Remembering when the other man had approached back then, looking down from on high at the few of them and asking if they were willing to become his Soul Spirit.
His own enraged appearance at that time, and the way the other man had casually suppressed him.
Di Tian's body began to tremble, and the vast, peak-level dark power around him spread frantically-or rather, it scattered frantically.
His power completely collapsed in an instant, while Xiong Jun, standing off to the side, instantly retreated backwards.
That gaze of his, originally incomparably arrogant, was filled with terror at this moment.
He had not participated much in that battle; that battle had been a duel between Di Tian and that young man.
In the end, Di Tian had been heavily wounded, and it only ended when that young man finally used a bizarre power to revive him.
Yet ever since that battle, Di Tian had clearly grown much more silent, and had even begun to feel somewhat inferior.
Now, seeing this young man once again, his eyes were also filled with sheer panic.
Observing the two of them, Gu Yue was somewhat bewildered, as she did not know the other party; after all, she had still been sleeping back then.
Although that power was unimaginably terrifying, all power had been suppressed below God Level.
She had not been awakened at all, and thus understood nothing.
Zi Ji was the same; she had only watched from afar. Although there had been some subsequent contact, she knew nothing about the battle at the time.
Bi Ji, standing beside them, stood in silence.
Her eyes were likewise filled with terror-one could even call it despair.
Yet those fingers, white and flawless as jade, merely brushed casually past their sides, before the gaze pointed toward Li Qingxun.
Following the connection of their Soul Power, a peak-level, terrifying aura descended in an instant.
The extreme chill instantly ice-sealed the entire secret realm, shrouding the whole space in ultimate frost.
Immediately, a phantom figure flickered through the air.
It was an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, miniature to the extreme. As the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's figure slammed down fiercely,
a formidable chill spread outward, and the Ice Empress's form slowly evolved until it shrank into a miniature version.
Gazing at the infinitely shrunken Ice Empress, Di Tian and the others were somewhat dazed, the terror in their eyes not yet having time to scatter.
That figure did not even utter a single word, and the connection between the two shattered with a crash.
Seeing the Ice Empress appear, just as Di Tian and the others prepared to test the waters, the Ice Empress's figure flew out and landed squarely in the palm of Li Qingxun's hand.
Witnessing the Ice Empress's actions, the three of them turned their heads to look at Li Qingxun almost simultaneously.
Then, amidst their incredulous gazes, Li Qingxun's hand rose, and the Ice Empress slowly melted into his body.
Appearing alongside her was an exquisitely beautiful figure, one that the few of them were not unfamiliar with.
After all, ten thousand years ago, those foolish humans had even ranked them into a so-called list of the Ten Greatest Ferocious Beasts of the Far North.
Back then, Di Tian had originally felt nothing toward that list.
Until later on, that list turned into the young man's hunting roster, slaughtering them one by one starting with himself.
The only thing he knew was that the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion ranked third, named Snow Empress, was the very first existence to surrender to that fellow.
Now, watching Snow Empress and the Ice Empress appear together, Di Tian's figure violently retreated.
His hands instantly transformed into dragon claws, and the pressure belonging to a Demigod Level abruptly erupted in an instant, pressing down with vast might.
Yet facing this, Li Qingxun merely glanced at them before shifting his gaze to the Ice Empress.
The Ice Empress had already embraced Snow Empress, the two of them hugging tightly.
Noticing the young man's gaze, the Ice Empress's hand snapped upward, revealing a bizarre token in her grasp.
As the token gently shook, the very moment Di Tian was about to strike, his form abruptly stiffened.
Within his bones, countless fine threads seemed to emerge and entwine,
suppressing his originally massive power dead in its tracks.
Watching Di Tian's expression of utter disbelief, Li Qingxun casually twirled the token.
"What's wrong, Di Tian? Ten thousand years have passed, did you forget me so quickly? Do you still remember what I told you before I left back then?"
Li Qingxun yawned as he spoke, his expression devoid of any excessive emotion.
Faced with this supreme ruler of the soul beasts, he felt nothing at all.
After all, he hadn't even used Fantasy Power back then; relying solely on his Fantasy Dragon Martial Soul, he had beaten Di Tian half to death.
Thus, he held no particular feelings toward this Beast God, merely harboring a mindset of utilization.
If the awakened Gu Yue-or rather, Gu Yuena-truly proved unwilling to cooperate with him and still preferred to be Tang Wulin's loyal lapdog,
he would find a way to forcefully push Di Tian up to become the Dragon God. Though the difficulty would be much greater, it was still feasible.
And if Di Tian wouldn't do, he would choose Zi Ji.
In any case, pushing one of these three true dragons out to become the Dragon God shouldn't be too difficult.
If all three of them failed, he would simply conjure a clone through fantasy and see if he could usurp the Dragon God Divinity.
In truth, the reason he was reluctant to usurp the Dragon God Divinity was actually very simple.
It was because although the old Dragon God was dead, this thing could be resurrected.
Moreover, the other party's will still remained. If you let a dragon inherit the old Dragon God's divinity,
to tell the truth, the difficulty wasn't high, and one could even say there was hardly any difficulty at all.
Given the old Dragon God's state, once a dragon was capable of bearing the Dragon God Divinity, he would most likely bestow it regardless of what kind of dragon it was.
However, if Li Qingxun were to have a clone inherit it through fantasy,
the probability of the old Dragon God granting the divinity was zero, and by then he would have to fight the old Dragon God.
That would increase his difficulty, and there was entirely no need to do so.
In reality, this was also one of the reasons why Li Qingxun had deliberately controlled the situation ten thousand years ago to ensure the Soul Beast Clan would not be wiped out.
Aside from needing to utilize the power of the soul beasts to help his true body develop ten thousand years later,
much of it was also because the old Dragon God's remnant consciousness still persisted.
Once the soul beast clan in this world-or rather, the dragon bloodline-was completely worn away and ceased to exist entirely,
whether that old Dragon God's remnant consciousness would do something drastic was truly hard to say.
After all, this thing resided right within the Dragon Valley secret realm, on the Star Luo Continent countless millions of miles away from this place.
Listening to Li Qingxun's words, as the young man calmly removed his mask,
revealing that face which was identical to the one in his memories, only slightly more youthful,
Di Tian's body began to tremble, yet he could not muster even a shred of power.
Meanwhile, Zi Ji, Bi Ji, and even Xiong Jun also stared fixedly at the young man.
In their eyes were awe and terror, but more than anything, utter disbelief.
"You... you are that Fantasy Douluo? How is that possible? Didn't you already achieve divinity and head to the Divine Realm ten thousand years ago?"
"Why? Why are you still here? Is this your clone!?"
As Di Tian spoke, his voice began to tremble somewhat. Yet facing Di Tian's incredulous gaze,
Li Qingxun calmly twirled the token.
As he took a step forward, among the major ferocious beasts, aside from Bi Ji who was less affected,
the bodies of all the others began to stiffen entirely.
Watching the disbelief in the eyes of these major ferocious beasts, as well as Gu Yue who stood there calmly with her eyes flashing wildly, Li Qingxun smiled at them.
"Pretty much, though you remembered wrong. The one who became the God of Emotion is my clone, while this is my true body."
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