Di Tian discreetly surveyed the situation. Within this area, not only the Soul Beasts but even the ordinary flowers, grass, and trees had vanished without a trace.
It was hard to believe that such an enormous crater, such a barren, deathly silent stretch of land, could exist within Star Dou Forest.
Star Dou Forest was renowned for its powerful Life Force. As the largest Soul Beast Gathering Ground, it contained habitats for most varieties of Soul Beasts.
Only habitats with exceedingly harsh conditions, such as the Extreme North and deserts, could not be found within Star Dou Forest.
Although the Soul Beasts in this area had essentially been wiped clean, Di Tian did not particularly care. As long as nothing happened to the Emperor Auspicious Beast, no matter how many Soul Beasts died in Star Dou Forest, recovery was only a matter of time.
The Emperor Auspicious Beast bore the Fortune of the Soul Beast Clan. It was not just Di Tian who valued her; the one slumbering beneath the Lake of Life felt much the same. Even if the Dragon God returned to life, he would have to protect the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
Moreover, after spending over ten thousand years together, watching this little one who bore the Soul Beasts' Fortune and possessed the Dragon Clan's bloodline grow bit by bit, Di Tian had long since come to regard Di Qiu'er as his own child. Now, Zhongli Wu had destroyed Star Dou Forest's environment and slaughtered its Soul Beasts.
Those things alone might not have made Di Tian so determined to kill Zhongli Wu. After all, so many Soul Beasts died at human hands every day. If Di Tian dealt with every single case, he would probably have become an old dragon working endless overtime. But anything involving Di