As Qin Sheng and the others continued climbing upward, they indeed discovered the "Xiezhi Chapter," "Kui Ox Chapter," and "Dragon Horse Chapter" on the fourth, fifth, and sixth levels of Myriad Things Mountain, respectively.
Xiezhi resembled a sheep. Its entire body was pitch-black, with a single horn growing from its forehead. Legend said it could distinguish right from wrong.
The Kui Ox resembled an ox but had no horns and only one leg. Its body was blue-green, and its appearance was always accompanied by wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. Its roar was like thunder.
The most famous tale concerning this strange beast was that the Yellow Emperor had used its hide to make war drums, which had played an important role in his great battle against Chiyou and intimidated the world.
Clearly, the methods created by Great Emperor Nuwa in this world all pointed toward strange beasts with powerful bloodlines, not ordinary pigs, dogs, cattle, or horses.
Looking at the Dragon Horse statue within the sixth level's mountain interior, Ye Fan asked in surprise, "The Dragon Horse is a special life-form born of heaven and earth. Can one really transform into it?"
"It would be a half-Dragon Horse. Half would be a Saint Spirit born of heaven and earth, while the other half would be a divine steed that truly possesses Dragon Blood," Qin Sheng said. After carefully deducing it with the Future Lord, he arrived at this conclusion.
"Great Emperor Nuwa probably intended to create a true Dragon Horse at first, but she likely lacked the strength to accomplish it."
The Dragon Horse was considered a Saint Spirit. If a Great Emperor could create a Saint Spirit—even if it was merely acquired transformation rather than creation from nothing—that would truly defy the heavens.
That was equivalent to stealing the