Xiaotian Bared His Fierce Fangs for the First Time, Turning a Golden Immortal Demon King into Prey!

Deep within the earth veins beneath the ruins of Guanjiangkou.

A long fissure split the scorched earth, and cold demonic energy seeped up from underground.

At the end of the fissure, an old demon had actually clawed out an entire cave abode.

White bones littered the entrance-beast bones and human bones, piled layer upon layer across the ground.

Farther inside lay an enormous pool of blood.

The blood churned, its stench assaulting the nose, as though it had soaked through the entire expanse of ruins.

At the center of the blood pool coiled a Thousand-Foot Centipede.

Its enormous body stretched a hundred zhang long, pitch-black from end to end, its back armor gleaming with a cold, eerie light.

Whenever its thousand feet moved, they carved deep grooves into the rock walls.

It had long since claimed the remnants of the local spiritual vein as its nest.

Even the lingering power from Yang Jian's battle with the Heavenly Court had become bloody nourishment for its cultivation.

Just then, two figures appeared at the entrance.

A Daoist in blue robes.

A black dog.

Gu Changqing entered with his hands behind his back, his expression calm.

Xiaotian crouched low, a wary growl rumbling in his throat.

The Thousand-Foot Centipede in the blood pool suddenly opened its compound eyes.

Its densely packed eyes contracted all at once.

"Two living creatures?"

It spoke in a shrill human voice that made the eardrums tingle.

"A Daoist and a stray dog, daring to barge into this king's abode?"

"Perfect. My pool could use some fresh blood food."

Before its words had faded, the Centipede Demon King burst from the blood pool.

Its thousand feet swept in unison, a demonic wind carrying poisonous mist straight at Gu Changqing's face.

Gu Changqing did not even lift his eyelids.

He merely reached out and lightly pressed Xiaotian's head.

"Go."

One word.

Every black hair on Xiaotian's body instantly bristled.

That was precisely the word he had been waiting for.

Whoosh!

A black shadow flashed, and he plunged straight into the demonic wind.

The Centipede Demon King froze.

This black dog dared charge it head-on?

It opened its jaws to bite, two venomous fangs descending like curved blades as poison streamed madly from their tips.

This was the immortal-corroding natal poison it had cultivated for over ten thousand years.

Never mind a dog-even an ordinary immortal artifact would corrode straight through on contact.

But Xiaotian abruptly twisted in midair.

He moved so fast that even his afterimage was almost invisible.

The next instant, he had circled to the centipede's flank and clamped his jaws around one jointed leg.

Crack!

The leg snapped clean off.

Black-green demon blood splashed across the ground.

The Centipede Demon King shrieked, its massive body thrashing wildly.

"You're courting death!"

Enraged, it slashed with all thousand feet, bringing them down like an array of blades.

Xiaotian dodged again and again, but one jointed leg still caught his hind leg.

Riiip!

A long gash tore through his flesh.

Black energy instantly crawled up from the wound.

"You think you can survive this king's ten-thousand-foot immortal-corroding poison?"

The Centipede Demon King grinned viciously and bore down again, intent on crushing the black dog into pulp.

Xiaotian shuddered, his forepaws digging hard into the ground, yet there was not the slightest hint of retreat in his eyes.

His fangs ground together with an audible rattle.

Just then, Gu Changqing finally moved.

He flicked a finger.

An exceedingly faint ray of primordial violet light sank into the dark-gold vertical marking between Xiaotian's brows.

"Your teeth aren't meant for gnawing bones."

"They're meant for devouring gods."

His words fell.

Deep within Xiaotian's sea of consciousness, something abruptly shook.

A bloodline memory that had slumbered for ages surged forth, as though a floodgate had been thrown open.

Ancient times, the Primordial World, slaughter, pursuit.

He seemed to see his ancestors following godfiends as they swept through the heavens-with a single bite, stars shattered and gods fell.

God-Devouring Fangs!

This was his true innate gift!

"Awooo!"

Xiaotian threw back his head and howled.

The dark-gold vertical marking between his brows suddenly blazed.

A savage aura capable of devouring all things and tearing apart laws erupted from his mouth.

The poisonous energy coiling around him was forced back inch by inch, then shattered.

The vicious grin on the Centipede Demon King's face instantly froze.

From that black dog, it felt a bloodline suppression it had not experienced in ages.

It was the fear that rose from the bones of a lesser predator when confronted with a killer of a higher order.

It wanted to retreat.

But it was already too late.

Xiaotian stepped into the air, moving more than ten times faster than before.

Only a thin black afterimage remained where he had stood.

When he reappeared, he was already above the centipede's head.

His jaws opened.

His fangs descended.

There was no flashy divine ability.

Only an invisible god-devouring law that bore down with his bite.

Crack!

The protective demonic light above the Centipede Demon King's head broke like paper.

Its iron-hard head armor shattered in the same instant.

"No-!"

The Centipede Demon King let out a desperate shriek.

Its demon soul had barely begun to flee when the god-devouring power locked it in place and forcibly dragged it from its sea of consciousness.

Xiaotian lowered his head and swallowed the demon soul along with a great mouthful of flesh.

Boom!

Demonic power exploded within him.

Xiaotian's aura climbed relentlessly.

Early Heavenly Immortal.

Mid Heavenly Immortal.

Late Heavenly Immortal.

Only upon reaching the perfected Heavenly Immortal stage did it finally settle.

He let out a satisfied burp, though his eyes clearly showed he had not eaten his fill.

[Ding! Your divine pet "Xiaotian" has successfully hunted a Golden Immortal-level demon king and devoured its demonic power origin. His cultivation realm has increased!]

[Hundred-thousandfold critical hit return triggered!]

[Congratulations, host! You have received: one hundred million years of pure cultivation!]

[Congratulations, host! You have received: golden immortal-level demon king origin!]

[Congratulations, host! You have received: venomous law fragment!]

[Congratulations, host! You have received: ancient demon court inheritance information fragment!]

Above Guanjiangkou, the cultivation within Gu Changqing's body surged once more.

The power came in a raging torrent, yet he held it firmly in check.

His godfiend acupores thundered as they worked, tempering his foundations over and over.

He did not rush to raise his cultivation directly. Instead, he first compressed the surging power deep into his flesh.

This was his path.

Only by standing firm could he swallow even greater fruits.

Gu Changqing raised his hand and looked toward Xiaotian.

The black dog was lying beside the demon king's corpse, his head buried in it as he gnawed ravenously.

Yet the dark-gold vertical marking between his brows was growing faintly warm.

"Ancient Celestial Dog."

Gu Changqing's eyes flashed.

This dog's origins ran deeper than he had expected.

The System Panel appeared at once.

[Notice: after Xiaotian Dog devoured the demon king, a trace of the Ancient Celestial Dog inheritance within his bloodline was activated.]

[To fully unlock this inheritance, he must continue devouring beings possessing ancient demon bloodlines or the fortune of the Demon Court.]

As Gu Changqing read the system notification, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

The Ancient Demon Court.

Now that was an interesting lead.

He glanced at Xiaotian, who was eating with great relish.

"If one demon king isn't enough..."

"Then let a few more come."

His gaze pierced through the ruins, crossed mountains and rivers, and fell straight upon the north.

The Northern Kuru Continent.

A land occupied by the demon race.

And the finest hunting ground for feeding a dog.