Seven Star Island Ancient Beast

A member of the Demon Race was actually inhabiting the Mystic Phoenix Sect's forbidden ground—if word got out, it would be the greatest joke under heaven. But the truth was right before his eyes, and Lin Xuan had no choice but to believe it.

He stuck out his tongue and licked his dry lips. There was no pressure emanating from the other party, yet the feeling it gave him was even more dangerous than facing an old monster of the Nascent Soul Realm.

The Nascent Soul and Demon Infant in his dantian also woke on their own, their little faces grave, refusing to continue meditating.

This thing... could it be an ancient beast?

So-called ancient beasts, as the name implied, referred to certain monsters from ancient times. Originally, they did not belong to the Demon Race, and naturally they had no way to advance through cultivation.

However, through chance and coincidence, some of these ancient beasts had swallowed ancient spirit fruits, or undergone some unknown change, causing their lifespans to become extraordinarily long.

They could easily live for millions of years.

As the saying went, when a man grows old, he becomes a spirit; animals were the same. Although ancient beasts could not cultivate like demonic beasts, after existing in the world for such a long time, they would still become extremely, extremely formidable.

Legends about ancient beasts were not unique to Demon Spirit Island. Back when Lin Xuan was in the Cloud Sea of Seven Star Island, he had once heard of them. It was said that even Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivators had been slain by them.

It sounded somewhat appalling, but it was by no means fabricated boasting.

Of course, one should not become overly fearful of ancient beasts because of that. Those capable of killing great