Xie Fang had flown for a full thousand years before finally leaving the East Sea Region.
The Primordial World was vast beyond measure. The East Sea alone had taken Xie Fang, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, a thousand years to cross. Who knew how long it would take to travel across the entire Primordial World?
Gazing at the boundless land before him, Xie Fang let out a long breath.
It was an indisputable fact that the Primordial World was filled with countless rare treasures.
Yet after the world's creation, the Primordial World had become desolate. Gray clouds stretched across the sky for hundreds of millions of miles, thick with the stench of blood and baleful energy.
The Primordial World was now in an age ruled by rampaging ferocious beasts!
Compared with the rare treasures that had to be sought out, ferocious beasts were everywhere.
In fact, with one glance, Xie Fang could see countless ferocious beasts tearing into one another!
Where they fought, mountains, rivers, and streams were instantly reduced to flatlands!
When Pangu had created the world, all three thousand Chaos Demon Gods had perished, leaving an endless killing aura that stretched across heaven and earth.
The baleful energy and resentment formed from the demons' deaths filled the world, corroding the minds of living beings.
Countless creatures born between heaven and earth couldn't withstand the erosion of this resentment and baleful energy. They became ferocious beasts, devoid of reason and driven only to slaughter.
The Primordial World was now in an age of ferocious beasts running rampant.
The Primordial Races stood in great numbers, with the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Clans faintly at their head. Yet even those three great clans dared not venture lightly into the Primordial World.
But to Xie Fang, this Primordial World that seemed so dangerous to everyone else was a thrilling sight. He could hardly wait to make his mark!
Those densely packed ferocious beasts were, in Xie Fang's eyes, nothing less than a vast trove of Experience Points!
"Primordial World, here I come!"
Suppressing his excitement, Xie Fang decided to find and kill ferocious beasts so he could rapidly improve his cultivation and strength!
After all, the Ferocious Beast Clan was destined to perish in this Tribulation and become a pawn of the Heavenly Dao. Besides, Xie Fang's true form was the Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, so he wouldn't incur karma and could reap and slaughter as he pleased.
Not only that, once the Ferocious Beast Tribulation ended, he might even earn a generous amount of Merit based on the number of beasts he killed!
There was everything to gain and nothing to lose!
With that thought, Xie Fang immediately decided to throw caution to the wind. One word: fight!
A moment later, Xie Fang arrived in a dense forest.
Thorns covered the area, karmic obstructions ran rampant, and danger lurked everywhere.
It was also packed with groups of ferocious beasts.
"Roar—"
Just then, a piercing roar rang out!
The roar surged like crashing waves, sending birds and beasts trembling in fear.
Xie Fang's eyes lit up. He could sense a powerful aura approaching—one he could still suppress.
At a time like this, he needed to stay calm. If he revealed his aura and scared off his prey, all his effort would be for nothing.
Rustle, rustle—
A flurry of faint rustling sounds came from the bushes. Then three or four Azure Tigers suddenly sprang out.
Xie Fang frowned slightly, his face full of disdain.
The tigers looked fearsome, but their cultivation was only at the Mystic Immortal level!
The strongest among them had barely reached the late Mystic Immortal stage.
Xie Fang was a little disappointed. Mystic Immortals wouldn't provide him with many Experience Points.
But even the smallest morsel was still meat. Since they'd come to him, there was no reason to let them go.
Just as Xie Fang was about to reveal himself and claim the Experience Points from these little tigers, a low, rumbling roar suddenly rang out!
It was filled with savagery, nothing like the roars of these Mystic Immortal tigers!
"The aura I sensed earlier belongs to the big one behind them!"
Xie Fang immediately understood. He looked up and saw the tigers trembling at the sound of the roar.
Then a fierce wind swept in. A gigantic shadow blotted out the sky, plunging the world into darkness!
Xie Fang's heart stirred. A ferocious beast with a pair of wings on its back was leisurely approaching!
Its body was covered in scales, and its outspread wings blotted out the sky. Its eyes were blood-red, clearly a result of being corrupted by baleful energy.
"The Ferocious Beast Clan really is different from other creatures. They have no intelligence and know only slaughter. No wonder the Heavenly Dao won't tolerate them."
This was Xie Fang's first encounter with a ferocious beast. Just as he was about to attack, the beast struck at the three or four tigers!
Its enormous foreclaw came crashing down on them like an iron pincer!
The Mystic Immortal tigers, who had looked so fearsome, couldn't fight back at all. In the blink of an eye, they were crushed to pulp beneath its claws!
"Roar!"
The ferocious beast let out a low growl like a killing machine, then hunched over and began devouring the Azure Tigers' corpses.
At that moment—
Whoosh!
With a dull thud, a Golden Ruler Shadow descended from the sky, slashing furiously at the feeding beast!
Golden light illuminated the land, and in an instant, it was reflected in the beast's blood-red eyes.
"Ding! Congratulations, host. You killed a ferocious beast and gained 240,000 Experience Points."
As the system notification faded, the Golden Ruler Shadow descended and transformed into Xie Fang.
The ferocious beast's corpse crashed to the ground, lifeless!
"This beast was also at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level, though it was a little stronger than the Three-Clawed Golden Dragon."
Xie Fang nodded. Without sparing the corpse another glance, he strode deeper into the forest.
Time flew by in the Primordial World.
Several thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
All those years, Xie Fang had remained in the Primordial World, slaughtering ferocious beasts at a frenzied pace. The Experience Points he reaped had risen rapidly!
"Mm..."
After reveling in the bliss of a breakthrough, Xie Fang felt stronger than ever!
His cultivation had smoothly reached the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage!
"Several thousand years, and I've only advanced two minor stages. This progress is still a little slow..."
Xie Fang felt the power within him and sighed softly.
If any other creature in the Primordial World heard that, they'd be so embarrassed they'd want to dig out a heavenly paradise with their toes!
In just a few thousand years, he'd gone straight from the early to the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, and he still thought that was slow?
Was he trying to leave the rest of them with no way to live?
It wasn't that Xie Fang was ungrateful. He simply felt he was running short on time.
Though he had reached the late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage, the Ferocious Beast Tribulation was likely close to ending. The Primordial World was full of hidden powerhouses, especially Hongjun and Luohu. Those two mighty figures could be meditating in some unknown place right now!
As Xie Fang remembered it, by the end of the Ferocious Beast Tribulation, those two had already reached the Quasi-Saint realm.
If he couldn't reach the Quasi-Saint realm soon, he would be in a very passive position.
Fall behind, and you'll get beaten!
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