Gu Yuena Was Stunned into Swearing: Li Qinglian, Who Comprehended the Great Dao of Life and Death, Had the Bearing of a God Lord

Gu Yuena's beautiful eyes shimmered with silver light.

She could sense that Li Qinglian's body contained an extraordinary power.

That power was not particularly strong, yet it gave her an intensely unsettling feeling.

"Hmm?"

"Na'er, your senses are too sharp."

"Of course. I'm the Silver Dragon King."

Gu Yuena rolled her eyes prettily.

"I can sense a very familiar aura from your eyes. It should come from an old friend of mine, but it definitely isn't the Goddess of Life."

Gu Yuena stared into Li Qinglian's eyes.

Li Qinglian activated his eyes at that moment.

Hearing her words, Li Qinglian activated the Pure Heart Eyes.

A faint layer of white light silently lit up in the depths of his pupils. In that instant, all the subtle things between heaven and earth that ordinary people could never perceive even in a lifetime appeared clearly before his eyes.

The soul power particles drifting through the air, the veins of moisture deep within the roots of plants, the paths traced by the vibrating wings of distant birds...

"This is Goodness's power!"

"You've met the Goddess of Kindness?"

Gu Yuena's pupils contracted slightly.

She remembered that aura.

It belonged to the Goddess of Kindness, a goddess as renowned as the Goddess of Life and one of the Five Supreme Gods.

"Spirit Hall worships the Angel God, while the Goddess of Kindness is the Angel God's direct superior."

"The Goddess of Kindness gave me these eyes. They're called the Pure Heart Eyes."

Li Qinglian found a clean patch of grass by the lake and sat down, patting the spot beside him to indicate that she should sit as well.

"Is that so? These Pure Heart Eyes are very precious. They can not only let you see through the warmth and coldness of the human world, but also perceive the essence of all things. They can even clarify the mind and calm the spirit."

Gu Yuena sat beside him, her silver-white hair falling across the green grass as a strange light flickered in her beautiful eyes.

She was even a little envious of Li Qinglian.

Human bodies were weak, but they were like blank sheets of paper—blank sheets upon which one could paint freely.

Li Qinglian had obtained the Goddess of Kindness's Pure Heart Eyes and could integrate them into himself. But the Dragon Clan could not. The powerful dragon bloodline gave the Dragon Clan a natural rejection of foreign powers.

The Dragon Clan possessed the strongest innate physique, but that also locked down its upper limit.

Humans were innately weak, yet the Human Clan actually possessed the highest potential.

In truth, it was very fair.

As heaven and earth turned, there could not be a flawless race. Otherwise, there would have been no point in the Creator making other species.

Every living being between heaven and earth possessed its own unique fortune.

It was merely that the Dragon Clan and the Human Clan stood somewhat above the many other races.

"Na'er, what do you think the Goddess of Kindness feels about me?"

Seeing that Gu Yuena still showed no sign of responding, Li Qinglian coughed lightly and asked.

"She treats you quite well."

"Back when the Dragon God still existed, Goodness and Life were two goddesses with a very close relationship. She's fond of you because of that connection, so it's normal for her to give you a treasure."

"Na'er, your way of thinking is really..."

Li Qinglian muttered under his breath.

Her emotional intelligence was far too low.

He was speechless. His hint had already been so obvious.

No wonder Gu Yuena had been completely wrapped around Tang Wulin's finger in the original story.

Li Qinglian had no idea what else to do.

But soul beasts did everything directly, so it was no surprise that female hundred-thousand-year soul beasts who took human form were almost immediately courted away, then devoted themselves completely and never betrayed their partners.

"Pfft."

"You little rascal!"

"You're trying to get a treasure from me, aren't you?"

Gu Yuena finally understood. Her silver eyes curved into crescents as one slender jade finger poked his forehead.

Only then did she fully realize it.

"What else?"

"Na'er, if you want to invest in me, you have to put something into it."

Li Qinglian crossed one leg over the other and leisurely enjoyed the mottled sunlight filtering through the thick leaves.

The air around the Lake of Life smelled far better than the air around Spirit City.

If it were not so boring here, Li Qinglian truly would not have wanted to leave.

Seeing the youth's lazy appearance, a trace of tenderness flashed through Gu Yuena's beautiful eyes, though she deliberately put on a stern expression.

"Li Qinglian, let me tell you something. I'm very stingy. It won't be so easy to get treasures from me."

She crossed her arms over her chest, making her already full curves appear even rounder and more eye-catching. A playful gleam rested in her silver eyes.

"You have to prove your worth first, don't you?"

"I told you already. Although you becoming a God King would have some value to me, that still isn't enough!" Gu Yuena's expression became solemn once more.

Only if the God Realm produced someone like the Dragon God would it spare them. Otherwise, as long as the God Realm was not utterly foolish, it would never spare existences like the Silver Dragon King and Golden Dragon King, who were a full level stronger than the God Realm's God Kings.

That was the bare minimum.

Gu Yuena understood this clearly. If Li Qinglian became only a God King in the future, then even if she tried to appeal to his emotions, it would be useless.

Li Qinglian raised an eyebrow and did not waste words.

He stood up and released his martial soul.

The phantom of a colossal black tree slowly rose behind him. Its trunk was like dark jade, every grain flowing with dim radiance, and it emitted a concentrated aura of death so dense it nearly became tangible. The aura spread in every direction. Wherever it passed, the grass and trees lowered slightly, and even the wind seemed to grow heavier.

Yet when Gu Yuena's gaze fell upon its crown, her pupils suddenly contracted.

Amid those pitch-black branches, countless dense green leaves were unmistakably hanging.

Not buds, but leaves.

Emerald green, tender and vibrant, like fresh shoots emerging from scorched earth after a spring rain.

The green leaves spread layer upon layer among the black branches. Every leaf flowed with a gentle radiance of life, creating an extremely stark and utterly paradoxical contrast with the pure death aura of the divine tree.

Leaves of life had grown upon a tree of death.

Gu Yuena abruptly rose to her feet, her silver-white hair stirring without wind due to the violent surge of her emotions.

She stared at that emerald crown, and for the first time, her exquisite face revealed a loss of composure.

"You... you comprehended the Great Dao of Life?"

Her voice trembled with disbelief.

A Death Divine Tree of pure death had actually sprouted the aura of life upon its deathly foundation.

"Life and death..."

"Life and death appearing together."

Gu Yuena murmured to herself, the light in her silver eyes flickering intensely.

"That is Reincarnation..."

She drew a deep breath, then sharply turned to Li Qinglian. The shock in her eyes gradually transformed into a blazing light.

She had originally believed that the greatest surprise Li Qinglian possessed was the Pure Heart Eyes. Those eyes truly counted as a treasure. They could allow Li Qinglian to distinguish loyalty from treachery, recognize good and evil, and, once cultivated to the utmost, observe the microscopic flow of the world's laws.

But that was ultimately only a minor path.

As long as Li Qinglian's primary power remained death, his upper limit would still only be that of a Death God King!

The Pure Heart Eyes could only help Li Qinglian avoid detours; they could not fundamentally elevate him!

But now!

Li Qinglian's core power had changed from death to death and life!

That was a qualitative transformation!