Chapter 65: All Ten Thousand-Year Soul Beasts of the Extreme North Are Gathered
"Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, Ice Emperor, cultivation near 400,000 years. You don't have the confidence to overcome the 400,000-year heavenly tribulation, so you are intentionally slowing down your cultivation, aren't you?"
"Ice Bear King, Xiao Bai, 190,000 years of cultivation, not yet reaching 200,000 years."
The Snow Empress, Ice Emperor, and Ice Bear King were all shaken, looking as though they were prepared.
The Snow Empress furrowed her brows slightly. "State your purpose. Why do you know so much about me and us?"
"Hehe, before that, let us introduce ourselves," Ye Wen said, a smile playing on his lips. He pointed to Xie Hu and Xiao Bai, who were both in their half-human forms, standing by his side. "This is Xie Hu, the Evil Tiger, Evil Tiger Demon Whale King!"
"Roar!!!"
Xie Hu transformed into his Evil Tiger Demon Whale form.
"Sea Soul Beasts," the Snow Empress, Ice Emperor, and Ice Bear King all looked shocked.
Ye Wen continued his introduction: "The one on the right, like your Ice Bear King, is also called Xiao Bai, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King!"
As he spoke, Xiao Bai transformed into her Demon Soul Great White Shark form.
"I am Ye Wen, Deep Sea Demon Whale King!"
"Roar!!!"
The roar of the Demon Whale seemed to echo across the entire Extreme North. Ye Wen's terrifying aura and pressure made even the Snow Empress feel quite wary.
"Snow Empress, this guy, his size is terrifying!!" Ice Emperor exclaimed in shock.
Ice Bear King was also stunned and deeply afraid. "Damn... This guy is even bigger than Titan Snow Demon King!"
"We are Sea Soul Beasts from the great ocean, and I am also the soul beast overlord of the ocean."
Ye Wen switched back to his half-human form and pointed to Daming and Erming. "These are Daming, the Forest Emperor, Azure Sky Bull Python, and Erming, the Forest King, Titan Giant Ape. They come from the central continent, from the forest, and are 100,000-year-old soul beasts."
"This one, the Nine-Headed Blood Bat King, you can call him the King of Slaughter, from the Sin City of Slaughter City."
"We come from different places, but we all have one thing in common—we are all beasts, soul beasts!"
"We've come here to ask the soul beasts of the Extreme North to join us," Ye Wen stated directly, revealing his purpose.
The Snow Empress was indeed very curious—how did these sea, forest, and Slaughter City soul beasts all come together?
She was intrigued but had more questions. She asked, "Is this how you intend to make us join you? By defeating the soul beasts of the Extreme North?"
She pointed to the Titan Snow Demon King, who was knocked out and lying in the snow.
She continued, "What does it mean for us to join you? What can you accomplish with so many powerful soul beasts gathered together? Do you want to rule humans?"
"Or are the sea and forest soul beasts facing a crisis brought by humans?"
These were the two reasons the Snow Empress thought of.
They came from the ocean, the forest, and the snowfields, each with their own suitable habitat. Soul beasts didn't have too many conflicts between them, apart from hunting to fill their bellies, there were no real conflicts of interest.
The world of soul beasts was much simpler than that of humans.
Being the leader of soul beasts and ruling them didn't make sense. So, the Snow Empress thought that perhaps Ye Wen and his group wanted to rebel against humans, rule humans, and expand the soul beasts' territories to make them the rulers of the continent.
Or maybe they were facing persecution from humans, being slaughtered, and wanted to seek external help to resist humans.
"We don't want to rule humans, and we haven't been persecuted by them yet. But I can share my thoughts on the matter," Ye Wen smiled and said. "Our soul beast tribe has always been hunted by humans to obtain soul rings and gain profits and wealth."
"Humans dominate this world, and we soul beasts are merely a resource for humans, always at risk of being killed by them. Apart from us Sea Soul Beasts in the ocean, who are able to avoid being hunted by humans, the forest and Extreme North soul beasts are in grave danger."
"Humans' power is growing. The number of human soul masters is increasing, and they need more soul rings and more soul beasts to hunt. Sooner or later, you will be hunted to the brink of extinction."
"Of course, I'm not saying this because I want to rule humans. That's not why I want you to join us."
"The reason I want you to join us is simple. I need your power to strengthen my forces to fight against the gods! To fight against human gods!"
"And not ordinary humans!"
"I want to kill the gods I want to kill. I want our soul beast tribe to have a place, to break through the god level, ascend to godhood, and achieve eternal life as gods!"
Ye Wen had never thought about ruling humans. Although he was a soul beast, he still carried the soul of a human, with the flesh and body of a soul beast.
Moreover, if soul beasts ruled this world, it would be a disaster. Soul beasts had no rules, no systems, no perfect social structure—just the law of the jungle.
Humans could never live peacefully in a world ruled by soul beasts. Sooner or later, they would be eaten by them.
Just as soul beasts were being killed by humans seeking soul rings, soul beasts would eventually slaughter each other. After all, soul beasts needed food, and carnivorous soul beasts would certainly eat other soul beasts!
Like the Forest Emperor and Forest King, Daming and Erming, they also needed to eat soul beasts to survive.
So, Ye Wen didn't mind soul beasts being hunted. It was all a demand. The same went for soul beasts killing humans.
As long as it didn't completely affect the continuation of the soul beasts or humans, Ye Wen wouldn't allow soul beasts to rule humans, but instead give soul beasts the strength to fight humans and maintain a balanced relationship between the two.
Ye Wen's real goal was simple: to take revenge for himself and give both soul beasts and humans the opportunity to break through to the god level and reach the realm of gods.
"Wh-what?! Kill gods!? You want to deal with gods..." Upon hearing Ye Wen's words, the Snow Empress, Ice Emperor, Ice Bear King, and Atai were all deeply shocked, left speechless.
(END CHAPTER)
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