Leaving the North Sea, the White-Clad Empress Sailing Upstream (Please Subscribe and Vote)

Within the Heavenly Horned Ant's palace cave in the ancient Immortal City, Little Heavenly Horned Ant's sorrowful cries echoed.

His father, the previous generation's Heavenly Horned Ant, had died a terribly tragic death. He had not Feather Transformed directly, but first turned into pus and blood before burning into ashes, suffering immensely. He had been a supreme powerhouse who had cultivated the Imperishable Scripture, yet he met such an end. It was truly lamentable.

"My father could have lived longer and would not have suffered so much when he died. It was all to save me..."

Little Heavenly Horned Ant shed tears silently. He was not wailing loudly, yet this grief was all the more desolate. He was utterly heartbroken.

In that battle long ago, his mother had died in battle, and several of his brothers and sisters had all been killed. At the time, he was still inside his mother's womb when he suffered a fatal blow. Under such circumstances, an ordinary creature would certainly have died before birth.

However, the Heavenly Horned Ant bloodline was exceptionally powerful. To preserve his bloodline, his father exhausted his final essence and forcibly defied fate for him. Only then had he finally managed to hatch.

Little Heavenly Horned Ant wiped away his tears. "He was already dead before I was truly born. He never got to see me enter the world. Before he died, he turned into pus and blood, then burned into ashes. Those Veteran Soldiers told me all of this."

"Little ant, are you sure there are clues to the Imperishable Scripture here?"

Shi Hao circled the depths of the cave dwelling, his eyes gleaming greedily. Aside from the Heavenly Horned Ant's remains, there was also blood, shattered bones, feathers, horns, and other remnants from various creatures. These things were