Chapter 54 The future scene!
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of years have passed.

However, time does not seem to be kind to these tiny creatures - soul beasts - that have coexisted with humans on the continent for tens of thousands of years.

Initially, soul beasts, as the only way to produce soul rings and enable soul masters to improve their own strength, have an extremely hostile relationship with humans.

The road to improving the strength of every soul master is paved with the blood of many soul beasts, and the number of soul beasts hunted by a Titled Douluo in his lifetime is countless.

And most importantly, the age of a soul master's soul ring varies, ranging from ten years to one hundred thousand years.

But even if it was a ten thousand year soul ring, it would require the soul beast to practice hard for ten thousand years before it could be condensed, but it was killed and absorbed in an instant.

Such unequal killing will inevitably disrupt the ecology.

Although soul beasts are powerful, they are ultimately not as intelligent as humans.

Moreover, in order to improve their own strength, all major sects, academies, and empires keep countless soul beasts in captivity for people to hunt in various situations.

Under the pursuit and slaughter by major sects, except for the most powerful group of soul beasts, the rest of the soul beasts seemed to have lost their foothold on this continent.

And soul masters, in order to gain strength, hunted all kinds of soul beasts in the forest without restraint. Today, tens of thousands of years later, with thousands of years of wanton hunting by humans, soul beasts are almost on the verge of extinction.

Nowadays, the technology of soul guides is developing rapidly. Powerful soul guides are very powerful. When used by soul masters with strong soul power, they can exert geometric multiples of their strength.

Humans are so powerful that soul beasts seem completely unable to resist.

Ten thousand years later, as human soul masters' pursuit of strength continued to escalate and the number of soul beasts gradually decreased, soul spirits came into being.

This form of soul spirit is to separate the soul of the soul beast from its body and sign a permanent contract with the soul master. Such a soul spirit can preserve its consciousness as a soul beast and help the soul master fight in combat.

This form of soul was created by the Holy Death God Alex. Huo Yuhao, who has become the God of Emotions, built the Soul Tower to spread the method of obtaining souls, hoping to use souls to ease the conflict between soul beasts and soul masters on the Douluo Continent, and to calm the huge hatred between humans and soul beasts and the unequal status of soul beasts and soul masters, and to promote, expand and spread this method.

The soul is a substitute for the soul ring. Its biggest advantage is that it can preserve the life of the soul beast, and the soul can be inherited, thus effectively reducing the hunting of soul beasts.

In addition, a powerful soul can provide more than one soul ring at the same time. With the help of the soul, the soul power required by the soul master to release soul skills will be doubled, and the strength exerted will become stronger.

The emergence of soul spirits temporarily eased the fierce conflict between soul beasts and soul masters, but soul spirits were ultimately not a long-term solution.

The preciousness of the soul further stimulates human greed.

In order to obtain such a powerful soul ring that can be passed down, humans doubled the inhumane enslavement of soul beasts.

Most soul beasts have their own pride and thoughts. They are imprisoned in human bodies and forced to provide their abilities to humans. They have lost their own bodies and freedom and can only follow the soul master forever. Even if the soul master dies, their obligations have not come to an end. They still need to serve his descendants for thousands of years and be imprisoned in human bodies forever... Such behavior is tantamount to a disguised form of imprisonment and life imprisonment for soul beasts.

Therefore, except for a few soul beasts whose lifespans are about to end and are willing to merge with humans, most soul beasts, instead of being grateful for such actions by humans, become more hateful.

For soul beasts, freedom is above all else; they would rather die than be without freedom.

“What… Ten thousand years later, the soul beast world has fallen to this point…” Huang Tian, ​​dressed in a black robe, opened his eyes wide in disbelief, obviously finding such a future unbelievable.

Di Tian left the water and transformed into a black-clothed man who looked exactly like Huang Tian. A hint of bitterness appeared on his lips as he said, "The relationship between humans and soul beasts has been like fire and water for a long time. I thought there might be such a day in the future, but I didn't expect... that day to come so soon."

A woman in an emerald green dress also transformed from the lake into a human form. She stood silently behind Di Tian, ​​with sorrow and looming fear in her eyes: "Beast God...if there really is such a day in the future, we..."

Di Tian seemed to be reminded by the woman's words. He clenched his fists, clenched his teeth, and his facial expression was serious and a little ferocious. He said: "Keep watching. I believe that a turning point will definitely appear. I don't believe that even after ten thousand years, we can't fight against humans?"

A light soon flashed in the future detector and they arrived deep in the forest, which was where they were now.

The tall trees are so dense that even sunlight cannot penetrate, so that all you can see in this large forest is darkness.

Deep in the forest, there is a small lake. The water is as clear as a blue crystal. However, its water level is far away from the shore, and it seems that it may dry up at any time.

Ten thousand years later, Di Tian and others stood by the lake. Di Tian looked more decadent and depressed than ever before.

“Beast God…” The woman in the green dress behind Di Tian seemed to be no different from ten thousand years ago, her appearance was still delicate and beautiful, her figure was slim, and her temperament was extraordinary.

However, upon closer inspection, the woman's eyes were no longer as pure and peaceful as they once were, but were now filled with fatigue and vicissitudes.

“Don’t call me the Beast God anymore. Of all the soul beasts now, only us old friends are left. Who should I be the God of?” Di Tian said bitterly with a self-deprecating smile. The dragon horns and black dragon sword that had been shining brightly now looked dull.

"The power of the soul guide is too strong. Even I am no match for it. Humans want to destroy soul beasts. What can we do?" Di Tian admitted that he was not as good as the soul guide. You know, he is such a proud and conceited person! He has been the beast god for tens of thousands of years, but in the end he had to watch the soul beasts destroyed under his rule. The pain and struggle in his heart are beyond words.

“Ten thousand years… From the time Huo Yuhao founded the Spirit Pagoda to now, a full ten thousand years have passed. The Spirit Pagoda is still here, but are we finally going extinct?”

Ten thousand years later, as soul beasts are almost extinct, the Soul Pagoda has completely promoted and developed souls, and has now begun to popularize artificial souls.

Artificial souls also rely on the genes of soul beasts. As soul beasts gradually become extinct, the genes of soul beasts are also constantly lost. Nowadays, the strength of artificial souls can reach the black level at most.

(End of this chapter)