Giant Beast Space-Time, deep within the Flame-Yellow Continent, inside a remote primordial valley.
"Screech!"
A clear cry rang through the air as a giant bird streaked across the sky. Under the sunlight, its body gleamed with golden light, making it especially conspicuous in the air.
This was a Golden-Winged Great Peng with at least ten thousand years of cultivation. It looked down over the endless forest below, then, after a few breaths, dove swiftly into the valley.
"Great King!"
As the Golden-Winged Great Peng entered the valley, numerous humans and beasts appeared around it, each radiating a powerful aura. It went straight to the center and knelt before a figure.
The figure looked to be in his forties. He had long dark-blue hair, and his entire body was covered in black scales. A huge red cross marked his chest—not a wound, but scales as well, merely different from those elsewhere on his body.
His build was only average, and his features were not particularly handsome. Yet as he stood there, the invisible aura emanating from him eclipsed every human and beast around him.
"Golden Wing, what did you find? Is there still no news of the Chaos King?"
The middle-aged man spoke slowly. His voice was strange. Though it carried no energy fluctuations, the brief sentence shifted through five different tones.
"Great King, I discovered traces left after the Chaos King departed. It seems he was captured by some being."
The Golden-Winged Great Peng's voice was extremely low and heavy. Having yet to assume human form, it could not be considered a powerhouse within this valley, but its extreme speed gave it a very special status.
"Oh? A powerhouse actually captured Chaos? Could some extraordinary divine beast have emerged?"
The King of Ferocious Beasts released an invisible pressure. His face