In the Eternal Night World, in a certain extreme ice domain.
Here, the cold wind howled, snowflakes danced, and lightning snakes coiled within crimson thunderclouds, painting a scene of the apocalypse.
It had been a month since Yu Zhibo parted ways with his three children, and Bai Chanyi's energy avatar had also dissipated. Yu Zhibo found himself alone once more.
"Why do I feel a bit lonely?"
Yu Zhibo murmured inwardly, suddenly experiencing an unprecedented sense of solitude.
With his cultivation reaching his current realm, his heart was supposed to be pure and untroubled, free from such loneliness. Therefore, Yu Zhibo did not choose to ignore this emotion.
After a moment of contemplation, he used the Art of Summoning. Instantly, dense runes materialized in the air before him, enveloping the surroundings in a semi-circle. Then, with a bang, a young boy with a single horn on his head appeared before him.
The boy was slender and tall, with delicate features and a pair of pitch-black eyes devoid of whites. He stood about 1.7 meters tall, with chaotic laws swirling around him. His level was A-grade, tier 70. This was Yu Zhibo's second summoned beast, the chaotic beast Teemo.
Teemo had become even more powerful. The chaotic laws surging around him bore a resemblance to the laws of devouring, but they were more comprehensive than mere chaotic laws.
"Master, I missed you so much~"
Upon seeing Yu Zhibo, Teemo's face lit up with surprise and joy, almost leaping with excitement.
For hundreds of chapters, it had been absorbing energy and growing in the dimensional space and chaos, yet its strength still lagged far behind Yu Zhibo's, the gap between them widening.
Unexpectedly, Yu Zhibo had summoned him again.
The address "Master" made Yu Zhibo slightly uncomfortable. Unlike other summoned beasts, Teemo had been with him since before he reached D-grade. Rather than a summoned beast, it felt more like a brother.
"Stay with me for this period. And don't call me Master, call me Big Brother!" Yu Zhibo said with a smile.
To his surprise, Teemo disagreed, shaking its head. "Master is Master, how can I call you Big Brother!"
"Then it's up to you!" Yu Zhibo wasn't bothered. After all, as long as he treated it like a brother, the name didn't matter.
"Master, you've become even stronger!" Sensing the terrifying energy contained within Yu Zhibo, Teemo felt a bit dejected. Even though it had mastered the laws of chaos, it could still feel that Yu Zhibo could crush it with a single finger.
This meant that it would inevitably be unable to provide him with much assistance in combat.
Yu Zhibo looked at him with encouraging eyes. "You are a chaotic anomaly, your future is limitless. Don't rush things!"
"I know, Master. I will definitely cultivate hard!" Teemo shed its dejection, its expression firm.
Yu Zhibo encouraged him further, placing him in the Pure Land space. He designated a cultivation area for him, releasing abundant law energy and dozens of great suns for absorption and transformation.
As a chaotic beast, Teemo could absorb any energy. Yu Zhibo believed that cultivating in such an environment would be highly beneficial. He also planned to send Teemo to another dimension once it reached tier 90, which would allow Teemo to break through to S-grade quickly.
After completing these arrangements, Yu Zhibo once again performed the Art of Summoning. Immediately, a giant serpent, hugging a toad, materialized in the void before him. Its entire body was obsidian black, and its eyes, like black gemstones, flickered with pure innocence.
This was a summoned beast he had conquered in the Realm Vein Land, named "Hei Si."
Hei Si's level was only A-grade, tier 46, but it always gave Yu Zhibo a peculiar feeling, a sense of familiarity that he couldn't quite place. However, this was enough for Yu Zhibo to take it seriously.
"Master!"
As the void trembled, a divine sense was transmitted. Hei Si turned its head to look at Yu Zhibo, its eyes showing a hint of reverence.
"Croak!"
The black toad, having formed a symbiotic contract with Hei Si, vibrated its tympanic membrane and let out a crisp croak, as if to say hello.
"Let's go. Accompany me as we roam this place!"
Yu Zhibo smiled, flew to the top of Hei Si's head, and stood with his hands behind his back.
"Hiss~"
Hei Si flicked its forked tongue, and while holding the toad, it began to roam aimlessly through the void.
He had been searching for the驮陆巨龟 (Tuó Lù Jù Guī - Land-Carrying Giant Turtle) for a long time without success. Yu Zhibo decided to stop actively searching and instead sat on the giant serpent's head with an detached heart. For a moment, his state of mind improved.
Several days later.
"Croak croak!"
"Hiss hiss~"
"Croak~"
"Hiss~"
Above the boundless land, a giant serpent leaped across the earth in a peculiar manner. Its massive, elongated body resembled a black ribbon fluttering in the wind as it jumped over bottomless black abysses.
On top of the black giant serpent, a handsome young man with flowing hair, exuding a leisurely and lazy aura, sat cross-legged. In front of him was a bag of melon seeds, which he occasionally cracked open and ate. The discarded melon seed shells were then coiled up by the toad held in the serpent's forelimb and swallowed by its belly, not a single one wasted.
This was the combination of Yu Zhibo, Hei Si, and the toad.
"I wonder if I'll encounter the Land-Carrying Giant Turtle. If not, I'll go say hello to Little Golden Crow and then fly directly to the Upper Realm."
Yu Zhibo tossed away the melon seed shell in his hand, clapped his hands, stretched, and yawned, appearing utterly relaxed.
Just as he yawned, the thunderclouds above churned violently, and a deep crimson lightning pillar descended like divine punishment, striking directly towards him and the black serpent beneath him.
Yu Zhibo snapped his fingers, and a thin, pale red membrane of law world enveloped him and the bodies of the serpent and toad. The lightning pillar struck the membrane, but the seemingly fragile film surprisingly withstood it.
"This lightning pillar, its power is indeed growing."
Yu Zhibo waved his hand, dispelling the residual lightning energy, his expression tinged with a hint of impatience.
As time passed, he increasingly felt the Eternal Night World's rejection of him. This was due to his immense strength and the immortal energy contained within his body.
Yu Zhibo speculated that it was because this world had been destroyed by an ancient powerful being in the past, making its broken Heavenly Dao particularly sensitive to cultivators who used immortal energy. Fortunately, he was S-grade; if he were at a higher level, the descending lightning would likely be even more terrifying.
Hei Si and the toad also seemed accustomed to these occasional lightning strikes. Because Yu Zhibo always protected them, their attitude had shifted from initial panic to nonchalance. They didn't even pause their movements when the lightning struck, continuing to leap forward rapidly.
Another month passed in this manner.
Yu Zhibo, too lazy to calculate how far Hei Si had carried him, awoke from his doze one day, his gaze fixed ahead.
"This fluctuation is..."
Before his murmurs could even finish, Yu Zhibo's pupils suddenly contracted.
Under his gaze, the space ten thousand miles ahead began to fluctuate violently. Then, a Land-Carrying Giant Turtle materialized from the void and abruptly crashed into his field of vision.
"It's finally here. This giant turtle... it's so strong!"