Of course, that was something that would happen ten thousand years later. It would not happen in this life.
Ye Yuan steadied his mind and looked at the Snow Empress, whose expression remained cool.
"Snow Empress, the path I've chosen for you is not the perilous path Xiao Wu took, transforming into a human and starting over."
Ye Yuan stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly,
"You Soul Beasts fear humans because you fear being killed for your Soul Rings and Soul Bones. And you have no choice but to face a heavenly tribulation every hundred thousand years because the Divine Realm of this world does not allow Soul Beasts to become gods."
Everyone present froze.
"The Divine Realm doesn't allow Soul Beasts to become gods?"
The Ice Empress's sharp voice was full of disbelief and confusion.
After all her years of life, she and every other Soul Beast had believed that surviving one heavenly tribulation after another and accumulating enough cultivation would let them become gods.
Yet the human before her was telling her it was all a lie.
All of it was false!
The Snow Empress's pupils contracted, and her lips trembled slightly.
Even Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue looked startled.
They knew of Divine Trials and gods, and understood how mighty deities were, but they knew nothing of this.
Facing their questioning looks, Ye Yuan chuckled and slowly said,
"Think I'm just trying to frighten you?"
Ye Yuan pointed at Xiao Wu.
"And did you think transforming into humans and starting over would let you cultivate into gods like humans do?"
"Wrong. Utterly wrong!"
Ye Yuan continued with a mocking look,
"You transform and start over, throwing away a hundred thousand years of cultivation. Do you really think the gods of the Divine Realm