Chapter 349: Chaotic Beast
Emperor Jiang seemed to sense something, uttering a soft "hmm", and with a gentle wave of his hand, the two Spirit Beasts unexpectedly ran out of the Beast Taming Bag beyond his control.
The baldie and Xiao Huang suddenly landed on the ground, both still a bit dazed.
Emperor Jiang looked at the two little ones, his expression growing stranger and stranger, and in the next moment, he suddenly stretched out his palm, and the baldie and Xiao Huang were immediately bound in place, unable to move.
"Interesting, let me investigate thoroughly," Emperor Jiang said.
The color drained from Shi Nian's face: "Elder, they are just..."
Emperor Jiang waved his hand dismissively: "Don't worry, I sense an old acquaintance's aura on these two Spirit Beasts of yours. I just want to confirm it further."
An old acquaintance's aura?
Shi Nian's expression shifted subtly.
According to Xiao Tong's words, Emperor Jiang was a Chaotic Beast born in the depths of Chaos.
How could he sense a familiar aura from the baldie and Xiao Huang?
What did that imply?
Did it mean that the baldie and Xiao Huang were also related to Chaos?
These two little ones? Could they really be Chaotic Beasts?
Shi Nian couldn't help but scrutinize the two little ones closely too.
But no matter how she looked, she could only see their clear yet foolish eyes.
Emperor Jiang activated his Divine Thought and began a meticulous investigation.
Though he was without eyes, he could see through all illusions of the world. For ordinary things, he needed only one glance to perceive their true essence.
But this time.
He searched for a duration of a tea time, long enough for the two little ones to start yawning over and over again, before Emperor Jiang finally withdrew his Divine Thought.
"Elder..." Shi Nian tentatively spoke.
Emperor Jiang looked at the two little ones with a strange gaze for a long time, then suddenly, he covered his mouth and burst into loud laughter.
Shi Nian: "???"
The two little ones: "???"
What was the elder laughing at? Was his sense of humor always this low?
The baldie and Xiao Huang started chattering indignantly.
Shi Nian also felt a headache coming on.
She rushed over and covered the little ones' mouths.
It was strange when you think about it.
Ordinary Demon Beasts could speak once they reached the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, marking their maturity.
But what about these two little ones?
They were about to reach the Heavenly Immortal Realm, yet they still couldn't speak, which proved that they were still in their juvenile phase.
What kind of terrifying creatures were they, that they were on the verge of becoming immortals but still considered juveniles?
An intuition faintly surfaced within Shi Nian; the real identities of the baldie and Xiao Huang might soon be revealed.
Emperor Jiang watched as the two little ones were easily silenced and burst into laughter again.
Shi Nian could only look at Emperor Jiang with bright, spirited eyes.
Emperor Jiang has such a low threshold for laughter; how has he lived this long without dying from laughter...
After a while, Emperor Jiang seemed to have finally laughed enough.
He tried hard to hold back his laughter and said: "You two actually have this day. The mighty Chaotic Beasts are actually contracted by humans. Hahaha."
As he spoke, he started laughing wildly again.
Shi Nian: "..."
The two little ones: "..."
Chaotic Beasts.
Shi Nian shrewdly grasped this keyword.
Indeed.
The baldy and Xiao Huang were also related to Chaos.
Suddenly, Shi Nian remembered a lot of things she had overlooked.
For example, when she was in the Lower Realm, she stayed in the Demon Domain, although these two little ones spent most of the time in the Beast Taming Bag, when they occasionally came out, there wasn't a trace of corruption by the Demonic Qi.
At that time, Shi Nian just thought it was because they weren't out for long that the two little ones weren't affected.
Now in hindsight.
If they were born from Chaos, and the Demonic Qi compared to the Chaos Qi is but a minor force, it's only natural that the two little ones are not afraid of the Demonic Qi.
Emperor Jiang started laughing and seemed unable to stop, so Shi Nian had no choice but to brace herself and ask: "Senior, do the baldy and Xiao Huang have some kind of story? We would be grateful if you could enlighten us."
"The baldy... Xiao Huang..." Emperor Jiang was desperately covering his mouth.
He usually doesn't laugh, unless he can't help it.
The next moment, there was another earth-shaking burst of laughter.
Shi Nian and the two little ones could only wait helplessly with big eyes staring at small eyes.
Who knows how long it took, fearing that the great hall would collapse from his laughter, Emperor Jiang reluctantly stopped.
His lips still held an unstoppable smile: "Little girl, by fate we have met, and it's rare to encounter each other today, so telling you some secrets wouldn't hurt."
The next moment, Emperor Jiang's expression suddenly turned solemn, he spoke slowly: "I am Emperor Jiang, originally a peerless Fierce Beast naturally born from Chaos. Our kind, the Fierce Beasts, existed within Chaos, cultivating by absorbing and exhaling Chaos Aura. At that time, in the Divine Realm, there were nine Divine beings, adored by heaven and earth, governing the rules of the world. Only we of the Chaos clan were not under the control of the Divine Race, always living freely and uninhibited."
Indeed, this was one of the universe's greatest secrets, and Shi Nian could not help but become more serious.
"However, the Chaotic Beasts, although free from control by the Divine, were always trapped in Chaos and could not venture out. Until one day, turmoil happened in the Divine Domain, the Supreme Being was furious, and unleashed boundless thunder..." At this point, Emperor Jiang still felt a shiver from the memory.
"Later. The Divine Domain was destroyed, save for the youngest Goddess who was not affected, the rest of the Divine beings were cast down to the Lower Realm. The Chaotic Beasts were also affected."
As Emperor Jiang spoke, he sighed: "Heavenly Dao is fair, the affairs of the Divine Domain originally wouldn't involve us. It was only later that I came to know, among the Chaotic Beasts, there were Beasts who conspired with those traitors of the Divine Realm. The production of Demonic Qi is derived from a part of the power of Chaos Qi, this power was naturally provided by the Chaotic Beasts."
"Afterwards, the Heavenly Dao was enraged, and the Chaotic Beasts were also scattered and cast down to the Lower Realm." Emperor Jiang spoke slowly: "But the Heavenly Dao did not leave us without any hope of survival. After being cast down to the Lower Realm, if one could grasp the opportunity and continue to cultivate to the Supreme Realm, not only could they return to their peak, but they could also be free from the constraints of Chaos and roam freely across the Three Realms."
As Emperor Jiang said this, a glimmer of desire flickered in his eyes.
The ultimate wish of Human Clan cultivators is to win a Divine Position, henceforth avoiding all calamities and coexisting with heaven and earth.
And the ultimate wish of Demon Beasts is to cultivate Chaos, which is protected by the Heavenly Dao. If they could further cultivate Chaos and freely travel through the Three Realms, it would be an immense blessing.
Previously, these Fierce Beasts were naturally cultivated into Chaos, yet they were also confined by Chaos.
If they could start over, relying on their own strength to cultivate into Chaos again, that would be truly gaining ultimate freedom.
"That sounds pretty good." Shi Nian couldn't help commenting: "With your ability, senior, you should be able to cultivate into Chaos quite quickly."
Emperor Jiang sighed: "To cultivate into Chaos is easy to say but exceedingly difficult to accomplish. Through the endless eras, aside from those of us who are naturally cultivated into Chaos, not one of the myriad Demon Beasts has succeeded. And what about the Human Clan? There are at least nine Divine beings! You can imagine the difficulty. Although I am confident, I still dare not harbor too many expectations regarding cultivating into Chaos."