Hearing Yang Mei's words, Luohu immediately let out a cold laugh.
"Yang Mei, even without me telling you, you know how difficult it is to become a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal. How could Shen Ni possibly break through within these few hundred Yuan Hui? Even if he were given several more Kalpas, he might not necessarily succeed."
Yet Yang Mei held a different opinion. "Fellow Daoist Luohu, do not underestimate Shen Ni. Before he was even born into the world, he had already reached the peak of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm. Perhaps he truly can succeed. We must not take him lightly!"
Luohu frowned upon hearing this. Yang Mei's words were not without reason.
The Fierce Beast Kalpa was dangerous, but it was also an opportunity.
Who knew whether Shen Ni would seize this chance? Even if the odds were incredibly slim, what if Shen Ni managed to grasp that fleeting opportunity?
After hesitating for a moment, Luohu spoke. "Causality, Qiankun, and the others should have nearly recovered by now. Once they break through, we will kill our way over. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Yang Mei?"
Seeing that Luohu had taken his words to heart, Yang Mei smiled faintly. "That is precisely what I was thinking."
And so, another two hundred Yuan Hui passed.
By then, more than half of the thousand-Yuan-Hui deadline agreed upon by the Fierce Beast clan and the myriad races had passed.
That day, every great power of the myriad races gathered within Mount Sumeru.
With the Heavenly Dao Merit that had descended earlier, everyone's injuries had fully healed.
Many of them had even advanced further with the aid of this merit.
Among the Primordial Origin Golden Immortals, Yang Mei had reached the peak of the realm.
Luohu was at the late stage of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
Causality, Qiankun, Five Elements, and Hongjun had also broken through to the middle stage of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
Only Yin Yang still lingered at the early stage of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
Yin Yang Ancestor's expression was exceedingly grim as he looked at the surrounding middle-stage Primordial Origin Golden Immortals.
He alone remained stuck in place, while everyone else had broken through.
The stark contrast made Yin Yang Ancestor grind his teeth in fury.
The others tactfully avoided directing the discussion toward Yin Yang. Instead, they solemnly discussed the matters that required attention in this Kalpa.
As Luohu listened to their discussion, he sighed inwardly.
Why had that old loach Hongjun managed to catch up to Causality and the others as well?
If there was anyone Luohu least wanted to see break through, it was naturally Hongjun.
Even Luohu himself did not fully understand this resentment.
He did not know why, but Hongjun simply irritated him.
Hongjun could also sense a faint yet ever-present gaze fixed upon him.
He knew it belonged to Luohu.
His heart tightened, and he hurriedly increased his efforts to conceal the aura of the Jade Plate of Creation fragment on his body.
Although Hongjun was extremely anxious inside, not a trace of it showed on his face.
Fortunately, Luohu never discovered anything.
This finally allowed Hongjun to breathe a sigh of relief.
Since the vitality of the myriad races had yet to recover to its peak, the Primordial Origin Golden Immortals feared that these living beings would be no match for the Fierce Beasts.
Thus, during this period, they deliberately passed down several formations.
Their purpose was to give the myriad races below the strength to fight those Fierce Beasts.
After receiving the formations passed down by the Primordial Origin Golden Immortals, the living beings of the myriad races hurriedly began cultivating and comprehending them.
They knew that whether they could survive depended on these formations.
The movements of the myriad races also caught the attention of the Fierce Beast clan.
Within the Fierce Beast Nest, Qiong Qi and the others received the reports sent up from below.
Listening to the news from their subordinates, Qiong Qi and the others immediately sneered.
"We had intended to give them a little more time to cling to life, yet they are so eager to die. This time, we will beat them into submission!"
"Since the myriad races want to play, then our Fierce Beast clan will play with them. Pass down the order and tell the brothers below to make preparations!!"
After all the arrangements had been made and the orders issued, Qiong Qi, Taotie, Taowu, and the others stared anxiously toward the place where Shen Ni was in secluded cultivation.
"I wonder when Big Brother will emerge from seclusion?" Qiong Qi frowned deeply, the first to break the suffocating silence.
As soon as he spoke, the others immediately echoed him.
They all knew that the Beast Emperor was absolutely indispensable in this battle against the myriad races.
Yet they had no idea when the Beast Emperor would emerge from seclusion.
However, just as they finished speaking, a majestic and familiar figure silently appeared before them.
It was Shen Ni.
The moment they saw Shen Ni, overwhelming joy surged through Qiong Qi and the others.
"Big Brother, did you break through?!"
Yet faced with their hopeful gazes, Shen Ni merely let out a long sigh and slowly shook his head.
He truly was only a step away. If he had been given one or two Kalpas, he was confident that he could break through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
But not now.
Thus, upon hearing that the myriad races had begun making moves, Shen Ni directly emerged from seclusion.
Seeing Shen Ni slowly shake his head, the Great Fiends immediately became somewhat dejected.
Qiong Qi hurriedly said, "So what if Big Brother did not break through? We defeated those people before, and we can do the same this time! Over these past few hundred Yuan Hui, our clan has gained two more Primordial Origin Golden Immortals. Not to mention that all of us have improved in strength!"
"If the myriad races want to strike first, we are not afraid of them!"
Taowu also spoke up in agreement. "Qiong Qi is right. With Big Brother's methods, breaking through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm is no difficult matter at all. The time was simply a little too short. Even if Big Brother has not broken through, our Fierce Beast clan can still crush the myriad races!"
A smile appeared on Shen Ni's face upon hearing this.
"As long as our clan wins this battle, I am confident that I can break through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm within two Kalpas!!"
Upon hearing Shen Ni's words, everyone looked at him with blazing eyes.
A Primordial Origin Golden Immortal.
That was not something a Primordial Origin Golden Immortal could compare to.
Even the weakest Primordial Origin Golden Immortal could, with a wave of his hand, cause countless Primordial Origin Golden Immortals to perish in body and Dao.
Would one or two Kalpas even count as time?
As for whether they could defeat the myriad races in this battle, not a single one of them believed they would lose to those people.
And so, another Yuan Hui passed.
That day, the Primordial Origin Golden Immortals of the myriad races appeared atop Mount Sumeru.
Looking down at the countless living beings beneath Mount Sumeru, the Primordial Origin Golden Immortals spoke in deep voices:
"Think back to that battle against the Fierce Beast clan. We lost, but everyone present knows full well that this Kalpa has not yet ended. There is still a great battle between our myriad races and the Fierce Beast clan. Fortunately, with the merit bestowed by Heaven, we have recovered much of our strength this time."
"Therefore, in this battle, we will wash away every bit of our former humiliation. Do you have confidence?!"
As soon as the words fell, the living beings of the myriad races looked up at the revered ancestors standing high in the void. They could not help recalling the humiliation they had endured in that brutal battle.
For a moment, flames of fury, unwillingness, and vengeance blazed fiercely within their chests.
The eyes of the myriad races turned red, veins bulged across their foreheads, and they exhausted all their strength as they roared in response:
"We do!!!"
That earth-shaking cry was like a surging tidal wave, gathering the power and will of countless trillions upon trillions of living beings from the myriad races. Its sound seemed capable of piercing the heavens and reaching the very summit of the sky.
It echoed throughout the entire Primordial Wilderness, reverberating without end.
Hearing the cries below, the Primordial Origin Golden Immortals slowly nodded.
Then they turned their gazes toward the Fierce Beast Nest and swept their hands downward.
"Set out!! In this battle, our myriad races shall surely prevail!!"
"Victory!!!"
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