Chapter 154: Secrets of Soul Beasts, The Major Fierce Beasts!
The main point was that this completely overturned common sense!
In the understanding of human soul masters, the lifespan limit of soul beasts is one hundred thousand years.
After reaching 100,000 years, if they do not choose to transform into human form and rebuild, they have only 1,000 years left to live.
After one thousand years, death is inevitable!
This has been an ironclad rule on the Douluo Continent since ancient times, a piece of "common knowledge" known by all Titled Douluo.
But now, a group of soul beasts with over two hundred thousand years of cultivation suddenly appeared, referred to as "fierce beasts." This instantly shattered their worldview!
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: @Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns, Xiao Wu, you are a transformed soul beast yourself.]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: Let's assume that what the "Silver Dragon" senior said is true.]
[I Want to Live Past Thirty: Do soul beasts with over two hundred thousand years of cultivation really exist in this world?]
Dugu Yan couldn't help but ask first.
As Dugu Bo's granddaughter, she was quite knowledgeable about soul beasts, but everything today was far beyond her understanding.
Looking at the questions in the group, Xiao Wu's expression became unprecedentedly serious.
She took a deep breath, sent a serious emoji, and then typed:
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: As for the detailed inside story, I don't actually know much either, since I'm only a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: I only know that in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, there is actually another region—the Great Forbidden Land!]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: The soul beasts living there are extremely powerful. My parents called them "fierce beasts."]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: I remember once, my father went into the Great Forbidden Land alone in search of a breakthrough.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: And then… he never came back.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: He must have encountered an irresistible danger or was erased by the beings inside.]
At this point, Xiao Wu's gaze dimmed slightly.
But she quickly adjusted her emotions and continued to explain the most crucial "lifespan issue."
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: As for the theory, you all know that "a hundred-thousand-year soul beast that doesn't transform will definitely die."]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: It's both right and not entirely right.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: First, I need to correct something—you equate a soul beast's lifespan with its cultivation, which is actually wrong.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: That statement should instead be: a soul beast with one hundred thousand years of cultivation, if it does not transform, can at most gain another thousand years of lifespan before death.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: But in reality, it doesn't necessarily die. Instead, after gaining that additional thousand years, the soul beast will face a terrifying trial of heaven and earth.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: We call it a heavenly tribulation!]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: If it fails to overcome it, its soul will scatter, and it will truly die.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: But if it survives the tribulation, its cultivation will break through the bottleneck and advance toward two hundred thousand years!]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: And by extension, every one hundred thousand years, an even more terrifying heavenly tribulation will descend!]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: At two hundred thousand years, there's a tribulation; at three hundred thousand years, another.]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: Those fierce beasts that survive are all monsters who survived under the Heavenly Tribulation lightning!]
The reason Xiao Wu knew this so clearly was actually because of her two younger brothers, Sky Azure Bull Python Da Ming and Titan Giant Ape Er Ming.
Their cultivation had long surpassed one hundred thousand years, especially Da Ming, whose cultivation was estimated to be around one hundred seventy thousand years.
They had once privately discussed their fear of heavenly tribulation with Xiao Wu. However, in the past, Xiao Wu would never have told such things to others.
But now, since even the Silver Dragon King, a being comparable to a God King, had appeared, there was no longer any need to keep this secret.
The human soul masters in the group were all dumbfounded by Xiao Wu's explanation.
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: Since everyone is already in the same group, can we be honest with each other?]
[Bunny Who Loves Candied Hawthorns: Among the new members, who are soul beasts and who are human soul masters?]
Xiao Wu's question was also what all the older members wanted to ask.
Soon, replies began popping up on the screen.
[Elegant Noble Lady: I'm human.]
[Blazing Rose: +1]
[Ice-Blue Feather: I'm human too.]
These people were quite straightforward and had no intention of hiding.
[Daughter of the Sea: Um… I should count as half-human, half-soul beast?] (thinking.jpg)
[Daughter of the Sea: Since you've read Lin Yuan's diary, you should all remember.]
[Daughter of the Sea: I'm the Sea Woman Douluo, one of the Seven Sacred Pillars of Sea God Island that Lin Yuan mentioned before.]
[Daughter of the Sea: Our Mermaid Clan is quite special. Among us, there are both pure soul beasts and human soul masters who have awakened martial souls.]
[Daughter of the Sea: It mainly depends on which side the bloodline leans toward. I belong to the latter, but I still have a fish tail and affinity with the ocean.]
The Sea Witch's explanation gave everyone a new understanding of the ecology of ocean soul masters.
Those from the Extreme North and the Star Dou Great Forest also revealed their identities.
[Don't Want to Become an Ice Sculpture: This one is the ruler of the Extreme North Ice Plains, Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, cultivation 390,000 years!]
[Ice and Snow Maiden: Ruler of the Extreme North, Heavenly Snow Woman, cultivation 690,000 years.]
[Emerald Guardian: Star Dou Great Forest, Emerald Swan, cultivation 570,000 years.]
[Abyss Witch: Star Dou Great Forest, Hell Demon Dragon King, cultivation 270,000 years.]
This string of numbers completely shocked all the human soul masters!
690,000 years!
570,000 years!
These were equivalent to human rank 98 or 99 existences, weren't they?
The Soul Beast Race actually had so many hidden powerhouses. This caused Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, and even Qian Renxue to all frown.
[Daughter of Fate: I am the Emperor Destiny Beast of the Star Dou Great Forest, Three-Eyed Golden Lion.]
[Daughter of Fate: As for my current cultivation… It's about 15,000 years.]
Seeing this number, Bibi Dong, who had been silently observing, finally spoke.
As the Pope of Spirit Hall, she was well-read and considered herself quite knowledgeable about soul beast theory.
[Supreme Pope: @Daughter of Fate, 15,000 years?]
[Supreme Pope: With only 15,000 years of cultivation, you already possess such high intelligence?]
[Supreme Pope: You can even skillfully use this chat group?]
[Supreme Pope: According to the ancient records of Spirit Hall, most soul beasts below 10,000 years only possess instincts of survival and hunting.]
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