His parents, also beast tamers, were conscripted to protect ordinary people.
During an evacuation mission, they encountered an attack by powerful extraordinary creatures. None of his parents survived.
Zheng Dong was stunned when he received the notification.
There were no remains.
His parents and all the beast tamers who participated in that operation died with no trace, all devoured by the extraordinary creatures.
Zheng Dong wanted revenge, but his talent was mediocre, and he was only an intermediate beast tamer. He could do nothing.
Even if he found the extraordinary creatures that killed his parents, he would only be a delicacy delivered to their doorstep, not enough for them to eat.
Zheng Dong yearned for power.
He sought every method to change himself and become stronger.
To that end, he did not hesitate to join the Fire God Cult and subjected himself to various bloodline potions.
As long as he could become stronger, he was willing to pay any price.
He suddenly understood that only absolute strength could change everything, even traverse time and space to resurrect his deceased parents.
His efforts soon bore fruit. He grew from an intermediate beast tamer to a legendary beast tamer, successfully avenging his parents.
However, this was not enough. He needed to continue growing stronger.
For this purpose, he once again entered the Netherworld Ghost King Realm and obtained the inheritance of the Netherworld Ghost King God.
Seeing this moment, the projection of the Starry Sky Supreme could not help but nod.
People like Zheng Dong, with a strong obsession, would grow regardless of the adversity they faced.
Obsession was their driving force.
However, it was also their greatest weakness.
The Starry Sky Supreme cared more about whether one could become stronger.
As for weaknesses, if one was strong enough to be invincible, weaknesses would naturally disappear.
He used the power of the Star Tree to weave increasingly difficult living environments for Zheng Dong to face.
If he could not withstand the pressure and fell, he would lose the opportunity to obtain his inheritance and would be discarded outside the light sphere.
For example, the Starry Sky Dragon Rock Beast.
This creature was indeed stronger than when it participated in the previous trial, but it still could not withstand the pressure of adversity and ultimately chose to compromise and accept its fate.
The Starry Sky Thunder God Beast chose self-destruction, ending its own life.
The Starry Sky Magnetic Burst Beast endured the pressure of the initial stages, but as the pressure increased, it could not withstand it and completely collapsed, losing its sanity.
As more and more Starry Sky Giant Beasts failed the trial, the projection of the Starry Sky Supreme grew increasingly disappointed.
He had actually perished long ago.
However, he wanted to find a successor.
This obsession forced him to use time and space power in the past to project his image into the present.
Each projection required a considerable amount of energy.
For this reason, his past self left behind at least twelve projections across various future timelines.
Each projection would initiate a succession trial.
The previous nine trials had all failed.
If all of them failed, his inheritance would go uninherited.
Quality over quantity!
This was his nature; he would not change just because his inheritance was broken.
As more and more participants were eliminated, the projection of the Starry Sky Supreme refocused its gaze on Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong was seen enveloped in starlight.
His consciousness was still within the world woven by the Starry Sky Supreme.
This was a world that was both illusory and incredibly real, created by the Starry Sky Supreme using the divine skill, Starlight Illusionary Realm.
The Starlight Illusionary Realm would extend an incredibly real world based on Zheng Dong's memories.
This illusory world would constantly change according to the Starry Sky Supreme's requirements.
Because of this, Zheng Dong would continuously encounter setbacks.
He was like a castaway in the world, getting choked even when drinking water.
But after each tribulation, he would become stronger.
Finally, he condensed a nascent divine spark again.
This time, he condensed the divine spark with the Law of Balance as its core.
The entire condensation process seemed to have actually happened.
If Zheng Dong had to condense a divine spark again, this experience would save him a lot of trouble and provide him with valuable experience.
This trial could be considered an opportunity for Zheng Dong.
Afterward, he continued to suffer tribulations and cultivate.
However, he still could not become a mythical beast tamer.
The improvement of his beast-taming space was more difficult than he had anticipated.
Unable to do anything, he decided to first enhance his own strength and help his pets become gods.
He re-condensed the Nether God Body and gradually transformed it into a bloodline divine body.
He further integrated and mastered bloodline power.
When all his pets had grown into lower gods, he used their power to attempt to break through his beast-taming space.
The beast-taming space was strengthened again and showed signs of breaking through.
But it was still a little short.
Zheng Dong had to stop for the time being and continue to improve his own and his pets' strength.
After a life-and-death tribulation, Zheng Dong's mastery of bloodline power became more thorough. He merged all his bloodline powers with his own, making his bloodline the strongest divine blood.
He then attempted to condense a divine spark again.
Unfortunately, the nascent divine spark was unstable and collapsed during the condensation process.
Zheng Dong's strength was damaged.
However, he did not give up. He re-condensed a nascent divine spark, using his own bloodline power as the core, and integrated various laws to condense an even stronger nascent divine spark.
However, at this point, his consciousness returned to reality.
He then remembered that he was still undergoing the Starry Sky Supreme's trial.
Looking around, he was shrouded in starlight and could see nothing.
The projection of the Starry Sky Supreme appeared before him.
He looked at Zheng Dong but did not speak.
The next second, Zheng Dong felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his vision went black, and he seemed to have plunged into an endless abyss.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally landed at the bottom of the abyss.
He could see nothing around him; it was pitch black, and a cold, terrifying aura emanated from all directions.
Various terrifying abyssal extraordinary creatures surged towards him.
Each one was incredibly powerful, having condensed a divine spark and emitting powerful energy fluctuations.
Zheng Dong had no choice but to use his Nether God Body to resist.
He discovered that he could summon and use all his pets except Little Zi.
Little Zi was also undergoing the trial and naturally could not help him.
He did not know where he was.
He could only desperately resist the attacks of the surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures.
An Abyssal Blackwater Python spat out countless venomous liquids at him.
The venom emitted a special scent that was alluring and tempting, making people unable to resist touching it.
As long as one came into contact with the venom, not only would their body be corroded, but their soul and consciousness would also be corroded, leading to complete death.
Zheng Dong used the bloodline power of the Candle Dragon to slow down the flow of time for the surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures.
This way, he could deal with the attacks more calmly.
Seeing the venomous liquid spraying towards him, Zheng Dong used spatial teleportation to evade the area covered by the venom.
Immediately after, he appeared behind the Abyssal Blackwater Python.
He unleashed the divine skill, Devouring Black Hole.
After becoming a legendary beast tamer, Zheng Dong could imprint divine-level skills.
He had mastered several quasi-divine and divine-level skills from Little Zi, Youyou, and Ling'er.
With a palm strike, Zheng Dong unleashed the Devouring Black Hole behind the Abyssal Blackwater Python. The terrifying suction immediately pulled half of the Abyssal Blackwater Python into it.
The Abyssal Blackwater Python looked back at Zheng Dong in terror.
Everything happened too suddenly for it. It struggled in anger, trying to pull its body out of the Devouring Black Hole.
Unfortunately, all its efforts were in vain.
As it was about to be completely sucked into the Devouring Black Hole, the Abyssal Blackwater Python decisively tore off more than half of its body and fled in panic.
Zheng Dong frowned slightly.
If Little Zi had used the Devouring Black Hole, she would certainly not have let the Abyssal Blackwater Python escape.
Because Little Zi had condensed a divine spark, she could not mobilize the corresponding law power to unleash the full power of the Devouring Black Hole, which gave the Abyssal Blackwater Python a chance to escape.
This meant that the power of the imprinted divine skill he used could only be unleashed at seventy to eighty percent of its maximum.
What to do?
It would be better to use bloodline power, as the attack effect would be better.
If only he could imprint a divine spark.
Zheng Dong was shocked by his own thought.
Imprinting a divine spark was impossible for him with his current abilities.
Perhaps becoming a mythical beast tamer would offer a chance.
Zheng Dong repelled the Abyssal Blackwater Python.
However, the other surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures were not scared; instead, more gathered.
Zheng Dong gradually fell into crisis.
He summoned Youyou and released the god-level undead sealed in the Netherworld Hell.
These god-level undead, transformed from the corpses of Starry Sky Giant Badgers, were not very strong in combat. Fortunately, their numbers were sufficient.
Their drawback was that they could not maintain their strength for too long.
Each god-level undead could fight for a maximum of two to three days.
Zheng Dong planned to kill the surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures and transform their corpses into undead to expand his own strength.
Under Youyou's command, the god-level undead cooperated with each other, continuously eliminating the surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures.
Youyou itself also unleashed its divine skill, Mirror World.
As the eerie Mirror World appeared, the surrounding environment also changed, seemingly becoming larger.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that many things had become similar, such as the scattered stones on the ground and the withered vines in the distance.
Youyou, within the coverage of the Mirror World, actively attracted the attacks of the surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures.
It continuously provoked them, making many god-level extraordinary creatures grit their teeth in anger.
Yet, despite their desperate attacks on Youyou, they found themselves unable to kill it.
Within the Mirror World, Youyou could transfer all attack power.
And the Youyou perceived by all god-level creatures was not necessarily its true form.
It could appear anywhere in the Mirror World at any time.
Unless the Mirror World was broken, Youyou could not be killed.
At the same time, Zheng Dong took the opportunity to ambush those god-level extraordinary creatures that had just unleashed their divine skills to attack Youyou.
In this way, they gradually gained a foothold here and even began to control the situation.
This was not what the Starry Sky Supreme wanted to see.
He looked at Zheng Dong in surprise.
He had expected these god-level extraordinary creatures to put immense pressure on Zheng Dong.
But the outcome exceeded his expectations.
He decided to continue increasing the number of surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures.
The trial continued, and Zheng Dong had not truly awakened from the Starlight Illusionary Realm.
The Starry Sky Supreme had merely played a small trick, making Zheng Dong mistakenly believe he had woken up, returned to reality, and fallen into the abyss.
He wanted to force out Zheng Dong's potential through a life-and-death tribulation.
This kind of extremely realistic tempering would undoubtedly be of great benefit to Zheng Dong.
He could continuously accumulate experience.
At this moment, roars echoed around, and more god-level extraordinary creatures gathered.
Having no other choice, he had to continue fighting.
As god-level extraordinary creatures fell one by one, Youyou also transformed them into undead, continuously strengthening its own forces.
However, as the number of god-level extraordinary creatures grew exponentially, these undead could no longer withstand the attacks, and more and more of them fell.
Gradually, the gains could not cover the losses.
More undead fell than god-level extraordinary creatures were killed.
What to do?
Zheng Dong had no choice but to summon Ling'er and have her release a large number of elemental spirits.
The strength of elemental spirits of light, darkness, wind, fire, etc., could rival some weaker god-level extraordinary creatures.
However, the strength of most elemental spirits was not very high, and they could only serve as cannon fodder.
The purpose of these elemental spirits was to consume the power of the surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures.
To escape the predicament, Zheng Dong still had to rely on himself.
Zheng Dong continuously unleashed various bloodline powers and released his bloodline clones to resist the attacks of the surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures.
Youyou also transformed into its Tower of the Undead form and activated the Netherworld Hell.
It also used mirror clones, hoping to lure all the surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures into the Netherworld Hell.
The battle continued, and the pressure on Zheng Dong grew.
However, he did not give up.
In the previous trials, he had accumulated a vast amount of experience and continuously grew in adversity.
This time, relying on his previous experience, he diligently sought his breakthrough point.
He pushed his bloodline power to the extreme and then attempted to merge them.
He decided that if he could merge three hundred and sixty-five kinds of bloodline powers into one in the previous trial, he could still do it now.
However, the Starry Sky Supreme intentionally made things difficult for him, causing him to fail multiple fusion attempts.
Only when Youyou was heavily injured and he was about to collapse did he succeed in merging them.
Instantly, he unleashed even greater power.
Phantoms of god-level extraordinary creatures from the mythical era appeared around Zheng Dong: Candle Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Suppressing Prison Divine Elephant, Earth Titan, and so on.
Each one was a top-tier existence.
Zheng Dong, using his bloodline power, mobilized the law power they possessed, unleashing even stronger attacks.
Large numbers of god-level extraordinary creatures fell.
But to Zheng Dong's despair, even more god-level extraordinary creatures gathered.
Zheng Dong persevered, continuously breaking through.
He attempted to transform his Nether God Body into a bloodline divine body.
With the experience from before, he succeeded quite quickly.
Zheng Dong gained even greater strength.
Most of the surrounding god-level extraordinary creatures could not truly harm his bloodline divine body; only a few powerful god-level extraordinary creatures posed a threat to him.
He began to counterattack, killing more and more god-level extraordinary creatures.
These fallen god-level extraordinary creatures were quickly transformed into undead by Youyou and joined the battle.
Gradually, Zheng Dong regained the advantage.
Seeing this, the projection of the Starry Sky Supreme smiled.
Except for the fact that Zheng Dong himself was not a Starry Sky Giant Beast, he was satisfied with all other aspects.
At this point, Zheng Dong had barely passed this trial.
However, he still had to continue.
The Starry Sky Supreme wanted Zheng Dong to experience a death that was infinitely close to reality.