the Honey Badger clan.
They had probably seen that the hundred-thousand-year Honey Badger chose to self-destruct, so none of them had any intention of submitting to Lin Yue.
When Lin Yue found out, he merely smiled faintly and didn't bother with them.
Only one clan remained unsubdued. It made no difference to him.
He couldn't even be bothered to go tame them by force.
He'd let them fend for themselves in the Containment World!
What they didn't know was that their king, the hundred-thousand-year Honey Badger, hadn't vanished completely after self-destructing.
Using the Containment Shelter's abilities, Lin Yue had already collected its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
He could only do this because he had witnessed it happen right there. Otherwise, just like in the outside world, it would have turned into Soul Power and returned to nature.
Though, of course, this was the nature of the Containment World.
Nothing would go to waste.
After taming the entire Soul Beast Clan, Lin Yue immediately felt the feedback the clan sent him through the Containment Shelter.
The feedback from each Soul Beast was tiny, but once the entire clan was added together, it became terrifyingly powerful.
Lin Yue felt that he'd probably reach level 93 in less than a month.
Cultivation became harder and harder after reaching Titled Douluo, but Lin Yue felt he could probably break through to Peerless Douluo without lifting a finger in under ten years.
And that was without cultivating on his own.
If he followed Huo Yuhao's example in Douluo II and got himself a Second Martial Soul or Soul Spirits, then added some powerful Soul Rings, he could advance even faster.
But Lin Yue didn't much like having other conscious beings living inside his mind, especially males.
So he decided against it. Having the Containment Shelter to house Soul Beasts was enough. There was no need to add all sorts of other things to himself.
"Master!"
"Now that our entire Soul Beast Clan has submitted to you, I'd like to ask: does our clan still have a future?"
After pledging his allegiance, Di Tian quickly and respectfully asked Lin Yue about the Soul Beast Clan's future.
What he really wanted to know was whether the whole clan would be doomed if Lin Yue died.
At Di Tian's words, Zi Ji, Bi Ji, and Gu Yuena all turned to look at Lin Yue.
The other Soul Beasts had all returned by then. Only the few of them remained.
"Of course. As long as I live, this world will be more than just my Martial Soul. It will also belong to your Soul Beast Clan."
"The stronger your clan becomes, the stronger I become. I also hope your Soul Beast Clan can flourish in this world."
"In other words, we're one and the same!"
"As for whether I might die one day?"
"You needn't worry about that. I have plenty of ways to stay alive. And now that you've pledged yourselves to me, who on the Douluo Continent could threaten me?"
"I'm only forty, and already a level 92 Titled Douluo. Since your entire clan is in my Martial Soul, I'm sure to reach level 99 within ten years!"
"I have all the time I need to break through level 100 and become a god."
"And I have absolute confidence that I'll reach level 100 and ascend to godhood!"
"All you need to do is obey my orders when I summon you!"
Lin Yue valued Di Tian highly. With Gu Yuena's power still unrecovered, Di Tian was the strongest among them.
That was why Lin Yue was willing to explain.
Even though Di Tian had already submitted to him and could no longer disobey his commands, if he could make Di Tian submit from the heart and set his mind at ease, then Di Tian could cultivate and grow stronger more effectively in the Containment World!
"Thank you for clearing things up, Master. I'll gladly give my life for you from now on!"
Hearing Lin Yue's answer, Di Tian was deeply moved. He immediately knelt and cried out.
"Master, so will we!"
Bi Ji and Zi Ji knelt alongside him.
"Master, I believe the Soul Beast Clan will surely flourish under your care."
Gu Yuena was also deeply moved.
"All right, you can all get up." Lin Yue smiled with satisfaction, then asked Gu Yuena, "Gu Yuena, how much longer will it take for your power to recover?"
"Master, I'll need to recuperate for tens of thousands of years before my power returns!"
Gu Yuena answered Lin Yue at once.
"Come with me. I'll take you somewhere. See if it can help you recover faster." Hearing her answer, Lin Yue spoke immediately.
He thought of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well he'd taken into the Containment Shelter. It had formed from the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, and their power should be able to help Gu Yuena recover quickly.
And if the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well didn't work, he still had a whole pile of Immortal Herbs!
"Yes, Master!"
Gu Yuena nodded quickly.
"Master, could we come along and take a look too?"
Di Tian hurriedly asked from the side.
He was worried about Gu Yuena, so he wanted to see for himself.
"Sure. You can come too!"
Lin Yue had no objection.
Whoosh—
In the next moment, Lin Yue took Gu Yuena, Di Tian, Zi Ji, and Bi Ji and teleported away.
When they appeared again, they were in a valley much like the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
All the Immortal Herbs Lin Yue had collected were planted there too.
"That's... the aura of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King..."
The moment Gu Yuena appeared and saw the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, her eyes widened in delight.
"That's right. These springs formed after the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King perished. They should help you recover quickly, right?"
Seeing Gu Yuena's excitement, Lin Yue knew this might work.
"Of course they can. These springs, together with those Immortal Herbs, can indeed help me recover quickly. But it'll still take some time—maybe a few years, maybe a few dozen!"
Gu Yuena said happily.
"Your Majesty, is that true?"
Hearing Gu Yuena say that, Di Tian was overjoyed too.
"Of course it's true."
Gu Yuena nodded confidently, then looked at Lin Yue again. "Master, these springs did form through the power of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, but they weren't formed from the two of them themselves."
"Where they truly perished should be deeper beneath the place where you found these springs—at least ten thousand zhang down. Their dragon remains should be there. Master, you should find them."
Only then did Lin Yue realize he'd been mistaken. He'd thought the springs of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well had formed from the bodies of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King after their deaths.
In fact, they had formed from the power seeping out of their dragon remains.
The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' actual remains lay much deeper.
Gu Yuena was only speculating, but her reasoning couldn't be wrong.
Dig...
Once they got back, he'd go dig them up!