An ancient ferocious beast, a divine beast, a creature of greed. It possessed the strength of Taiyi Mythology, accumulated over no fewer than ten thousand years. Its amassed gifts could be called top-tier. If nothing unexpected had happened, then in the great war ten thousand years hence, it would have had an enormous chance of breaking its own cage, surpassing the Taiyi realm, ascending to Da Luo, and achieving immortality.
Unfortunately, the unexpected happened.
Its corpse crashed to the ground. Its small eyeballs were bulging wider than lanterns. Even though it was already dead, its soul-light extinguished, its eyes still flashed with a terror-stricken hue, carrying intense unwillingness.
That unwillingness was so dense it could have taken form; not even the waters of three rivers and five lakes could have washed it clean.
It was too suffocatingly unfair.
Being beaten into fleeing for its life by a Taiyi who had cultivated for less than a thousand years was already absurd enough. Then, while fleeing, it encountered a human prodigy and wanted to devour him to make up for its injuries.
And what happened? It swallowed a Celestial Immortal carrying a supreme treasure into its belly.
This was utterly outrageous—and utterly ridiculous!
Honestly, how could a thing that not even Da Luo realm cultivators fucking possessed be carried around by a mere Celestial Immortal? And worst of all, why did it have to run into him?
And that was not even the most outrageous part.
The most outrageous part was that before making its move, it had specifically checked. It had confirmed—nailed it down—that there were no other protectors nearby. In other words, this Celestial Immortal was alone. That was precisely why it had acted.
Otherwise, it would never have made a move. It would have turned around and left.
And