Chapter 242: The True Origin of the Four Saint Beasts

In the north, the land of the endless Beiming! Tian Yuan stood in the air, watching the surging Chaos in the distance; there was no longer much fluctuation on his face.

Having gone to the East Pole, coming to the north now was merely to verify his findings.

Just as he had expected, the North Pole had also fallen into Chaos, and it was even more deeply submerged than the East Pole.

Tian Yuan had a faint suspicion in his heart that this might be related to the state of the Earth Veins in those directions.

Previously, although the Eastern Earth Veins were completely blocked, at least the three Main Veins and numerous Branch Veins were still there.

Looking at the north, only one spring remained, and it was even suppressed by the Dragon Clan.

Because of the lack of Earth Veins, the northern land had shrunk even more drastically, which meant the west and south were likely the same.

Pangu Great God performed the Opening of Heaven and even cast down the corpses of three thousand Chaos Demon Gods; the world should have been constantly expanding.

In Tian Yuan's view, even if the Earth Veins were damaged and the Heaven Earth and Man Three Daos had not yet recovered, Mount Buzhou was still there, and with the foundation of the Primordial World, it should not have been shrinking.

Someone must have tampered with the Primordial World, and it most likely happened during the Dragon-Han Calamity.

The calamities that occurred before the Witch-Demon era, whether the Opening Heaven Tribulation or the Beast Calamity, were almost all targeted at the Chaos Demon Gods.

Only the Dragon-Han Calamity was the first internal strife among the living beings of the Primordial World.

And it was also because of the Dragon-Han Calamity that the subsequent Demon-Dao Dispute occurred, and the scene of the Western Earth Veins collapsing came to be.

Although the Demon-Dao Dispute was only a struggle between Hongjun and Luo Hou, there must have been more hidden matters.

Tian Yuan stared at the endless Chaos before him and muttered softly: "I wonder where that Yangmei escaped to."

If one wanted to know exactly what happened during the Demon-Dao Dispute, besides those two involved, I fear only the Space Demon God Yangmei would know.

Unfortunately, after the Demon-Dao Dispute, Yangmei fled far into Chaos and never seemed to have returned.

Hongjun tricked and killed the likes of Qiankun Ancestor; as a fellow Chaos Demon God, there was no reason for Yangmei not to see it.

Logically, he should have sought out Hongjun to settle the karma, yet this person stayed far away from the Primordial World, showing no intention of paying it any mind.

In Tian Yuan's view, this was truly too strange.

A Chaos Demon God capable of surviving the Opening Heaven Tribulation could not be a simple character, nor could he be afraid of trouble, much less afraid of death.

Moreover, Hongjun only achieved his current status because he obtained fragments of the Creation Jade Disk.

According to Tian Yuan's understanding, even if Yangmei feared Hongjun, there was no reason for him to slink away.

Look at Demon Ancestor Luohou; after being defeated, he directly shattered his physical body into the Western Earth Veins, and now there are faint signs of his return.

If he could escape with his life in front of a majestic existence like Pangu, how could he fear a mere Hongjun?

Hongjun is indeed remarkable in the Primordial World, but he was only an inconspicuous one among the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods.

In Tian Yuan's view, Yangmei's style of conduct simply did not fit that of a Chaos Demon God.

It was just that Chaos was so vast that trying to find one person was even more exaggerated than looking for a needle in a haystack.

Withdrawing his gaze, Tian Yuan still went to the west and south of the Primordial World to take a look, and it was just as he had thought.

The Four Poles had all fallen into the Chaos Sea; the Saint Beasts might have perished, or perhaps they were lost in Chaos.

Having finished investigating the Four Poles, Tian Yuan did not return to the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space immediately, but instead fled toward the East Sea Shore.

Nuwa was among the first batch of Innate Sacreds and was born under Mount Buzhou; perhaps she knew something about the situation of the Saint Beasts.

Just as he approached the Weishui, he saw a figure walking slowly toward him from below.

With a look of confusion, Nuwa cupped her hands in greeting: "Does Dao Brother have business seeking me?"

She had just seen Tian Yuan heading toward the East Sea, and in no time at all, he was coming from the south. Judging by the current situation, he was still coming for her, which left Nuwa feeling somewhat puzzled.

They were both Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals now, and she held the position of Humanity Saint; why would Tian Yuan need to make a personal trip?

Tian Yuan returned the salute, but asked impatiently: "Nuwa, do you know of the Saint Beasts?"

"Saint Beasts?" Nuwa was startled, feeling it strange that Tian Yuan would suddenly ask about them.

However, after only a slight hesitation, she continued: "The Saint Beasts are the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. They are also Chaos Divine Beasts, but they have not appeared for many years."

Chaos Divine Beasts?

Tian Yuan's face showed surprise; the identities of the Saint Beasts were indeed not simple.

"Do you know the specifics?" Logically speaking, if the Four Poles fell into Chaos, the Saint Beasts would surely have reacted.

In Tian Yuan's thinking, these Innate Sacreds of the Primordial World should have sensed it.

Nuwa frowned, shook her head, and said: "I am not clear on that. During the Beast Calamity, the Saint Beasts guarded the four poles of heaven and earth, slaying many powerful Fierce Beasts. With the conclusion of the Beast Calamity, they retreated from the Primordial World. The last time they appeared was during the Dragon-Han Calamity, and there has been no news of them since."

As she spoke, there was not much surprise on Nuwa's face.

The Saint Beasts were Chaos Divine Beasts guarding the four poles of heaven and earth; in her view, they would only appear when major events occurred.

Thinking this over, Nuwa couldn't help but sense them slightly, and her expression immediately froze.

Although the Human Race had not yet become the protagonist of heaven and earth and she did not hold much of the Humanity Will, combined with her Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal cultivation, Nuwa had not felt any aura of the Azure Dragon in the east.

Greatly alarmed, Nuwa hurriedly divined for the other Saint Beasts, but she gained nothing.

With her current cultivation, very few living beings in the Primordial World could evade her perception.

One must know she was not only a Humanity Saint but also a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal.

"What is going on? Has the aura of the Saint Beasts truly vanished from heaven and earth?" Nuwa looked up, gazing at Tian Yuan in shock and suspicion.

The Saint Beasts guarded the four directions and rarely participated in the strife of the Primordial World; how could they all disappear inexplicably?

Earlier, her cultivation was low and she could not perceive it; although she had been a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal for some time, she had not thought of these Saint Beasts.

Checking today, their traces were actually gone?

Meeting Nuwa's puzzled expression, Tian Yuan frowned, and without hiding anything, he recounted the things he had just discovered one by one.

"The Four Poles have fallen into Chaos?" Nuwa exclaimed, her face filled with disbelief.

Glancing at the east, Nuwa said in a deep voice: "In the past, I once traveled the Primordial World and saw the Azure Dragon at the edge of the East Sea. How could the East Pole fall into Chaos?"

It was not that Nuwa did not believe Tian Yuan, but such a thing was truly too bizarre.

Moreover, during this period, the might of Mount Buzhou had been rising, and the Primordial World had expanded a great deal; it was even more impossible for the Four Poles to fall into Chaos.

If that is truly the case, then the Primordial World must have shrunk significantly after the Dragon-Han Calamity.

Yet, she, being on the Primordial land, had no such intuition at all.

With many thoughts turning in her mind, Nuwa spoke to herself: "Could it be because of their origin that they escaped into Chaos?"

"Origin?" Tian Yuan was startled, his face filled with surprise.

It seems the four Saint Beasts are far more extraordinary than he had imagined.

Nuwa nodded and replied softly: "Correct! The four Saint Beasts are Chaos Divine Beasts, representing the Earth Wind Water Fire of Chaos."

(End of this chapter)