Conflict

Shangguan Li naturally noticed Di Tian's gaze as well, asking with a rather poor attitude, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing." Under Shangguan Li's reminder, Di Tian pulled back his gaze, yet he still couldn't help stealing another glance in Little Pear's direction.

He hadn't paid much attention before, but this was Di Tian's first time seeing Little Pear. Soul beasts were extremely sensitive to bloodlines, and Di Tian seemed to have sensed the special bloodline on Little Pear, which was why he kept staring at him.

After Di Tian had looked an unknown number of times, Little Pear finally couldn't help meeting Di Tian's gaze. Yet Little Pear's look now wasn't as gentle as when he looked at Shangguan Li; instead, it was exceptionally cold, carrying a certain deterrent pressure that frightened Di Tian into quickly shifting his gaze away.

Shangguan Li smiled. Was it truly the gap in bloodlines? Even the Beast God was actually scared off by Little Pear.

"This isn't a good place to talk. Let's head home first, since there's nothing much to look at here anyway." Shangguan Li figured there shouldn't be any major events now, so she might as well wait for Spirit Hall's attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan tonight.

Shaohua, however, refused. "Then you guys go back first. I'm going to keep watching. After all, I've never seen this kind of situation before, so I have to see it through to the end."

Shangguan Li was very helpless. Although she really wanted to accompany Shaohua, she still had to cooperate with Gu Yuena, so she had to leave things here to Shaohua for now.

Upon returning home, Shangguan Li caught sight of Zhu Zhuqing in the house and asked with shock, "When did you get back? Weren't you in seclusion?"

"I've already finished my seclusion, but when I came out I ran into Dai Mubai. He said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was destroyed by Spirit Hall. Elder sister, what is going on?"

Zhu Zhuqing had a mountain of questions, but upon seeing the black-haired man beside Shangguan Li, she froze. Zhu Zhuqing thought she had already grown accustomed to powerhouses while staying by Shangguan Li and Shaohua's side, but her perspective had been too narrow-she never expected there would be someone this formidable.

"I know you have a lot of questions right now, but this isn't the time to give you answers. Can you wait for me a moment? I have things to discuss with this gentleman."

"Of course I can."

Zhu Zhuqing deeply respected and admired Shangguan Li. Although she had originally intended to take Shaohua as her master, it was a pity that Shaohua and Zhu Zhuqing were simply not on the same cultivation system and couldn't teach her much, leaving only Shangguan Li to step in.

After Zhu Zhuqing left, Shangguan Li went straight to the point. "What message does Gu Yuena have you deliver to me that she even sent you out? Could it be some important news?"

"As expected of you. Because she absorbed the Heart of the Dragon God, the injuries on Lord Gu Yuena's body are almost healed. Having recovered her God-Tier strength, she sensed the restlessness in this continent and wanted me to pass this matter on to you. Right now, there are many deity inheritors on the Douluo Continent. Furthermore, according to Lord Gu Yuena's conjecture, there might even be gods monitoring them."

"Although you are also a deity inheritor, you must still be a bit careful. The deities in the Divine Realm are all very petty. If you accidentally offend a deity's inheritor-if the god position you inherited is of high status, it'll be fine; but if it's just an ordinary minor god, you might face suppression."

Shangguan Li sighed. That news barely counted as important, and Gu Yuena seemingly knew that she had inherited a God King's god position anyway. Why would she send Di Tian to deliver such insignificant news? Could the most important news be for her to make a trip over there?

"I understand, but I also want to ask you a question." Shangguan Li looked at the somewhat uneasy Di Tian. "You've been staring at Little Pear since the very beginning. Does he have anything special about him?"

Shangguan Li wanted to know the extent of soul beasts' recognition regarding Little Pear. After all, Little Pear's identity was far too special; although he didn't provoke the Divine Realm's hunt like Qiao Di, it was still better not to expose too much.

"As expected, you noticed. From the very first glance I saw him, I discovered this person probably isn't human, yet I couldn't figure out what he is. However, he gives me a very strong oppressive feeling, as if it's an innate suppression of bloodlines." Di Tian actually trembled slightly when mentioning Little Pear, likely scared stiff by Little Pear's stare.

"I didn't expect you to notice even this. You should hurry back and tell Gu Yuena that I will visit recently."

"I understand, then I shall take my leave." Afterwards, a black hole appeared behind Di Tian, and stepping into it, he quickly vanished.

Meanwhile, Little Pear walked in as well. "I didn't expect this Di Tian to be quite perceptive, actually noticing my special bloodline."

Shangguan Li remarked, "Indeed. He is called the Beast God after all; how could he not notice? What I'm worried about, though, is whether exposing yourself in front of Gu Yuena will be unfavorable to you."

"It shouldn't be. Even if Gu Yuena is a soul beast possessing God-Tier power, she still cannot compare to me. After all, our bloodlines are different, and moreover, she is merely a defective product."

At first, Little Pear actually looked down on the soul beasts of the Douluo Continent because their bloodlines were simply too inferior. But ever since he learned the history of the soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, he found the soul beast named the Dragon God deeply respectable. The Dragon God had accepted the coexistence of humans and soul beasts, yet still ended up being betrayed, and it was only when the Dragon God's blood spilled across the Douluo Continent that today's soul beasts were created.

Yet even if the Dragon God was worthy of respect, the actions of the other soul beasts also filled Little Pear with disgust. They had already accepted their fate of being slaughtered and had never once thought of resisting.

"Little Pear, what you're saying is a bit too harsh. Soul beasts are still quite decent, it's just that their methods are a bit extreme, single-mindedly thinking of ascending to the Divine Realm and slaughtering all deities. Clearly, some deities even wanted to coexist with soul beasts, only burying those thoughts under the pressure."

Shangguan Li actually understood the thoughts of the God Realm Committee to some extent. Although the current Divine Realm was governed by humans, the one who created the Divine Realm was the Dragon God. Just because the leader back then was the Dragon God, the status of soul beasts was countless times higher than that of humans, ultimately causing some people to be unable to withstand the oppression and begin resisting.

While doing so was also right, their actions were somewhat too extreme. After humans took charge of the Divine Realm, they actually refused to allow any divine beasts to become gods, effectively cutting off the retreat path for soul beasts. But they also had their concerns; after all, if another Dragon God appeared, the Divine Realm might not survive.

Thus, with both sides harboring concerns, the two reached an irreconcilable hostile relationship, though there were still some individuals who yearned for peace between humans and soul beasts. If the soul beasts had sought out those people to cooperate, their situation absolutely wouldn't be like it was today.

However, having experienced the Dragon God War, soul beasts would never trust any human again, and making an exception to trust Shangguan Li was solely for the sake of the Goddess of Life and her special Spirit Soul Technique.