After Oscar had prepared everything, Dai Mubai left Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing.
His destination was a remote Soul Beast Forest.
It was the very ruin where he had discovered the White Dragon Inner Core.
Before possessing Dai Mubai, he had come here once more.
Only, he had not come empty-handed that time.
He had brought a Soul Beast.
A very powerful Soul Beast.
This era held many treasures: the immortal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, the Sea God Inheritance, the Rakshasa God Inheritance, the Asura God King Inheritance...
But many of these things were exceedingly difficult to obtain.
Even if he obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, without making it acknowledge him as its master, it would be nothing more than a curious artifact.
As for the Deity inheritances, many already had predetermined successors, and obtaining any of the remaining ones would be far from easy.
Leaving the others aside, take the Sea God Inheritance alone. Even if someone else obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and activated the Sea God's Nine Tests, inheriting the Sea God's divine position would still be difficult.
Because they would not be able to get past Bo Saixi.
Qian Daoliu had gone easy on Qian Renxue when she inherited the Angel God's legacy, so had Bo Saixi gone easy on Tang San when he inherited the Sea God Inheritance?
Were it not for this, Dai Mubai would have found a way to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud at the first opportunity, then headed overseas to inherit the Sea God Inheritance.
He needed enough strength to stand against Bo Saixi before he could contend for this inheritance.
After all, he did not have a grandfather named Tang Hao.
Aside from that, in Dai Mubai's view, there was another item on the Douluo Continent second only to a Godhood Inheritance, something immortal herbs could not remotely compare to.
It was the Evil God Pearl!
After Zhou Weiqing obtained the Evil God Pearl, he went from being unable to cultivate to directly awakening Double Natal Pearls, immediately becoming a rare Heavenly Jewel Master qualified to cultivate both a Will Jewel and a Body Jewel.
His physical body was also thoroughly transformed, giving him the constitution needed to withstand cultivating the Undying God Technique.
There was also the fusion of the Evil God Bloodline, along with six major origin attributes, an innate devouring talent, the Life and Death Arena, spatial abilities, time resistance, and temporal disruption.
Even after attaining godhood later on, Zhou Weiqing could still rapidly deepen his insights through the Evil God Pearl's power.
In Dai Mubai's eyes, such a supreme treasure was in no way inferior to the divine position of a Second-Level God.
How could he possibly not pocket something so valuable ahead of time?
While he was still Xiong Jun, he had defeated it and captured it, bringing it here.
Over the years, he had visited several times, feeding it plenty of food on every visit.
Dai Mubai had fed the Wolf Bandits' leader, who could yield a Soul Bone, and his subordinates to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as food.
He had to admit that this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger truly defied the heavens.
By Dai Mubai's estimation, if it grew until the era of the Peerless Tang Sect, it would be in no way inferior to Xiong Jun. At the same age, even Xiong Jun would be no match for it.
At the same age, probably only Di Tian and the Evil Emperor could stand a head above it.
Back when he was still deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, he had mentioned constructing a Second Martial Soul to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
With his prompting, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had actually worked out an approach.
And the Evil God Pearl inside this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was the key to creating his Second Martial Soul.
As for whether it would succeed, that remained to be seen.
Only after more than ten full days of traveling did Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing reach their destination.
The safeguards he had left outside had not been damaged, and the restraints from before were still in place. There had been no disturbances.
"Wait here for a bit. I'll go have a discussion with that overbearing fellow below."
After settling Zhu Zhuqing in, Dai Mubai headed straight into the depths of the ancient ruins.
"How have you been lately? Miss me?"
Dai Mubai looked at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger imprisoned by his specially made chains and asked with a smile.
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's age had now reached eighty thousand years.
That was an astonishing figure.
He had fed it a great deal to help it grow.
This creature truly defied the heavens. When it was only a little over sixty thousand years old, it already possessed the combat strength of a Soul Beast over a hundred thousand years old, approaching two hundred thousand.
Were it not for the special bloodlines of the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts would not have been able to suppress it at all.
Even though Dai Mubai now possessed enough combat strength to contend with a Titled Douluo, if this one escaped, he truly would be no match for it.
By the end, even Dai Mubai no longer dared to feed it.
If its age increased by even a few more years, it would snap these restraints and break free.
"What exactly are you trying to do?"
Seeing Dai Mubai appear before it, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's eyes filled with fury and murderous intent.
It was the only one who knew that the Dai Mubai before it was Xiong Jun.
"I'm giving you an opportunity, an opportunity to become a god. If nothing unexpected happens, perhaps many years from now, you'll even get to taste the Golden Dragon King."
"Of course, you can also refuse. There's only one outcome if you refuse: death!"
"Don't think I'm threatening you. I'm only giving you this opportunity because you're a fellow Soul Beast."
Dai Mubai smiled at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, then took out portions of the delicacies Oscar had made from his Storage Soul Tool and placed them before it.
"You want me to sacrifice myself to you!"
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had been pondering this all these years. It was extremely clever. It knew that Xiong Jun had possessed the human before it, that his aim was godhood, and that his purpose in imprisoning it was none other than to obtain its Soul Ring.
"Sacrifice yourself to me?"
"To be honest, your Soul Skills are good, but your Soul Ring's age is too low. It doesn't catch my eye."
As Dai Mubai spoke, he revealed his Soul Rings.
"Haven't you always wanted to know what my goal is?"
"Haven't you wanted to know where I came from?"
"Today, I'll tell you all of it. As for your final decision, that will be up to you."
"..."
Then Dai Mubai gave a rough account of Di Tian and the others, his own plan, and the fact that Soul Beasts could not become gods.
Even after years of being worn down by him, this Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was still full of ferocity and savage hostility.
Subduing it completely was impossible.
The only option was to promise to resurrect it in the Divine Realm after becoming a god.
As for what it would ultimately choose, that depended on its own decision.
After all, all Dai Mubai wanted was its Evil God Pearl.
Of course, he also wanted to use its bloodline to guide Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul through a fundamental transformation.
If it chose to refuse, that was fine too.
He would simply kill it, obtain the Evil God Pearl, then spend some time finding another Soul Beast with a special bloodline to serve as a catalyst for Zhu Zhuqing.
"I'll give you only ten seconds to think!"
After watching the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger finish the food, Dai Mubai spoke in a low voice.
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