The Silver Dragon King

The crimson figure had three enormous heads and looked somewhat like a lion. Its entire body was fiery red, and as it appeared, a scorching aura rushed toward them.

Clearly, it was Scarlet King, ranked eighth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

In the Douluo II Era, all Ten Great Ferocious Beasts had cultivation bases exceeding three hundred thousand years. The Ice Empress, just one rank above Scarlet King, was already close to four hundred thousand years old. Even if Scarlet King had not reached three hundred ninety thousand years, he was probably at least three hundred seventy or eighty thousand years old.

By that logic, Scarlet King's cultivation ten thousand years ago had to be above three hundred thousand years as well. He was likewise a being on the level of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

But then again, Scarlet King, had you accidentally let your Emperor Auspicious Beast run away again?

Bai Chen silently put Scarlet King and Xuan Zi in the same category.

No, considering Scarlet King had been instantly knocked flat in a direct clash with Xuan Zi, he was inferior to Xuan Zi.

While Bai Chen silently criticized Scarlet King's negligence, Three-Eyed Golden Lion set him down and roughly explained the situation to Scarlet King.

She said to Scarlet King:

"Scarlet King, go call Di Tian out. I have something to say to him."

"Alright."

Scarlet King gave Bai Chen a deep look. His three heads nodded at once before he ran off again.

Before long, Bai Chen saw the person he had been looking for.

"Auspicious beast, Scarlet King said you encountered a human equal to you?"

As a calm voice sounded, a black-haired, golden-eyed young man emerged from the darkness. Though he made no special movements, he naturally exuded the bearing of a superior.

He was Di Tian, first among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts and the Beast God who would later be known as the continent's strongest being.

However, in the Douluo I Era, humanity had not yet sufficiently explored the Star Dou Great Forest, so they did not yet know of Di Tian's existence.

"That's right."

Upon seeing Di Tian, Three-Eyed Golden Lion visibly relaxed, and her tone became much lighter.

"Di Tian, this human is called Bai Chen. His Martial Soul is Three-Eyed Golden Lion. If he stays by my side, my cultivation speed can increase just like yours!"

"Oh?"

Di Tian glanced at Bai Chen and smiled.

"Then that's good. It seems we'll have to raise this lucky human and let him live as long as possible."

Bai Chen's current situation was somewhat similar to Huo Yuhao's at the end of the Douluo II Era. At the time, Huo Yuhao was blessed by fate, so Di Tian had wanted to extend his lifespan in order to keep the fortune on him from disappearing.

Bai Chen was the same now. He was a human beneficial to the Star Dou Great Forest, and with Di Tian's methods, extending his lifespan would not be difficult.

But Bai Chen did not want to become a captive humanoid buff machine. Since he had luckily been reincarnated once, he naturally wanted to properly see this world. As for the scenery of the Star Dou Great Forest, he had already seen far too much of it through Three-Eyed Golden Lion's memories.

Fortunately, he had no shortage of bargaining chips to negotiate with Di Tian.

"Di Tian, how is that Ice Silkworm you have imprisoned doing now?"

"--"

The moment Bai Chen spoke, Di Tian's gaze instantly locked onto him, his eyes filled with astonishment.

In this era, the Core Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest was a true forbidden zone for humans. The Great Beast Land was even more inaccessible to humanity.

Therefore, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, hidden in the deepest parts of the Great Beast Land, should have been completely unknown to humans.

Yet this human before him had exposed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's existence in a single sentence. That was absolutely abnormal.

Facing Di Tian's scrutinizing gaze, Bai Chen did not waver in the slightest and continued.

"I exist in three different eras at the same time. The me speaking to you now is only my earliest self. There are also two versions of me living ten thousand years later and twenty thousand years later. The three of us share the same consciousness, which is why I know things people in this era could never know. If you don't believe me, ask Three-Eyed Golden Lion. She just shared memories with me and can prove whether I'm telling the truth."

Hearing the last sentence, Di Tian turned his gaze toward Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion nodded at him, indicating that everything Bai Chen had said was true.

This was also one of the reasons Bai Chen had not panicked after Three-Eyed Golden Lion shared memories from the three eras with him.

For him, having his memories shared was not necessarily a bad thing. On the contrary, he could use this opportunity to conveniently attribute much of the information only a transmigrator could know to his future self, making his words more credible.

Take Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, for example. He had actually learned all the details from the novel, but now he could say it was intelligence heard by his self from twenty thousand years later. For some unknown reason, in the Douluo III Era, the legend of the Million-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm seemed to be known by everyone, and Three-Eyed Golden Lion knew this.

"There's such a thing..."

Di Tian murmured in disbelief, seemingly unable to accept it.

Even for someone as knowledgeable as him, Bai Chen was the first oddity of his kind he had encountered.

But he still did not know that this was only the beginning. Bai Chen would bring him countless more surprises afterward.

Bai Chen said seriously:

"There are many matters more important than this, Di Tian. Twenty thousand years from now, Soul Beasts will have fallen to the brink of extermination by humans."

"..."

Di Tian once again turned his gaze toward Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

And the answer he received was the same as before. Three-Eyed Golden Lion nodded heavily, telling Di Tian that Bai Chen was speaking the truth.

"Phew..."

Di Tian let out a long breath, turned around, and said calmly:

"Come, Bai Chen. I'll take you to meet a revered being."

After saying that, he did not wait for Bai Chen's response and headed deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Bai Chen and Three-Eyed Golden Lion exchanged a glance and hurriedly followed.

Although Di Tian had not stated whom he was taking Bai Chen to meet, Bai Chen had a rough guess.

What Bai Chen had said concerned the survival of all Soul Beasts. Naturally, the person Di Tian wanted him to meet was the true ruler of Soul Beasts.

The Silver Dragon King, who was currently recuperating from her injuries.

Silver Dragon King

On the way to the Great Beast Land, Di Tian remained silent, seemingly lost in thought.

Only when they reached the side of the Lake of Life did Di Tian stop and say to Bai Chen:

"The one you are about to meet is the most exalted being among our Soul Beasts. Do not speak a single lie, and show proper respect. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

Bai Chen nodded.

Di Tian seemed satisfied with his attitude. He turned to face the Lake of Life and extended his hand above it. Black streams of air drifted from his palm and slowly merged into the lake.

Soon, ripples spread across the surface of the Lake of Life. With a rumble, a gigantic silver head emerged from the water.

The beautiful silver dragon looked down at Di Tian from above and said in a deep voice:

"Di Tian, didn't I tell you not to wake me without urgent business? What happened?"

Looking at this dazzling silver dragon, Bai Chen from the Douluo III Era silently glanced at the silver-haired girl leaning against his shoulder.

He reached out and poked the girl's cheek. She let out a soft murmur and instinctively curled up, making her already petite body look even cuter.

If he did not know the plot, it would have been hard to imagine that the Silver Dragon King would become like this.

On the Douluo I side, Di Tian also began explaining the situation to the Silver Dragon King.

The Silver Dragon King listened patiently. By the end, her expression had become rather strange as well.

She shifted her gaze back to Bai Chen.

"Human, come here."

Bai Chen obediently stepped forward.

The Silver Dragon King's gaze swept over him twice. She said thoughtfully:

"There truly is a strange yet profound Spacetime Power within him. It seems he was not lying."

Di Tian asked:

"Lord, can you control this Spacetime Power?"

"No."

The Silver Dragon King shook her head.

"This Spacetime Power is of an extremely high level. Even I can only detect its existence after careful observation. Mastering it is impossible."

After answering Di Tian's question, she calmly said to Bai Chen:

"Child, tell me about the future in detail. I would like to know how Soul Beasts were driven to the brink of extinction by humans."

"Alright."

Bai Chen immediately agreed and said:

"To explain the reversal of power between humans and Soul Beasts, we must start six thousand years from now..."

The struggle between Soul Beasts and humans had lasted for ages. It could be said that ever since these two kinds of creatures were born, they had been hunting each other.

Throughout this long conflict, humans had spent the vast majority of the time at an absolute disadvantage.

Take the era Bai Chen lived in, the Douluo I Era. Humans did not even know the Great Beast Land existed.

It was no exaggeration to say that if the Divine Realm had not intervened, the Star Dou Great Forest of this era could truly have destroyed humanity by launching a beast tide.

Yet only twenty thousand years later, Soul Beasts had been forced into a desperate situation.

Do not think twenty thousand years was a long time. Looking across the long river of Douluo Continent's history, twenty thousand years was only an extremely small stretch.

There were two main reasons humanity could force Soul Beasts into such a state within such a short time.

First, the emergence of Soul Tools.

Although the Douluo I Era had Soul Tools, they were basically antiques passed down from ancient times. But after Douluo Continent collided with Sun Moon Continent, Soul Tools became devices Soul Masters could manufacture themselves.

This directly brought an enormous increase to the overall strength of the entire Soul Master world.

Second, the leap in Soul Master cultivation.

From the Douluo I Era to the Douluo III Era, Soul Masters' cultivation methods and resources kept changing. But overall, the collective cultivation level of Soul Masters continued to rise.

During the Douluo I Era, Bo Saixi remained on Sea God Island, Tang Chen was controlled by the King of Slaughter, and Qian Daoliu was the only Limit Douluo on all of Douluo Continent capable of acting. Facing Di Tian and the many Ferocious Beasts under him, humanity had no ability to resist at all.

By the Douluo III Era, Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie had emerged among humans, both beings on Di Tian's level. The number of Limit Douluos had also exploded. In that era, even without relying on technology, humanity's overall strength still surpassed that of Soul Beasts.

In Bai Chen's view, the fundamental reason Soul Beasts had been surpassed was intelligence.

To put it more bluntly, Soul Beasts generally were not very smart.

Humans could attain an intelligence level in a little over ten years that Soul Beasts needed one hundred thousand years to catch up to.

The difference in time was simply too enormous, enormous enough to inspire despair.

Whether it was the development of Soul Tools or the advancement of cultivation methods, both were results achieved through knowledge passed down from generation to generation. The long years Soul Beasts needed to gain intelligence clearly did not support them doing the same.

It could be said that Soul Beasts losing to humans was inevitable and difficult to avoid.

"Then what should we do?"

After hearing Bai Chen's account, the Silver Dragon King asked curiously:

"If you were to think of a way to save Soul Beasts, what method could you come up with?"

"Become a god. Save Soul Beasts with absolute power."

Bai Chen immediately answered firmly:

"According to legends passed down twenty thousand years later, Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao successfully reached God Level through the power of the Million-Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. I believe I have that potential as well."

"Oh?"

The Silver Dragon King smiled upon hearing that.

"Are you saying that I should give Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to you? So this is where you reveal your true intention."

"Not give. Exchange."

Bai Chen corrected her.

"I will use Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power to become a god and repay you afterward. Of course, I will not do nothing before becoming a god. I will share the technologies I learn from the future with you, allowing you to experience in advance the convenience of the technologies humans use to defeat Soul Beasts, thereby strengthening Soul Beasts as a whole."

"Interesting."