NOVPUBWatching the departure of Ancestor Feihong’s Dust Blood Coffin, Heavenly Curtain Ancestor said to Xu Qingshan, "Quell this turmoil as quickly as possible. Now is not the time for chaos."
"I understand," Xu Qingshan nodded.
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At this moment, atop Azure Mountain Peak, Xu Qingshan looked at Xu Zimei and said, "You shouldn’t have let Baili Xiao off just for a spot in the Heavenly Primordial small world."
"Releasing the tiger back into the mountain, huh," Xu Zimei smiled. "It’s fine. Some people are like birds in a cage. They’ll never understand how vast the outside world is.
Believe me, she will live in agony every day."
Xu Qingshan took a deep look at his son and asked, "What are your plans next?"
"I’m thinking of going for a walk. I want to leave the Extreme West Region and have a look at the core areas of the Eastern Continent. If possible, I might also visit the Central Continent," Xu Zimei replied with a smile.
"An experience would be good. After all, we from the Extreme West Region have been isolated for too long and have somewhat declined. The world outside is much more fascinating," Xu Qingshan said with a smile. "By the way, your second senior brother Xiao Fengyu is also experiencing the Eastern Continent. You might run into him."
Hearing his father’s words, Xu Zimei smiled and nodded.
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Within a pitch-black space, the angry roar of the Divine Beast Chaos echoed, as it struggled fiercely, accompanied by the sound of clanking chains.
"You foolish Heavenly Curtain, you should die," the angry voice reverberated in this quiet space. "It was you who destroyed our Wild Desolation era. Even now, you refuse to spare our Ancient Demon Race."
"Do you wish to revive the glory of the Monster Race?" a calm voice arose from a dark corner.
"Who, who’s speaking?" Chaos quickly turned its head, only to see Xu Zimei stepping out of the darkness.
"It turns out to be you, little brat," Chaos looked at Xu Zimei with a contemptuous smile and retorted, "A second generation who only rides on the coattails of his ancestor’s shade."
"Isn’t our ancestor’s shade meant to provide shade for us, the younger generation?" Xu Zimei asked with a smile. "Useful things must be utilized, or else they’re truly wasted."
"What are you doing here?" Chaos asked warily.
"I want you to be my Vein Beast," Xu Zimei replied with a light chuckle.
A Vein Beast—each Martial Artist in their lifetime can have one.
Not only Martial Artists can open the Vein Gates, but Monster Beasts also practice by progressing step by step to open their Vein Gates, overcoming their own shackles.
The difference is that humans open their Vein Gates from the inside out, which is why each opening of the Vein Gates is accompanied by anomalies.
Monster Beasts, on the other hand, open their Vein Gates from the outside in, therefore, their Vein Gate anomalies appear internally and are invisible to outsiders.
If a human and a Monster Beast’s Vein Gates resonate, and both parties consent, then the two can share Vein Gates and form a contract.
The content of the contract generally comes in three types: one where the human is the master and the Monster Beast is secondary.
Another where the Monster Beast is the master and the human is secondary.
There’s also an equal contract between both parties.
And most importantly, the choice of a Vein Beast must be an Ancient Monster Beast or a Monster Beast that carries the bloodline of an Ancient Monster Beast from the Wild Desolation era within their body.
Since the True Martial Great Emperor inaugurated the Era of Emperors, all Monster Beasts born are unable to resonate with human Vein Gates, and therefore, they cannot form contracts with humans. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓾𝒷.𝒸ℴ𝓂
But also due to the scarcity of Ancient Monster Beasts, they are now almost one in ten thousand, which leads to ninety percent of Martial Artists not having a Vein Beast.
Moreover, most Martial Artists’ Vein Beasts contain only some residual bloodline of Ancient Monster Beasts. A Chaos, being a pure Ancient Monster Beast and even a Divine Beast among Monster Beasts, is even rarer to encounter.
"Are you daydreaming?" Upon hearing Xu Zimei’s words, Chaos roared towards the sky, its gaze fixed intensely on Xu Zimei as it said, "Human, you’re courting death."
Xu Zimei laughed and asked, "I’ve heard your Wild Desolation era was splendid?"
"Splendid? It was more than just splendid, it was an era where myriad beasts stood tall," Chaos said quietly after a pause.
Perhaps for the vanquished, past glory is the most difficult thing to forget.
"Then do you wish to revive the Monster Race’s glory?" Xu Zimei inquired.
Chaos looked deeply at Xu Zimei and scoffed disdainfully, "Boy, are you trying to tell me that if I agree to be your Vein Beast and assist you in bearing Destiny, you will help me revive the glory of the Monster Race?
Do you think I would believe such meaningless words?
You might deceive those young ones who are not worldly, but not me."
"No, even without me bearing Destiny, I can help you revive the glory of the Monster Race," Xu Zimei smiled and said.
"How will you help?" Chaos’s heart seemed to beat faster, and it asked warily, "A member of the human race willing to help our Monster Race?"
"To me, there is no difference between the human race and the Monster Race. As long as they are within my rules, the Monster Race can also live, but if they are outside my rules, I’ll kill humans just the same," Xu Zimei stated indifferently.
"Why should I believe you?" Chaos stared intently at Xu Zimei and demanded.
"Actually, you don’t have the luxury of choice. There are only two paths before you, either refuse and be killed outright, ending your life with your so-called pride and regret.
The second path is to agree to become my Vein Beast. At the very least, your life will continue, along with my promise. Whether or not the promise is fulfilled, at least you have a chance," Xu Zimei smiled as he spoke.
As his words fell, a mass of colorless Chaos light emerged within Xu Zimei’s body.
Chaos, seeing the anomaly on Xu Zimei’s body, was utterly astonished, "You, how could you have such a thing?"
"Nothing is impossible in this world," Xu Zimei laughed, "You have only one chance, miss this, and your own value won’t be worth my promise anymore."
"I’ll agree to be your Vein Beast," Chaos hurriedly replied, "but I must form an equal contract with you."
"You don’t have the standing to form an equal contract with me. It’s not about worthiness, but simply that no Monster Beast has the standing," Xu Zimei spoke calmly after hearing Chaos’s words: "You seem to not understand your position.
If I were you, I would cast aside all that so-called pride and dignity.
What you should be doing now is acting like a wagging-tailed dog, obeying my commands. When I’m in a good mood, I might just help you.
The most foolish ones are those who retain their pride in the absence of strength.
Isn’t life all about discarding dignity in some places to gain strength and then using that strength gained at the expense of dignity to reclaim it elsewhere?
Think about it, although you are a groveling dog in my presence.
But if you can hence revive the Monster Race, in the eyes of those Monster Beasts, you’ll shine like the resplendent stars, eternally immortal."
