Chapter 362: The Fury of Di Tian

Chapter 362: The Fury of Di Tian

"Beast God, long time no see." A clear voice rang in Di Tian's ears.

Di Tian shifted his gaze from the long line of soul beasts and looked at the handsome young man who had suddenly appeared beside him. A smile appeared on his dignified face.

"Indeed, it's been a while."

Looking at the young man dressed in a splendid divine armor, with a faint smile on his face, Di Tian's eyes showed a hint of daze.

If he counted the time, from when he first met Du Qianjue until now, when Du Qianjue had become the strongest deity in the Divine Realm, only about thirty years had passed. In human years, Du Qianjue was now around forty years old. But considering Di Tian's lifespan of hundreds of thousands of years, forty years wasn't even as long as one of his naps.

And yet, in just these short thirty years, the young man in front of him had achieved something Di Tian had dreamed of for his entire life.

"Thank you. Thank you for everything you've done for the soul beasts. In the future, no matter what you need, the soul beast clan will follow your lead at any time," Di Tian said sincerely.

"Haha, no worries! I'm just keeping the promise I made back then!" Du Qianjue laughed heartily.

A promise?

Di Tian smiled but didn't speak. Perhaps this was what made Du Qianjue different from other soul masters in the Douluo Continent. Di Tian, who had seen too many cunning humans, had long stopped trusting them.

If Du Qianjue hadn't come with Snow Emperor back then, would Di Tian have agreed to cooperate with him? Even after agreeing to the cooperation, he didn't have much hope, as there were too many instances of humans going back on their word. Greed was the driving force behind all living creatures.

At that time, Di Tian believed that even if Du Qianjue became a god, he would at most alleviate the soul beasts' difficult situation and buy time for Gu Yuena's resurrection.

But even that little favor was enough for Di Tian to invest in Du Qianjue.

Gu Yuena's resurrection was Di Tian's real hope for launching a counterattack against humanity.

However... now it was no longer necessary!

Di Tian managed the Star Dou Forest, while Du Qianjue had already revived the Ice Emperor and sent her, along with other revived beast kings, to organize the soul beasts in the Extreme North to move to the Beast Domain.

As for the Demonic Forest, it was under the control of the revived Tyrant Evil-Eye, who was handling the relocation of the soul beasts there.

Even the Jingyang Mountain Range hadn't been forgotten by Du Qianjue, who sent Qianyue, now a divine beast, and the revived Golden Dragon Maiden to communicate with the soul beasts in that area.

After all, Qianyue had once been his mount, and the Dragon Maiden had completed his extreme gold attribute. He couldn't neglect the Jingyang Mountain Range.

As for the ocean soul beasts...

Aside from some of the Demon Emperor's former subordinates, Du Qianjue didn't bother with the others. The number of ocean soul beasts was several times greater than that of land soul beasts, and he didn't have the time to play the philanthropist.

He had no promises to keep with the ocean soul beasts, so he didn't have the time to care about them.

"Beast God, do you want to see what the original future looked like?" Du Qianjue suddenly smiled.

"The original... future?" Di Tian frowned slightly, repeating the words in confusion.

"Yes, the original future. Without my presence in this world, the future would have followed a different path," Du Qianjue said, smiling gently at Di Tian.

Di Tian fell silent, his gaze flickering with uncertainty.

"I have nothing to hide from you. You're curious why I've kept my promise to the soul beast clan. It's because I'm not originally from this world," Du Qianjue said mysteriously.

"I came to Douluo Continent with memories of my past life. It was the very consciousness of the Douluo Continent that went to my original timeline, seeking aid from the Heavenly Dao of my world. That's how I came to Douluo Continent. The request I received was to save Douluo Continent."

"So naturally, I know most of the secrets of this world, including what would have happened to Douluo Continent if I hadn't appeared."

Di Tian remained silent, but his pupils trembled. He stared at Du Qianjue in shock.

No wonder!

No wonder Di Tian had never sensed any prejudice from Du Qianjue toward the soul beasts. He had never felt like Du Qianjue viewed them as resources.

Soul masters on the Douluo Continent saw soul beasts as walking resources for cultivation. Even those beast kings who had attained human form were still considered savage animals in the eyes of human soul masters.

Only Du Qianjue had treated them as friends from the very beginning.

Now it made sense—he wasn't even from this world!

"Go ahead. I am indeed curious about how Douluo Continent would have turned out without you," Di Tian said in a low voice.

To save...

Just hearing those two words made Di Tian speculate that the original world might not have turned out so well, and his own fate might have been quite tragic.

Du Qianjue smiled, raised his right hand, and pointed it toward Di Tian's forehead from a distance. A chaotic-colored beam of light instantly shot into Di Tian's brow.

Di Tian's golden dragon eyes became vacant, and a chaotic light filled his gaze.

As a divine king, Du Qianjue's strength wasn't just about combat power. With control over time and space, he could see glimpses of time's trajectory. While it was impossible to see the entire timeline, simulating a possibility based on his own memory was simple.

Thus, under Du Qianjue's divine power, Di Tian saw everything that had been simulated.

From Tang San's plotting with the world's consciousness to the selection of Huo Yuhao as the child of destiny, to Huo Yuhao fusing with the Skydream Iceworm, joining the Tang Sect, and entering Shrek Academy. And finally, their first encounter with the Beast Emperor.

In this version, Tang San's manipulations kept Huo Yuhao tightly bound. The existence of Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er further brainwashed him.

Di Tian didn't care about Huo Yuhao's personal growth; what caught his attention was how Huo Yuhao persuaded the Ice Emperor to sacrifice herself in the Extreme North and then absorbed Snow Emperor into himself.

When Di Tian saw the Beast Emperor, Wang Qiu'er, sacrifice herself for Huo Yuhao, he was consumed by rage. Even in the illusion, his body released a terrifying aura, causing the soul beasts around him to tremble in fear.

And in the illusion, the enraged Di Tian indeed launched a beast tide, attempting a desperate battle against humanity.

But the strength of the humans exceeded his expectations. Even Shrek Academy alone was enough to stop the assault from the Star Dou Forest.

Later, Huo Yuhao created the Spirit Pagoda, supposedly to ease tensions between soul beasts and humans. Di Tian, leading the soul beasts, agreed to a pact with the humans and helped form the Spirit Pagoda.

But little did he know the massive trap he was stepping into...

Huo Yuhao reached Rank 99 and officially challenged Di Tian, defeating him. After retreating to the Lake of Life, his lord, Gu Yuena, gave him a thousand-year plan: a counterattack against humans.

Even in the illusion, Di Tian could feel the overwhelming excitement.

However, the pit he had fallen into soon became clear. With the Spirit Pagoda, humans no longer needed soul beasts for spirit rings, leaving soul beasts with one purpose: to produce soul bones.

The advanced soul tools made soul beasts nearly powerless against human soul masters. Under the barrage of soul tools, the soul beasts of the Star Dou Forest were annihilated, their souls sealed within the Spirit Pagoda as future spirit rings for humans.

At this point, Di Tian could barely contain his fury. His golden dragon eyes nearly turned into the scarlet red of the Golden Dragon King.

A thousand years later, all that remained of the once-mighty Star Dou Forest was a small patch of the Lake of Life.

The former land of great danger was turned into a human playground, trapped by an iron fortress, becoming a prison for their soul beasts. Other than a few remaining beast kings, the soul beasts were almost extinct.

Fortunately, at this moment, their master, the Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena, finally awoke. But what followed only made Di Tian's blood pressure skyrocket. Gu Yuena started off strong with her bold statement, "The day of their destruction is coming," but quickly turned into a clown in a love-driven frenzy.

She said she would conquer the human world, but instead, she ended up falling into it herself. Watching Gu Yuena fall in love with Tang Wulin was unbearable for Di Tian. He had sacrificed so much for the continuation of the soul beast race, shed so much blood fighting against humans, only for his long-awaited master to wake up, enter the human world, and offer herself up for mating with a human? No, even worse, she willingly tore open space and delivered herself to be mated!

At that moment, Di Tian's image of Gu Yuena shattered completely, and for the first time, he felt a deep resentment toward her. This is what you meant by leading the soul beasts to their former glory?

When he saw that Gu Yuena gave birth to Tang Wulin's child and sacrificed herself for him, abandoning the soul beast race entirely, Di Tian's fury reached its peak. His rationality ignited in flames.

But it wasn't over yet!

Another ten thousand years passed, and Gu Yuena awoke from her slumber once again. With his last shred of hope, Di Tian wanted Gu Yuena to save the soul beasts one final time. Her response was a slap in the face.

"I'm not your master, and I'm not the ruler of the soul beasts!"

Blood-red tears flowed from Di Tian's eyes as he gazed at the sky in endless sorrow and rage.

"Master, is this truly your choice?"

In the illusion, Di Tian saw his own death. He was killed by humans, and his body was made into a starship. Even in death, his body exuded an endless aura of majesty.

"I may be dead, but I am still the Beast God of Star Dou."

Clap, clap, clap...

Soft clapping echoed. Even Du Qianjue, who had watched the illusion alongside Di Tian, couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

"So now you understand, Beast God, why I respect you. This is also the reason behind the words I said at my wedding. Compared to Gu Yuena, you are the true Beast God and the true ruler of the soul beasts."

Di Tian, calming his emotions but not wiping away his bloody tears, remembered that when Du Qianjue and Snow Empress got married, Du Qianjue had openly expressed his disdain for Gu Yuena. At the time, Di Tian felt somewhat displeased, but now he realized:

"I was the fool all along!"

Du Qianjue's mocking words at the time had turned out to be true. Tang Wulin... Tang Wulin, the son of Tang San!

"Why are you telling me this?" Di Tian asked with a bitter smile.

"I want Gu Yuena's Genesis Divinity, to surpass the realm of the Dragon God and reach the level of the Creator God," Du Qianjue replied bluntly.

"Fine. I agree." Di Tian nodded without hesitation, his gaze and tone icy cold. In his eyes, Gu Yuena no longer deserved to be the ruler of the soul beasts or his master. Du Qianjue had done so much for the soul beasts, so if he wanted Gu Yuena's divinity, he could take it. Di Tian had no objections.

"Bi Ji's feelings for me were never intentional, but it's too late now," Du Qianjue said with a helpless shake of his head. "Since I unintentionally stole Bi Ji from you, I'll spare Gu Yuena's life. After all, she's still the Dragon God's avatar, and as your mate, she's qualified."

"..." Di Tian's cold expression stiffened. He had also seen the illusion of his original relationship with Bi Ji. It had developed during the extermination war waged by the Spirit Transferring Tower against the soul beasts. He had been repeatedly injured in battles to protect the soul beasts, and the bond formed between him and Bi Ji as they supported each other led to their deep feelings.

Without having gone through that shared struggle and bloodshed for the soul beasts, Bi Ji wouldn't have had any special feelings for him. Now he understood why every time he saw Bi Ji close to Du Qianjue, he felt like he was losing something precious. It turned out she was supposed to be his future wife.

Though Di Tian felt a strong sense of loss, he didn't dwell on it. In the original timeline, Bi Ji suffered greatly by following him, ultimately sacrificing herself for the humans and becoming a spirit to survive. Now, she was not only a god in her own right, but also held a first-tier divine position.

What's more, Du Qianjue didn't seem to have any intention of intentionally stealing his partner—Bi Ji had gone to him of her own accord. Di Tian's expression grew more solemn with this thought.

"Let's leave it at that. Even if she was once my master, though I would love to take revenge on her, these were events that never actually happened. Stripping her of her divinity is both a payment to you on behalf of the soul beasts and her punishment."

Di Tian shook his head, refusing Du Qianjue's offer. After accepting that he and Bi Ji could never be together, he had started reciprocating Zi Ji's long-time affections, and lately, the two had been very close.

Adding Gu Yuena to the mix would only make things uncomfortable, not just for Zi Ji, but for himself as well.

"Alright, we'll do it your way then. I'll take Gu Yuena to the Divine Realm."

This was Di Tian—the rational Beast God. Even after seeing the original future unfold, he wouldn't let his anger drive him to kill Gu Yuena.

Of course, Du Qianjue wouldn't kill Gu Yuena after taking her Genesis Divinity. After all, she was still considered the most beautiful woman in the Douluo world, though in Du Qianjue's eyes, that title was somewhat exaggerated.

But turning her into a little servant girl wouldn't be too bad.

(End of chapter)