"Medicine Elder." Xiong Jun came over at that moment. He deeply respected Medicine Elder. He had originally been at the Super Douluo level, yet possessed combat strength on par with an Ultimate Douluo.
But after cultivating Battle Qi, he had grown even stronger. His strength had increased during this time, and he could now go toe-to-toe with Di Tian.
That was the power Battle Qi cultivation brought. The problem was, Di Tian cultivated Battle Qi too, and had grown even stronger himself—stronger than before. Although he had yet to become a god, the problem was that Xiong Jun still couldn't deal with him.
In Star Dou Forest, many of the Ferocious Beasts cultivated Battle Qi, and even a great many newly advanced hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts had begun cultivating it. The problem was, even all of them together would certainly be no match for Di Tian.
That was the Beast God of the Soul Beasts. Although he had yet to become a god, his combat strength was unquestionably the greatest among all Soul Beasts. The others couldn't beat him even if they joined forces.
The situation was much like the gods. Any random divine official from the Divine Realm could take on all the powerful beings of Douluo Continent at once and still win.
Di Tian was just such a formidable being. He had once been at the god level, but had fallen from it in order to protect Gu Yuena.
That made Di Tian a former god-level being.
Now that he was beginning to cultivate Battle Qi instead, it ought to help him. Perhaps, through a different path, he could regain god-level combat strength.
Medicine Elder was still researching all this, though. After all, he had only been in this world for about three years, and there was much he didn't understand. He had learned most of it from other people, including Gu Yuena.
As for much of the information about the Divine Realm—for instance, how they restricted Soul Beasts from becoming gods—Medicine Elder had no idea.
He very much wanted to study how they prevented Soul Beasts from ascending to godhood. The problem was, without detailed information, there was no way to figure out how.
Medicine Elder had Di Tian guide the Soul Beasts in cultivating Battle Qi to see whether this path could let them attain god-level combat strength even without becoming gods.
After all, in Medicine Elder's eyes, a being like Gu Yuena already had combat strength on par with a God King, yet she was only a Dou Zong. That meant the God Kings in the Divine Realm were only Dou Zongs too. The First-Level Gods, Second-Level Gods, Third-Level Gods, and divine officials were probably around the Dou Emperor level, or somewhere between Dou Wang and Dou Emperor.
With the help of Life Gold and the soul-restoring medicines he had concocted, Medicine Elder's soul power had gradually recovered to the Dou Zong level.
Although it was nowhere near his peak strength, if those God Kings dared to invade, Medicine Elder would still be able to resist them.
There was another point, too: Medicine Elder possessed Heavenly Flames. Heavenly Flames were exceedingly rare throughout Dou Qi Continent, and they were all incredibly powerful. Even though Medicine Elder had yet to regain his peak combat strength, those God Kings couldn't provoke him just as they pleased.
Elsewhere, Gu Yuena was cuddling up with the Phoenix King.
"Little Phoenix, you'll be six soon. By then, you should be able to awaken your Martial Soul. You can cultivate your Martial Soul in the human world, then gradually cultivate Battle Qi as well. You'll be able to bring more talented people over to join us in Star Dou Forest and help with our Soul Beast revival plan.
"But you have to be careful. Take Spirit Hall, for example. Spirit Hall is a place with a god's inheritance. I know about the Angel God, too. At the very least, she has First-Level God combat strength. According to Medicine Elder, the Angel God should be at the high-level Dou Emperor stage.
"I can't act freely right now, so no matter what, you have to be careful. Stay away from Spirit Hall."
As Gu Yuena kneaded the Phoenix King's face, she used her proud, voluptuous figure to draw his body...
into an embrace (≧▽≦) (Note: I'm afraid it'll get censored if I write it in too much detail. You get the idea.)
"Got it, Big Sister Gu Yuena." The Phoenix King was enjoying Gu Yuena's embrace, but the problem was that, deep down, he didn't really want to feel this way. In his previous life, he had already been an adult, and this made him feel like a child.
But there was nothing he could do. His body was that of a child now, and that was how they saw him. So for now, he'd better keep quiet.
"Little Phoenix, once you turn eighteen and become an adult, we can start having children. Your big sister will give you a whole bunch of Dragon Phoenixes. Once those children grow up, they'll become a force we can use to fight the Divine Realm."
It was clear that Gu Yuena had come up with this idea because of what Medicine Elder had told her about Dragon Phoenixes.
She had heard from Medicine Elder that Dou Qi Continent had a creature born from the union of a dragon and a phoenix. It was called the continent's greatest Magical Beast and was powerful enough to rival a Dou Di.
Gu Yuena seemed to have been eager to see if she could create one herself.
After seeing the protagonist and learning that he was descended from the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix,
she figured that if the Phoenix King, a descendant of phoenixes, joined with her, a member of the dragon clan, they might produce a Dragon Phoenix—or at least something similar.
After hearing all this, the Phoenix King remembered that, in his previous life, many netizens had called Gu Yuena the "freebie Dragon King," and she had even been given the title "Y Dragon King."
But the problem was that he had phoenix blood. If she wanted to win him over, why would Gu Yuena be interested in phoenix blood? Even if the Magical Beasts of Dou Qi Continent came from a higher-level world and their bloodlines ranked higher, why was she acting this way?
She was practically throwing herself at him.
One had to remember that back in the Legend of the Dragon King era, Tang San had used the Life Core, his mother, and the Plane Master, his father—those two scoundrels—to weaken Gu Yuena and tamper with her mind.
(Note: Honestly, I suspected a long time ago that Tang Hao and Ah Yin had discovered Gu Yuena's existence when they became gods, and that Tang San had been plotting this from the start. After all, once those two became Plane Masters, how could they possibly not know where Gu Yuena was? Most likely, Gu Yuena had been caught in their scheme from the very beginning.)
That was what allowed Tang Wulin to win Gu Yuena over, and eventually made her willing to die for him. But here, the Phoenix King and Medicine Elder were at most partners of Gu Yuena's, and this was the first time the Phoenix King had ever met her. Yet Gu Yuena was willing to tell him on their very first meeting that she would bear his children.
That was what the Phoenix King couldn't understand. But he couldn't exactly say it out loud, either. There were things he just couldn't bring himself to say. He absolutely didn't want to reveal that he was a transmigrator.
Tang San was a transmigrator too, but had he ever revealed that he was one?
Revealing that he was a transmigrator came with great risks. He couldn't go exposing it recklessly.
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