Heaven Is Unkind, Treating All Things as Straw Dogs-and Soul Beasts as Straw Dogs!

Di Tian walked up to Lan Lingcang and held out his hand. "A pleasure working together."

Lan Lingcang shook his hand and smiled. "Likewise."

He glanced at Xiong Jun, who was receiving treatment, then looked at Di Tian.

This fight had been worth it.

Not only had he beaten Xiong Jun into submission, but he had also made these Ferocious Beasts truly acknowledge his strength.

After all, these Ferocious Beasts were not his enemies. It would be good if he could bring them under his command and have them contribute some effort.

Bi Ji's healing light continued to envelop the two of them.

As she treated their wounds, she introduced everyone present to Lan Lingcang.

"This is Xiong Jun, patriarch of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear clan. He has four hundred and sixty thousand years of cultivation."

Xiong Jun snorted and turned his head away, which counted as a greeting.

"This is Zi Ji, patriarch of the Hell Demon Dragon King clan. She has two hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation."

Zi Ji gave a slight nod, her violet eyes carrying a hint of scrutiny.

"This is Scarlet King. He has two hundred and ninety thousand years of cultivation."

Scarlet King nodded silently. He had not spoken a single word from beginning to end.

"This is Ten Thousand Demon King. You should have heard of him before. He consumed immortal-grade herbs and has five hundred and twenty thousand years of cultivation."

Ten Thousand Demon King narrowed his eyes and smiled. His attitude was considerably more polite than Xiong Jun's.

Lan Lingcang nodded to each of them in turn, committing their names and faces to memory.

Bi Ji withdrew her healing light and looked at Lan Lingcang curiously.

"So, what exactly is your plan going forward?"

"Even if we Soul Beasts gain the upper hand on Douluo Continent, there are divine inheritances there."

"Once we gain a complete advantage, it is inevitable that they may descend."

Lan Lingcang remained calm upon hearing this. "This plane has a Heavenly Dao Will. Those gods cannot descend in their true forms."

"Or rather, they will be suppressed by the plane after descending."

Zi Ji frowned and voiced her question. "As far as I know, the God Realm has five strongest experts—the five God Kings."

"With their strength, would they really fear this so-called suppression after descending upon Douluo Continent?"

Lan Lingcang smiled. "It is not that they fear it. It is that if their cultivation were not suppressed, this plane would be burst apart."

"Otherwise, why do you think the continent has a legend that one becomes a god upon reaching level one hundred?"

"It is not merely because Soul Masters possess the power of gods upon reaching level one hundred. It is also because this plane can only withstand level one hundred at most."

"For example, The Master who is still slumbering. Before she was injured, she possessed the strength of a first-class god."

"But even if her injuries fully recovered, she would be unable to use her full strength unless she left this plane."

"Mm, no. More accurately, unless she left this planet."

"A planet?"

Several Ferocious Beasts displayed puzzled expressions at once.

The word was far too unfamiliar to them.

They had always believed that the land beneath their feet was the entire world.

Lan Lingcang looked at Di Tian and said evenly, "With your strength, you should know that Douluo Continent is not the only landmass on this world, right?"

Di Tian nodded. "Yes. I once flew around it and did indeed discover other continents, as well as other Soul Masters and Soul Beasts."

"The place that left the deepest impression on me was a land called Sun Moon Continent."

"There is a Ferocious Beast there called Evil Emperor, the patriarch of the Evil Eye Tyrant clan. He is a spiritual-type Soul Beast."

"At that time, he had roughly more than seven hundred thousand years of cultivation."

Di Tian had circled the world a long time ago, so he did not know Evil Emperor's exact cultivation now.

They all knew these things.

But what did that have to do with a planet?

Seeing their interest, Lan Lingcang patiently explained.

"The land beneath our feet is actually an enormous sphere."

"You can think of it as a round stone floating in the void."

"The Douluo Continent where we live is merely one stretch of land on this planet."

"And this planet is also called the Douluo Plane."

"As for the God Realm, it is another plane, existing independently beyond this planet."

"The two do not occupy the same level of space."

Several Ferocious Beasts were dumbfounded.

A sphere?

The void?

Planes?

These concepts completely overturned everything they knew.

Xiong Jun opened his mouth, wanting to say something, only to realize that he had no idea what to say.

Bi Ji's beautiful eyes were filled with shock, and it took her a long while to recover.

Zi Ji narrowed her eyes, seemingly trying hard to digest this information.

Ten Thousand Demon King nodded thoughtfully, as if he had grasped something crucial.

Di Tian was silent for a moment before slowly speaking. "So you mean that our world is merely a small part of a greater world?"

"You could understand it that way." Lan Lingcang nodded.

He paused before continuing.

"Once we become powerful enough, we can completely open up a plane of our own for Soul Beasts to live in."

"Or we can relocate to another planet."

"If that happens, we will no longer need to fight human Soul Masters for living space."

"We Soul Beasts can have a world that truly belongs to us."

"Heaven is unkind, treating all things as straw dogs—and Soul Beasts as straw dogs."

Lan Lingcang's voice turned solemn. "What we must do is lead the Soul Beast race in defying heaven and changing our fate."

"We will no longer become the Soul Rings and Soul Bones of those human Soul Masters."

"We will let Soul Beasts truly take control of our own destiny."

After he finished speaking, the area fell silent for a moment.

The expressions of the Ferocious Beasts became complicated.

Especially Di Tian. There was something more in the way he looked at Lan Lingcang, something that had not been there before.

But no one had ever dared to say that they could truly lead the Soul Beast race in defying heaven and changing their fate. Not even The Master could do so.

This ambition was outrageously vast.

Though he had always advocated attacking the Soul Master world, deep down, he had always feared the God Realm and lacked confidence.

Zi Ji muttered, "Heaven is unkind, treating all things as straw dogs—and Soul Beasts as straw dogs..."

Lan Lingcang watched their reactions but did not voice the last part.

That stupid fucking Heavenly Tribulation had been set up by the Dragon God before his fall.

Unless a new Dragon God appeared, the Heavenly Tribulation would continue to exist.

The reason the Soul Beast race lived so painfully was not only because of the gods in the God Realm, but also because of the Dragon God.

He could understand why those gods targeted Soul Beasts.

But the Dragon God was the ancestor of the Soul Beast race.

And yet, even after dying, he still screwed over his own people.

That was fucking absurd.

Lan Lingcang cursed inwardly, but his expression remained unchanged.

It was still too early to say such things.

There would be plenty of time to discuss them when the opportunity came. After all, they had a long road ahead.

Besides, if he said it now, Di Tian would probably be the first to object and the first to disbelieve it.

The Dragon God was his dear and charming ancestor. How could he possibly treat them like that?