Only a very small portion of the higher-ups in the Fierce Beast Clan could transform. Aside from Beast Emperor Shen Ni, the four Beast Kings, and the eight Beast Generals, none of the other fierce beasts could transform.
Bai Chen injected the origins of the lower-level fierce beasts into Si Bu Xi and the others. Their origins combined with those of the Fierce Beast Clan, completely suppressing Si Bu Xi and the others and cutting off any possibility of them transforming in the future.
Bai Chen had tested this experiment long ago, and the results had been surprisingly good.
As for the origins of the Fierce Beast Clan, Bai Chen had captured some low-level Innate Divine Beasts near Mount Huo during the Fierce Beast Tribulation in his early years, extracted their origins, and stored them.
However, to avoid being discovered by the Fierce Beast Clan, Bai Chen had not captured many low-level fierce beasts at the time. Thus, he had not stored much of their origin. In other words, every bit used was one bit less.
"First Qilin, don't forget the Great Dao Oath you made. Sever your life force."
"Now that this Great God has returned them to you, the Great Dao Oath should take effect too."
Bai Chen urged First Qilin to sever his life force quickly.
In fact, Bai Chen did not need to urge him. The moment he released the four lives of Si Bu Xi and the others, the Great Dao Oath had already begun taking effect.
Even if First Qilin wanted to break the oath, the Great Dao would not allow it.
At that moment, First Qilin's life force began to dissipate bit by bit. Before long, his life force would be completely severed.
Bai Chen knew First Qilin was doomed, and he could not be bothered with him. He turned his gaze toward Queen Mother of the West.
"Queen Mother of the West, this Great God is telling you that the Phoenix Clan does not need your protection.
"Quickly return the resources Yuanfeng gave you to this Great God. Otherwise, this Great God will never let you off."
Yuanfeng had given Queen Mother of the West twenty percent of the Phoenix Clan's resources, and this had always made Bai Chen uncomfortable.
Those were the resources of Great God Bai Chen. What right did Queen Mother of the West have to receive them?
Since he had encountered Queen Mother of the West today, he might as well demand them back.
"Hmph!"
Queen Mother of the West sneered and said impatiently, "Bai Chen, those were given to me by Daoist Friend Yuanfeng. What does that have to do with you?"
Queen Mother of the West had never taken Bai Chen seriously because his cultivation was too low.
"That was Yuanfeng's personal decision. She never received this Great God's approval, so it doesn't count!"
It had been Yuanfeng's personal decision, so Bai Chen naturally refused to acknowledge it.
"Bai Chen, you're merely a pet beast raised by Daoist Friend Yuanfeng. Do you really think you're anything special?"
Queen Mother of the West directly exposed Bai Chen's origins. Did he really think his strength was impressive enough to act recklessly before her?
Yuanfeng, his master, was already gone. What right did a mere pet beast like Bai Chen have to act arrogantly here?
Moreover, if Queen Mother of the West returned the resources to Bai Chen, would that not be telling the outside world that she, Queen Mother of the West, feared a pet beast?
How could she establish herself in the Primordial World then?
Thus, she absolutely could not return the resources!
"Queen Mother of the West, this Great God is telling you that First Qilin once looked down on this Great God too. You know perfectly well what happened to him!"
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Bai Chen glared at Queen Mother of the West with his vicious triangular eyes. This woman had taken his resources and still dared to belittle and insult Great God Bai Chen. She was truly tired of living.
"Little White, First Qilin has gone berserk. Leave, quickly!"
Seeing Bai Chen and Queen Mother of the West arguing, and noticing that First Qilin showed signs of going berserk, Nuwa directly picked Bai Chen up and fled, regardless of whether he agreed.
After all, if First Qilin and Queen Mother of the West joined forces, she and Bai Chen might have to suffer before they could leave.
On the way back, Bai Chen glared viciously toward West Kunlun and cursed, "Queen Mother of the West, you ugly hag, just wait. Sooner or later, this Great God will make you cry."
Why did Bai Chen curse Queen Mother of the West as an ugly hag?
Although Queen Mother of the West's appearance had previously been incomparably beautiful, that was merely the appearance of her Innate Dao Body.
It was not the appearance of Queen Mother of the West's true body, the body of an Innate Deity.
The body of Queen Mother of the West, the Innate Deity, had disheveled hair, a sheng hairpin, tiger teeth, and a leopard's tail...
Queen Mother of the West's true body had tangled hair adorned with a jade sheng, tiger teeth, and a leopard's tail.
Compared with the divine, mighty true body of Great God Bai Chen, which combined countless perfections into one, Bai Chen felt that Queen Mother of the West's true body was so ugly that it was unbearable to look at.
More accurately, Bai Chen felt that ninety-nine percent of the true bodies of Innate Deities and Innate Divine Beasts in the Primordial World were stitched-together monsters, each one frighteningly ugly. None were as good-looking as Great God Bai Chen.
The remaining small portion could only be said to barely stand on equal footing with him.
Bai Chen swore inwardly that he would make Queen Mother of the West pay for looking down on him.
Although later generations would give her the title of Head of Female Immortals in the Primordial World, she had not amounted to much in the Primordial World in reality.
Once Purple Firmament Palace began its lectures, Great God Bai Chen would be the first to take care of the Queen Mother of the West's dojo and loot the West Kunlun Immortal Realm.
Then, during the Witch-Demon Tribulation, he would find an opportunity to cripple her.
He would make her understand that Great God Bai Chen could not be insulted!
Seeing Nuwa flee with Bai Chen, First Qilin could do nothing.
He could feel that, because of the Great Dao Oath, his life force was already running out. He could not hold on much longer.
If he pursued Nuwa and Bai Chen, he might die and have his Dao destroyed halfway there.
He now had to settle the matter of entrusting his children during the little time he had left.
"Four Daoist Friends, I fell into Bai Chen's vicious scheme. Because of the Great Dao Oath, my life force has already begun to sever."
"I don't have much time left. I ask the four Daoist Friends to fulfill what I said earlier."
First Qilin bowed to the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West, once again imploring them to protect Si Bu Xi, Ink Qilin, and the others.
"Agreed!"
"Mm!"
After hesitating for a while, the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West agreed to protect and shelter Si Bu Xi and the others. They would also do their best to protect the Qilin Clan when circumstances allowed.
The Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West were not fools. If the Qilin Clan provoked an existence they could not deal with, would going to protect the Qilin Clan not be courting death?
"Thank you!"
First Qilin thanked the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West. He then handed Si Bu Xi, Ink Qilin, and Jade Qilin to the Three Pure Ones, and Gold Qilin to Queen Mother of the West.
In later generations, Si Bu Xi first became Yuqing Yuanshi's mount before being given to Jiang Ziya.
As for Ink Qilin, Shangqing Tongtian later gave him to his disciple, Golden Spirit Mother. Golden Spirit Mother then gave him to Wen Zhong, making him Wen Zhong's mount.
Jade Qilin's situation was similar to Ink Qilin's. Yuqing Yuanshi gave Jade Qilin to Qingxu Daode, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, who then gave him to his disciple Huang Tianhua.
As for Gold Qilin, after following Queen Mother of the West, he was reduced to a guardian beast who watched over the mountain gates.
"Daoist Friend First Qilin, I have a question. When you launched your great conquest of the Primordial World, if you had truly become its lord, could you really have proved the Dao?"
Taiqing Laozi asked First Qilin about the doubt in his heart.
After cultivating for so many epochs, Taiqing Laozi was still merely a High-level Golden Immortal who had condensed the Three Flowers on the Crown. He had not even touched the threshold of Half-step Dao Proving.
Today, having encountered First Qilin, a former Half-step Dao Proving expert, he had to ask.
This was Taiqing Laozi's confusion, and it was also the confusion of Yuqing Yuanshi, Shangqing Tongtian, and Queen Mother of the West.
"Four Daoist Friends, Yuanfeng, Ancestor Dragon, and I launched our great conquest of the Primordial World for the sake of proving the Dao. The former Beast Emperor Shen Ni did the same!"
"According to our calculations, as long as one became the co-lord of the Primordial World, one could gather supreme great fortune and prove the Dao through Merit and Fortune, condensing the Primordial Fruit Status."
"Unfortunately, those damned Chaos Demon Gods schemed against us and ruined our great undertaking."
First Qilin did not conceal anything and told them the truth.
First Qilin also hoped that someone among the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West would be able to prove the Dao in the future.
After all, as long as even one of the four successfully proved the Dao, they could better protect the Qilin Clan.
"Chaos Demon Gods!!!"
The Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West were all shocked by his words. According to the memories of their Innate Inheritance, the Chaos Demon Gods should have all been slain by Great God Pangu.
There should not have been any Chaos Demon Gods in the Primordial World. Even if there were, they should have been dead, not alive.
The Three Pure Ones had the ugliest expressions of all.
The three brothers and Queen Mother of the West were different. The three of them had transformed from the Primordial Spirit of Great God Pangu.
When First Qilin said that living Chaos Demon Gods existed in the Primordial World, was he not saying that Father God Pangu had failed to handle things properly when he created the world?
"Four Daoist Friends, the waters of the Primordial World run deep. The three thousand Chaos Demon Gods slain by Great God Pangu back then did not all die."
"Luo Hou, Hongjun, and the others are all Half-step Dao Proving experts formed from the Primordial Spirit True Spirits of Chaos Demon Gods who did not completely perish."
"..."
First Qilin then described in detail what had happened in the Western Primordial Era to the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West.
"These Chaos Demon Gods truly deserve to die!"
When Shangqing Tongtian heard about Devil Ancestor Luo Hou slaughtering the Western Primordial Era, he could not help cursing aloud.
"Fellow Daoists, if one day you prove the Dao, you must be careful of those Chaos Demon Gods, lest they ruin your chance to prove the Dao."
This was First Qilin's final warning to the Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West. He hoped that they would not be schemed against when proving the Dao.
"Thank you, Daoist Friend First Qilin, for telling us."
The Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West thanked First Qilin. Because of his warning, they now understood the dangers of the Primordial World.
Back then, Ancestor Dragon and First Qilin had both been Half-step Dao Proving existences, yet Devil Ancestor Luo Hou had easily wounded them, reduced their cultivation, and knocked them down a realm.
The waters of the Primordial World truly ran rather deep!
"My son, Si Bu Xi, your father does not ask you to avenge me. I only wish for you to live without worry in the future."
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