After using cheats, I became the strongest Beast Tamer

"Take a look and see if there's anything you want." The old man sitting across from him casually crossed his legs.

"I've finished looking, Elder Qiu. Great Xia's depth is even greater than I had imagined," Chen Xing breathed out long.

Qiu Shangqing smiled and said, "Of course, otherwise how could it have developed to this state in just a few hundred years, and now that you've ascended, there are some things you should also know. Do you know how many people in Great Xia have achieved Ascension?"

Chen Xing pondered, "I've heard it's three people?"

Qiu Shangqing shook his head, "Not so, actually there are eight people who have ascended in Great Xia."

"Eight people!?" Chen Xing exclaimed.

There were that many.

"You heard right, Great Xia now has eight people who have ascended."

"Then why..." Chen Xing thought of the Fentian Giant City, wondering why the war between Great Xia and Fentian Giant City was still mired in a quagmire.

Given the number of top-tier powers, Great Xia should easily overpower the Fentian Giant City, but now in the war against Fentian Giant City, they were stuck at a bottleneck.

In terms of the number of basic Beast Tamers, Great Xia's education system also had more advantages over the Exotic Region, and in training basic Beast Tamers, Great Xia should have had the upper hand.

Qiu Shangqing gently shook his head, "It's simple, we could forcefully take down Fentian Giant City regardless of the cost, but what after we take it down?"

"Although the previous tyrannical actions of Fentian Giant City have deepened its grudges with surrounding powers, we in Great Xia are outsiders. Imagine, if a stranger suddenly bursts into a village, kills the village bully, while the oppressed villagers may cheer, it would also raise their guard, because who knows if we would become the new bullies?"

"Moreover, Fentian Giant City is not as simple as you imagine. The old dragon in that temple has lived longer than many people imagine. According to our intelligence, that old dragon was active even during the Era of the Gods, and although we've announced to the outside that it failed its breakthrough to become king, according to intelligence, its injuries have healed."

"They've healed?"

"Yes, the base of these temples is indeed deep. With the experience of its first breakthrough, it might have already succeeded by now."

Chen Xing pondered upon hearing this.

He understood now. The old dragon of Fentian Giant City had likely recovered from its injuries, and a dragon so close to being king posed a great threat.

The gap among those who have ascended is also large, and he guessed that the eight who had reached the Ascension Realm of Great Xia were probably not all too high.

Forcefully fighting the old dragon could lead to heavy losses.

For Great Xia, time was on their side; Great Xia was developing faster than Fentian Giant City, and if both were to continue peacefully developing, the gap between Great Xia and Fentian Giant City would only grow.

With deep meaning, Qiu Shangqing said, "Moreover, back then in Stone City, do you really think that ascender did not notice the others outside of the city?"

At this, Chen Xing's heart skipped a beat.

He looked in surprise at Qiu Shangqing sitting opposite him.

"That day, I was there," Qiu Shangqing said softly. "Burning a city to let out some grudges from Fentian Giant City's side was all well and good; a wronged child always needs an outlet."

This solved one of Chen Xing's doubts.

Since he had also owned an Ascension-level Beast Tame, based on feedback, it was very simple for an Ascension-level Beast Tame to discover the mercenaries hidden outside the city. The fact that Fentian Giant City's ascender acted so 'cleanly'...

Turns out they had him in their sights.

"I still have two Beast Tames, one with a dragon attribute and the other with a spatial attribute. I'm looking to find some related Attribute Secret Treasures for them, do you have any recommendations, Elder Qiu?"

"Dragon and spatial series ah." A flicker of surprise passed through Qiu Shangqing's eyes. He knew Chen Xing had a dragon Attribute but had secretly cultivated a Beast Tame with a spatial attribute.

So many Beast Tames, wasn't this kid afraid of his energies being too divided?

But he didn't say much more. If Chen was daring enough to do this, then he must have his own confidence, and having five Beast Tames was also manageable.

"You don't need to go to those 741 Secret Realms, because the valuable resources inside have basically been excavated, except for some renewable resources that we also have backups for in our internal storehouse, so there's no need for you to make a special trip."

"You should focus on the 13 large-scale national-level internal storehouses. These 13 large-scale national-level internal storehouses are what Great Xia have left for the future."

"The nearest is the internal storehouse in Longdu Musashi, which is also one of the three most complete storehouses. Except for a very few that only have one collection, other Secret Treasures are basically available."

"What about these seven key forbidden lands?" Chen Xing's gaze fell on these names.

Age Forbidden Land, Netherworld Forbidden Land, Slaughter Forbidden Land, Tomb Tower Forbidden Land, Storm Forbidden Land, Barren Forbidden Land, Abyssal Forbidden Land.

"These seven are Secret Realms that we have yet to conquer temporarily, and according to conjectures, these forbidden lands should all come from dangerous places of the Exotic Region. Previously, an ascender attempted to break through the forbidden lands, but it nearly cost his Beast Tame its life."

According to current scholarly conjecture, the Slaughter Forbidden Land is likely a fragment of an ancient battlefield from the final period of the Era of the Gods, the Storm Forbidden Land appears to be an elemental sub-plane, but for some reason, the elemental masters inside are full of aggressiveness. The last one, the Abyssal Forbidden Land, somewhat resembles the oceanic Secret Realm you visited last time, but it's completely filled with seawater, without any space left over."

Chen Xing looked at the data and photographs of the seven forbidden territories on the table, contemplating at the bottom of his heart. The Demon Eagle was well-traveled and might know some origins of these lands.

The person who had provided the data had probably harbored this idea as well.

Stepping outside the prison, Chen Xing summoned the Suspended Island Sky Roc.

When it appeared again, the surrounding area within a hundred miles became instantly silent, all birds and beasts hushed, a suppression emanating from a higher order of life. Explore more at empire

Qiu Shangqing curiously watched Chen Xing's Beast Taming.

According to intelligence, this must be the same Beast Taming that Chen Xing had previously healed, right?

Nowadays, there was much speculation within the upper echelons about why this Beast Taming had suddenly shifted from the peak of Transcendence to Ascension.

Some guessed it could be a breakthrough after recovering from injuries, while others speculated it had always been of the Ascension Realm, merely concealing its true strength until now.

Regardless, there was at least one point on which the top brass unanimously agreed, that having a new Ascension Beast Tamer was undoubtedly a cause for celebration for Great Xia.

In a place like the Exotic Region, Great Xia felt very insecure.

Lonely, pitiable, weak.

Each additional Ascension allowed Great Xia a bit more confidence.

The ideal scenario would be for each of the ninety-nine states of Great Xia to possess an Ascension.

"Have you seen these places?" Chen Xing played the video of the seven forbidden territories.

The video of the Age Forbidden Land showed a desolate hilly area, with a stele at the entrance inscribed with the words "Without Falsehood."

According to the provided intelligence, the Age Forbidden Land was the most dangerous among the seven territories.

For any life form sent inside, as soon as they crossed the boundary marked by the stele, their life force would rapidly drain away. The stronger the individual, the longer they could last.

But it was believed that the stronger one was, the longer the lifespan they had available to burn.

Moreover, even after leaving the Age Forbidden Land, this power of life burning would not cease.

Because of its terrifying properties, even those in the Ascension Realm dared not set foot lightly.

Otherwise, if a life was lost due to the burning of life force, the loss would be too great.

In the video, a rabbit was thrown into the Age Forbidden Land, visibly aging at an observable speed, and finally turned into a cold corpse, which also decayed at an extremely fast rate.

The video of the Netherworld Forbidden Land showed a clear, yellowish small river, with the riverbed covered in white bones.

What was most eerie was that occasionally, the bones at the riverbed would emit cracking sounds, some skeletal frameworks would rise from the riverbed, but their legs would get stuck in the mud, struggle for a while, and then helplessly lie down again.

Along the riverbanks, the bones piled up like mountains.

A sheep was thrown in, whereupon the mountain of bones collapsed tumultuously.

A gigantic skeletal hand, formed from bones, struck down on the sheep, the flesh and blood flowing down like magma, turning into a yellow liquid on the ground, merging with the soil beneath.

A skeletal sheep was left behind, it glanced back at the direction of the camera, then hopped towards the direction of the small yellow river.

With a splash, it disappeared into the waters.

"Because this river greatly resembles the Netherworld from the myths, it was named the Netherworld Forbidden Land. The Bone Mountain around it, after testing, was found to contain more than one Ascension-level Bone Demon," Qiu Shangqing explained.

He said this while glancing at the Demon Eagle, which was all bones.

It was unclear if it had any connection with the Netherworld Forbidden Land.

Sensing Qiu Shangqing's gaze, the Demon Eagle cackled eerily: "I have no relation with the Spirit Bone River; I was born in the Netherworld Great Burial Ground."

The Demon Eagle, with its hundred eyes, continued to look back, suddenly uttering a light exclamation.

"Eh?" The Demon Eagle couldn't believe its eyes as it looked at a photo of the Tomb Tower Forbidden Land.

Isn't that my old home? How did it end up here too?