Five Years Later, Chu Yuan Emerges from Seclusion; Tang San and Tang Chen Trespass into Star Dou Forest

Five years later, within the Dragon Tomb, Chu Yuan sat cross-legged in midair, bare-chested.

The aura around him had now reached a level that could no longer be probed.

"Phew."

Chu Yuan slowly exhaled a breath of foul air. His tightly shut eyes opened, and the instant they did, a streak of golden light flashed through them.

"I have now absorbed all the Dragon Qi within the Dragon Tomb. Although my origin has yet to fully recover, with my current strength, I can at least barely contend against the five God Kings of the God Realm."

Chu Yuan slowly rose to his feet and glanced at the place where he had spent five years.

His origin had now recovered to ninety percent. Once the remaining ten percent was restored, his origin would fully recover, and his strength would return to its peak.

"Perhaps I can make up that final ten percent of my origin by devouring the Silver Dragon King's bloodline."

His strength had now surpassed that of the heavily injured Silver Dragon King. Obtaining her Silver Dragon King bloodline would be as easy as taking something from his pocket.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Chu Yuan vanished from where he stood.

Outside, above Star Lake in Star Dou Forest, a spatial rift was torn open, and Chu Yuan slowly stepped out from within.

At once, Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts at the bottom of Star Lake snapped their eyes open and rushed out of the lake.

"My Lord." Di Tian arrived before Chu Yuan and bowed slightly.

Behind him stood not only several Ferocious Beasts from Star Dou Forest, but also three from the Extreme North, as well as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who had successfully transformed into a dragon and broken through to a cultivation of one million years.

Chu Yuan nodded at Di Tian, then looked directly at the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

"How does it feel?"

Hearing this, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King stepped forward. His aura surged as golden light bloomed around him.

"My Lord, thanks to the two great treasures you bestowed upon me, along with that drop of blood containing the True Dragon bloodline, I would never have been able to truly transform into a dragon, nor could my cultivation have broken through to one million years."

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's strength had now touched the threshold of a Rank Three God. Of course, since he lacked a Divine Seat, he could only touch it and could not break through.

To become a true deity, one had to possess a Divine Seat.

"My Lord, does your emergence from seclusion this time mean that your strength has returned to its peak?"

Di Tian could not hide the excitement in his voice. Their Soul Beast Clan was truly growing stronger and stronger.

Leaving aside their own lord, their clan already possessed a true god. Though he was merely a God Official without a Divine Seat, this was far better than when the Silver Dragon King had been their lord.

And all of this was thanks to the Golden Dragon King before them.

Di Tian felt increasingly fortunate that he had made the right choice back then.

Chu Yuan shook his head. "Not yet, but close enough. The purpose of my emergence this time is to devour the Silver Dragon King's bloodline, then fuse her bloodline with mine."

Merely devouring the Silver Dragon King's bloodline would be far from enough. Devouring it did not mean that the bloodline would remain peacefully settled within his body.

He still needed to solve the problem of the golden and silver bloodlines clashing within him.

And to solve it, he needed the Dragon God's Tears within the Dragon Tomb.

As the core essence of the First-Generation Dragon God, the Dragon God's Tears could allow the two conflicting bloodlines to merge after being absorbed. As for how long that fusion would take, no one knew.

It could take several months, or perhaps one or two years.

Hearing this, Di Tian immediately looked at his lord in delight.

Excellent!

At last, they could settle accounts with that piece of trash who had brought the Soul Beast Clan into irreversible ruin!

"My Lord, then shall we—" Di Tian began, only to be interrupted by a wave of Chu Yuan's hand.

At the same time, Chu Yuan's spiritual power locked tightly onto the two humans who had entered the outskirts of Star Dou Forest.

"That figure... is Tang San."

The feedback from his spiritual power showed him a blue-haired youth whose face could barely be considered human.

It was unmistakably Tang San, and beside Tang San stood Tang Chen.

"A Soul Saint cultivation. The changes have truly been enormous."

Chu Yuan's expression was complicated. Based on what he knew, the current timeline should have been after the Soul Master Tournament, when Tang Hao took Tang San into Slaughter City to train.

However, after he destroyed the Heaven Dou Empire, the Soul Master Tournament had not proceeded as he expected.

Yet Tang San's changes truly surprised him.

In the original work, Tang San had only been a Soul King at this point. Now, however, he was already a Soul Saint.

"My Lord, leave those two fools who do not know their place to me."

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's divine soul now spread throughout Star Dou Forest. Thus, the moment Tang San and Tang Chen stepped into Star Dou Forest, he noticed them.

And during his years in Star Dou Forest, he had also learned from Di Tian about Chu Yuan's current attitude toward humans.

Hearing this, Chu Yuan shook his head.

"You only need to seal off Star Dou Forest. I will deal with those two personally."

He no longer wished to spare Tang San. Previously, his origin had been damaged and his strength had fallen, and he had also been occupied with the Divination Talisman's divination process, which was why he had turned a blind eye to Tang San.

But things were different now. His strength had recovered to ninety percent. If he could kill Tang San, then he certainly would.

Meanwhile, Tang San and Tang Chen were still extremely excited.

"Xiao San, once your great-grandfather hunts a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for you, your fourth examination will be complete as well."

Over the past five years, Tang San had already begun the Asura God Examination. As for why he had started it so early and completed three examinations in such a short time—

Naturally, it was the handiwork of that iron-faced and impartial law-enforcement god, the fairest being in the God Realm, the Asura God King.

Tang San's fourth examination was to absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his seventh Soul Ring.

That was why Tang Chen had brought Tang San to Star Dou Forest. After all, Star Dou Forest had the most Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

As for danger? What a joke. With Tang Chen, a Rank-Ninety-Nine Peerless Douluo, present, what danger could there be?

"Hmph, these Soul Beasts are truly detestable. As Soul Beasts, they should obediently serve as tools for us Soul Masters to grow stronger. Yet they have joined forces to resist us Soul Masters. They have truly brought death upon themselves!" Tang San said with an evil expression.

After five years of endless slaughter, Tang San's temperament had changed somewhat. He had become extremely bloodthirsty.

"Don't worry. Once you inherit Lord Asura God's Divine Seat, those evil Soul Beasts will naturally pay the price for their foolish actions."

Tang Chen greatly agreed with his great-grandson's words.

As Soul Beasts, they only needed to serve as tools for Soul Masters to grow stronger.

Yet the Soul Beasts of Star Dou Forest had actually resisted humanity. Just as his great-grandson had said, they had truly brought death upon themselves!

"And what do you think our Soul Beasts should do?"

Suddenly, Chu Yuan's voice rang out from all directions.

"Who is it? How dare you play tricks before this old man!?"

Hearing Chu Yuan's voice, Tang Chen immediately bristled like a cat whose fur had been raised.

The Clear Sky Hammer instantly appeared in his hand, while nine Soul Rings emerged beneath his feet.