The other two Beast God Supremes were about to back down.
But now that they had backed down, would Xiao Ping'an let them go?
They were no longer looking for trouble with Xiao Ping'an, but Xiao Ping'an was taking the initiative to go looking for trouble with them.
This Beast God Ancestral Star was most likely the Tyrant Body Ancestral Star of later generations.
That wondrous cave was most likely the ancestral cave where Great Accomplished Tyrant Bodies would be sealed in later generations.
Xiao Ping'an had already decided to seize this Life Forbidden Zone and the flourishing planet, then make them the foundation of his own domain.
From then on, this would be where his children and descendants lived and multiplied.
That wondrous cave would become his place to cultivate and comprehend the Dao.
With that thought, a streak of purple divine light once again tore through the universe, speeding toward the Beast God Ancestral Star.
Xiao Ping'an descended onto the planet without a sound.
The clouds in the sky were brilliant, a vivid red as though dyed with blood, and five moons had risen overhead.
Standing in the sky, Xiao Ping'an briefly reached out with his senses, then flew toward the wondrous cave.
"That Overlord Heavenly Venerable is far too arrogant. He actually killed one of our ancestors."
"We have not only three Beast Gods here, but also a mysterious ancient venerable sleeping here. If the Overlord Heavenly Venerable comes, he'll come but never leave."
"Keep your voice down. Whatever you do, don't mention his name. If he senses it, we'll be in terrible trouble."
"That's right. His blood and Qi are flourishing now, and his might shakes the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. He's at the height of his arrogance and tyranny. If he really decides to turn this place upside down, the ancestors might be fine, but we'll be in terrible trouble."
"Is he really not afraid of death? He actually dared to provoke the ancestors."
The guards watching over Beast God Mountain were all powerful Saints, and they took pride in serving as its guards.
As they talked, a young man approached.
Purple haze radiated ten thousand zhang from his body. He walked with the stride of a dragon and the gait of a tiger, looking every bit like a Heavenly Venerable on the move.
"Who are you?"
"Stop right there!"
"How dare you! You dare spy on our clan's sacred mountain?"
Among these Saints were Great Saints, but before they could finish speaking, their bodies exploded, their blood and Qi scattering.
They simply could not withstand the pressure emanating from Xiao Ping'an.
Xiao Ping'an released his presence without the slightest concealment, and one beast clansman expert after another burst into ash.
Still more beast clansmen lay prostrate on the ground, trembling.
The Overlord Heavenly Venerable's presence had always been one that dominated heaven and earth, and it instantly extinguished the planet.
The birds and beasts on the planet all collapsed helplessly to the ground, trembling all over.
Not even Great Saints, or even Quasi-Emperors, could resist.
The Overlord Heavenly Venerable had truly taken his place as sovereign over all under heaven.
Beast God Mountain stood proudly on a grassland.
Beast God Mountain rose alone, like a jade pillar propping up the heavens, radiating incomparably dense purple Qi.
At the foot of the mountain was a cave entrance, from which divine light and auspicious colors shone. It was the Tyrant Body Ancestral Cave of later generations.
Xiao Ping'an already considered this place his property, and he named Beast God Mountain Heavenly Pillar Mountain.
Before he had transmigrated, Heavenly Pillar Mountain had been a great mountain in his hometown, rising sheer and straight like a pillar of heaven.
Though this mountain was countless times more majestic, their shapes really were somewhat alike. Calling it Jade Pillar Mountain was fitting enough.
It sounded much better than that Tyrant Body Ancestral Cave.
"Tyrant Body, what are you doing here?" A voice like wind and thunder came from the cave.
"Naturally, I came to kill people and seize treasures," Xiao Ping'an said.
"This planet, this sacred mountain, and this wondrous ancestral cave are mine now. Get the hell out of here at once!" Xiao Ping'an shouted.
"What?"
"Tyrant Body, you've got some nerve."
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
"We have three Supremes here. You're nothing but a jumping clown."
The three Dark Supremes of Beast God Mountain could scarcely believe their ears.
The Overlord Heavenly Venerable was so arrogant that he wanted to kill them all.
"You're courting death."
"Today we'll grant your wish."
Beast God Mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist, with purple haze flowing over it and countless wisps of chaos. At that moment, it suddenly shook violently, and thunderous roars rang out.
Three chunks of Immortal Source flew out of the cave at the same time. A treasure wheel flew before them, flashing with countless divine Dao markings, while a formation manifested across the sky.
The Great Dao Treasure Wheel possessed boundless divine power. Like a black hole, it threatened to swallow and refine Xiao Ping'an.
The treasure wheel was red as blood, and from it came the terrifying cries of ghosts and howls of gods.
Xiao Ping'an brought his great foot down on it. With a thunderous boom, the terrifying Great Dao formation markings also blazed to life.
Xiao Ping'an's expression changed as he looked at the blood-red treasure wheel.
It was not because the Great Dao Treasure Wheel possessed unrivaled divine might, but because he sensed that it had been forcibly refined from the flesh and blood of tens of billions of living beings.
"You can tell, can't you? That's right. This Great Dao Treasure Wheel was forcibly refined from tens of billions of living beings."
"It was refined into an Extreme Dao Weapon."
"And after you die, you too will be refined into this Great Dao Treasure Wheel."
The three chunks of Immortal Source shattered, and three terrifying figures fixed their eyes on Xiao Ping'an. Their voices were icy cold, and their killing intent soared to the heavens.
"What a fine bunch of beast-clan Dark Supremes! If I do not raze Beast God Mountain and wipe out the Beast God Supremes today, I swear I am no man!"
Xiao Ping'an had not expected the beast clans of this age to be so arrogant and so brutal.
He had thought devouring billions of living beings was brutal enough, but they had actually refined the flesh and blood of tens of billions into an Extreme Dao Weapon.
It was just like demonic experts in other xuanhuan novels refining a ten-thousand-soul banner. They were that cruel.
Although this age had many human Heavenly Venerables, clearly they could not protect everyone, nor could they protect the human race in every era.
In distant galaxies, expert after expert watched from afar, capturing the sights and sounds of that place with either all-seeing divine eyes or specialized supreme formations.
"You want to kill the three of us? You certainly talk big."
"Come and try."
The three Beast God Supremes were arrogant and overbearing, each acting as though none but he mattered. They did not take Xiao Ping'an seriously at all.
Under their control, the Great Dao Treasure Wheel flew forward and transformed into a black hole, bearing down on Xiao Ping'an with ferocious momentum, intent on refining his primordial spirit, flesh, and blood into the weapon.
The laws of the Great Dao were endless, and Great Dao Runes danced everywhere, as though a starry sky were crashing down.
Purple light flickered in Xiao Ping'an's eyes. He seemed to hear soul after soul weeping. They were the weapon's deity, formed from the fused souls of tens of billions of living beings.
Now they were like captives in purgatory, unable to control themselves.
The supreme weapon soul nurtured by these countless beings was unwilling to be enslaved by its enemies.
Xiao Ping'an's gaze turned cold. The Beast God Lineage was unforgivable: they had refined the flesh and blood of humanity's forebears into a weapon to humiliate him. Fury burned in Xiao Ping'an's heart, and he resolved to kill every member of the Beast God Lineage.
"I'll break your restraints right now. You'll be free very soon."
Xiao Ping'an spoke to the wailing, wronged souls.
When he finished, dazzling divine light erupted from his body, and his fighting spirit surged. With one hand he severed time, and with the other he severed space, instantly giving rise to chaos.
With a thunderous boom, the power of space and time soared into the heavens, shattering star after star.
The chaos, imbued with the power of space and time, blotted out the sky and sun as it enveloped the Great Dao Treasure Wheel.
Hum, hum, hum.
Crack, crack.
Amid the shaking, the Great Dao Treasure Wheel was shattered into ash, completely breaking apart and exploding.
The weapon's deity rushed out and instantly separated into countless souls, each with tears of blood on their face. After nodding to Xiao Ping'an in gratitude, they burned fiercely in the void and turned to ash in the blink of an eye.
They were finally free.
Xiao Ping'an struck out with a punch, feeling the sorrow of those billions of living beings. They were the flesh and blood and remnant souls of billions of humans, and now they were finally free.
The Overlord Heavenly Venerable was so arrogant that he actually wanted to take on all three of them alone.
The three Dark Supremes were furious. Their utmost Great Dao laws soared into the heavens like blades that could cleave the sky, terrifying beyond measure. Condensed from the laws of the Great Dao, they could destroy any flesh or primordial spirit.
Xiao Ping'an casually traced a pattern, and a Great Dao Rune flew from his left hand. A stretch of the long river of time instantly manifested, forcibly grinding those Great Dao laws away within it.
"You three ground rats, today is the day you die!" Xiao Ping'an shouted.
"I'll stake everything! Even if I must undergo Ultimate Sublimation today, I'll beat you to death."
In the blink of an eye, the three Dark Supremes soared into the heavens like three blazing suns.
They really had undergone Ultimate Sublimation.
They had already realized that without Ultimate Sublimation, they truly were no match for the Overlord Heavenly Venerable.
Though they would die a particularly grievous death after Ultimate Sublimation, it was especially dangerous for people like them, who had little lifespan left.
Even devouring the Overlord Heavenly Venerable's flesh and blood might not make up for their losses.
The three soared into the heavens and entered the battlefield at the Cosmic Frontier.
For battles of this magnitude, fighting at the Cosmic Frontier had become an established custom.
After all, the many Dark Supremes still hoped to harvest the living beings of heaven and earth from time to time, devouring their flesh, blood, and souls to mend the cracks in their Immortal Platforms.
If someone went too far, it would be tantamount to destroying their pasture. If they could not eat their fill, they would be angry too.
Xiao Ping'an did not want to bring disaster upon the many living beings, so he too willingly followed them to the Cosmic Frontier.
"Overlord Heavenly Venerable, you're young, with a young man's vigor and domineering spirit. We can understand that."
"But this world isn't as simple as you imagine. We too once shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands with our might and protected all living beings."
"Sometimes, great strength doesn't mean happiness. It may instead be a tragedy."
One Dark Supreme took out a treasured vial and poured the bright red blood inside into his mouth.
The blood sent crimson light soaring into the heavens, mysterious and powerful. He swallowed it all in one gulp.
Xiao Ping'an's eyes widened. That blood had been extracted from the living beings of heaven and earth. There was no telling how many young and strong people had been slaughtered to extract a single vial.
Countless divine Dao markings soared into the heavens, and a peculiar formation was imprinted on the starry sky, linking itself to the presences of the three Supremes.
The terrifying formation markings spread across the sky, becoming more than ten times stronger.
"Nine Secrets: Zu, of all things."
Xiao Ping'an was startled. Nine Secrets: Zu had been created by Lingbao Heavenly Venerable, a human Supreme. He would not have readily given it to another race, nor even casually taught it to humans, yet now this inheritance had fallen into the hands of these beast-clan Dark Supremes.
Xiao Ping'an had only recently seized Nine Secrets: Xing. He felt that the Dao within such Nine Secrets techniques was indeed unfathomably profound and well worth studying.
At the very least, he felt that Nine Secrets: Xing had greatly advanced his arts of space and time and given him significant inspiration.
Now, seeing Nine Secrets: Zu, he immediately wanted to seize it.
"That's right. It is Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's Nine Secrets: Zu."
"Now it is an inheritance of our Beast God Mountain."
These three Dark Supremes had imitated Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's Four Immortal-Slaying Swords of old and refined the Four Beast God Swords.
Although the formation diagram was somewhat crippled because a Beast God had been killed by Xiao Ping'an, the three Beast Gods were enough to command it. After its power was amplified tenfold or a hundredfold, they could control the Four Beast God Swords and slay Xiao Ping'an.
They now appeared assured of their advantage, brimming with confidence.
Fortunately, the sword formation diagram had not been completely refined. Owing to limitations in its materials, it could only be considered a top-grade forbidden weapon with a limited number of uses.
Fortunately, too, it was not an Extreme Dao Weapon. Otherwise, Xiao Ping'an would truly have found it somewhat difficult to resist.
"Our Four Beast God Swords and Beast God Formation Diagram were refined with secret methods at the cost of countless materials."
"If you can really survive inside it, we'll accept the outcome."
Clatter, clatter.
The Four Beast God Swords crisscrossed within the formation diagram, appearing and disappearing. Under the control of the three Dark Supremes, their power was boundless.
"So it's an imitation of Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's formation diagram. Let me see how much of his skill you've learned."
As soon as Xiao Ping'an finished speaking, he unleashed his power.
His entire body shone, blazing like a flame.
Using the principles behind the creation of Nine Secrets: Jie, he had not deduced Nine Secrets: Jie itself. Instead, he had deduced a secret art like the Desolate Heavenly Emperor's Third Supreme Technique.
As Xiao Ping'an blazed, his presence surged tenfold. He charged back and forth through the formation, moving through the space with the aid of Nine Secrets: Xing and his understanding of the Spacetime Great Dao.
The nine great phenomena fused into one, then each evolved separately, spreading throughout the formation and relentlessly crushing its formation eyes one after another.
At the same time, his Tyrant Bell continued to wreak havoc on the formation.
Xiao Ping'an fought within it until heaven crumbled and earth split, and the sun and moon lost their light.
That terrifying presence shocked one Dark Supreme after another.
The aftershocks of their battle were far too violent. Like ripples of the Great Dao, they shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
The many Dark Supremes watched the battle, but none were willing to emerge and help. Although the Dark Supremes shared common interests, their interests diverged when it came to individual matters.
Perhaps, in the eyes of these Dark Supremes, the perfect outcome would be for both sides to suffer grievous injuries. Then a Dark Supreme could emerge at leisure and harvest their origin blood essence without needing to undergo Ultimate Sublimation.
Xiao Ping'an smashed the formation diagram apart and shattered the Four Beast God Swords.
The three Beast God Supremes were blown apart by Xiao Ping'an.
He killed these Dark Supremes again and again, until they could no longer come back to life.
Xiao Ping'an once again bathed in the blood of Beast Gods.
There had been four beast-clan Supremes in all on Beast God Mountain, and they had all died at Xiao Ping'an's hands.
Xiao Ping'an's formidable strength had once again been proven. Even the Dark Supremes in the forbidden zones drew sharp breaths.
(End of chapter)