Chu Yuan: Di Tian, You Are a Good Beast

"Di Tian, join me."

The moment those words were spoken, not only Di Tian, but even the other Ferocious Beasts stared at Chu Yuan in stunned confusion.

They naturally understood what Chu Yuan meant, but wouldn't that be casting aside the Silver Dragon King, their lord?

Di Tian stood silently to one side. If he could, he was actually willing to follow the Golden Dragon King as well.

The Silver Dragon King was simply far too conservative. Even though she was gravely wounded, Douluo Continent was still under the God Realm's close surveillance.

But that only meant she herself could not reveal her presence on the continent. It did not mean they could not.

If they emerged, they might not be able to protect all the soul beasts on the continent, but they could at least preserve the soul beasts of Star Dou Forest.

As the largest soul beast forest on Douluo Continent, Star Dou Forest had once been a place where even thousand-year soul beasts were everywhere, and one could occasionally spot one or two ten-thousand-year soul beasts even in the outer regions, let alone the mixed zone.

But what about now? The number of ten-thousand-year soul beasts had plummeted, with the vast majority confined to the mixed zone and core zone.

That was only among the intelligent and more powerful ten-thousand-year soul beasts. As for hundred-year and thousand-year soul beasts, their numbers had been shrinking almost every year.

The reason for this was that the Silver Dragon King had ordered them, the true peak Ferocious Beasts of Star Dou Forest, to remain hidden from the world.

If they had been active in Star Dou Forest, how could those human soul masters have dared to enter so brazenly and hunt soul beasts?

Seeing Di Tian remain silent, Chu Yuan understood his concerns.

It was nothing more than the Silver Dragon King. Di Tian's loyalty would not allow him to betray the Silver Dragon King, but likewise, it would not allow him to betray the Golden Dragon King.

"Di Tian, I understand your concerns. But think about it—since that idiot Silver Dragon King came to Douluo Continent, what has she ever done for the Soul Beast Clan?"

"What has she ever done for the Dragon Clan?!"

Chu Yuan truly felt that the Silver Dragon King was unworthy of being the common ruler of the soul beasts.

Given her current condition, even if she could not resolve the plight of the Soul Beast Clan being wantonly slaughtered, she could at least have Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts act to greatly alleviate it.

Yet she had done no such thing. Instead, she had made Di Tian and the others fall into slumber alongside her, utterly ignoring the human soul master experts wantonly slaughtering soul beasts outside.

Especially her actions during the third Douluo era—they were enough to make one's vision go dark.

There was nothing wrong with integrating into human society and undermining humanity from within. After all, the humans of that era had become so powerful that even Di Tian had to fear them.

But the problem was how she integrated. With the strength of Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts, disguising themselves as humans, infiltrating cities without powerful experts stationed there, and studying human Battle Armor and Soul Tool knowledge would have been entirely feasible.

Hearing Chu Yuan's words, Di Tian could not help falling into deep thought. Ever since the Silver Dragon King had escaped from the God Realm, she had ordered him to lead the other Ferocious Beasts into the space beneath Star Lake and enter slumber, waiting for the right time to emerge and launch a devastating strike against humanity.

Yet the longer they waited, the stronger humanity became. There were already three Peerless Douluo alone.

That had been an impossible sight in the past.

Moreover, ten thousand years ago, two powerful human soul masters had relied on faith to become gods and ascend to the God Realm.

The inheritances left behind by those two deities would only make human soul masters stronger.

"Di Tian, look at me."

Chu Yuan's voice suddenly rose, and the Golden Dragon King bloodline within him pressed down upon the Ferocious Beasts present until they felt as though their chests were clogged and they could barely breathe.

"You are the Beast God. When those ancient Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were hunted by humans, there is no way you could not have heard their cries."

"You ignored your people completely. You really are fit to be their Beast God."

As he spoke, Chu Yuan still felt it was not enough. He immediately extended a finger, poking Di Tian in the chest as he spoke to him.

"If I were you, I'd have blown myself up long ago. You cannot even protect your own people, yet you still have the nerve to call yourself the Beast God."

Di Tian lowered his head, not daring to look at Chu Yuan before him.

Sometimes, he had wanted to rush out and slaughter every human soul master expert who entered Star Dou Forest to hunt soul beasts. But every time, the Silver Dragon King's words about prioritizing the greater good forced him back down.

All he could do was listen to the wails of the soul beasts outside.

"Th-this... is for the greater good. Before the greater good, these sacrifices are unavoidable."

Only after a long while did Di Tian force out those words.

"Bullshit greater good!"

Looking at the spineless Di Tian before him, Chu Yuan made up his mind that today, he had to make Di Tian stand tall again.

"This so-called greater good is making you watch as soul beasts are wantonly slaughtered, as high-level combat power is wiped out, and as humanity steadily grows stronger—until it becomes so strong that even you are no match for it."

"When that time comes, the Soul Beast Clan's situation will only be worse than it is now. Even your homeland will be turned into a tourist attraction by humans, and you will be penned within the core zone for humans to gawk at!"

Whenever Chu Yuan thought of Di Tian, the Beast God who had given everything for the Soul Beast Clan, being unable even to return home to undergo his tribulation, and of his dragon body being made into a warship after his death...

The more he wanted to pull Di Tian out of the mire.

"M-my lord, can humans really become that powerful?"

Di Tian raised his head, his eyes full of confusion. Humans were indeed growing stronger and stronger, but surely they could not become so powerful that even he would be no match for them?

"Go out and see for yourself just how strong human soul masters have become. In merely ten thousand years, there are already more than twenty Titled Douluo, three Peerless Douluo, and at least a hundred Soul Douluo."

"And that is only ten thousand years! What about another ten thousand years? Twenty thousand? Thirty thousand?!"

Although the Titled Douluo known to the people of Douluo Continent numbered fewer than ten, if the Titled Douluo of forces such as Worship Hall and Sea God Island were included...

The number would only exceed twenty.

Titled Douluo still possessed supreme authority and status now, but in the second Douluo era ten thousand years later, and then the third and fourth Douluo eras...

By then, Titled Douluo would be as common as cabbages by the roadside.

Soul Tools would even reach the point of threatening a deity.

"Humanity is developing too quickly. So quickly that after you sleep once and wake up, humanity's overall strength will have leaped forward by a huge margin."

Chu Yuan walked over to Di Tian and patted him on the shoulder.

"You are a good beast. You should not continue wasting your life away, and you certainly cannot keep making the same mistake when you know it is wrong."

Di Tian raised his head. His eyes held the look of a son who had finally received his father's approval.

"My lord, if I make up for my mistakes now, do I still have a chance?"

In the past, Star Dou Forest had possessed over twenty Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Now, only four remained.

And one of them had already taken human form, while another was close to doing so.

If he had been more resolute back then and saved all those Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that had been hunted, would things not have become like this?

"Of course you have a chance. There is always a chance whenever you awaken to the truth. Knowing you are wrong yet continuing to repeat the same mistake—that is when there truly is no chance left."

Upon hearing this, Di Tian drew a deep breath.

"Di Tian is willing to obey the Golden Dragon King's command!"

"I am willing to brave fire and water for our clan. Even death cannot deter me!"

Di Tian dropped to one knee, assuming the Dragon Clan's unique posture of absolute submission.