Da Ming and Er Ming: "Cousin, How Could You Speak to Our Godfather Like That? Get Lost!!!"

Soul Masters had a dream of becoming gods!

And Soul Beasts had that same dream too!!

What Soul Beast didn't want to reach a million years of cultivation and then ascend to godhood?

After seeing Gu Chen help Xiao Wu evolve her Martial Soul, they were certain his methods were genuine. Now that he had brought this up, sorry, who said this human was no good? This human was fantastic!

Originally,

they had been a little uncomfortable with Xiao Wu calling him Brother Chen at every turn. Xiao Wu was their big sister, after all. If she called him Brother Chen, what about them? Would they have to call him brother too? Who would like having a little human brat standing over their head?

But now,

Godfather!!!

I, Ming, have drifted through half my life without meeting an enlightened lord. If Brother Chen will have us, we are willing to acknowledge you as our godfather!!!

"What?!!!"

But the first to cry out in shock was neither Da Ming nor Er Ming, but Xiao Wu.

"Evolve into a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? Really?!"

Her eyes went wide.

"I don't lie to fools."

Gu Chen spoke calmly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Wu let out an aggrieved cry.

"According to legend, once a Soul Beast reaches a million years of cultivation, it can ascend to godhood. If I'd known your power was this great, why would I have transformed at all?!"

She stared at Gu Chen resentfully, feeling utterly miserable.

She had given up a hundred thousand years of cultivation and chosen to transform and start over, only for someone to tell her that she hadn't needed to transform at all: I can help you evolve into a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. This... was no different from obtaining the Sunflower Manual, cutting it off, and then finding the last page said that you could succeed without castrating yourself.

Who... could take that?!

In any case, she found it a little hard to accept.

"Brother Chen, your little sister will be counting on you from now on. Helping Da Ming and Er Ming evolve into Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts can wait for now, but you absolutely have to keep my Martial Soul Evolution in mind!!!"

Xiao Wu looked at Gu Chen beside her and understood.

As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast, her hundred thousand years of cultivation had indeed given her the talent of Innate Full Soul Power, but the shortcomings of the Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul went without saying. How could it compare to the might of a top-tier Martial Soul?

And Gu Chen, who could make Martial Souls evolve, was the thigh she ought to cling to!

She was someone who dared to put her thoughts into action.

Once she had an idea, she boldly acted on it.

She lunged forward, hugged Gu Chen's thigh, and started acting cute.

At the sight,

Gu Chen's face darkened too.

To the side,

Da Ming and Er Ming were stunned when they heard her, and then their faces darkened.

Sister Xiao Wu, are those the words of a human being?

What do you mean, our important evolution can wait, but Brother Chen has to keep your Martial Soul Evolution in mind?

And what are you doing?

Cousin, how could you speak to our godfather like that? Get lost!!!

Brother Chen, actually, we're not close to her. We really aren't related at all. And whatever you need, just ask us. Soul Beasts, Soul Rings, Soul Bones, or spirit herbs, we can get them all for you. So, what do you think? Could you arrange for us to evolve into Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts first?

Although

Da Ming and Er Ming hadn't said any of that, Gu Chen could more or less guess it from their expressions.

But this was exactly what he wanted.

Demonstrating his value.

It was something he had to do to cooperate with them. Irreplaceable value was enough to put him in an invincible position in the cooperation, and how great that value was would determine his standing in it.

As it happened,

his leveling cheat was huge and mighty.

Replace him?

How great was his value?

That went without saying.

"Chen... Gu Chen, can you really help Er Ming and me evolve into Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?"

Da Ming opened his mouth. He had wanted to follow Xiao Wu's example and call him "Brother Chen," but he cared too much about his dignity and, in the end, couldn't bring himself to say it. Even so, he was very concerned about his own evolution.

What Soul Beast could remain unmoved at the prospect of evolving into a Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

Neither he nor Er Ming could, in any case.

Sure enough,

Er Ming nodded in agreement beside him, feeling that Da Ming's question was masterfully put. It hit the nail on the head!

"Yes."

Gu Chen gave an affirmative answer.

Because that was what the upgrade panels he saw for the two of them showed.

[Item: Sky Azure Bull Python]

[Effect: A top-tier Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with an Azure Dragon bloodline, but the bloodline has not been activated]

[Upgrade effect: Azure Divine Dragon]

[Effect: A god-tier Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with an Azure Dragon bloodline; a small portion of its bloodline power has been activated]

[Upgrade condition: 10 corpses of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with True Dragon bloodlines]

The other party's upgrade panel showed an upgrade from a top-tier Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to a god-tier Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He would sooner doubt the Silver Dragon King's world-shaking wisdom than question the professionalism of his leveling cheat.

"But your evolution isn't that simple. It requires ten corpses of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with True Dragon bloodlines. The same goes for the Titan Giant Ape; he also needs ten corpses of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with Tai Tan bloodlines."

Gu Chen stated the upgrade conditions.

Both Da Ming and Er Ming were dumbfounded on the spot.

Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts?

And the corpses of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with True Dragon or Tai Tan bloodlines at that? Ten of them?

You're deliberately making things difficult for me, Fat Tiger!!!

How many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were there in the entire Star Dou Great Forest?!

Aside from them, no Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts had emerged in recent years, to say nothing of ones with True Dragon or Tai Tan bloodlines. It was nothing but a pipe dream!

"Actually, with you here, I can help evolve ten Soul Beasts with True Dragon and Tai Tan bloodlines, kill them and take their corpses, then use those to help you evolve into Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!"

"But..."

Gu Chen indicated that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts with True Dragon or Tai Tan bloodlines were a minor matter. With enough materials, he could have as many as he wanted.

But he had another question.

That was:

"Once Soul Beasts reach a hundred thousand years, they have to undergo a Heavenly Tribulation, and then another one for every hundred thousand years of cultivation. So if I help you evolve into Hundred Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, are you sure you can withstand the million-year Heavenly Tribulation?"

At those words, Da Ming and Er Ming both fell silent.

There was no other reason.

It was simply because all they knew was that a Soul Beast would have to face a Heavenly Tribulation a thousand years after breaking through to a hundred thousand years. If it couldn't withstand it, it would die and its Dao would vanish. Ordinary Soul Beasts like Aunt Wu and Xiao Wu had felt unable to withstand it after cultivating to a hundred thousand years, so they had chosen to transform.

But Gu Chen had said outright that there was a Heavenly Tribulation for every hundred thousand years of cultivation. That... they really hadn't known.

They weren't stupid; it was just that no one had ever told them such a thing.

Aunt Wu, once the most experienced among them, had only reached a hundred thousand years of cultivation at most. Later, feeling unable to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation's bombardment, she had chosen to transform. Thus, they only knew that reaching a hundred thousand years of cultivation meant facing a Heavenly Tribulation; they knew nothing at all about two-hundred-thousand-year Ferocious Beasts.

But...

Why does a human like you know more about Soul Beasts than we Soul Beasts do?!!!