[Kunyu Spirit-Deer]
A deer's head bore no horns, yet this spirit-deer had two protrusions atop its head, like sheer broken cliffs—the outlines of mountain ranges. Its gem-like eyes turned like wheels, and its ancient, colossal body, like that of a primordial giant god, was clad in rocky armor. Wherever its hooves stepped, forests of stone rose from the ground.
Silent within boundlessness, growing forth within arm's reach—the earth and stone might make no sound, but the pulse deep beneath the land was as heavy as a heartbeat.
There was no prelude, nor any superfluous movement.
The instant the spirit-deer's gaze locked onto An Jing and the others, it raised a hand. A colossal staff surged up from the earth, condensed from Breath-Earth and divine metal, steadying the seas and propping up the heavens, like the manifestation of Buzhou Mountain itself.
Heaven and earth changed drastically as a result. Endless sandstorms rose across the entire wasteland, turning all things into a hazy gray mist.
"This is the astral divine beast, the 'Willow Earth Deer'! It gathers the power of the mountain-moving, sea-filling giants among the many primordial ancient gods devoured by the Ancestral Dragon in ancient times, then incorporates the intent of 'suppression' and 'weight' represented by Zhenxing, ultimately forming the Earth Luminary Ancestral Spirit!"
Su Xinbai delivered the information at top speed. "It was formed at the beginning of heaven and earth from the fused essence of countless earth-aspected divine beasts! The Seven Luminaries Ancestral Spirit differs in every Banquet of Zhaolin Truth-Seeking. Last time, it was a giant god that bore the heavens and moved mountains, possessing unimaginable power—comparable to a peak Divine Treasury expert who had grasped the Dao of Life!"
"Those who defeated the Seven Luminaries Ancestral Spirit in the past could use this to swiftly perfect