Chapter 227: Beast God Forging the Dao

Xu Xing said nothing more, but simply raised his hand and swept it aside.

The two felt their vision go black, and when light returned, the shattered colossal ancient trees had vanished.

The light was dim; they had appeared inside a cave.

The interior of the cave was immaculate, as if cleared by sight alone.

"This place is safe; no need to worry." Xu Xing's voice echoed beside their ears.

Everything he had just done exceeded their understanding; they could not comprehend it, so they simply went along with it.

The moment he finished speaking.

Puff!

A firepit suddenly appeared on the ground, flames leaping brightly.

The two stared in stunned silence as the inheritor pulled out several cured meat racks, skewered them on iron spits, and placed them over the fire.

"Tell me your names."

The flames licked the meat racks as Xu Xing's voice reverberated through the cave.

"My lord, I am Xi Yun, and this is my sister Xi Li."

No sooner had he spoken than an inappropriate sound echoed through the cave.

Gurguu~

After all, they were already hungry, and seeing this sight now was truly overwhelming.

Both lowered their heads in embarrassment, but their faces were caked in dirt, so it was impossible to tell if they had blushed.

"This will take a while; eat this first."

Xu Xing handed each of them a bento box—meat, vegetables, egg, and a purple grain as staple.

Though… perhaps because the Beast God race in this world were generally much taller, the bento boxes were also unusually large.

"We don't…" Xi Yun began to refuse.

"Enough with the formalities," Xu Xing cut him off. "I didn't save you to watch you starve to death."

Hearing this, the two finally stopped refusing, accepted the food, thanked him, and immediately began devouring it ravenously.

Starvation left no room for manners.

Xu Xing flicked two specks of spiritual light into their foreheads: "After eating, practice this several times."

Otherwise, their fragile digestive systems might not withstand it.

In truth, he could have made them feel full without eating at all.

But in their current state, consuming delicious food would ultimately soothe them.

Xu Xing watched them for a while, then turned and stepped outside the cave.

The cave sat at a high elevation, surrounded by barren cliff faces; farther out stretched dense forests, from which occasional roars of ferocious beasts echoed.

"The Beast God race…" Xu Xing's eyes shimmered with shifting light.

Upon entering this 'Beast God Realm,' he had instantly observed its entire past; aside from a few secrets, everything lay bare before his gaze.

The rulers of this world were the Beast God race, who possessed advanced technology, powerful cultivators, and even a supreme 'Beast God' as guardian.

As for humanity, since their defeat in the great war one hundred thousand years ago, their plight had grown ever harsher.

Later, under the Beast God race's systematic extermination, they were nearly wiped out.

Now only a tiny remnant remained, struggling desperately to survive.

The so-called inheritors were among the few remaining humans who were also rare cultivators, seen as the last hope for humanity's revival.

But how could it possibly be that simple…

"Sigh~"

Xu Xing sighed softly, yet the shifting light in his eyes never ceased.

Without an ancient being who governed the past at the fundamental level, the world's timeline was virtually open for him to observe at will.

Moreover, this realm was far inferior to the Tai Xuan Realm.

Every instant revealed hidden secrets buried in history, but just as Xu Xing prepared to probe further—

"Insolent!"

A roar rang out, just as before beyond the realm's edge.

A massive purple, monstrous claw emerged, churning the timeline and severing his observation entirely; and after doing so, the claw did not retreat—it sought to trace back along the timeline to find him. Xu Xing frowned and immediately halted his probing.

"This reaction was much faster than before…"

Given its strength and responsiveness beyond the realm, it shouldn't have detected him—but now it had.

The disparity between inside and outside the realm is so great—could it be…

After a moment's thought, Xu Xing considered a possibility.

"Looks like I need to observe a bit longer."

He cast one final deep look at the sky, then turned and returned to the cave.

He saw the two siblings stiffly performing a series of postures, looking utterly bizarre.

The bento boxes lay on the ground, half-eaten.

Upon noticing Xu Xing's return, they immediately froze their movements.

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"My lord!"

Xu Xing waved his hand: "Continue. Ignore me."

The two exchanged glances, then reluctantly resumed practicing the movements that had suddenly appeared in their minds.

They practiced like this for several minutes.

Xi Yun and Xi Li felt the swelling pain in their abdomens vanish suddenly, and a faint, icy-cold qi began to drift within them.

Hm?!

Both were startled and delighted, and dared not slack off—their movements grew even more earnest.

That faint, icy-cold qi gradually thickened from the width of a hair to that of a chopstick.

This qi seemed to dispel fatigue; thus, rather than growing tired, the two felt invigorated.

Xu Xing glanced at them: "That's enough. Stop for now."

Hearing this, though they wished to continue, they dared not defy Xu Xing and halted their movements.

"Too much is as bad as too little. Your constitutions are too weak—you must be nurtured slowly."

Xi Yun looked at him, lips moving as if to speak, but said nothing.

Finally, Xi Li spoke, her voice trembling: "My lord, were those movements…?"

"The Nourishing Body Scripture," Xu Xing said calmly, "it can make you cultivators. That is, what you call the Inheritors."

Indeed!

Though they had guessed, hearing these words made them tremble with excitement.

Thud!

Without hesitation, they knelt, clasping their fists together, slamming their foreheads hard onto their interlocked hands.

This was the human custom in this world.

"Thank you, my lord!"

Xu Xing did not stop them.

Given their current state of mind, if he had stopped them, they would have grown anxious, fearing they had done something wrong.

"Enough. Just once," Xu Xing waved his hand, lifting them with magic power.

The Nourishing Body Scripture was merely a beginner cultivation method he had casually devised, blending the principles of this world.

After all, worlds differ; subtle rule variations mean the cultivation techniques of Tai Xuan Realm may not apply here.

At the very least, they are unsuitable for ordinary people like Xi Yun and Xi Li with no foundation.

"Moreover, becoming a cultivator in this world is no blessing," Xu Xing said softly.

After the Beast God Clan overcame humanity, the "Beast God" established the Dao Net, spanning the entire Beast God Realm, to target humans.

Whenever a human in the Beast God Realm ascends beyond the Nascent Soul level, the Dao Tribulation descends upon them, ending only in death.

Moreover, the moment any human steps onto the cultivation path, the Dao Net marks them.

Once they reach the Jin Dan level, the Beast God Clan receives feedback from the Dao Net, listing that human cultivator as a reserve resource to be harvested when needed.