Chapter 1810

Xiao Feng and Xiao Mi landed nearby, only feeling a decaying aura permeating the surroundings, filled with death intent.

This venerable one probably can't live much longer; he can only chat with them and pass on some information.

Behind Xiao Feng appeared the seal of the law of life, a green disc materializing, streams of life force surging toward Lord Xia Yu's body, trying to buy him more time.

"Young man, you carry the aura of the savage beast clan," Lord Xia Yu said, looking at Xiao Feng with a calm tone.

In ancient times, humanity and the savage beast clan were mortal enemies, having fought countless battles.

If a person from that era bore the savage beast clan's aura, they would surely be arrested and imprisoned, or even executed outright.

But times have changed; Lord Xia Yu has no strength left, and he can see that Xiao Feng harbors no malice.

Xiao Feng nodded and said, "I slew the gluttonous beast, drank its precious blood, and cultivated the Black Tortoise Battle Body and the Gluttonous Beast Demon Body, so I carry some savage beast aura."

"Oh, truly impressive for one so young," Lord Xia Yu said, his withered face unable to show much expression, but his tone was full of satisfaction.

Someone at such a low cultivation level being able to kill a gluttonous beast bloodline powerhouse is certainly no small feat.

He instinctively thought Xiao Feng was a descendant of the gluttonous beast or another savage beast evolved from its bloodline, not knowing that Xiao Feng had slain the primordial gluttonous beast, a true ferocious ancient beast.

"Senior, what happened to the ancient state? Why did it suddenly collapse? Why were you suppressed by the Realm-Suppressing Curse Steles?" Xiao Feng asked.

Lord Xia Yu sighed upon hearing that.

He slowly explained, "Back then, we followed His Majesty, under the guidance of the divine spirits, waged war in all directions, establishing the War Divine State and creating a prosperous age. All tribes from the eight directions bowed before our mighty power, none daring to invade."

"Alas, the good times did not last; within just tens of thousands of years, internal strife constantly plagued the divine state."

"Later, the divine spirits departed, and our faith and prayers went unanswered. Learning that we were no longer protected by the divine spirits, the foreign race powerhouses began their invasion."

"His Majesty battled the three great powerhouses of the savage beast clan—Qiongqi, White Tiger, and Xiezhi—inflicting heavy damage on Qiongqi and slaying the White Tiger and Xiezhi, yet he himself suffered grave wounds that could not be healed."

"Our many companions also fought the foreign race powerhouses, some dying, some wounded."

"Afterward, the situation began to collapse irreversibly; the War Divine State's vital energy was greatly depleted, unable to sustain itself, suffering continual defeats. One day, we were gathering forces to escort a batch of elites to a small world for rest and recuperation, hoping to make a comeback, when suddenly a multitude of steles rained down from the heavens, sealing and suppressing city after city."

"I sensed that this was the work of the foreign race's divine spirits, also our age-old enemies. Under the steles' suppression, our race lost all hope; every city was annihilated, and ten thousand years of glory finally fell..."

"I never expected that Lord Changyang still had bloodline descendants; this truly brings me great relief, hehe."

Lord Xia Yu's withered voice lacked much inflection, yet Xiao Feng and Xiao Mi could hear the sorrow and heaviness in his words.

This brief account succinctly traced the entire course of the War Ancient State from prosperity to ruin.

He omitted the countless battles and the sacrifices of wave after wave of human elite powerhouses, not elaborating in detail.

Yet this did not prevent Xiao Feng and Xiao Mi from imagining how tragic that era must have been.

The "divine spirits" Lord Xia Yu referred to are the Dao Ancestors.

The divine spirits worshipped by the War Ancient State are naturally the Primordial Ancestor of War, Da Yi.

And the foreign race's divine spirit is that one from the Void Sea.

That foreign race Dao Ancestor was not the mastermind behind the attack on the War Ancient State; initially, he did not take part in the fighting.

But his final move of raining down steles from heaven was a thorough killing blow, directly strangling the War Ancient State's chance to flee their homeland and seek new opportunities.

If Lord Changyang had foreseen this and arranged for his descendants to flee earlier, even Xiao Mi's bloodline branch would not have been able to stay.

"To see humanity's youth appear again, and so outstanding, His Majesty and my old friends in the underworld, if they are aware, may also rest in peace." Lord Xia Yu let out a sigh.

Then he said to the two, "Children, my time is short; before I die, I have an inheritance to give you."

"An inheritance? Senior, you mean..."

Xiao Feng felt a surge of joy, thinking this must be a good thing, a chance to make Xiao Mi stronger!

Lord Xia Yu added, "It is not my inheritance, but His Majesty's."

This made Xiao Feng even happier.

Although Lord Xia Yu is also strong, he has not yet reached the height of a supreme venerable.

And the Majesty he spoke of could, while alone facing the primordial Qiongqi, primordial White Tiger, and primordial Xiezhi, slay the White Tiger and Xiezhi two powerhouses, heavily wound Qiongqi, and himself not die on the spot.

Such battle achievements make him absolutely a supreme powerhouse! Not inferior to the Lord of Life, and possibly even stronger!

If they could obtain this inheritance, wouldn't Xiao Mi's strength directly soar?

As for myself... Xiao Feng does not have great ambitions; he now has a clear path—just need to continually cultivate the Origin Scripture and comprehend the "Law of Matter," giving hope to become the strongest.

The ordinary path of laws, if followed to the end, will clash with the existing Dao Ancestors, making breakthrough impossible.

But higher-dimensional laws—time, space, matter, soul, Qi Luck, and so on—offer many more possibilities, same law different paths, with many routes, not limited to a single Dao Ancestor.

Lord Xia Yu continued, "Follow the guidance of the Shocking Heaven Arrow, and you will eventually reach the Holy City. The steles in the Holy City suppress His Majesty's three princes; they should have already fallen, but their skeletal aura remains usable. Find and collect their golden bone ashes; the Shocking Heaven Arrow will lead you to a place where using those ashes to open the way will grant you His Majesty's inheritance."

The princes' bone ashes...

"Understood, senior; we'll remember!" Xiao Feng nodded.

"I too can rest now."

Lord Xia Yu said with relief.

He then closed his eyes, his life force completely dissipating, his health bar emptied entirely.

"Senior..."

Xiao Mi reached out, tears involuntarily streaming down her cheeks.

Her feelings differ somewhat from Xiao Feng's; Lord Xia Yu is a comrade of her ancestors, akin to family. Watching her senior pass away naturally makes her sad.

Moreover, before this, she had just heard the tale of the War Ancient State's downfall and the slaughter of countless clansmen.

"Lord Xia Yu senior, may your journey be peaceful."

Xiao Feng let out a sigh.

A gentle breeze blew, and Lord Xia Yu's body turned to dust and scattered, leaving no corpse behind.

Seeing this, Xiao Mi could not help but sob aloud.

Xiao Feng embraced her, holding her close to comfort her.

After a while, Xiao Mi finally adjusted her state.

"Let's go, master, we continue forward!" she said, clenching her fists, and at this moment she felt ever more eager for what lay ahead.

Deep down she also felt a faint anger, wanting to wage a great battle against the enemies of the Savage Beast Tribe and the Dao Ancestor of the Void Sea.

However, she also knew she lacked that ability, and in the end she could only rely on her master.