Ye Lingyun's Origins, Strange Blue Star

"Don't chase them!" The Black Dragon Emperor stopped the five Beast Emperors who wanted to pursue them.

"My Emperor! Why not?!" The Scarlet Flame Lion Emperor grew anxious. "They must be at the end of their rope too! This is the perfect chance to kill them!"

"Pfft—" The Black Dragon Emperor did not answer. Instead, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood! He clutched the blade wound on his chest as it continued to widen, his face turning deathly pale.

"That Ye Lingyun... his blade technique has already entered the Dao... Even if we catch up, in your current state, you would only be throwing your lives away!"

He paused, unprecedented wariness and gravity flashing through his eyes. "I truly never expected... a barren place like Blue Star to produce a genius of this caliber... and for him to have hidden himself so deeply all this time..."

He stared in the direction Ye Lingyun had vanished for a long while before slowly uttering, "Pass down the order. From today onward, all Mutated Beast Clans are to pull back their lines and must not provoke humanity on their own initiative! Until my injuries have healed, we will avoid their edge!"

Though unwilling, the Beast Emperors could only lower their heads and accept the order. "Yes! We obey Your Majesty's command!"

A world-shaking battle thus came to a temporary end. But everyone knew this was merely the calm before the storm. The final confrontation between humanity and the Mutated Beasts would likely arrive very soon.

A thousand miles beyond Soul-Severing Cliff, above a range of rolling mountains.

Xiao Hei beat its broad wings as it flew steadily through the high skies. Lin Ming and Ye Lingyun sat side by side on its back.

The night wind howled past, fluttering their