Chapter 191: Not of My Kind
In the video.
A series of images depicted the changes in Douluo Continent after the Ring Condensation Technique was made public.
After Baiyun City announced the technique to the world, over 70% of soul masters chose to abandon the traditional system and follow the path of self condensing soul rings.
The remaining 30% did not cultivate it, mostly because they were too old, their levels were already too high, or their talent was limited they had reached the peak of their potential, making it not worth it to restart from scratch.
The reason this new technique quickly replaced the old system wasn't just because of how powerful and practical it was. The key factor was that Ye Cheng, the Lord of Baiyun City, had already proven it worked.
His successful cultivation showed everyone that this path could truly lead to godhood.
There was no need for divine trials, no need for godly inheritances as long as one had talent and trained hard, divinity was no longer a fantasy!
And with this revolutionary shift, the fundamental conflict between humans and soul beasts began to gradually disappear.
The Changing Relationship Between Humans and Soul Beasts
Previously, even though humans and soul beasts had temporarily allied against the invading demons, their hatred for each other remained.
In fact, there had been incidents where humans and soul beasts fought side by side against demons, only for a soul master to slay an injured soul beast afterwards to absorb its soul ring.
That soul master had justified his actions by claiming:
"It's about to die anyway, why waste the soul ring? If I absorb it, I'll grow stronger, and that means I can fight the demons better!"
Many humans agreed with this reasoning, and so the matter was quickly dismissed.
Incidents like this made the human soul beast alliance extremely fragile.
As long as soul masters still needed soul rings, a true peace between them and soul beasts was impossible.
But now, with the Ring Condensation Technique, soul masters no longer needed to hunt soul beasts for their soul rings.
The only thing worth killing soul beasts for now was soul bones, but these only dropped from 100,000 year old beasts.
Even if a soul master killed an 80,000 or 90,000 year old beast, there was no guarantee a soul bone would drop.
So for most soul masters, unless they were sure a soul beast would drop a soul bone, it wasn't worth it to hunt them anymore.
Reactions from the Livestream Audience
[Unbelievable!]
[Humans and soul beasts… actually living in peace?!]
[It's hard to imagine…]
[Incredible. Truly incredible…]
Watching the video, both humans and soul beasts alike found it difficult to believe what they were seeing.
Star Dou Forest – Core Area
The legendary beasts led by Di Tian were watching the video intently.
Seeing humans and soul beasts unite against the Abyssal demons didn't surprise them after all, the invasion threatened the entire world.
But when they saw that the Ring Condensation Technique had erased the primary conflict between humans and soul beasts, allowing them to coexist peacefully, all the great beasts were in shock!
"If I hadn't seen it myself, I would've eaten anyone who told me this could happen," a massive bear type beast growled in disbelief.
"This peace won't last."
Di Tian shook his head and said coldly,
"The Abyssal demons are an external threat, forcing humans and soul beasts to cooperate.
"But once that threat is gone, even if humans no longer need soul rings…
"True harmony between our species is impossible."
"There's an old human saying: 'Those not of our kind must have different hearts.'"
"We are not human. And in the end, we will never truly coexist with them."
The other beast kings fell silent.
They were as intelligent as humans, and they knew what Di Tian said was true.
Humans were naturally violent.
Even among their own kind, they fought endless wars, enslaved each other, and constantly oppressed the weak.
If humans treated their own kind that way, then how could they ever fully accept soul beasts?
Any peace was temporary.
As long as soul beasts still existed, humans would find a reason to hunt them.
Maybe they didn't need soul rings anymore, but soul bones were still an invaluable resource.
And once the Abyssal crisis was over, with humans no longer limited by divine restrictions, they would mass produce god level warriors.
Once humans were strong enough to wipe out all soul beasts…
There would be two possible outcomes for the soul beast race:
Total extinction.Enslavement and captivity, bred like livestock for their soul bones.
"Keep watching," Di Tian said.
"Speculating won't help us. We need to pay close attention to any details about our fate.
"We cannot allow ourselves to fall behind."
The other beasts nodded and continued watching.
In the Video
After showing how the world had changed, the video fast forwarded 100 years into the future.
Even after a century, the Abyssal Gate in the sky still hadn't closed.
And as time passed, more and more Abyssal demons had descended.
By now, countless god level demons had arrived.
Fortunately, each wave only had a few god level beings at a time, usually between one and five.
Additionally, whenever a god level demon descended, it caused massive disturbances, allowing Douluo's strongest factions to react quickly and eliminate them before they caused too much damage.
A New Generation of Gods
Though the battle against the Abyss continued, Douluo Continent had changed drastically.
The Ring Condensation Technique had allowed dozens of new gods to emerge.
Among them, the most famous was Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Cheng's first disciple.
She was now known as
"The Goddess of Asura!"
(End of Chapter)
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