Deep in the endless void lies a forbidden land no clan of the Primordial World dares to tread.
No sun, moon, or stars illuminate this realm—only ink-black feral aura churns in the void, sometimes transforming into snarling beast phantoms, sometimes condensing into solid black ice that crashes downward.
Every wisp of air carries soul-tearing brutality. This uncharted region, like a scar on the Primordial World, harbors terrifying power enough to topple the Three Realms.
At the heart of the densest feral aura, a colossal misty cloud hangs suspended. Within it, black-red radiance pulses like the breath of a giant beast.
At the center of the mist, a "Palace of the Beast Emperor"—forged from the bones of countless ferocious beasts and chaotic black stone—is slowly taking shape. Its unstable palace walls exude a heart-palpitating pressure.
The main structure of the walls is forged from ten-thousand-year black iron mixed with ninety-nine demonized dragon bones. The residual souls of the dragon bones still roar and struggle within the walls, sending ripples through the void with every tremor. The walls are inlaid with dense beast fangs—natal fangs of ferocious beasts from across the Primordial World, stained with the blood of powerful warriors from all clans, glowing with an eerie black-red feral light.
Flanking the palace gates stand two hundred-zhang-tall giant statues. On the left is the complete skeleton of a Demonized Golden-Winged Roc, its wing bones spreading like sky-spanning blades, with ghostly green feral fire flickering in its eye sockets—as if it could still spread its wings and tear the firmament. On the right is the remains of the Bone-Corroding Vine King, its withered vines coiled around a black iron frame. Poison sacs remaining on the vine nodes drip dark green venom, corroding sizzling craters when they hit the ground.
Hanging above the palace roof is an "Eye of Ultimate Evil," condensed from thousands of residual souls. Black-red light flows along the eaves like a spiderweb, dyeing the void dark red wherever it passes.
Even more bizarrely, the palace is not built on land, but above a boiling sea of blood-red water. Submerged in the water are countless fragmented corpses—powerful warriors slain by Shen Ni during his campaigns across the Primordial World.
Their residual souls are trapped in the sea, enduring endless torment from the feral aura, serving as the energy source for the Palace of the Beast Emperor.
"Roar——!"
A beast roar that shook the entire Primordial World suddenly erupted from the depths of the palace. The sound waves, carrying destructive feral aura, swept outward, twisting the void violently.
Hundreds of millions of ferocious beasts hovering in the distant void bowed simultaneously, trembling and letting out submissive growls—like subjects paying homage to their monarch, daring not even to breathe loudly.
This was the pressure of Beast Emperor Shen Ni, an absolute authority etched into the blood of all Primordial ferocious beasts.
Inside the palace hall, the ferocity reached its peak. The Eye of Ultimate Evil atop the hall shot down a black-red beam of light, illuminating the entire hall.
Beneath the beam stood a throne woven from nine dragon skeletons and colorful phoenix feathers. Each dragon bone glowed with demonized black light, and every phoenix feather was stained with dried blood.
Beast Emperor Shen Ni reclined on the throne, his ten-thousand-zhang body flickering in and out of the feral aura. Sometimes, he revealed a dragon-like torso covered in black scales; sometimes, he spread tattered phoenix wings marked by burns.
Only his blood-red vertical pupils remained clear, reflecting seven massive figures below—these were the Seven Great Ferocious Beasts summoned by Shen Ni from across the Primordial World. Each possessed strength comparable to the peak of Golden Immortal, completely corrupted by feral aura, stripped of reason, and left with only pure killing instinct. They were Shen Ni's most capable claws.
Qiongqi, standing on the far left, stepped forward first. Its tiger-like body with wings was covered in white fur and black stripes, its wingspan reaching one hundred and eighty zhang. Its claws and fangs were still stained with fresh black blood, which corroded small black spots when it dripped onto the ground.
It crouched low before Shen Ni, but its tail flicked restlessly, stirring up gusts of feral wind. Its claws scratched at the black stone floor, sparking tiny embers, and it let out a suppressed growl from its throat: "Your Majesty, you summoned us—are we to attack the East China Sea? My claws have long been itching for blood!"
As soon as it finished speaking, Qiongqi suddenly spread its wings. The black stripes on its wings glowed red, and a thick stench of blood spread out: "Your Majesty, listen! Earlier, by your command, I marched to the Western Wasteland to exterminate the stone clan. I have slaughtered all thirty-six stone clan tribes in the northern Western Wasteland!"
"The stone clan's leader thought he could resist with his earth-element origin. I tore open his chest with one claw and devoured his soul completely!" It raised its claws, showing them off proudly.
"The remaining stone clan forces have been driven into the Golden Metal Stone Forest. If not for waiting for your order, I would have already flattened the forest, dug out all the Black Armored Stone People's spiritual cores as snacks! That Azure Dragon Ao Xuan's Merit Golden Light is annoying, but compared to the stone clan leader's origin power, it may not be able to block my claws!"
Shen Ni's voice was hoarse and fragmented, like the simultaneous roar of countless residual souls, carrying unquestionable authority: "East China Sea... Azure Dragon Sea-Suppressing Formation... a nuisance."
He waved his hand, and a black-red beam of light shot from the Eye of Ultimate Evil, condensing into a water mirror in the center of the hall. The mirror clearly reflected the scene of the East China Sea—covered in cyan-blue spiritual light, a thick layer of water spirit purification shield firmly blocking the external feral aura.
Countless Black Armored Guards patrolled the sea surface in an orderly manner with long spears. The Twelve Sea Generals stood at the edge of the purification shield, exuding powerful water fortune power. Further away, Yinglong was channeling rainwater from the Nine-Turn Heavenly River to nourish the East China Sea's spiritual veins, the raindrops glowing with faint golden light as they fell. In the Ink Mist Strait, Zhulong spread his colossal body, exhaling extreme cold to form a thousand-li ice wall. The ice wall exuded soul pressure, clearly designed to block surprise attacks.
The water mirror slowly turned to the Western Wasteland, revealing the Golden Metal Stone Forest: Cang Lie held his golden metal long sword, his body surrounded by burning Nanming Golden Metal flames, purifying the remaining demon qi in the forest. Wherever the flames passed, the black demon patterns vanished instantly.
Elder Qingmang's Spiritual Plant Sacred Fire glowed with a faint red aura, shielding the spiritual plant clansmen in the forest. Countless spiritual herbs grew rapidly under the sacred fire's nourishment, reinforcing the defensive fortifications. Yuan Hao slung his thick stone staff over his shoulder, patrolling the forest. With each step, earth-element spiritual energy spread along the ground, shaking the golden metal rocks slightly—clearly reinforcing the Black Stone Formation.
The Black Armored Stone People held stone shields, forming layers of defenses around the forest's perimeter, their expressions solemn.
"Western Wasteland... golden metal spiritual veins... purified." A violent red light flashed in Shen Ni's blood-red vertical pupils, and the Eye of Ultimate Evil's glow intensified.
He said in a deep voice: "Seven Great Beasts... split into three routes... break the formation."
Tao Tie in the center let out an excited growl immediately. Its sheep-like body with a human face suddenly expanded several times, growing from one hundred zhang to two hundred zhang tall. The compound eyes under its armpits glowed with ghostly green spiritual light.
Its tiger claws stepped on the black stone floor, scratching deep grooves into the hard tiles. It opened its giant mouth filled with fangs, forcibly inhaling even the feral aura in the air, and let out a contented purr. The Eye of Ultimate Evil above the palace trembled slightly at its devouring.
"Your Majesty! The Western Wasteland should be conquered by me!" Tao Tie's voice boomed like thunder, filled with greedy desire. "Earlier, by your command, I went to the Southern Wasteland to devour spiritual veins. I have drained all three major spiritual veins there!"
"The spiritual plant clan elder guarding the veins thought he could stop me with his life origin. I swallowed him whole in one bite, refining both his soul and origin, making my feral core grow by thirty percent!" It shook its massive body, its compound eyes scanning the Golden Metal Stone Forest in the water mirror, a bloodthirsty glow in its eyes.
"The spiritual energy of that golden metal vein is far richer than those in the Southern Wasteland. If I devour it, I will definitely break through to the peak of Golden Immortal! And that Spiritual Plant Sacred Fire—perhaps it can temper my feral core, making my devouring power even stronger!"
"I swear, within three days, I will devour the entire golden metal spiritual vein, crush the Spiritual Plant Sacred Fire, and chew up all those spiritual plant clansmen!"
Bifang on the right flapped its crimson-blue wings. Its two-hundred-zhang wingspan was wreathed in black-red demon flames, which burned the black stone floor with a sizzling sound when they touched it.
Its beak glowed with a poisoned cold light, and a trace of golden feathers remained at its tip—phoenix feathers. Bifang let out a sharp hiss toward the East China Sea in the water mirror, its voice filled with intense hatred: "Your Majesty! Leave the East China Sea to me! That Azure Dragon Ao Xuan's water fortune power may counter fire, but my demon flames are corrupted by feral aura, specifically restraining water spirits. I will definitely burn through his Sea-Suppressing Formation!"
At this, Bifang suddenly flapped its wings violently, spraying a burst of blazing demon flames from its wingtips, instantly turning a black stone pillar in the hall to cinders.
"Earlier, by your command, I hunted down the remaining phoenix clan in the Southern Region, burning their parasol forest to the ground! The phoenix clan's great elder, who possessed ancient phoenix fire, tried to fight me. I burned him with my demon flames for three days and three nights until his soul was completely destroyed, and even his phoenix fire was devoured and refined by me!"
It raised its head triumphantly, the cold light in its beak intensifying: "Although the East China Sea's water fortune spiritual veins are strong, my demon flames can burn souls and corrode spiritual veins. As long as I get close to the Sea-Suppressing Formation, I can burn a gap in less than a day."
"At that time, I will burn all the aquatic creatures of the East China Sea to ashes, letting that Azure Dragon Ao Xuan taste the pain of being burned by demon flames!"
Shen Ni nodded slightly. His blood-red vertical pupils swept over the remaining four beasts, and the light from the Eye of Ultimate Evil fell on them, carrying a scrutinizing gaze.
Zaochi stepped forward immediately. It had a human body and a beast's head, standing one hundred zhang tall, covered in dark green scales. Its three-foot-long fangs protruded from its jaw, glowing with ghostly green poisonous light.
Dark green poisonous mist dripped constantly from its mouth, corroding the black stone into honeycomb-like holes and emitting a pungent stench.
"Your Majesty!" Zaochi's voice was hoarse and harsh. "Earlier, by your command, I went to the Eastern Wasteland to exterminate human tribes. I have poisoned all fifty human tribes there! The detoxification pills refined by the human alchemists were useless against my poisonous mist, and even their tribal guardian formations were completely corroded by it!"
It flicked its fangs under its jaw, and poisonous mist oozed from between the teeth, forming a dark green stream on the ground: "My poisonous mist can not only corrode flesh but also contaminate souls—even Merit Golden Light can be slowly corroded!"
"If the East China Sea's Black Armored Guards and Sea Generals come into contact with my poisonous mist, their bodies will fester and their souls will wither within half an hour! I am willing to go to the East China Sea to disrupt their rear lines, corrode their purification shield with poisonous mist, and open a gap for Fellow Daoist Bifang!"
Following closely was Taowu. It resembled a tiger covered in dog fur, with a human face, tiger feet, and boar-like fangs. Surrounded by dense earth-yellow demon aura, it stood one hundred and fifty zhang tall. Its fur stood on end like steel needles, exuding a violent aura.
It slammed one claw against a stone pillar beside it, shattering it instantly and sending debris flying. It paid no mind, growling at Shen Ni: "Your Majesty! Leave the Western Wasteland's Black Stone Formation to me! Earlier, by your command, I went to the Northern Wasteland to destroy human defensive fortifications, demolishing all eighteen black stone cities there!"
"The city walls built by humans with ten-thousand-year black stone are as fragile as tofu under my claws!"
A sharp earth-yellow claw blade condensed at Taowu's claw tip, glowing with cold light: "Although the Western Wasteland's Black Stone Formation is boosted by the spiritual plant clansmen, my earth-element demon aura can restrain earth-element spiritual energy. One claw is enough to shatter their stone walls!"
"Those Black Armored Stone People are just lambs waiting to be slaughtered in my eyes—perfect for sharpening my claws! I swear, I will break the Black Stone Formation within a day, clearing the way for Fellow Daoist Tao Tie!"
Hundun's figure slowly emerged from the mist. It resembled a giant dog with bear-like paws but no claws, surrounded by gray-black mist that could conceal its form—even its feral aura was hidden, making it impossible to detect its presence.
Its voice seemed to come from nothingness, erratic and indistinct: "Your Majesty, let me destroy the Spiritual Plant Sacred Fire. Earlier, by your command, I sneaked into the spiritual plant clan's holy land in the Western Wasteland, successfully killing two of their elders and contaminating all the spiritual springs they guarded."
Hundun's mist stirred slightly, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes, flashing with bloodthirsty light: "My mist can block soul perception, making me skilled at ambushing. Although the Spiritual Plant Sacred Fire can purify feral aura, as long as I get close, I can sever its origin in an instant, leaving the spiritual plant clansmen defenseless."
"At that time, Fellow Daoist Tao Tie can devour the spiritual veins without restraint, with no one to stop him!" As soon as it finished speaking, its figure vanished into the mist again, even its breathing disappearing—as if it had never been there.
Finally, the Black Water Nine-Headed Jiao stepped forward. Its snake-like body was covered in dark blue demon ice, stretching three hundred zhang long. Each of its nine heads exhaled a breath of cold air, which froze thick layers of ice on the ground where it landed.
Black ice chains coiled around its horns, glowing with demonized black light. It was the same demonized water beast that had caused chaos in the Northern Sea earlier, subdued by Shen Ni with feral aura.
"Your Majesty! Leave the East China Sea's spiritual veins to me!" All nine of the Black Water Nine-Headed Jiao's heads spoke simultaneously, their voices as clear as clashing ice: "Earlier, by your command, I froze the Northern Sea's spiritual veins, completely freezing all three main veins there. Countless aquatic creatures in the Northern Sea died due to the frozen spiritual veins, and even the Northern Sea Dragon King dared not show his face easily!"
All nine of its heads exhaled cold air at the same time. The temperature in the hall dropped sharply, and the poisonous mist on the ground froze into ice: "Although the East China Sea's spiritual veins are strong, my cold breath can freeze the tributaries of the Nine-Turn Heavenly River, and even the East China Sea's spiritual veins themselves!"
"Once the East China Sea's spiritual veins are frozen, that Azure Dragon Ao Xuan's water fortune power will be greatly reduced, and the Sea-Suppressing Formation will collapse on its own! Fellow Daoist Bifang and Fellow Daoist Zaochi can then easily invade the East China Sea!"