Mu En's plans, becoming Long Xiaoyao's disciple, and the battle art Myriad-Blade Profound Emperor (6K chapter)

"Little Qilin, Chaos Bird, remember to come back for me once you have six rings! I'm absolutely the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast best suited to you..."

Near the entrance to Death Canyon, the Dark Prison Lion Emperor reluctantly bid farewell to the human trio. Those last words were clearly directed at Yu Tianjun.

Once, he had believed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts needed to protect themselves in the outside world. Now, he felt that attaching himself to a human to gain eternal life wasn't so bad either.

The blueprint for Soul Spirits that Yu Tianjun had described gave him hope of immortality.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Just for protecting the Chaos Bird for tens of thousands of years, we'll definitely come back for you."

Seated on the Chaos Bird's back, Yu Tianjun waved both hands to bid farewell to his future companion. The Dark Prison Lion Emperor, overbearing at first and deferential now, was so endearing that he couldn't help smiling.

Because a certain Dragon God who had behaved like anything but a decent person had established heavenly tribulations before his death, talented Soul Beasts were struck by lightning every time they gained another hundred thousand years of cultivation. If they endured it, they lived on. If they couldn't, they died.

The heavenly tribulations were so fierce that every Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast feared them. Despite his powerful bloodline talent, the Dark Prison Lion Emperor was still frightened, making the lure of becoming an immortal Soul Spirit especially strong.

At best, he could seek godhood alongside the Qilin; in the middle, he could coexist within the Golden Tree; at worst, he could serve as an ancestor among the Qilin's descendants as an immortal Soul Spirit. The Lion Emperor had no reason to hesitate.

For Yu Tianjun, meanwhile, the Lion Emperor was the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul