The Three Beasts' Discussion, an Awakening, and a Watcher in the Shadows

The clear lake water brimmed with vitality. From the vast lake, life energy spread outward in waves.

On the shore, two figures—one large, one small—were talking. Their natural presence kept the surrounding soul beasts from daring to come any closer.

The smaller figure was a rabbit. Her fluffy pink-and-white fur, nimble limbs, and long, playful ears made her look adorable. Her ruby-like eyes held a captivating allure, and she seemed to embody all the grace of nature—provided one overlooked the fact that she stood two meters tall.

The larger soul beast was a giant ape thirty meters tall. His limbs were like pillars holding up the sky, and even his thick fur could not hide the powerful muscles beneath. His palms were the size of millstones, and his sharp claws left deep gouges with a casual scrape across the ground. Even sitting motionless, he radiated a pressure as imposing as a mountain.

"Er Ming, you don't need to talk me out of it. I'm going to the human world, take human form, and avenge my mother."

The enormous pink-and-white rabbit spoke with resolve.

The mountain-like ape's voice rumbled like muffled thunder, but there was a pleading note in it.

"Sister Xiao Wu, why put yourself through this? The resources here at the Lake of Life, in the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest, are enough to help you survive the tribulation at two hundred thousand years. By then, that human will have died of old age."

These two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts were none other than Xiao Wu, before she took human form in the era of Douluo I, and her younger companion Er Ming.

"No. Dying of old age would be too easy for her. I have to take revenge with my own hands."

Deep hatred crossed Xiao Wu's