The Million-Year Soul Beast King—Di Tian!

City Lord Shen Yin.

He too came from Planet of Sin.

He possessed a divine artifact, the "God-Hidden Cloak."

Walking across a battlefield filled with artillery fire, he moved as though no one else was there.

"Kehehe..." He looked disdainfully at the interstellar pirates locked in a bloody battle with the Soul Beast Clan.

"Brainless fools."

"They'll never amount to anything."

His tone was exceedingly relaxed. He was not worried in the slightest about being discovered.

With the God-Hidden Cloak, he could swagger right into the Douluo Home Planet, even into Shrek Academy, where powerful experts gathered.

If not for this matter involving Di Tian, he should have been plotting to steal Shrek Academy's supreme divine artifact, the "Silver Dragon Spear."

"Mm... it's not a loss."

"The Soul Beast Embryo formed from Di Tian should be worth even more than the Silver Dragon Spear."

As he muttered to himself, he had already reached Lake of Life, the heart of the entire forest.

"A cave where darkness, light, and life converge." Di Tian's seclusion site was reflected in Shen Yin's eyes.

Found it!

Kehehe... Di Tian's Soul Beast Embryo is mine!

Even with the composure of a God Level expert, he could no longer remain calm.

Ripples stirred across the lake of his heart.

And it was precisely because of this that his flaw suddenly appeared.

At that moment, the Seven-Character Battle Armor and Super-God Level Mecha silently rose from Lake of Life, the True Dragon Essence Blood within them burning.

The essence blood generated flesh, and a younger version of Di Tian appeared within the divine artifact armor.

Dragon God Claw!

Nine-colored divine radiance flowed forth.

Di Tian's golden dragon eyes narrowed as he charged straight at Shen Yin.

Just as Shen Yin was about to touch Di Tian's cave, his divine senses suddenly jolted.

Danger!

In an instant, he turned his head and spun around.

Yet the flaw he had exposed through excitement earlier still delayed his reaction by a fraction of a moment.

Di Tian succeeded.

"Pfft—"

Di Tian's Dragon God Claw struck his chest, and a line of blood tore across the sky.

"Kehehe..." Even after being hit, Shen Yin still let out an ugly, grating laugh without a trace of panic.

"Di Tian."

"You are ultimately just a mortal beast."

"And I am a god. I possess a divine artifact."

"The God-Hidden Cloak can do more than turn me invisible. It can defend me as well."

"You can't kill me."

"I've said so much that I even revealed the God-Hidden Cloak. Aren't you going to tell me how you discovered my whereabouts?"

"Perhaps."

"We don't need to be enemies."

"As long as you tell me how you found me, I'll leave immediately."

Shen Yin was being very rational right now.

Compared with the God-Hidden Cloak he relied upon for survival, even Di Tian's Soul Beast Embryo had become less important.

After all, not even the divine senses of those True God Level experts on the home planet could detect him.

He had to know how Di Tian had found him.

However.

Di Tian did not answer his question and merely said:

"Can't kill you?"

"Is that so?"

At this moment, Shen Yin no longer retained his earlier composure.

His expression shifted from shock to terror. "Super..."

But before more than one word could leave his mouth, his life force was already gone.

A God Level expert had been killed by Di Tian in a single strike.

He withdrew the Dragon God Claw embedded in Shen Yin's chest, nine-colored radiance flowing over it.

It looked as though he had not used any other weapon.

In truth, the one that had exerted the greatest force just now was the super divine artifact, the "Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd."

Its Ignore Defense trait had instantly shattered the God-Hidden Cloak's defenses. Then, working together with the Dragon God Claw, it blasted apart the other man's heart in one strike.

Ultimately causing his death.

Di Tian did not reveal the super divine artifact. Top-tier divine artifacts were one thing; the Douluo Demi-God Realm still had quite a few of them. Even the Silver Dragon Spear ranked only sixth on the Douluo Divine Artifact Ranking.

But a super divine artifact was different. It was a priceless treasure that could make everyone covet it.

The younger Di Tian glanced toward the battlefield at the forest's border but did not go over to support them.

Instead, he looked elsewhere.

Golden light blazed in his dragon eyes as he gazed beyond Elf Planet.

There was another expert.

Or rather, another enemy.

A True God.

He was also an old acquaintance of Di Tian's: Yu Muchen, the War God Temple's number one War God of the Federation.

He had arrived in the starfield near Elf Planet, yet stopped there and did not advance.

Instead, he pressed an earpiece and reported the situation.

On the other end of the earpiece.

Voices were clamorous, carrying the atmosphere of a large meeting.

In the end, they converged into a single question.

"Muchen, what do you think?"

Yu Muchen instantly felt like his head had doubled in size. As a War God of the War God Temple who had devoted his entire life to cultivation, being asked to consider matters of political struggle was truly difficult for him.

The Federation had specifically convened the Federal Council over Di Tian.

The waters ran deep.

On the surface, there were two factions.

One faction wanted to take Di Tian in as a dog after he transformed and recultivated.

The other faction wanted to stand by and watch Di Tian be killed.

In any case, the Federation would not be the one doing it.

The Soul Beast Clan would have no grounds to blame the Federation. They would continue producing heavenly treasures and remain one of the Federation's biggest taxpayers.

The Federation's interests would not suffer any losses.

Clearly.

Not everyone was as certain as Shrek and Tang Sect that they could take Di Tian in as a dog after he transformed and recultivated.

That was what it looked like on the surface.

But Yu Muchen knew there was actually a third faction.

—Those who wanted Di Tian's Soul Beast Embryo.

The third faction was hidden. No one dared mention it openly.

After all, on the surface, the Soul Beast Clan was part of the Federation's system.

Saying it aloud would mean treason, and it could also reveal that they had offered a bounty on Planet of Sin and colluded with outside forces.

Politics was like a battlefield. Once a flaw was exposed, an opponent of equal standing would automatically be matched against you.

Few could bear the crime of betraying the Federation.

Just as Yu Muchen was considering the Federal Council's three-way split and did not know how to answer.

The other end of the earpiece became noisy once more.

By listening to the undertones, Yu Muchen roughly understood.

The Federal Council had gathered all footage and data from Di Tian's past battles for analysis and experimentation.

In the end, under the leadership of the Dou Tian Department's minister, Purgatory True God.

They confirmed one matter.

Soul Masters simply could not absorb the vast energy contained within Di Tian's Soul Beast Embryo. Forcing the absorption would yield only one result: exploding to death.

Even ordinary God Level experts had an extremely low chance of enduring it.

Only True God Level experts had a high probability of withstanding it.

However.

Just moments ago, Elf Planet's restored satellites had captured an image.

Wearing Seven-Character Battle Armor and a Super-God Level Mecha, Di Tian had killed a God Level expert with a single Dragon God Claw!

The key was not that he had killed a God Level expert in one blow, but the Seven-Character Battle Armor and Super-God Level Mecha on Di Tian.

They were top-tier divine artifacts and top-tier Soul Tools bound by bloodline, usable only by one person.

This meant that even the Federation's most advanced soul guidance technology could not seal Di Tian's Soul Beast Embryo.

With the Seven-Character Battle Armor and Super-God Level Mecha protecting him, Di Tian could self-destruct the Soul Beast Embryo at any time with his willpower.

The Federation councilors of the third faction who wanted Di Tian's embryo immediately fell silent.

Likewise.

Di Tian's threat level began rising sharply.

Did they truly want to let this Soul Beast King continue to exist?

Most councilors began leaning toward the second faction: standing by and watching Di Tian be annihilated by his enemies.

Yet at that moment.

Yu Muchen, who had been acting as a spectator all along, suddenly sensed a threat!

Yes!

A threat!

Even more unbelievable, the source of that threat was Di Tian!

The Soul Beast King he had never taken seriously since breaking through to True God!

Even when Di Tian had possessed Seven-Character Battle Armor and a Super-God Level Mecha and killed a God Level expert in one strike, Yu Muchen had not taken him seriously.

After reaching God Level, every step was a new rung on the ladder.

Fighting above one's level was basically impossible.

Not to mention that Di Tian, who had not even become a god, could threaten him across two realms.

Yes!

Di Tian still had not become a god!

Di Tian, who still had not become a god, was threatening him!

One had to know.

He was a True God!

The pinnacle of individual combat power in the Douluo Demi-God Realm!

His terrified eyes widened, and his mouth was dry as a parched well.

He even began to stammer.

"Di Tian h-he... he broke through again!"