Descent into the Star Dou Great Forest

Sunlight rose and fell; another day had begun.

Having decided to hunt the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, Qian Wuyou prepared to take Tianzhen and Wuxie to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Before departing, Qian Wuyou gave a few final instructions.

"Little Sister, I am heading to the Star Dou Great Forest with your two aunts. This hunt for the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python will likely take some time. Until I return, I leave the household in your care."

"Furthermore—take this map. Once the clansmen have finished absorbing their spirit bones, arrange for them to go out and collect resources and mine ores. While you're at it, have them establish a few intelligence-gathering outposts."

With that, Qian Wuyou handed the map to Qian Wulu.

Relying on his authority as the Lord of the Douluo Planet Plane, he had specifically identified several hidden resource zones and underground mineral veins.

To develop a clan, one cannot simply hide in the Ice God Secret Realm and exhaust their reserves.

Whether it be daily necessities, resources for cultivation, spirit rings, spirit bones, or even ores for forging weapons and armor, everything must be slowly mined and accumulated from the outside world.

"Oh!"

"Collecting resources and mining veins outside?"

Qian Wulu nodded and reached out to take the map.

Upon opening it, she saw that the marked areas were highly concealed—untouched resource zones and underground veins that perfectly avoided all the spirit beast clusters in the Extreme North.

"Understood! Big Brother, I know what to do!"

Qian Wulu tucked the map away, her mind already forming a plan.

To collect resources and mine veins, a mere twenty clansmen would not be enough.

Since their Radical Faction operated with every member as a soldier, why not arrange for the remaining clansmen to go out and work?

The Ice God Secret Realm was safe enough that there was no fear of anyone sneaking in; they only needed to leave a few clansmen behind to guard the fort.

Just as Qian Wulu went to organize the personnel, Qian Wuyou brought Tianzhen and Wuxie directly to the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Wuyou, I must say, your fourth spirit skill's teleportation array, combined with the authority of the Plane Lord, is truly convenient..."

Looking at the familiar Star Dou Great Forest before them, Tianzhen and Wuxie could not help but sigh with emotion once again.

Even though they had previously used this very method to unleash an "Angel Descent" upon every faction in Heaven Dou City, the sisters still couldn't help but marvel after experiencing the ability to reach a destination thousands of miles away in a single thought.

"Haha! Aunts, you'll get used to it!"

"You can use this method of teleportation yourselves now, too!"

Qian Wuyou chuckled softly.

As both Tianzhen and Wuxie were second-tier Life Contract holders, they could naturally utilize his teleportation spirit skill.

If there was any difference between them, it was merely a matter of convenience.

Qian Wuyou, as the Lord of the Douluo Planet Plane, could rely on his authority to pinpoint locations anywhere in the world before using his spirit skill to teleport there.

Tianzhen and Wuxie, however, were not as convenient as Qian Wuyou.

Without the authority of the Plane Lord or the vast, god-level spiritual power, they naturally could not perform global pinpoint teleportation.

The teleportation range of Tianzhen and Wuxie was entirely dependent on the range of their own spiritual perception or locations where they had specifically left a teleportation array mark.

Yet, even with such limitations, one had to admit that the teleportation capability of Qian Wuyou's fourth spirit skill was incredibly formidable.

"Alright! Aunts, let's skip the small talk!"

"We shall proceed according to the plan we discussed. We will first lure the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python out."

"Then, the two of you will use your Angel Martial Soul Fusion Skill to take down the Titan Giant Ape, while I will hold off the Sky Azure Bull Python..."

As Qian Wuyou spoke of the agreed-upon plan, he led Tianzhen and Wuxie directly toward the Lake of Life.

Finding the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python was not difficult; they lived in the very core of the Star Dou Great Forest.

The difficulty lay in hunting them without alerting the fierce beasts hidden in the different-dimensional space beneath the Lake of Life.

Especially the Silver Dragon King, that major source of trouble.

Although the Silver Dragon King was currently suffering from severe injuries, that did not mean he was a match for her.

Of all the entities on the Douluo Planet, the one Qian Wuyou was most wary of was the unstable variable that was the Silver Dragon King.

Compared to Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, or Tang Chen, the Silver Dragon King—a severely wounded God King—posed an unprecedented threat to him.

To avoid alerting the Silver Dragon King, Qian Wuyou had devised a specific plan.

He would produce the remains left behind after the Rogue Rabbit Xiao Wu's sacrifice to lure the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python out.

Once the two beasts had left the vicinity of the Lake of Life, he would pin down the Sky Azure Bull Python. Once Tianzhen and Wuxie finished off the Titan Giant Ape, they would come to deal with the final target.

Qian Wuyou had absolute confidence in this plan.

The two beast kings regarded the Rogue Rabbit Xiao Wu as their big sister; upon learning that she had been killed, the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python would undoubtedly fight with everything they had to avenge her.

After understanding the intelligence regarding the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, Tianzhen and Wuxie nodded.

"Very well, we understand."

With Qian Wuyou holding off the Sky Azure Bull Python, their Angel Martial Soul Fusion Skill would have no trouble dealing with a single Titan Giant Ape.

Before long, the three of them arrived near the Lake of Life, where the first thing to greet their eyes was a small, shimmering lake.

The surface of the lake was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the lush trees surrounding it and the birds occasionally sweeping past; it was so beautiful it did not seem like something of the mortal realm.

Yet, beneath this tranquility lay a lethal crisis.

Through the perspective of the Plane Master, Qian Wuyou saw the Sky Azure Bull Python lurking beneath the lake water.

"Wuyou, is this the Lake of Life?"

Even without seeing the figures of the Titan Giant Ape or the Sky Azure Bull Python, Tianzhen and Wuxie immediately summoned their Angel Martial Souls.

Holding their Angel Holy Swords, their expressions turned grave, clearly prepared for battle.

Just as Tianzhen and Wuxie were feeling tense, Qian Wuyou looked toward another direction.

"Aunt, our target has arrived!"

The moment Qian Wuyou's voice fell, the ground of the entire Star Dou Great Forest began to tremble, as if an invisible mountain were rumbling toward them from afar.

They watched as towering trees not far away crashed down, and a massive figure suddenly appeared before them.

That colossal form was like a moving mountain, its body covered in knotted muscles that seemed to contain destructive power in every fiber.

Its massive head was incomparably ferocious, and a pair of lantern-sized, crimson eyes glowed intensely like leaping flames, filled with a fierce and irritable aura, brimming with wildness and extreme intimidation.

And that massive existence was precisely the target Qian Wuyou and his party were looking for.

Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast—Titan Giant Ape.