The True Self Encountered the King of the Chaotic Beasts

"I was just saying it, making a joke. Why can't you take a joke...?!"

Using his Thousand Transformations divine ability, Feng Yue transformed from a charred lump of matter back into his human Dao body. His aura remained steady, still at peak strength.

"It hurt a little, but it's nothing serious!"

"I respect you, so I call you the Great Dao. If I don't respect you, then you are nothing. Know your place!"

Feng Yue spoke with reckless arrogance. So what if it was the Great Dao? There had originally been no Dao in the world; once enough people believed in it, it became the Dao.

The so-called Great Dao was merely a kind of consciousness manifested from the rules of Chaos.

According to the law of conservation of Dao, even without the Great Dao, living beings would redefine other Daos.

Therefore, so long as Feng Yue did not wreak widespread destruction under Chaos's unwritten rules, the Great Dao would not pay much attention to him.

That was because the Boundless Dao was not under the jurisdiction of the Three Thousand Great Daos. It was a newly born Dao.

"Roar~!"

As Feng Yue blotted out the heavens with a flick of his finger and cursed the Chaotic Great Dao, a Chaotic Beast lunged straight at him, swift as lightning.

It carried an incomparably dense aura of the calamity tribulation, terrifying beyond measure.

Beings tainted by the aura of a calamity tribulation generally faced nine deaths and one chance of survival when the final tribulation manifested. They either died and had their Dao extinguished, or soared straight to the heavens, leaving their names in history.

But such beings were few and far between. According to the myths Feng Yue remembered from Earth, all Three Thousand Demon Gods had to die. Even among the reincarnated Chaotic Demon Gods, few retained their complete memories.

Looking at this beast, it was actually rather adorable. It looked somewhat fluffy, yet possessed a burly frame and the majesty of a Demon God. Its aura was immense, with a lion's head, dragon's body, and tiger claws. Ordinary Chaotic Demon Gods could not compare to it.

Most importantly, it had a pair of wings, one black and one white. The aura of the calamity tribulation shrouded its body, making it look mighty and imposing. A huge ancient rune bearing the character "King" shimmered on its forehead with a dark violet light. Its aura contained the power of a peak Limitless Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. It was already among the strongest beings in the entire Chaotic Beast race.

Unfortunately, Chaotic Beasts possessed no intelligence. Otherwise, if such a being were cultivated, it would definitely be no weaker than a Chaotic Demon God—perhaps even stronger.

"This generation of Chaotic Demon Gods seems no stronger than the previous one!"

Suddenly, the Chaotic Beast spoke.

"You have intelligence?" Feng Yue was stunned.

This was the first Chaotic Beast with intelligence he had ever seen.

He had just been saying that these beasts were brainless, without thoughts or wisdom. That was quite a slap in the face!

"I am the king among Chaotic Beasts. I was formed by fusing the resentment of the Three Thousand Demon Gods from the previous generation. I manifested alongside the aura of the calamity tribulation in this era, so of course I possess intelligence. What is there to be surprised about?"

The king of the Chaotic Beasts spoke as it stared directly at Feng Yue. It, too, sensed something different about him.

As for what was different, it could not say. He carried the scent of a counterfeit Demon God.

"Formed from the resentment of Chaotic Demon Gods from the previous generation?"

"Could Chaos have undergone Reincarnation countless times?"

Feng Yue's first thought was that the Chaotic spacetime he inhabited had existed for countless ages. Perhaps they Chaotic Demon Gods were not the most ancient beings, because Chaos was boundless, and neither its duration nor its spatial extent could be measured.

No one could gauge how long Chaos had existed, not even the Chaotic Demon Gods born within it.

"Boy, you seem very confused!"

"I was once a Chaotic Demon God who shook the world. I am simply from an older generation than you!"

"Compared to us, you are quite fortunate. The anomaly of the Great Dao in this era has yet to be born. It is merely still being nurtured!"

"You mean Pangu?" Feng Yue asked.

The beast king nodded, its laughter ringing out. "Hahaha, not bad. I did not expect there to be a living being who had realized Pangu's existence!"

"But all of this is futile!"

"When the anomaly is born, Chaos will end!"

"I, too, was once a failure who battled through Chaos in pursuit of the Eternal Dao. No living being can succeed on that path. Chaos has always been cycling through Reincarnation... Even anomalies are merely pieces being manipulated within the manifestation of rules. There is no Great Dao in this world—there are only the obsessions in the hearts of countless living beings!"

Feng Yue remained unmoved. He did not understand why this beast king was telling him such things. Was it trying to frighten him?

"Chaos is an eternal cycle. No living being can break the eternal fate. The Chaotic Demon Gods of our generation died in battle, and your generation will be the same. There is no difference at all!"

The king of the Chaotic Beasts spoke to Feng Yue with a chuckle, as though it were showing off, or perhaps...

"You have told me so much. Aren't you afraid of being settled by the karma of the Great Dao?"

Feng Yue rebuked it. The more one said and the more one knew, the faster one died.

"Karma?"

"Don't be foolish, boy. Do you think something like karma can truly threaten me?"

"I have already become part of the aura of the calamity tribulation and long since fused with karma. Every era in which a calamity tribulation manifests is karma's reckoning!"

"You could say that if karma exists, then we are the ones who settle accounts with others."

The beast spoke indignantly. It sounded rather like an impassioned speech, expounding a warped set of values to the world.

Like saying that some people were already dead from the moment they were born; they were merely not buried until they reached seventy or eighty.

"Enough. Everything has a beginning and an end. There is no need for me to listen to your arrogant ramblings here!"

"If you came to settle accounts with me, then come!"

"If not, take your filthy ideas of seeking the Dao and get out of my sight!"

Feng Yue had no intention of reasoning with a loser from the previous generation. They had already become a cancer on the path of cultivation. If he believed their words, his Dao heart would collapse sooner or later.

"Hahaha!"

"After saying all that, do you think I was merely telling you jokes?"

"It was not easy to find a body belonging to a Limitless Primordial Zenith Dao Venerable. It is filled with Dao power, its Dao seed has taken root and blossomed into a Dao flower, and its divine soul is powerful. Tell me, if I am to be reborn, what do I need?"

The beast king lowered its gaze and looked toward Feng Yue, whether intentionally or not.

"You want to possess my body?"

"You think you're worthy?"

Feng Yue laughed. It was merely an amalgamation of the aura of the calamity tribulation and the resentment of failures from the previous generation's path of seeking the Dao, yet it wanted to possess him, be reborn, and attain the Eternal Dao again?

Anyone could learn such tricks by reading a few cultivation novels.

"Enough. I have no desire to waste more words on you!"

"Make your move. Let me test the strength of my Dao Venerable realm. After all, I have yet to encounter an enemy at this realm!"

Provocative words came from Feng Yue's mouth as a pair of Five Elements Great Dao Law gathered behind him.

Today, he would suppress and kill this body born from the resentment of Demon Gods from the previous generation and use it to test the power of his Dao techniques.

"Hehe, not bad!"

"Such fighting spirit is precisely what I need. Your body can give me the chance to live another life and attain the Eternal Dao!"

The beast took a great stride forward. Behind it, the phantoms of Three Thousand Demon Gods condensed, each millions of miles tall. They opened their blood-filled maws, radiating extreme brutality and violence.

"You are nothing but a mongrel formed from Demon God resentment. You have none of the grandeur of the ancient Chaotic Demon Gods!"

"One look tells me you are a defective product!"

Feng Yue strode forward like shooting stars chasing the moon, while the Five Elements Dao Swords in his right hand spun rapidly.