Chaos erupted, a chance encounter with Bai Ze

Although the Fierce Beasts had attacked Wuzhuang Temple this time, the damage they had actually caused was limited.

As far as Wuzhuang Temple was concerned, these Fierce Beasts could not even enter its true grounds.

With their strength, breaking through its defenses was practically impossible.

The only trouble was that they had disturbed its residents' secluded cultivation, preventing them from concentrating.

In truth, Wuzhuang Temple could shut its doors and remain secluded, letting matters great and small in the Primordial World unfold as they would. Such was the Dao of Nonaction.

But this time, they had indeed seen the danger. If these Fierce Beasts were left unchecked, sooner or later they would destroy the entire Primordial World.

That was not something they wished to see.

"Since you have such intentions, Fellow Daoist Stone Spirit, we are willing to follow your lead."

"However, there is no need to visit Wuzhuang Temple. I will conceal it with a formation, so you need not worry about its safety."

At that moment, Hong Yun asked a question, looking somewhat puzzled.

"These demonic beasts carry blood fiend energy, which is very difficult to cleanse. Sometimes, even killing them contaminates a vast area. That is also why we have our reservations. How is it that you can swallow them without suffering any ill effects, Fellow Daoist Stone Spirit?"

"Of course, if it is a secret, then never mind."

Having enlisted the help of two mighty cultivators, Wang Shi felt considerably better.

His frustration over the earlier ambush also drifted away.

Hong Yun's question, however, truly put him in a difficult position.

He did not want to reveal anything about the Pangu Origin.

He had discovered that others could not absorb this origin at all. Only he and Houtu could do so.

Precisely because of that, he was even less willing to tell anyone else.

Wang Shi chuckled.

"Perhaps it is because my true form is a Stone Spirit that I remain unaffected!"

"As the saying goes, what is the most important thing about blood fiend energy? First, you have to have blood. Unfortunately, I don't."

His tone was utterly casual, even carrying a hint of playfulness.

Wang Shi frowned, then turned to look up into the sky.

Everyone else also looked up.

High above the nine heavens, countless streams of blood spilled across the sky.

At some unknown point, enormous numbers of feathers had begun drifting through the air.

The heavens bled. Something had happened to the Heavenly Court.

The Three Pure Ones rose with grave expressions.

Their fingers moved through divination gestures, and an ominous feeling spread through their hearts.

"This is bad. Kunpeng has rebelled. Something has gone terribly wrong at the Demon Court."

"What should we do?"

For a moment, they were all bewildered.

The Heavenly Court had been perfectly stable before. Although it had also suffered from the Fierce Beast calamity, it had not actually been affected too severely.

How had something suddenly gone wrong?

"Masters, we must go to the Heavenly Court and take a look. Blood spilling from the nine heavens is definitely an ill omen!"

The Fierce Beasts wreaking havoc was manageable. After all, everyone could still resolve it by working together.

But if something had truly happened to the Heavenly Court, that was another matter entirely.

The group changed their original itinerary and headed straight for the Demon Court.

They hurried along the entire way.

Partway there, Wang Shi pointed in one direction with delight.

"It's Nuwa and Fuxi! Masters, catch up to them!"

They soon caught up with Nuwa and Fuxi.

The two were also extremely tense.

"So it is the venerable Three Pure Ones. Something happened at the Heavenly Court not long ago."

"After capturing Kunpeng, Eastern Emperor Taiyi originally intended to make him submit."

"But for some reason, he enraged Kunpeng, who began wreaking havoc in the Heavenly Court."

"That alone would not have been much of a problem, but the Beast Emperor's true form suddenly burst out of Kunpeng's body."

"Eastern Emperor Taiyi was gravely injured, and Demon Emperor Dijun fled with minor injuries. The Ten Great Demon Marshals and the Divine Beasts of the Four Directions all went missing, leaving the Beast Emperor free to slaughter at will. Countless powerful members of the Demon Tribe fell, and the entire tribe suffered a devastating blow."

As they spoke, Nuwa and Fuxi still felt a trace of relief at their good fortune.

Neither of them had been at the Demon Court at the time.

Their status was special. As elders of the Demon Tribe, they did not have to attend unless summoned, and thus they had escaped disaster.

But the other mighty cultivators of the Demon Tribe had fared terribly. No one knew how many at the Daluo Golden Immortal realm and above had fallen. The Beast Emperor had slaughtered almost the entire Demon Tribe.

Now, Nuwa and Fuxi were working to restore order within the Demon Tribe and rebuild its great army.

At the same time, they were searching for the missing Demon Emperor, the Ten Great Demon Marshals, and the Divine Beasts of the Four Directions.

The Three Pure Ones looked utterly horrified.

"Impossible. Eastern Emperor Taiyi wields the Chaos Bell. How could he have been ambushed?"

"That is his Companion Spirit Treasure, capable of protecting its master automatically. How could a mere Beast Emperor have caught him by surprise?"

Even if the Beast Emperor were at the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, it should have been impossible.

What did being a Quasi-Saint matter? That was the Demon Emperor! He possessed the Demon Tribe's immense fortune. How could he possibly have been ambushed?

Nuwa and Fuxi were equally bewildered.

"We do not know either, but that is indeed what happened. We are neither concealing anything nor lying."

The whole affair was truly hard to believe.

How could the mighty Demon Tribe, with so many powerful cultivators, have been ambushed by the Beast Emperor? It simply defied reason.

The group continued toward the Demon Court.

Soon, they discovered members of the Demon Tribe being pursued by Fierce Beasts.

There were Daluo Golden Immortals and Primordial Unity Golden Immortals, but the vast majority were ordinary members of the Demon Tribe.

Along the way, they gathered many powerful cultivators, but every one of them was injured and mentally shaken to some degree.

Wang Shi's heart was heavy with worry.

He kept feeling that something was wrong, as though some mysterious force hidden beyond perception was deliberately throwing the entire Primordial World into chaos.

Soon, they arrived at the Demon Court.

But by then, the Demon Court had been utterly destroyed, with none of its former golden splendor remaining.

Broken walls and ruins lay everywhere, and the smell of blood filled the air.

The only noteworthy thing was that there was not a single corpse.

It was as though the Fierce Beasts had eaten them all.

Wang Shi could understand that.

After all, he had witnessed the Fierce Beasts' brutality.

Those creatures truly left nothing behind, not even a scrap. They treated their own kind the same way.

Wang Shi's nose twitched, and he pointed in one direction.

"I smell a great deal of blood over there. There should still be powerful cultivators fighting."

He charged ahead, moving extremely fast.

The Three Pure Ones immediately grew irritated.

"Slow down, disciple! Watch out for an ambush."

If someone was still holding out at a time like this, it might well be a trap.

They flew after Wang Shi for quite some time.

Soon, they saw all manner of corpses strewn across the sky, all belonging to Fierce Beasts.

Meanwhile, a group of Fierce Beasts was besieging a lone figure.

Wang Shi's eyes immediately lit up.

"Bai Ze, hold on! I'm coming to save you!"

It was none other than Bai Ze, one of the Ten Great Demon Marshals.

Wang Shi instantly swelled in size, his body becoming like an enormous mountain, and swept out a hand.

He seized a group of Fierce Beasts and tossed them into his mouth.

The besieging Fierce Beasts were badly startled and scattered.

Wang Shi frowned. These creatures were surprisingly intelligent. They even knew to flee.

It seemed that the number of intelligent Fierce Beasts was steadily increasing.

He came to Bai Ze's side.

He looked at the wounds covering Bai Ze's body.

"Bai Ze, are you all right?"