Sorrow

So tired, so sleepy...

Gu Yuena wearily lifted her eyelids, only to find the scene before her somewhat blurry.

She was in a cave. It seemed she was no longer in Shrek City.

"My Lady, you're awake." Di Tian stepped forward. "My Lady, I've laid an illusion around this place. It's very safe."

"No one can find us here. You're safe now."

Gu Yuena closed her eyes, signaling that she had heard Di Tian.

The aura of a higher Dragon Clan member was already gone from her body. She was no longer a deity either, looking just like an ordinary person.

Her injuries were too severe. Every trace of life force within her had already drained away.

Now, she was only holding on with the last breath in her heart.

With her Godhead shattered, her bloodline damaged, and injuries of her own, Gu Yuena was undoubtedly doomed to die.

Her divine consciousness had also been tortured to the verge of collapse by the Godslayer Spear.

And across the entire Douluo Continent, there was no person or thing capable of restoring a Godhead, bloodline, and divine consciousness at the same time.

Breathing in the fragrant air around her, Gu Yuena vaguely felt that the environment here was rather pleasant.

Dying here would not be so bad.

Di Tian gathered some dew and fed it to Gu Yuena. Sensing someone approaching, Gu Yuena's body trembled, and she jolted awake in panic.

"My Lady, it's me." Di Tian said anxiously, "It's all right. I'm here. No one can hurt you anymore."

Seeing Gu Yuena in her current state, Di Tian felt terrible.

This was the first time he had ever seen his Lady so haggard and miserable.

In his heart, his Lady had always been proud. The Lady he revered was the leader of all soul beasts, possessing a noble status and invincible power.

She was the example for all soul beasts.

But now...

Di Tian took a deep breath. He felt something indescribable. He did not know what it was, but he knew that he was in pain.

What else could he do for her?

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Yuena hazily lifted her eyelids. "Di Tian... where is the Dragon God's Heart?"

"The Dragon God's Heart?" Di Tian froze. Right, how could he have forgotten the Dragon God's Heart?

Perhaps the Dragon God's Heart could help his Lady undergo nirvana and be reborn.

Di Tian said excitedly, "My Lady, the Dragon God's Heart is with me. Quickly, use it to heal your injuries."

As he spoke, Di Tian took out the Dragon God's Heart and tried to push it before Gu Yuena.

But at that moment, Gu Yuena tremblingly raised a hand and grabbed his sleeve. "No, Di Tian... that is not... why I asked about... the Dragon God's Heart..."

"My Lady." Di Tian was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Gu Yuena breathed deeply. After quite a while, she slowly said, "After leaving the Dragon God... the energy of the Dragon God's Heart... was not... inexhaustible..."

"Without the Dragon God's own nourishment... after so long... so much time passing, and maintaining the Beast Platform... its energy... has gradually... weakened."

Hearing this, Di Tian hurriedly said, "It's all right, My Lady. Its energy may indeed be far weaker than before, but it should still be able to help you recover."

"After you recover, whether you want to continue confronting the Golden Dragon King or leave this planet and live on another, I'll go with you."

"It's useless." Gu Yuena gave a bitter smile. "No matter... where I flee to, the Golden Dragon King can... find me through the resonance of our bloodlines..."

"Di Tian, do you... know?"

"The time has come for a new generation of leader of the Soul Beast Clan to be born."

"And I believe... I believe that this new leader of the soul beasts... is standing... right before me... now."

Gu Yuena's words exploded in Di Tian's mind like a bolt of thunder.

"No... no..." Di Tian hurriedly shook his head in panic. "There is one and only one ruler of the soul beasts, and that is you!"

"Besides, I... I'm only a warrior, not the lord of all soul beasts. I don't have that ability."

"Di Tian." Gu Yuena's condition had improved considerably at that moment. She understood that this was a final flash of vitality. She did not have much time left.

"Di Tian, listen to me." Gu Yuena took a deep breath. "After I am gone, you will be the new ruler of the soul beasts. The soul beasts will have to rely on you from now on."

"Believe me. This calamity will pass."

"No matter how much energy the Dragon God's Heart has left, it must be used to awaken Tang Wulin's divine consciousness."

"Forgive me, Di Tian. When it comes to love, I want to keep it for myself."

"I only want him to belong to me alone. In his eyes and in his heart, there should only be me."

"I am such a selfish person. Yes, I don't know when it began, but I had long since come to see myself as human."

"But what did it matter whether I was human or a soul beast?"

"I only knew that my heart had long been given to another."

"To be honest, I have existed my entire life for the Dragon Clan and the soul beasts. But this final time, I want to live for him."

"There is only one path to ending this war: use all the energy in the Dragon God's Heart to awaken Tang Wulin's divine consciousness."

"He has created many miracles. This time, he certainly will too."

"Enough!" Di Tian said angrily. "My Lady, stop talking. I don't want to hear any more of this."

"If all the Dragon God's Heart's energy is used to awaken Tang Wulin, what will happen to you, My Lady?"

"Right now, the Dragon God's Heart is the only possible way to save you."

"Without the Dragon God's Heart, My Lady, you will die!"

"Do you understand? You will die!"

"I absolutely will not agree!"

Di Tian's breathing grew rapid. Only the Silver-and-Gold Dragon Kings could use the Dragon God's Heart. Though he could hold it temporarily, he had no right to use it.

If Gu Yuena herself did not wish to use the Dragon God's Heart, then no one could use it to save her.

Gu Yuena smiled. "Perhaps this is fate. If this is the destiny I was fated to bear."

"If I, Gu Yuena, am destined to die today, then I will have no regrets."

"It is time for this calamity to end, and the final victory will surely belong to us!"

"Compared to hundreds of millions of lives, what was my own life worth?"

"No." Di Tian's eyes reddened with blood. "My Lady, let alone hundreds of millions of lives, in my heart, your life alone outweighs everything!"

"Saving all people for an entire lifetime and saving one person for an entire lifetime are the same to me."

"If that is so, then why can't we save one person and abandon the rest?"

With that, Di Tian slowly knelt to the ground and bowed deeply. "I beg you, My Lady. Use the Dragon God's Heart to heal yourself!"

Gu Yuena shook her head. "Di Tian, my mind is made up. Say no more."

"Sadly, in the end, I never got to hear him say the words that he would marry me..."