Once his laughter subsided!
Lin Ming gathered his thoughts, his gaze settling on the enormous dragon corpse lying quietly on the ground in the Lake of Life.
At that moment, Lin Ming finally understood a saying-a whale fell, and all things flourished.
Di Tian was just such a being, one who could nourish all things. His death could benefit countless people.
Lin Ming looked at Di Tian's corpse and the Soul Ring that had condensed above it, bearing nine golden markings.
A look of delighted surprise involuntarily appeared on his face.
This was a 900,000-year Soul Ring, not an 800,000-year one!
It seemed the Dragon God was quite forgiving toward dead soul beasts. Even death could trigger a critical boost to their cultivation, sending Di Tian's cultivation straight to 900,000 years.
Still, this was not unprecedented. He remembered that the Three Qian Jun Ant Brothers of the Star Dou Great Forest had also received a critical boost to their Soul Ring colors after death, providing Tang San with three hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.
The energy contained in this 900,000-year Soul Ring was at least ten times greater than before. What an unexpected windfall!
Since Di Tian's cultivation was at 900,000 years, his Soul Bone was naturally at 900,000 years, and so was his Inner Core.
This critical boost had increased his worth tenfold, meaning there would be even more energy to absorb shortly.
Now it was time to consider how to divide up Di Tian's corpse.
The Golden Dragon King was already itching to eat Di Tian's corpse and devour his essence blood and flesh.
"After waiting so long, I can finally dig in!
I reckon this feast will restore some of my divine power. This is going to feel amazing!"
With an evil grin, the Golden Dragon King made to pounce on Di Tian's corpse.
"Don't be so hasty. Let's settle the distribution first.
Besides, how could we leave out the person concerned on an occasion like this?"
"The person concerned?
What kind of outrageous joke are you cracking, kid?
Huh? You mean Di Tian's soul?"
The Golden Dragon King failed to catch on at first, then looked at Lin Ming with a shudder.
"Wait, isn't that a bit much?
We're about to carve up his corpse, and you're going to summon him so he can watch?
You're not that twisted, are you, kid?
Even a sicko like me thinks you're a sicko!"
"What kind of talk is that?
I'm just letting Di Tian feel a little involved. It's his corpse, after all. We ought to let him know what every part is being used for, shouldn't we?"
"Fair enough. Hurry up, then. I can't wait to devour it."
"Mm!"
Lin Ming nodded. With a slight stir of his thoughts, Di Tian's soul was drawn out from within the Reincarnation Tower.
"Humm~"
A gentle light spilled down from the sky, like an angel descending, and Di Tian's soul slowly began to take shape before everyone.
It was none other than Beast God Di Tian, who had only recently died and whose soul remained intact.
At that moment, Di Tian looked at his own cold, enormous corpse.
There was no displeasure or resentment, only a trace of complicated calm.
He had lived for nearly 100,000 years and dared say he had experienced everything, yet he had never seen or experienced such a bizarre scene:
After dying, he was looking at his own corpse as a soul, then cheerfully discussing with others how to divide the rights to use it.
This was far too hellish...
"Doesn't it feel extraordinary?"
Lin Ming's casual words reached Di Tian's ears.
"It certainly does. But I accept it willingly."
"You certainly have the right attitude."
"That's not quite it.
My Lord, you may not know this, but the law of survival for our Soul Beast Clan has always been that the weak are meat for the strong, and the fittest survive.
There are plenty who slaughter one another within their own groups, and the strong prevailing while the weak are weeded out is simply the norm.
I've cultivated for a hundred thousand years and never restricted my diet. Apart from not killing members of the Pure Dragon Clan, I could say I've eaten every kind of soul beast in this Star Dou Great Forest.
Ultimately, the number of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts I've eaten far exceeds the number humans have hunted.
Only later, when soul beasts grew scarce, did I restrain myself considerably.
Though I am the Beast God, I am still a soul beast at heart. Soul beasts eating soul beasts is perfectly normal.
So even if the Golden Dragon King, my lord, wishes to devour my flesh, I have no complaints whatsoever.
Because he is stronger than me. What's more, once he devours my flesh, he can resurrect the Dragon Clan.
My death in exchange for the prosperity of our entire clan-I can count that as dying a worthy death."
"That's true!"
Lin Ming could understand Di Tian's feelings very well, and he had also learned how cruel things were between soul beasts.
Since Di Tian was so open-minded, he would not be so sentimental as to pity him. Di Tian truly had died a worthy death.
At that moment, Di Tian looked at Lin Ming again, admiration appearing on his face.
"My Lord, your Reincarnation Tower truly defies the heavens!
Souls cannot linger on the Douluo Continent. When humans or soul beasts die, their souls instantly dissipate and are swallowed by the River of the Netherworld. Unless someone from the Divine Realm fishes them out, they will drift in the River of the Netherworld forever."
"Douluo has a Netherworld?"
"Yes, it does."
A Netherworld, but no reincarnation...
Some ideas suddenly occurred to Lin Ming. Could he use the Reincarnation Tower to swallow the entire Netherworld in the future?
This was a promising direction.
Compared with the underworld, the Netherworld was far too low-tier.
The Netherworld was actually just a River of the Netherworld that trapped everyone inside.
Still, that could only be blamed on how low-tier the Douluo Continent was. Its reputation as the bottom of the fantasy barrel was no empty talk. It would have been strange if it had reincarnation.
But now that he was here, he would establish reincarnation in this universe-not for anyone else, but for himself.
Being the Lord of Reincarnation should feel pretty good, right?
He considered it briefly, but soon cast aside his stray thoughts and looked at Di Tian.
"Although it's rather hellish, we really are going to start processing your corpse now. After all, that was our objective from the beginning.
All your essence blood and flesh will go to the Golden Dragon King.
I'll keep all the materials from your body-your dragon horns, dragon scales, dragon claws, and the dragon bones left after he devours you.
Even a single one of your dragon scales is a top-grade metal that can serve as material for making top-grade Battle Armor and Mecha.
No objections?"
"Of course not. I'm already dead. Naturally, my corpse should be put to good use."
"Very good. Golden Dragon King, you can go ahead and devour it."
At Lin Ming's command, the Golden Dragon King, who had long since run out of patience, immediately went over and began gulping down blood.
Di Tian's dragon corpse was several thousand meters long, and his dragon blood alone amounted to a pond's worth. It would probably take the Golden Dragon King quite some time to consume it.
"That's all the Golden Dragon King and I want. The rest is yours.
I'll keep your Inner Core for you. It's a 900,000-year Inner Core, so converting it straight into energy would be too much of a waste. You're the most suitable person to use it.
Then there's your Soul Bone. You should have deliberately condensed a Soul Bone before you died, right?
After all, you already knew you would reincarnate. What Soul Bone did you leave for yourself?"
"My Lord, I left myself a Head Soul Bone."
"A Head Soul Bone?
You've been in the Star Dou Great Forest all this time, yet you know so much about the way humans cultivate nowadays?
Actually, I wanted you to leave a Head Soul Bone before, too, but I forgot. I didn't expect you to have prepared it yourself in advance."
"That's not quite it."
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