Chapter 1 An Omen in the Night

In the dark night, beneath the bright moon, a vast shadow suddenly appeared, spanning the heaven and earth, obscuring the moonlight, like a falling star.

Though separated by thousands upon thousands of miles, a great wind had already risen in these mountains, sending sand and stones flying.

Its form was as large as a star, and its sound was even more boundless.

The sound of the armored vehicles speeding through the night was completely drowned out, and the creatures in the mountains and land were greatly shocked, the stronger ones trembling even more.

All looked up to the sky, feeling endless oppression in their hearts.

"Gou, Gou Huang?!"

Xu Xun was almost blown away by the wind between the mountains and forests. He used his saber as an anchor, thrusting it firmly into the stone wall to escape the disaster, while the four people in the forest were already trembling violently.

"How could this be?!"

Xu Xun only heard an extremely sharp cry, and then the three existences who seemed like celestial Buddhas in his eyes rose into the air, wanting to scatter like birds and beasts.

Only the blood-robed old man, in his shock, still let out a cold laugh. He stepped into the air, and a surging red light burst forth from behind him, vast as the sea, rushing like a waterfall against the current:

"This old man loves dog meat all his life, what can you do to me?!"

Whirr!

The blood light was like a tide, rolling and激荡, and the looming, sinister sword revealed its fierce might.

Even before it was fully drawn, an extremely sharp aura had already split the void, and visibly, flying sand, plants, and even the moonlight were torn apart!

"Even the Blood Lord Old Demon wouldn't dare to underestimate this Emperor so lightly. You trash, how dare you bare your teeth in front of this Emperor?"

The fierce sword light of slaughter soared into the sky, seeming to kill everything it passed, but what resounded in the high sky was a disdainful sneer:

"Seeking death!"

Boom!

A thunderclap from clear skies!

Xu Xun felt a stabbing pain in both ears, and blood was shaken out of his seven orifices by the sound waves. He was immediately horrified, covered his ears, and rolled away.

Looking up again, he saw that the huge shadow covering most of the moonlight had changed dramatically for a moment, as if the horns of thousands of speeding armored vehicles were blaring at the same time.

A fierce black claw as huge as a mountain descended from the sky, the armored fingers popping out with boundless sharpness. The void silently cracked under the violent trembling.

With just one press, the void outside these mountains seemed like a water-filled balloon being punctured!

"Ah!"

Accompanied by a shocking scream, the blood-robed old man was struck by lightning and fell from the high sky, crashing heavily into the mountains like a shooting star.

Boom!

Accompanied by the thunderous explosion, dozens of mountains trembled violently, and countless soil, sand, and rocks danced into the sky, and waves seemed to beat in all directions.

Xu Xun's expression changed drastically. He took a step and rushed into a stone crevice in the valley, looking out, only to see a cloud of destruction like a mushroom cloud exploding in the mountains.

Under the layers of diffusion of the huge shock wave, large swaths of mountain forests and vegetation were uprooted, and countless birds and beasts were submerged in the shock wave, wailing in panic.

"Immortal!"

Xu Xun's heart was filled with unspeakable shock.

"Ah!"

Xu Xun was shocked, but in the dust of the fallen ground, the blood-robed old man howled in extreme pain, the blood-red light around him seeming to burn:

"Blood Lord, my master!"

Bang!

But in the next moment, the black claw outlined by the shadow had fallen from the sky, suppressing the boiling air waves and dust in the mountains, and directly extinguished the raging blood light:

"No one in heaven or earth can save you. This Emperor said so!"

Boom!

The void trembled wildly, and endless blood light and shadows collided violently with each other. In an instant, they had collided countless times.

Finally, with a resounding metallic clang that lasted for a long time, the boiling spiritual energy slowly calmed down.

"Blood Lord, if you want to come, just come. Being secretive only makes you lose face as a true immortal from the upper realm!"

The arrogant and mocking voice resounded through the mountains, penetrating directly into the void.

In the disappearing red light, there seemed to be a tremor of will, which had already disappeared without a trace.

Huff~

Endless pressure accompanied the shadow, and in an instant, the previously boiling mountains fell into a dead silence. All things heard its voice and shut their mouths, as if they dared not speak.

The wind dared not move when it saw its face, and the clouds stopped flowing when it saw its form!

"This, is he dead?!"

The eyelids of the few people who had fled with transformed light twitched, and they immediately burned their primordial spirit energy and desperately tried to escape.

But in the next moment, the three of them changed color at the same time.

An infinitely large suction force suddenly descended upon them from the void. In an instant, their burning primordial spirit, boiling blood energy, and divine power melted away like ice and snow.

"Devouring the heavens and earth?!"

The Daoist priest's heart pounded wildly. He suddenly turned his head and felt that the world in front of him had become two distinct parts in his eyes.

Substance and illusion were overlapping and changing.

A giant dog as large as a star and moon was opening its mouth to swallow, its body unknown where it was. Just by opening its mouth, the three of them could feel their bodies approaching disintegration, and their primordial spirits were dispersing!

It seemed that they would be annihilated and completely destroyed in the next moment!

"Gou Huang, spare my life! This poor Daoist has not done anything for that Blood Lord Old Demon!"

The Daoist priest was extremely frightened and begged for mercy like a whimper: "Old Celestial Master said, 'Freedom is permitted where the law does not forbid.' My meeting with this person is not a crime worthy of death!"

Huff~

The hurricane that seemed to devour the heavens and earth dissipated into nothingness. The three of them were drenched in cold sweat. Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the surrounding void had already changed, turning into another world.

These were the mountains after the storm had passed. The vegetation that had been swept by the hurricane had already returned to normal, and not a speck of dust remained.

"Gou, Gou Huang..."

The three of them trembled, fell to the ground, and looked at the shadow that seemed to be in front of them and yet infinitely far away. Their faces were pale.

In their hearts, they cursed the blood-robed old man for being inhuman, actually dragging them to their deaths with such meager means.

"This Emperor is not human, but you are not worthy of being dogs!"

A gleam of light flashed in the shadows, and a yellow dog with thick fur and a slender body like a lion stepped out unhurriedly. Its head was held high, and its deep eyes drooped down, naturally carrying a look of disdain.

Its aura was not obvious, but it seemed to surpass the majesty of the king of beasts.

"Gou Huang..."

The old monk's body shook like a sieve, and his teeth chattered. He had seen a Sky-Supporting Lion King in the Eastern Land, whose power was unparalleled, but it was far less powerful than the old yellow dog in front of him.

This was the legendary dog left by the first Old Celestial Master, a peerless giant dog of the same generation as Sa the Old Celestial Master, with a status even higher than that of the Capital City Surveillance Great Spirit Official.

"Gou Huang, spare our lives! We didn't want to be enemies with the Divine Court, but we were bewitched, we were bewitched..."

The Confucian scholar also repeatedly bowed and saluted, his expression nervous, fearful, and horrified.

They were both in the Primordial Spirit Realm, but they couldn't even escape in front of him?

"...It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be..."

The Daoist priest trembled, but his heart was filled with disbelief.

Legend has it that this old dog, who has lived for ninety thousand years, has been asleep for thousands of years. How could it suddenly awaken and just happen to hear their conversation?

This is too outrageous!

"Old Wang wanted to kill all the demonic influences in the past, but this Emperor stopped him. You are also beasts. It's fine if you don't appreciate this Emperor's kindness, but how dare you collude with outsiders to belittle this Emperor?"

"I am furious!"

Gou Huang patrolled his territory like a beast king, and with just one glance from his yellowed eyes, the three monks, Buddhas, and Daoists in front of him let out a 'whimper'.

Terrified, shocked, unwilling, they transformed into their original forms, prostrating on the ground and wailing.

They were a fox, a civet cat, and a bear.

"Demons? They're all demons?"

Xu Xun, in the distance in the stone crevice, watched this scene, and a chill rose in his heart. So, there wasn't a single human? They were all demons?!

"Gou Huang, spare us!"

Amidst the wailing and whimpering, the three great demons who had transformed into their original forms kowtowed repeatedly, looking extremely pitiful.

"This Emperor has been a vegetarian for many years. Your meager flesh is not worthy of this Emperor's mouth."

Gou Huang glanced at the three great demons indifferently, his attitude cold and with undisguised disgust: "This Emperor is most annoyed by you ignorant wastes!

You just condensed your Primordial Spirits, and you dare to interfere in the affairs of the two realms. Do you think your thousands of years of cultivation can compare to this Emperor's ninety thousand years of cultivation?!"

Gou Huang shook his head, feeling bored, and only felt that he had saved a group of fools.

In the nearly ninety thousand years of long life, the nine levels of Tongtian expanded to twelve levels of Tongtian.

Nourishing Qi, Receiving Talismans, Tempering, Natal, Entering the Dao, Becoming True, Tribulation Transcending, Dao Foundation, and Dharma Appearance were followed by the deduction of the three major realms of Purity, Destiny, and Perfection.

Although these three realms also belong to the Primordial Spirit, the gap between each step is as large as the sea.

If it weren't for seeing the aura of that Blood Lord, just by opening his mouth on the moon, Gou Huang would have been able to kill the three newly advanced Dharma Appearance demons by shaking them.

Of course, he had more important things to do in the lower realm.

"The Divine Court has its own laws for punishment. This Emperor is too lazy to care. Those who deserve to die can just die."

After Gou Huang finished speaking, he was too lazy to pay attention to these three foolish demons and casually glanced at the mountain crevice in the distance:

"You've been listening for so long, it's time to come out."

"Me?"

Xu Xun's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but walk out of his hiding place, as if being pulled by an invisible force, obediently passing through the mountains and forests to the center of the valley.

Looking at the little one below, Gou Huang's eyes became gentle, and his thoughts drifted back to ninety thousand years ago.

That day was exactly three hundred years after his master had left.

Sa Wuling had returned from pacifying the chaos in the distance, and Gou Huang was wailing in the wilderness.

That day was also the last time he had listened to his master's instructions.

The instruction Sa Wuling received was to seal the 'Wrath' born in this epoch like a coffin, while the instruction he received was to descend to the lower realm at this time and look for someone...

Gou Huang carefully looked at the little one in front of him, causing the latter to feel chills down his spine and his heart to pound wildly.

Unfortunately, no matter how he looked, he couldn't see anything unusual about this little one.

A mortal who encountered four great demons with ill intentions and could still be alive now also had some luck.

But, it seemed that was all. If he hadn't appeared, he would have been pinched to death at will.

However, this was, after all, his master's entrustment, his dying wish...

Suppressing the intense longing in his heart, Gou Huang spoke softly, carefully, fearing that he might shake the little one to death: "What's your name?"

"I..."

Xu Xun's throat moved, and looking at the huge dog in front of him, he didn't know why, but he no longer felt fear. After taking a deep breath, he opened his mouth:

"My name is Xu Xun, courtesy name Shengyang..."