Soul Beasts Cannot Become Gods

As the various factions across the continent harbored their own thoughts and watched the Sky Screen closely,

golden words slowly emerged upon the Sky Screen.

[Beast God Di Tian, whose true form was the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, inheritor of the Dragon Clan's supreme bloodline, uncrowned king of the Star Dou Great Forest, and publicly acknowledged as the strongest being beneath the God Realm on the Douluo Continent.

With 890,000 years of cultivation, he had stepped halfway into the God Level realm. He wielded divine skills left behind by the Dragon God, such as the Dragon God Claw. Beneath his dragon might, all beasts submitted. Even an ordinary Level 99 Limit Douluo would have no choice but to perish in regret if they fought him to the death.]

The words shifted, and new content appeared.

[The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign of the Evil Eye Forest possessed 790,000 years of cultivation and ranked second among the Ten Great Fierce Beasts. He had once challenged Di Tian.

Yet Di Tian ultimately shattered him head-on with the Dragon God Claw. The Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign fled with grievous injuries and never again dared set foot in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Beyond that, Di Tian had repeatedly foiled human Soul Masters' designs on the Star Dou Great Forest's core region, protecting the Soul Beasts' last pure land and maintaining the delicate balance between the continent's Soul Beasts and humans.

Yet despite such peerless talent and towering achievements, Di Tian had cultivated painstakingly for 800,000 years, from an ignorant young dragon to his current half-step God Level strength.

Still, he remained separated from that legendary realm of gods by an invisible, impassable chasm. No matter how he tried to break through, it was like a clay ox entering the sea—without the slightest progress.

He had pored over ancient books, searched the Dragon Tomb, and tried countless methods, only to fail again and again.

Through countless days and nights, his heart had been filled with confusion and unwillingness. Why was he only a step away from Godhood, yet forever unable to cross it?]

[The answer lay in that brutal Dragon God War.

In the end, the Asura God split the Dragon God in two. The Golden Dragon King was sealed in the depths of the God Realm, while the Silver Dragon King, gravely wounded, fled into the Douluo Continent and fell into slumber within the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

After the war, the Dragon God left behind these final words before his death: "Unless the Dragon God returns, Soul Beasts shall never become gods!"

The God Realm Committee had also suffered the agonizing loss of two of the five great God Kings, leaving half the God Realm's divine positions vacant.

Thus, it issued a Divine Punishment: "No beast of the mortal realm shall ever again be permitted to enter the God Realm through cultivation."

At the same time, it abolished all divine positions belonging to beasts.

It completely sealed off every possibility for Soul Beasts to ascend to the God Realm and become gods.

The Godhood Di Tian had pursued for 800,000 years was nothing more than a reflection in the mirror, a dream of emptiness.]

The words lingered on the Sky Screen for a long time as one scene after another played out.

In the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, beside the Lake of Life.

Di Tian hovered above the lake, his enormous dragon eyes fixed tightly upon the words in the sky. His body trembled slightly as he tried to suppress the fury deep within his heart.

He had always believed that he simply had not worked hard enough, that his opportunity had yet to arrive. He had never imagined that all of this had been a fate decreed by the God Realm long ago.

"Roar!!!"

A dragon's roar that shook heaven and earth resounded through the clouds, brimming with boundless fury and unwillingness. Dragon might swept through the entire Star Dou Great Forest, and countless Soul Beasts prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling in fear.

"God Realm!"

Di Tian's voice was filled with rage:

"Must we Soul Beasts become nothing more than stepping stones for humans, without even the right to pursue a higher realm?!"

At the lakeshore, the Ferocious Beasts gathered upon hearing the commotion.

King of Ten Thousand Demons, ranked fifth and whose true form was the Demon Eye Demon Tree, let out an enraged roar:

"Outrageous! Must we only become humans' Soul Rings and Soul Bones?!"

Xiong Jun, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear ranked sixth, slammed his claws into the ground, ferocity blazing in his eyes:

"Humans can become gods, so why can't we Soul Beasts?!"

Beyond them, Soul Beasts with cultivation exceeding 100,000 years continuously gathered.

For a time, the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest seethed with indignation. Roars rose one after another, and resentment surged into the heavens.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of meters beneath the Mingdou Mountain Range, Shi Luo watched the True Value on his system panel climb continuously, and an amused smile curled across his lips.

"The real show has only just begun."

He stretched lazily. "Di Tian is a chess piece being used at precisely the right time. Next, it is time to let everyone on the Douluo Continent witness what a true 'unofficial history' looks like."

Shrek Academy, Sea God Island.

Within the Sea God Pavilion, a round table stood at the center of the conference hall. At the foremost seat rested a reclining chair—one specially prepared for Mu En.

At that moment, people filled both sides of the long table.

Xuan Zi sat in the first seat to Mu En's left. Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Zhuang Yusen, Song Yunzhi, Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, and the other Sea God Pavilion members had all arrived.

Everyone's gaze rested upon the old man in the reclining chair.

Only half a day had passed since the Sky Screen appeared, yet the words and images concerning the Dragon God, the Golden Dragon King, and the Silver Dragon King had already stirred up monstrous waves across the continent.

As the continent's foremost academy, Shrek Academy could not simply stand by.

Zhuang Yusen stroked his grizzled beard, his expression grave. "Everyone has seen what the Sky Screen said."

"The Dragon God, the Golden Dragon King... and the Silver Dragon King recovering from injuries within the Star Dou Great Forest. It seems Soul Beasts possess many secrets we know nothing about."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone present. "If what the Sky Screen says is true, then something far beyond Di Tian may still be slumbering deep within the Star Dou Great Forest."

The conference hall fell into brief silence.

Song Yunzhi glanced around at those present, her brows drawn tight. "After the Dragon God War, the God Realm forbade Soul Beasts from becoming gods. Once Di Tian learns of this, he certainly will not let the matter rest."

"I fear it will not be long before another beast tide erupts."

After she spoke, several Elders exchanged looks. Their expressions varied, but none of them spoke.

In the end, Xuan Zi broke the silence. "Elder Zhuang and Elder Song both make sense. But for a matter like this, we should let Elder Mu decide."

He turned to look at the old man in the reclining chair.

The others also shifted their gazes toward the seat of honor.

In the reclining chair, an old man dressed in gray cloth robes shifted slightly onto his side.

His face was covered in wrinkles, and his back was bent almost ninety degrees. He looked like a candle flickering in the wind.

He was the current master of the Sea God Pavilion, a Level 99 Limit Douluo with the title "Dragon God," and the possessor of the Bright Holy Dragon martial soul—Mu En.

Mu En chuckled softly. His voice was not loud, yet it reached every person present with perfect clarity.

"Dragon God?" he said slowly, his tone carrying a trace of self-mocking amusement. "What a coincidence."

Everyone present was first stunned, then quickly understood.

Was Elder Mu's title not "Dragon God"?

The Sky Screen claimed that the Dragon God was the lord of all Soul Beasts, the ancestor of the Dragon Clan, and a supreme being capable of battling the God Realm's five highest gods.

And Elder Mu's title happened to consist of those very same words. The coincidence truly left one not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Mu En did not think much of it. He merely lifted his eyelids slowly and swept his gaze across everyone seated there.

"Whether the things shown on the Sky Screen are true or false can be set aside for now."

His voice was calm, yet carried an unquestionable authority. "But there is one thing it has not gotten wrong."

"Our understanding of the Star Dou Great Forest and of Soul Beasts is indeed far too limited."

He paused and slightly pushed himself upright.

"Having lived for more than two hundred years, I, Mu En, thought I had a complete grasp of the continent's situation. Yet only today did I learn that beneath the Star Dou Great Forest, there is a God Level Soul Beast whose status remains unknown."

"It seems our attitude toward the Star Dou Great Forest must change in the future."

He spoke lightly, but everyone present understood the weight of those words.

A change in attitude toward the Star Dou Great Forest meant that Shrek Academy's future operations of hunting Soul Beasts and obtaining Soul Rings would likely undergo tremendous changes.

Xuan Zi frowned. "Elder Mu, you mean..."

Mu En waved a hand. "No rush. Let us first see what else the Sky Screen reveals. This is only the beginning."

He leaned back into the reclining chair, his gaze passing through the doors of the Sea God Pavilion toward the massive Sky Screen in the distant sky.

He suddenly smiled. "With news that Soul Beasts cannot become gods revealed, Di Tian is probably furious enough to turn the Star Dou Great Forest upside down."