Zhang Ji became the greatest disaster and nightmare of Xichuan Town, leaving a trail of blood and bones wherever he went.

Xichuan Town was filled with people on edge, living in fear and anxiety.

"Whoosh~"

A gust of fishy wind swirled.

Zhang Ji arrived before the Tiger Phase Heavenly Stele, his fifty-meter-long blood-red serpentine body coiling around it.

The heavenly stele stood tall in the ruins of the High-Tech Zone, engraved with patterns of ancient people cultivating the land, exuding a grand and ancient aura, incredibly old.

"Those people with the Tiger Phase were drawn into the heavenly stele. I wonder if they're dead or alive, and if they'll ever come back..."

Zhang Ji mused.

It wasn't that he had suddenly developed a sense of compassion to care about others, but rather he was thinking about the future possibility of a Snake Phase Heavenly Stele. If the people from the Tiger Phase Heavenly Stele could return, he might be able to learn something and prepare accordingly.

At the same time.

On an ancient continent, the primeval forests were dense and lush, the rich Heaven and Earth spiritual energy surging like mist, with spiritual essences and great medicines scattered everywhere, and strange spiritual fruits readily available.

In the void, a great sun hung suspended. Upon closer inspection, it wasn't a sun at all, but rather a projection of an ancient divine tiger, showering the surrounding world with sunlight.

This was the Tiger Phase Secret Realm.

The inheritance space of the Tiger Phase Heavenly Stele.

Overlooking the countless mountains and valleys, one could see countless tigers of varying fur colors running through the mountains, like primordial ferocious beasts emerging from their nests, their baleful auras billowing. The smallest were thirty meters in size. Some traveled alone for thousands of miles to eat meat, while others formed packs to hunt and kill.

Majestic and terrifying tiger roars rose and fell, echoing through the mountains like muffled thunder.

Beneath a cliff.

Zhu Tiandao lay prone in the shadows, his golden fur as lustrous as silk, his body reaching thirty meters. He had evolved seven times, becoming far stronger than he was in Xichuan Town.

However, he was trembling. His amber eyes warily scanned his surroundings. The slightest rustle would make him tuck his tail between his legs, filled with fear and unease.

He had been here for three months, though he didn't know how long had passed outside.

But every day felt like a year. He had to be wary of being hunted by other tigers. Although spiritual essences and medicines were everywhere, and there were countless rare and exotic fruits, as well as mysterious Tiger Clan inheritances, he didn't dare to seek them out.

Because this place, besides the people from Xichuan Town, also contained creatures from other life-bearing planets. Countless tigers gathered here, devouring each other, hunting, and evolving.

He was afraid. He didn't dare to go out. All he wanted was to find a safe place to hide, to survive, and wait to leave this place.

"My battlefield isn't in the wilderness, but on the dissection table!"

Zhu Tiandao muttered in fear.

At this moment, he missed the days in Xichuan Town, where he was protected by Zhang Ji, without worrying about his life. He only needed to worry about which unlucky ghost he would be dissecting tomorrow.

He missed and longed for that kind of life.

"Lord Snake, I miss you!"

"I really want to return to Lord Snake's side! I don't want to stay here for even a day!"

Zhu Tiandao's eyes were filled with sorrow. This separation had finally made him realize how helpless and desperate he was without the protection of Lord Snake.

He deeply understood how important it was to have a thick thigh to cling to.

"Just hold on for a few more hours. The divine hall in the depths of the secret realm will open. Then I can leave here, return to Xichuan Town, return to Lord Snake's side..."

His eyes were filled with hope and longing.

The divine hall was the inheritance divine hall, located in the depths of this mountain range. Inside, there was the Tiger Ancestor's inheritance and a teleportation array to return to Xichuan Town. It showed the time of activation, which was still five hours away.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle."

The undergrowth beneath the cliff rustled, as if a massive creature was rushing over, smashing through trees and scattering leaves.

Zhu Tiandao was startled and quickly shrank into the shadows.

But from a distance, a familiar voice came: "Professor Zhu? Professor Zhu? Hurry, the bastards from Planet Tabi have found us and are coming to kill us!"

It was the voice of Chen Ping'an, the Tiger Hall Leader of the Heavenly Snake Gang, sounding very terrified.

Speaking in human tongue.

This was a language ability granted by the secret realm space.

"Planet Tabi? Are they the guys who have been hunting us people from Xichuan Town?" Zhu Tiandao exclaimed in shock.

Planet Tabi was one of the most powerful forces among the many life-bearing planets that had come here. They were cruel and greedy. When they discovered that the Tiger Clan bloodline of the people from Xichuan Town was extraordinary, they immediately began to hunt and capture them.

Many people had been devoured.

The survivors were hiding everywhere.

Zhu Tiandao, Chen Ping'an, and a group of Tiger Hall brothers changed their hiding places every day, but they were still found by the enemy, who came to their door.

"Run!"

Chen Ping'an burst out of the undergrowth, covered in blood, his tail missing, looking very disheveled.

Behind him were several tigers, the brothers of the Tiger Hall, but their eyes were full of fear, constantly looking back.

Because behind them, in the distance, the fierce tigers of Planet Tabi were chasing after them, their baleful aura surging, their huge, mountain-like forms looming.

"Run towards the depths of the mountains, to the inheritance divine hall!"

Zhu Tiandao shouted anxiously, and everyone ran together.

Behind them came a fierce tiger's roar, accompanied by a malevolent aura, rapidly approaching.

"Hall Leader, Professor Zhu, you go first, we'll cover you!"

Seeing that they were about to be overtaken, several Tiger Hall brothers shouted loudly, turned around, and charged towards the enemies, buying Chen Ping'an and Zhu Tiandao time to escape.

"Xiao Hai, Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu!"

Chen Ping'an roared sorrowfully, tears streaming from his tiger eyes.

These three were his confidants, who had joined the Heavenly Snake Gang with him, and had ventured into the secret realm together. Now, they were sacrificing themselves to cover his escape, staying behind to block the enemies.

"Go, don't let us die in vain!"

"Tell Lord Snake, if he has a chance, he must avenge his brothers—!"

"Roar—!"

Several Heavenly Snake Gang Tiger Hall brothers wailed, and began fighting with the pursuers, their flesh and blood bodies blocking the enemies, their ferocious aura sweeping through the mountains.

"Go!"

Zhu Tiandao's eyes were bloodshot, filled with sorrow, and he quickly fled with Chen Ping'an and the remaining Tiger Hall brothers.

At the same time.

In a forest, a blood-furred tiger, over fifty meters tall, was chasing a white tiger in front of it. The white tiger was disheveled, wearing black stockings on its hind legs, and running away quickly.

"Lovely tigress, don't run, let me take a bite, just one bite..."

The blood-furred tiger had a fierce aura and a playful look on its face, chasing after the white tiger, its eyes filled with greed and desire.

It came from the great Planet Tabi and had seen many tigresses, but this was the first time it had seen one wearing black stockings. Its heart fluttered, and it wanted to get intimate with her, and then eat her bit by bit.

The white-furred tiger was running for its life in terror.

After arriving in the secret realm, she had evolved into a level nine ferocious beast, far stronger than she was in Xichuan Town, but the blood-furred tiger chasing her was an ancient beast.

A powerful ancient beast, above a level nine ferocious beast, was incredibly terrifying.

The blood-furred tiger had devoured many people from Xichuan Town, and now it had set its sights on her.

"I must survive. The inheritance divine hall is about to open. As long as I leave here, I can survive!"

Her eyes were filled with the desire to live, and she increased her speed again.

The blood-furred tiger behind her smiled playfully, its eyes cold and disdainful, and continued to pursue her.

In other places, people from Xichuan Town were also fleeing for their lives. Some died tragically and became food, while others successfully fled to the depths of the mountains.

In the depths of the mountains, an ancient divine hall stood, as majestic as an ancient divine mountain, its imposing presence suppressing the heavens and earth, exuding an ancient and magnificent aura.

At this moment.

In the main hall, two figures were sitting cross-legged, their terrifying auras booming, shattering the void. Their forms were hazy and blurred, as if they were sitting in nothingness.

"Tiger Ancestor, have you really decided? Without your true spirit, bodily nirvana is very dangerous!"

"It doesn't matter. This is just a decayed fleshly clone. As long as I find a suitable bloodline descendant, I can revive again and return to the pinnacle!"

"But after bodily nirvana, you can only exert the strength of an ancient beast at most. What if..."

"Snake Ancestor, don't worry, I will return. When the time comes, I will definitely break through the Black Star Prison and rescue you... You should leave now, don't be discovered."

The two figures were whispering.

After a moment, one figure disappeared, while the remaining figure gradually solidified.

He had a grand aura, bare-chested, with a strong and muscular physique, a tiger-shaped mark between his eyebrows, and a pair of eyes that were ancient and profound.

He raised his head and looked outside the hall, his gaze piercing through the void, seeing the ferocious tigers fighting and killing in the mountains and valleys. Their vigorous life force filled him with longing and excitement.

"It's good to be young!"

"So many bloodline descendants, I wonder who will become my spare fleshly vessel?!"

He muttered to himself, forming hand seals and whispering a command, "Bodily Nirvana." In an instant, his body exploded, his blood and bones shattering, turning into a blood-colored sphere the size of a face.

"As long as I can inhabit a suitable bloodline descendant's body within half an incense stick's time, I can return through nirvana... Let the inheritance competition begin, and see who will become my spare fleshly vessel..."

A weak voice echoed in the hall.