Ch. 21Heart of the Emerald Swan Emperor: The Sky Screen's Reward!
Chapter Summary
Key Plot Points and Events
- The Sky Screen reveals that Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan, is the seventh-ranked Soul Beast.
- Human powerhouses who had previously coveted Bi Ji are frightened into abandoning their schemes after realizing that harming her would provoke the entire Star Dou Great Forest and potentially trigger a massive Soul Beast retaliation.
- The Sky Screen demonstrates Bi Ji’s extraordinary healing abilities:
- She instantly restores two severely wounded hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts who had nearly killed each other.
- She repeatedly supplies life force to Beast God Di Tian during his heavenly tribulation, allowing him to survive devastating injuries and cement his status as the continent’s strongest Beast God.
- Soul Masters across the continent are astonished, widely declaring Bi Ji superior to famous human healing and support abilities such as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Nine Heart Begonia.
- Bi Ji’s rewards are announced:
- Heart of the Emerald Swan Emperor, allowing her to break through her bloodline limits and evolve into the Emerald Swan Empress.
- Four hundred thousand years of cultivation, granted without requiring a heavenly tribulation and absorbed perfectly.
- A Life Law Fragment, granting her partial control over the source of life and the ability to continually renew herself.
- Since Bi Ji already possesses six hundred thousand years of cultivation, the additional four hundred thousand years will elevate her to the legendary level of a million-year Soul Beast.
- The rewards shock the entire continent, especially the human powerhouses and the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Character Developments
- Bi Ji is elevated from a powerful healer to a near-mythical existence. Her healing, support, bloodline, cultivation, and future potential are recognized as unparalleled.
- Di Tian becomes intensely motivated by the possibility of receiving similar rewards. He realizes that Sky Screen cultivation might help him overcome the barrier preventing him from attaining an immortal or divine realm.
- King of Ten Thousand Demons feels conflicted and humbled. Although his own reward transformed him into the Nine Heavens Demon Eye Holy Tree, Bi Ji’s rewards are considerably more powerful.
- Scarlet King displays open greed and astonishment at the prospect of tribulation-free cultivation.
- Gu Yuena remains quietly present beside the Lake of Life, observing the situation with her usual composed and elegant demeanor.
Significant Themes
- The value of healing and support: Bi Ji’s power proves that restoration and life-preservation can be as important as destructive strength.
- Power beyond human control: The Life Law Fragment and million-year potential elevate Bi Ji toward a level traditionally associated with gods.
- Fear and deterrence: Bi Ji’s importance to the Soul Beasts makes her effectively untouchable, as attacking her would endanger the balance between humans and Soul Beasts.
- Heaven-defying rewards and ambition: The Sky Screen’s tribulation-free cultivation awakens intense desire in Di Tian and the other powerful Soul Beasts.
- Recognition of Soul Beast superiority: Human factions are forced to acknowledge that certain Soul Beasts possess abilities far beyond those of the continent’s most famous human support systems.
Character Interactions
- Bi Ji’s healing causes the two previously hostile giant Soul Beasts to abandon their aggression and bow respectfully to her.
- Her support allows Di Tian to survive his heavenly tribulation, reinforcing the close strategic and emotional importance of their relationship.
- The Ferocious Beasts react collectively to Bi Ji’s rewards, with Scarlet King expressing amazement and greed, King of Ten Thousand Demons feeling inferior, and Di Tian developing renewed ambition.
- Human Soul Masters and hidden powerhouses respond with admiration, fear, or jealousy, while Bi Ji’s importance effectively shields her from human exploitation.