Wei Shao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, sat on the few small steps near the house, and slowly began, "This has to be told starting from more than three thousand years ago."
As he spoke, he paused briefly, looked up at Wei Lang and the others with a smile, and said, "I believe you're the same, searching for a way to break through."
"We're not like you." Gongsun Sun coolly added, "We won't stop at nothing."
Wei Shao shrugged without refuting him and continued, "More than three thousand years ago, I saw an egg in the Wei family's treasure vault.
"That egg was an artificially created dead egg, brought back by Patriarch Wei Ran from the Black Cliff Star Domain.
"That egg had originally been a research product of Mo Wentian, the master of Heavenly Extremity Hall's Beast Taming Pavilion. After Mo Wentian died, the egg was left behind in Heavenly Extremity Hall's treasure vault.
"Later, the Beast Taming Pavilion gradually declined, and no one paid attention to that egg anymore, until Patriarch Wei Ran took it out and brought it back to the Wei family.
"Even in the Wei family, it remained ignored until one day, when I came into contact with it by chance.
"Out of curiosity, I used divine power to probe the inside of that egg. At first, I didn't think there was anything unusual.
"But as my exploration deepened, I discovered that the unformed embryo within that dead egg possessed the traits of many divine beasts. Though they were not obvious, after careful examination, I confirmed that the unformed embryo was an amalgamation of divine beasts.
"This discovery was like enlightenment crashing over my head. In an instant, I seized that thread of inspiration. Since neither humans nor the Beast Tribe