Sacred Covenant

"Quite cautious, aren't you?"

Kangqiao watched the Giant Moth circling high overhead and smiled with indifference.

Compared to the Giant Moth, this mutated Water Lizard had much more nerve.

This fellow was only a few hundred meters from Kangqiao—for two Giant Beasts, that distance was just a step or two.

So, after the Water Lizard drew close, it showed Kangqiao extreme wariness.

Its eyes locked onto him, and then it let out a low growl in his direction.

As if asking, what exactly did you call us over here for?

To that, Kangqiao waved his little stubby hands comically, signaling it not to rush.

No rush, no rush.

The meaning of "no rush" was that three sunrises and sunsets would pass quickly.

The Giant Moth and Water Lizard were utterly dumbfounded.

The Giant Moth had originally thought Kangqiao called them over to share the Giant Serpent as a meal.

And then?

Instead, they saw this Giant Beast start doing some incomprehensible things on the ground.

One moment spewing fire, the next pounding the earth.

It was utterly baffling.

During this time, the Giant Moth wanted to leave, and so did the Water Lizard.

But seeing the strange behavior of this Giant Beast before them, they grew curious—curious about what exactly it was trying to do.

So in the end, they stayed and watched the Giant Beast's bizarre actions.

And that very watching stretched straight through three sunrises and sunsets.

Time meant nothing to Giant Beasts, so three sunrises and sunsets were merely a brief span to them.

The two Giant Beasts witnessed firsthand the emergence of the world's first ancient city.

No, it could only be called a massive square wall.

The wall was built by Kangqiao piling up lava melted by scorching flames.

As for how to make flowing lava solidify and set into a wall?

Wasn't that easy?

Kangqiao simply repurposed the unconscious Giant Serpent's body, bending it into a 'U' shape to serve as a mold.

Lava was the concrete, and the Giant Serpent's body was the mold for the concrete—thus, section by section, he built a square wall module.

To make the lava cool quickly, Kangqiao even gestured at the Water Lizard to bring some water, just at the right moment.

Pointing at the Water Lizard, pointing at the river, then pointing at the lava site.

Such simple instructions, the Water Lizard naturally understood.

But as it looked at Kangqiao, the Water Lizard's expression grew more and more strange.

Being ordered around didn't bother the Water Lizard at all—what it cared about most now was what Kangqiao was really up to.

Countless ages had passed, and every time Giant Beasts met, wasn't it always a fight to the death?

Even if they didn't fight, they'd stay on guard and then retreat separately.

But now?

A Giant Beast had used a war to gather three, no, four Giant Beasts together.

And without fighting or snatching, they were even this 'harmonious'?

The Water Lizard's meager brain was clearly struggling to keep up.

What in the world was this guy doing?

Playing with mud?

How could that be? But what did he really want to do?

In the minds of Giant Beasts and the world's various intelligent races, there was no concept of a city.

So even seeing this square giant wall appear, they were still utterly confused.

Over these three sunrises and sunsets, Kangqiao's actions had also stunned the four races.

Surrounding the outside, the four races kept watching the deity's movements while making wild guesses among themselves.

But no matter how they guessed, they couldn't fathom Kangqiao's intent.

However, today, Kangqiao was finally about to reveal everything.

After the giant city wall was built, he also made two small houses beside the wall.

The houses were built from cooled lava stone blocks, and they couldn't be too big, so Kangqiao had to lie on the ground and carefully polish them with his little stubby hands.

After finishing all this, Kangqiao stood up and waved toward the Dinosaur camp.

Seeing their god beckoning, the Dinosaur Elder, who had been watching the deity all along, immediately led his people over.

"What exactly does Father God intend to do? It's truly baffling."

The Dinosaur Elder stood on the ground, hesitating as he looked at the wall before him, which was nearly as tall as one of his own god's thighs.

But soon, at Kangqiao's signal, the Dinosaur Elder walked through the gap beneath the wall and entered the city.

Throughout the process, the Dinosaurs moved like puppets, manipulated by their Father God.

Even when they stood face to face with the Serpents inside the empty city, their minds still hadn't caught up.

"What does Father God want to do? What does this new divine revelation foretell?"

"Is He trying to make us live together with these treacherous Serpents?"

Looking at the Serpent Priest across from him, the Dinosaur Elder's expression soured. But because of his devout faith in his Father God, even if displeased, he didn't make any excessive moves.

However, just as the Dinosaurs thought their Father God's revelation ended there, they didn't know when, but their Father God had summoned the Mosquito People and even the Shark People.

The representatives of the four tribes stood in the empty city, staring at each other, momentarily dumbfounded.

Outside the city or in the sky above, three Giant Beasts—no, there was also a Giant Serpent pretending to be dead—were all curiously observing this strange scene below.

The Water Lizard watched the four tribes gathered inside this odd open box, its expression growing dazed.

Was this strange creature showing goodwill to him?

No, clearly not. It resembled goodwill, but carried some other meaning?

The concept of an alliance wasn't something the Water Lizard could grasp immediately, so its thoughts fell into a strange haze.

In the barbaric world, where the strong preyed on the weak, Giant Beasts had always lacked communication, often fighting on sight. Expecting them to coexist peacefully all of a sudden? It would be strange if their minds adapted that quickly.

Perhaps because the gods slept too much, lacked communication, and lacked necessary mortal wisdom, they seemed somewhat 'slow.'

But the four tribes below were not slow.

Contracts, attacking other tribes together—they had done all that before.

Just like the Shark People and Serpents joining forces to attack the Dinosaurs.

When they saw their gods standing in the sky overlooking them, and they all stood face to face, the four tribes all understood—or rather, fully realized.

The four ancient gods had reached a cooperative divine pact at this moment!

The gods united, so naturally, their subjects, the four tribes, were now allied as well!

At this moment.

The Dinosaur Elder wore a contemplative expression.

The Serpent Priest was overjoyed.

The Shark People leader was lost in thought.

The Mosquito People elder council, faces excited, rapidly scribbled on seashells.

"An era of savage growth, chaos, and ignorance is coming to an end!"

"When the four merciful and mighty ancient gods awakened, under the call of the God of Lava and Earth, the four gods gathered together and jointly built a beautiful and sacred Holy City!"

"Under the witness of the four ancient gods, their subjects on this day in the Holy City fully reached an eternal, unchanging covenant."

"Order has arrived; chaos will surely perish!"

"Yes, I have foreseen all this! And I hope it will be so!"