What Do You Even Know?

It was the same cliff, and the same panda. Oh, no-in this world, it should be called an Iron-Eating Beast.

Gungun was fast asleep with its rump in the air, its stomach automatically digesting the Ancestor Witch Pureblood inside it. Suddenly, the earth shook and the mountains trembled. A dragon's roar and a bird's cry rang out, followed by a great shower of dragon blood pouring down like a torrential rain.

"Mm, an earthquake?" The violent shaking drove Gungun out of its dreams. It opened its eyes groggily and muttered.

The next second, its newly opened eyes were blinded by a wash of scarlet. Yes, that rain of blood had drenched it. Its black-and-white fur instantly turned red, and a bloody stench rose from its body. What the fuck...

What was going on?

Gungun shook its enormous body, scattering the blood, then looked up at the sky. A majestic divine dragon and a fearsome giant bird were locked in a deadly battle. These two were...

"Gungun!" Houtu's voice came from behind it. Gungun turned its head and immediately saw a figure in a cream-colored dress appear beside it. It was Houtu, who had only left a short while ago.

"Lady Ancestral Witch, who are those two?" Gungun greeted Houtu, seemingly having forgotten that this woman had spanked it not long ago.

"Ao Yue, the Ancestral Dragon's eldest legitimate son, and Kunpeng, the Primordial Phoenix's eldest legitimate son." Houtu crouched down, resting her delicate hand on Gungun's back and gently stroking its fur, seemingly reassuring it that there was nothing to fear as she introduced them.

"Ao Yue and... Kunpeng. Oh, they're both big shots! But why are they fighting beside Mount Buzhou?" Gungun's little eyes widened slightly as it gazed at the dragon and Kunpeng battling in the sky and asked in confusion.

Houtu shook her head at that. "I don't know either."

You don't even know something like this? What do you even know?

Gungun's voice once again reached Houtu's ears, leaving her completely stunned.

Wh-what was going on? Didn't you not know either, you idiot?

It's obvious. After the Dragon-Han Catastrophe, the Ancestral Dragon appointed the Four Dragon Kings to govern the Dragon Race instead of letting Ao Yue, the rightful crown prince, inherit the Dragon Emperor's throne. Ao Yue couldn't stay with the Dragon Race anymore, so he ran away from home. And Kunpeng-that treacherous, cunning bastard-how could he pass up a chance to catch Ao Yue alone? Naturally, he'd seize the opportunity to kill him.

As for why Ao Yue came to Mount Buzhou, Mount Buzhou is the pillar of heaven, standing at the center of all the stars. Because of his supreme destiny, Ao Yue once absorbed half the Ancestral Dragon's magical power during the Nine-Star Alignment. He must have come here to borrow the power of the stars again and fully integrate the magical power inside him. If you can't even figure that out, what business do you have being an Ancestral Witch?

This baby is deeply ashamed to have a keeper like you!

Houtu: "..."

Boom! Just as Houtu's expression began to darken, a thunderous crash rang out in the sky. The giant bird's claws tore open the Purple Divine Dragon's body once again. Dragon blood sprayed everywhere in a ghastly spectacle. Clearly, Ao Yue was no match for Kunpeng.

Of course, as a transmigrator who had read plenty of primordial-world novels, Gungun knew this was because Ao Yue had yet to fully integrate the half of the Ancestral Dragon's magical power inside him, and because Kunpeng had ambushed him at the outset. In a fair fight, the two should have been six of one and half a dozen of the other.

"Ao Yue is going to lose. The Dragon-Han Catastrophe has already ended, yet the Dragon Race and the Phoenix Race are still fighting. It seems the hatred between them will never be resolved!" Hearing the commotion, Houtu temporarily abandoned her urge to teach Gungun a lesson. She watched the divine dragon begin to fall toward the ground and sighed.

Utter nonsense! How can you just spout whatever comes into your head, you witch? In the future, the Dragon Race and the Phoenix Race couldn't be closer. Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix, Dragon and Phoenix in Harmony, tumbling phoenixes and... uh, not that one. You've never heard any of those expressions, have you?

Houtu: "???"

Gungun,

What on earth is going through that stupid head of yours? Hearing Gungun's inner voice again, Houtu froze. She lowered her head and stared at it in bewilderment.

She felt that the primordial spirit of this battle pet she had raised might have gone mad. Otherwise, why would it let its thoughts run wild, imagining things that could never happen?

Wait, Ao Yue has lost. Doesn't that mean Eastern Emperor Taiyi should appear next? If the Eastern Emperor really saves Ao Yue, and Ao Yue becomes his guardian and mount, the Demon Race will grow much stronger.

After all, once Ao Yue fully integrates the Ancestral Dragon's magical power with his own, he'll be able to reach the quasi-saint realm. By the War of the Liches, he'll even become a three-corpse quasi-saint. One dragon should have no trouble fighting two Ancestral Witches. What should I do? Should I persuade Houtu to steal a march on Eastern Emperor Taiyi and save Ao Yue first? Or... yeah, I should just keep being a salted fish. Even if the Demon Race loses a guardian, it won't change the ending. Heaven's will... sigh!

Thump! Gungun promptly lay down again and said to Houtu beside it, "Lady Ancestral Witch, I'm going to sleep a little longer. Please protect me. Sorry for the trouble, and thank you."

"..." Houtu was speechless.

How on earth had an idiot that did nothing but sleep after eating and eat after sleeping become a Great Luo Golden Immortal?

And were those thoughts it had just had true or false? Would Eastern Emperor Taiyi appear shortly? How did it know?

As she pondered, Houtu's eyes shifted a couple of times. In the end, deciding it was better to believe than to dismiss the possibility, she nudged Gungun with her foot just after it had lain down again and ordered, "Don't sleep. Get up. I'm going into battle to fight Kunpeng and save Ao Yue!"

"Huh?" Gungun opened its eyes, bewildered by Houtu's words. Kunpeng hadn't yet joined the Demon Heavenly Court and become the Demon Race's Demon Master. Why would she think of fighting him?

"Did you hear me? Get up." Seeing Gungun still lying motionless on the ground, Houtu spoke again. Then she opened her delicate hand, and a spirit fruit appeared in her palm. She tossed it to Gungun.

"Oh!" Its eyes lit up. Gungun immediately waved its two chubby paws and caught the spirit fruit, then sprang to its feet with a carp's flip. Smacking its lips, it soon finished the fruit. Then it rubbed its big belly and said, "All right, but I can't beat Kunpeng. Lady Ancestral Witch, you absolutely have to keep me safe."

Houtu knitted her brows and took a deep breath. She did not answer, merely issuing another order to Gungun. "Lie down."

"Oh." Gungun answered helplessly, then lowered its body so Houtu could swing her long leg over and straddle its back.

Then, at Houtu's command, Gungun moved all four limbs and charged forward. It shot off the cliff, trod upon the clouds and mist, and hurtled toward Kunpeng, who was about to finish Ao Yue off for good.

Bang!

A panda colliding with the earth-pah! No, an Iron-Eating Beast ramming Kunpeng!