Gu Yuena grew angrier the more she thought about it!
She was recuperating peacefully at the Lake of Life, so who was this troublemaker who kept trying to mess with her?
Once wasn't enough; they kept committing serial offenses!
"Di Tian, what did you do with that Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus?"
Gu Yuena asked coldly.
Di Tian had vaguely sensed something was amiss by now, and cold sweat streamed down his back, but he dared not conceal anything and answered truthfully:
"My Lord, as for that Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus, because the Ice Silkworm reported it on its own initiative, I later became enraged and forced the Ice Silkworm to consume it."
Alright, that's solid proof!
One link after another, and they still dare to say there are no bad people among the masses?
Gu Yuena closed her eyes in anger, and after taking a deep breath, she said:
"Someone is targeting me."
"This Ice Silkworm should know something, but unfortunately, it has already shed its skin and escaped. Otherwise, we could certainly extract information from it!"
Di Tian said fearfully:
"Di Tian is guilty, please punish me, My Lord!"
Gu Yuena shook her head.
What was done was done. There was no point in holding Di Tian accountable now. Besides, Di Tian was her most capable subordinate and held high prestige among all the fierce beasts.
Punishing him would be counterproductive.
Gu Yuena said indifferently:
"This isn't your fault. After all, I was the one who threw that snow lotus to you and told you to handle it. Even I didn't expect that the Ice Silkworm might have broken through to a million years of cultivation after eating the snow lotus, which is why it gained this ability to shed its skin and escape."
"In a way, it was my oversight."
Di Tian's face showed gratitude.
"Thank you, My Lord!"
Gu Yuena sighed softly, her eyes, like flowing glass, shimmered with silver light, as bright as the Milky Way.
"It seems to be a turbulent time."
"That Ice Silkworm has already escaped, so there's no longer a reason for you all to remain in secluded cultivation. Although my injuries haven't healed, they have at least stabilized."
"Since that's the case, let's make our presence known."
Di Tian was somewhat surprised to hear this.
"My Lord, your body is of utmost importance. Your injuries have only just stabilized... will there be any problems?"
"No, there won't. Even if I don't fall into a deep sleep, my injuries will still gradually improve; it's just that the recovery speed will be slower than when I'm asleep."
Di Tian's golden eyes gleamed with cold ferocity.
"If I ever catch that Ice Silkworm again in the future, I will make sure it wishes it were dead but cannot die!"
In Di Tian's view, letting the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm escape right under his nose was a great humiliation. And if this incident caused his Lord to be disappointed in him, or even doubt his abilities, then the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was utterly unforgivable.
The other fierce beasts generally understood what had happened by now and all felt regret.
The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could be considered a living cultivation battery. Cultivating by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the other party was much faster than painstakingly accumulating years of cultivation oneself, with a cultivation speed nearly tenfold higher.
"My Lord, since you're preparing to emerge, should we announce to the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest who the true master of the Star Dou Great Forest is?"
"And also make those humans with ill intentions outside think twice, thereby designating the Lake of Life as a Forbidden Land."
As the true leader of the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian deeply resented humans hunting Soul Beasts.
That feeling of seeing Soul Beasts hunted and turned into cultivation resources for humans made him feel as though Soul Beasts were being raised like livestock. Therefore, once they emerged, the first thing Di Tian intended to do was lead the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest in resisting humans.
This was clearly demonstrated in Douluo Dalu 2.
Di Tian launched beast tides to attack human empires multiple times, all to reverse the unequal relationship between Soul Beasts and humans.
Gu Yuena nodded slightly.
"You can handle these matters, Di Tian. I fully entrust them to you."
"However, there's one thing you need to pay special attention to: I suspect the Phoenix God King has likely been reborn. The anomaly caused earlier was probably her doing."
"You all need to be extra careful."
Di Tian was greatly startled by these words.
The Phoenix God King?
Di Tian knew of the Phoenix God King's existence. When the Dragon God and the Phoenix God battled, Di Tian was merely a third-generation junior within the Dragon Clan. Although he wasn't qualified to participate in that war, he had personally witnessed the bloody storm.
He couldn't help but feel a chill:
"My Lord, the Phoenix God King died by the Dragon God's hand. That means she has a blood feud with you, My Lord. Now, we not only have to guard against the God Realm, but also a reborn Phoenix God King has emerged..."
Di Tian was momentarily filled with apprehension, but Zi Ji, the slender demon dragon who appeared slightly smaller behind him, spoke up.
"The Phoenix God King's divine essence was shattered by the Dragon God long ago. Even though she's immortal due to her Phoenix Nirvana ability, she must be incredibly weak after her rebirth, probably even weaker than me."
"What is there to fear about that?"
Both Zi Ji and Di Tian were among the last pure-blooded members of the Dragon Clan in existence.
Di Tian belonged to the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King lineage, originating from the ancient Black Dragon Clan. His bloodline potential was recognized by the Dragon God even before his demise, marking him as a key figure for the Dragon Clan's cultivation.
Zi Ji, on the other hand, was a Hell Demon Dragon King, also known as an Abyssal Demon Dragon. Her bloodline concentration was even higher than Di Tian's, which is why Di Tian cared for and nurtured her so much.
Di Tian frowned upon hearing this, displeased.
"The Phoenix God King was once an equal to the Dragon God. How can we underestimate her?"
Zi Ji was too young to know that, in terms of individual combat ability, the Dragon God was actually slightly inferior to the Phoenix God. It was only because the Dragon Clan's overall strength far surpassed the Phoenix Clan's that they achieved victory in that world-ending war.
Zi Ji pouted, saying nothing more.
Gu Yuena, however, had an unreadable expression, her eyes filled with complex emotions.
The Phoenix God and the Dragon God were indeed sworn enemies.
However, although she originated from one half of the fragmented Dragon God, she was an independent entity born from him.
And after the Phoenix God's Nirvana, she naturally couldn't be seen as the original Phoenix God. Currently, the God Realm was ruled by the Five Great Divine Kings, and the power structure was already established.
From a strategic standpoint, she and the reborn Phoenix God should have common enemies and the conditions to form an alliance.
They were both Soul Beasts.
Why not first suppress the Five Great Divine Kings, and then settle their own differences?
"The heaven and earth essence contained within this Ice Silkworm remains is almost depleted. Once you've divided and consumed it, you may re-emerge."
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Lake of Life.
A giant python with a bovine head and two small protrusions on its head concealed its massive, winding body beneath the lake's surface.
A giant ape, its size comparable to a hill, stared with two large, orange-yellow eyes, listening intently to a small figure in front of it.
That small figure was naturally Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu hadn't forgotten her mission. During this time, she had been doing persuasive work with the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, so while the two beasts didn't exactly like Lin Xiao, they also hadn't developed any resistance towards him
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