Deep within the Lake of Life, in the Core Area of the Star Dou Great Forest.
This was the forbidden land of all soul beasts, and also where the oldest, most mysterious existence on the Douluo Continent rested.
The life energy here was incredibly dense, and the entire place was so quiet that not even the sound of flowing water could be heard.
But today, that silence, which had lasted for tens of thousands of years, was broken.
Buzz—!
The space at the very bottom of the lake suddenly twisted.
A pair of vertical pupils, as dazzling as purple crystals yet carrying an indescribable coldness and majesty, slowly opened in the darkness.
As those eyes opened, the waters of the entire Lake of Life began to boil violently. An ancient, desolate, terrifying dragon's might carrying the aura of destruction swept across the Core Area of the Star Dou Great Forest like a tsunami.
The Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, had awakened.
"Di Tian... why isn't he here?"
An ethereal and majestic, yet somewhat weak female voice echoed through the crystal palace at the bottom of the lake.
Gu Yuena's enormous silver dragon body shifted slightly before transforming into a human girl wearing a silver gown, with brilliant silver hair.
Her flawless face was now covered in frost.
As the ruler of all soul beasts, although she had been sleeping to recover from her injuries, she had never completely cut off her awareness of the outside world.
To her shock, her most loyal guard and the manager of the Star Dou Great Forest—the Beast God Di Tian—had not returned to the Lake of Life for a long time!
Not only Di Tian, but even the Auspicious Beast she regarded as the hope of the soul beast race's revival, along with that