I Thought Dying for Love Was Only an Ancient Legend

But Gu Yuena found it hard to believe...

The Star Dou Forest ranked third.

She had thought they were unquestionably first.

Who would have guessed they were only third? How much else was hidden on Douluo Continent?

Surely there weren't several God Kings lurking around?

Even Di Tian stared at the Sky Screen in disbelief.

After such a long series of rankings, everyone knew the Sky Screen wasn't making things up.

There had to be other forces hidden ahead of them.

Besides the Clear Sky Sect, which had inherited the Asura God's position, one even greater force remained concealed.

"Don't tell me Lord Dragon God still has another incarnation out there?"

Di Tian glanced at Gu Yuena suspiciously. Otherwise, he couldn't imagine what else was hidden. Another God King?

Next, as usual, the Sky Screen began playing Gu Yuena's personal record.

But when Gu Yuena appeared, everyone froze.

It opened twenty thousand years in the future...

"Holy shit, they're going that far?"

"What's with the twenty-thousand-year jump? Wait, remember the deep-sea ranking? The Demon Empress devoured a Demon Soul Great White Shark twenty thousand years later, too."

"So this is happening around the same time as the Demon Empress's story?"

What kind of era would Douluo Continent see in twenty thousand years?

The Sky Screen gave them the answer.

Soul Guidance Technology flourished, while the Soul Beast Clan stood on the brink of extinction...

After awakening, Gu Yuena sealed her own power and memories so she could enter the human world and find an opportunity for revenge.

During the sealing, a human facet of her soul, "Na'er," came into being.

With no memories at first, she was found by Tang Wulin and taken into his home.

Once her memories awakened, Na'er saw herself as human. She loved the human world and had no wish to destroy humanity; instead, she hoped humans and Soul Beasts could live in peace.

Gu Yue, meanwhile, bore the burden of restoring the Soul Beast Clan as its leader. At first, the two personalities were utterly incompatible, nearly causing Gu Yuena's mind to collapse. But later, their shared love for Tang Wulin eased that conflict, and their memories merged.

Tang Wulin had been the only ray of light in Gu Yuena's dark fate. In the end, that light became her calamity.

The Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King had once been one. The pull of Tang Wulin's bloodline on Gu Yuena bound them together.

Ultimately, it made Gu Yuena give up her best chance to overthrow humanity and reclaim their territory.

Many Soul Beasts frowned at this.

Even the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who had already become a god, could barely watch.

"Humans hunt Soul Beasts for Soul Rings. Soul Beasts have to fight back if they don't want to be killed.

They've been enemies from the start, yet the leader of all Soul Beasts wants to seek a peaceful way out."

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King clicked his tongue, scoffing at Gu Yuena's fantasy.

Where there was intelligence, there was greed.

Even if you didn't want a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, what about a Soul Bone?

A hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast was guaranteed to yield a Soul Bone.

Judging by the technology shown on the Sky Screen, the Soul Beasts had no chance of resisting.

When Di Tian saw iron walls encircling the Star Dou Forest, one ring after another, he could barely contain himself.

They had walled off their home!

And worse, Gu Yuena, the last hope of their entire clan, had gone and fallen in love...

Di Tian felt the Soul Beast Clan was finished. If extinction was inevitable, why bother trying to revive the clan? They might as well slaughter humanity first and at least get some satisfaction.

But as he kept watching... Di Tian noticed something was wrong.

Gu Yuena had fallen in love with Tang Wulin, but she had never stopped seeking a way forward for the Soul Beast Clan.

Yes, she kept that love firmly in check.

She was fundamentally different from Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue had been blinded by love.

Gu Yuena, though, had never forgotten her mission, even while she loved him.

Then the Abyss invaded...

At the sight of the Abyssal invasion, Zhongli's and Venti's eyes turned grave.

In an instant, Wanmin Restaurant felt as though it had plunged into an ice cellar.

Only after confirming this Abyss was not the one they knew did they breathe a sigh of relief.

If Teyvat's Abyss had followed them here, it would be no laughing matter.

Even if Tang San formed the Great God Realm ahead of time, they would be done for.

Once the Abyss had been dealt with, the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts finally reached its breaking point.

At last, Gu Yuena had to face the one problem she could not solve.

Would she choose Tang Wulin, or the Soul Beast Clan...

In the end, she chose to maneuver Tang Wulin into killing her, hoping to end the war between humans and Soul Beasts.

Watching this, Di Tian felt cursed by fate...

If his leader died, what was he supposed to do...

At least she had resolved the conflict between Soul Beasts and humans before she died.

Their clan wouldn't be wiped out.

Just when everyone thought the story had ended...

"Dad and Mom still have my sister beside them. But you only have me."

Tang Wulin's words stirred even the expressionless Gu Yuena of this time.

On the Sky Screen, Tang Wulin drove the Golden Dragon Spear through his own heart to die with her...

Gu Yuena slowly revealed her plan: she had started the war not to destroy humanity, because even humanity's destruction would bring the Soul Beasts no benefit.

Instead, she had intended to use the Myriad Beast Platform to control most human Soul Masters and their strongest fighters, then force humanity to negotiate from a position of overwhelming strength. Finally, she would use her own death as the price to compel a peace treaty between humans and Soul Beasts.

If the war truly continued, even victory would awaken the slumbering Plane Master. Even if she defeated him, the entire continent would collapse in the process.

The Soul Beast Clan would still perish. That was why she had chosen this plan.

But Di Tian and the others could not accept it at all. What was this, if not placing their fate in their enemies' hands?

Were they supposed to pray their enemies would remain benevolent forever? As the years passed, human hearts would change.

For a hundred years, Tang Wulin might remember their promise... But after that? What about a thousand years later?

Di Tian was just about to urge Gu Yuena to reconsider when he froze.

On the Sky Screen, Tang Wulin drove the other end of the Golden Dragon Spear into his chest.

In the blink of an eye, the two fell into each other's arms.

The Soul Beasts who had been cursing Gu Yuena in their hearts stared in shock.

What the hell...

How had this turned into a lovers' double death?

Wasn't dying for love supposed to be only an ancient legend?

They had thought only one of them was blinded by love. Now it turned out the other was, too.

The greatest leaders on both sides were blinded by love...

Was the god who created this continent a god of love?

The Sky Screen's account ended, but the oppressive weight it left behind made everyone's hearts pound.

In Gu Yuena's position, who could guarantee they would have done better?

Even Bibi Dong, for all her towering ambition, could not have done what Gu Yuena had.

The Soul Beasts of that era had faced a dead end. Even if they beat Tang Wulin, how would they face the returning Tang San? Or the awakening Plane Master?

Di Tian had nothing left to say. His Supreme Lord had done everything she could. What more could he ask of her?

All he could do was curse the Dragon God for being a fucking idiot.

No wonder he'd lost his wife in his youth and his son in middle age.

The Dragon God had died for nothing.