Chapter 699: Chapter 665: The Contrarian Must Die
As a Heavenly Mandate Mystic Bird, Little Black was acutely aware of how extraordinary Xu Ke’s destiny was.
Fate as golden purple is one in a billion. No matter where he goes, he nearly always turns bad occurrences into good fortune or a disaster into a blessing, with countless treasures and opportunities readily available.
How could such a person have died so easily?
Admittedly, fate is not omnipotent. Those with great fortune are not necessarily immortal. If they encounter a tribulation that they can’t bear, there’s still a risk of death.
But aside from his own destiny, Xu Ke also had the protection of Mr. Bai’s red string. Even just a thin string of it was used to seriously injure the top fighter, Chi Jiu, among the Beast clans. The power of Mr. Bai was unimaginably strong. From his last conversation with Xu Ke, Little Black learned that Xu Ke still had some of the red string left on his wrist. Little Black firmly believed that no matter what danger Xu Ke encounters in the Xuanhuang World, the remaining red string would help him survive.
Therefore, he couldn’t comprehend or accept Xu Ke’s unexpected death. He swore to find out the cause of Xu Ke’s death.
Once the restriction imposed by Emperor Tri-Moa loosened, he left the Beast Type World disregarding the shackles this world placed on him, trying to trace Xu Ke’s path and discover the secret of his death.
The Xuanhuang World contains countless Small Worlds, seeking the truth based on a few words is extremely difficult. But with Little Black and Xu Ke’s former master-servant bond, guided by destiny, after spending a thousand years, by chance Little Black arrived in a vast Small World. The floating corpse of Chi Jiu in the sky made Little Black realize he was finally in the right place.
After meeting up with his old friend Azure Luan Bird, Little Black learned from her what had happened.
After the Beast Taming Sect had built a settlement in a small world named Spirit Void World, it had a relatively peaceful development period. Although the spiritual energy of the Spirit Void World was relatively weak compared to the Xuanhuang World, it could still barely meet the needs of the disciples within the sect’s gate. Because of the restriction of the “same-law injunction”, the Beast Taming Sect formulated two future paths. The first was to bring together the most talented disciples and have the sect leader and elders teach them all their knowledge, hoping that these disciples could create new techniques for the members of the Beast Taming Sect to cultivate. The second was to find ways to communicate with the beasts even without cultivating the Beast Taming True Technique.
The two approaches are “Propagate Law” and “Beast Taming”. If the Beast Taming Sect had enough time, they could regain their past glory.
Although Xu Ke wasn’t very talented in comprehension, he had a natural affinity for all types of demonic beasts. Hence, under the sect leader’s instruction, he became part of the team researching the new Beast Taming Technique. Every day he observed the sect’s treasured [Cycle of Ten Thousand Beasts], devoted his time to research, losing track of time.
However, one day, Xu Ke received news that his fellow disciple Lu Ya was severely injured and unconscious. In utter shock, he returned to the Xuanhuang World alone in spite of everyone’s opposition.
At that time, a terrifying epidemic spread from mortal bodies throughout the Immortal Cultivation World. After Xu Ke returned to the Xuanhuang World, he unavoidably got infected. Fortunately, his sign was good, and he inexplicably recovered after seven days.
At this point, the dying Lu Ya seemed to feel Xu Ke’s arrival and woke up suddenly, his face looking healthy, nothing like the face of a severely injured person. Xu Ke, however, knew that Lu Ya was in the period of last-minute survival and was close to death. He was suddenly filled with sorrow.
Lu Ya just showed a soft smile, dismissed the others, and called Xu Ke to his bedside.
That night, nobody knows what they talked about.
But ever since that day, Xu Ke stayed at the former site of the Beast Taming Sect in the Xuanhuang World. Until the implementation of The Great Migration Plan, he took responsibility, as the remaining member representative of the Beast Taming Sect, for the migration of countless mortals to the desolate Small World.
Decades passed by in a flash.
The last group of mortals went to the same small world where he had encountered Chi Jiu.
After assisting all the mortals in the final migration, for unknown reasons, Xu Ke didn’t return to the Beast Taming Sect in the Spirit Void World, and even severed all contacts. From then on, he changed his name and lived incognito as a mortal.
Of course, he was not purely living as a mortal.
Without anyone noticing, he used the six heads of Chi Jiu that had fallen in this world as cultivation vessels, and used some mild-tempered beasts which he had taken from the Beast Taming Sect to start breeding and proliferating various mutated beasts.
Little Green and Little Red, the two birds fortunate enough to always accompany Xu Ke, didn’t understand his intent but they helped him diligently record all the research results.
After several generations of cultivation, the types and numbers of mutated demonic beasts have grown.
Although these mutated demonic beasts are weaker than the original beasts, the violent energy in their blood has correspondingly decreased. At the very least, they do not attack humans unprovoked.
Many years have passed, and the number of exotic beasts born into this world has reached a thriving extent.
One day, for some reason, Chi Jiu reappeared again.
Seeming uneasy, it watched from above the sky for a long time. After seeing no threat, it finally relaxed. Accompanying it was a brown Giant Roc. Both looked terrible, with multiple charred marks on their bodies.
“I should have gone with Emperor One if I knew this would happen. There is no reason for us to suffer in the Xuanhuang World!”
“Without the great leadership of Emperor One, our demonic beasts have indeed declined year by year. Initially, we thought that humans would quickly perish after the Great Calamity. But we did not expect the strong ones to emerge one after another! It’s absolutely inexplicable!”
“The guy from the Violet Firmament Sect is not bad, he’s not ridiculously strong. Speaking of the real strong ones, back then it was here…..”
“My scars still hurt every so often!”
The two terrifying demonic beasts chat in the sky with no inhibition, viewing the many mortals in this world as fodder that can replenish their energy.
“Heh heh, big brother, don’t worry. Wait until we consume this world and recover our strength, then we’ll settle the score with those guys!” The Giant Roc stared hungrily at the trembling mortals below, almost drooling.
However, among demonic beasts, hierarchy ruled.
“Big brother, after you!” The Giant Roc resisted its hunger and flattered.
Chi Jiu snorted coldly, its body instantly swelling again. Its remaining three heads opened their giant mouths, ready to swallow this world.
But at that moment, it saw that familiar red once again.
“How is this possible?…”
This time, Chi Jiu wasn’t as lucky as before.
The thread travelled right through its body, pulling it down from the outside world.
Seeing its old boss killed instantly, the Giant Roc was terrified out of its wits.
It couldn’t think about any loyalty towards its kind and turned into a Dark Light, fleeing in a panic.
The human eye could hardly grasp the complete picture, only feeling that the two vicious beasts in the sky were killed by a Fairy just as they were about to wreak havoc.
The mortals, relieved to be alive, cheered and praised the Fairy’s kindness and might.
Only Xu Ke in the crowd, silently stroked his Red String, which had become even thinner, and remained silent.