Chapter 1 The Beginning
In the study of the Dragon Emperor, in the royal capital of Myriad Beast City.
The Imperial Tutor arrived outside the door and bowed to the Dragon Emperor, saying, "Greetings, Your Majesty."
"Enter."
The Dragon Emperor put down his scroll and looked at the Imperial Tutor entering the study, asking, "Xiang Yang, how did the talks with Wang Liren go?"
Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "As expected, Wang Liren is unwilling to let his master help us."
"Alas..." The Dragon Emperor sighed slightly and asked again, "Then have you investigated Wang Liren's background?"
Xiang Yang shook his head, "The Heaven-Gazing Mirror showed no reaction. I suspect Wang Liren is an alias, and I cannot ascertain his lineage."
"You don't know his real name... that's a bit troublesome." The Dragon Emperor's brow furrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice.
Xiang Yang bowed to the Dragon Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, before Wang Liren arrived in Beast Continent, a Myriad Poison Beast and a Primal Immortal Beast entered our Beast Continent. That Primal Immortal Beast seems to have a good relationship with Wang Liren. Perhaps we can start with her."
The Dragon Emperor nodded slightly and then asked, "Can you find that Myriad Poison Beast?"
"I have already located them using the Heaven-Gazing Mirror, but that Primal Immortal Beast is protected by the Myriad Poison Beast. I need Your Majesty's assistance." Xiang Yang said in a deep voice.
"No problem, I will go with you." The Dragon Emperor agreed without hesitation. "Let's depart now. Wang Liren and his group might leave our country at any moment. We must resolve this matter before they leave."
"Yes, Your Majesty, please follow me." Xiang Yang said, and then left the study with the Dragon Emperor.
At the same time, Ye Ling was still studying the incantations of the Curse Karma Heavenly Lord and had made significant progress.
"So, the incantations cast by the Curse Karma Heavenly Lord are similar to contracts. As long as the contract between Long Yu and the Curse Karma Heavenly Lord is broken, these incantations will dissipate on their own."
Ye Ling examined the black incantations on the bone in his hand and discovered that these incantations had an extremely faint connection to something in the unseen realm.
If Ye Ling had not taken out Long Yu's bone and used runes to suppress the incantations' effects, he would not have discovered this special property of the incantations.
The World-Destroying Spiritual Fire scoffed, "Knowing there's a contract, what does it matter? Would the Curse Karma Heavenly Lord willingly break the contract?"
"Once you find the right direction, solving it becomes much simpler." Ye Ling smiled slightly. "Since these incantations exist in the form of contracts, we can completely transfer this contract to someone else."
Tian Xing asked, "Are you saying you want to find a scapegoat for Long Yu?"
"Precisely." Ye Ling nodded. "The contract specifies a particular person. If we turn someone else into Long Yu and Long Yu into someone else, like a 'cat for a prince,' this incantation problem should be solved."
The World-Destroying Spiritual Fire: "Then who is this 'lucky' person to be replaced? We can't just pick someone randomly from the street, can we?"
"Certainly not." Ye Ling chuckled. "I already have a suitable candidate in mind."
"However, before that, I need to borrow the Heaven-Gazing Mirror from the Imperial Tutor."
Ye Ling withdrew his creation power and was about to head to the Imperial Tutor's residence when he suddenly received a distress call from the Myriad Poison Beast, causing him to freeze.
"Kid, what's wrong?" The World-Destroying Spiritual Fire asked, seeing Ye Ling's expression was a little off.
"It seems I have to put Long Yu's matter aside for now. We have more important things to do."
Ye Ling said in a deep voice, sharing the coordinates transmitted by the Myriad Poison Beast with Tian Xing and the World-Destroying Spiritual Fire. "Let's go save someone!"
Beast Continent, Western Region, Poison Marsh.
At this moment, the Poison Marsh was filled with deadly poisonous mist. Countless creatures that survived in the marsh and were resistant to extreme poison were killed by the mist!
Within the marsh, corpses lay everywhere!
Deep within the Poison Marsh, the Myriad Poison Beast roared fiercely at the Dragon Emperor and Imperial Tutor Xiang Yang in the air, guarding Xiao Mao Mao behind it.
After bringing Xiao Mao Mao into Beast Continent, it had hidden in this western Poison Marsh, intending to live in seclusion here, relying on the natural poison barrier to evade Ji Ning's pursuit.
However, it did not expect that before it could settle down with Xiao Mao Mao, another supreme expert would appear, wanting to take Xiao Mao Mao away.
The Dragon Emperor looked calmly at the Myriad Poison Beast below and said indifferently, "Myriad Poison Beast, hand over the Primal Immortal Beast, and I will spare your life."
"If you want to take Xiao Mao Mao, you'll have to step over my corpse first!"
The Myriad Poison Beast roared, and the surrounding poisonous mist condensed into giant poisonous pythons, attacking the Dragon Emperor and Xiang Yang!
However, the Heaven-Gazing Mirror suspended in front of Xiang Yang lit up with white light, and all the poisonous pythons from the Myriad Poison Beast were purified. The poison could not harm the Dragon Emperor and Xiang Yang in the slightest.
"Myriad Poison Beast, the Heaven-Gazing Mirror is a supreme spiritual treasure that can perceive heavenly secrets and purify all filth. Your poison... is completely countered by the Heaven-Gazing Mirror." Xiang Yang said indifferently.
"You two scoundrels..."
The Myriad Poison Beast looked at the white barrier around the Dragon Emperor and Xiang Yang, its face extremely grim.
Its only means was extreme poison, but now its poison had no effect on the Dragon Emperor and Xiang Yang. With its own cultivation, it couldn't even withstand a single blow from Xiang Yang, let alone the presence of the supreme expert Dragon Emperor beside Xiang Yang!
"Ye Ling, you brat, why aren't you here yet? Xiao Mao Mao and I might perish here today!"
The Myriad Poison Beast thought to itself, desperately condensing a poisonous barrier around itself, trying to block the Dragon Emperor and Xiang Yang's advance.
Xiang Yang saw the Myriad Poison Beast reinforce its poisonous barrier and simply smiled slightly, saying to the Dragon Emperor, "Your Majesty, it seems the Myriad Poison Beast has no intention of backing down. We should capture it."
"Mm."
The Dragon Emperor nodded slightly, then struck out with his palm, directly shattering the Myriad Poison Beast's poisonous barrier. He then struck out with a second palm, aiming directly for the Myriad Poison Beast's life!
Seeing the Dragon Emperor's dragon might press down, a hint of despair flashed in the Myriad Poison Beast's eyes. It instinctively closed its eyes.
Under the Dragon Emperor's might, it couldn't move at all, let alone resist!
However, just as the Myriad Poison Beast thought it was about to be crushed into dust, it suddenly felt two powerful auras sweeping from a distance, shattering the Dragon Emperor's might and saving it!
The Myriad Poison Beast opened its eyes and saw Ye Ling, enveloped in the World-Destroying Spiritual Fire, and the graceful Tian Xing flying over from a distance!
"Brat! You're finally here!" Seeing Ye Ling appear, the Myriad Poison Beast's eyes lit up with joy, and it exclaimed in surprise.
"Ye Ling!"
Upon seeing Ye Ling, Xiao Mao Mao immediately flapped its wings and flew into Ye Ling's arms, pointing at the Dragon Emperor and Xiang Yang in the air, and said in a childish voice, "Ye Ling, those two bad guys want to catch me!"
"It's okay, I'm here."
Ye Ling smiled and stroked Xiao Mao Mao's head, then looked at the Dragon Emperor and Xiang Yang in the air and said with a smile, "Dragon Emperor, Imperial Tutor... this is truly a case of the Dragon King's temple being flooded by its own waters!"
"I wonder, why are you two trying to capture my Xiao Mao Mao?"