Human desire was like a boulder rolling down a mountain. Once it started, it could no longer be stopped.
At first, Huo Yuhao had launched the beast tide only to lure Di Tian away so he could steal gold of life from the Star Dou Great Forest. But after obtaining a soul core and breaking through to Soul Douluo, he had grown stronger, and his desires had grown with him. He began plotting to acquire Di Tian's soul ring and soul bone.
Yet after building a chessboard around the beast tide and untangling every thread of the game, he discovered that there was much more he could do.
Soul Masters needed soul beasts to cultivate.
Without soul beasts, Soul Masters were destined to disappear.
Huo Yuhao had considered ruling the world through force and unifying the Four Great Empires. With his and Electrolux's strength, it would be child's play. Even gods descending from the Divine Realm could not stop him.
But human hearts were hard to fathom, and he had no desire to waste his energy scheming against others.
Nothing in this world was eternal. Only interests endured forever.
As long as he monopolized soul beasts, he could artificially create a chain of demand.
Making everyone depend on him and binding their interests to his would be far more efficient than military rule or violent conquest.
He and Electrolux had developed at least two ways to obtain soul rings without relying on soul beasts.
Of course, the Soul Beast Clan could not be allowed to go completely extinct either.
The cautionary example of Legend of the Dragon King was right there. Killing the hen to take its eggs, then leaving yourself with no eggs to eat later, was incredibly foolish.
He would relocate all soul beasts to the Bright Half-Plane,