What? You Started Out with Ten Wives?

Star Dou Great Forest, the waiting area.

The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, the two old gatekeepers, were now obediently waiting for Yan Buhui.

The Sky Azure Bull Python had just raised his head

when he spotted Yan Buhui in his true Evil Fire Phoenix form.

Only this time, there were two girls in green dresses with him. They looked lovely and fresh, their beauty no less than Sister Xiao Wu's.

"?" The Sky Azure Bull Python was startled and said, "What's going on? Lord Flame Emperor went out and brought back two young girls he snatched? What's he playing at?"

"Ahem... Big Brother, don't ask about Lord Flame Emperor's business. Careful, or you'll get another beating!" the Titan Giant Ape cautioned from the side.

"True..."

The Sky Azure Bull Python came to his senses, nodded, and agreed.

Yan Buhui slowly descended, carrying Yao Zi and Mu Yunteng.

He then came to the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

At the sight of the two enormous Soul Beasts before them, Yao Zi and Mu Yunteng were so frightened that their legs trembled!

Their instincts told them that these two Soul Beasts were at least fifty thousand years old.

Clearly, the Star Dou Great Forest still concealed crouching tigers and hidden dragons, along with many dangers.

Then.

Yan Buhui resumed his human form and introduced them to Mu Yunteng and Yao Zi. "Let me introduce my two underlings, the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape. They're the Sky Azure Bull Python, emperor of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Titan Giant Ape, overlord of Soul Beasts. Both of them are Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts."

Underlings?

Huo Wu and Mu Yunteng were stunned.

What was going on? He had actually subdued two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts at once?

With strength like that...

Then.

Yan Buhui's overall strength was probably even greater than that of the two brothers, the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

"Set off. We're returning to the Land of Extreme Flame."

Yan Buhui shouted the order to the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.

"Yes, Lord Flame Emperor."

The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape were quite obedient. If Yan Buhui told them to go east, they wouldn't dare go west!

Seeing this!

Yan Buhui transformed into his luxurious mount form, the Evil Fire Phoenix, once again and said to Yao Zi and Mu Yunteng, "Climb aboard, my two wives."

"Mm..."

Yao Zi nodded without hesitation.

That was only because he had personally spared her father, Yao Qingyun, just now.

Mu Yunteng climbed on as well. Yan Buhui's soft phoenix feathers were as comfortable as a genuine leather sofa.

Comfortable, soft, and smooth.

It was clear that Yan Buhui was a man who took particular care to keep himself clean.

"Hold on tight, my two wives. I'm about to take off!!!"

After the Plant Academy's two campus beauties climbed aboard, Yan Buhui moved to straighten his phoenix feathers, then warned them.

"Mm... s-slowly, okay!"

Yao Zi's face flushed crimson as she quietly replied.

"All right. Destination: the Land of Extreme Flame."

With that, Yan Buhui kicked off the air and soared straight into the heavens, flying in circles through the sky wreathed in flames of ultimate intensity.

Sure enough, flying was the highest form of enjoying freedom.

And having a boyfriend who could fly was a very pleasant experience.

Meanwhile.

At the bottom of the Lake of Life.

There was a whole other world.

"Lord Di Tian."

Several Ferocious Beasts had gathered there and addressed the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King before them.

Suddenly, a figure came into view, with golden fur and a body like translucent crystal, giving her a strange texture.

Her overall form closely resembled a lion's, but her four paws were like a dragon's, and beneath each dragon claw burned a ball of golden flame.

Her muzzle was also a little longer than that of a lion-type Soul Beast, and beneath her fur seemed to be fine golden scales.

On her forehead was a vertical red eye.

It was worth mentioning, however, that her two eyes were golden, while the light emanating from the vertical eye was red-a somewhat bewitching shade of red.

She suddenly asked:

"Lord Di Tian, did you notice just now? A fire-attribute Soul Beast came here."

The speaker was none other than the Star Dou Great Forest's auspicious beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Also standing nearby were Ferocious Beasts including Xiong Jun, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear; the Myriad Demon King, the Demon-Eyed Demon Tree; and the Scarlet King, the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff.

Beside Di Tian were Bi Ji, the Emerald Swan, and Zi JI, the Hell Demon Dragon King.

Di Tian slowly opened his eyes. "I noticed. Just a good-for-nothing phoenix bird. I sensed his cultivation before, and I'd estimate it at around two hundred thousand years... Still, that fellow flies pretty fast."

"But as long as he poses no threat to our master, Lord Silver Dragon King, there's no need for us to panic."

"He took the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape away. The Lake of Life will be without guards for the time being."

Di Tian found himself in a difficult position.

He looked at the Ferocious Beasts under his command.

Sending the Myriad Demon King and Xiong Jun over would be overkill.

Zi JI and Bi Ji still had to stay by his side for an important purpose, so they couldn't be reassigned.

After thinking it over!

Di Tian slowly asked, "Scarlet King, you don't have anything else to do lately, do you? How about guarding the Lake of Life with Qiu'er for a while?"

Although Di Tian held the honored position of master, he still had to respect his subordinates' wishes. The Scarlet King was a Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff whose cultivation had already surpassed three hundred thousand years. If Yan Buhui came to attack again, the Scarlet King would be more than a match for him.

Someone had to watch over the Lake of Life during this time.

So Di Tian decided to have the Scarlet King and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Wang Qiu'er, guard it for a while.

After all, no one knew where the two cheap old gatekeepers had been taken.

But Di Tian believed that Yan Buhui was nothing more than a minor character, a little bird who couldn't stir up much of a storm.

The condition was that he must not disturb Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena as she recuperated in peace. She was still injured, and as leader of the Nine Great Dragon Kings, he had to serve Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena at every turn and pledge his loyalty unto death.

That was because most of Di Tian's power came from the Dragon God.

This was also the mission Di Tian had given himself.

"As you command, Lord Di Tian."

The Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff nodded without refusing.

At the same time, the Scarlet King was also tasked with protecting the auspicious beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

It could be said that even being a dog came with great responsibility.

The Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff couldn't help breaking into a sweat...

"That settles it. You may leave."

Di Tian clapped his dragon claws, preparing to have a raucous bridal-chamber romp with Bi Ji and Zi JI, recuperate properly, and give free rein to his dragon nature.

The Myriad Demon King, Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion then departed.

"This game has begun."

Beast God Di Tian looked out over the land of the Star Dou Great Forest and said with a quiet smile.

Elsewhere.

The Far North...

The wind was bitter and bone-piercing, the land deserted and covered in ice and snow for a thousand li. Only Ice Attribute Soul Beasts lived here. The most famous were the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Far North, along with a rather famous worm, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. Her true form had originally been that of an ordinary Ice Silkworm Soul Beast, born in the bitterly cold lands of the continent's north, and she was born a Soul Beast cultivating both the Mental Attribute and the Ice Attribute.

Of course, a few adventure-loving Soul Masters also came here.

But most of them came for Soul Bones and Soul Rings.

The Heavenly Snow Woman gazed into the cold night. Beside her was an enormous Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, her close friend. Interestingly, at her feet was also a cute little Ice Bear, whom the Heavenly Snow Woman liked to call "Xiao Bai."

As though she had a premonition, the Heavenly Snow Woman said, "In the Land of Extreme Flame to the far south, it seems a remarkable figure has appeared..."

A wind suddenly rose in the icy night...