Beast Gods were born combat geniuses. In battle, they could wield their hooves, claws, tails, or horns as they pleased. For that reason, the most suitable weapon for the vast majority of experts skilled in the Beast God Path was actually Supreme Treasure armor.
"Erase!"
"No!"
Lord of Mountain Splitting swung his pair of massive hammers in desperation, their immense power his last-ditch attempt to fight back. But the next instant, his Divine Body crumbled inch by inch.
The three attacks—one each from the past, present, and future—had the might of Sixth Order blows. Lord of Mountain Splitting was simply too weak to withstand them.
With just one strike, Lord of Mountain Splitting fell.
"Old fool! If you've got the nerve, fight me fairly! What kind of ability is it to bully these little Universe Masters?" Monster Beast Progenitor roared in fury, his tail turning into a blur as he whipped it toward Shi Yan again.
Demon Ancestor Zhen had the Holy Sound Ship floating above her head, taking in Universe Masters who were nearby. She also spat out a purple spike. It surged with terrifying power, tearing space apart and sending a black storm sweeping toward Shi Yan.
In the Dark Universe, the distance between them and Shi Yan had also shrunk by tens of millions of times. The two, whom Shi Yan had left far behind, could naturally reach him with their attacks again.
Faced with the attacks of two Universe Supreme Beings, Shi Yan merely sneered and flew toward another Third-Order Universe Master, making no attempt to respond.
"Fairly? When your Monster Race ganged up on me, was that fair? Since that's how things stand, I've come to the Monster Race today to let you taste what fairness means."
"Boom!"
The attacks of the two Universe Supreme Beings struck Shi Yan at the same time. His figure blurred, but his Divine Body showed no sign of weakening. He seemed to have completely ignored their attacks.
And that was exactly what had happened. The Primal Universe restricted attack power to no higher than peak Sixth Order, but it did not limit Divine Body strength. Maximum speed and defensive secret techniques were similarly unrestricted.
As a result, within the Primal Universe, the attack power and defensive ability of True Gods were completely out of proportion.
Shi Yan's earlier clash with Monster Beast Progenitor had only been to get a feel for her secret technique.
In truth, True Gods fighting one another in the Primal Universe really were wasting their time.
Now that he had a sense of Monster Beast Progenitor's strength, Shi Yan couldn't be bothered with him. He had launched this surprise attack on the Monster Race to collect interest. His goal had always been the Universe Masters, to make Monster Beast Progenitor feel the pain. As for anything else...
Once we reach the Universe Ocean, I'll take your life and settle this grudge for standing in my way.
As he thought this, Shi Yan quickly closed in on the Third-Order Universe Master.
"No, no, no!"
The Universe Master, who looked like a gray bat, let out a shrill squeal. Waves of sound battered Shi Yan's soul, but how could a mere Third-Order Soul Attack shake his soul?
"Erase!"
The Beast God's tail swept past like a whip, and the bat-like Universe Master fell without the slightest ability to resist.
"Beast God!!!" Monster Beast Progenitor's voice seethed with fury.
"...Monster Beast Progenitor, back down."
Demon Ancestor Zhen gritted her teeth and sent a mental message to Monster Beast Progenitor. "The two of us can't do anything to the Time Beast God in the Primal Universe. If this continues, the Universe Masters of our Monster Race will all be killed."
"Impossible!" Monster Beast Progenitor was in the grip of his fury. How could he listen to Demon Ancestor Zhen? "Zhen Jiao, I am the Progenitor of the Monster Race. You will obey me!"
"..."
A flash of anger crossed Demon Ancestor Zhen's eyes. She was furious both at the losses suffered by the Monster Race and at Monster Beast Progenitor's obstinacy.
"Time Beast God! Stop! The Monster Race is willing to make amends!"
Seeing that Monster Beast Progenitor refused to back down, Demon Ancestor Zhen simply went around him and sent a message directly to Shi Yan.
"Zhen Jiao?"
Shi Yan was a little surprised by Demon Ancestor Zhen's message. As the guiding leader of her race, Monster Beast Progenitor had always been the one the Monster Race followed. Although Demon Ancestor Zhen was also a Universe Supreme Being, her influence within the Monster Race was nowhere near his.
"So this is Zhen Jiao's own decision?" Remembering that in the future, the Monster Race would be ruled by Demon Ancestor Zhen and "Dream Demon Ancestor"—who was still a Universe Master at present—Shi Yan suddenly grew interested. But he didn't let up for a moment.
"Bang!"
Another Third-Order Universe Master fell. Shi Yan then sent Demon Ancestor Zhen an amused message. "Make amends? Tell me, what kind of amends? Your Monster Race didn't just hunt me down. You also interfered with my comprehension of Chaos Evolution."
"..."
Another Universe Master had been killed, and Demon Ancestor Zhen's heart bled. Still, she had no choice but to swallow her anger. "Beast God, this conflict between our Monster Race and you was all pushed by Monster Beast Progenitor. Our race has suffered because of him too. In my view, why don't the two of us join forces, lure Monster Beast Progenitor into the Universe Ocean, and kill him?"
"Kill Monster Beast Progenitor?"
Shi Yan was somewhat tempted. With Demon Ancestor Zhen acting as a turncoat, they really would have a decent chance of killing Monster Beast Progenitor. And even if she broke her word when the time came, Shi Yan was near Eighth Order strength. He had nothing to fear from the two of them.
"All right. But afterward, your Monster Race will have to compensate me with two more Supreme Treasures worth as much as peak Domain Type treasures." Shi Yan seized the chance to take them for all they were worth.
As a Natural Beast God, he had never dared venture into the Universe Ocean during his Universe Master stage. And how many precious Supreme Treasures could the Primal Universe offer?
Now, despite being a True God, Shi Yan had only one treasure, the Clear Heart Mirror, that was even worth mentioning at the True God level. He had obtained it in the Ancestral God Secret Realm back when he and the other Beast Gods had guided the Ancestral God Sect.
"Agreed!"
Demon Ancestor Zhen was afraid Shi Yan might change his mind. Although two Supreme Treasures worth as much as peak Domain Type treasures would be a huge loss for the Monster Race, which didn't have a single Supreme True Treasure, Demon Ancestor Zhen valued the lives of the Monster Race's Universe Masters more than any treasure.
"This Reincarnation Era is still in its early stages. Every Universe Master who has reached that level so far is a true asset to the Monster Race. How can we let them die in vain?" Demon Ancestor Zhen deeply resented Monster Beast Progenitor's selfishness.
She had already planned to drive Monster Beast Progenitor out with Meng Cha and Lord of Starry Sky. Now that he had shown such disregard for the Monster Race's experts, Demon Ancestor Zhen felt she could no longer bear it.
After reaching an agreement with Demon Ancestor Zhen, Shi Yan suddenly halted and returned to the Original Universe.
Monster Beast Progenitor and Demon Ancestor Zhen likewise quickly left the Dark Universe.
Most of the other Universe Masters took the opportunity to scatter and flee through the Dark Universe. Only Meng Cha and Lord of Starry Sky stayed behind and returned to the Original Universe.
The Original Universe's coordinates were tens of millions of times farther apart than those in the Dark Universe, so the distance between them widened considerably in an instant.
"Monster Beast Progenitor, killing three of your race's Universe Masters counts as a little interest. Now I've decided to teach you a lesson myself. Dare to fight me in the Universe Ocean?" Shi Yan's eyes were full of mockery.
"A fight in the Universe Ocean? Fine. You're asking for death, so I'll send you to your grave!" Monster Beast Progenitor readily agreed, then mocked him in return. "Old fool, it must have felt awful to miss out on Chaos Evolution, didn't it?"
Shi Yan's expression immediately turned cold. "Enough talk. If you have the guts, come to the Universe Ocean!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Demon Ancestor Zhen and jeered, "Monster Beast Progenitor, if you're too scared, you can have Zhen Jiao join you. I won't mind."
With that, he plunged straight into the Space Interlayer and headed for the Universe Membrane.
"Know your place!" Monster Beast Progenitor snorted angrily and followed Shi Yan into the Space Interlayer.
Demon Ancestor Zhen lagged behind Monster Beast Progenitor by a step. She sent a message to Meng Cha and Lord of Starry Sky. "You two, go to the vicinity of Monster Beast Progenitor's Miniature Universe first. If it collapses, quickly escort the younger generation inside back to the Primal Universe."
"Zhen Jiao, you mean..." Meng Cha's eyes widened.
"Monster Beast Progenitor's era must come to an end."
With those words, Demon Ancestor Zhen plunged into the Space Interlayer, leaving Meng Cha and Lord of Starry Sky staring at each other.
"Let's go wait near Monster Beast Progenitor's Miniature Universe first. If what Zhen Jiao said is true, the young geniuses of the Monster Race can't all die with it," Lord of Starry Sky said to Meng Cha.
"Let's go." The Silver White Serpent gazed at the Space Interlayer, her eyes filled with complicated emotions.
Meanwhile, Shi Yan and Monster Beast Progenitor, who had set out first, had already broken through the Primal Universe's membrane and reached the Universe Ocean.
The boundless Universe Ocean churned with raging Chaos Airflow, wild and violent.
An Immortal God or an ordinary Venerable who ventured here would likely be crushed to dust by the Chaos Airflow in an instant.
"Old fool, you Natural Beast Gods probably never had the guts to explore the Universe Ocean. Take a good look at it. This is the last time you'll ever see it." Monster Beast Progenitor's enormous body stretched over a hundred thousand kilometers. He looked somewhat like a crocodile, except that ten claws dangled beneath his body, and rows upon rows of sharp teeth filled his huge, fanged mouth.
"How ugly..." Shi Yan ignored Monster Beast Progenitor's taunt and simply examined his body. At two hundred thousand kilometers tall, his Divine Body was twice the size of Monster Beast Progenitor's. "You may be the Progenitor of the Monster Race, but you're also a Special Lifeform. Still, you're a flawed Special Lifeform, nowhere near as naturally perfect as us Natural Beast Gods."
As the most perfect Special Lifeforms nurtured by the Primal Universe, Natural Beast Gods were born with a perfect Divine Body Gene of 10,081 times. They truly towered over all other Special Lifeforms.
The condescension in Shi Yan's tone instantly set Monster Beast Progenitor's temper ablaze.
"Hmph! Naturally perfect? Weren't you still torn to pieces by us later-born beings? The Wood Beast God and Fire Beast God were no match for me." Monster Beast Progenitor sneered disdainfully.
"That's why it's time for you to pay the price," Shi Yan said coldly.
Since his birth, Shi Yan had spent most of his time cultivating. Aside from the period when he guided the Ancestral God Sect, he hadn't had much contact with the other seven Beast Gods, and they weren't particularly close.
So Shi Yan felt no particular urge to avenge the other Beast Gods. But since Monster Beast Progenitor had come looking for him...
Qing Mu, Yan, you two can watch how Monster Beast Progenitor dies.
Before you continue