Beyond the Heavens, There Are Still Heavens Beyond

Stone Village.

Although Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin were two unfamiliar children Shi Yunfeng had encountered and taken in from the mountains a few days ago, they were still young, and kindhearted as he was, he ultimately kept them.

At that moment, he was teaching the children of Stone Village simple methods to strengthen their bodies, reminding them to cultivate with focus and vigor and never let their minds wander.

Shi Yunfeng looked warmly at the lively children before him. "Little Dot has the most solid foundation. You should all learn more from him."

Hearing this, Tang Wulin imitated Little Dot's movements and began practicing alongside him with considerable skill, occasionally asking Little Dot to point out his shortcomings.

As expected of Wulin. He put so much drive into everything he did and had adapted to the local ways so quickly.

Huo Yuhao gazed absentmindedly at Tang Wulin as he studied earnestly. His eyes held nothing but Tang Wulin's figure, as though Little Dot standing beside him did not exist at all.

As usual, Shi Yunfeng explained the Bone Text characters to the children. Everyone listened attentively to the village chief grandfather's teachings, doing their utmost to understand their meaning.

Yet in the end, only the exceptionally gifted Little Dot could integrate the profundity and power of Bone Text into his body. He was Shi Hao, the future Desolate Heavenly Emperor who would stand alone and sever eternity.

However, Huo Yuhao possessed the innate advantages of Spirit Eyes and vast spiritual power. After adapting to the new environment for some time, he too eventually mastered the power of Bone Text.

Afterward, Huo Yuhao shared his insights and understanding with Tang Wulin. Tang Wulin was thus able to grasp the power and profundity of Bone Text as well.

As the sun sank beyond the western hills, the setting sun cast a faint golden glow across the horizon, outlining the young and middle-aged villagers returning with full hauls in a rim of gold.

Several dozen adult men dragged back all sorts of bizarre ferocious beast prey. Dragonhorn Elephants, One-Legged Kui Beasts, Twin-Winged Flying Pythons, even Two-Headed Fire Rhinoceroses and impure-blooded Pixiu from the great wilderness had all been successfully hunted by the villagers.

The villagers speculated, "A battle between ancient ferocious beasts must have affected the nearby creatures. That's why we were lucky enough to come across these severely injured ferocious beasts."

Tang Wulin looked puzzled and softly asked Huo Yuhao, "Brother Yuhao, why can't the people of this world live peacefully with ferocious beasts?"

Hearing that, Huo Yuhao immediately rested his chin on his hand and sank into thought. After pondering for a moment, he slowly answered:

"In this world, humans and ferocious beasts have equal rights to compete. They focus on fighting for opportunities and resources to advance their cultivation, thereby gaining a greater say. But competition inevitably leads to opposing conflicts and alliances of interest. This world vividly demonstrates the principles of the strong devouring the weak and natural selection."

"Furthermore, Douluo Continent has far fewer soul beasts than this world has ferocious beasts. Coupled with soul masters' inherent need for soul beasts, soul beasts can easily face the danger of extinction. This turned the relationship between soul masters and soul beasts into the primary contradiction that Douluo Continent urgently needed to resolve."

"For the continued, long-term survival and development of soul beasts, we eventually found a way to coexist peacefully. But this world is vast and has countless ferocious beasts, so it does not face the crises and problems of Douluo Continent. In a relationship of equality where interests are contested, peaceful coexistence between humans and beasts is difficult to achieve."

Tang Wulin immediately understood. "So there's such a complicated layer to it."

Led by the village chief, the villagers dragged all the bloodstained ferocious beast prey onto the huge stone platform beneath the willow tree. Then they prayed and offered sacrifices devoutly, asking for the enduring protection of their ancestral sacrificial spirit—the willow tree.

Once the ritual ended, the villagers busied themselves. They prepared the ferocious beast prey as food, extracted precious blood from them, and blended the beasts' true blood into medicinal liquid.

After soaking in medicinal baths for a long time, Shi Hao and Tang Wulin, at the villagers' request and under their witness, lifted a bronze cauldron weighing a thousand jin with their own strength, leaving everyone in astonishment.

Two children so young possessed such tremendous strength. Their talents were clearly extraordinary, and they would surely become great figures in the future.

The villagers therefore placed even greater importance on their cultivation, spending every day considering how to hunt even stronger ferocious beasts. Shi Yunfeng in particular was already prepared to empty out the family's reserves and give the children an important baptism in the near future.

Tang Wulin blinked his large eyes at Huo Yuhao. "Brother Yuhao, between Shi Hao and me, who do you think is stronger?"

Huo Yuhao answered honestly, "I can only say that there are always greater people beyond greater people, and greater heavens beyond greater heavens. Shi Hao should be a little stronger."

Before Tang Wulin could get upset with himself, Huo Yuhao hurriedly explained:

"You two are simply in different environments and conditions. This place has countless opportunities involving precious techniques and precious bones that greatly promote Shi Hao's cultivation, while Douluo Continent has pitifully few opportunities to strengthen one's physique and raise one's cultivation by comparison."

Tang Wulin immediately understood what Huo Yuhao meant. He clenched his fists with fighting spirit and said, "Then I'll work hard at cultivating from now on and become even stronger than before."

Huo Yuhao smiled in relief and patted Tang Wulin's head. He believed that Tang Wulin, whose thirst for learning knew no bounds and whose drive was overflowing, would one day achieve that goal...

As always, the children continued cultivating and strengthening their bodies under the village chief grandfather's guidance and with the medicinal baths supplied by the villagers. Then one day, those mischievous little brats deliberately ran to a nest outside the village.

After successfully stealing three eggs from an Azure-Scaled Eagle, the eagle returned to its nest and saw its unborn children being taken away by a group of little kids. It flew into a rage and immediately pursued them without relent.

Fortunately, the nest was not far from the village entrance, and the villagers quickly noticed what was happening there. Using two inherited ferocious beast precious bones and valuable beast hides, they temporarily intimidated the Azure-Scaled Eagle and ultimately rescued the mischievous little brats.

But the Azure-Scaled Eagle remained at the village entrance and refused to leave. The villagers urged the children to return the eggs at once. Yet what happened the next moment suddenly changed the Azure-Scaled Eagle's attitude and decision.

Stone Village's ancestral sacrificial spirit—the Willow God—gently brushed one of the eggs with a lush, emerald willow branch, and that egg instantly burst into brilliant light.

Strange and intricate patterns intertwined and spread as boundless vitality abruptly erupted from the egg, flashing with resplendent, dazzling divine radiance.

Shi Yunfeng said in astonishment, "This egg has undergone atavism. The ancestral sacrificial spirit actually stimulated and revived the noble bloodline of an ancient demonic bird within it."

What powerful and strange strength was this? The ancestral sacrificial spirit actually possessed such power.

The villagers were all dumbfounded, secretly shaken by the ancestral sacrificial spirit's formidable strength.

The Azure-Scaled Eagle at the village entrance let out a long cry toward the heavens, spread its wings, and flew away. Not long afterward, the villagers saw it bring the corpse of a ferocious beast to the village entrance.

The villagers had originally intended to return the three eggs to the Azure-Scaled Eagle, but it pushed them back. It even gave the ferocious beast corpse to the villagers as a gift.

Tang Wulin could not decide whether to laugh or cry. "It looks like it intends to have us raise its children for it."

Huo Yuhao smiled faintly. "I didn't expect it to be so clever."