Gu Yue

A secluded room.

Lu Cheng's face turned deathly pale. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, suppressed the pain, and focused his inner vision to examine his condition. He discovered that an elemental force within his body was constantly eroding his meridians, causing his injuries to fail to heal for Jiujiu.

"Is this the Silver Dragon King's method?" Lu Cheng pondered. Indeed, even though he was heavily injured and living in a lower plane, unable to unleash even one or two tenths of his peak combat power, some things could still easily injure him.

If the other party hadn't seemed to have no intention of killing me, I probably wouldn't have been able to get out of this situation.

but...

Lu Cheng remained silent for a long while. In his memory, the silver dragon had clearly glanced at him with a complex expression before leaving. Could it be related to the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul?

Is he using Tang Wulin's script?

It's hard to say.

He coughed lightly twice, sighed softly, and said he was busy...

These injuries won't heal in just a few months. Since Qian Xunji is there to support him, he should take some time to recuperate.

[Three more years have passed in the blink of an eye. Your cultivation has finally returned to its peak. After emerging from seclusion, you met Qian Xunji. He was overjoyed to see your recovery and wanted to host a banquet, but you refused. When the topic of Bibi Dong came up, he was quite pleased, saying that since Bibi Dong's return, she had become increasingly sensible and well-behaved, although she had become much colder. But you, he felt, were the only one who was not quite right...]

[In the past three years, the two young men of the Clear Sky Sect have grown increasingly powerful, having already broken through to the Soul Saint realm and showing a strong tendency to contend for supremacy on the continent. Meanwhile, you have disappeared for several years, and your era seems to be fading away. However, you don't care. To you, these are all empty titles. You are more concerned about what exactly happened in the Soul Beast Forest.]

[However, due to your previous experience of being severely injured, you dared not go directly to the Star Dou Great Forest for fear of being beaten again. But the potential for improvement at the Limit Douluo was extremely limited, so you began to study the gods. Unfortunately, another three years passed, and you gained nothing. You went to the Slaughter City, searched for Tang Chen, and even looked for Sea God Island, but they all seemed to have vanished without a trace, as if they didn't exist.]

[You are now thirty-three years old, and have cultivated to the point of reaching the Limit Douluo for many years, but you still cannot Self-Created Godhood like Yun Ming. You are somewhat dejected, wondering why fate is playing such a Qian Xunji and your family by your side, it's not too boring...]

[However, what seems strange to you is that in recent years, the invasions of human race by Soul Beast have significantly decreased, and they haven't even organized many decent beast tides. These changes only started after your trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, yet you still have no clue what's going on.]

[Until one day, out of boredom, you went to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy to look for Dugu Bo. There, you saw a stunningly beautiful girl with long silver hair and a tall, slender figure heading to the academy to register. A feeling of instant connection made you follow her, and you noticed her Martial Soul was "Elemental Control." You immediately recognized her identity... the Silver Dragon King!]

You were somewhat taken aback as to why she would go to the academy, but after a long silence, you decided to become a respected elder of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and serve as the girl's teacher.

"Student Gu Yue greets teacher..." The girl's beautiful face was full of aloofness, and she bowed slightly in a calm tone.

She had already changed into a set of exquisite little leather shoes, along with the white skirt and uniform with gold lettering from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Her silver eyes glanced at Lu Cheng, calm and composed, as if she thought her disguise was flawless and no one had noticed. She was only slightly surprised to be assigned to this... "brother's" command.

"Why did you come to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy?" Lu Cheng asked thoughtfully, Gu Yue expression complicated.

"Perhaps... it's to understand Soul Master?" Gu Yue pondered for a long time before giving her answer.

You fell silent, having roughly guessed what Gu Yue had come for.

As the Silver Dragon King's "beastly personality," Gu Yue's purpose in entering the human world has always been singular: to Destruction humanity. On the contrary, her other "personality," Na'er, genuinely loves humans.

"In that case, what would you like to know?" Lu Cheng asked softly.

"Why do humans hunt and exterminate Soul Beast? Why should Soul Beast only become food, Soul Ring, or even Soul Bone for humans?" Gu Yue stared intently at Lu Cheng, her tone even carrying a hint of resentment.

"..." Lu Cheng sighed Youyou.

really.

He glanced at the girl and said softly, "Because the rules of this world are designed to lure humans into hunting Soul Beast."

"For humans to advance, they must obtain Soul Ring, and to obtain Soul Ring, they must hunt Soul Beast... As for eating meat, ordinary Ferocious Beast and wild animals can actually be used as substitutes; it's not that they absolutely must have Soul Beast. Soul Bone are also not considered necessities, but Soul Ring... are essential for humans to improve their cultivation. This hurdle cannot be crossed."

"... Rules." Gu Yue frowned slightly, tilting her head as if she were carefully pondering the words. Clearly, she had only ever thought about how to fight back against humanity, but had never considered why such rules existed in the world.

"That's right, these rules were born in this world, and no one can violate them. As for who made these rules, I don't know," Lu Cheng said, shaking his head.

"Then it can't be something born of nature?" Gu Yue naturally knew who set the rules; strictly speaking, it was herself...

But she couldn't explain why she did it. Only by devouring the man in front of her and restoring herself to her peak strength could she possibly awaken her past memories.

"Even the rules that arise naturally from heaven and earth have their reasons," Lu Cheng said softly.

Gu Yue fell silent.

For the first time, she felt as if she had lived thousands of years in vain, merely rebelling against humanity for the sake of rebelling, without ever considering why.

Why did the Beast God organize the Soul Beast to become gods?

Why did the Beast God create rules that forced humans to fight against Soul Beast?

And it just so happens to be Soul Beast.

Humans in other planes mostly coexist peacefully with magical beasts. There are no such "bloody" rules among them. They only need to cultivate, and they will naturally become stronger. Magical beasts can even become their helpers and contracted partners.

What exactly happened to this planet...?