"All right! I agree to cooperate!" After a long silence, Di Tian picked up his teacup and drained it.
Everything Tian Chen had shown since arriving here had exceeded all imagination.
For a hundred thousand years, he had racked his brains without finding a path that would truly let Soul Beasts escape their heavenly tribulations.
Yet now, a human youth barely in his teens had filled the most crucial gap with a mere lift of his hand.
He understood perfectly well that if the research Tian Chen spoke of succeeded, it would be an immense opportunity for the Soul Beast Clan.
Using "heavenly tribulations" as shackles and "time" as a file, the Divine Realm had always intended to carve their flesh with a dull blade, slowly wearing away the Soul Beasts' bloodlines and fighting spirit.
A tribulation every hundred thousand years, a hurdle every million-it seemed to offer a sliver of hope, but in reality, it nailed their entire clan into a cycle they could never break. Moreover, Soul Masters needed Soul Rings to advance, and more Soul Beasts were hunted down each year than died beneath heavenly tribulations.
Rather than sit and await death, they might as well seize this chance and gamble. Even if they failed, they might still win a thread of hope for the Soul Beast Clan.
The Divine Realm would never spare their Soul Beasts anyway. At this point, was there any path to survival other than trusting the human before him?
Besides, at first glance, this human clearly had an extraordinary relationship with the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress. He probably would not do anything too harmful to the Soul Beast Clan.
"As expected of the Beast God. Smart!" Tian Chen clapped his hands and said meaningfully, "But as for our cooperation, I've