"Though I really hate to admit it..."
Di Tian sighed as he spoke and set Chen Ping on the ground. "A thief can steal for a thousand days, but no one can guard against a thief for a thousand days. That saying always holds true."
"But how exactly did you learn that Soul Beasts are forbidden from becoming gods?"
There was puzzlement in Di Tian's voice. "Although the Scarlet King told me about this, he never told me how you learned of it."
"It began a few years ago, when Tang San first set his sights on the Auspicious Beast. Back then, I traded a Golden Apple produced by the Golden Ancient Tree for her agreement to perform Fate Guidance with me, a practice recorded in ancient texts."
"It was during that very attempt that we encountered Tang San's first attack on her. He wanted to overwrite her memories with a fragment of his daughter's soul, then have her sacrifice herself at the right moment and reclaim everything into his daughter's physical body."
"Only, my teacher interrupted that plan right from the start. With his daughter's soul fragment in our hands, Tang San naturally had no choice but to find another path. After lying low for a few years, he staged today's performance."
As he spoke, Chen Ping used his Spiritual Power to transmit the images from Tang Wutong's earlier memory fragments directly to Di Tian. Such an act was hardly difficult for beings at Chen Ping's and Di Tian's levels.
And precisely because of that, after reviewing the memories at tremendous speed, Di Tian's expression darkened further.
"Convey my thanks to your teacher, who was once a true God Level being. I owe you and your teacher a favor. If it is convenient, I would prefer to express my