The flames receded, and as Feng Chaofei flew, he muttered to himself, his voice alternating between clear and melodious and hoarse as smoke. Gradually, he began to argue with himself.
“He’s not very skilled, but he’s full of ambition. Do you think he’s seen too many powerful beings and lost sight of his own strength?” Divine Beasts all have this problem, especially the Four Spirits.
Opening his eyes, he would see the most top-tier existences in the myriad worlds. Having seen so many powerful beings, he became accustomed to them and fearless, forgetting his own weight.
“How dare he mark me with a blood curse…” The hoarse voice scoffed. Before he could finish, the voice suddenly turned into a melodious tone: “He’s your own child, why scare him with murderous intent so frequently?”
“He’s derived from your bloodline, he’s your son! Not mine!” The hoarse voice roared.
The melodious voice immediately retorted: “Our origins are fused; your child is also my child!”
“He marked me with a blood curse, he is an enemy that will not rest until death,” the hoarse voice panted: “Moreover, he is a brother of the White Spirit Clan, how can I not harbor killing intent?”
If not for the White Spirit, would she be as she is now, a body with two souls?!
Divine Beasts should have their spirit and body united as one, so why do two consciousnesses appear in the same body? The more Feng Chaofei thought about it, the more frantic he became, letting out a phoenix cry, burning the space ahead, and crashing into it.
The arguing voices disappeared in an instant, and the peacock tore through space, its destination unknown.
…
The Flying Boat was swift, and the Longyue Mansion was clearly in sight. Su He leaped down, and the Flying Boat rapidly shrank, transforming into the size of a dining table and was stored in the external space.
Carrying the entrance to a small world, he could not enter Longyue Mansion. The entrance Su He refined was too crude, scattering too much spatial energy.
Longyue Mansion was also a secret realm, and its gatehouse had its own spatial attributes, which clashed with the entrance to the small world.
Placing the broken stone beside the gatehouse of Longyue Mansion, the entrance to the small world slowly unfolded, turning into a swirling nest-like existence floating next to the gatehouse.
For now, it was best to leave it here. In the future, after selecting a suppressing location in the Chaos, it wouldn’t be too late to move the small world there.
After greeting the Jiaoren, Su He just entered Longyue Mansion and saw Qing Lei across the sky, swinging a fishing rod, fishing for the heavens again.
Yaya lay on the fishing rod, eagerly watching. Ever since becoming a turtle, her fondness for shrimp grew. But ordinary shrimp tasted bland, only the green shrimp fished by Turtle Grandpa were irresistible to her.
Unfortunately, Turtle Dad was too clumsy to fish.
As soon as Su He entered, Qing Lei turned his head sharply: “Feng Chaofei!”
He sensed the aura of that phoenix from Su He. Extremely close and strong, Su He had been in close contact with that fire phoenix!
Talismans flashed in Qing Lei’s eyes, and he saw through Su He in an instant.
“She came to you, did you use a blood curse, and now your second body is gone?” Qing Lei’s voice was as cold as ice, and killing intent instantly steamed.
Yaya, lying on the fishing rod, blinked and turned her head towards Turtle Grandpa, unsure of what to do. Qing Lei immediately retracted his killing intent, not showing the slightest bit, but thunder rumbled and exploded in his eyes. Two dragon whiskers gently caressed Yaya.
He said as gently as possible: “Yaya, it’s okay, continue fishing for shrimp.”
Su Huanian flashed beside Su He, one hand on her sword, looking at him. A sword light flashed in her eyes.
Su He shook his head: “It’s nothing, the Princess of Yunmengze was also there, and she wasn’t hurt.”
Qing Lei shook his head, the electric light in his eyes slightly fading: “After all, the Princess is an outsider; she can save you once, but not ten times.”
Feng Chaofei, having just broken out of his shell, wanted to find a worthy opponent to measure his own strength. Without a real battle, how could he adapt to his current body, and how could he create a technique suitable for the unity of turtle and snake?
Incubated in the egg for a long time, various thoughts burst forth, and it was just right to use battle to fuse these ideas into one.
He looked at Su He: “I’ll handle this matter; you don’t need to worry about it anymore. If there’s nothing else, follow me for a trip. Your Uncle Zhu and Uncle Huai are in some trouble and need your help.”
Indeed, even among Divine Beasts, there must always be a juvenile form. Some things that cannot be done when grown up require the intervention of a juvenile.
“I, I!” Yaya raised her paw excitedly, shouting: “Turtle Grandpa, Turtle Grandpa. I can help too! I’m also a Dragon Turtle!”
Qing Lei laughed heartily, his dragon whiskers coiling around Yaya’s Turtle Shell: “Yaya is the best! Next time there’s trouble, we’ll need Yaya to take action! But this time, you need to stay home and take care of your Mother, she’s still seriously injured!”
Yaya’s raised paw sheepishly retracted. That’s right, Mother was no longer in Qingyuan Sect, and with Turtle Dad away, only she could protect Mother now.
Green Snake… Auntie Snake was too weak, even with wings, she couldn’t beat her.
“What’s wrong with Uncle Zhu and Uncle Huai?” The two uncles were no weaker than Uncle Lei; what could they not handle that required his help?
With doubts in his heart, Su He did not hesitate: “Uncle Lei, I’m ready at any time; aside from cultivation, I have nothing else.”
Qing Lei smiled: “Then let’s not delay, follow me.” He turned to nod at Su Huanian, then said to Yaya: “Good grandchild, stay here and take care of your Mother, don’t make trouble or leave the house.”
Yaya returned to human form, swung from the fishing rod, and landed on the ground, grandly waving her hand: “Rest assured! I know!”
Qing Lei laughed loudly, tore open space, and entered first. Su He nodded slightly to Su Huanian: “Take care of your injuries.”
After seeing Su Huanian’s imperceptible nod, he followed Qing Lei and leaped into the space tunnel.
The tunnel immediately closed.
The rule that Longyue Mansion was not for lovers seemed non-existent in Qing Lei’s eyes.
Watching the space return to calm, Su Huanian chuckled lightly, pulling Yaya back to the bamboo house. Passing by the pond where the toad was, she suddenly turned her head as if casually asking: “That Princess, what kind of existence is she?”
The dozing toad’s entire body jolted, suddenly snoring loudly, sleeping deeply.
…
This was Su He’s first real long-distance spatial transfer. As he crashed into it, the spatial energy rippled like water waves on the Turtle Shell, and was reflected layer by layer by the Turtle Shell. In these layers of space, there were no secrets, and his very self was displayed.
If he could always be in the space tunnel, cultivating the Barbarian King Refining World Technique would surely be twice as effective.
But unfortunately, the time was too short. Before he could comprehend, Su He had already tumbled out, landing on the edge of the Fertile Divine World.
Hurricanes blew, thunder, heavenly fire, floods… Here, where Chaos met the great world, various celestial phenomena erupted without any pattern.
Even behind the celestial phenomena, new small worlds were born, but before they could escape this place, they were annihilated by Chaos and natural disasters.
Occasionally, by chance, some would escape into the void and disappear. Perhaps after tens of millions of years or even longer, they would grow into a real small world and reappear.
“This Chaos, your Uncle Zhu and Uncle Huai are in seclusion, and I cannot enter. You must travel between two places, and whenever you encounter such sneaky creatures, exterminate them all,” Qing Lei transmitted to Su He, while grabbing a twisted, serpent-like presence from the void.
This thing gave Su He the feeling of a fly, a filthy creature!
“Once you finish exterminating on one side, come out immediately, and I’ll send you to the other side. Keep exterminating back and forth until there are no more sneaky creatures, or until they break out of their shells.”
It must be this presence that was affecting Uncle Zhu and Uncle Huai’s fusion with the Teng Snake.
Su He struck out with a Mountain God Seal, hitting the eerie Teng Snake, which instantly dispersed into smoke, but moments later, it recombined, transforming back into a twisted, eerie Teng Snake.
“The Mountain God Seal is useless; you must use Divine Might or Chaotic Blade, driven by the power of the world, to reverse-slash the origin.” These things were stubborn, not real creatures, but without a reverse-slash to the origin to completely eradicate them, they would be endless.
Su He closed his eyes and then opened them, roaring: Roar!
This roar invoked all his strength, falling on the eerie Teng Snake, which melted like it was in boiling water, twisting and dissolving into green smoke.
Su He had mastered the Divine Attraction for too short a time, and the power to reverse-slash the origin was somewhat weak. Divine Might required full force.
“Uncle Lei!” Su He called out.
Qing Lei understood his intention, grabbing several more presences that turned into Teng Snakes coiling around him. Su He stepped forward, and the Chaotic Blade rained down, instantly slicing through several Teng Snakes.
The Chaotic Blade already had the power to slay all creatures, and although these presences were not creatures, the effect was not bad when slashed. Coupled with Divine Attraction, it was much easier than using Divine Might.
“It’s enough, Uncle Lei.” Su He silently sensed for a moment; at this level of Chaotic Blade, he could continue to release it endlessly, the consumption of the Chaotic Blade was not as fast as his own recovery.
Qing Lei nodded: “Go! I’ll be outside the Chaos, if anything unexpected happens, immediately leave the Chaos.”
Su He nodded and leaped into the Chaos.
The Chaos outside the great world was wildly different from the gentle Chaos within the World Pearl. It was extremely violent. Upon entering the Chaos, eyes became useless. All that could be seen was an indescribable color, with no sense of up, down, east, or west.
Although he had just entered, moving in any direction seemed boundless, as if the Fertile Divine World had abruptly disappeared.
Su He held his breath and concentrated, closing his eyes to sense carefully.
Invisible threads spread from the dragon horns, shooting into the Chaos like a spider web. The Chaos, which was previously indistinguishable in direction and time, gradually became clear in Su He’s “eyes.”
Although still unclear, it was like being obscured by thick fog, no longer directionless, just simply unclear.
Divine Beasts, regardless of strength, naturally discern directions in Chaos.
Carefully sensing, he could feel the presence of the Fertile Divine World in the direction of his front left paw, and the faint presence of Uncle Huai to the right paw.
If the inner world were consolidated and the power of the world infused into the flesh, this ability to discern directions in Chaos would likely be stronger.
This was the privilege of Divine Beasts. The inner world of Divine Beasts was different from the cultivators’ Cave Heaven Worlds. Divine Beasts’ inner worlds were opened from the Chaos of the World Pearl, while cultivators opened theirs in an untraceable place within their bodies. Without Chaos, if the cultivation level was not enough to enter Chaos, one could easily get lost.
Su He headed towards Uncle Huai’s direction. Before he arrived, he “saw” in the Chaos a newly opened territory, with mountains, rivers, and roaring seas.
In the center of the territory stood a mountain-like giant egg. Sneaky Teng Snakes hissed and burrowed into the giant egg.
The giant egg emitted a glow, blocking the sneaky creatures from entering.
The Dragon Turtle, merging with the Teng Snake in the egg, should have been quiet and focused, but now it had to be distracted to fend off these sneaky creatures, and the effect was obvious.
“Uncle Huai!”
Su He chanted long, rising with the waves, charging straight towards the giant egg that Uncle Huai had become, while Chaotic Blades fell like rain, covering a ten-mile radius.
Su He landed on top of the giant egg, Chaotic Blades raining down, exterminating the sneaky creatures in all directions.
The pressure on the giant egg dropped instantly, and the glow on Uncle Huai’s giant egg flickered, greeting Su He.
Who would have thought that he, Uncle Huai, would one day be saved by a little turtle?
Su He scattered Chaotic Blades, slicing Teng Snakes, himself, and Uncle Huai’s giant egg. Deep in the Chaos, an altar slowly revealed itself.
The altar was eerie, supported by four Teng Snake stone statues holding a large drum, with a statue of a creature with a single horn and cow’s feet on the drum, slowly opening its eyes.