Xiong Lishi is no longer the leader of the human race. Seven generations have passed down from him. Fortunately, he received the cultivation techniques taught by Xuan Tian. With these simple techniques, he managed to raise his cultivation to the level of Taiyi Loose Immortal. To be able to raise his cultivation to such a level in just a few hundred years without any guidance is quite remarkable.
Xuan Tian had instructed him to improve his cultivation to protect the human race, and he had always regarded it as his lifelong duty. After passing on the Nine Dragons Star Crown, he moved into the Elders' Courtyard, which was specially set up for retired leaders, and devoted himself to cultivation. He would not act unless it was a matter of great importance concerning the human race.
On this day, he and several other retired human leaders were cultivating when someone outside requested an audience. Upon entering, he found it was none other than Nie Feng, the current human leader.
"Nie Feng pays his respects to all the ancestors." Nie Feng stepped forward first, bowed to the portraits of Xuan Tian and Nuwa hanging in the center of the main hall, and then bowed to the others.
"No need for formalities, Nie Feng. What brings you here?" Xiong Li asked. Nie Feng was young, energetic, hardworking, and quite composed.
Nie Feng said, "Reporting to the Ancestor, recently some clansmen discovered a giant demon python openly slaughtering them. I led the clan's warriors to try to capture it, but we were no match for it. The demon python was highly skilled and had a body of copper and iron, and none of the clansmen could defeat it. After a bloody battle, I finally managed to defeat it with the help of the Nine Dragons Star Crown, but I could not kill it. I hope the Ancestor will lend a hand."
"Oh? A demon! Let us go out and take a look." Upon hearing that it was a demon, Xiong Li immediately recalled the cruelty of the demons during his reign, and his burning anger rekindled. He hurriedly asked Nie Feng to take him there, vowing to kill the giant python.
When they arrived at the place where the giant python had been, they happened to find it out for food after recovering from its injuries. Upon seeing it, Xiong Li's eyes widened and his hair stood on end. Without saying a word, he took out a wooden staff and struck at the giant python. The staff was a magical artifact he had crafted himself, and it wasn't anything special.
That giant python was already a Dao Fruit of the Great Luo Loose Immortal, with thick skin and flesh. If it weren't for Nie Feng having the Nine Dragons Star Crown when they fought earlier, Nie Feng would probably have been killed by it. At this moment, Xiong Lishi only had the cultivation of a Taiyi Loose Immortal. He attacked in anger, disregarding the difference in strength, so how could he not be defeated?
Hearing the commotion, the giant python saw Xiong Lishi strike it with his wooden staff. It didn't dodge, relying on its thick skin and tough flesh to take the blow directly. Sure enough, the staff struck the python, sending sparks flying. The python flicked its tail, knocking the staff away. Then, it looked at Xiong Lishi, flicking its tongue and saying, "Who are you? You seem to possess some Daoist cultivation. But why did you ambush me?"
"Me? I am Xiong Li, the one you failed to kill back then! You wicked beast! You killed my parents and devoured my people. The Holy Father appeared that day and didn't encounter you, but today we've met again. I thought I'd never avenge my father, but I have this chance again! Today, I will shatter you to pieces to quell the hatred in my heart!" It turned out this giant python was one of the demons that had preyed on humans. Before Xiong Li became the leader of the human race, his family of five—his parents, a younger brother, and a younger sister—were all devoured by this python. Fortunately, Xiong Li was out hunting and escaped. Later, on the day Xuan Tian killed the demons, this python was busy and didn't join the other demons, thus escaping death. Enemies meet again on a narrow road; no wonder Xiong Li lost his mind upon seeing the python and attacked it.
"Oh?" This giant python has killed countless humans; how could it possibly remember who was who? "Even if I did kill them, so what? With your meager cultivation, what can you do to me?"
Enraged, Xiong Li knew the giant python was telling the truth. He ordered Nie Feng to summon the Nine Dragons Star Crown on his head and unleash the Nine Dragons Divine Dragon form to attack the giant python. Xiong Li himself rushed forward and struck the python's body with his wooden staff.
The giant python feared the nine dragons and dared not fight them. Just as it was about to escape, Nie Feng led his people to desperately entangle it. It managed to break free for a moment, but after escaping Nie Feng, it was caught up by the nine dragons and could not get away.
The nine dragons were once experts at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. After the self-destruction of the Dragon Pearl, their cultivation level dropped significantly. They were later refined into a magic weapon by Xuan Tian. Although they were at the Taiyi Golden Immortal level, they were still inanimate objects and their coordination was not as complete as when they were alive. They could only trap the giant python but could not kill it.
As time passed, Xiong Li, unable to subdue the giant python, felt grief and anger. His eyes flashed with malice, and he ordered Nie Feng to retreat. Nie Feng, unaware of his intention, led his men back ten miles. There, he saw Xiong Li's body swell up like a balloon, absorbing all the spiritual energy around him. Nie Feng was shocked, realizing that Xiong Li was likely going to perish together with the giant python, and cried out in alarm, "No!"
Xiong Li rushed towards the giant python and, taking advantage of its distraction while trapped by the nine dragons, grabbed it. The python, which had previously looked down on Xiong Li's meager cultivation, hadn't paid him any attention. Unexpectedly, it was suddenly grabbed by Xiong Li. Seeing his appearance, it knew he was about to self-destruct. It thrashed wildly, trying to break free, but in doing so, it knocked the nine dragons away. A deafening explosion, like a missile exploding, followed by a blinding light that Nie Feng and the others dared not look directly at. After the impact, Xiong Li was nowhere to be seen; only the shattered body of the python remained, already dead. Nie Feng and the others were filled with grief. They ordered the python's corpse to be carried back and erected on a giant tree before the clan's altar. The python's body was hung on it to dry in the sun, serving as a warning to the clan that this was the body of a great enemy of the human race, causing everyone to spit on it.
Four Human Races' Bloodline
Last time, we talked about how Xiong Lishi self-destructed and perished together with the giant python. This matter should have ended there, but unexpectedly, there was another development.
That giant python was a demon saint. Although the Heavenly Court was not lacking in such figures, it was still a demon saint after all. After learning of the giant python's death, Shang Yang ordered an investigation into the matter. Unexpectedly, the investigation uncovered the secret that human essence blood could enhance cultivation. Shang Yang seemed to see the future of the demon race and his own future in it. If there were enough humans, the number of demon saints could be increased by one, two, or even... ten or a hundred times. And since he was the one who improved his cultivation through this method, when the demon race unified the world, he would be the greatest contributor to the Heavenly Court. Thinking of this, Shang Yang couldn't wait to see Di Jun and tell him this good news.
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