Chapter 252: Hastily Five Centuries

That day, Fu Mu brought Ming back to the Beast God Elders' Council.

She then proposed restoring Ming's various positions.

The result, as expected, was rejected.

Fu Mu had to settle for less, assigning Ming a role similar to an assistant, keeping her by her side.

Though most elders still had reservations, they remembered her steadfastness in communicating with the Beast God, and since the Beast God had truly awakened, they ceased opposing her arrangement.

Fu Mu then declared the meeting adjourned, to resume discussion on how to respond to the human race once the Beast God's divine decree descended.

All elders of the Beast God Elders' Council agreed without objection.

Deep night.

In the quiet of the starry night, a grand, dignified room, its decor neither lavish nor ostentatious, lay bathed in dim blue light.

At the center of the wide bed, thick silk sheets glowed softly like moonlight, surrounded by piles of plush down pillows.

The walls and canvases bore bold, rugged brushstrokes, blurred in the darkness, faintly revealing golden frames shimmering with faint light.

Fu Mu stood by the window, gazing at the star-strewn sky, her heart heavy with sorrow.

Though nominally the highest leader of the Beast God clan, she was hindered by factional rivalries and could accomplish little.

Moreover, without the support of her former human kin, her position as Grand Elder was far from secure.

Worse still, some of the elders coveting her power might well be human traitors.

Sigh~

She let out a soft sigh, filled with helplessness.

Knock knock!

A knock came at the door.

"Grand Elder, I've brought you the documents you need to review today."

It was Ming.

Fu Mu was about to reply.

Hum~!

Suddenly, a sword's hum made her look up.

A figure approached slowly from afar under the starry night, holding a crimson longsword in hand.

All things in the world seemed to freeze in that instant.

Senior?!"

Fu Mu's heart leapt to her throat.

How could this be!

Didn't Senior already leave?

As she struggled to respond, a flash of red light passed before her eyes, resonating with the unused crimson sword mark on her forehead.

The sword mark flared, severing her very existence, leaving only this vessel behind.

As if in that moment, she truly had become Fu!

"Take my sword!" The clear, calm voice was just as before.

The crimson longsword rose, like a flame cleaving the night, ready to strike down.

Before Fu Mu could react, her vessel let out a roar and hurled a fist toward the sword-wielding figure in the starry sky.

Magic power was drained in an instant—purple flames surged upward against the tide.

Yet upon contact, they were effortlessly drowned and crushed by the crimson light.

Just as Fu Mu thought she would die beneath that red glow…

The entire sky's crimson light receded, then coalesced into a purple streak that arrived before her.

"Good."

A layered voice—cold, distant, yet violent and mad—echoed in her ears.

Only then did Fu Mu see what lay within the purple streak—a scale.

A translucent, shimmering purple scale, etched with black runes, radiating an ancient, primordial aura.

"It contains two strikes beyond the Return-to-Void realm. Use it as you wish."

The layered voice spoke again, tinged with faint approval, then faded away.

Instantly, all frozen things resumed.

Fu Mu felt her severed existence return, yet the sword mark on her forehead had dimmed considerably.

That just now…

Was the Beast God impersonating Senior?!

Now that her existence had returned, she finally realized it.

'A test…'

"Fu! Are you alright?!" A frantic voice came from behind.

Bang!

The door was smashed open.

Fu Mu turned to reply, but exhaustion struck—she collapsed helplessly.

That strike and the sword mark's concealment had drained both her vessel's and her own magic power.

"Fu!"

Her vision darkened; as she neared unconsciousness, she glimpsed a frantic figure rushing toward her.

She forced herself to speak her final words.

"Ming, I've passed the Great Beast God's trial…" Then she fainted completely.

The last thought lingering in her mind was—

The Beast God is so damn stingy!

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New Calendar 483.

Hun Tian Yi awoke; the Dao Net had been destroyed by Xu Xing, the world shattered by Xu Xing, and Hun Tian Yi itself had suffered certain injuries.

That night, Fu Mu passed the Beast God's trial and, wielding the power of the Beast God's scale, solidified his position as Grand Elder.

Where his command pointed, none dared disobey.

New Calendar 484.

Because Hun Tian Yi removed the rules left by Xu Xing.

The human infiltration into the Beast God Clan was exposed.

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And discovered that the humans who had infiltrated the Beast God Clan had already escaped.

The upper echelons of the Beast God Clan were terrified.

Fortunately, under the capable leadership of the Grand Elder of the Beast God Elders' Council, no great panic ensued.

New Calendar 487.

Hun Tian Yi personally intervened, merely letting his gaze fall.

In an instant, nine human Void-Returners, seventeen Soul Transformations, and forty-seven Nascent Souls died instantly.

Twenty-five thousand human cultivators of Jin Dan, Foundation Establishment, and Qi Condensation all perished!

Ordinary humans were directly erased by over three million.

At the critical moment, all deceased humans reversed their origins to heaven and earth; ten thousand Dao, ten thousand methods coalesced once more into swordlight, slashing toward Hun Tian Yi.

Hun Tian Yi was injured, withdrew, and began attempting to sever the swordlight entangled with the ten thousand Dao and ten thousand methods of the Beast God Realm.

New Calendar 525.

The Beast God Clan's 37th large-scale purge of humans.

The human Void-Returner 【Ling Ze】 died.

Thus, the human population in the Beast God Realm weakened, no longer capable of mounting any direct resistance against the Beast God Clan's purges.

New Calendar 585.

Min Feng received a gift from 【Ling Ze】 before his death, advanced to Void-Returner through the 【Shuo Feng】 Dao, and displayed peerless combat power, slaying four Beast God Clan Void-Returners in succession.

That same year, Xi Yun advanced to Soul Transformation.

New Calendar 638.

Min Feng was ambushed, severely wounded, and barely escaped.

That same year, Xi Yun advanced to Mid-Spirit Transformation.

Xi Li advanced to Soul Transformation.

New Calendar 701.

Min Feng, now at Void-Returner peak, was ambushed again; after slaying one Beast God Clan Void-Returner, he died.

That same year, Xi Yun reached Soul Transformation peak, and Xi Li advanced to Mid-Spirit Transformation.

Fu Mu, due to his outstanding performance during his term, was re-elected as Grand Elder of the Beast God Clan.

But because he secretly supplied resources, the number of human Void-Returners rose to forty-five.

New Calendar 803.

Hun Tian Yi intervened once more.

Thirty-nine human Void-Returners, one hundred twenty-seven Soul Transformations, and nearly a thousand Nascent Souls all died in an instant.

Swordlight rose again, but was much weaker, inflicting little damage upon Hun Tian Yi.

Hun Tian Yi withdrew once more, continuing to extract the swordlight entangled with the ten thousand Dao and ten thousand methods.

That same year, Xi Yun entered the Heir's Sacred Ground, drawing upon the Dao essence left by Xi, and through the 【Yang】 and 【Sword】 Dao, advanced to Void-Returner.

Xi Li reached Soul Transformation peak.

New Calendar 905.

Fu Mu stepped down as Grand Elder; the Beast God Clan's purges against humans grew harsher.

New Calendar 982.

Xi Yun never left the Heir's Sacred Ground; his cultivation reached Void-Returner peak, and he used Xi's Dao essence to break through his limits.

He crossed the Union of Dao realm and directly entered the Tong Xuan realm.

Then, alone with his sword, he stormed the Beast God Elders' Council, slaying seventy-three Void-Returners in succession, and departed calmly.

Human morale surged.

New Calendar 983.

A finger descended from beyond heaven; Xi Yun perished. (End of Chapter)