Di Tian: "…"
He ignored Ziji's sudden turn to a nonsensical line of thought and merely said:
"I kept Yali's body out of a slight sense of curiosity."
"I've lived countless years in the Douluo plane, and I've never seen a soul master who can directly absorb the power of faith to cultivate."
"A special existence like Yali is the first I've ever seen since the beginning of time."
"Given how faith power relates to gods in the Douluo plane, I initially guessed that Yali was the reincarnation of the Life God King, Lu."
"But after careful and repeated investigations, I couldn't find the slightest trace of the Life God King Lu in Yali. Nor did I find any sign of the God of Destruction in Yun Ming."
"Unable to uncover how the method of cultivating with faith power worked, I attributed it to the uniqueness of her Wish Angel martial soul."
"Later, caught up in other trivial matters, I discarded Yali and the Sky-Holding Divine Spear as being of no real value, and left them behind—until now."
That was very much his nature: anything without value didn't deserve his time or energy.
Though absorbing faith power was special, Di Tian had seen even more extraordinary things.
Tang San, who came from another world, wasn't that an even greater anomaly?
So, Yali's body and the Sky-Holding Divine Spear had long been cast out of Di Tian's mind.
But now, a thousand years had passed—and there was still no sign of the God King of Destruction (Zi) or the God King of Life (Lu).
Through Bi Ji and Zi Ji, who had already achieved god-level cultivation, Di Tian tried to deduce the whereabouts of the two reincarnated god kings.
Even with the aid of Bi Ji and Zi Ji, inheritors of the two divine thrones, they still couldn't determine a direction—only that the sensation of their presence was growing stronger.
In light of all this, Di Tian turned his suspicions inward again, back to Yali and Yun Ming—this pair of lovers who had died a thousand years ago.
Upon careful reflection, there were indeed suspicious points about the two.
Leaving aside the Wish Angel martial soul's unique ability to absorb faith power, which Di Tian had yet to figure out—
Even just their life experiences, which bore an uncanny resemblance to those of the two god kings, were enough to arouse deep suspicion.
Both sacrificed themselves for the survival of the world.
Both suffered from incurable infertility.
Both were known for their benevolence and kindness…
All of it—too similar.
If all of that could still be explained as coincidence, then the fact that neither of them was resurrected made it too suspicious.
The God Kings of Destruction and Life were said to return after ten thousand years—but they vanished without a trace.
Even the inheritance seeds of their divine positions were taken by Tang San and passed to his son and daughter-in-law under the guise of "favoring the worthy even if they're kin."
In the original timeline, Yun Ming and Yali:
Yun Ming played the role of the mantis in "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind"—ultimately a pawn in Tang San's scheme.
Yali sacrificed herself for the world.
According to the normal course of events, after Tang Hao (now the master of the plane) defeated the Abyssal Sage King, he resurrected a group of people—yet skipped over Yun Ming, Yali, and Wu Zhangkong.
When Tang Wulin asked about it, Tang Hao casually replied, "Those who've chosen the path to death shall not be resurrected; those whose hearts have died, shall not return," giving a poor excuse.
Wu Zhangkong's case was justifiable—his beloved Long Bing was descended from evil soul masters, and he had lost her long ago.
But Yun Ming's soul fragment had been forcibly retrieved and was stored in the Sky-Holding Divine Spear.
And though Yali died to kill the Ghost Emperor, her soul was preserved under the protection of the leaves of the Tree of Life.
Both had devoted themselves wholly to the Tang family's cause—yet they weren't revived.
To make matters worse, Tang Hao even added, "Let their souls move on and reincarnate together in the next life, so they can continue their bond."
Using this as a flimsy excuse to collect the souls of Yun Ming and Yali.
All of it—far too suspicious.
Whether it was the God King of Destruction and the God King of Life, or Yun Ming and Yali, they all had intricate connections to the Tang family.
Gathering his thoughts, Di Tian's golden eyes stared fixedly at "Yali, clutching the Sky-Holding Divine Spear", and he said to Bi Ji and Zi Ji:
"Even the answers we've ruled out are worth trying."
"The Abyssal Sage King once hid inside the super divine weapon, the Heavenly Sacred Abyssal Halberd. If not for certain special reasons, I wouldn't have noticed."
"The God Kings of Destruction and Life carried the super divine weapons—the Scepter of Destruction and the Ancient Tree of Life. It's not impossible they used even more covert hiding methods."
"It's been a thousand years. You've both now achieved mastery of the divine positions. Even if the super divine weapons are still in the hands of the original God Kings, you are now qualified to seize control."
"Especially since they're still undergoing reincarnation."
After Di Tian spoke, Bi Ji and Zi Ji immediately understood.
God-king-level life and destruction auras erupted from their bodies.
With Di Tian protecting them externally, the two used their powerful spiritual senses as anchors and began the process of soul-possession—attempting to seize one divine weapon and one deceased body.
Together, Bi Ji and Zi Ji's spiritual senses scanned the artifact and corpse over and over again.
As though destiny plucked the strings of fate—or perhaps because their strength had finally met the required threshold—
Under the resonance of god-king-level life and destruction powers, their spiritual senses suddenly intertwined—and found a soul fragment with a hint of true spirit remaining.
That was truly astonishing.
If Yun Ming and Yali had only been dead for a few years or decades, it would be plausible for some fragments of their true spirits to remain.
But after a full millennium?
For two Limit Douluos, their soul fragments should long since have dissipated.
Guided by this sliver of true spirit, Bi Ji and Zi Ji delved deeper.
What shocked them even more was that this seemingly weak soul fragment began to emit a faint aura of reincarnation order—capable of stripping away life force.
Even their powerful divine senses were distorted by this force.
Fortunately, their spiritual strength was robust enough to endure the assault of this reincarnation power.
They were just about to reach the core—
When suddenly, a brilliant light burst from the milky-white center, carrying with it an even higher-level force: the power of creation.
A scepter-shaped and a tree-shaped super divine weapon were faintly visible.
Outside the soul fragments—
At that moment, Di Tian erupted.
His dragon eyes shot out divine light.
The marks he had left on Bi Ji and Zi Ji activated, unleashing unparalleled divine power.
He didn't immediately strike at any enemies that appeared—but first shielded Bi Ji and Zi Ji's spiritual senses.
After all, even for god kings, the spirit is more fragile than the body.
Especially since their divine powers and spiritual cultivation came from inherited god-king thrones—they couldn't afford to take risks.
(End of Chapter)