Yanhuang was gradually developing for the better, with many even believing that Yanhuang would return to its most prosperous peak.
Of course, this was only what ordinary people thought.
The high-level officials of Yanhuang, such as Long Zhen Chuanshuo, were still very worried about the future situation.
On one hand, they were seizing the opportunity to train beast tamers, and on the other hand, they were researching new high-tech weapons.
Hoping that humanity would remain strong.
They did not know that Zheng Dong had already returned to Yanhuang.
Zheng Dong had no intention of contacting them.
He had Jingjing block the satellite signals, suspended in the high altitude, in a state of complete invisibility.
For the next two weeks, Zheng Dong was recuperating from his injuries.
Once his body had fully recovered, he planned to search for resources that could aid the evolution of the Time-Space Cat Demon and enhance his comprehension of the laws of time and space.
However, Zheng Dong did not have a clear goal.
He didn't know where he could find resources to assist the evolution of the Time-Space Cat Demon, so he could only use the Law of Destiny to follow his intuition.
Before leaving, he had specifically observed the situation around the Imperial Capital Base City.
Several more Totem Kingdoms had appeared around it, but none dared to attack Yanhuang.
Furthermore, the number of extraordinary creatures around the Imperial Capital Base City had also decreased significantly.
All the smarter Emperor-level and Overlord-level extraordinary creatures had moved far away from the Imperial Capital Base City.
They seemed to realize that Yanhuang was not to be trifled with, and they did not want to become practice targets for Yanhuang's beast tamers.
The Icefield Snowmen that Zheng Dong had left in the various base cities were still faithfully guarding them.
They dared not betray Zheng Dong in the slightest.
Thus, Zheng Dong could leave with peace of mind.
He followed his intuition and headed southwest.
After walking for a long time, he left Yanhuang, passed through several Totem Kingdoms, and arrived near a volcanic cluster with overlapping mountain ranges.
This area should have originally belonged to some other world.
After merging with Blue Star, it had not changed much, and the extraordinary creatures living in this region rarely left.
Thus, Zheng Dong encountered many extraordinary creatures that he had not seen on Blue Star before.
Of course, he was not very concerned about these extraordinary creatures.
He was more focused on the surrounding resources.
He summoned Little Zi and had her use her treasure-hunting talent to search for resources.
Unfortunately, the harvest was not ideal.
He did not find any resources that could help the Time-Space Cat Demon evolve.
Could his intuition be wrong?
Zheng Dong suspected he might have gone in the wrong direction.
He checked carefully and found that he had not gone in the wrong direction, so he personally led Little Zi to search again.
However, he still did not find any usable resources.
Just as Zheng Dong was about to give up, an inverted active volcano appeared in the sky.
The volcano was spewing thick black smoke, as if it were about to engulf the entire world.
Could the resources he was looking for be in the other world that was about to descend?
Zheng Dong looked up at the sky.
The other worlds were descending more frequently now, and each one was very large.
Perhaps in some time, the world would be completely merged.
Zheng Dong was not in a hurry and waited for the other world to integrate with Blue Star.
He did not wait long. A few hours later, this other world successfully merged with Blue Star.
Immediately, Zheng Dong entered it with Little Zi.
This other world was vast, but it consisted of only one volcano.
A giant volcano stood in the center of the world, piercing the sky from afar.
Such a massive volcano, with its eruption, would shake the entire world.
Zheng Dong and Little Zi walked for hundreds of miles, but they did not find a single extraordinary creature.
This might be a forbidden zone.
No extraordinary creatures survived here.
This kind of situation should not have happened.
Although the environment here was harsh, in Zheng Dong's understanding, there were still many extraordinary creatures that could adapt.
This meant that the environment was not the reason for this place becoming a forbidden zone.
Zheng Dong had Little Zi use her treasure-hunting talent to search for resources, and they found many skeletons.
These skeletons were left by powerful God-level extraordinary creatures and could be considered God-level resources, but they were not of much use to Zheng Dong.
After careful examination, Zheng Dong discovered that these skeletons had been burned.
Perhaps they were killed by fire when they were alive.
Continuing his search, Zheng Dong still did not find any extraordinary creatures.
However, the closer he got to the volcano, the more skeletons were piled up underground.
These skeletons were buried under volcanic ash, and no matter how many years had passed, they had not corroded.
If they were used to make bone knives, then perhaps all the beast tamers in Yanhuang could have one each.
Not finding the resources he wanted, Zheng Dong looked at the towering giant volcano in the distance.
The crater was emitting thick black smoke, and it seemed that it would erupt again soon.
When that happened, lava would surge out, and it would be even more difficult to find resources.
Therefore, Zheng Dong, with Little Zi, created numerous clones and divided them to search separately.
As the search for resources accelerated, they also got closer and closer to the volcano.
Zheng Dong also saw a massive skeleton on the mountainside of the volcano. Most of the skeleton was buried underground, with the remaining one-third still exposed.
The skeleton was as white as mutton-fat jade, as if it were carved from a giant piece of jade.
What surprised Zheng Dong the most was that there was a faint halo flowing on the skeleton.
This seemed to be the power of time and space.
Without hesitation, Zheng Dong, with Little Zi, flew towards it.
The closer they got, the more immense it seemed.
Could this skeleton be left by some Starry Sky Giant Beast?
Besides Starry Sky Giant Beasts, Zheng Dong could not imagine what kind of extraordinary creature could grow so large that its remains alone were comparable to a mountain thousands of meters high.
Zheng Dong approached the giant skeleton but did not get too close immediately.
Skeletons that still had power fluctuations might be dangerous.
He created a clone, and the clone tentatively touched it, but there was no reaction.
He then tried to break off a piece of bone.
But after trying for a long time, he could not break it.
This skeleton was even harder than he had anticipated.
What kind of extraordinary creature's remains were these?
Zheng Dong examined it carefully for a long time but could not identify it.
The power of time and space emanating from the skeleton was indeed helpful to the Time-Space Cat Demon.
Zheng Dong summoned the Time-Space Cat Demon.
He had it try to absorb and comprehend the power of time and space from the skeleton.
The Time-Space Cat Demon was quite obedient.
It also knew that absorbing the power of time and space from the skeleton would be of great benefit to it, so it diligently absorbed it.
As the power of time and space from the skeleton flowed into the Time-Space Cat Demon's body bit by bit, the skeleton, which was originally like mutton-fat jade, gradually became normal, gradually becoming no different from ordinary skeletons.
Until all the power of time and space on the skeleton was refined and absorbed by the Time-Space Cat Demon, a phantom appeared.
It was a giant extraordinary creature, resembling a sable but with nine tails.
The Nine-Tailed Divine Sable, in its life, possessed strength close to that of a Sovereign.
It did not originally master the power of time and space, but only the power of space, and condensed a divine spark with the law of space.
After obtaining the divine artifact, the Time-Space Corridor, it actively transformed its power into the power of time and space.
It did this in an attempt to break through to the Sovereign realm.
Unfortunately, before it could succeed, it perished.
Zheng Dong recognized the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable through the memories of the Starry Sky Supreme.
Although the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable had not yet become a Sovereign, its strength ranked among the top ten among the God-kings of the mythical era, and it was the most likely to become a Sovereign.
It had offended the Purgatory Divine Phoenix, a Sovereign under the Chaos Divine Phoenix, and wanted to seek refuge with the Starry Sky Supreme.
The Starry Sky Supreme felt that its ambition was too great and that it was not genuinely seeking refuge, so he did not take it in.
Zheng Dong did not expect that the remains of the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable would appear here.
Could it have been killed by the Purgatory Divine Phoenix?
Zheng Dong guessed, but he was more concerned about whether the Time-Space Corridor in the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable's possession had fallen nearby.
If he could obtain the Time-Space Corridor, Zheng Dong could use it to comprehend the laws of time and space, and perhaps even develop a Time-Space Domain.
Immediately, Zheng Dong prepared to dig out the remains of the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable, clear the surrounding volcanic ash, and search for the Time-Space Corridor.
Digging out the remains of the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable would be quite strenuous if done purely by hand.
Zheng Dong directly had Little Zi transform into a Star Devourer.
Little Zi in her Star Devourer form was terrifyingly large. With a few swipes of her claws, she could excavate the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable's skeleton buried deep underground.
But unfortunately, the Time-Space Corridor was not found.
Under the remains of the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable, more corpses were buried, all of which had only skeletons left. In life, they had at least the combat power of a High God.
Zheng Dong identified many of the skeletons as belonging to the Purgatory Phoenix.
The Purgatory Phoenix clan was numerous, all descendants of the Sovereign-level Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
Logically, they would not leave corpses after death; they would either be reborn through nirvana or turn to ashes.
However, under the remains of the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable, there were dozens of Purgatory Phoenix skeletons.
These Purgatory Phoenixes should have been killed by the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable before they could undergo nirvana.
Zheng Dong felt a dense fire element energy from these phoenix skeletons.
Unfortunately, he did not find any Sovereign-level Purgatory Divine Phoenix skeletons.
The Sovereign-level Purgatory Divine Phoenix should not have been unable to deal with the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable.
The Time-Space Corridor might have fallen into its hands.
At this time, the Time-Space Cat Demon had also broken through its growth level, reaching the Totem level.
It had also comprehended a quasi-divine skill, Time-Space Freeze.
Time-Space Freeze could freeze everything, including the opponent's attacking power.
When encountering an opponent of the same level, even if the opponent had already unleashed an attack skill, the Time-Space Cat Demon could freeze it, leaving it frozen in place as if it were a statue.
However, with the Time-Space Cat Demon's current abilities, it could not maintain this Time-Space Freeze for too long.
In addition, the Time-Space Cat Demon also obtained some memories from the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable.
It turned out that the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable was pursued by the Purgatory Divine Phoenix and could not escape in the end. It was trapped within the Purgatory Divine Phoenix's divine kingdom and attacked by countless Purgatory Phoenixes.
Although it was confident in dealing with these Purgatory Phoenixes, it was no match for the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
The Purgatory Divine Phoenix used the power of its divine kingdom to suppress it and then killed it in one fell swoop.
It died.
Unfortunately, although it was one of the most powerful God-kings, it did not even scratch the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
It was then that it truly realized the gap between a God-king and a Sovereign.
It was unwilling and died with its eyes wide open, leaving behind its inherited power, hoping that its successor would kill the Purgatory Divine Phoenix in its stead.
The Time-Space Cat Demon told Zheng Dong the memories it had obtained.
Zheng Dong did not pay too much attention to it. He instructed the Time-Space Cat Demon to properly comprehend the memories of the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable related to the power of time and space, and then looked towards the volcano's crater.
He wanted to see if the Purgatory Divine Phoenix was in the volcano.
Although the Purgatory Divine Phoenix was not injured by the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable, it might have been killed or severely injured by other extraordinary creatures at the end of the mythical era.
Otherwise, its divine kingdom would not have become another world and devolved into a forbidden zone.
Zheng Dong, out of curiosity, continued upwards with Little Zi.
The closer he got to the crater, the higher the temperature became.
The scorching heat could easily melt steel.
Even Zheng Dong, who had condensed a divine spark, felt somewhat uncomfortable.
He used his bloodline divine body to unleash purifying flames, isolating himself from the scorching heat outside.
Only then did he feel a bit more comfortable.
Little Zi also felt uncomfortable from the heat, so she simply hid in Zheng Dong's beast-taming space.
Upon reaching the crater, Zheng Dong looked at the churning lava below with surprise.
The lava churned, creating waves tens or even hundreds of meters high.
Zheng Dong then realized that this volcano was larger than he had anticipated.
Standing at one end of the crater, he could not even see the other side.
This also made the lava below look like an ocean of lava.
Zheng Dong used his perception-type skills to try to perceive through the countless lava to see if there was a Purgatory Divine Phoenix below.
Unfortunately, after perceiving for a long time, he found nothing.
Blocked by the scorching lava, he could not fully perceive the situation inside the volcano.
Therefore, Zheng Dong decided to enter the volcano to take a look.
Just then, the volcano erupted.
The scorching lava surged out, shooting thousands of meters into the sky.
Zheng Dong had no choice but to use spatial teleportation to leave the crater.
He could only wait for the volcanic eruption to finish before investigating the situation inside the volcano and searching for the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
As long as he found the Purgatory Divine Phoenix, he would have a chance to find the divine artifact, the Time Corridor.
He learned from the memories of the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable that the Time Corridor was not a divine artifact crafted by some powerful being, but was born naturally.
After countless years of tempering, the Time Corridor had long become a top-tier divine artifact.
Unfortunately, before the Nine-Tailed Divine Sable could use the Time Corridor, it was killed by the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
On the other side, the Abyss Dragon God quickly recovered its strength after retrieving the Abyss Devouring God Well. It could now contend with any God-king-level extraordinary creature.
Even an ordinary Sovereign would have difficulty dealing with it.
With its strength restored, the Abyss Dragon God re-established its Totem Kingdom and gathered a large number of Western dragons.
It wanted to recover as soon as possible and become a Supreme Being again.
To this end, it meticulously prepared a sacrifice to enhance its strength and speed up its healing process.
This sacrifice would involve sacrificing its Totem Kingdom and the extraordinary creatures from several other worlds that had descended nearby.
The Abyss Dragon God sat on its throne in the main hall of its Totem Kingdom and ordered its subordinate God-level extraordinary creatures to collect the resources needed for the sacrifice.
In its eyes, everyone could become its pawn, a resource for its growth.
Including these God-level extraordinary creatures carrying out missions.
In the end, they would all be sacrificed by it.
It would stop at nothing to gain greater power.
Many extraordinary creatures around did not know its intentions. Seeing its power, they came to pledge allegiance to it.
Among them were some God-level extraordinary creatures who wanted to break through and hoped to receive its guidance.
The Eight-Headed Serpent, under the command of the man in black, rushed over and pledged allegiance to the Abyss Dragon God.
The Abyss Dragon God looked down at the Eight-Headed Serpent from above.
"Eight-Headed Serpent, your strength is quite good, but why do you still come to pledge allegiance to me?"