On the way back, Gungun tallied things up inwardly. The great god Gungun had already met the Azure Dragon of the Eastern Ocean and Huanglin of the Central Lands. That left only the White Tiger of the Western Extremity, the Vermilion Bird of the Southern Frontier, and the Black Tortoise of the Northern Reaches to complete the set of five sacred beasts that would save the world.
Linguang Divine Lord was an elder of the Phoenix Race, so there was practically no chance of befriending him, and squeezing any benefits out of him would be difficult. Still, Gungun had the Vermilion Bird Banner. When the time came, that karmic connection alone could earn it a fair amount of merit.
As for Divine Lord Jianbing, Gungun had never had anything to do with him at all. This was mainly because Jianbing had occupied the Western Lands ever since the primordial chaos first opened, and that place was so poor that Gungun had never wanted to go there. Naturally, they had never even met. His reputation was considerable, though. He was the first white tiger born between heaven and earth, several million years older than Gungun. Rumor had it that Dijun had personally invited him to ascend to heaven and take a position as a Demon Sage, but he had refused.
Divine Lord Zhiming, like Ao Yue, was an old enemy of Kunpeng's and lived in the Dark Sea. However, he usually preferred sleeping to stirring up trouble, and his cultivation was far from weak. Thus, Kunpeng had mostly maintained a balance of power with him, neither moving against the other unless something major happened.
*Once Huanglin becomes a sacred beast, the treasure he uses to attain the Dao will definitely be the Qilin Seal, and the Qilin Seal is currently in