Everyone understood what Ran Deng was talking about. Back then, Fierce Beasts had run rampant under Beast Emperor Shenni's rule, savage beyond measure.
Fierce Beasts had little intelligence and were vicious by nature, brutal and bloodthirsty, leaving the living beings of the Primordial World trapped in deep water and scorching fire.
Then the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Clans had seized the moment to rise, joining forces with the myriad clans to wipe out the Fierce Beasts of the Primordial World.
Yet among the Fierce Beasts were the Four Fierce Gods.
Named Taotie, Chaos, Qiongqi, and Taowu, the four were primordial deities, the sort of fence-sitters who bent whichever way the wind blew.
When the Fierce Beasts ran rampant, they had helped the tyrant work his evil, committing countless acts of slaughter throughout the Primordial World.
After the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Clans rose to power and destroyed Shenni, these four fellows had surrendered to them.
Before the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, they betrayed the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Three Clans once again. Hunted mercilessly by the three clans, they barely clung to life in the Primordial World.
Their cultivation had been formidable throughout their lives, yet their days had been anything but easy.
These four fellows naturally feared the Heavenly Court beyond measure.
But they also harbored an extraordinary hatred for Daochen.
Without Daochen, they could have gone up to the Heavenly Court and lived comfortably back then. Instead, Daochen's purge of the Demon Race had robbed them of that opportunity. Otherwise, why would they have submitted to others and become petty local kings in the mortal world?
If they could bring all four into their ranks, surely even Bai Ze would be no match for them.
After all, they had once been Shenni's trusted lieutenants.
At that moment, Red