Di Tian Questions His Heart (2)

Outside the Sky Screen, beside the Lake of Life, Di Tian watched the scene within the Sky Screen, his body trembling slightly.

It was a memory he had never mentioned to anyone in hundreds of thousands of years.

The day the Silver Dragon King first arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest was one of the most important days of his life.

From that day onward, he had The Sovereign he needed to protect.

But then, the scene shifted once more.

[Beside the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.

When was this time?

Di Tian looked around, pondering inwardly.

Suddenly, the sky darkened.

Di Tian had barely raised his head when he saw a figure soar into the sky from the depths of the Lake of Life, accompanied by a furious roar that shook heaven and earth.

"The Auspicious Beast is in trouble!!"

That was "his own" voice, filled with anxiety and rage.

The Auspicious Beast was in trouble?

But wasn't the Auspicious Beast perfectly fine?

Di Tian frowned, then stared in utter disbelief.

Could this be the future?!

He watched the "himself" of this time fly over the Lake of Life and race toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian carefully sensed that "his" cultivation, and his heart jolted.

The cultivation of the "himself" from this time was almost no different from his current strength!

This was the near future!

Di Tian's breathing quickened.

Didn't that mean the Auspicious Beast would meet with disaster very soon?!

His perspective followed the "himself" from this time all the way, watching "him" charge out of the Star Dou Great Forest, unleash a beast tide, and surge toward the human city of Shrek City.

In the scene, Shrek City's walls gradually enlarged in his view.

Several figures stood ready atop the walls.

At their head was a greasy old man: Taotie Douluo, Xuan Zi.

Di Tian watched the "himself" of that time battle Xuan Zi.

Although "he" held an absolute advantage at first.

In the end, however, Xuan Zi transformed into Taotie after activating his bloodline and restrained "him" so completely that he could not move.

As events continued to unfold, he learned why the Auspicious Beast had sacrificed herself.

Because of love.

Di Tian was struck as if by lightning, frozen where he stood.

Love?

Love that had come from touching foreheads! Love that had come from exchanging a few sweet words!

For this so-called love!

She had sacrificed herself to a human!

How was the Star Dou Great Forest, which had raised the Auspicious Beast for ten thousand years, supposed to face this!!!

Di Tian's chest heaved violently. His furious voice boomed like thunder, and several bloodshot veins even appeared in his golden dragon eyes.

But it was not over yet!

The surroundings continued changing.

Scenes flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern.

He had pursued Godhood for eight hundred thousand years without success, yet a human had Godhood personally delivered to his door.

And when he went to stop him for the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest, he was severely injured instead!

And the people of Shrek had kept proclaiming that the sacrifice had been a voluntary choice on both sides!!

They had stolen the fortune of the Star Dou Great Forest first, causing all these troubles!

Afterward, they still claimed it had been a voluntary choice on both sides!

The beneficiaries gloated, the victims broke down in hysterics, and then the beneficiaries even bit back and accused the victims in turn!!!

He saw an even more distant future!

The Sovereign he had served for hundreds of thousands of years went to the human world after awakening and fell in love with a human.

For the sake of the Soul Beast Clan and the Dragon God's resurrection, he personally arranged for that human's assassination.

Yet in the end, The Sovereign rebuked him and gave him the harshest warning!

Again, it was a trivial love that had lasted only a few years!

And this time, where did that leave his hundreds of thousands of years of loyal protection?!

Di Tian's face was filled with fury and unwillingness. His eyes were opened so wide that they seemed ready to pop out.

The bloodshot veins in his eyes multiplied, nearly dyeing his golden dragon pupils red.

The surroundings continued changing.

All sorts of experiences from his future kept surfacing.

Until, at last.

He saw "himself" fail his tribulation. His body was turned into a warship.

His divine consciousness clung desperately to a human like a pitiful parasite, barely surviving.

Then, one final time, he completely died while helping someone else block a lightning tribulation. His divine consciousness shattered, and he vanished into ashes.

The moment Di Tian saw that scene, it was as though all strength had been drained from his body. He stood frozen in place, utterly motionless.

At last, the surroundings stopped changing.

Everything came to a halt.

Yet Di Tian, standing there, lowered his head without a word.

Even he, after glimpsing the fate of his future, felt his once-powerful heart shatter into pieces.

"Am I... destined to accomplish nothing?"

He looked at his hands and spoke hoarsely.

He thought of so many things.

After striving for hundreds of thousands of years, he would end up with nothing.

Godhood remained beyond his reach.

His hundreds of thousands of years of trust and loyalty toward The Sovereign would be replaced by a mere few years of love.

He would fail his tribulation, live dependent on others, and ultimately vanish into ashes.

Di Tian looked haggard. He no longer had the strength to be angry, and only a deathly emptiness remained in his eyes.

"Is this... Di Tian's fate?"

At that moment, a resonant voice came from the void.

The surroundings changed once again.

"You were once the most loyal Black Dragon under the Dragon God, the Silver Dragon King's guardian for hundreds of thousands of years."

The moment the voice fell, two enormous figures appeared to Di Tian's left.

The Dragon God and the Silver Dragon King.

The Dragon God's body blotted out the sky and sun, radiating a terrifying pressure powerful enough to shake heaven and earth.

The Silver Dragon King stood at his side, her silver scales gleaming brilliantly.

The two figures possessed an overwhelming grandeur that shook the soul.

Di Tian's breath caught slightly.

"You are the supreme ruler and guardian of the Star Dou Great Forest. For hundreds of thousands of years, you have remained steadfast in your resolve to revive the Soul Beast Clan."

The voice rang out again.

To Di Tian's right, figures of Ferocious Beasts appeared: Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, Scarlet King, King of Ten Thousand Demons, and others.

Then the scene continued expanding, revealing even more soul beasts.

Hundred-thousand-year ones, ten-thousand-year ones...

In the end, there was even a ten-year Wind Baboon and a ten-year Lone Bamboo.

They stood densely packed together, vast in number and stretching beyond sight.

Yet although the soul beasts on this side were numerous, their aura was far inferior to that of the Dragon God and the Silver Dragon King on the other side.

They could not compare even by half.

Di Tian gazed blankly at both sides, unable to understand what the suddenly appearing voice intended.

"When the two come into inevitable conflict, now that you have glimpsed fate, what will you choose?"

At those words, Di Tian's entire body trembled.

He had never considered this question.

For hundreds of thousands of years, he had always believed that his loyalty to the Dragon God and the Silver Dragon King, and his protection of the Soul Beast Clan, were one and the same—a shared path.

But what if they truly came into conflict?

What if the will of the Dragon God and the Silver Dragon King ran contrary to the interests of the Soul Beast Clan?

What would he choose?

What would he do?

What was he even capable of doing?

Seeing that Di Tian gave no response for a long time, the voice spoke again:

"The Dragon God once swore that unless he revived, soul beasts could not become gods."

"The reason you have never been able to become a god is not only the God Realm Committee. The Dragon God has also played a major role in it."

"Who are you truly loyal to now? The Dragon God, the Silver Dragon King, or merely the power you believe they possess to help the Soul Beast Clan rise and protect it?"

The voice paused, as though giving Di Tian time to think.

"Or perhaps... what you are truly loyal to is the long-cherished wish of seeing the Soul Beast Clan rise and restore its former glory!"]