The Beast God's Shock

After passing through the final natural barrier formed by ancient trees of unknown age, the view before them suddenly opened up.

Before them lay a lake whose beauty defied description. Its waters were neither the usual blue nor green, but a deep emerald hue, as though all the colors of life in the world had gathered within them. Not a ripple disturbed the tranquil surface, which reflected the sky and the towering ancient trees surrounding it like guards. The place was so quiet, it felt like an eternal dream. The immensely rich aura of life had condensed into thick mist that drifted slowly through the air. Breathing it in through their noses and mouths made their very souls feel cleansed. This was the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest, the sacred land of soul beasts—the Lake of Life.

Two figures were already standing by the lakeshore.

At their head stood a man dressed in fitted black clothes. He looked to be around thirty years old, with an ancient, unadorned face and a pair of pure golden eyes that seemed to contain the turning of sun and moon, the birth and destruction of stars. He merely stood there silently, yet his aura was as unfathomable as the sea. He was none other than Beast God Di Tian.

Beside him stood a stunning woman in a long aqua-green dress. Her temperament was gentle and soft, and an aura of life that made others feel as though they were bathed in a spring breeze flowed around her. She seemed to embody all the kindness and healing power in the world. She was Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan.

When Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin appeared amid the "escort" of Xiong Jun, Zi Ji, and the other fierce beasts, Di Tian's golden eyes instantly erupted with uncontrollable brilliance, fixed tightly upon Gu Yuena. For the first time, violent emotion appeared on his eternally composed face—ecstatic joy, utter disbelief, and a deep, nearly imperceptible fear.

His gaze slowly shifted to the black-haired, black-eyed young man standing quietly beside Gu Yuena. In that instant, Di Tian's aura trembled slightly beyond his control, and the plants along the lakeshore bowed in response. He recognized that face. He recognized the destructive power hidden within that body, a power that even made his heart palpitate—the bloodline of the Golden Dragon King.

"Lord... it truly is you... You really have returned!" Di Tian's voice carried the faintest tremor. He strode forward, stopped several meters before Gu Yuena, and bowed deeply. His posture was more respectful than ever before.

"Your subordinate Di Tian welcomes your return, my Lord!"

Bi Ji followed immediately after, bowing gracefully. Her gentle face was filled with excitement and reverence.

Gu Yuena looked at the black-clad man before her, whose aura was the deepest and most powerful, then at the woman in the green dress who made her feel incomparably comfortable and close. A trace of understanding flashed through her purple eyes. They knew her, and they held her in the highest regard.

"We have lost all our memories."

Gu Yuena stated the fact again, her voice cool as her gaze swept over Di Tian and Bi Ji. "We came here because fate guided us both here to seek something."

Di Tian straightened. His golden eyes looked incomparably complicated as they turned from Gu Yuena to Tang Wulin, who stood silently to the side. He drew a deep breath, as if trying to calm his turbulent emotions. A storm had already risen within his heart. The Lord had clearly been pierced by the Golden Dragon Spear ten thousand years ago, her life force nearly devoured completely, vanishing between heaven and earth alongside this human with the Golden Dragon King bloodline... Why had they both now been reborn and returned together? Had the Douluo Plane undergone an evolution in its life level and returned its most fundamental life force to these two beings who had once stood at the peak, bringing about their rebirth? The thought lingered in his mind, but he did not voice it.

"Your return, my Lord, is the greatest fortune of our race." Di Tian suppressed the countless thoughts in his heart and said in a deep voice, "Bi Ji, examine my Lord and Tang Wulin. See whether you can heal them."

"Yes." Bi Ji responded softly and stepped forward. She extended her delicate hand, and gentle yet vast life energy poured over Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin like warm sunlight.

The life energy was warm and pure, possessing exceptionally strong healing and probing properties. Yet when it attempted to enter Gu Yuena's body, it seemed to encounter an invisible barrier. The cool, noble origin power of the Silver Dragon King circulating within Gu Yuena's body firmly repelled it. Bi Ji froze slightly. She was a level 110, god-ranked healing powerhouse, yet she could not even probe past the outermost layer of Gu Yuena's bloodline. She increased her energy output, but it still had no effect, as though it were telling her that this was not a domain she could investigate.

Bi Ji then turned her gaze toward Tang Wulin. The moment her life energy approached him, a sudden change occurred! Tang Wulin did not even need to deliberately control it. The power of his blood and qi naturally circulating around his body formed an extremely thin yet incomparably tough pale-golden aura—the Dragon Aura of the Golden Dragon King! Bi Ji's healing power, which could restore vitality to a dying fierce beast, touched that layer of Dragon Aura and was like a stream flowing into the sea. It failed to stir even the slightest ripple before being automatically broken down and absorbed by the aura that contained ultimate power and destruction. It could not enter his body in the slightest!

An expression of disbelief appeared on Bi Ji's face. She looked toward Di Tian and shook her head slightly. "Di Tian, my Lord's and his life levels and power origins... are far above mine. My power cannot penetrate their natural defenses. And..." She hesitated before looking at Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin. "To probe their memories more deeply, I would likely need to touch the souls within the most core regions of their minds. This..."

Upon hearing this, Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena's gazes sharpened almost simultaneously. The brain was the dwelling place of the soul. Even though they had lost their memories, their instinct to protect that most vital region still remained. Did those ten thousand blank years conceal deeper secrets or dangers? They did not dare, nor could they, casually allow outsiders to investigate that place, no matter how friendly the other party appeared.

"There is no need." Gu Yuena spoke first, her voice cool and decisive. Tang Wulin also nodded slightly in agreement.

Di Tian watched this scene, and a trace of helplessness flashed through his eyes, though there was even more understanding. He raised a hand to stop Bi Ji, who still wanted to try. "Forget it. This subordinate has overstepped." He gave the two of them a deep look. "My Lord's and Tang Wulin's levels are indeed not something we can pry into."

He then looked at Gu Yuena, his golden eyes filled with complicated emotions—loyalty, reminiscence, and an indescribable trace of sorrow.

"My Lord, since you wish to know the past, this subordinate shall tell you." Di Tian's voice was low and slow, carrying the weight of ten thousand years. "You are the ruler of all soul beasts, the Silver Dragon King, one of the Dragon God's incarnations. You command every element in the world..."

He spoke slowly, beginning with the birth of the Silver Dragon King, then the long-standing feud between soul beasts and humans, until the upheaval that had determined their fate ten thousand years ago. He told how Gu Yuena had entered the human world under an assumed name, how she had met, come to know, and fallen in love with Tang Wulin, who was the Golden Dragon King, only to be forced into opposition because of their racial positions...

"You and he should have been fated enemies. The Dragon God's power was divided into two, destined to merge again and create the complete Dragon God, who would lead our soul beast race back to glory." Di Tian's voice carried an almost imperceptible longing. It was the goal for which he had struggled through countless years. His gaze swept over Tang Wulin again, and deep in his eyes, there still lingered a hope that Gu Yuena could devour him and achieve ultimate evolution.

However, when his gaze returned to Gu Yuena, that longing was swiftly suppressed by reality. Although his Lord had lost her memories, the majesty she naturally radiated, towering above all things, and her unfathomable cultivation level, which even made his heart tremble, clearly told him that even after ten thousand years, her strength had already recovered and might even have surpassed what it once was. It was far beyond anything he could reach through ten thousand years of arduous cultivation. Thinking of this, he could not help but smile bitterly to himself.

Force her? That would be no different from seeking death.

An image involuntarily surfaced in Di Tian's mind: the final scene from ten thousand years ago—Gu Yuena had abandoned her chance to become the Dragon God, abandoned the future of the soul beast race, and resolutely driven the Golden Dragon Spear into herself, dying for love alongside Tang Wulin...

He looked at Gu Yuena before him. Though she had lost her memories, she still instinctively stayed close to Tang Wulin, her purple eyes carrying an unquestionable desire to protect him. The last trace of unrealistic hope in Di Tian's heart completely vanished.

Di Tian sighed softly to himself, filled with endless emotion and a faint sense of relief.

His Lord's feelings for that man had long transcended race, transcended duty, and even transcended life and death. They were an imprint carved into her soul, one that could not be erased even if she forgot everything. It was no longer something bystanders like them could interfere with.