For endless ages, Horse Ancestor and Hong Chidao had been inseparable, as close as brothers.
Until, on one occasion, Hong Chidao publicly demanded to ride on Horse Ancestor's back and roam the skies.
From that moment on, humiliation, bewilderment, shock, and fury surged together, drowning everything and turning the two into strangers who never crossed paths again.
Once, Horse Ancestor had regarded Hong Chidao as an elder brother of a different surname, willing to take blades through his ribs for him and brave boiling water and raging fire.
After that incident, everything shattered.
He discovered that he was nothing more than a joke.
Not worth mentioning.
Even today, he still did not understand.
How could Hong Chidao have humiliated him so that day?
"Of course! Hong Ye said you were his brother through life and death!"
"Big Brother... what else did he say?"
Horse Ancestor was stunned.
"Nothing else! I haven't had many chances to meet Hong Ye. I only heard him mention it once!"
"What is Big Brother to you?"
"Strictly speaking, Hong Ye is my second guardian!"
"What? Big Brother is a heaven-born genius. You're so weak—why would he take you as his successor? Besides, with Big Brother's stature, if he became a guardian, who under heaven could make him take second place?"
"To tell you the truth, Senior, I have a little backing. I come from the Star God Ancient Domain!"
"The Star God Ancient Domain?" Horse Ancestor was aghast. Golden radiance blazed in his eyes, forming a vortex high in the heavens. As he scanned Xiao Chen, he indeed saw starlight enveloping him, hazy as the moon.
In an instant, a chill ran down his spine.
Just now, he had come within a hair's breadth of slaughtering a Star Realm Divine Son and bringing a heaven-shaking