Hum—
As Yun Ming finished speaking, the original tranquility of the surroundings was completely shattered. Countless spatial energies resonated and vibrated, becoming exceptionally active, as if they were welcoming the arrival of their emperor.
Sensing this unique and familiar spatial rhythm, the sleeping soul spirit of Di Hong within the Atlas Divine Spear began to stir.
Yun Ming sensed something and looked up at the sky. Above the firmament, the wind and clouds shifted; vast swathes of crimson clouds churned incessantly. The sunlight from the higher reaches of the sky was blocked by Di Hong, casting a huge, terrifying shadow upon the ground. At the same time, a grand and vigorous voice resounded through the Void.
"Human, who are you?"
"Why do you know of this place? And why do you possess the aura of this Emperor?!"
Yun Ming replied in a loud voice.
"My name is Yun Ming. As for the rest, you are the one who told me, of course."
Hidden within the clouds, Di Hong was slightly stunned upon hearing Yun Ming's words. How could he not know what he had told Yun Ming? Then, with a movement of the wings on his back, Di Hong appeared before Yun Ming without warning, as if shifting his form and changing his shadow. Without the cover of the clouds, he finally revealed his true form.
It was a strange bird shaped like a yellow cloth sack, red as a ball of fire, with six legs and four wings. It had no eyes, ears, mouth, or nose; above its neck was only a mass of chaos. It looked very inconsistent with human aesthetics—er, it didn't quite fit the aesthetics of soul beasts either.
He was Di Hong. Do not let his ugly appearance fool you; his strength and background were top-tier. He did not need boring titles like the head of the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts, the ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest, the King of Soul Beasts on the continent, or the spokesperson for the Silver Dragon King to prove himself. His origin proved everything.
He, Di Hong! He belonged to the Chaos Emperor River Bird clan, a super divine beast race with the space element that once ranked first in the divine beast world, with the powerful bloodline of the Dragon King level flowing through his body. During the God Realm War, because he was still an egg, he remained on the Douluo Continent and was hidden here in the Di Hong Mountain, which was unknown to outsiders, thus escaping disaster.
Di Hong 'looked' at Yun Ming before him. Although he was somewhat confused by the meaning of the other's words, he did not think Yun Ming was playing tricks on him. After all, only he and his Father knew the location and the way to enter and exit this Di Hong Mountain. Since his Father had been dead for so many years, the fact that the other party could find the passage and enter the password spoke volumes.
Di Hong continued to ask, puzzled.
"What do you mean?"
Yun Ming replied.
"I mean exactly what I said. This was told to me by you in the future."
"The future version of this Emperor has come to this space-time?!!"
Hearing the word 'future', the chaos on Di Hong's head surged, and he cried out in shock. As a top-tier space-element divine beast, the information preserved in his bloodline was vast. Space and time were two attributes entangled with each other, and possessing a top-tier space bloodline inheritance, he could understand what Yun Ming said.
"Human, quickly let the future version of this Emperor come out! This Emperor wants to see exactly how powerful his future self is!"
Di Hong circled around Yun Ming, wanting to find his future self.
Regarding Di Hong's actions, Yun Ming did not reply. Instead, golden light flickered between his brows, and he used his Spiritual Power to evolve the scenes from his previous life's memories, transmitting all the information to Di Hong.
Di Hong did not stop him and allowed Yun Ming to proceed. After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the information transfer was complete.
Failing the tribulation, surviving from the jaws of death, signing a contract, fighting for a hundred years, the final battle, and soul-transmigrating twenty thousand years into the past. Di Hong understood everything about Yun Ming and himself twenty thousand years later. It had to be said that compared to Yun Ming's short life, his own beast life was monotonous, like someone waiting to die.
After understanding the cause and effect, Di Hong replied.
"Human, I understand your purpose, but this Emperor will not make the same choices as the future version."
Yun Ming was somewhat surprised by Di Hong's answer; things were a bit different from what he had expected! He spoke up.
"Di Hong, you should understand that soul beasts cannot become gods; this is the constraint of the world. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who will be nearly a million years old in two thousand years, the strongest soul beast on Douluo Star, Di Tian, and even you yourself cannot do it. Are you sure you want to abandon a plan that has a successful case and a high probability of success at the moment?!"
Hearing Yun Ming's words, the chaotic energy on Di Hong's head rose, and brilliant silver light shone all over his body. Space fluctuated incessantly. He said coldly and sharply.
"Is this Emperor's tone too gentle, making you think this Emperor is easy to talk to?"
"The current version of this Emperor is different from him in the future. He would throw away the integrity of the son of the Emperor River to live in humiliation and submit to others, but this Emperor will not!"
Listening to the other's declaration that dignity was supreme, Yun Ming seemed to have found the point where his calculations had failed.
Although the current Di Hong and the Di Hong within the Atlas Divine Spear were essentially the same beast, the gap in cultivation, temperament, and experience between the two periods was significant. His current personality seemed a bit rebellious and stubborn!
This actually involved some information that Yun Ming was not very clear about, which caused his misjudgment. He only knew that Di Hong's bloodline was very high, but he was not quite sure how high.
Although the Di Hong who signed a contract with Yun Ming in later generations was a shocking ferocious beast with a cultivation close to six hundred thousand years, his actual age was not great. Twenty thousand years later, he was only a little over thirty thousand years old.
The Chaos Emperor River Bird divine beast race was very special. After being birthed by their mother, they first had to go through a long growth period inside the egg. Because their innate talent was too strong, being born too early would make their bodies unable to carry the super-strong power brought by their powerful talent. Therefore, they could only break out of the shell after their bodies had completed their initial growth in the special environment inside the egg. This time was generally about ten thousand years, and their starting cultivation after breaking the shell was three hundred thousand years!
Other soul beasts had to grind for years, be cautious, and move step by step to have a chance to reach the top of the soul beast world. But for Di Hong, as long as he woke up from a sleep, his birth was a peak unreachable by others, except for a few individual soul beasts. This was the meaning of bloodline to the beast race. Of course, even among divine beast groups, the Chaos Emperor River Bird was one of the groups with top-tier racial talents; most other divine beasts were not actually that outrageous.
After being born, the growth rate of this group was also extremely fast. The amazing origin they possessed meant they did not need to work hard to become stronger; all they had to do was grow up well, and they would have powerful strength far exceeding that of their ancestors.
Of course, while powerful, this group was not flawless or without weaknesses. Apart from looking abstract and the scarcity inevitably brought by a high bloodline level, their biggest problem actually stemmed from their overly high talent.
Power was obtained too easily, making them generally arrogant and lazy. Moreover, their rapidly growing power meant their control over their own strength was not very good. Therefore, their combat power actually relied entirely on the combat instincts in their bloodline. It could not be said to be poor, but compared to those powerhouses with equally high limits who had fought their way up from countless battles, such as the Dragon Clan or humans, their combat power at the same level was indeed inferior.
When the group was still around, there were elders in the clan to educate them, and it was better with human control. But now, in Di Hong's generation, he might be the only Chaos Emperor River Bird in the world, so he naturally acted entirely according to his nature.
The Di Hong that Yun Ming met in his previous life had already been disciplined several times by the heavenly tribulation, Di Tian, and the Evil Emperor, so his temper had converged a lot.
And now, having been born for only a few thousand years, he had not yet been sanctioned by the heavenly tribulation and was at a rebellious and arrogant age. That he could even ask Yun Ming questions was already a sign that he was in a good mood after encountering something interesting today.
"Since that is the case, then I will take my leave."
Seeing Di Hong like this, Yun Ming had no choice but to give up. He did not necessarily need Di Hong's Spirit Ring; finding him now was also to awaken the Di Hong inside the Atlas Divine Spear. Now that the other party was unwilling, he could only wait until he became a god to awaken Di Hong. As for this one, let the future decide!
Yun Ming turned around, wanting to leave along the path he had come. He raised his hand to summon the Atlas Divine Spear, about to open space again. But suddenly, a violent spatial force came from behind. Yun Ming instinctively dodged, and five spatial claw marks, as deep as the Abyss, grazed the position where Yun Ming had previously been. Di Hong's voice sounded.
"Did this Emperor give you permission to leave?"
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