Chapter 196: The Star Dou Great Forest Chooses To Embrace Soul Spirits
After the Three-Eyed Golden Lion left, Di Tian swiped his finger on the Magic Net, sending a message in the fierce beast group of the Star Dou Great Forest Core Area.
『Incompetent Dragon』: “Everyone come to the Lake of Life.”
“A technology that can change the current state of soul beasts has appeared.”
“We in the Star Dou Great Forest need to discuss this new technology called Soul Spirit.”
“As the largest gathering place of soul beasts, we should choose a path for the future of soul beasts.”
『May the Forest No Longer Cry』: “Soul Spirit? Mm, I’ll be right there.”
『Licking Tree』: “Received.”
『Useless Bear』: “I got it.”
『Rice-Eating Dog』: “Coming, does First Brother Di Tian want anything to eat?”
“A conference always needs some food, right?”
『Useless Bear』: “Bring me some roasted meat.”
『Incompetent Dragon』: “………”
『Zi Ji』: “Received.”
『Mysterious Person』: “Understood, First Brother.”
After receiving responses from all the fierce beasts, Di Tian directly closed the light screen and waited for the fierce beasts to arrive.
At first, Di Tian was still thinking whether to hold a Beast King meeting and have all the Beast Kings of the Star Dou Great Forest come over to discuss it.
But later he thought there was no need to go to such trouble; too many beasts mean too many opinions, and the fierce beasts of the Core Area were sufficient to represent the entire Star Dou Great Forest.
In fact, Di Tian alone could decide everything, but he still preferred to discuss it with the other fierce beasts.
If it were Snow Empress, she would decide it herself; if the soul beasts of the Extreme North dared to voice any dissent, they could go to the Ice Sea and bare their teeth at the Sea Demon Elephants.
Di Tian stood by the Lake of Life, arms crossed over his chest, eyes closed in meditation, the golden strands on his forehead swaying slightly with the lake breeze, his black robe making faint sounds in the wind.
If he added a purple top and yellow long pants inside, he would have even more of a strong person’s demeanor.
Because it was a summons from the Beast God, the fierce beasts moved very quickly; Ten Thousand Demon King, who had always stayed in the Core Area, arrived at the Lake of Life almost as soon as the message was sent.
Mainly, Di Tian didn’t dare let Ten Thousand Demon King leave the Core Area; this guy ruled over one-third of the plants in the outer ring, and the mixed ring and outer ring were practically his kingdom.
For commands over plants, sometimes his words worked better than Di Tian’s.
A normal Soul Beast King could not tolerate such an existence; in the Extreme North, it would have long been eaten by Snow Empress’s Emperor Sword, but unfortunately, this was Di Tian.
Ten Thousand Demon King bowed to Di Tian, then stood on the other side of the Lake of Life waiting for everyone to gather.
Bi Ji sat sideways on the head of a ten-thousand-year Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent, arriving at the Lake of Life accompanied by greenish-blue light.
She had just been healing this Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent that was injured from fighting; upon learning Bi Ji needed to go to the Lake of Life, it voluntarily carried her here.
After all, in terms of speed, the Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent ranked quite high among all soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Phoenix-Tailed Crested Serpent nodded to Di Tian and the others in greeting, then gratefully rubbed its head gently against Bi Ji before turning into crimson lightning and leaving.
The Core Area was not a place for a ten-thousand-year soul beast like it to linger; the mixed ring was its home.
Bi Ji came to stand beside Di Tian, and Di Tian smiled at her, completely different from his attitude toward Ten Thousand Demon King.
Soon, Chi Wang and Xiong Jun arrived together; the two of them didn’t like human form and preferred beast form.
A dark golden giant bear and a dark red giant dog occupied both sides of the Lake of Life, forming a stark contrast with the diminutive Ten Thousand Demon King beside them.
Xiong Jun munched on chips loudly, “glug glug glug” drinking cola; Ten Thousand Demon King beside him showed a disgusted expression on his face and couldn’t help but move a few steps away.
Seeing this, Xiong Jun thought for a moment, then offered the chips in his hand to him, gesturing for him to have some too.
Although he didn’t like this insidious guy very much, he was still a colleague after all, so sharing some chips was no big deal.
Ten Thousand Demon King waved his hand, raised an eyebrow, and said:
“You keep them and eat them yourself.”
Seeing Ten Thousand Demon King refuse, Xiong Jun didn’t indulge him and continued eating heartily.
Chi Wang was very sensible and immediately took out a bunch of roasted meat from the storage soul tool hidden in his fur, enthusiastically distributing it to Bi Ji and Di Tian.
Di Tian opened his golden eyes and looked helplessly at Chi Wang, who was wagging his tail and full of eager anticipation, then took a kebab.
Because it was the soul beast special edition, this thing looked like a spear in Di Tian’s hand.
For a moment, Di Tian didn’t know how to bite into it.
Fortunately, Zi Ji and Yao Ling arrived at the Lake of Life, and all the fierce beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest were officially gathered.
Di Tian casually stored the kebab in his storage soul tool, scanned the fierce beasts around the Lake of Life, and couldn’t help but nod.
These six fierce beasts were the true top combat power of the Star Dou Great Forest and one of the important foundations for its continued existence.
Hundred thousand year soul beasts had become fewer than those in the Extreme North due to humanity’s repeated harvesting.
Fortunately, the Beast Kings at the fierce beast level were still largely intact, with more than half of the Ten Great Fierce Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Di Tian’s golden eyes glowed faintly, the might of the Beast God filling the entire Lake of Life.
The emerald green lake water shook violently, bubbles rising from below, like boiling water.
When Silver Dragon King was still at the bottom of the lake, Di Tian would never have dared to do this; now that Lord had gone to the human world, he had no such scruples.
The surrounding fierce beasts all sat up straight, knowing Di Tian was about to speak.
“Everyone.”
“Lord just sent me some technical information.”
“It’s a new technology called Soul Spirit developed by the organization where Lord is currently staying.”
“This technology is already mature and will soon be officially implemented.”
“I think the turning point for the development of the Soul Beast Clan has arrived; this meeting will decide the future of the Soul Beast Clan!”
“Next, I’ll forward the technical overview sent by Lord to the fierce beast group.”
“Read it carefully!”
With that, Di Tian directly copied and pasted the message from Gu Yue Na into the fierce beast group.
The several great fierce beasts received the message and immediately began reading.
None of the fierce beasts who could stand by the Lake of Life were weak; their spiritual power cultivation was profound, and their reading speed was extremely fast.
Bi Ji and Ten Thousand Demon King had the highest spiritual power cultivation and finished reading the information quickly.
A faint gleam flashed in Ten Thousand Demon King’s greenish-blue eyes, quickly thinking in his mind about the benefits of this technology for soul beasts—or rather, for himself.
He was a selfish person; although the Demon Eye Magic Tree was rare, it wasn’t particularly powerful—his cultivation to this point relied entirely on his own schemes and wisdom.
Every scheme he came up with ensured he never suffered a loss.
Bi Ji didn’t think too much; joy appeared on her delicate and sacred face, her pleasant voice echoing above the Lake of Life.
“Di Tian, this is a good thing!”
“Soul Spirit technology………”
“Contract and contract dissolution—with this, the Soul Beast Clan can finally truly improve relations with humanity!”
“The Soul Beast Clan can choose to contract with humans and live together; if the contractor is near death, the contract can be dissolved and continued with dream coins.”
“What kind of brilliant genius could create such a technology!”
“The Soul Beast Clan can finally………”
Bi Ji clasped her hands over her chest, her emerald green eyes filled with gratitude; as the kindest fierce beast, Bi Ji had always advocated peace and hated meaningless casualties!
She had long felt powerless about the irreconcilable conflicts between humanity and soul beasts.
Now she finally saw a glimmer of hope! Soul Spirit technology perfectly matched all of Bi Ji’s ideas for peace!
Di Tian nodded slightly; he was also very optimistic about Soul Spirit technology, not just because of Lord’s strong endorsement, but also his own judgment.
If it were just a simple contract, Di Tian would only think this technology could temporarily ease tensions.
But after seeing the detailed explanation of contract dissolution and continuation, Di Tian realized the researcher truly intended to change the relationship between soul beasts and humanity!
Di Tian’s mind flashed to the black-haired man in the black trench coat he had seen last time.
He finally understood why the Space Dragon King trusted that man so much.
“Space Uncle, I’m indeed not as good as you.”
“Even in judgment; I still have a long way to go to become a qualified Dragon King!”
A look of emotion appeared in Di Tian’s eyes; he hadn’t expected that humans themselves would ultimately bring about change—soul beasts were truly far inferior to humanity in innovation.
“Huo Qiang.”
“Enthusiasm.”
Di Tian chewed on these words repeatedly, lost in thought.
At this moment, the other fierce beasts had all finished reading, and all the Beast Kings were marveling at the innovative significance of this technology.
“Interesting, this Soul Spirit technology is really interesting.”
“How did humans come up with it?”
“I could never think of it.”
Xiong Jun scratched his head, dark golden fur still dotted with chip crumbs.
Chi Wang’s three heads nodded in unison; as the first fierce beast to engage in trade with humans, he was very enthusiastic about a turning point in soul beast-human relations.
The entire Lake of Life was filled with discussion; the fierce beasts were all voicing their opinions.
Di Tian looked at everyone, his gaze suddenly locking onto Ten Thousand Demon King.
“Ten Thousand Demon King, you have the most tricks up your sleeve.”
“Tell us your thoughts.”
Hearing Di Tian, Ten Thousand Demon King stopped being silent and said to the gathered fierce beasts:
“This technology can undoubtedly change the relationship between the Soul Beast Clan and humanity.”
“Personally, I think we should fully embrace this technology.”
“But I have one differing view.”
“According to Lord’s description, this technology was developed by an organization called Enthusiasm.”
“Enthusiasm is a top force in the Heaven Soul Empire.”
“But everyone has learned from the Magic Net that there are four empires on this continent!”
“Each empire has many forces!”
“Enthusiasm doesn’t represent all of humanity’s ideas!”
“The Soul Beast Clan undoubtedly wants change!”
“But how do we make all of humanity change too?”
Di Tian fell into thought; beside him, Chi Wang’s three heads spoke in unison.
“Isn’t that simple?”
“Once this technology is fully promoted, we great fierce beasts stand in the outer ring; any human who dares hunt, we kill!”
“Then compare the pros and cons of Soul Spirits versus soul rings, along with acquisition difficulty, and humans will choose for themselves, right?”
Xiong Jun reacted and said:
“Hey!”
“Chi Wang, your brain turns fast!”
“I think it’s feasible!”
Di Tian raised his head and said to the fierce beasts:
“We still need a force.”
“A force that can operate in the human world to ensure the promotion of Soul Spirits.”
“At the same time, if in the future some Soul Spirits don’t want to continue contracting with humans, we can house them and let them continue earning dream coins and be self-sufficient.”
“Chi Wang, I remember that country called the Star Luo Empire wanted to invite us to watch the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament?”
Chi Wang’s three heads nodded lightly and said:
“That’s right.”
“Weren’t you planning to refuse, First Brother?”
Di Tian shook his head and said:
“Accept this invitation.”
“According to the information on the Magic Net, the Star Luo Empire borders the Sun Moon Empire, which is eyeing them covetously.”
“The Star Luo Empire is no match for the Sun Moon Empire.”
“They invited us wanting to borrow our power against the Sun Moon Empire.”
“We can help them against the Sun Moon Empire, but the price is that the Star Luo Empire must fully embrace Soul Spirits!”
“That’s our bottom line!”
“And Soul Spirits are not a weakening for soul masters.”
“I believe that human emperor knows what to do.”
“Once the Star Luo Empire fully embraces Soul Spirits, the Heaven Soul Empire goes without saying—Enthusiasm and Lord are there.”
“As for Dou Ling?”
“If they disagree, I’ll go there personally!”
Di Tian’s golden eyes narrowed, his tone revealing killing intent.
He was confident no one could withstand his Dragon God Claw!
If they wouldn’t do it gracefully, Di Tian would make them!
The great fierce beasts all nodded, thinking it feasible.
Ten Thousand Demon King continued asking:
“Then what about the force responsible for supervision?”
“Shall we establish it ourselves?”
“But we don’t have the Soul Spirit technology.”
Di Tian said to Ten Thousand Demon King:
“Then establish a supervisory force together with Enthusiasm.”
“Lord is bringing a team of Enthusiasm diplomatic personnel to the Star Dou Great Forest.”
“We can discuss it with them then.”
“Enthusiasm and soul beasts work together to establish a new force to supervise the promotion of Soul Spirits.”
“And ensure living conditions for Soul Spirits after contract dissolution.”
“That’s my idea; any opinions can continue to be raised.”
“If no opinions, just nod, and we’ll proceed!”
Ten Thousand Demon King had nothing more to say, nodding slightly; Soul Spirit technology had no downside for him and was also a fallback if heavenly tribulation failed.
The other fierce beasts nodded in unison.
At this moment, the boulder of fate had fallen from the mountain peak!
