After resolving the matter of the spirit vein, there was nothing else that needed handling for the time being, so Wang Daoyuan returned to the Underground Cave Mansion to cultivate properly.
But the heavens did not oblige. News came from the Western Sea that traces of a fifth-tier demonic beast had appeared.
A Low-grade Fifth-order Demon Beast had come ashore from the Western Sea and attacked Heavenly Secret Sect property.
The human side's reinforcements had not arrived in time, and they had failed to capture it.
The Heavenly Secret Sect lost two Golden Core Cultivators, and one of its coastal properties was severely damaged.
This sort of trouble appearing in the Western Sea was no good omen.
Most frighteningly, this creature was not a turtle-type Demon Beast, but an alligator dragon.
Although alligator dragons had fairly long lifespans, they were far inferior to turtle-type Demon Beasts of the same rank.
A few Fifth-order alligator dragons might live beyond ten thousand years, but not by much.
From birth to reaching the Fifth-order realm, a Demon Beast needed several thousand years.
One that had broken through to the Fifth-order realm over ten thousand years ago was unlikely to still be alive now.
If it were a Demon Beast left behind from ten thousand years ago, it might be very powerful, but its numbers would certainly be small.
After all, not every Demon Beast could lie dormant for more than ten thousand years.
If it had broken through later, that would mean Fifth-order spiritual energy had always existed in the Western Sea.
That would be a huge problem. Over all these years, how many Fifth-tier Demonic Beasts could have accumulated there?
There might even be quite a few fifth-order peak Demon Beasts.
A fifth-order peak Demigod Beast might not necessarily be weaker than