The Dragon God's Brain Had Truly Rusted

As Xia Liang inscribed the formation, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion whispered with Di Tian off to the side, while Di Tian had dispatched the other ferocious beasts to stand guard around the perimeter.

"Di Tian, he probably isn't a bad person."

As she said this, her gaze kept drifting toward the steak nearby.

Di Tian: "..."

Maybe I'd believe you if you weren't staring at the steak while saying that.

Di Tian looked at the steak. It did not carry the aura of any soul beast he recognized; it might not even have come from a soul beast. Yet the power within it was immense. If the auspicious beast ate it, it could strengthen her cultivation. And there was that blood...

The power inside the blood seemed to share the same origin as the meat, but Di Tian simply could not figure out which beast clan it belonged to.

"Done. Di Tian, will you preside over it, or should I?"

Having finished drawing the formation, Xia Liang looked toward Di Tian in the distance.

"I will."

Di Tian answered. Presiding did not mean activating the formation itself. Once completed, the formation could automatically carry out the Soul Spirit Contract; the presider's role was to inspect whether there were any problems with the contract's terms.

"Xiao Xiao, it's at the ten-thousand-year level. Endure it if it hurts."

"Yes, Senior."

Xiao Xiao and the Golden Dragon Ao then stepped onto the formation, each standing on one of its focal points.

Golden light flickered as the contract formation activated. A strange force linked Xiao Xiao and the Golden Dragon Ao together.

As the presider, Di Tian inspected every clause of the contract, making sure each one applied to both sides.

This Soul Spirit Contract was not the one created by that love-struck idiot Huo Yuhao in the original work. After creating the basic contract method back then, he had gone to the Divine Realm to look for Tang Wutong.

The current contract method had been personally created by the supreme mage Electrolux. Both parties were absolutely equal; it did not wipe out soul beasts by consuming them as in the original work.

About half an hour later, the Soul Spirit Contract ended. A black soul ring rose behind Xiao Xiao, while a flash of gilded light also gleamed from her right hand.

Golden Dragon Ao right arm bone, with the soul skill Golden Dragon Ao's Fury.

All power gathered in her right hand. With one punch, even a Soul King would be injured. Unfortunately, with Xiao Xiao's current reserves, she could only unleash a single strike. Afterward, she would enter a weakened state.

Ten-thousand-year soul skill, Dragon Suppression Cauldron. It released suppressive waves that restrained the enemies present, a wide-area control skill.

Ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit, Golden Dragon Ao. It emerged from the soul ring and transformed into a palm-sized turtle.

The Golden Dragon Ao, now a Soul Spirit, then walked over to Di Tian and began communicating with him.

"So, because it has just entered a human soul ring, it needs a few days for its strength to recover?"

Through their spiritual connection, Di Tian learned of the Golden Dragon Ao's current condition. It was exactly as Xia Liang had said.

"Well?"

Once the two beasts had finished communicating, Xia Liang asked.

"It truly works. But are you sure you want us soul beasts to take part in it?"

Di Tian asked. Once the Soul Spirit Method became widespread, the relationship between beastkind and humanity would be completely rewritten. For soul beasts, it was indeed a path to survival, but it also meant handing their lifeline to humans in another form. Once humanity controlled this, beastkind would seemingly have no choice but to follow them.

"That is why humans and soul beasts must both participate in this matter. Otherwise, there will still be a great war in the future."

Xia Liang said. Both sides could only develop together; neither could dominate alone. The main reason was that in this world, Xia Liang had no particular fondness for either humans or soul beasts. Or rather, he did not care.

"I agree with what you said. However, we cannot coexist with humans anytime soon."

Di Tian said. Humans were troublesome enough just to look at.

"That's fine. I'll find a human family to deal with humans. You can just serve as the backing behind them."

Xia Liang said. Under the current circumstances, he merely needed to find a puppet family. Even ordinary people would do. They could act on his behalf, and if anyone dared come looking for death, Di Tian could slap them to death with one hand.

"By the way, Di Tian, have you seen a strange hundred-thousand-year soul beast? One that had just undergone its tribulation?"

Xia Liang suddenly remembered the hundred-thousand-year zombie he had made before and tossed over here. Unless something unexpected had happened, Di Tian should have sensed it.

"I have. But it could not communicate, and it was already hunted down by some humans with evil auras."

Di Tian replied. Crimson King had gone over to communicate with it at the time, but the creature seemed to lack intelligence and directly attacked Crimson King. Seeing that communication was impossible, Crimson King left. Later, they sensed several human soul masters approaching. That strange hundred-thousand-year soul beast had likely been hunted.

Since it was not one of their own hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, had no intelligence, and was out on the outskirts, Di Tian could not be bothered to save it.

"Mm, is that so?"

As Xia Liang considered this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, her mouth covered in grease, walked over to him.

"Human, do you have any more of that meat and blood?"

All three of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's eyes sparkled. She had eaten the meat in just a few bites, and those bottles of blood had been treated like little drinks. It had not been nearly enough.

"Your energy is practically overflowing already. You can still eat?"

By Douluo Continent's standards, that was the flesh and blood of a soul beast hundreds of thousands of years old. After eating so much, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's body should already have been filled with energy. If she kept eating, she might burst to death.

"Aren't you about to leave? Leave some behind~"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion said. From the looks of it, Xia Liang was about to go. Once he left this time, who knew when she would get to eat this meat again?

"Mm, we'll talk about it later. I'll probably be coming here often in the future."

"Fine."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was utterly dejected. No more tasty meat~~~

"This meat should not be from this world, right?"

Di Tian said. He had now confirmed that Xia Liang was a god-level being, but the power within Xia Liang did not come from any Divine Realm Di Tian knew of.

With Di Tian's knowledge, he naturally knew that there were other worlds beyond those governed by the Divine Realm. Thus, Xia Liang's appearance only surprised him slightly.

"Mm. Don't worry, I have no thoughts about the conflicts between beastkind and the Divine Realm."

"That is good."

Di Tian nodded, then looked toward Xiao Xiao. More precisely, he looked at the little bird perched on her shoulder.

Noticing Di Tian's gaze, Xiao Xiao instantly lowered her head. Please, this was the number one being on the ferocious beast ranking! Xiao Xiao was scared!!

"Senior Azure Phoenix."

Azure Phoenix: "..."

You can't see me, you can't see me...

The current Azure Phoenix was no match for Di Tian. If Di Tian decided to settle old scores, it would have to run again.

"Senior Azure Phoenix should have only recently awakened. Congratulations on surviving the tribulation of the Dragon God from back then. Is there anything you wish to ask?"

Seeing that Azure Phoenix did not respond, Di Tian did not say much else. He merely congratulated Azure Phoenix for surviving the great calamity of the Dragon God from that year.

"Do you know who placed the restriction on you?"

Seeing that it could no longer hide, Azure Phoenix had no choice but to ask the question it cared about most.

"I do not."

Di Tian nodded in reply. He truly did not know.

"Do you think it was the Dragon God? Could its brain have rusted?"

Azure Phoenix had now determined that the Dragon God's brain had definitely rusted. Di Tian's body also bore that kind of restriction. If it had been another god, it would have been impossible to restrict Di Tian so completely. After all, he was the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.

Yet this restriction had completely sealed away all the power in Di Tian's body. Other than the god of dragons, who could accomplish such a thing? It was practically a thief in their own house!

"Even so, Lord Dragon God must have had his reasons..."

After all, it was the god of his own clan. No matter what, Di Tian had to defend it somewhat.

"Dragon God wisdom, my ass. That old bastard was looking for death and dragged beastkind down with him. If that isn't brain-dead, what is?"

Azure Phoenix did not care in the slightest, relentlessly tearing into the Dragon God. Di Tian listened from the side, not knowing what he should say.

Still, things were better now. In Di Tian's heart, the wisdom of the Silver Dragon King would surely lead beastkind back to its peak!

"Alright, I've asked what I wanted. I'm leaving. Take this. My true body is still awakening, so come directly to me if anything happens."

After venting at the Dragon God, Azure Phoenix used spatial fluctuations to transfer a cyan feather before them.

As the feather flew toward him, Di Tian reached out and caught it.

"Thank you, Senior Azure Phoenix."

Di Tian thanked it. After all, it was now the only surviving beast god besides themselves.

"Hmph. I do hope your dragon clan is revived."

Azure Phoenix said. In its heart, it still supported the revival of the dragon clan.

"It certainly will be. But when that time comes, please show mercy, Senior. Do not target true dragon bloodlines."

Hearing Azure Phoenix speak of the dragon clan's revival, Di Tian's mouth twitched. The claw wound on his back, which had long since healed, began to ache faintly.

Azure Phoenix was generally omnivorous and ate most beasts, but the one before him especially enjoyed eating dragons—and it was incredibly fast...

Back then, it had attacked the dragon clan many times, even eventually provoking the Dragon God to personally act. Yet it still escaped after being heavily injured, and vanished without a trace afterward.

"Then we'll be leaving as well. We'll come find you again in a few days once we've made preparations."

Xia Liang said. Next, he needed to find suitable humans to run the Spirit Pagoda. He knew nothing about that sort of thing.

"Mm, until we meet again."

Di Tian nodded. Beside him, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was reluctant to see them go. Her tasty meat!!