"Back then, our clan progenitor foresaw that during the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, heaven and earth would collapse, all races would bleed, and our Ox Clan would face utter destruction. He specially sealed me away with supreme magical power and bestowed a secret art upon me, so that I might awaken after the calamity and seek out a descendant capable of truly leading the Ox Clan to rise."
"One who could lead our clan to restore its ancient glory—and even surpass that ancient glory... the Supreme King!"
"Now, I have finally found him."
Niu Qing had lived from ancient times until now. He had personally witnessed the savagery of the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, the bloodshed of the Tribulation, and the Ox Clan's gradual decline from a mighty race of the Primordial Wilderness to its current state.
He had searched before, and he had hoped before, but each generation of the Ox Clan had been weaker than the last. Not even a single Grand Luo Golden Immortal had emerged again, leaving him nearly despairing.
He had upheld the progenitor's final command, waiting within this tiny Ox Clan for hundreds of thousands of years!
This loneliness, this torment, was enough to drive any living being mad!
Until Niu Ben appeared.
Until that day, when he sensed that terrifying aura that made even his soul tremble!
Future Saint's Mount!
The weight of those six words was enough to crush the heavens!
What did a Grand Luo Golden Immortal amount to?
In the Primordial World, a Grand Luo Golden Immortal might reign supreme and roam freely over one region.
But beneath Saints, all were ants!
Even a Grand Luo Golden Immortal was merely a somewhat stronger ant in a Saint's eyes!
And what did a Saint's mount represent?
It was a Saint's dignity! A Saint's karma! Supreme glory walking upon the Primordial Wilderness Land!
Even when beating a dog, one had to consider its owner!
To lay a hand on a Saint's mount was the most blatant provocation against a Heavenly Dao Saint!
Such a backer was hundreds of millions of times more terrifying than any Grand Luo Golden Immortal cultivation!
It was the true hope for the Ox Clan's rise!
The true Supreme King spoken of in the progenitor's final command!
Such status and such foundation were the only hope that could truly allow the Ox Clan to rise and restore its ancient glory!
"Please, Your Majesty, come with me to open the Treasure Vault left behind by the progenitor."
"Alright."
Niu Ben slowly nodded and rose from the throne.
Led by Niu Qing, Niu Ben flew deep into the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
The farther they went, the more desolate the surroundings became. The spiritual qi between heaven and earth also grew thin and violent, clearly marking it as a place rarely visited by anyone.
At last, the two stopped before a barren stone mountain.
Niu Qing's expression became incomparably solemn. He formed hand seals with both hands and recited an ancient, obscure incantation.
As he cast the spell, the void ahead began to twist, and an enormous Formation invisible to the naked eye slowly emerged.
Countless runes flowed across the Formation, radiating a powerful aura that blocked all probing.
"This is the final Treasure Vault left behind by the Ox Clan Progenitor." Niu Qing's voice trembled slightly.
He pointed a finger, sending a stream of magical power into the Formation's core.
Buzz!
The great Formation silently split open, revealing a doorway.
"Your Majesty, please enter."
Niu Ben did not hesitate and stepped inside.
The scene before him instantly changed, as though he had entered an independent minor world.
Roar!
A roar filled with endless fury and unwillingness exploded through the entire minor world without warning!
Then the entire world burst into flames.
Countless living beings slaughtered one another madly across a blood-red battlefield. The battle banners of the Dragon Clan, Phoenix Clan, and Qilin Clan covered the sky, while cries of battle shattered the heavens.
A figure so burly that words could not describe him rose from the mountain of corpses and sea of blood. The horns atop his head seemed capable of piercing the sky, while an aura of terrifying battle intent, powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth, radiated from his body.
With one punch, entire swathes of Phoenix Clan members were crushed into bloody mist.
With one stomp, countless Dragon Clan members were trampled into pulp.
Seeing this bloody yet awe-inspiring scene, Niu Ben instantly understood that this must have been an ancient battlefield from the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity.
And that towering figure standing between heaven and earth had to be the Ox Clan Progenitor!
The scene shifted.
At last, above the Nine Heavens Above, a sacred spear that pierced through heaven and earth appeared.
The spear was entwined with the supreme Fortune of the Phoenix Clan.
As the spear descended, it tore apart space and time and pierced the Ox Clan Progenitor's body, which was Indestructible Through All Calamities.
The scene froze at that moment, then shattered with a deafening crash.
A figure identical to that progenitor, yet incomparably illusory, appeared before Niu Ben.
"Since you were able to enter this place, you must be a descendant of my Ox Clan."
"I have left three treasures here. I hope you can lead the Ox Clan and restore our ancient glory."
With that, the phantom completely dissipated.
Three items floated silently in the air.
A drop of golden essence blood wreathed in Chaos Qi, as though it contained a Great Thousand World.
A pair of entirely black ox horns covered in purple lightning Dao patterns, radiating an endless aura of destruction.
An ancient cultivation manual made from the hide of an unknown beast.
Niu Ben's gaze swept across the three treasures.
That drop of essence blood was undoubtedly the Ox Clan Progenitor's Origin Essence Blood. The power within it was enough to completely transform any member of the Ox Clan.
That pair of horns was astonishingly a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure called the Thunder Twin Horns. It contained a trace of lightning Origin Power and possessed unparalleled killing might.
As for that cultivation manual, it contained the supreme method cultivated by the Ox Clan Progenitor, as well as several divine abilities suited to the Ox Clan.
The essence blood was useful to him and could be absorbed to raise his cultivation.
As for the cultivation method, he already had the [Chaos Divine Ox Scripture], so naturally he had no use for it. However, he could bestow it upon his clansmen.
As for the Thunder Twin Horns, Niu Ben likewise had no intention of refining them.
He already possessed enough Magic Treasures and did not lack this one.
He had other plans.
Without further thought, Niu Ben sat cross-legged and opened his mouth in a single inhale.
The drop of the progenitor's essence blood, which contained vast energy, instantly transformed into a golden streak of light and flew into his stomach.
Boom!
An unimaginably violent power erupted within his body!
That power was pure to the extreme and tyrannical to the extreme!
The [Chaos Divine Ox Scripture] within Niu Ben's body circulated frantically. Inside the Chaos Space within his dantian, one Earth Fiend Divine Ox after another began condensing at a terrifying speed!
One!
Two!
Ten!
A hundred!
The entire minor world shook violently from the terrifying energy fluctuations within his body.
Time lost all meaning here.
No one knew how long had passed.
The moment that drop of the progenitor's essence blood was completely refined and absorbed by him—
A terrifying aura far surpassing anything before it erupted from Niu Ben, shattering the restrictions of this minor world and shooting straight into the Nine Heavens!
Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
Late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
The bottleneck of his cultivation was like paper before the force of that power, instantly shattered apart!
It happened as naturally as water flowing into a channel!
Niu Ben had officially entered the late stage of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!
Within the Chaos Space of his dantian, the number of Earth Fiend Divine Oxen finally settled at a terrifying figure.
Two thousand five hundred!
A full two thousand five hundred Earth Fiend Divine Oxen! Every one radiated a powerful aura as they stood densely packed within his Chaos Space, like an invincible divine army capable of conquering the heavens!
The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique had also entered the fourth revolution, and his physical body was comparable to a High-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure.
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