"No."
Di Tian shook his head, then raised his hand and examined his slender, fair, well-proportioned palm.
As he sensed the soft, slender contours of his body and its feminine characteristics, an extreme sense of absurdity welled up in him.
The energy contained in Di Tian's successful reincarnation had not only improved some of Ling Ziyue's physical attributes, but also cleansed the impurities from her body.
So Di Tian could tell.
"This body seems to be... no, wait. This body... it's female."
At those words, the entire gathering fell deathly silent.
The air around the whole Lake of Life froze in an instant.
Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, and the Myriad Demon King, the three great ferocious beasts, all stood rooted to the spot, their faces blank.
Their instinct was not to believe it, but when Di Tian stood up, the transformation had reduced all of Ling Ziyue's previous disguises to nothing.
Her cropped hair had grown long, her previously flat chest had filled out a little, and with Di Tian's face being a girl's face, along with the fair skin all over his body, everyone finally realized that Di Tian was not joking.
The mighty overlord of the Star Dou Great Forest, Beast God Di Tian, whose power had awed the entire continent for tens of thousands of years, the continent's foremost ferocious beast, had actually been reincarnated as a human girl.
After a brief, deathly silence, a burst of laughter, childish yet extraordinarily deserving of a beating, suddenly erupted:
"Hahahahaha! Di Tian, you actually... you actually turned into a girl!"
The Golden Dragon King's tiny body tumbled up and down in the air with laughter, his arms and legs flailing. He was so delighted that he nearly fell out of the air, laughing until tears almost came out:
"You're killing me!
"Beast God Di Tian, the Dragon God's personal guard, the son of the Light Dragon King and the Dark Dragon King. Being reincarnated as a human cub was one thing, but a female one at that.
"The Dragon Clan's greatest disgrace has to be you."
The Myriad Demon King was even more dumbstruck. Frozen in place, his mind completely blank, he could not believe he had made such an outrageous mistake.
The corners of Lin Ming's mouth were twitching wildly as well. He truly could not accept this unexpected turn.
He immediately activated the Reincarnation Tower and summoned Ling Ziyue's soul before him.
He had not noticed before, but now, in her soul state, Ling Ziyue unmistakably looked like a girl.
He had not examined her carefully before, and now it had led to such an enormous blunder.
Looking at the soul before him, he said helplessly:
"You're a girl?"
Ling Ziyue nodded and blinked, looking utterly innocent as she said:
"Yes."
"Then why didn't you say so earlier?" Lin Ming was almost beside himself with anger.
Ling Ziyue merely looked at him innocently:
"Nobody asked me."
"Fine, fine, fine. That makes so much sense that I actually can't argue with it." Lin Ming wanted to cry but had no tears. There was nothing he could do with her.
Indeed, nobody had asked, because from beginning to end, it had never occurred to anyone that she might be a girl.
So Lin Ming immediately turned to the Myriad Demon King, staring at him through gritted teeth:
"Myriad Demon King, did you do this deliberately or by accident? Do you have a thing for Di Tian? Did you turn him into a girl on purpose?"
The Myriad Demon King was already panicking, terrified that Di Tian would tear him apart, and now Lin Ming's train of thought had left him utterly bewildered.
What did any of that have to do with anything?
He hurriedly defended himself:
"My Lord, I've been wronged! I truly didn't know.
"I am a plant-type soul beast. We have no distinction between male and female to begin with, and when choosing a vessel, I mainly looked at talent and bloodline.
"Besides, she looked just like a boy! Who could have told she was a girl?
"I didn't specifically check her sex, either.
"Look at her troubled background. She must have deliberately dressed as a boy and disguised herself as one to escape the Tang Sect's pursuit.
"She did it deliberately and concealed it on purpose. How can you blame me for that?
"Besides, I, the Myriad Demon King, only like soul beasts, and plant-type soul beasts at that. I absolutely couldn't have any improper designs on Di Tian!"
"Really?"
"Really?" Di Tian also spoke up, fanning the flames.
"Really?" the Golden Dragon King also asked in his childish voice.
"Really?" Xiong Jun was quite curious, too.
"Really?" the Scarlet King was the last to fan the flames.
"Oh, come on! What does any of that have to do with anything? I really didn't do it on purpose.
"I really can't explain my way out of this."
"Enough, I was teasing you." Lin Ming had no interest in teasing her further, either. He simply looked at Di Tian with a complicated expression:
"Although it used up quite a bit of energy, reincarnation is more important.
"How about I find you another male body and reincarnate you again?
"For the mighty Beast God to cultivate on a female account is a little awkward, after all."
But Di Tian merely shook his head:
"No need. I'll use this one."
"Are you sure you don't want to change?"
"I'm sure. This girl's soul is extraordinarily powerful, and she was born with a spiritual sea of consciousness before even awakening her martial soul.
"Her talent is terrifying.
"Without my intervention, she might have become a good-for-nothing without any soul power. Having spiritual power but no soul power is a death sentence for a soul master.
"But for me, I bring my own soul and innate martial soul, along with my soul bones. Her body is the best vessel for me."
"That outrageous? Is it really that amazing?"
"Yes, My Lord. This body of hers really does defy the heavens. I'm very satisfied."
"Golden Dragon King, do you know why?"
The Golden Dragon King shook his head:
"How would I know? Back when I fought in the Divine Realm, humans didn't even exist yet."
"That's true." Lin Ming then looked at Ling Ziyue again:
"What about you? Do you remember whether any of your ancestors were gods? Or beings with powerful bloodlines?"
"I don't remember. There's no family genealogy."
"All right, since we can't figure it out, let's stop thinking about it.
"You're certain you don't want to change, right?"
"I'm certain."
"All right. Since that's what you want, I won't force you."
"Since it's been decided, it's my turn to take the stage."
At that moment, the Golden Dragon King's voice rang out unexpectedly. The playfulness and frivolity from earlier were gone from his face; instead, he looked very serious.
It was Lin Ming's first time seeing that expression on the Golden Dragon King.
He slowly flew over to Di Tian and planted both hands on his hips:
"Beast God, although I am only the Dragon God's half-body, I still count as the Dragon God, after all. You know the Dragon Clan's tradition, don't you?"
At the Golden Dragon King's words, surprise immediately appeared on Di Tian's face:
"My Lord, do you mean that?"
"That's right. Although you've already lived for nearly 100,000 years, today is your reincarnation, so it can just about count as the birth of a Dragon Clan cub.
"You're a Dragon King's son, and you've served as my guard. Although that was my former self, I acknowledge it.
"Naturally, I won't treat you poorly.
"What the Dragon God owed you before, the Dragon God's protection, I will make up to you."
"The Dragon God's protection..."
Di Tian's breathing abruptly stopped, and he felt his eyes grow a little moist:
"My Lord, are you really going to?
"But you've only just managed to replenish a little of your bloodline."
"Didn't all of that come from you?
"After taking from you, what's wrong with giving you a little back? I abide by the code of honor.
"Stop dithering. And you call yourself the Beast God. Just accept it with peace of mind."
As he spoke, the Golden Dragon King began extracting the origin bloodline he had only just managed to condense, roughly three percent of it, enveloping Di Tian's entire body in it as he began bestowing the blessing!
Di Tian was utterly overwhelmed with emotion. The Golden Dragon King really was going to grant him the Dragon God's protection.
This was a privilege enjoyed by every Dragon King's son, the Dragon God's blessing.
It would bless a Dragon King's son with benefits such as growing up safely, a smooth life, and faster cultivation!
When he was born, the Dragon Clan had been in turmoil, and naturally, the Dragon God had not had the mind to do this for him.
Later, he had followed his lord to the lower realm.
He had followed his lord for tens of thousands of years without receiving anything.
Yet the Golden Dragon King had made up for it as soon as they met, even using what little origin power he had.
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