The Shifter Emperor's expression was cold, but under Lu Yin and Leng Qing's pressure, he forced a smile. "There is no Celestial Beast Empire now. We are all disciples of the same sect. Sect Master, please don't joke around."
Lu Yin smiled. "It's fine. The Sect above Heaven is a human sect, but it doesn't prohibit you from forming your own family."
The Shifter Emperor sat across from Leng Qing.
He did not want to sit across from Leng Qing. Leng Qing was constantly emitting a sharp aura that was even stronger than when she was a Half-Progenitor. She should have restrained herself after breaking through to Progenitor, but Leng Qing gave the Shifter Emperor the feeling that she would attack at any moment.
"The astral beasts are unruly and difficult to tame. They imitate humans and build cities and academies. I have destroyed many of them in the Astral Beast Domain and slaughtered a bunch of them. I hope they will listen to me," Leng Qing said in a cold voice that reeked of blood.
The Shifter Emperor's gaze turned cold, and he forced himself to lower his eyes so that Leng Qing would not notice.
The current Leng Qing was not the same as before. She was now an Progenitor.
Lu Yin glanced at the Shifter Emperor and smiled. "You can't say that. Both humans and astral beasts are creatures of the universe. They have the right to pursue an intelligent civilization."
Leng Qing said stiffly, "Humans will always be the rulers of all things. Although they might not be as intelligent as astral beasts at birth, humans are good at creation and are willing to weave lies to perfect their civilization. This is something that astral beasts will never be able to do. Our ancestors said that we cannot give astral beasts the chance to surpass humans. Otherwise, they will be even more ruthless and cold-blooded when they enslave humans."
The Shifter Emperor listened silently.
Leng Qing stared at the Shifter Emperor. "Sect Master, I am willing to imitate the Grim Reaper and brand the astral beasts with fear that will pass on their bloodline."
The Shifter Emperor suddenly raised his head and saw Leng Qing's murderous gaze. This gaze made the Shifter Emperor swallow the words he wanted to say. He felt a chill down his spine. He was very sure that if he didn't perform well, Leng Qing would directly stab him.
Compared to Leng Qing, the Sect above Heaven Sect would not say anything for him.
Leng Qing's aura was unparalleled, and the Shifter Emperor felt as if a blade was hanging over his neck. his entire body trembled. This was not fear, but an instinctive reaction when one faced with a life and death crisis. The astral beasts' reaction was even more obvious.
The Shifter Emperor and Leng Qing's eyes met stared at each other for half a minute.
Lu Yin was satisfied. "There's no need to be so extreme. In this era, the astral beasts are different from the era of Above Heaven. Don't you agree?
Demon Emperor Sect Master? "
The Shifter Emperor exhaled and rose to his feet respectfully. "Daolord, after so many years, the Giant Astral Beasts have learned a lot from the human civilization. In the future, they will continue to learn from the humans. I hope that Daolord and the Sect Above Heaven will supervise them."
Hearing this, Leng Qing's sharpness was immediately restrained.
The Shifter Emperor understood. He came here today to be beaten. But why?
Currently, the Astral Beast Domain did not even have a single Half-Progenitor, so why would Lu Yin target them?
Could it be?
His face paled. Had someone discovered his humanoid sourcebox?
That was impossible. Only the Imperial Tutor and himself knew about this matter. No one else could have known about it. Even Yao Xuan did not know, let alone Lu Yin. For countless years, the Astral Beast Domain had kept this matter a secret in order to guard against the humans. They had only told each generation of Yao Emperors, and only two people in each generation knew about this matter. One was the Yao Emperor of that generation, and the other was Imperial Tutor Skymender.
It was impossible for Lu Yin to have a way to find out about this.
Then why did he hit him?
This wasn't just a beating, it was a threat.
He had no doubt that if he disobeyed, Leng Qing would slash at him.
Lu Yin sized up the Shifter Emperor. "When will you break through to the Progenitor realm?"
The Shifter Emperor bitterly replied, "Far away."
Lu Yin looked straight at the Shifter Emperor and opened his Celestial Eye. In an instant, he saw a giant Heavenly Yao. This was the Shifter Emperor's main body.
Heavenly Yao seemed to be condensed from spiritual force. Although they were astral beasts, no matter how one looked at them, they were the amalgamation of spiritual force. It was no wonder that no one could compare to Heavenly Yao in terms of spiritual force.
"With Heavenly Yao's talent in spiritual force, once you break through to the Progenitor realm, you will be extremely powerful."
Lu Yin sighed and did not allow the Shifter Emperor to speak. He looked at Leng Qing and asked, "Has there ever been a Heavenly Yao who broke through to the Progenitor realm?"
The Shifter Emperor subconsciously looked at Leng Qing, as he was also curious.
The Heavenly Yao originated from the Fourth Mainland, but as the continents shattered, the fragments of the Fourth Mainland and the Fifth Mainland merged to form the current Astral Beast Domain. Their understanding of their race's history had also become incomplete. If not for Imperial Tutor Skymender, he would not even know about the Desolate God.
However, he knew that the Heavenly Yao had Progenitors.
Leng Qing had a certain right to speak about that era.
Leng Qing and the Shifter Emperor looked at each other. "Yes."
Lu Yin was not surprised. Kui Luo had once said that the Lu family's ancient records stated that the Heavenly Yao was an extremely powerful race in the Fourth Mainland and had produced Progenitors. He wanted to confirm this now, as he had never thought of asking before.
The Shifter Emperor's eyes burned with passion. "Has there really been an Progenitor?"
Although there had been Progenitors for generations, the Shifter Emperor did not know how to break through to the Progenitor realm. From what he knew of history, there had never been an Progenitor Heavenly Yao, so he felt that it was unreal.
Leng Qing said, "Yes, there was an Ancestral Heavenly Yao in the Fourth Mainland. The Ancestral Heavenly Yao resolved the disaster of Gluttony."
The Shifter Emperor's breathing quickened. It was true. Their race could break through to the Progenitor realm. Leng Qing had confirmed the legend.
Astral beasts were different from humans. Humans had to break through three stages to break through to the Progenitor realm. However, due to the unique nature of astral beasts, some races did not need to break through the three stages. The Heavenly Yao was one such race. They were the amalgamation of spiritual force. Even if they were given an item of origin, it would be useless.
Generations of Shifter Emperors wanted to break through to the Progenitor realm, but they did not know how to do it. They would rather break through the three stages and reach the Progenitor realm than cultivate aimlessly.
Generations of Shifter Emperors died, and the Heavenly Yao's inability to break through to the Progenitor realm became an ironclad rule. Now, the Shifter Emperor saw hope.
As long as he could confirm that the Heavenly Yao could break through to the Progenitor realm, he would have a direction to cultivate.
"However, that Ancestral Heavenly Yao did not have a good ending." Leng Qing was indifferent. "He was killed by the Grim Reaper."
The Shifter Emperor was stunned and looked at Leng Qing in a daze.
Lu Yin raised his eyebrows. "Killed by the Grim Reaper?"
Leng Qing stared at the Shifter Emperor. "Anyone who wants to rebel against the Above Heaven Sect and the Progenitor should be killed. The Ancestral Heavenly Yao publicly slandered the Progenitor and claimed that his spiritual force was unbreakable. He even clamored to join forces with the Desolate God to break the Fourth Mainland away from the Above Heaven Sect. In the end, he was killed by the Grim Reaper and deserved to die."
"This matter caused a huge commotion in our era and led to the Grim Reaper's purge of the Fourth Mainland. It also led to a battle between the Grim Reaper and the Desolate God. We do not know the final result. We only know that the Ancestral Heavenly Yao completely disappeared from that era and never appeared again."
The Shifter Emperor fell silent.
Lu Yin longed for the Grim Reaper. He was truly a legendary existence.
He had seen the Grim Reaper several times when he had absorbed the aura of death. He had seen the Grim Reaper face countless powerful astral beasts and stain the skies with his blood. The Grim Reaper was the Above Heaven Sect's executioner who specialized in suppressing astral beasts. To humans, he was a guardian.
He had single-handedly killed astral beasts and caused their fear to be passed down from generation to generation. This was the Grim Reaper.
Lu Yin clearly remembered that he had used the Grim Reaper Transformation to suppress the Astral Beast Domain. That was an innate suppression that was branded into the astral beasts' bones and bloodline.
Lu Yin looked at the Shifter Emperor and knew that he had achieved his goal today. Leng Qing's threat and the Grim Reaper's fear were enough to make the Shifter Emperor behave for a while.
If not for the fact that he needed to stabilize the Astral Beast Domain, he would have killed the Shifter Emperor directly. However, he had other plans in mind. The Desolate God's existence was a variable, and perhaps one day, this variable would be useful.
Not long after, the Shifter Emperor retreated.
Leng Qing stood up and walked to the entrance of the main hall. She looked into the distance. "If it has any other thoughts, let me kill it."
Lu Yin replied, "I still have a use for it."
Leng Qing looked at Lu Yin with a solemn expression. "Even though I don't know why the Progenitor kept those astral beasts alive, there was a speculation back in our era that the Desolate God was the Progenitor's mount. The Progenitor took pity on the Desolate God's innate talent and could not bear to kill it. In the end, the Desolate God grew into one of the Six Paths of the Three Realms and protected the Astral Beast Domain.
The Grim Reaper had to face the Grim Reaper himself. "Headmaster, this cannot happen again."
Lu Yin nodded. "Don't worry."
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In a certain parallel space-time of the Boundless Battlefield, there were lines everywhere. Even the planets were in the shape of lines. They were rolling slowly, like rolling cylindrical continents. From afar, they looked like lines. Even the celestial bodies were in the shape of lines.
There were hundreds of empires of various sizes on this line of land, and they were constantly at war. This place was not disturbed by the Eternals, and the people on this land did not even know what the Eternals were. The strongest of them could not even set foot in outer space.
On this day, darkness enveloped the land and completely swallowed it up along with the hundreds of empires.
In the darkness, a pair of eyes opened, filled with anger and killing intent. "Wu Xing, you can't kill me. Once I obtain Wu Fa Celestial Eye, I'll surpass you and let you have a taste of being swallowed by darkness."
"Little brat from the Lu family, just you wait. I'll find you soon. You can't even use the power of Wu Fa Celestial Eye. And Lu Buzheng, don't even think about escaping."
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In the Three Sovereigns Spacetime, the rainbow wall had completely disappeared, and the monarch aura lingered around the entire spacetime. All that was left were ruins and countless shattered spaceships floating in space.
The Three Sovereigns Spacetime had completely become the Eternals' backyard. Eternal Kingdoms appeared one after another, and one of them was very close to the passage to the Fifth Mainland.
Although it was called an Eternal Kingdom, there was no one in it.
The people of the Three Sovereigns Spacetime had all been taken away by Lu Yin.
These Eternal Kingdoms were equivalent to empty cities, and these empty cities were left behind for the Fifth Mainland.
This place was too close to the Fifth Mainland, and it was only separated by a seal.
It was only a matter of time before the seal was broken.
Far away, Luo Shan stood quietly in the starry sky, looking at the seal with a cold gaze.
He would not let the Primordial Space off so easily. Even if the Eternals did not open this seal, he would do everything he could to open it. The Primordial Space, Above Heaven, Lu Yin, Chen Le, none of them would be able to escape. They would all be buried with the Three Sovereigns Spacetime. Also, the Starlords should all die.
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