Di Tian

"Your injuries." Qian Chenzhou pointed at the Silver Dragon King, unable to help marveling that she truly deserved to be an ancient monster who had lived for who knew how many years. Her figure and beauty were both absolutely peerless!

The Silver Dragon King's eyes did not ripple in the slightest as she quietly watched the child before her. Propping herself up with one arm, she rested her head in her palm. "That isn't enough."

For her, recovering from her injuries would be a decent condition.

But it was not something she absolutely needed.

Given enough time, her injuries would naturally recover on their own.

According to him, helping him hunt Soul Rings and creating a god capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with her in just a few decades was not worth it.

Besides, humans were not particularly trustworthy to her.

"This is only one benefit I'm offering you," Qian Chenzhou said calmly. "You just witnessed the power within my body. It will be of absolute benefit to you."

"What if I can place that power into Life Lake?"

The Silver Dragon King's eyes flickered slightly as her five fingers rhythmically tapped against her cheek.

If that power could be placed within Life Lake, it would be an absolute boon for her and the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts here. She simply could not refuse it!

Seeing that the Silver Dragon King was tempted, Qian Chenzhou smiled. "What if I also told you that I can transform the power within your body into this kind of power, allowing you to escape the need to devour the Golden Dragon King and reach the strength of the Dragon God? Could you still refuse?"

"Tell me. What do you need?" The Silver Dragon King's breathing gradually grew heavier.

If she became the Dragon God, she could storm the God Realm and make those hypocritical gods pay a sufficient price!

She could also help the soul beast race become true beast gods, no longer needing to live in seclusion within Star Dou Forest.

The Silver Dragon King could not refuse these terms!

"I need a five-thousand-year mental-type soul beast." Qian Chenzhou smiled and raised one finger, then lifted a second. "You must also prepare seventy-two Soul Bones around one thousand years old, with none exceeding twelve hundred years."

"Don't tell me you can't fulfill the latter condition."

"Of course I can." The Silver Dragon King agreed immediately.

No one knew how many soul beasts died in Star Dou Forest every year—more than a hundred million when added together. The number of soul beasts born likewise far exceeded a hundred million. Over all these years, the Soul Bones dropped through soul beasts fighting one another had accumulated beyond imagination!

It was simply that humans had never obtained these Soul Bones. They were hidden throughout every corner of Star Dou Forest.

"Then I'll obtain the soul beast first. Have Di Tian or the Azure Bull Python gather mental-type soul beasts for me to choose from." Qian Chenzhou rose and headed toward the door. "Now let me out."

"Isn't a five-thousand-year soul beast a little too old?"

The Silver Dragon King looked at Qian Chenzhou, who was only about six years old. Even if she did not know how the human world outside had developed, she understood that a six-year-old child basically could not absorb a five-thousand-year soul beast.

"Don't forget that power."

"Fine!"

The Silver Dragon King rose personally, took Qian Chenzhou's little hand, and flew directly out of Life Lake.

She also wanted to see just how feasible the things this boy had said truly were!

If he really could absorb a five-thousand-year Soul Ring, it meant his future would certainly be boundless. Even if she cultivated him, she would not be losing out.

"Lord!"

The instant the Silver Dragon King emerged while holding Qian Chenzhou's hand, nearly all the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts and ferocious beasts knelt in submission.

"Di Tian, take this child to choose a soul beast. Afterward, bring seventy-two thousand-year Soul Bones back to see me."

"As you command, my Lord!"

Di Tian rose, his body swiftly shrinking as he transformed into the form of a human man. He was tall and powerfully built, with long hair draped over his shoulders.

Most distinctive were his crimson-gold vertical pupils.

He grabbed Qian Chenzhou and swiftly left the core region of Life Lake.

Di Tian's black dragon phantom had still not dispersed, and Golden Crocodile and Bibi Dong remained trapped where they stood.

The Azure Bull Python, Titan Giant Ape, A Rou, and Xiao Wu did not dare resist in the slightest. As soul beasts, they understood best the terrifying pressure emitted by that black dragon phantom.

It was absolute suppression on the level of life itself!

Splash!

As the lake water churned and Di Tian emerged with Qian Chenzhou in his grasp, Golden Crocodile's expression shifted from grief and indignation to astonishment, then finally to wild joy.

He had originally thought Qian Chenzhou was dead. He had planned to take Bibi Dong back, then return to Star Dou Forest and fight them to mutual destruction. He had never expected Qian Chenzhou to still be alive!

The moment he landed, Qian Chenzhou saw the blood at the corners of Golden Crocodile's eyes and mouth. He looked at Di Tian. "Let them go."

Di Tian snorted and directly withdrew the pressure binding them.

Golden Crocodile felt the fear shrouding his entire body vanish in an instant. As soon as he could move, he stepped forward and positioned himself between Di Tian and Qian Chenzhou.

"Di Tian, we can begin."

"Azure Bull Python, summon the five-thousand-year mental-type soul beasts here. Bring all the thousand-year Soul Bones as well." Di Tian issued the command directly, with no intention of acting personally.

Such errand-running was beneath him.

Moo!

A massive bovine roar spread from the region around Life Lake through the entirety of Star Dou Forest.

"Uncle Golden Crocodile, this is Di Tian, the second-in-command of Star Dou Forest." Qian Chenzhou pointed at Di Tian beside him. "He is a nine-hundred-and-seventy-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King."

When Golden Crocodile heard of Di Tian's cultivation age, his pupils abruptly contracted.

He had thought hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were the pinnacle of existence in Star Dou Forest. He had never imagined there were such terrifying ferocious beasts here. It truly deserved to be the most dangerous place!

The Azure Bull Python, Titan Giant Ape, A Rou, and Xiao Wu could not help looking toward the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King upon hearing this.

As soul beasts, they knew best that each hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation was not easy to overcome.

Even A Rou and Xiao Wu, as hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, could only be forced to take human form beneath the heavenly tribulation in order to preserve their lives. Otherwise, death and the dissipation of their souls awaited them!

Yet there was actually a ferocious beast approaching a million years!

The Azure Bull Python had only known that powerful beings existed within, never expecting one to be this powerful!

"Boy, you know quite a lot." Di Tian cast a cold look at Qian Chenzhou.

He did not recall their existence ever being recorded by humans. How exactly did this boy know about them?

"Di Tian, only when you understand what a demon is, rather than a beast, can you understand what truly powerful strength is." Qian Chenzhou spoke calmly, casually found a stone to sit on, and pointed beyond Star Dou Forest. "Do you consider those soul beasts below a hundred thousand years to be your own kind?"