"My lord! You've finally awakened!"
Di Tian's voice held both reverence and delighted surprise. After waiting for so many years, he had finally witnessed the Silver Dragon King's awakening once again. Now, the Soul Beast Clan would be great once more!
Hearing Di Tian's voice, Zeng Tian immediately turned his gaze toward the newcomer.
She was an exquisitely beautiful girl, with fair skin and clear, limpid purple eyes. Her long, silky silver hair cascaded down her back like crystal, and her beauty defied description.
Her high nose bridge and long eyelashes made her seem like the Creator's most perfect masterpiece.
So this is Gu Yuena. As expected of one of the Dragon God's incarnations, her aura is completely unfathomable to me right now.
Zeng Tian studied the girl before him, secretly astonished.
The other soul beasts present were also utterly shocked by Gu Yuena's appearance and hurriedly paid their respects.
Seeing that Zeng Tian hadn't moved, Di Tian hurriedly called out to him, "Zeng Tian, this is the sovereign of our Soul Beast Clan, the Silver Dragon King. Hurry and pay your respects!"
"Enough. It's a trivial matter. The rest of you may rise as well."
Gu Yuena waved a hand dismissively.
Di Tian stood and asked, "My lord, why have you awakened? Didn't you say you still needed a long time?"
"You were fighting so fiercely, and you even used the Dragon God Claw. Naturally, I had to come out and take a look."
As she spoke, Gu Yuena swept her gaze behind Di Tian.
After glancing at Xiong Jun, Gu Yuena nodded slightly and praised him. "Mm, not bad. I didn't expect you to encounter such an opportunity and awaken your Behemoth Giant bloodline further."
Then Gu Yuena sighed inwardly. Xiong Jun had considerable talent. In the past, he would certainly have been able to become a god; even becoming a First-Level God wouldn't have been impossible.
But now, even Di Tian couldn't become a god, let alone Xiong Jun.
Hearing Gu Yuena's praise, a smile appeared on Xiong Jun's face. He was very pleased with this himself.
Once he returned this time, his strength would surely increase tremendously.
Although he might still be unable to defeat Di Tian, reaching the level of a Level 99 Limit Douluo was entirely possible.
Gu Yuena's gaze swept over the soul beasts one by one before finally settling on Zeng Tian.
Seeing this, Di Tian hurriedly introduced him to Gu Yuena. "My lord, this is Zeng Tian, the successor I've chosen. His talent is no less than mine.
"Not only does he cultivate extremely quickly, having risen from three or four thousand years of cultivation to ten thousand years in just one year, but he also has an exceptional grasp of skills. He's created many skills himself. The Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King have already learned Flame Charge, greatly increasing their combat strength.
"His own talent for combat is extraordinary as well. With ten thousand years of cultivation, he's fought Scarlet King to a draw several times. Just now, he even blocked Xiong Jun's chain of Dark Gold Dreadclaw attacks, ultimately forcing Xiong Jun to use Sky-Rending Claw to end the fight."
Hearing Di Tian's words, the other soul beasts present were all rather shocked. Zeng Tian had actually improved that quickly. No wonder Di Tian valued him so highly.
"To fight Xiong Jun without falling behind with only ten thousand years of cultivation... his combat strength is indeed terrifying. No wonder you chose him as your successor. But he isn't suitable."
Gu Yuena looked at Zeng Tian, her delicate brows drawing together as she sighed softly.
Hearing Gu Yuena's words, Di Tian was puzzled. "Not suitable? What do you mean, my lord? Zeng Tian's bloodline is indeed somewhat lacking, but his performance has thoroughly proven that his bloodline cannot shackle him."
Gu Yuena said, "There's something very strange about his body. He doesn't seem to be a creature of this world. Moreover, judging by his true age, he doesn't seem to be more than ten years old."
"What!?"
At those words, every soul beast present was shocked and instinctively looked toward Zeng Tian.
"Zeng Tian, has it really only been ten years since you were born?"
The young Auspicious Beast was the first to ask, her eyes filled with shock.
Looking at the soul beasts surrounding him and staring at him, Zeng Tian nodded gently. "It's true. Less than ten years."
At the same time, Zeng Tian added inwardly that, to be precise, it had actually only been a little over a year since his birth.
"Hiss..."
Seeing Zeng Tian admit it himself, all the soul beasts present sucked in a breath of cold air.
The most shocked of all was Xiong Jun, whose expression grew blank as he looked at Zeng Tian.
It had already been absurd enough that someone with a little over ten thousand years of cultivation could fight him like that, even rendering his Dark Gold Dreadclaw powerless. In all his years of life, he had never heard of anything like it.
But now they were telling him that Zeng Tian had actually been born only ten years ago?
How could he possess such strength in a mere ten years? Even if he had started cultivating in the womb, that shouldn't have been possible, right?
The Auspicious Beast and Scarlet King were equally shocked. They knew Zeng Tian's rate of improvement was terrifying, soaring from a few thousand years to the ten-thousand-year level in a short time, but they hadn't expected his actual age to be far younger than they had imagined.
Not even ten years old-among soul beasts whose lifespans were routinely measured in tens of thousands of years, wasn't that practically a newborn infant?
Di Tian frowned. "But isn't that a good thing? To possess his current strength after only ten years means his talent is even more terrifying than I imagined."
Although Zeng Tian's age had surprised Di Tian, Zeng Tian had only possessed around three thousand years of cultivation when Di Tian first met him, after all, so he soon accepted this revelation.
"If that were all, it would naturally be a good thing. But his lifespan is too short. Based on my careful examination, he only has a lifespan of a few hundred years. That's why I said he wasn't suitable to be your successor."
Gu Yuena shook her head as she spoke.
So long as they weren't killed, soul beasts had lifespans measured in tens of thousands of years. Zeng Tian's few hundred years could pass while some soul beasts took a single nap.
She herself was one example. If the commotion caused by Di Tian and the others hadn't awakened her, she would have slept for at least another ten thousand years.
By the time she emerged ten thousand years later, Zeng Tian would long since have reached the end of his lifespan and died.
"Zeng Tian only has a lifespan of a few hundred years?"
At that moment, it was as though a thunderbolt from a clear sky had struck the Auspicious Beast's mind, and she instinctively staggered back a few steps.
How could that be? How could Zeng Tian's lifespan be a mere few hundred years!!!
That span of time was far too short for a soul beast, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion found it impossible to accept.
The young Auspicious Beast immediately asked Gu Yuena, "Big sister, you're so powerful. You must have a way to extend Zeng Tian's lifespan, right?"
As she spoke, the Auspicious Beast was so anxious that she was almost in tears.
Spending a few hundred years with Zeng Tian and then parting... I don't want that!
Yet Gu Yuena's words made her feel as though she had plunged into an ice cellar.
Gu Yuena shook her head and sighed. "I don't have any good solutions either. Perhaps his lifespan will increase somewhat as his cultivation improves, but at most, it will only reach a thousand years or so. Unless he becomes a god, that will be his limit."