Chapter Five: Ascending to the Imperial Zenith Realm

With the help of Little Dragon, Liao Chen was confident in killing a Saint Realm-level beast. The two then found a Rainbow Boar at the first tier of the Saint Realm. Although this beast was only at the first tier, its actual strength reached a terrifying fourth tier of the Saint Realm. Without Little Dragon’s distraction, Liao Chen would have had to flee.

While the Rainbow Boar couldn’t kill Liao Chen, he also couldn’t complete the first kill task for the Saint Realm, and thus, there was no hope for system rewards.

Little Dragon and the Rainbow Boar fought fiercely, neither gaining the upper hand for the time being. Liao Chen grew uneasy; after all, this was the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. The battle between two great Saint Realm beasts would inevitably attract stronger monsters. If they awakened an Emperor Realm beast in the range, neither Liao Chen nor Little Dragon would survive this journey.

It was known that beasts had territorial instincts—the stronger the beast, the larger its domain. The Emperor Realm beast in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range had been asleep for countless years, its exact duration unknown even to Little Dragon. However, he had heard tales of a divine-beast-blooded Vermilion Bird, said to be a first-tier Emperor Realm monster who fell into slumber ten thousand years ago for some reason.

Before this great beast slept, it commanded that no Saint Realm monster within its domain should cause chaos; otherwise, upon awakening, it would severely punish any disobedient beast kings or emperors.

Now, ten thousand years later, Little Dragon’s fight with the Rainbow Boar had stirred other Saint Realm monsters’ attention, who would inevitably come to investigate.

This was a consequence Little Dragon could not bear. Liao Chen signaled him to stop holding back and to use a quasi-Emperor weapon against the Rainbow Boar.

Since his master had given the order, Little Dragon no longer hesitated and wielded the quasi-Emperor weapon, the Blazing Flame Sword.

With the power of the quasi-Emperor weapon, the Rainbow Boar quickly fell behind. After all, the boar was merely a first-tier Saint Realm beast, even if its strength reached the fourth tier—it was only on par with Little Dragon. Yet, wielding a quasi-Emperor weapon, Little Dragon could contend with great Saint Realm monsters.

With successive heavy blows from Little Dragon, the colorless divine boar suffered severe injuries, its meridians damaged. At this moment, Liao Chen unleashed the Great Wilderness Heaven Capturing Finger technique. Empowered by the supreme Emperor weapon, its power surpassed even Little Dragon’s strongest strike. The Rainbow Boar could no longer endure and was finally beaten to death.

System: “Ding! Congratulations, host, on achieving the first kill of a Saint Realm enemy. Reward granted: cultivation elevated to the first tier of the Emperor Extreme Realm. Reward granted: innate Dao body. Reward granted: one supreme Emperor weapon—Void Mirror, one set of Emperor-grade robes. Reward granted: one top-grade Enlightenment Tea Tree, one top-grade Emperor Pill, ten Spirit Pills, one thousand top-grade Beast Aptitude Pills, one thousand Saint Yuan Pills, one hundred thousand Heavenly Spirit Pills, and ten million Foundation Establishment Pills. Rewards have been deposited into your storage ring.”

As the system’s voice faded, Liao Chen’s cultivation immediately rose to the first tier of the Emperor Extreme Realm. Then he took out the Emperor-grade robes from his storage ring and donned them. His cultivation instantly reached the peak of the Emperor Realm. Liao Chen was overjoyed; his previous robes had never granted so much power. With this robe and the support of two Emperor weapons, Liao Chen now faced great Saint Realm enemies without fear.

The Void Mirror was not only capable of spatial confinement but also spatial traversal—a perfect escape artifact. With such a treasure, Liao Chen was confident that even if facing Emperor Realm masters, he could retreat safely if overwhelmed.

At this time, having gained the innate Dao body, Liao Chen’s perception of Dao and rules became clear. He only needed a lucky opportunity to truly understand and even manipulate the rules.

Shortly after the Rainbow Boar’s death, over ten Saint Realm beast kings stealthily observed the battle from nearby. Little Dragon, gripping the Blazing Flame Sword, was tense and ready for combat.

Liao Chen signaled Little Dragon to relax. He then produced one hundred Saint Yuan Pills and handed them to the observers, urging them to consume the pills. The other beast kings watched this scene closely but dared not snatch the pills, for any human casually producing such high-grade pills was not to be trifled with.

This was exactly what Liao Chen had intended. Little Dragon was stunned to receive so many Saint Yuan Pills; they were enough to push his cultivation to the peak of the Saint Realm.

Sure enough, after ingesting the pills, Little Dragon’s cultivation rapidly broke through, soon reaching the peak of the Saint Realm. This astonished the other Saint Realm beast kings, who found it hard to believe without witnessing it firsthand.

Although the peak of the Saint Realm was not the strongest force in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, no beast could become a Saint Realm beast king in such a short time. Becoming a peak Saint Realm beast king was nearly impossible, a mere fantasy.

Beasts typically had low aptitude; to cultivate, they relied on endless years of toil. Without tens of thousands of years, it could not be achieved. Some beasts with poor aptitude might never reach the Saint Realm in hundreds of thousands of years.

At this moment, these observing Saint Realm beast kings whispered among themselves, all eager to obtain Saint Yuan Pills from Liao Chen but aware that now was not the time. They chose to watch and wait.

These beast kings were not foolish—rashly attacking Liao Chen would surely bring disaster.

Seeing that the beast kings had no intention of acting, Liao Chen refrained from killing them, especially since they bore no hostility. The system would not reward him for killing without cause.

Next, Liao Chen made another astonishing move. He took out a Divine Yuan Pill and signaled Little Dragon to consume it.

Little Dragon was deeply moved, trembling with gratitude toward his master. At this moment, even if Liao Chen commanded him to die, he would comply without complaint.

To Little Dragon, Liao Chen was better than his own parents—such a master was worth dying for.

Then, in the watchful eyes of all, Little Dragon swallowed the Divine Yuan Pill. Immediately, his cultivation broke through its barrier, reaching the first tier of the Great Saint Realm. The surge of powerful spiritual energy attracted the attention of other Great Saint Realm beast emperors in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.

But Liao Chen signaled Little Dragon to conceal his cultivation, causing the Great Saint Realm emperors to lose their trace of him.

Thereafter, Liao Chen and Little Dragon suppressed their cultivation to the first tier of the Emperor Extreme Realm. The two continued boldly toward the center of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range. The Saint Realm beast kings spying from a distance were dumbfounded, unsure of the intentions of this human and beast pair.

However, they were not foolish and did not dare to attack. Instead, they sent underlings to track the pair’s movements. The beast kings themselves dared not follow personally, for deeper within lay the territories of the Great Saint Realm beast emperors, and high-ranking beast kings were forbidden to enter without permission.

Soon, the underlings reported Liao Chen and Little Dragon’s movements to their respective beast emperors.

Within the inner domain of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, there were five Great Saint Realm beast emperors: the Scarlet Serpent Emperor, the Nine-Spirit Emperor, the Demon Ape Emperor, the Golden Eagle Emperor, and the Hundred Flowers Emperor.

Liao Chen and Little Dragon were heading toward the territory of the Scarlet Serpent Emperor. Perhaps the emperor’s underlings had not yet received the news. Seeing the pair intrude into their emperor’s domain, the underlings launched an attack.

But the master and beast concealed their cultivation and strength, and the outcome was predictable—the attacking beasts were all slain by the two.

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