Chapter 1825

Taking a step back, the two left the beginning of creation in the virtual universe.

What met their eyes, time flowed around them at extreme speed, year after year, racing by.

Xiao Feng saw the rise and evolution of the major clans in the primordial world.

The myriad branches of the major clans were not born from the primordial beings through reproduction, but were directly deduced by the Creator God using the virtual universe's laws of creation.

For example, a single azure dragon could give rise to more than ten true dragons, hundreds of sub-dragons, and thousands of draconic descendants of non-dragon species.

The cosmic laws also automatically gave rise to the four primordial deities: the Lords of Stars, Life, Sky, and Earth.

At the same time, some non-sentient beings of the Divine Wood Tribe, Demon Rock Tribe, and Strange Spirit Tribe absorbed heavenly and earthly energy, with the workings of creation, forming various treasures.

The ancient beings often fought over these treasures.

Friction and entanglements also continually occurred between different clans.

In the primordial world, battles raged every day, everywhere, with not a single day of peace.

Because the Beast Tribe received the greatest favor at the dawn of creation, they were the most numerous, and a few even obtained the primordial source of the Dao Ancestors, making them immensely powerful. Thus, after passing through the most ancient stage of the primordial era, the Beast Tribe swiftly rose, with their enormous population base and supreme elite strength, becoming the first hegemons of the virtual universe.

On the primordial continent at that time, virtually every place bore the footprints of Beast Tribe members, numbering in untold hundreds of millions, and the number of venerables also reached over a hundred.

However, with their great numbers came internal strife; the Beast Tribe's flaw meant they could only be the most numerous tribe between heaven and earth, yet unable to forge a unified empire.

Moreover, the human tribe and the Demon Rock Tribe were also rapidly rising; the Chaos Immortal Emperor's strength was not inferior to that of the Kunpeng, he mastered the material laws, like a talentless "late-stage Xiao Feng", quite imposing, he controlled the core region of Heavenly Chaos City, his status extremely high.

In the successive escalations of friction, the first apocalyptic war of the primordial era began.

Xiao Feng had heard this story before.

This time he personally witnessed the Beast Tribe's Heaven-Burying Great Emperor, the human Chaos Immortal Emperor, and the Demon Rock Tribe's ancient emperor wage war in Heavenly Chaos City.

Their powers were nearly equal, and as the battle raged, the Holy Ape Demon Emperor suddenly burst in to join the fray, attacking friend and foe indiscriminately in a wild melee.

In the end, none could prevail over the others; instead, the conflict grew ever larger, countless venerables were drawn in, turning it into a monumental war of the ages.

In the end, they shattered the heavenly realm, smashed Chaos City, and even the Divine Wood Tribe's primordial being, the Jianmu, was blown to pieces.

Each of the four mighty ones obtained a Jianmu seed; the shattered earth formed countless worlds of various sizes, and thus the Eight Directions Ancestral Realms came into being.

Xiao Feng, as an onlooker, watched those peerless powerhouses fight, feeling his blood boil, eager to jump in and have a go.

However, with his current physique, he might manage in a one-on-one duel, but in a melee of venerables he likely wouldn't last more than a minute.

"They've fought to this extent—do the Dao Ancestors not intervene?" Xiao Feng asked Chen Jie after watching the first era's battle.

Chen Jie replied: "At the conclusion of the dawn of creation, the Dao Ancestors had an agreement not to interfere with the natural development of the virtual universe."

"Then… that Dao Ancestor, Cang Qiong Zhu, why did he still act against the Chaos Immortal Emperor and the people of the War Ancient State?" Xiao Feng immediately asked again.

"The precondition for non-interference is that there be no offense. If offended, there naturally arises justification. Cang Qiong Zhu was temporarily detained by my father in the virtual universe; he already harbored enmity toward humanity. During humanity's two peak periods, venerables roamed everywhere, inevitably offending him at times, so when the great war came, he wiped them out—nothing surprising about that." Chen Jie explained.

Xiao Feng suddenly understood; that was the reason.

Humanity's two strongest—the Chaos Immortal Emperor and the Triumphant Great Emperor—both died for reasons related to Cang Qiong Zhu.

One could say the decline of human civilization in the virtual universe is inseparable from this Water Civilization Dao Ancestor.

However, the Creator God transcends the world and hardly ever actively intervenes in the operation of the virtual universe.

In situations where the Dao Ancestors have justification to act, he also finds it hard to impose restrictions, letting everything run its natural course.

"Ah, speaking of that Dao Ancestor, I'm somewhat worried about Xun Shuang. The Supreme Deity said she is currently in the Void Sea." Xiao Feng suddenly felt melancholy.

Chen Jie's lips curled: "What, you're worried your wife and the baby in her belly might come to harm?"

"Of course I am." Xiao Feng said matter-of-factly.

He then raised his eyebrows and countered her: "You don't care, do you? Her body has been under your control, and the child carries half of you."

"Pah, what does your little couple's lovemaking have to do with me!" Chen Jie firmly denied, refusing to admit any connection to that matter.

"Dare to act but not own up—hmph…"

Xiao Feng felt a bit dissatisfied, but since this was a Dao Ancestor, his displeasure was of the restrained sort.

Chen Jie didn't want to dwell on it, saying: "Rest easy, Cang Qiong Zhu knows her identity; unless she defecates on his head while riding him, even if the Void Sea were torn apart, he wouldn't dare to act against her."

"Huh?"

Upon hearing that, Xiao Feng was astonished.

"Xun Shuang's identity… do you mean her master is the ancient Fu Xi, or something else?" he asked.

Chen Jie's mouth twisted: "I mean she's your wife, and Cang Qiong Zhu fears you… are you wanting to hear that?"

"No, I don't have that kind of stature." Xiao Feng laughed and cried at once.

Chen Jie continued: "Your Frost Child is not only a disciple of Fu Xi, but also the painstaking crystallization of my father and the Primordial True King, and moreover the designated successor of the Supreme Deity. With three Dao Ancestors and a Universe Lord backing her, aside from you daring to bully her with your boldness, I can't think of anyone who would dare offend her."

"Uh…"

Xiao Feng was embarrassed.

In a low voice he muttered: "It's not that I'm bold; it's all because you forced me…"

"Don't try to pin the blame on me; it's really that you lusted after her beauty, I merely saw the lewd thoughts in your heart and, as a friend, lent you a hand." Chen Jie gave a light snort, distancing himself completely.

Xiao Feng knew she wouldn't admit to doing wrong, but not retorting her at this point wasn't his style.

Thus he retorted: "As a friend, your help to me wasn't just a single hand."

"Huh? Has your conscience awakened?" Chen Jie thought he was being praised.

"Heh~" Xiao Feng ended up saying nothing, just smiling at her with narrowed eyes.

She immediately realized, her expression instantly turning unnatural, and she snapped: "Dare to flirt before a Dao Ancestor—I'll smash you to pieces!"

Then she threw a punch straight at him.

However, this punch carried little force, purely a "friendly spar."

Xiao Feng took a beating, and soon the ages shifted, ushering in a new era.

Chen Jie had no intention of taking him to watch the yearly shifts of the entire Myriad Heavens Battlefield; instead, he brought him to the Beast Tribe's Ancestral Realm.

The Beast Tribe's Ancestral Realm had been occupied before they split into the Beast Tribe and the Spirit Bird Tribe, so the Ancestral Realm is shared by both tribes.

That place is somewhat larger than the Chaos Immortal Realm, equivalent to the scale of Zhu Shen Da Lu.

However, its internal space is extremely stable, its spiritual power highly developed, making it a cultivation treasure land.

"Remember the location of the ancestral realm; in the future, if you want to cause trouble for the wild beast tribe, just go straight for the heart—no need to hunt monsters everywhere." Chen Jie reminded him.

Xiao Feng had already silently memorized the route.

The wild beast tribe's ancestral realm has no spatial passage leading directly to the Myriad Heavens Battlefield; one must fly into outer Xing Kong oneself, then find the right direction and enter.

Perhaps they also possess a supreme treasure similar to the Chaos Tree that opens a primordial passage, but at least Xiao Feng cannot obtain it; he can only rely on basic methods to get there.

This route is not considered far; the wild beast tribe's ancestral realm is right near the Myriad Heavens Battlefield.

But the so-called "not far" is only relative; in fact it's still about 0.5 light-years away, and given He Xianzi's current speed, it cannot be reached in a short time.