Hearing Xu Zimei’s words, Chaos looked at the Dragon Tree with a touch of sympathy. Although the Dragon Clan from the previous life indeed had committed many evils, they had also been exterminated as retribution.
How could it be that in this life, these young dragons hadn’t even been born before they ended up in this man’s hands?
Spiritual energy surged in Xu Zimei’s hands, and he grasped the trunk of the tree. Veins bulged on his forearms as he braced his stance and, with a herculean effort, pulled the Dragon Tree out from the ground.
Cracks appeared on the ground, as if the moaning of dragons could be heard, and the massive Dragon Tree was completely uprooted.
Xu Zimei quickly stored it in his Storage Ring. Ordinary Storage Rings could only contain inanimate objects, but Xu Zimei’s was of the highest grade, capable of holding both animate and inanimate objects.
However, without the connection to this land, and lacking ample spiritual energy and blood qi, the Dragon Tree had temporarily stopped growing.
After securing the Dragon Tree, Xu Zimei took a walk around the area with Chaos.
Small bridge over flowing water, withered vines on old trees, the setting sun in the west.
Having taken a turn on the path through the mountain stream, Xu Zimei was ready to leave when he suddenly felt a throb in his True Fate World.
To be precise, it wasn’t the True Fate World throbbing, but the Chaos Pearl hidden within it.
In the originally serene True Fate World, space began to ripple in layers as the Chaos Pearl broke through the void, floating in mid-air within the True Fate World.
An endless radiance spread from it, and Xu Zimei could feel the Chaos Pearl’s yearnings—a longing, a craving.
"Does it need something from here?" Xu Zimei murmured to himself.
He looked around and found nothing besides the rock walls of the mountain stream.
He walked two steps to the north and felt the Chaos Pearl’s resistance.
So he took two steps to the south, and the Chaos Pearl continued to resist.
It wasn’t until Xu Zimei walked east that the Chaos Pearl revealed a sense of joy.
Xu Zimei was puzzled. He approached the rock wall, and the Chaos Pearl’s throbbing intensified.
His right hand surged with black spiritual energy and he punched through the rock wall.
Upon seeing the situation inside, Xu Zimei realized the wall hid a hollow space—it was actually a vacuum.
There was a black hole inside, bottomless and uncharted, its depth unknown from the face of the rock wall.
"You go ahead and scout the path," Xu Zimei said to Chaos.
"Master, you want me to be cannon fodder?" Chaos asked in shock.
"If not cannon fodder, then what? Do you expect to be pampered like a lord? Don’t you have any self-awareness?" Xu Zimei replied indifferently, "Moreover, with your thick skin and strong flesh, you can withstand danger a bit longer, creating a solid chance for me to escape."
"Damn," Chaos cursed inwardly, then with a smile said, "Master, rest assured, be it climbing Blade Mountain or descending into fire seas, I will protect your safety with my life."
Then, Chaos charged forward first, followed by Xu Zimei, as they both walked deeper into the mouth of the cave.
The entrance was very spacious. Xu Zimei only had to stoop slightly to get in, while even at its smallest, Chaos had to crawl on its belly to enter.
The air inside the cave was thin, and the deeper they went, the more they felt a bone-piercing chill.
This cold was not only physical— it seemed to be freezing even the divine soul.
What surprised Xu Zimei even more was that this coldness ignored all defenses and acted directly on the body.
That is to say, whether you are a mortal or a strong warrior from the Divine Vein Realm, there is no difference in this ice-cold aura.
"Master, I can’t hold on any longer, if we go further in, I’ll definitely freeze into an ice sculpture," Chaos trembled as he spoke.
"Then let’s get out," Xu Zimei felt he had also reached his limit, ready to think of another plan.
At that moment, inside the True Fate World, the Chaos Pearl trembled again, and an energy split into two, enveloping Xu Zimei and Chaos.
Once this energy enveloped them, the surrounding coldness instantly vanished, as if it was thoroughly blocked.
"Master, what is this?" Chaos asked curiously.
"Why ask so many questions, just hurry and crawl inside," Xu Zimei replied indifferently.
A man and a beast continued inward for about ten more minutes, and Xu Zimei finally saw a beam of light.
The inside space became more spacious, but it was still not very roomy.
What surprised Xu Zimei was that the light was not from the sun but emitted from a pure white, extraordinarily viscous liquid.
This mass of liquid solidified into the shape of a monster, which gave Xu Zimei a very odd feeling at first glance; it seemed to have one head, two arms, and two legs.
But when you look a second time, you realize that the monster has countless heads, arms, and legs.
Moreover, Xu Zimei had never seen this kind of monster before; it felt oddly familiar yet very foreign.
"What kind of Monster Beast is this?" Xu Zimei asked Chaos.
"I’ve never seen it either," Chaos pondered and said.
"You didn’t have this kind of Monster Beast during the Wild Desolation era?" Xu Zimei asked curiously, "Could it be a Monster Beast that went extinct in the Mythical Era?"
"It’s probably not just a Monster Beast," as soon as Chaos finished speaking, the liquid-formed monster began to move.
A deep white light emanated from the monster, and when this light shone upon Xu Zimei, he instantly felt suppressed.
All the strength in his body seemed to be locked, and even moving slightly was extremely difficult.
After immobilizing Xu Zimei, the monster did not choose to attack; instead, it drifted toward the upper part of the rock wall.
As the monster was about to leave, the Chaos Pearl in Xu Zimei’s True Fate World also became anxious.
With Xu Zimei’s permission, it directly flew out from the True Fate World.
The Chaos Pearl floated mid-air, entangled with the monster.
Layer upon layer of grey mist enveloped the Chaos Pearl, and within this grey mist, the surrounding space shattered, and even time came to a halt.
The monster was no less extraordinary; its body evolved all the creatures of heaven and earth, those Divine Beasts only existing in legends materialized one after another.
Riding the clouds and fog, howling at the sky, sounds of the Great Dao echoed, and endless radiance continuously dispersed the seal of the Chaos Pearl’s grey mist.
Just as the monster was about to escape, the Chaos Pearl seemed to grow angry.
In that moment, still with Xu Zimei’s agreement, the inside True Fate World unleashed endless mighty force, the River of Fate surged tumultuously, light from the Pure Moon Altar shone out, gradually rising.
Even the Yin and Yang Qi that Xu Zimei had not integrated before emitted boundless holy light, then forcibly pulled the monster into the True Fate World.
Following that, everything hidden in the void disappeared from sight.