"Of course. But if you're willing to seize the Hell Demon Dragon King, Zi JI, from the Silver Dragon King and let me devour her, that works too!"
"The effect would be much weaker, but it should barely meet the requirements.
"Di Tian, you aren't thinking of making a woman take the fall for you, are you?
"Besides, with the entire Soul Beast Clan dead, what are you, the Beast God, still living for?
"You might as well die."
"Yes. With the Soul Beast Clan extinct, I have indeed been clinging to life all this time.
"Since My Lord needs my blood essence to recover his strength and help resurrect the Soul Beast Clan, I have nothing to say against it.
"But before that, I have two conditions."
"Well, well, Di Tian! You actually dare to set conditions for me? Are you even worthy of bargaining with me?
"It is your honor to be devoured by me, just as it is your honor to use your bloodline to atone to the Soul Beast Clan."
"I know. But My Lord, although I very much want to believe you, surely you can't expect me to give you my life on nothing but empty words?
"I must first confirm that what you said is true. Once I'm certain, I'll go bid the Silver Dragon King farewell. Only then will I willingly sacrifice every drop of my blood essence for you to devour, My Lord."
"Why bother saying goodbye to her?
"How inauspicious. You aren't going there to seize the Hell Demon Dragon King, Zi JI, and make her take the fall for you, are you?"
"You jest, My Lord. Am I someone who would cling to life at another's expense?
"Zi JI is now assisting the Silver Dragon King. Naturally, I won't disturb them.
"To tell you the truth, My Lord, we had already planned to leave for the human world today. Had you not arrived just then, we might have missed one another."
"All right, all right. You want proof?
"That's simple.
"My blood essence isn't pure enough right now, so I can't demonstrate my ability to transform bloodlines. But the entire Soul Beast Clan was brought into being through the Dragon God's catalysis-in other words, through my original body.
"You don't deny that my blood can alter their genes, do you?"
At those words, Di Tian nodded firmly. He truly could not deny it; he acknowledged that much.
"Then all we need is to prove that this boy really possesses such a heaven-defying ability. That's simple.
"Surely the Soul Beasts haven't really died out completely?
"You can't find even one?"
At those words, an embarrassed smile immediately appeared on Di Tian's face. He then found a sleeping snake Soul Beast in the Core Area-a thousand-year snake-and tossed it down before Lin Ming.
"Prepare an animal as well," Lin Ming said!
That was simple. After hearing what the Golden Dragon King and Lin Ming needed, Xiong Jun knew his chance to show his worth had come.
He roared toward the forest, directly stunning a great swath of animals unconscious.
Although the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest had become extinct, its animal ecosystem remained intact.
If an entire forest contained nothing but Soul Beasts, what would the Soul Beasts eat?
Big fish ate little fish, and little fish ate shrimp. Even the most basic Ten-Year Soul Beasts had to eat meat, didn't they?
Thus, the Star Dou Great Forest had a very complete food chain.
Since it was a snake Soul Beast, Xiong Jun found a Forest Giant Python among the animals his roar had stunned, knocked it out directly, and placed it before Lin Ming.
Now, before Lin Ming lay a thousand-year snake Soul Beast and an ordinary Eastern Giant Python.
What he needed to do now was transfer this snake Soul Beast's soul into the giant python's body.
"Please demonstrate, My Lord."
This time, Di Tian looked not at the Golden Dragon King, but at Lin Ming.
After all, this was the Golden Dragon King's arrangement, and he had no choice but to comply. Besides, as long as Lin Ming proved his ability, there was nothing wrong with calling him "My Lord." He was about to go to his death anyway.
He did not hate the Golden Dragon King. This was the choice the Golden Dragon King was bound to make.
He had long known that the Golden Dragon King was cold-hearted, but when the sovereign ordered his subject to die, the subject had no choice but to die.
Moreover, he had to die to atone for his own mistakes and for his clan's prosperity. To die a worthy death would be a pleasure.
This was also Lin Ming's first attempt, but through the Reincarnation Tower's instincts, he quickly learned the exact procedure.
He looked at Di Tian with a solemn expression and ordered:
"Give me something containing powerful energy, then kill it."
Di Tian immediately did as instructed.
With a thought, he sent out a spatial fluctuation. An unidentified Soul Beast Core appeared before him, and he gently flicked it to Lin Ming.
As for the Soul Beast, a slight movement of his finger killed the thousand-year snake Soul Beast with a shock, yet left its body perfectly intact, without any damage.
Seeing this, Lin Ming wasted no time either.
With a thought, the first layer of the Reincarnation Tower within his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness began spinning madly. In the blink of an eye, it absorbed all the energy in the Inner Core, which quickly crumbled to dust and dispersed.
After receiving the energy, the Reincarnation Tower operated even more furiously.
Immediately afterward, an invisible force instantly gathered the Soul Beast's newly departed soul, extracted it in its entirety, and sucked it into the Reincarnation Tower.
After the Reincarnation Tower placed a Special Mark upon it, the soul stabilized completely and was elevated, then appeared openly before everyone.
Thousand-year Soul Beasts possessed little intelligence, yet the Soul Beast soul before them looked exceptionally lively.
Not only had the fragmented soul been gathered and extracted intact, it had even been strengthened.
Di Tian's eyes were filled with shock.
The Golden Dragon King was also somewhat shocked by the sight:
Wait, he never told me about this!
It has this function too?
However, he did not disturb Lin Ming. This was the critical moment.
Lin Ming was completely focused. Extracting the soul awaiting reincarnation was only the first step; reincarnating it into another body was the main task.
As for the vessel receiving the reincarnation, he had not yet tried it on a human and did not know what the effects would be.
But this animal before him possessed no intelligence at all, so there was no need to extract its soul. Its own soul was weak; he only needed to drive the Soul Beast's soul straight into it.
With a thought, the white light upon the Reincarnation Tower began churning furiously.
Previously, it had been the black light of death extracting the soul. Now, it was white light brimming with life.
"Reincarnation."
Guided by the white light, the snake Soul Beast's soul slowly entered the giant python's body and merged with it.
Lin Ming's work was finished, and there was energy to spare. This reincarnation had used only about a tenth of the energy. The item Di Tian had given him contained abundant energy, and the excess was retained.
He was finished, but the reincarnation had not yet succeeded. The soul needed time to merge.
Everyone waited with considerable patience, until, a quarter of an hour later, the unconscious giant python suddenly opened its eyes.
Its eyes were no longer as ordinary as before. Instead, they shone with light, and its body actually contained faint traces of Soul Power.
And this was only the beginning. As the soul merged completely, the giant python transformed from an ordinary animal into a ten-year snake Soul Beast. The changes in its body bore an extraordinary resemblance to the corpse of the Soul Beast it had been in life; almost half its features were now identical.
"It really worked."
At this sight, Di Tian, Xiong Jun, the Myriad Demon King, and the other Ferocious Beasts all wore shocked expressions.
Lin Ming was also somewhat astonished. It really works!
So this was what controlling life and death felt like?
It was a little like Impure World Reincarnation, but more High-Rank.
Who would have thought the cheat he had casually drawn would be so invincible? Didn't that mean he could soon stop eating beef?
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