First Meeting with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Sparring with Di Tian

After confronting Gu Yuena for eighty-one days, he was finally released.

Yu Chen breathed in the air around Life Lake and could not help letting out a shout.

"Ah~"

"The air really is fresh. It's been so long since I breathed such clean air."

That was only natural. After all, in the Peerless Tang Clan, the air around Life Lake was the freshest.

Then a little kitty sprang out beside him. The little kitty was none other than the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Why had she come here? Because she had been guided by destiny.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion looked at the strange human before her, utterly confused.

This human was so strange. He seemed a little like an "idiot."

If not for destiny's guidance, she would never have come here.

Yu Chen also noticed the little kitty beside him and felt rather embarrassed. After all, the little kitty had witnessed his baffling behavior.

The little kitty spoke, her voice crisp and sweet, like that of a little girl.

"Human up ahead, why are you here?"

Seeing that the little kitty could speak, he knew who she was—the auspicious beast young lady from the original story.

"Because I'm not an ordinary human. I'm the same as you."

He spoke as if coaxing a little kitty, then took out some dried fish and made "tut-tut" sounds.

"Come here, little kitty. I have dried fish."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched this scene, then rushed over and snatched away the dried fish in her mouth.

"You say you're a soul beast too. How will you prove it? Can you transform?"

"Like Uncle Di Tian does."

Hearing that, what could he say?

Of course he had to say he could transform. A man could not say he could not transform.

"Transform~"

The moment his words fell, Yu Chen transformed into an enormous Golden Dragon, then changed back.

"How is it? Cool, right?"

"Cool, cool, cool! You're definitely my friend now."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion's tone changed.

"From now on, don't call me little kitty. You should call me Lord Auspicious Beast."

"Alright, little kitty."

"It's Lord Auspicious Beast."

"Alright, little kitty."

"Fine, fine. Call me whatever you want."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion compromised as well.

Just as the two were talking, Di Tian's figure appeared out of thin air.

Di Tian spoke indifferently.

"Alright, Auspicious Beast, go play somewhere else. Otherwise, I'll spank you."

The moment the Three-Eyed Golden Lion heard "spank," she immediately ran off to the side.

"Fine, fine. I'll go play with Sky Dragon Horse first."

However, the Sky Dragon Horse she spoke of was merely a ten-thousand-year soul beast. To put it nicely, it was only being chased around by her.

Miss Auspicious Beast was usually extremely lazy. Apart from the serious business of finding food, nearly all her interest was spent chasing soul beasts around.

Even an unlucky soul beast simply passing by would be chased two miles away if it offended her eyes even slightly.

After the Three-Eyed Golden Lion left, the two began to talk.

"Come with me."

Hearing Di Tian's words, Yu Chen followed him.

Before long, the two arrived in an open clearing.

"There is a mysterious power within your body that helped heal your injuries."

Yu Chen shrugged. He knew what mysterious power Di Tian meant. Di Tian did not know, but he did—the universe's favor.

"Alright. Since your injuries have mostly recovered, how about we spar?"

Di Tian issued the challenge.

"Since Lord Beast God has invited me to battle, I would be disrespectful to refuse."

His face was filled with confidence. He would never do something without certainty.

"Oh, you're quite confident."

Di Tian could tell that Yu Chen's cultivation was certainly no less than a hundred thousand years. This spar was merely meant to test the combat strength of a younger member of his race.

But what he did not know was that after this battle, the position of Beast God would change hands.

"Then let's begin."

"Alright."

At the same time, both transformed into their true forms to fight. After all, Yu Chen's human-form soul power was only in the sixtieth rank.

To fight an eight-hundred-thousand-year Di Tian, he naturally had to use his true form.

Di Tian was different. He believed that when dragons fought or sparred, they had to use their true forms. That was dragon etiquette.

Di Tian transformed into the true form of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, blotting out the sky.

Yu Chen's Golden Dragon true form was slightly smaller than Di Tian's, since he was still too young.

Di Tian looked at Yu Chen's true form and sensed his aura. His cultivation was actually on par with his own.

He also sensed a bloodline pressure that surpassed even the oppression the Silver Dragon King gave him. It felt almost like the Dragon God.

How could that be possible? Di Tian could not believe it, but at this moment, he had no choice but to believe, because Yu Chen had proven it was real.

"Your bloodline has actually surpassed the Lord!"

Di Tian's expression was somewhat complicated. He silently reflected that perhaps he had made a mistake by taking the initiative to propose this challenge.

He felt that he might not be able to defeat Yu Chen now, but he absolutely would not admit it. Why? Because he was the Beast God.

"More or less."

The two did not waste words and immediately began fighting in the most primitive form of close-quarters combat. Yet Yu Chen still held the upper hand.

The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon's strength was far inferior to that of the Golden Dragon. In close combat, the Golden Dragon was invincible among those of the same rank.

The two turned into shooting stars and battled back and forth, every collision sending considerable shockwaves scattering outward.

As time passed, quite a few soul beasts came to watch the battle.

Naturally, the other fierce beasts were among them as well.

"Di Tian is actually fighting that kid. Will Di Tian lose?"

The newcomer was Bear Lord, a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear of more than five hundred thousand years. He actually very much wanted Di Tian to lose.

It was not that he refused to accept Di Tian. Di Tian was simply too strong, and Bear Lord could not beat him. If someone defeated Di Tian, he would be happy for a long time.

Zi Ji, the Myriad Demon King, and Bi Ji were also watching the battle.

By then, the battle had reached its climax. Both had gone all out, but Di Tian could not display his full strength because his bloodline was being suppressed.

Yu Chen had restrained all bloodline fluctuations and aura, not deliberately releasing any pressure, yet Di Tian was still suppressed because even the air Yu Chen exhaled carried a noble aura.

Soul beasts had no concept of time when fighting. If they were not careful, they could fight for an entire day and night.

Di Tian was nearly at his limit and could only use Dragon God's Claw. Why use Dragon God's Claw? Was he not afraid of hurting Yu Chen? Di Tian certainly would not use it at full power. He merely wanted to use the Dragon God's aura upon it to break free from the bloodline suppression.

After all, Dragon God's Claw was a divine skill bestowed upon Di Tian by the Dragon God, and it carried the Dragon God's aura.

Yet coincidences happened just like that. The Dragon God's aura completely activated the Ascension Dragon Pillar within Yu Chen's spiritual sea.

Nine-colored light burst from Yu Chen's brow, and the Dragon God's aura leaked out. Every soul beast present was suppressed.

A pillar appeared in Yu Chen's hand, radiating colorful light.

"This is the Ascension Dragon Pillar. How did it appear here?"

Then he suddenly understood. The old Dragon God must have placed it here. Ever since the Dragon God had saved him that day, he had fallen unconscious. When he woke up, he was already in Star Dou Forest.

"It must be the Dragon God's doing."

Sensing the familiar aura, Di Tian abruptly looked over and saw Yu Chen holding a pillar in his hand.

His heart trembled fiercely, and even the Dragon God's Claw he had just gathered dissipated.

Di Tian's body trembled uncontrollably, his shoulders rising and falling faintly as if desperately suppressing a surging tide. The next moment, two streams of scalding tears slid down his cheeks without warning—it was Lord Dragon God's aura.

After so many years, it once again lingered around him, identical in every way to the scent in his memories. He closed his eyes and let that familiar scent crash into his lungs. The dam in his heart collapsed with a roar, and all his restraint and longing burst forth in that instant.

"It still smells the same as before."

Di Tian murmured inwardly.

Yu Chen was dumbfounded. Something was wrong, wasn't it? Di Tian seemed to have been beaten to tears by him.

Di Tian had not really been beaten to tears this time, had he? That could not be it, right? The continent's number one Beast God being beaten to tears would be laughed at if word got out.

Then he looked at the Ascension Dragon Pillar in his hand and suddenly understood.

So Di Tian had been moved to tears after sensing the Dragon God's aura again.

The other fierce beasts saw this scene as well. Since the two had been fighting high in the air and far away, they could not see Di Tian clearly.

Otherwise, Bear Lord would definitely have mocked him properly.

"What is going on with Di Tian? Is he not fighting anymore?"

Bi Ji asked in confusion. The other fierce beasts merely shook their heads, indicating that they did not understand either.