Di Tian's Apologetic Smile, the Eighty-Thousand-Year Crimson Flame Sacred Phoenix

The Ice Dragon King gave a soft snort.

The Fire Dragon King shot Di Tian a glare.

Di Tian understood. He immediately went before Jiang Qingyu, rubbing his hands together as he said:

"What a case of the flood washing into the Dragon King's temple! Little girl, you should've said earlier that you knew Aunt Ice and Aunt Fire!"

All he needed was the forgiveness of the human girl before him.

The Fire Dragon King said flatly:

"He's a man."

"A man?" Di Tian's smile froze on his face. He stared in disbelief. "How is that possible?"

Jiang Qingyu explained calmly:

"The Fire Dragon King is right."

Di Tian was dumbfounded. He really was a man!

Still, it was truly rare to see a man so breathtakingly beautiful. That aloof air that kept people at a distance was even rarer.

"Little brother, don't take offense. That was my oversight," Di Tian said apologetically.

Finding Aunt Ice and Aunt Fire had truly been unexpected.

"Di Tian, go find suitable soul beasts immediately. Qingyu needs his seventh soul ring, and this young lady needs her sixth. One needs a fire attribute, while the other needs a spider's poison attribute," the Ice Dragon King instructed.

Now that they had met Di Tian, they could save themselves quite a bit of trouble.

Seeing Aunt Ice issue an order, Di Tian would not dare disobey even if he had the courage. He immediately set off for the Star Dou Great Forest to search for suitable soul beasts.

"Not bad, Little Qingyu. With a big shot like this looking out for us, Grandpa Guang Ling can roam wherever he wants from now on," Guang Ling said with a grin.

Jiang Qingyu rolled his eyes at Guang Ling.

"Grandpa Guang Ling, rein in that rebellious streak of yours. You're so old already—why do you still talk like a child?"

Guang Ling Douluo spread his hands, making it clear that he was not listening. He could still be rebellious even in his old age!

Jiang Qingyu was speechless.

"Qingyu, you're satisfied with how we handled it, right?" The Ice Dragon King raised a brow and smiled.

"Thank you."

Jiang Qingyu's tone remained flat.

The Ice Dragon King smiled. "What's the point of just saying thanks? Give us a smile."

Jiang Qingyu shook his head. "I can't."

He rarely smiled in the first place, much less deliberately for someone else.

The Ice Dragon King was immediately frustrated.

Rubbing her chin, she muttered, "Is it really that hard? I was planning to properly train you and make you livelier, but we signed a master-servant contract. You're the master and I'm the servant. Train my ass."

At that, the Fire Dragon King gave a mocking laugh.

"Serves you right. You misread the incantation back then, and now you can't even put on airs as an elder."

Guang Ling Douluo and Bibi Dong were not listening. Instead, they were carefully studying the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, this soul beast blessed with immense fortune.

With the misunderstanding cleared up, they naturally had nothing to fear.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion bristled, baring its teeth.

"How presumptuous! You two humans still dare tease me?"

Seeing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion puff up its fur, Bibi Dong could not help but laugh.

"You're exactly like a little kitten. And you call yourself an imperial auspicious beast? You have no intimidation at all when you get fierce."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion was so furious that every strand of its golden fur stood on end. Grinding its teeth, it said:

"Damn it! You dare humiliate this auspicious beast? Red King, get them! Teach them a lesson!"

Red King froze. The corner of his eye swept over the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King in the distance, and a chill instantly ran down his back.

He immediately raised his head to look at the sky and began whistling, pretending he had heard nothing. Even with a hundred times the courage, I wouldn't dare act up before two dragon clan seniors. Besides, the misunderstanding has been cleared up. As long as they don't kill this auspicious beast, it's fine.

Seeing Red King play deaf and dumb, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion stamped its feet in fury, its short little legs thudding against the stone.

Just as it was about to pounce on them itself, Bibi Dong reached out and scooped it into her arms, scratching beneath its chin with her fingertips.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion struggled twice, but it only made it look like it was acting cute.

Before long, a fierce wind swept through the forest.

Di Tian landed, carrying two soul beasts in his hands.

One was crimson all over, with tattered wings. It was an eighty-one-thousand-year Crimson Flame Sacred Phoenix, barely clinging to life. The other was purple-black, its spider legs covered in dense patterns. It was a forty-nine-thousand-year Myriad-Poison Bone-Eroding Thousand-Pattern Spider, tightly bound by soul power and unable to move.

"The Crimson Flame Sacred Phoenix is eighty thousand years old. It was originally the leader of the fire-attributed soul beasts in this region, but it was severely injured while fighting an exotic phoenix over territory and won't last much longer. It suits your fire-attributed sword martial soul."

Di Tian looked at Jiang Qingyu, then turned to Bibi Dong.

"This Myriad-Poison Bone-Eroding Thousand-Pattern Spider is forty-nine thousand years old. Its poison attribute is exceptionally pure and matches your Spider Emperor martial soul."

Jiang Qingyu's gaze fell upon the Crimson Flame Sacred Phoenix, and he nodded inwardly.

His seventh soul ring concerned his Martial Soul True Body. Eighty-one thousand years was just right.

Guang Ling Douluo came over to inspect it, clicking his tongue in amazement.

"An eighty-thousand-year fire-attributed phoenix soul beast—an ordinary soul master could search themselves bald and never find one. Leave professional matters to professionals..."

He finally set his mind at ease. He had thought they would need ten days or half a month to search, but it had been resolved in a single day.

Especially since absorbing the seventh soul ring was connected to one's Martial Soul True Body.

Bibi Dong set down the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and looked at the Myriad-Poison Bone-Eroding Thousand-Pattern Spider, her eyes filled with delight.

She had only just broken through to Soul Emperor, yet this soul beast was far better than she had expected.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion took the opportunity to slip behind Di Tian, poking its head out to glare at Bibi Dong. However, it no longer dared utter a single threat.

Di Tian said calmly:

"There's a secluded cave nearby, suitable for going into seclusion to absorb soul rings. I'll stand guard outside. No soul beasts will disturb you."

The Fire Dragon King waved her hand.

"Stay here. There's no need to trouble yourselves by going elsewhere. With us here, would any other soul beasts dare come?"

Going somewhere else would not make them seem useless, would it?

Immediately afterward, Jiang Qingyu and Bibi Dong killed the soul beasts at the same time. Two deep black ten-thousand-year soul rings slowly rose from the corpses.

The two sat cross-legged and guided the soul rings into their bodies, beginning the absorption process. While they absorbed them, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings decided to find Jiang Qingyu a decent soul bone as well.

Since they were already here, they had to shear some wool. That way, Jiang Qingyu could grow stronger faster and help them restore their physical bodies.

"Does Di Tian have any good soul bones?"

"As the Beast God, he must have some soul bones, right?"

The Ice Dragon King did not know whether Di Tian had any good items, but countless humans and soul beasts died in the Star Dou Great Forest every year. There must have been quite a few soul bones left behind.

"Soul bones?" Di Tian rubbed his chin and began thinking. He did remember an externally attached right arm soul bone.

"Aunt Fire, please wait for me. I'll be right back. I'll also tell you about what happened after the Divine Realm."

His lord had yet to awaken. Now that the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King had appeared, it was an excellent omen. There was another sliver of hope for counterattacking the Divine Realm.

Seeing that no one else was around, Guang Ling Douluo stepped forward and cupped his fists.

"Two seniors, may I ask what relationship you have with Little Qingyu?"

The Ice Dragon King glanced at Guang Ling Douluo.

"We have a mutually beneficial relationship. We help Jiang Qingyu grow stronger, while Jiang Qingyu helps us reconstruct our physical bodies."

They could not exactly say they were now in a master-servant relationship, could they?

She had originally wanted to do some bad things between dragons. If she could train Jiang Qingyu into complete obedience, that would certainly have been quite an accomplishment. But now, it would already be good enough if Jiang Qingyu did not train them instead.