Sikong Jing was not at all surprised by the appearance of the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts from the era of the previous Burial Emperor War. He knew very well that every generation of Lords of Ten Thousand Beasts followed a different path of growth; every generation had its own road.
And so, they took on different forms.
Just like Sikong Jing himself—he was human, bearing the form of a humanoid fierce beast.
"New Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts, you have finally come."
A hoarse voice emerged from within the phantom of the round, six-horned beast.
A pair of eyes opened beneath the six horns!
"Senior Ancestor, were you the one who led me down here?" Sikong Jing did not waste words, getting straight to the point.
Yet the remnant-soul phantom did not answer at once. It kept scrutinizing Sikong Jing, only speaking after a long while...
"Yes. I sensed your sword and drew you down here."
"I never expected the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts of this generation to be human. Your predecessor truly had an imagination that broke through the heavens."
"But precisely because of that, you seem to have indirectly become the one that terrifying woman Nine Heavens wanted. Your Nine Heavens Sword Dao has already begun to take shape, and you have even fused with the bloodline of the Six-Horned Magic Beast."
"The fusion is perfect..."
The moment it spoke, it laid bare all of Sikong Jing's hidden cards and more.
And Sikong Jing was not surprised either. Just as the beastman clan chief had said...
The Nine Heavens Emperor had remained here for a full three years. This old Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts before him should know very well about the Nine Heavens Emperor's experiment of using demons to control demons.
"Nine Heavens once