Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast

Soon, a member of the Heavenly Feathered Race noticed that An Fuqing was still present in the apocalyptic scene, where tens of thousands of kilometers of land had been shattered into fragments, flames burned fiercely, and lava flowed across the ground.

Surrounded by powerful energy that blocked the surging shockwaves of the battle, the girl with four swords on her back stood observing the chaos. Her long hair whipped in the wind, and her expression was cold and calm.

Golden light condensed next to Heavenly King Zhenwu, forming the figure of Bordea, who asked in confusion, "Brother Zhenwu, why is she still down there?"

Bordea remembered An Fuqing well. She was a girl who had displayed astounding talent, no weaker than the most gifted youth of the Heavenly Feathered Race's Divine Phoenix Lineage.

Earlier, when the humans approached them for an alliance, they only said they were preparing to ambush the famed Purgatory Grand Marshal, Cortes, and had found a way to lure him out.

However, with the great war imminent, the chances of success for this ambush wouldn't be high if they relied solely on the power of the human race. To increase their chances of success, a divine king from the Heavenly Feathered Race needed to take action. Moreover, this battle could very well become the trigger for the full-scale war.

Staring at the girl, Zhenwu let out a slow sigh. "I guess she's staying as bait to pin that great demon king down. As long as she remains there, he will not leave before the outcome of today's battle is decided, even if it means risking death later."

"This..." Bordea looked stunned, unable to understand what connection this human girl had with that Purgatory Grand Marshal.

Zhenwu didn't hide the truth, saying in a deep voice, "This great demon king named Cortes is actually a traitor of the human race."

"Brother Zhenwu, are you sure you're not joking?" Bordea was momentarily stunned, but soon, a look of shock gradually appeared on his face. Whether it was the human cultivator who wielded the power of the sun and moon, whose late-stage chief god cultivation could rival that of an ordinary divine king, or the terrifying great demon king, both possessed astonishing strength.

On top of that was the Divine Might King, currently in seclusion on the Seventeenth Plane. Each one of them was a monstrous existence capable of dominating an entire era, and yet the human race had produced so many.

However, something was off. The great demon king had mentioned earlier that today would be the day he achieved unity. The two powerful beings currently engaged in battle also seemed to share a faintly similar soul's aura.

At this thought, Bordea took a deep breath, a look of disbelief in his eyes. "Brother Zhenwu... don't tell me that the human expert in the battle below and the great demon king are actually one and the same!"

Zhenwu sighed. "They really are the same person. His name is Xiao Tianyi, a genius who once dominated an era of our race. Later, something happened, and he split himself into three. One of his true forms chose to betray the human race and joined the Purgatory Empire. As for An Fuqing, her relationship with them is complicated. Perhaps she is the key to killing that great demon king today."

At that moment, two auras suddenly erupted within the plane. A massive golden eye appeared above the sky. Its gaze was cold and devoid of any emotion, reflecting all of heaven and earth like the eye of the Heavenly Dao[1], overlooking all living beings.

At the same time, at the feet of Zuo Mo, who stood on the abyss surrounded by unending dark-red lightning, another golden eye emerged. However, unlike the eye above the sky that radiated a sacred aura, the eye beneath the abyss gave off a chaotic and horrifying feeling, filled with endless darkness.

Boom!

The two eyes burst with brilliant light, as if they were connected to some kind of higher power. Divine power descended, and under the clash of the two forces, the entire plane collapsed with a deafening roar. Black rifts spread out in all directions like cobwebs, covering tens of thousands of kilometers and engulfing most of the plane.

If not for the Eternal Divine Tree suppressing the impact, the strike would have been enough to completely destroy this planar world. Its power surprised even the demon gods and divine kings at the edges of the Eternal Realm.

At the edge of the realm, a demon god shrouded in dark demonic qi slowly spoke, his voice deep and resonant. "As expected. Every time you discover a genius from an alien race, Tyretis, they are frighteningly talented. Once Cortes crosses into the demon god realm, his strength will probably be second only to us."

"Yes, Cortes's talent is impressive indeed." In response to the praise from the powerful demon god, Tyretis, seated upon the ancient throne, gave a faint nod. His expression remained indifferent as his gaze crossed time and space, landing on the tenth plane.

At that moment, the tenth plane, which had already repaired most of its rifts thanks to the suppressive power of the Eternal Divine Tree, trembled once more as ten suns and moons fell from the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The laws of heaven and earth within the entire plane were thrown into complete chaos by the explosion of destructive power. Countless shattered stones mixed with lava lost their gravity and began to float.

At the center of the destructive explosion, a golden black halberd shattered space and time, transcending even the flow of time itself. The instant the ten suns and moons exploded, the halberd struck Xiao Tianyi, blasting him apart.

Boom!

The strike thoroughly shook the foundational principles of the plane. Under the abyssal force, a black hole pierced through the depths of the void, releasing a powerful suction that devoured everything around it. The entire world was plunged into destruction.

In front of the black hole, the ten-thousand-meter-tall Zuo Mo stood wielding his halberd. His body radiated a monstrous aura that pierced through the clouds, and his overwhelming, domineering presence made heaven and earth tremble.

Just then, atop the only intact solitary peak left, An Fuqing suddenly said, "My mother is already dead."

Her cold and quiet voice rang out across the region. It wasn't loud, but in an instant, it caused the overwhelming demonic force surrounding Zuo Mo to pause. He suddenly turned his head and looked toward the girl thousands of kilometers away.

"She's dead! Who killed her?" In an instant, a thunderous roar echoed across the battlefield. Zuo Mo's demonic eyes were filled with a frenzied killing intent as he stared fixedly at An Fuqing.

An Fuqing looked on coldly and said, "Wasn't it you who killed her? Back then, you destroyed her foundation, which ultimately caused her life to wither away."

An even more terrifying killing intent surged from Zuo Mo, and the overwhelming demonic force nearly drowned the entire planar world. His eyes were bloodshot as he stared at An Fuqing and said through gritted teeth, "Back then, I only injured her to make her stay away from me. I did not destroy her foundation."

Seeing the overwhelming murderous aura radiating from the Purgatory great demon king, who didn't seem like he was lying to her, a trace of surprise flashed through An Fuqing's eyes.

"Are you sure?" From the sky above, Xiao Tianyi reappeared out of nowhere. His jade-colored battle armor was somewhat tattered now, and his aura was a little more chaotic than before. However, at that moment, neither Xiao Tianyi nor Zuo Mo had the intention to fight. Their eyes were cold, filled with deadly killing intent as they stared at each other.

"No, I only injured her at the time and sent a demonized colossal beast to return her to human territory. Could it be that someone..." The red light in Zuo Mo's demonic eyes grew even stronger. His voice was low, filled with a murderous aura.

Xiao Tianyi's black hair flowed despite the absence of wind, and a terrifying killing intent surged from his body as well. His voice was cold as he asked, "Then Father, and Uncle An... you didn't kill them either?"

"Uncle An? Father? They're dead too? Who killed them?" The murderous aura around Zuo Mo grew even stronger. The tangible killing intent turned into a crimson glow that enveloped the world, as streaks of dark-red lightning flashed across the sky, filling the heavens and earth with suffocating pressure.

At that moment, not only An Fuqing and Xiao Tianyi, but even Heavenly Kings Zhenwu and Xuanwu outside the plane were somewhat stunned. According to their original information, they had believed that Zuo Mo had injured An Fuqing's mother. At the time, she had indeed said that it was Zuo Mo who hurt her.

Because of Xiao Tianyi's betrayal back then, An Fuqing's entire family was immediately cast aside. Although no one targeted An Fuqing and her mother directly, no one paid attention to them anymore, either.

Furthermore, Xiao Tianyi's father, along with An Fuqing's grandparents and the others, had died after venturing deep into the mythical world in search of him. They never returned, and it was assumed they had perished. However, judging from Zuo Mo's reaction, something didn't seem quite right.

Zuo Mo said in a low, icy voice, "After I became a true demon and reforged my true form, I crossed a great distance straight to the Heavenly Feathered Battlefield. I never looked back at the human side... I didn't expect that they all died because of me."

Violent winds swirled around Xiao Tianyi as blazing destructive intent radiated from him in waves, carrying a terrifying aura of life and death. The light and invisible force he released enveloped half the world, causing rifts to tear open one after another in the fabric of space.

Zuo Mo then turned to Xiao Tianyi. "Why didn't you investigate after you learned they had died?"

"I did, but all the information pointed to you," Xiao Tianyi replied.

Both fell into silence immediately. Clearly, there was more to what happened back then. Someone had intervened after Zuo Mo injured An Fuqing's mother and sent her back to human territory. That person secretly severed her life foundation, and other relatives connected to him also died while searching for him.

Who was this individual? Was it a cultivator within the Human Federation who sought to kill them in retaliation for his betrayal? Was it someone from the Purgatory True Demon Clan? Or perhaps the Alliance of Gods, who had also been involved back then?

Even An Fuqing, who had originally planned to find a way to assist in killing Zuo Mo today, was momentarily stunned.

Although Xiao Tianyi and Zuo Mo were both filled with overwhelming killing intent, they had suddenly lost the mood to fight. At that moment, endless golden light seeped in from outside the plane, and countless chants and prayers echoed through the void.

Three figures appeared, each nearly ten thousand meters tall. Behind them were four pairs of wings in golden, white, and silver hues, flickering between solid and illusory. Their bodies radiated dazzling light that gathered into divine halos, slowly rotating as they surrounded Zuo Mo.

"I represent the primordial light."

"I command the eternal war."

"I am the embodiment of the laws of heaven and earth. I burn all souls, true form, and origins, guiding the descent of the supreme and mighty power of eternity."

As the three peak chief gods chanted, they began to burn their incomplete souls and true forms. In that instant, their auras surged violently, summoning an overwhelming power that pierced through time and space. It descended upon the world and transformed into a golden-white wave that swept across the entire plane.

The entire plane fell into stillness under its influence. Nothing continued to operate, not even the abyssal power and the sun-moon will surrounding Xiao Tianyi and Zuo Mo, both of which were comparable to the fundamental principles of the world.

The Heavenly Feathered Race didn't understand what had happened inside, nor who had killed An Fuqing's mother and Uncle An. They only knew that at that moment, Cortes was distracted, and it was an opportunity to take him down.

The very moment the three chief gods took action, beyond the plane, in the golden sea, the figure known as the Lord of Holy Light slowly rose from the throne in the temple. A pressure comparable to that of a divine king suddenly burst forth from him, filling the entire void.

An indescribable pure white light appeared in the figure's hands. Its form resembled a long spear, and the ancient aura it emitted caused the True Martial Divine Stele held by Zhenwu to hum and vibrate.

1. The "Heavenly Dao" refers to the natural order or divine law that governs the universe in Chinese philosophy and cultivation lore. It represents an impartial force that oversees all things, often depicted as the ultimate authority that determines fate, justice, and balance. In this context, the golden eye symbolizes an omniscient presence that watches over and judges all living beings. ☜