Chapter 58 – The Awakening of the Black Dragon Emperor
The boy had cut down everything in his path, rising up with blood-stained hands and a heart full of vengeance.
Not only did he avenge the massacre of his city, but he also led the human soul masters in a counterattack against the soul beast clans.
He wanted to wipe them out entirely!
In the final battle, heaven and earth trembled. A golden dragon descended from the sky, its presence alone shattering the heavens and crushing the gathered human soul masters with terrifying ease.
The golden dragon was too powerful. Too terrifying.
In a single instant, the tide of battle reversed—what had been a righteous human assault turned into utter defeat.
At that critical moment—
It was still the boy who charged alone toward the dragon with a sword in hand!
He was only a peak Douluo. And yet, in that moment, he rivaled the gods.
An unimaginable burst of divine-level combat power erupted from him.
The entire continent watched—countless soul masters, countless civilians, all held their breath to witness this battle.
They were all praying!
They were all shouting!
They were all regretting!
They were all roaring!
"God! Let him become a god too!"
"Only gods can fight against gods!"
When the boy was once again knocked into the sky by the golden dragon, coughing blood, a transformation began that no one could see.
Across the entire continent, countless thoughts and wills gathered like stars in a night sky.
Will, faith, devotion.
All of it merged into a terrifying force that poured into the boy's body.
He became a god!
Through the power of the people's faith, he ascended—becoming the God King!
What followed was a clash of titans—a final peak showdown.
A battle between the King of Beasts and the King of Humans!
The boy, empowered by the will of all mankind, cleaved the golden dragon in two with a single, divine sword strike.
That day, he set forth a rule—
The soul beast race shall never leave the forest without permission again!
The golden dragon's body dispersed into divine light, returning to the God Realm.
And the boy… he, too, was pulled into the God Realm, vanishing from the continent thereafter.
Oh, right—
That boy's name… was Qin Chuan.
The boy who became the God King—he couldn't bear the loneliness.
He longed to once again find the angel-like girl with eyes like stars.
So, not long after ascending, he left the God Realm…
And set out into the universe.
Years passed. Countless, immeasurable years.
Until one day, he gained sudden insight into the mysteries of time and space—and made a choice.
He gave up everything.
And chose… to reincarnate.
…
The images vanished like mist.
The blood-red Manjusaka flowers withered and crumbled into ash, scattering across the tabletop and over Qin Chuan's body.
Qin Chuan snapped out of his daze, emerging from his mental collapse.
His eyes grew deep, steady—and locked instantly onto the person across from him.
Qian Renxue.
She had returned to her true form. A stunning beauty, but her eyes were filled with tears.
"Brother Qin Chuan, you…" she said, voice trembling, unable to contain the surge of emotions.
"I…" Qin Chuan's throat caught.
"I… finally found you…" he said bitterly.
The memories had all returned now.
How could he not know?
This angelic girl, the one he had sought for eons across time and space—was Qian Renxue.
In that moment, she could no longer hold back her emotions. She threw herself into his arms and wept uncontrollably.
She released her longing, buried deep in her soul for thousands of years.
…
At the same time, in the Star Dou Great Forest—
The sky darkened. The wind howled, clouds churning with thick black smoke like molten lead.
Thunder boomed. Arcs of lightning tore across the heavens.
The entire forest trembled.
A terrifying, unprecedented force had awakened—like the heavens themselves were about to unleash their fury.
All the soul beasts across the vast Star Dou Great Forest fell to the ground in trembling submission.
It was a terror that surged from the depths of their souls.
"Yin—!!"
Suddenly, a dragon's roar shattered the silence, ripping through the underground and soaring into the sky.
It struck directly into the heart of the storm, threatening to shatter the oppressive clouds overhead.
The roar alone sent countless soul beasts into a frenzy of fear.
Even the mighty two-hundred-thousand-year soul beasts—the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape—shook with terror, their instincts urging them to kneel.
"Yin—!!"
Another dragon's roar echoed!
A terrifying creature, clad in pitch-black scales, burst forth from the earth and rose high into the sky.
It surged through the black stormclouds, wrapped in thunder and lightning.
Its fangs gleamed. Its claws were sharp. Its golden eyes were filled with unshakable arrogance and freezing disdain.
Its presence dominated everything, suppressing the entire Star Dou Great Forest.
It was the true king of beasts.
"What is that?!"
The Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape exchanged stunned glances.
"I…"
Before they could even make sense of what they saw—
The black clouds scattered, and the monster revealed itself in full.
A massive black dragon, cloaked in divine lightning.
Its fangs bared. Its gaze ice-cold. Its aura suffocated everything around it.
"See me…"
"Why are you not kneeling?!"
The voice boomed like thunder, crashing into the ears of the two great beasts.
The pressure from its bloodline alone sent the two titanic creatures into spasms of uncontrollable trembling.
Then—
Crack!
The Titan Giant Ape's knees buckled under the weight of that divine pressure. Bones shattered. He knelt.
The Azure Bull Python quickly lowered its head in surrender.
To resist was meaningless.
"My name is… Di Tian."
The black dragon's voice echoed again.
The Azure Bull Python shuddered.
It remembered.
This was the Emperor of Beasts.
The true King of Soul Beasts.
Di Tian!
It and the Titan Giant Ape were nothing but children—false kings who rose up in Di Tian's absence.
In the sky, Di Tian's gaze pierced through clouds and distance—locked firmly onto Heaven Dou City.
"Humans…"
His growl shook the forest once more.
In the next instant—
All human soul masters hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest exploded into blood mist.
No one survived.
Too powerful.
Too terrifying.
At the same time, the Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape sensed something far more chilling—
Within the core of the forest…
Several even more powerful auras had awakened.
Compared to them, the two self-proclaimed overlords were but ants.
Then, the Azure Bull Python saw it—
A green-skinned humanoid creature approached gracefully from the depths of the forest.
"Di Tian, breaking your tribe's legs right after waking up… such cruelty," the figure said softly, her voice laced with complaint.
Then—whoosh!—she vanished from her spot and reappeared before the kneeling Titan Giant Ape.
Though she was small and delicate in appearance, standing before a mountain-sized beast, her aura firmly suppressed him.
Even the Azure Bull Python could feel it—
This woman wasn't human.
She was a terrifying beast overlord.
"Bi Ji, stop playing saint," came another voice.
A seductive woman in purple robes walked out from the shadows.
Her presence alone made the Azure Bull Python's body tense.
Another super soul beast overlord.
Then came more.
More and more.
One after another—
The Ten Thousand Demon King.
The Bear King.
The Red King.
And countless other century-old soul beasts whose auras eclipsed that of even the Titan Giant Ape.
The Azure Bull Python was overwhelmed. Stunned.
How many monsters had been slumbering beneath this forest all this time?!
"Di Tian, since you've awakened us all," the Ten Thousand Demon King spoke, voice sinister and deep, "there must be something important."
All eyes turned to the black dragon king floating in the skies above—
Waiting for his answer.