"What opportunity?"
The Death Spider Emperor asked. Soul Beasts were not unafraid of death; they simply could not tolerate being killed by humans, their Soul Rings and Soul Bones taken away and made part of a human Soul Master's strength.
"Death Spider Emperor, whether we Soul Masters or you Soul Beasts, what we seek is the same supreme realm: becoming a god at level one hundred. For you Soul Beasts, that means becoming a Million-Year God Beast."
"Compared to us Soul Masters, your path to godhood is even harder. Every time your cultivation reaches one hundred thousand years, you must undergo a heavenly tribulation. As your hundred-thousand-year cultivation increases, the power of those tribulations rises geometrically."
"Over the past tens of thousands of years, two humans have already become gods. One is Spirit Hall's Angel God, and the other is the Sea God in the ocean."
The Death Spider Emperor listened silently. Naturally, it could tell whether this human before it was telling the truth. The astonishing aura of a human becoming a god could be sensed anywhere on the continent. When a god ascended, nine-colored streams of light appeared in the sky, visible to every living being on the continent.
Qian Daoliu continued, "As for you Soul Beasts, no Soul Beast has become a god for who knows how many tens of thousands of years. That is why your kind has been suppressed by humanity, with your living space steadily shrinking."
The Death Spider Emperor said coldly, "Human, what exactly are you trying to say?"
"I have an opportunity to become a god. Do you want it?"
The Death Spider Emperor sneered. "Ridiculous. Human, do you take me for such an easy fool? If you have an opportunity to become a god, why would you give it to me?"
Qian Daoliu chuckled softly. "I came all the way to the Star Dou Great Forest to find you. Do I need to deceive you? What about you is worth deceiving you over?"
The Death Spider Emperor was furious, yet did not know how to respond, because this human was right. He could kill it at any time. An Undying Body could only prolong its life somewhat. Without Soul Power to use its Undying Body, its death would come.
Given the disparity in strength between it and this human, it definitely could not outlast him.
"To be honest, my name is Qian Daoliu. My Martial Soul is the Six-Winged Angel, and I am a descendant of the Angel God. Generation after generation, our Qian Family has striven to inherit the Angel God Position. In my generation, a descendant capable of inheriting the Angel God Position has been born..."
Qian Daoliu told the Death Spider Emperor about the deal. Put simply, it would take human form and serve as a nanny for several decades to the Qian Family descendant who could inherit the Angel God Position. The two would form an emotional bond, and afterward it would follow the Angel God to the God Realm and become a God Beast.
The Death Spider Emperor was utterly dumbfounded as it listened to Qian Daoliu's account. "Human, are you joking?"
Qian Daoliu scratched his cheek. In truth, he also felt that the idea he had come up with was absurdly imaginative.
He gave a light cough. "There is no need for me to joke with you. My family situation is indeed rather complicated, and I cannot explain it clearly in a short while. Once you go to Spirit Hall and observe in secret for a time, you will naturally understand. Are you willing to agree to this deal?"
The Death Spider Emperor fell silent. It had to admit that this opportunity was incredibly tempting. It would not be an exaggeration to call it a windfall of living gold. The chance to become a god lay right before it, and naturally, it desperately wanted to accept.
It had little confidence in becoming a million-year god through its own abilities. Its bloodline was indeed among the finest of Soul Beasts, but it was not at the very pinnacle. The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had bloodlines no weaker than its own, while the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, True Dragon, True Phoenix, and other Soul Beasts possessed bloodlines superior to it.
Even those powerful Soul Beasts had failed to become gods, ultimately perishing body and soul beneath heavenly tribulations. How could it possibly succeed?
Yet every opportunity came with risks.
The Death Spider Emperor asked in a grave voice, "Human, what makes you think that after your descendant becomes a god and sees through my identity, she will continue to accept me instead of believing that I deceived her and wiping me out?"
Qian Daoliu said, "A Soul Beast is still a Soul Beast. Why would one need to become a god to see through your disguise? The realm of a level ninety-nine Title Douluo, together with a top-grade head Soul Bone, would be enough."
"Becoming a god requires not only sufficient strength, but also sufficient willpower and inner resolve. If my descendant sees through your disguise and attacks you, a flaw will appear in her heart—an irreparable flaw. She definitely will not pass the final trial."
"I believe sincerity can be exchanged for sincerity. As long as you treat her sincerely, over time, she will accept you."
After a pause, Qian Daoliu added, "Words are only words. Everything must still be decided by reality. No opportunity comes without risks, much less an opportunity like becoming a god, something beyond description. Death Spider Emperor, are you willing to agree? I will give you time to consider."
The Death Spider Emperor began to think seriously, burning through its brain cells like never before as it considered every possible outcome. If it refused now, it would lose all value and would most likely be killed by Qian Daoliu, who would take its Soul Bone. If it agreed, it would at least survive for several decades as a nanny.
At worst, before that brat reached level ninety-nine, it could find an opportunity to secretly run away early, testing whether she truly accepted it. If the future Angel God acknowledged her and she ascended to the God Realm alongside the Angel God, becoming a God Beast, then everyone would be happy.
If it failed, the world was vast. It could hide in some corner of the continent, a thousand meters underground, for several decades or even a century. Once the Angel God ascended to the God Realm, it could emerge and still reign as a regional overlord among Soul Beasts.
No matter the outcome, agreeing now was undoubtedly the best way to stay alive. It would take things one step at a time afterward.
The Death Spider Emperor said, "I agree. Then tell me what form I should take—what that human should look like."
"Do you not need to reach two hundred thousand years first?"
Qian Daoliu was slightly stunned. As far as he knew, only Soul Beasts that had reached the ferocious beast level could freely take human form. A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that transformed would become an infant and begin cultivating anew.
He had originally planned to take the Death Spider Emperor to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and have it consume some medicinal herbs to force its cultivation up to two hundred thousand years.
The Death Spider Emperor said, "I do not need to."
Qian Daoliu slowly closed his eyes, gathering his spiritual power between his brows. The spiritual power condensed into substance, and the image he had seen earlier in the Pope's bedchamber—Bibi Dong in a purple dress—appeared before the Death Spider Emperor.
She truly was a beauty.
The Death Spider Emperor carefully studied Bibi Dong's appearance and figure. Recalling the humans it had encountered over tens of thousands of years, it considered what form it would choose if it transformed and cultivated anew as a human. Comparing that image with Bibi Dong's, it reached an assessment.
A moment later, purple light flickered around the Death Spider Emperor's body. The grotesquely ugly, fur-covered giant spider silently vanished. In its place stood a stunning woman in a long purple dress, with flowing purple hair, fair skin, and a tall, graceful figure.
Bibi Dong? No, she should be called Bibi Zhu.
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