Tens of thousands of Fierce Beasts raced across the land, every one of them enormous.
The larger Fierce Beasts stood ten thousand zhang tall, like moving mountains. Every step they took shook the earth and mountains.
When countless Fierce Beasts gathered together, they formed a torrential force that seemed capable of crushing everything.
If these Fierce Beasts joined forces, they might even be able to roar down Archaic Stars.
Overwhelming ferocious and baleful aura condensed into substance.
Yet these Fierce Beasts were now fleeing in terror, for great horror lay behind them.
That horror came from a small banner.
The mysterious crimson banner was only one chi and seven cun long, yet it radiated dazzling divine light.
It was an Innate Spiritual Treasure, and a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure at that.
It contained forty-two Innate restrictions.
Now, it was further activated by Grand Unity Magic Power.
Some Fierce Beasts recognized it as Yuan Feng's treasure.
It was also a treasured artifact of the Phoenix Clan.
The Earth-Leaving Flame-Light Banner, one of the Innate Five Directions Banners.
Once this treasure was activated, it swelled in the wind, its myriad rays illuminating the heavens. Immune to All Laws, it slew evil and warded off wickedness, cowed the ages, and annihilated past and present.
In an instant, the Earth-Leaving Flame-Light Banner had expanded to thousands of zhang. Immediately afterward, it released vast amounts of Innate Li Fire.
The Li Fire transformed into gigantic birds that swooped down upon the Fierce Beasts.
Above the clouds, Yuan Feng looked coldly down at the Fierce Beasts below.
Although the Phoenix Clan had already received the mandate of fate, Yuan Feng still intended to wipe out the Fierce Beasts completely, leaving no evil behind.
Besides, killing Fierce Beasts came with many benefits.
Resources, Merit, Fortune...
As time passed, only one hundred billion Fierce Beasts remained in the Primordial World.
The flesh and blood of the countless slain Fierce Beasts nourished the Primordial World, accelerating its growth.
Lu Yang felt this deeply.
As the Primordial World grew, the Sun Star had also strengthened considerably.
In terms of Magic Power, it was equivalent to roughly 1.2 million Quasi-Saints!
As his understanding of Heavenly Dao deepened, Lu Yang also came to understand something.
Saints were Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals, but Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals were not necessarily Saints.
Grand Unity Golden Immortals with Hunyuan level Magic Power were Quasi-Saints.
Grand Unity Golden Immortals who attained the Hunyuan Dao Fruit were Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals.
Once one attained the Hunyuan Dao Fruit, one formed a subtle connection with heaven and earth. As heaven and earth grew, one's Magic Power would continuously increase as well.
As for Saints, they were Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals whose Primordial spirits were Entrusted to Heavenly Dao. Their connection to the Primordial World was extremely close, though still not as close as the connection between the Sun Star and the Primordial World.
Therefore, as the Primordial World grew, the increase in a Saint's Magic Power would naturally be considerable as well.
At present, Lu Yang's Body Cultivation exceeded one million Hunyuan level.
Lu Ya and Yuan Feng had split up.
Lu Ya was not especially enthusiastic about killing Fierce Beasts.
Even so, the Fierce Beasts that died at Lu Ya's hands numbered in the hundreds of millions.
With the Phoenix Clan receiving the mandate of fate, Lu Ya, as a member of the Phoenix Clan, had also gained benefits.
It was simply that his foundation was poor. Otherwise, Lu Ya's cultivation would have advanced even faster.
Through Lu Ya's own efforts, combined with the Sun Star's aid, he had only just reached Grand Unity level cultivation.
Given Lu Ya's foundation and the amount of time he had cultivated, attaining Grand Unity level cultivation was already unbelievable.
Now, Lu Ya looked west.
Under the scrutiny of his Sun God Eyes, Baleful Qi surged into the heavens in the distant west.
"Is this the Fierce Beasts' death throes?"
In the Western Great Earth, deep within the Archaic Heavenly Dang Mountain Range, dwelled the first Fierce Beast since the creation of heaven and earth.
The Fierce Beast Emperor who called himself Shen Ni.
Not only was he the first Fierce Beast, he was also the most powerful Fierce Beast since ancient times.
Shen Ni's true body stood one million zhang tall. His form was savage and terrifying, with three hundred and sixty-six heads, exceeding the number of the heavenly cycle, seventy-two feet, thirty-six horns, and ten thousand tails.
His feet trod upon earthly fiends, while his heads propped up heavenly constellations.
All laws followed him.
Even connecting heaven and earth was insufficient to describe Shen Ni.
He had cultivated God-Demon Body Refinement to the Eighth Turn and was now a top-tier Innate Demon God.
He was only one step away from becoming a Chaos Demon God.
During this Calamity targeting the Fierce Beasts, countless Fierce Beasts fled to the Archaic Heavenly Dang Mountain Range, hoping to receive Shen Ni's protection.
During this Calamity, many powerful beings had also come to deal with Shen Ni.
The great power Rahu had confronted Shen Ni, yet he had been unable to do anything to him.
Ancestor Yin Yang, Ancestor Xuantian, and others had also come to confront Shen Ni, but none could defeat him, much less kill him.
Most Fierce Beasts possessed shallow cultivation, but Shen Ni was an exception.
Perhaps he was the first being in the Primordial World to attain the Grand Unity Dao Fruit.
At this moment, densely packed Chaos Talismans appeared across Shen Ni's enormous body, sealing the Karmic Power upon him.
Probably no living being in the Primordial World possessed more Karmic Power than Shen Ni.
Furthermore, Ten Directions Great Thousand Worlds were spread around Shen Ni. The dimensions of these Great Thousand Worlds stood on equal footing with the Primordial World, and each contained hundreds of millions of Fierce Beasts.
Many Fierce Beasts sang Shen Ni's praises, worshipped him, and overflowed with gratitude.
"I, who inherit a great legacy, will become a Chaos Demon God today. This world created by Pangu's Creation is also destined to end in my hands," Shen Ni muttered.
Then, Shen Ni's many gazes turned toward the Great Thousand Worlds around him.
Protect these billions of Fierce Beasts?
They were nothing more than obstacles preventing him from becoming a Chaos Demon God!
"To become part of my body and witness the end of the Primordial World is your supreme honor."
The next moment, Shen Ni activated the formation.
The entire Archaic Heavenly Dang Mountain Range was a formation, and the Ten Directions Great Thousand Worlds also formed a formation.
Formation linked to formation.
Everything revolved around Shen Ni.
At that moment, all the Fierce Beasts within the Ten Directions Great Thousand Worlds sensed impending disaster.
Of course, there were living beings other than Fierce Beasts in these Great Thousand Worlds.
A Power of Law also appeared on Shen Ni's body.
Devouring Law!
This was not Shen Ni's innate Law, but one he had seized from a Fierce Beast.
Now, Shen Ni intended to devour the Ten Directions Great Thousand Worlds.
His primary targets were the hundreds of millions of Fierce Beasts within those Ten Directions Great Thousand Worlds.
As for the other living beings in those Great Thousand Worlds, Shen Ni did not care in the slightest.
As one formation after another operated, the Ten Directions Great Thousand Worlds revolved around Shen Ni.
The power of devouring began to infect these Great Thousand Worlds.
Despair also began to grow within one Great Thousand World after another.
"This..."
"This is bad!"
"The Emperor wants to devour us."
"Shen Ni was never protecting us."
"Damn it!"
Even as the Fierce Beasts in each Great Thousand World struggled desperately, it was all useless.
They had thought the Great Thousand Worlds would protect them, but they had instead become cages.
And even if they could escape from the Great Thousand Worlds, what then?
The entire Archaic Heavenly Dang Mountain Range was a formation.
Not to mention that they were right beneath Shen Ni's eyes.
Escape alive? Was that possible?
The fate of the hundreds of millions of Fierce Beasts had already been decided.
Devouring hundreds of millions of Fierce Beasts brought Shen Ni another benefit: the Karmic Power on his body diminished.
The changes in the Archaic Heavenly Dang Mountain Range were also witnessed by many great powers outside.
Realizing something was wrong, some great powers even guessed Shen Ni's intentions.
At once, great powers hurried toward the Archaic Heavenly Dang Mountain Range.
"Shen Ni has gone completely mad."
"We cannot allow Shen Ni to break through to the Ninth Turn of God-Demon Body Refinement."
"Nine Revolutions God-Demon Body Refinement means... a Chaos Demon God."
"We must stop him."
Using sunlight, Lu Ya instantly teleported to the foot of the Archaic Heavenly Dang Mountain Range.
Staring at the Tian Dang Mountain Range, Lu Ya concealed his form.
The Karmic Power on Shen Ni's body was decreasing, while his Magic Power was increasing madly.
And the number of Fierce Beasts Shen Ni devoured was becoming ever more staggering.
Before long, Shen Ni would break through to the Ninth Turn of God-Demon Body Refinement.
Lu Ya was also rather curious about Chaos Demon Gods.
Next, one great power after another arrived at the foot of the Tian Dang Mountain Range.
There were Ancestor Dragon, Yuan Feng, First Kirin, as well as Hongjun, Rahu, Ancestor Qiankun, Ancestor Yin Yang, Ancestor Xuantian, and others.
Several dozen great powers had gathered, all of them Grand Unity level.
These great powers did not merely possess Grand Unity level cultivation; all had attained the Grand Unity Dao Fruit and possessed Innate Spiritual Treasures.
Hongjun and Ancestor Yin Yang even possessed Innate Supreme Treasures.
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