If he had not been caught up in the conflict between Tianlong and Gu Yuena,
he would never have come to Tiandou Planet.
He could only stare at Gu Yuena's heart, unable to eat it.
It was unbearable.
As Di Tian wrestled with himself, conflicting emotions erupted, and Gu Yuena's ambiguous words cast an odd atmosphere over the scene.
The branch president present was terrified.
He was afraid Di Tian would take Gu Yuena away.
He hurriedly spoke up. "She belongs to the Federation..."
"Heh." Di Tian gave a mocking laugh. "I can't take her away."
Of course, Di Tian could see that the Federation wanted to keep Gu Yuena. A lifeform at the God Level was extraordinarily valuable.
But he also thought they were dreaming.
Keeping Gu Yuena alone was useless. They had to keep a member of the Tang Family.
If they kept the Tang Family member, Gu Yuena would naturally remain as well.
Oh, no.
It was also normal for the Tang Family to go back on their word.
In the original timeline, Tianlong Seat had smashed Gu Yuena straight into a star.
To make the Federation send a mothership to retrieve Gu Yuena after she fell into that star, Lan Xuanyu promised that once Gu Yuena was rescued, he would persuade her to join the Federation's War God Temple. He even guaranteed that Gu Yuena would listen to him and join the War God Temple.
The Federation sent a fleet, led by a True God level powerhouse.
Gu Yuena really was pulled back out.
And then?
Then there was no then.
Lan Xuanyu said nothing.
He happily went to the Tianma Twin Star Demi-God Realm to slaughter civilians for cultivation, rarely returning to the Douluo Home Planet.
By the time he took up permanent residence in the Douluo Demi-God Realm again,
Lan Xuanyu was already a God King.
Yet he still never persuaded Gu Yuena to join the War God Temple.
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
He truly had the same lofty, pure spirit as his grandpa when he made three visits to the Clear Sky Sect.
Still,
there was one thing
Di Tian was rather curious about.
Gu Yuena had already joined Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect ten thousand years ago. If she joined the Federation's War God Temple again,
would that make her a servant of three masters?
Having waited for rather a long time, Di Tian's thoughts inevitably wandered.
During that interval, Gu Yuena was curious about something as well.
Di Tian obviously knew her, so why would he not take her away?
Just as she was about to ask,
the people from the Federation's War God Temple finally arrived after much waiting.
"Beast God."
The newcomer was the War God Temple's First War God, Yu Muchen.
His expression was arrogant.
If Di Tian had not been in a state where he could trigger his Godhood Tribulation at any time, Yu Muchen, a dignified True God level powerhouse, would never have come personally.
As for what Di Tian had said,
Yu Muchen did not really believe that Di Tian cared about the Federation.
He believed even less that Di Tian, who had not even passed his Godhood Tribulation, could warn them of some crisis concerning the Federation's survival.
Not to mention
that on his way here, he had heard that Di Tian had an unclear relationship with a silver-haired woman at the Federation Academy of Science Tiandou Branch.
As expected of a soul beast about to take human form and cultivate anew. Even the Soul Beast King could not escape the fate of falling at the hem of a human's clothes.
Yu Muchen's tone carried even more disdain.
"May I ask what matter concerning the Douluo Federation's very survival you wish to report?"
At that moment,
Di Tian's dragon body shifted.
The trait he had gained from refining the roots of the Life Evergreen Vine—absorbing external energy and converting it into vitality within his body—made his healing ability no joke.
In a short while, many of the wounds on his body had healed.
He could transform into human form again.
His spiritual power rippled, and a mentally manifested image slowly unfolded.
Within the image
was a scene from the starfield near Tiandou Planet.
It showed a Super God level spiritual attack, the Mental Flying Dagger, appearing from nowhere and striking his brow in an instant.
Boom—
The moment Yu Muchen saw the image, the divine power within him surged reflexively, shaking the Tiandou Branch's soul-guidance defensive array into activating automatically.
His pupils contracted in terror.
The starfield near Tiandou Planet was the heartland of the Douluo Demi-God Realm, yet an unfamiliar Super God level powerhouse had entered it!
"Who is he?!"
"What is his purpose?!"
Faced with the urgent questions of a True God level powerhouse, Di Tian withdrew the Mental Manifestation.
"I urgently need something."
Yu Muchen did not hesitate at all. "No problem."
"Isn't it just this silver-haired woman named 'Nana'? I'll make the decision. Take her with you."
"War God Yu Muchen..." The branch president immediately spoke up in displeasure.
But before he could say much, Yu Muchen glared at him, silencing him.
Di Tian: "..."
Damn it.
Was there nothing but romantic trash in that man's head?
Take Gu Yuena away?
He had no interest in bringing an ancestor home to worship.
He had already served that living ancestor for who knew how many tens of thousands of years.
Because Gu Yuena had said she wanted revenge against humanity and the gods, he had fucking believed her year after year.
And what happened?
Gu Yuena herself had proposed revenge against humanity and the gods, and she had also willingly chosen to wear the crown of Must Bear Its Weight.
But before the revenge had even begun, Gu Yuena had fucking quit and defected to the enemy.
He, the Soul Beast King, had become a clown!
They had clearly agreed
that once Gu Yuena emerged from seclusion, he could roam the universe.
And what happened?
The moment Gu Yuena emerged, she went off to fall in love, while he was bound by the crown of the Soul Beast King.
Lake of Life had once been the core of the soul beast world, the place where the lifeline of Star Dou Forest converged, a source of life essence accumulated through the survival and death of generations of soul beasts.
Gu Yuena had used it.
Di Tian had used it too.
Gu Yuena had happily gone off to fall in love, while he had been the Soul Beast King for hundreds of thousands of years and could no longer let go.
Barings his fangs in distress, Di Tian looked at Yu Muchen.
"Who said I wanted 'Nana'?"
"What I need is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus."
Yu Muchen was somewhat troubled by this. The Federation did not currently have a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus.
He wanted to put it on credit first.
If they obtained one in the future, they would give it to him.
If not, Di Tian had no strength to force the issue anyway.
Just as he was thinking this,
the scatterbrained branch president spoke up again. "War God Yu Muchen..."
But War God Yu Muchen was already unhappy again and snapped, "Di Tian isn't even taking 'Nana' away anymore. What else do you want to say?"
The scatterbrained branch president shrank his neck in fright and carefully said, "I know where there is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus..."
The moment he said that,
Di Tian and Yu Muchen looked at him in perfect unison.
The pressure on him became even greater, and he hurriedly said,
"The Tiandou Lan Family."
"Their family has a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus."
"Enough." Yu Muchen cut him off.
"Beast God."
"Can you tell us who that Super God level powerhouse is now?"
Facing Yu Muchen's urgency, Di Tian pointed in the direction of the Lan Family.
"We can talk as we walk."
On the way to the Tiandou Lan Family, Di Tian spoke words meant to make the wolf devour the tiger.
"..."
"Tianlong Seat!"
"His cultivation is at the peak of the Super God level!"
"Are you sure?!"
"Of course."
"Don't forget what my true body is."
"Besides,"
"I also know his objective."
"He intends to use Dragon Source Crystals to sabotage every warship in the Douluo Federation, then swallow the entire Federation."
"Don't ask me how I know."
"The scent of Dragon Source Crystals on Tianlong is practically overflowing. Dragon Source Crystals are also a newly emerged universal rare metal. I dare say Tianlong is currently hiding on Dragon Source Planet, where Dragon Source Crystals are produced."
"If the Federation..."
As Di Tian spoke, Yu Muchen was already answering for him.
"If we gather the Federation's seven great fleets, including the mothership, and coordinate with God Level and True God level powerhouses from every major faction, we may have a chance to hunt Tianlong Seat!"
Yu Muchen said excitedly,
"Hunting a Super God level powerhouse—an unprecedented feat for the Federation!"
Di Tian smiled as well.
It was the smile of someone watching fighting dogs perform.
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