Inside the Myriad Sha Abyss.
After the Heaven-Locking Sha Formation collapsed.
The entire abyss was finally free again.
The Sha liquid that had been held still by the formation's suppression began to flow slowly once more.
The fierce beasts in the distance still wore expressions of shock.
The Taiyi fierce beast king stared at Lu Yuan.
The emotions in his eyes were complicated to the extreme.
He had truly had his eyes opened today.
They let Lu Yuan eat from the Myriad Sha Abyss.
He actually dared to eat it.
The Imperial Court's grand formation locked him down.
He could even eat the formation's power source along with it.
His Majesty the Beast Emperor personally summoned a vast amount of Sha Qi to suppress him.
In the end, it all went into his stomach.
Just what kind of monster was this?
A nearby Golden Immortal fierce beast said in a trembling voice, "I think he even thanked His Majesty the Beast Emperor just now..."
The Taiyi fierce beast king's face twitched violently.
"Shut up."
It was enough to hear such things.
Don't go spreading them around.
If word reached the Beast Emperor's ears.
No one could save him.
Just then.
The entire Myriad Sha Abyss suddenly fell silent.
Without any warning.
The Sha Sea, which had still been flowing, instantly grew calm.
The dark red lightning that constantly flickered in the distance also went out.
The fierce beasts were stunned at first.
Then, as if sensing some extremely terrifying presence.
Their bodies all went rigid.
A Golden Immortal fierce beast's face abruptly turned pale.
His limbs went weak.
He fell flat on the ground.
The Taiyi fierce beast king immediately lowered his head as well.
His eyes were filled with reverence.
"Your Majesty..."
Lu Yuan felt it too.
An immensely powerful presence was approaching.
It felt completely different from Qiongqi.
Qiongqi had already reached the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
At the Primordial World's current stage, he was undoubtedly among its strongest experts.
Yet the presence before him was clearly even more terrifying than Qiongqi's.
It had not even truly appeared.
And the entire Myriad Sha Abyss had already fallen silent, as though willingly submitting.
Lu Yuan's expression gradually grew serious as well.
Space rippled gently.
A figure slowly stepped out of the void.
A black robe.
Bare feet.
A blood-colored beast mark between his brows.
His appearance was not much different from that of an ordinary innate divine being.
Yet the fiendish Sha origin within him was so dense that it defied description.
After he appeared.
The Sha Qi within the entire Myriad Sha Abyss seemed to have found its true master.
It gathered around him of its own accord.
Shen Ni.
Lu Yuan recognized him at first glance.
There was no one else in the entire Northern Land.
Who could make fierce beast giants like Qiongqi submit.
Shen Ni walked through the air.
With every step he took.
Space rippled outward to either side of its own accord.
After he arrived before Lu Yuan.
A peculiar change came over the otherwise imposing scene.
Shen Ni was powerful.
His presence was imposing as well.
The problem was his size.
After Lu Yuan completed his transformation, Shen Ni had personally fed him another meal.
His body had reached a length of 103,000 li.
Shen Ni stood before him.
From a purely visual standpoint.
He did look very small.
Naturally, the fierce beasts in the distance dared not entertain such thoughts.
They did not even dare raise their heads.
Lu Yuan had no such concerns.
He looked down at Shen Ni.
Shen Ni likewise looked up.
One huge, one small.
The two sides truly met for the first time.
Shen Ni was silent for a while.
An unmistakable look of appraisal flashed in his eyes.
Sensing and observing Lu Yuan through the formation earlier was one thing.
Standing before him in person.
Felt completely different.
He was too big.
As the emperor of the fierce beasts.
Shen Ni had seen countless enormous living beings.
The remains of some chaos demon gods were far larger than ordinary fierce beasts.
Among living beings.
Lu Yuan's size was still extreme.
More importantly.
The Grand Void Sky Whale before him was still far from adulthood.
Even Shen Ni could clearly sense his abundant vitality.
The anger in Shen Ni's eyes was gradually suppressed by interest.
It suddenly occurred to him.
Although losing all that Sha Qi just now had been vexing.
If he could truly subdue this fellow.
It would not be a loss.
Lu Yuan spoke first.
"You're Shen Ni?"
Shen Ni's expression was calm.
"I am."
Lu Yuan nodded.
"You were the one who activated that formation just now, right?"
The corner of Shen Ni's eye twitched slightly.
"That's right."
Lu Yuan said seriously, "It was quite a powerful formation."
The bodies of the fierce beasts lying in the distance trembled slightly.
They really could not understand.
Was that a compliment?
He had just eaten the other party's formation until it collapsed.
And now he was praising its power?
Shen Ni understood perfectly well.
There truly was no mockery in Lu Yuan's tone.
He was simply giving his assessment.
Precisely because of that.
Shen Ni felt even worse.
"You broke my grand formation and swallowed a vast amount of the Imperial Court's Sha Qi."
Shen Ni's voice gradually deepened.
Lu Yuan did not deny it after hearing him out.
"You poured the Sha Qi in."
"I thought you wanted to keep testing my limits."
That was entirely in line with what Lu Yuan had understood at the time.
Shen Ni fell silent for a moment.
That had indeed been his aim.
He simply had not expected Lu Yuan to actually eat it all.
Shen Ni suddenly felt a little reluctant to continue the subject.
"Let us set those matters aside for now."
He regained the Beast Emperor's dignity.
"I came in person because I wanted another look at you."
Lu Yuan asked, "And now you've seen me?"
Shen Ni nodded.
"You're better than I expected."
Those words sent a shock through the hearts of the fierce beasts in the distance.
His Majesty the Beast Emperor had given his assessment in person.
And such an assessment at that.
The Taiyi fierce beast king secretly raised his eyes a little.
He looked at Lu Yuan.
His eyes were now filled with envy.
In the entire Northern Land.
The living beings who could earn such praise from Shen Ni could be counted on one hand.
Lu Yuan, however, did not react much.
He was more concerned about something else now.
"How much Sha Qi is left in the depths of the Myriad Sha Abyss?"
Shen Ni: "..."
The dignified atmosphere that had just returned instantly grew somewhat frozen.
Shen Ni stared at Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan looked back at him.
A moment later.
Shen Ni suddenly smiled.
"You still haven't eaten enough?"
Lu Yuan answered frankly, "I've just about finished digesting what I ate earlier."
In the distance, a Golden Immortal fierce beast trembled at his words.
Just about finished digesting it?
They couldn't calculate exactly how much Sha Qi the Beast Emperor Palace had sent in earlier, but they could feel it clearly.
Such a vast amount of power.
How much time had passed?
And he had already digested it?
The Taiyi fierce beast king couldn't help raising its head.
Its eyes stayed fixed on Lu Yuan.
It was as though it had learned for the first time what a true appetite was.
Shen Ni also paused noticeably.
Then.
The interest in his eyes grew even stronger.
The faster Lu Yuan digested it.
The more terrifying his growth potential was.
A divine beast like him.
Shen Ni grew increasingly unwilling to let him go.
He raised a hand.
The surrounding Sha Qi slowly gathered.
At last, it condensed into a black cloud platform.
Shen Ni stood atop the platform.
At last, he no longer had to crane his neck so far back the whole time.
Though the difference in their apparent sizes was still ridiculous.
At least it was a little more comfortable to talk.
"Lu Yuan."
Shen Ni's tone grew serious.
"This emperor will give you one more chance."
All the surrounding fierce beasts fell silent at once.
They all understood.
The Beast Emperor was making his third attempt to recruit Lu Yuan.
And this time.
Shen Ni had come in person.
The terms would probably be completely different as well.
Lu Yuan looked at him.
He did not answer immediately.
Shen Ni's robes stirred gently, and countless streams of Sha Qi gathered behind him into a boundless black curtain.
"You want resources? This emperor has them."
"You want Fierce Sha Qi? Fierce Sha is the one thing the entire Northern Land has no shortage of."
"Your bloodline, physique, and speed of growth are unmatched by anyone in the entire Imperial Court."
"You need only nod."
Shen Ni's voice carried throughout the entire Myriad Sha Abyss.
The fierce beasts lying prostrate on the ground instinctively breathed more softly.
Shen Ni raised his eyes.
He looked straight at Lu Yuan.
"This emperor can give you a position far above all the kings."
"From this day forward."
"When the kings of the Northern Land see you, it will be as though they see this emperor."