This was a beast-shaped living being, with a Golden Crow's wings, a White Tiger's body, and a True Dragon's claws. Larger than a celestial body, he sat cross-legged in the universe, seemingly able to look down upon everything above and below.
An Immortal King!
A peak Immortal King. This Fused Monster was not as formidable as those in the original story, perhaps because of the materials used in his fusion. The True Dragon and Golden Crow had only been Quasi-Immortal Kings, while the White Tiger alone had been an Immortal King.
Even so, the Monster born of their fusion could sweep through nearly everyone beneath the Giants. Unfortunately, he had run into Ji Hao.
Ji Hao met his enemy with his war immortal essence, nourishing himself through battle. Tempered by the Undying Scripture, his body could endure myriad tribulations without perishing. As long as he was not killed in a single strike, he remained undefeated, doggedly adapting to the Fused Monster's cultivation techniques.
He adapted to his laws, turning them into nourishment for his own growth!
After battling that Immortal King for ten thousand years, he could hardly leave such an important supreme treasure behind. That was not his style. Even grievously wounded, he had still taken him into the Thunder Pond.
He had then fallen into the Sea of Boundaries, his divine soul on the verge of dispersing. Yet the nature of Taiqing immortal qi had granted his divine soul the ability to remain undying. As long as the universe still existed, he could draw energy from the Heavenly Dao and reconstruct his divine soul.
Over these years, Ji Hao had also determined the fundamental reason he could not break through to the Immortal King realm: the power of karma generated by traveling backward through time. It was preventing