Supporting Character

"Milord!"

The pressure of four Mystic Immortals was enough to make Bright Rabbit tremble in fear.

As the ferocious aura surged toward them, she couldn't help but let out a shriek, once again reaching out to grab the corner of Li Xuan's robe.

Li Xuan found it hard to dodge, so he could only sigh, thinking to himself that she really was just a little rabbit after all.

Though her talent wasn't bad, her courage was far too small.

Then, looking at the four charging figures, he shook his head and said, "Truly, there is a path to heaven, yet you refuse to walk it; the gates of hell are shut, yet you force your way in."

As he spoke, the clouds and mist roiled and then sealed shut.

And those four Mystic Immortal beings vanished like drops of water falling into the ocean.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace, not even a sound escaping.

"Ding."

"Choice System activated."

"Choice One: Kill all scale-armored beings including Golden Scale. Reward: One hundred years of double cultivation boost, one hundred years of cultivation experience scroll."

"Choice Two: Release all scale-armored beings including Golden Scale. Reward: Ten thousand years of double cultivation boost, ten thousand years of cultivation experience scroll."

"Choice Three: Release any one scale-armored being. Reward: Ten thousand years of cultivation experience scroll, one random Innate Spiritual Treasure."

Within the Grand Profound Illusory Realm Array, the four Mystic Immortal beings were now stumbling around like headless flies.

They struggled endlessly, battling enemies conjured by the illusion.

At the same time, a set of choices appeared before Li Xuan's eyes.

The three options made Li Xuan frown.

The gap in rewards between the first, second, and third was simply too vast.

"What's the meaning of this?"

Staring at the choices before him, Li Xuan muttered, somewhat puzzled by the system's intent.

But then, he chuckled and said, "I get it—this is deliberately tempting me. If I don't kill them all, they can go back and report, bring more people, and eventually drag me into the great calamity too, right?"

Having figured that out, Li Xuan laughed outright. "Don't think you can trick me. I've got a good life; why would I want to go out and fight others? Let me tell you, I'm the ultimate king of lying low. I. Will. Not. Leave. The. Mountain!"

As he spoke, he tapped Choice One.

Instantly, the Grand Profound Illusory Realm Array, which spanned three thousand li, abruptly expanded!

Before Golden Scale and the other forty-plus Golden Immortals could even react, the array had already covered ten thousand li.

The three-thousand-li Grand Xuan Formation could withstand an attack from a Quasi-Saint.

Expanding it to ten thousand li naturally reduced its power drastically, now only able to hold off a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal's assault.

But...

Among the enemies, there was no Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, and it seemed not even a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, right?

Given Li Xuan's caution, if Golden Scale had been a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal-level expert, he wouldn't have expanded the formation at all—he'd have simply defended.

But he wasn't; he was just a Golden Immortal.

A Grand Profound Illusory Realm that could block a Quasi-Saint, doubled in size—shouldn't it be enough to suppress a Golden Immortal?

As Li Xuan muttered to himself, the clouds surged.

Then, that figure who looked like a big villain... a side character, vanished without a trace.

A moment later, the clouds receded, returning to three thousand li.

Bright Rabbit had long since returned to the foot of the mountain, joining the feast.

Li Xuan, humming a tune, began dismembering these scale-armored beings inside the Qiankun Diagram.

This time, he'd learned his lesson—good things should be enjoyed in secret.

Otherwise, if he took them out and those beings saw them, staring at him with wide eyes, he'd feel awkward not giving any, and giving them would just make his heart ache...

So, why not just hide away and enjoy it all himself?

A golden Flood Dragon corpse.

A massive centipede corpse, a giant green snake corpse, a huge scorpion corpse, and an enormous lizard.

These corpses were all bizarre in shape, strange and unusual, yet the aura they emitted was incredibly powerful.

The Primordial Beings numbered more than countless trillions.

So, beings who could cultivate to the Mystic Immortal realm were naturally at the upper echelons of the pyramid.

As for those beyond—Golden Immortals, Primordial Unity Golden Immortals—they were the true high-level figures, exceedingly rare.

And Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, Golden Immortals of the Origin, and those elusive Quasi-Saints who showed only the tip of the iceberg—they were the very top!

Among countless trillions, only a few tens of thousands ever emerged.

Understand this: when Heavenly Dao Sage Hongjun preached the Great Dao, throughout the entire primordial wilderness, only three thousand Red Dust Guests gathered at Purple Cloud Palace—merely three thousand Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals.

So it was no wonder that Golden Scale, this Flood Dragon, acted arrogantly, boasting that within a radius of one million seven hundred thousand li, he was the strongest!

Unfortunately, this Flood Dragon could now only become meat in Li Xuan's mouth.

The Qiankun Diagram contained a world within. Li Xuan hummed a tune as he prepared to cook hotpot.

As for the other forty-plus Mystic Immortal creatures, their original forms varied, but their cultivation was too low.

So Li Xuan had little interest in them. He simply tossed them all down the valley, sparking a wave of jubilation and worship within his own zoo.

Fed with so much flesh and blood, in a few thousand or ten thousand years, a few more creatures should be able to take human form, right?

Li Xuan thought to himself.

Meanwhile, six million li west of Mount Taixuan, there was a massive lake.

Though called a lake, it was no different from a sea—spanning a million li in circumference!

Boom!

The lake water boiled. A roar shook heaven and earth as a brown dragon thousands of zhang long burst forth!

"My son!?"

The brown dragon's eyes blazed red, filled with cold fury.

He had been cultivating at the bottom of the lake.

But just now, he suddenly sensed that the life aura of his third son, Golden Scale, had vanished!

Although Golden Scale was not his most beloved child.

Still, he was his son—how could he not cherish him!?

And now his third son was dead!?

As the strongest creature within tens of millions of li, the brown dragon was utterly enraged!

"Mirror Lake Brown Dragon, hear my command!!"

But before the brown dragon could frantically seek his enemy, a greater roar suddenly resounded across heaven and earth!

The entire sky trembled as a massive shadow slowly pressed down!

"Your subordinate is here!"

Hearing this voice, the brown dragon immediately suppressed his fury and looked up to roar back in response.

"By order of the Ancestor Dragon Lord, all scaled creatures under heaven shall depart from Kirin Mountain! Join with the feathered kind to encircle the beast lineage! Brown Dragon! Within five days, you shall lead all scaled creatures of Mirror Lake to the East Sea! Await the Ancestor Dragon Lord's command!"

The roar from the sky was like thunderclaps, shaking all directions—such was the might of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

As a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, the brown dragon immediately bellowed: "Brown Dragon obeys the command! May the Ancestor Dragon Lord endure through countless kalpas!"

Boom!

The figure gradually faded into the distance, evidently off to notify other scaled creatures.

The brown dragon let out a sudden roar, shook his form, and transformed into a middle-aged man in a brown robe, his face cold and fierce!

He gritted his teeth and said: "My son! Your vengeance must wait! When your father returns in the future, I will surely avenge you!"

With that, he stared fixedly eastward, his gaze piercing a million li, as if he could see Li Xuan's location.

After staring for a long moment, he let out a low growl and descended back into Mirror Lake.

The Ancestor Dragon Lord's command superseded all else!

He had to quickly consolidate all scaled creatures within Mirror Lake's domain and head to the East Sea!

"Stir-fried scorpion meat! Hahaha!"

Back in the world of the Qiankun Diagram on Mount Taixuan, Li Xuan took a long, fragrant breath, then sent the plump, springy, rich, tender, and delicious scorpion meat into his mouth.

"So fragrant!"