Looking at the tiny body sleeping in the cave.
Gu Changqing knew that if things continued like this, while he wasn’t sure if he would be able to find the Reincarnation Sea, he knew that the little fox would certainly be exhausted to death.
He needed to find some divine medicine to prolong her life.
A resolute gleam flashed in Gu Changqing’s eyes. In the dark of night, he left alone.
…
“Is the Heavenly Emperor… abandoning the little fox?”
Outside the mirror, the gathered cultivators were stunned.
No one had expected that the Heavenly Emperor, who had clung persistently a moment ago, would now take advantage of the little fox’s rest to leave.
“Sure enough, he ultimately abandoned this white fox.”
“The Heavenly Emperor is heartless, especially cruel to the Demon Race. Perhaps this little fox was never truly in his heart.”
“When the little fox wakes and learns the Heavenly Emperor has abandoned her, how disappointed she’ll be.”
Anger rose in the crowd. They couldn’t help but feel indignant at the Heavenly Emperor’s action.
But in the next moment, everyone was stunned.
…
Gu Changqing had not left entirely. Instead he arrived at a valley.
During the day, when he passed this valley with the little fox, he sensed that the scenery in the valley was exceptionally good.
Birdsong and floral fragrance abounded, life overflowed.
For a Forbidden Zone, this was strange.
The more charming a place was, the more dangerous it tended to be!
Most monsters in the Forbidden Zone existed in groups. Their strength wasn’t great, but they were extremely tenacious.
But this valley seemed like a pure land untouched by monsters. The only explanation was that a terrifying presence was hidden here.
Why would such a terrifying being reside in this valley?
That was very odd.
So Gu Changqing intended to investigate.
He arrived at the valley’s edge, his gaze falling upon the flowers and grasses along the rim.
These were the most ordinary flowers and grasses, but unlike normal ones, a faint layer of a longevity substance permeated them.
It seemed his guess was correct: the valley hid a great secret.
Most likely, it was some kind of divine herb rich in a longevity substance!
Gu Changqing guided a divine rainbow and descended into the valley.
It felt very quiet.
In the valley lay a vast pool, and at its center a blue flower bloomed.
The flower emitted dazzling divine radiance, lighting up the surroundings. Tiny sparks hovered around it, and it exuded an incredibly rich vitality.
Gu Changqing’s eyes brightened. He quickly rode the divine rainbow, sweeping toward the ice-blue flower.
But at that moment, an abrupt anomaly occurred.
Boom!
The still lake suddenly thundered violently, waves surging tens of thousands of meters high.
An enormous bloodied mouth of sharp teeth, like an abyss, lunged at Gu Changqing.
“Space transfer!”
Gu Changqing seemed to have foreseen it. No trace of surprise showed on his face.
With a low chant, the surrounding laws manifested. The next moment the entire space was cleaved, transporting him to the distant sky.
Roar!
From the splashing waves came a hair-raising roar, as if a primordial beast had shattered the earth, broken its seal, roaring across mountains and rivers and shaking both sun and moon.
It sent a shudder through the depths of one’s soul!
The ground began to tremble violently. Giant waves slammed the shore with thunderous blasts.
Through the endless spray, Gu Changqing saw, deep in the pool, a pair of blood-red eyes like big lanterns. Clearly it was breaking free from the pool and surging out of the ground.
Those eyes fixed themselves on Gu Changqing. In that instant he felt as if he’d plunged into a valley of ice instead.
Roar!
Another howl— the mighty beast finally crawled out of the pool.
A brutal aura rushed in from afar, sweeping like a tsunami, murderous intent surging and shaking the heavens.
Demonic qi billowed from the pool, and its killing aura churned.
Although it had not yet reached Gu Changqing, the aura of a peerless demon ancestor still made heaven and earth tremble!
…
At that moment, even the cultivators outside the mirror felt a strong suffocating pressure!
“How can this ferocious beast’s aura be so terrifying!!”
“Is this why the Forbidden Zone is so frightening?!”
Countless faces were stunned and horrified!
In their view, a ferocious beast was merely an ancient beast of the wilds—physically robust but with limited power.
After all, once a ferocious beast gained intelligence and began cultivation, it will soon transform.
After transforming, only then could it be called a demon!
But this ferocious beast before them possessed such brutal demonic qi—they had never seen anything like this!
“The Forbidden Zone is extremely perilous. Any beast that survives there must be terrifyingly powerful.”
“Who knows how many heavenly materials and earthly treasures this beast has devoured—its demonic body is immense and its strength likely far surpasses its peers!”
This beast could no longer be called merely a ferocious beast. Calling it a demon ancestor would be more fitting.
A beast of this calibre was bound to be even more troublesome: ferocious beasts already had incomparable bodies, and one with such an aura that had yet to transform would have an even more terrifying physique.
The reason the crowd felt suffocated wasn’t merely the beast’s displayed power.
It was the momentum that swallowed mountains and rivers, the aura that engulfed heaven and earth.
At this moment.
A single thought arose in every cultivator’s mind.
“How could the Heavenly Emperor, even as a Great Power cultivator, be a match for such a terrifying existence?”