Lake of Life
As soon as you approach the lake shore, you can feel a powerful, welcoming yet ancient and majestic life force emanating from it.
Each breath seemed to cleanse the dust from the depths of the soul, leaving one feeling refreshed and invigorated, and Soul Power would quickly recover.
The surrounding vegetation therefore appears exceptionally lush and vibrant.
As the source of power for the Star Dou Great Forest, the Lake of Life is the supreme holy land of the Soul Beast Clan and an absolute forbidden zone for humans.
Apart from the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts led by the Beast God Di Tian and a few top-tier Soul Beast, ordinary Soul Beast cannot even get close to the core area.
Here, there is no hustle and bustle of the world, only the most ancient Soul Beast guarding this tranquility. Any rash intruder will feel a tremor and fear from the depths of their blood.
But Bao Liang knew that a greater secret was hidden deep beneath the lake— the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena was resting and recuperating at the very bottom of the Lake of Life.
Moreover, Bao Liang had good reason to suspect that Di Tian's invitation to him to enter the Lake of Life was actually the Silver Dragon King's idea.
First, aside from hunting for Soul Ring, I've hardly ever been to the Star Dou Great Forest. How did Di Tian come to know me and invite me?
Secondly, the Lake of Life not only contains the other Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, but also the true treasure of the Star Dou Great Forest — the Emperor Auspicious Beast Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
Di Tian by the appearance of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion Three-Eyed Golden Lion when it goes out to roam, it needs to arrange a Ferocious Beast as a bodyguard. Without the Silver Dragon King's permission, would he dare to let anyone enter the Lake of Life and get so close to the Auspicious Beast? He would probably be hit by a Dragon God Claw as soon as he got close to the Auspicious Beast.
Therefore, in conclusion, it can be deduced that the one who truly wanted to invite him was not Di Tian, but the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena.
As for why the Silver Dragon King wanted to invite him, who possessed Divine Trial, to the Lake of Life... Bao Liang could roughly guess a thing or two, but he couldn't understand how she knew.
The Silver Dragon King must have sensed that someone on Douluo Star possessed the same Power of Creation as the Dragon God.
She didn't know who it was, but she knew one thing—that before the owner fully matured, every breakthrough the owner made would require acquiring Soul Ring.
When it comes to which place has the most Soul Beast resources and the best quality Soul Beast, there is only one answer—the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Silver Dragon King doesn't need to search; she only needs to wait for the owner to come to the Star Dou Great Forest. Then, she can give Di Tian the item that allows him to sense the owner, making it easy to find the owner of the Power of Creation.
That's how Bao Liang was found.
As for Di Tian's hesitant demeanor earlier, Bao Liang could guess that Di Tian must have sensed the Divine Trial aura emanating from him and was trying to contact the Silver Dragon King through some unknown means to explain the situation.
But the Silver Dragon King risked being discovered by the Divine Realm and still insisted on inviting him into the Lake of Life, which made Bao Liang realize that the Silver Dragon King had much bigger plans.
After all, the Da Yu.
But as I said before, if you have something to say, go say it to the Destruction God King and the Goddess of Life.
I would never be a coward, not in my entire life.
Moreover, Bao Liang refused to believe that after coming all this way, the Silver Dragon King still hadn't discovered whose Divine Trial he possessed.
She had been slashed by the old Asura God's Asura Demon Sword; how could she not recognize the Five Great God Kings of the Divine Realm? Even if she, the Silver Dragon King, didn't recognize them, surely Di Tian should?
So... is the Power of Creation really that alluring? So alluring that people are willing to gamble with their lives?
Well, that's certainly very appealing.
If someone told me that the chance of someone else gambled their life and Destruction for the Power of Creation was one in ten thousand, while my chance was one in ten thousand, and the price of failure was the complete annihilation of my soul, wouldn't you gamble too?
With these questions in mind, Bao Liang entered the Lake of Life, where he also saw the other Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.
However, some of these individuals retained their beast forms, while others, like Di Tian, were humanoid.
Firstly, like Di Tian, Bi Ji and Zi JI maintain human form.
After transforming, Di Tian became a black-clad man nearly two meters tall, with broad and upright shoulders, wearing a dark-colored outfit embroidered with dark gold dragon patterns.
His hair was as black as ink, his brow bones were sharp as if carved by a knife, and his pupils were dark gold, like the vertical pupils of a dragon. When he swept over others, he carried Beast God's pressure etched into his very bones.
His hands, with their distinct knuckles, were covered with a layer of fine, pale gold scales. A dark dragon-shaped jade pendant hung at his waist. When he stood by the Lake of Life, the faint phantom of a black dragon could be seen behind him, and even the wind would subconsciously slow its flow.
After transforming, Bi Ji is a gentle woman wearing a long emerald green dress. Her long hair shines softly like jade and is gently tied up with a white Swan feather hair ornament. Her eyes are a clear emerald green, and her gaze always carries a healing soft light.
Her clothes were embroidered with delicate leaf vein patterns on the cuffs, and pale green life particles lingered around her fingertips. She always carried a faint fragrance of grass and trees. Even fierce Soul Beast would unconsciously relax when they approached her, and a few tender green buds would quietly sprout from the ground where she walked.
After transforming, Zi JI became a noblewoman dressed in a deep purple dress. Her long, deep purple hair cascaded down like silk, adorned with a purple dragon-shaped gemstone hairpin. Her eyes were violet-colored vertical pupils resembling those of a dragon, with faint, alluring patterns at the corners.
Her skirt was embroidered with dark purple dragon scale patterns, which shimmered with a metallic sheen as she moved. Pale purple dragon energy swirled around her fingertips, and when she stood beside Di Tian, the pressure emanating from her body subtly echoed that of Di Tian.
Those who maintain their beast forms include the Myriad Demon King, the Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
The Myriad Demon King's true form is the Demon Eye Demon Tree, which is rooted in the core area of Star Dou Great Forest. It is over 500 meters tall, and its dark brown trunk is so thick that dozens of people cannot encircle it. Its bark is as grooved as old tree bark, and a corrosive light green sap constantly seeps out from the crevices.
The tree's branches extend for nearly a kilometer in all directions, and each branch is covered with palm-sized dark green eyes. It is said that these eyes blink in sync, and the light they emit can even encompass dozens of effects such as attack, control, and confusion.
Countless vines droop from the tree canopy, with flower buds at their ends bearing gaping, blood-red mouths. When the wind blows, they emit an eerie sound like a baby crying.
Xiong Jun's true form is Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that is nearly 200 meters tall. Its entire body is covered with thick, dark gold fur, and each hair is as hard as a steel needle. There are six half-meter-long, milky-white bone spikes protruding from its shoulders and back, and the surface of the spikes is covered with fine scratches left by battles.
The bear's paws were as big as millstones, and its five dark golden claws extended for several meters. Its exposed fangs resembled two enormous white daggers, and the airflow it exhaled when it roared could shatter centuries-old trees into dust.
The Scarlet King's true form is Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Mastiff, hundreds of meters long. Its three ferocious heads are arranged in a triangle, and its fur is a flowing crimson red like magma. The mane on its neck is like a burning tongue of fire, constantly scattering sparks when it flutters in the wind.
Each of the three heads has a jet-black demonic spike on its forehead, capable of spewing hellfire of three different attributes: black, red, and green. Its limbs are as thick as stone pillars, and when its feet land, a ring of inextinguishable crimson flames ignites on the ground.
Next up is the true little ancestor of the Star Dou Great Forest, the embodiment of destiny, the target of Buddha Tang's schemes, the beast that dares to ride on Di Tian's head, the Emperor Auspicious Beast Three-Eyed Golden Lion!