Feeding the Saintess Right to Her Mouth

Lin Wan'er's furious voice startled the birds nesting among Emperor Willow's branches. They flapped their wings and flew off into the distance.

"That scared the life out of me! The Saintess's shout nearly made me crush the eggs I was incubating."

"Isn't that so? But the Saintess has never screamed so dramatically before. That streak of light must have hit her and disturbed her beautiful dream."

The swifts' chirping only made the already irritated Lin Wan'er even angrier. She swore she would find the culprit and let them know who the nation-destroying (Tang) witch of Star Dou Great Forest was.

"Don't let me find you, or you'll be in for it!"

Standing beneath the Emperor Willow, which continuously breathed toward the ground and refined Soul Power, Lin Wan'er seemed to sense something after saying that and looked up at the blue sky.

The Star Dou Great Forest was clear and cloudless at the moment, with the sun shining brightly and nothing out of the ordinary in sight.

Lowering her gaze, Lin Wan'er was just about to straighten her rumpled clothes when an ethereal female voice sounded beside her ear.

"Bearer of change, I am the Goddess of Life of the God Realm. The fact that you can hear my voice means the faint consciousness nurtured by this continent approves of you becoming my successor and has granted you the qualification to undertake Life's Nine Trials."

"Perhaps you are confused. Who is the God of Life? How did I become a god's successor? And what price must I pay?"

"Do not worry about such things, nor should you feel lost. You need only regard me as a qualified investor, a benevolent deity.

"As for the questions filling your mind, their answers will be revealed as you proceed into the third God Trial."

The Goddess of Life's gentle, benevolent voice vanished in an instant. Immediately afterward, the contents of the first God Trial appeared before Lin Wan'er in letters of mist.

First Trial of Life's Nine Trials: Nurture the Emperor Willow, and at the appropriate time, obtain a small portion of its main trunk and deliver it to the designated location.

As this trial will take too long, a God Trial Reward has been bestowed in advance. Soul Beast Saintess Lin Wan'er of the lower realm, please pay close attention to the Emperor Willow's safety and prevent others from coveting it.

Lin Wan'er: ...?!

She had practically been ready to take off her pants and make a God Trial deal with the beautiful Goddess of Life, yet the Goddess of Life was actually using this trial to test an old cadre? Lin Wan'er glanced at the Emperor Willow behind her and admitted that her appetite was indeed poor. She needed to live off the soft rice personally prepared by a rich older sister.

Rich lady, hungry, food!

Just as Lin Wan'er was about to use Martial Soul Possession and give the Emperor Willow a dose of Soraka-brand Jinkela, the Soul Power flowing through her body had only just begun to circulate when an immense surge of life force from nowhere nearly burst apart her newly born body.

Lin Wan'er: ...She admitted that the Goddess of Life had fed her a little too much. Her body could not quite handle it.

If the Soraka Martial Soul had not been of a higher rank than the continent's current standards, Lin Wan'er might truly have been left half-paralyzed by the first God Trial Reward the Goddess of Life had anxiously sent down from the God Realm.

Countless specks of green light rose from all over the continent, converged high in the sky, then flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest where Lin Wan'er was.

This phenomenon successfully drew the attention of the Ferocious Beasts leisurely flying back to the Star Dou Great Forest from the Sun Moon Empire landmass, including Scarlet King and the others who had arranged temporary settlements for the Four Sects.

They all set aside their work, warned the Soul Beasts and Soul Masters present to get along and not start quarrels, then instantly turned into blurs too fast even Soul Emperors could see clearly as they flew toward the deeper core region.

There were only two possibilities for such a heaven-shaking, ghost-weeping phenomenon to occur in the Depths of Star Dou Great Forest.

Either the sanctimonious Sea God had descended divine punishment, or the Saintess had come up with something new again.

At the same time.

Trapped within the sphere of light, Lin Wan'er could clearly feel as though a seed from a Tree of Life had been planted deep within her heart. It took root, transforming the combined power of Soul Power and the Power of the Stars into a kind of power that even the World Consciousness could not understand.

Her body also began to change. Her appearance went from that of a four- or five-year-old child to that of a seven- or eight-year-old, then an eight- or nine-year-old, before finally settling at ten years old.

From afar, Lin Wan'er's beauty had already surpassed Bi Ji's and was developing toward the appearance of a divine creation.

Simply put, Lin Wan'er's beauty at that moment was not the conventional beauty defined by ordinary people. It was a natural, androgynous beauty that no living being could refuse when she made a request.

A Soul Core, something that could only appear during the Peerless era and become widely known among Soul Masters, was born. It absorbed the Divine Power of Life Source that Lin Wan'er's body could not currently accommodate, further saving the Star Dou Great Forest from the dangerous stage of forced growth.

After the blessing from the first God Trial ended, Lin Wan'er was somewhat shaken. For the first time, she directly understood that the blessing power of a first-class god from the God Realm was even more terrifying than Di Tian and all the other Ferocious Beasts combined. No wonder Sea God Tang San had been so eager to scheme for the authority of a God King.

Not everyone could overcome the desire to keep climbing upward and restrain their emotions.

Glancing at the Divine Power of Life Source remaining on the ground that had yet to be absorbed by the God Core, Lin Wan'er considered it carefully and decided to give it to Beast God Di Tian and Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena.

The two of them were, after all, the pillars of the Soul Beast race and the doting parents standing behind her. Giving them a small benefit was the right choice.

After all, she was not Tang God King, who bit the hand that fed him. Not only had he refused to treat Ma Hongjun, one of the Shrek Seven Devils, with sincerity, he had even allowed Ma Hongjun's wife, Bai Chenxiang, to suffer the curse of Shura God's divine power.

Di Tian and the others hurried over and swept their gazes across the surroundings. When they discovered no nauseating aura from the God Realm, they finally relaxed and began asking Saintess Lin Wan'er as usual what she had done and why another phenomenon had appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Wan'er briefly answered Di Tian's question, thanked the other Ferocious Beasts for their concerned inquiries about her long sleep, then turned and handed the remaining Life Source Divine Power to Beast God Di Tian.

Bear King stared at the Life Source Divine Power in Di Tian's hand and, without any dignity at all, swallowed in front of everyone. The sound rang through the silent depths of the forest for all to hear.

"What a disgrace."

Zi Ji bluntly mocked Bear King, then said pointedly, "Di Tian, why aren't you hurrying to deliver it to our Lord?"

"Mm. Thank you, Saintess, for leaving behind this source power."

Though Beast God Di Tian's tone was calm, Lin Wan'er still caught the hard-to-conceal joy on his face. Looking at the true man before her, who worked tirelessly and ran himself ragged for the Soul Beast race, Lin Wan'er did not tease him for once and merely smiled.

Gu Yuena, sleeping deep beneath the lake, opened her pair of majestic dragon eyes and stared at Beast God Di Tian, who had dared to disturb her rest again after less than the blink of an eye. She remained silent for a long while.

As for the misunderstood Beast God Di Tian, he kept a stern face and presented the Divine Power of Life Source to Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena with both hands.