Di Tian Gifts Soul Beasts

After saying that, he no longer looked at Dai Yueheng and turned his gaze toward Ma Xiaotao and the others.

"You all..."

Even Ma Xiaotao shuddered all over. This guy was far too powerful.

Gongyang Mo, Chen Zifeng, Xi Xi, Ling Luochen, and Yao Haoxuan all had faces as pale as paper.

Di Tian looked at them, a trace of disgust flashing through his eyes.

"Get lost."

He spat out a single word.

His voice was not loud, but to Ma Xiaotao and the others, it was like a thunderclap exploding beside their ears.

Di Tian's roar directly attacked their Spirit Seas!

Without outside intervention, they could forget about making any progress in Soul Power for the next year.

But... at least they were alive!

As if they had been granted amnesty, they scrambled to their feet, hoisted up the unconscious Dai Yueheng, supported the severely injured Xuan Zi, and fled the clearing without looking back like beaten dogs, vanishing into the depths of the forest.

Di Tian watched the direction in which they disappeared, and the killing intent in his eyes gradually receded.

Di Tian's gaze lingered on Dai Tu for a long time.

Those pitch-black eyes, as though capable of swallowing all light, were as calm as two ancient bottomless wells. Yet Dai Tu could sense that beneath that calm surged vast, ancient thoughts beyond his comprehension.

Like the turning of stars, like the rise and fall of tides, like... time spanning hundreds of thousands of years, examining an unexpected variable that had suddenly intruded upon a predetermined course.

"You saved the Auspicious Beast." Di Tian spoke again, his voice deeper than before and carrying an indescribable weight.

"I acknowledge this debt."

As his words fell, another figure slowly emerged from the depths of the forest.

It was a woman who looked just over twenty, dressed in a light green gown embroidered along its hem with intricate silver patterns resembling both vines and runes.

She had long dark-green hair loosely pinned into a bun behind her head, secured with a jade hairpin.

She was beautiful in a gentle way, brimming with the vitality of life. Her eyes in particular were a pure emerald green, like the finest jade—clear and warm, carrying an innate, compassionate tenderness whenever she looked at someone.

Yet the moment Dai Tu saw her, every hair on his body stood on end.

Not out of fear, but because... the Mark of Life between his brows was burning madly, cheering and leaping with joy, as though welcoming an existence from the same origin.

The Tree of Life Martial Soul also appeared on its own, spreading its branches and leaves behind Dai Tu. Emerald light flowed across it, accompanied by rustling sounds, as if it felt great intimacy toward her.

The woman also saw Dai Tu's Tree of Life Martial Soul, and her jade-like eyes instantly widened.

"This... this is..." Her voice was gentle, like a spring breeze passing through a valley, yet it was now filled with incredulous shock.

"This level of life... is actually higher than mine? That's impossible!"

She hurried over to Dai Tu and carefully examined the phantom Tree of Life, then looked at the emerald leaf mark between his brows. Her expression shifted from shock to confusion, then realization, and finally a complicated emotion that was almost reverence.

"Bi Ji, what is this?" Di Tian asked with a frown.

The woman called Bi Ji was one of the Ten Great Beast Kings of the Star Dou Great Forest, ranked fourth—the Emerald Swan, with a cultivation of 580,000 years.

The most formidable healing-type soul beast on Douluo Continent—she took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down, though her voice still trembled slightly.

"Di Tian, this human boy... his Martial Soul is the Tree of Life. And it is a true Tree of Life that has already awakened to a certain extent. I can feel that its level of life is higher than mine, and it may even... have touched the edge of the laws of life."

She paused and looked at Dai Tu, her emerald eyes full of disbelief. "This is absurd. How could a human, a Soul Elder of merely Rank Thirty, possess a Martial Soul of such a level? It defies all reason."

Di Tian also looked toward Dai Tu, narrowing his pitch-black eyes slightly.

"You carry secrets." Di Tian's voice was calm, but that calm was more chilling than any interrogation. "Very great secrets."

Dai Tu remained silent.

What could he say? That he was a transmigrator? That his Martial Souls were the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Tree of Life? That he was the twin inheritor of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction?

He could not say it.

Some secrets could only rot in one's stomach and be carried to the grave.

Du Busi stepped forward, positioning himself in front of Dai Tu. He grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth.

"Di Tian, everyone has their own secrets. My disciple's secrets are his business, and they have nothing to do with you. All you need to know is that he saved the Auspicious Beast. As for anything else... don't pry. It'll be better for everyone."

Di Tian stared at Du Busi for two seconds, then slowly nodded.

"You are right." Di Tian withdrew his gaze and did not press the matter further. "Everyone has their own secrets. As long as your secret does not harm the Auspicious Beast or endanger the Star Dou Great Forest, I cannot be bothered to care."

He paused, looking at Du Busi as his tone softened somewhat for once.

"Du Busi, thank you for what happened today. The old debt from when your Body Sect hunted Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and triggered a beast tide is hereby wiped clean. From this day onward, as long as you do not provoke us first, the Star Dou Great Forest will not be enemies with the Body Sect."

Those words carried tremendous weight.

The grudge between the Body Sect and the Star Dou Great Forest dated back several centuries.

Back then, in pursuit of high-quality soul rings, the Body Sect had organized several large-scale hunts targeting Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and had even nearly triggered a beast tide that would have swept across the continent.

Although the two sides had later agreed to a truce, the enmity had already taken root, and neither side could stand the sight of the other.

But now, with a single sentence from Di Tian, the old debt was wiped clean.

This meant that from now on, as long as Body Sect disciples did not go too far, they would not be deliberately targeted by soul beasts when entering the Star Dou Great Forest. They might even... receive certain conveniences.

Du Busi was stunned at first, then his eyes lit up at once.

"Hahaha, good! Di Tian, now that's loyalty!" Du Busi vigorously patted Di Tian on the shoulder.

The gesture was brazen and bold, yet Di Tian did not dodge. He merely frowned and said nothing.

"This trip was worth it!" Du Busi laughed so hard that he could barely close his mouth. "Not only did we screw over those hypocrites from Shrek, we settled the old debt and made a friend like you! What a haul!"

Di Tian tugged at the corner of his mouth, seemingly wanting to smile, but in the end he merely nodded.

"Enough pleasantries." Di Tian looked at Dai Tu and Long Aotian. "I heard you need soul rings?"

Long Aotian hurriedly nodded, his eyes shining. "Yes, yes, yes! I'm Rank Sixty and need my sixth soul ring, preferably from a power-type soul beast over fifty thousand years old! Junior Brother is Rank Thirty and needs his third soul ring, preferably around the ten-thousand-year level. An eye-type or plant-type one would both work!"

Di Tian nodded and looked toward Scarlet King.

"Scarlet King, go find three suitable soul beasts. One over fifty thousand years old, power-type. Two around ten thousand years old: one suited for an eye-type Martial Soul, and one for a healing-type plant Martial Soul. Bring them alive. Do not kill them."

This was no great matter to him!

He was the ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest!

As long as the Auspicious Beast survived, sacrificing a few soul beasts... was not a big problem.