Though Ditian usually doted on her, she knew this wasn't the time for willfulness. The human powerhouse before them was too formidable, not someone she could provoke.
"Let's go." Ditian took a deep look at Lu Jingming behind Jingliu, then turned and led the Imperial Auspicious Beast and Red King deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
The Imperial Auspicious Beast couldn't help but glance back at Lu Jingming. There was no resentment from having her prey snatched; instead, her eyes were filled with curiosity—curiosity about humans, and a longing for the unknown world outside.
"We should leave too. This place is not suitable for long stay," Jingliu suddenly stated. Lu Jingming's expression froze, then he instantly reacted, his face subtly changing as he nodded quickly.
He swiftly placed the frozen Sacred Flame Heavenly Tiger into a soul tool capable of storing living creatures.
Ditian couldn't handle Jingliu, and for Jingliu to feel that this place was unsuitable for a prolonged stay, it clearly wasn't Ditian or the other fierce beasts. It could only be the sleeping Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena.
"She's awake?" Lu Jingming felt a headache coming on. Encountering the Imperial Auspicious Beast was one thing, and drawing out Ditian was within expectations, but the Silver Dragon King's awakening was completely unforeseen, not part of any of his plans or calculations.
"Mhm, it should be her," Jingliu nodded. She had also heard Lu Jingming mention information about this world, and the Silver Dragon King's existence was clearly crucial.
She had just distinctly felt a gaze upon them, making her, whose strength hadn't fully recovered, feel a strong threat. That feeling was like facing Shu Hu, the Abundance Aeon Envoy, in the past.
Although the Silver Dragon King, even at her peak, was still eons away from Shu Hu, Jingliu was also not at her peak now. If they fought, it would be very dangerous.
While the chance of Gu Yuena attacking them was low, having such a powerful being watching them from the shadows was always unsettling. It was best to leave first.
"Bi Ji, I'll leave the Auspicious Beast to you." Ditian returned with Red King and the Imperial Auspicious Beast to the deepest core area of the Star Dou Great Forest.
This place was permeated with a rich energy, and the surrounding flowers and trees shimmered with a peculiar light. Ditian nodded to a gentle green-haired woman walking towards them.
Bi Ji smiled slightly, nodding. She, too, knew what had happened earlier. She gently comforted the Imperial Auspicious Beast, then slowly led her away.
"You should go cultivate. That big worm won't last much longer," Ditian said to Red King, his expression calm and solemn.
"Yes!" Red King's face instantly lit up with joy at these words, almost leaping in excitement. Not only was it not punished for its ineffective handling of affairs, but it could also continue absorbing the life force of that lucky big worm.
That big worm was a million-year soul beast, with an incredibly vast life essence. In recent years, the number of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest had steadily increased, and the strength of the fierce beasts had also steadily improved, all thanks to it.
It was a pity that the big worm, despite its terrifying million-year cultivation, had pathetic combat power, practically a fighting-power-of-five weakling.
Forget about fighting against the fierce beasts; even an ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beast could easily overpower it.
Otherwise, with its powerful million-year cultivation, how could it have fallen to the tragic state of being used as an "energy ATM" by the fierce beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest?
Ditian returned alone to the Lake of Life, standing by its edge, his posture tall and straight. Then he slowly knelt on one knee, his head respectfully bowed, and said in a deep voice: "My Lord, that young man..." His voice was filled with an indescribable complexity of emotions, of doubt, of shock.
"Mhm, indeed, it is destruction and creation, but still too weak." An ethereal voice gently emanated from the depths of the void, carrying a transcendent aura, clearly falling into Ditian's ears.
Ditian's body trembled violently, a hint of horror flashing in his eyes. The power of destruction and creation—that was a power even the Dragon God struggled to perfectly control.
And now it had appeared on a human youth? One must know that in the past, the Dragon God had split due to the overwhelming burden on his spirit from simultaneously controlling these two completely opposing forces, leading to a series of tragedies and becoming the source of all disaster.
Even in the current Divine Realm, the God of Destruction and the God of Life, though husband and wife, could not conceive offspring due to their opposing powers, leaving them both helpless.
Yet, just now, the power of destruction and creation hidden within that human youth was strangely harmonious, as if born as one, an inherent part of him.
This discovery astonished both Ditian and the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena.
This was something even the formerly supreme Dragon God could not achieve, yet an ordinary human youth had done so.
How could it not stir up huge waves in their hearts? If not for the Silver Dragon King being severely injured and unable to easily act, and Ditian not being fully confident in defeating Jingliu, they would likely have captured Lu Jingming on the spot, attempting to uncover the secret hidden behind this.
What kind of serendipitous opportunity allowed a human to possess such heaven-defying power?
"It should be a twin martial soul, but exactly how, still needs observation," Gu Yuena's voice echoed faintly.
As the Silver Dragon King, she controlled the Divinity of Creation. To become the new Dragon God, devouring the Golden Dragon King, who controlled the Divinity of Destruction, was a necessary path.
But once she embarked on this path, she would most likely fall into the same predicament as the Dragon God, tormented repeatedly by two utterly opposing forces. The thought of such pain alone was chilling.
But in Lu Jingming, Gu Yuena saw a glimmer of hope—a chance to simultaneously control both destruction and creation.
Although becoming the new Dragon God was fraught with difficulties, and the Golden Dragon King was still sealed in the Divine Realm, inaccessible in her current injured state, this didn't prevent her from exploring ways to control these two powers beforehand.
With this thought, a silver-glowing dragon claw slowly extended from the void.
As the dragon claw passed, space shattered like a broken mirror, revealing an alternate space filled with a rich life aura. In the depths of that alternate space, the elegant and magnificent figure of a silver dragon was faintly visible, surrounded by dazzling life force, like a dream.
From the fingertip of the silver dragon claw, a drop of silver divine blood slowly fell.
As the divine blood dropped, like a massive stone cast into a calm lake, the Lake of Life instantly rippled.
The emerald green lake water, as if alive, rapidly enveloped this drop of divine blood. In an instant, powerful life energy converged frantically from the bottom of the lake, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea. In just a moment, a small, exquisite body gradually materialized on the surface of the lake.
Following that, a silver light cluster carrying intense spiritual fluctuations shot out from the alternate space, integrating into that body at an extremely rapid pace. The entire process was seamless.
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