Di Tian: I Truly Deserved to Die!

Within Spirit Hall's Papal Hall.

Qian Daoliu and the other worshippers sat in a circle around a large round table. At its center, a recording played of Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts slaughtering the human Soul Masters who had gone to Star Dou Forest in search of treasure.

After watching the three-minute one-sided massacre, the seven people present did not know what to say for a while.

They were all old monsters who had lived for over a hundred years and believed themselves extremely knowledgeable about every part of the continent.

Yet the appearance of Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts, along with those seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, had utterly shattered that confidence.

After a long while, Qian Daoliu was the first to speak. "What are your thoughts on this recording?"

The others remained silent for a long time, unable to answer.

Of course, they did not know what to say either.

The contents of that recording had nearly crushed all the pride they had built up over the past several decades.

One strike had killed a Quasi-Titled Douluo, one sword had pierced through a Soul Douluo, and despite clearly being Soul Beasts, they could switch back and forth between human and Soul Beast forms.

All of it instantly overturned everything they had understood for decades.

"Big Brother, no matter what, we absolutely cannot go to Star Dou Forest again. Its current situation is far too mysterious."

Golden Crocodile stood and pointed at Di Tian and Xiong Jun, who had transformed into his true form, within the recording.

"Leaving aside that Soul Beast with a human appearance, this Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear alone has clearly cultivated far beyond one hundred thousand years, judging from his size. Yet even so, he is not the strongest among them. Otherwise, he could not possibly obey the commands of that human-looking Soul Beast."

"And their Lord. Whenever they mentioned their Lord, their expressions were incomparably reverent. From this, we can roughly infer that their Lord's strength has likely reached a level that even we would have to look up to."

Golden Crocodile's expression was grave.

All of them had heard of Soul Beasts such as Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bears.

Leaving aside those below one hundred thousand years, if a Hundred-Thousand-Year Dark Golden Terrorclaw Bear truly fought for its life, then among the seven of them present, only their eldest brother would likely be a match for it.

Yet Xiong Jun in the recording was far beyond the hundred-thousand-year level in size. His strength was unknown by how many times greater than that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but even so, he was still the one receiving orders.

That was why Golden Crocodile insisted that Star Dou Forest could no longer be offended.

Hearing this, Qian Daoliu nodded. He agreed with Golden Crocodile's assessment.

As the Angel God's high priest, his horizons were much broader than Golden Crocodile's and the others'.

The secret records of the Angel Clan stated that when their ancestor, the Angel God, became a god, she had sensed a terrifying existence within Star Dou Forest.

However, this brief piece of information had never been verified, so the high priests of every generation had considered it false.

But now, the emergence of Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts made Qian Daoliu believe that the information was true. Star Dou Forest was far more than it appeared on the surface.

"Pass down the order. From today onward, no one from Spirit Hall is to enter Star Dou Forest to hunt Soul Beasts. At the same time, completely seal off the Soul Hunting Forests under our control. Other than members of Spirit Hall, no Soul Master is permitted to enter and hunt Soul Beasts."

Qian Daoliu stood and addressed Golden Crocodile and the others.

Spirit Hall had no need to be the one to stick its neck out and test whether Star Dou Forest truly forbade all humans from entering.

They only needed to wait until some Soul Masters could no longer restrain themselves and entered Star Dou Forest. Then they would know whether the information was true or false.

A supreme order swiftly spread throughout Spirit Hall.

Nearly identical orders spread through the powers across the entire continent at the same time.

Meanwhile, Clear Sky Sect had fallen completely into chaos.

Upon learning that his eldest son Tang Xiao had died and that his younger son Tang Hao was being pursued by Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect Master became so enraged that he could not catch his breath and died directly upon the sect master's throne...

In the blink of an eye, everything changed...

Twelve years later, within an independent space.

Chu Yuan sat cross-legged in midair with his eyes closed, while enormous Dragon Clan corpses lay exposed beneath him.

At that moment, Chu Yuan's tightly shut eyes suddenly flew open.

Chu Yuan slowly rose to his feet. Looking at the faintly trembling ground before him, he slowly said, "I can't absorb any more. This small world has already become unstable."

His luck had been good. He had found the Dragon Tomb six years earlier.

For the six years after finding the Dragon Tomb, he had continuously absorbed the Dragon Qi within it like mad in order to restore his depleted origin.

His origin power had now recovered to seventy percent. It was not that he did not want to restore it to one hundred percent.

Rather, his excessive absorption of Dragon Qi had already made this independent small world of the Dragon Tomb somewhat unstable.

Although the Dragon Tomb's true core power was the loss of forces such as the Dragon God Core, excessive absorption of this ordinary Dragon Qi would still affect the stability of the Dragon Tomb's small world.

"It's time to leave. Once the Dragon Tomb stabilizes later, I'll return to replenish my origin completely, then take away treasures such as the Dragon God Core," Chu Yuan muttered.

Somewhere in the outside world, a crack suddenly tore open in the tranquil sky, and Chu Yuan slowly stepped out from the spatial rift.

As for the Dragon Tomb's small world, he directly stored it within the System Space.

This had been an unintentional act on Chu Yuan's part back then. At the time, he had also tried to store Douluo Star within the System Space, but he had failed. He did not know why.

Chu Yuan looked down at the unfamiliar land beneath his feet and slowly closed his eyes.

A moment later, his powerful senses instantly locked onto Star Dou Forest.

After locking onto Star Dou Forest, Chu Yuan slowly took a step forward.

In an instant, he vanished beyond the horizon.

As the largest Soul Beast forest on Douluo Star, Star Dou Forest was now a peaceful place.

Other than the roars produced by Soul Beasts fighting over territory, no other roars could be heard.

Then, a terrifying aura suddenly descended upon the tranquil sky with a thunderous crash. Its owner was Chu Yuan.

The origin within his body had now recovered to seventy percent, and his strength had also returned to the level of eight hundred and ten thousand years.

"Lord!"

Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts, who were at the bottom of Star Lake in the core region, were instantly overjoyed upon sensing that aura.

Within moments, Di Tian led Xiong Jun and the other Ferocious Beasts through torn space to appear before Chu Yuan.

"Lord!"

Upon seeing Chu Yuan again, the joy on Di Tian's and the other Ferocious Beasts' faces was so intense that it seemed ready to overflow.

Chu Yuan was very satisfied as he looked at Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts kneeling on one knee before him.

"Not bad. It seems that while I was gone, you truly did cultivate diligently. But Di Tian, twelve years have passed. Why has your cultivation only reached nine hundred and ten thousand years?"

Chu Yuan did not believe that Di Tian, after having his restrictions lifted and cultivating with all his might in Star Lake, where Soul Power was richest in all of Star Dou Forest, could only reach nine hundred and ten thousand years in twelve years with his talent.

Hearing this, guilt appeared on Di Tian's face.

"Lord, after I broke through to nine hundred thousand years, my cultivation speed became abnormally slow."

I deserved to die. Why couldn't I work harder? I had failed my Lord's expectations!

Di Tian: I truly deserved to die!