The ferocious beast panted weakly, and the white mist coming out of its mouth and nose turned into a horrific storm that swept everything.

The surrounding space collapsed in the storm created by his breath, and then healed again within the rules of the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda. This has been the case for thousands of years since the connection between heaven and earth was cut off.

The ferocious beast stared at Shen Yuan who was so close to it with its red eyes. The awe it had ten thousand years ago was no longer in its eyes. Instead, there was a bit of fear and regret mixed in with its anger.

Ten thousand years ago, in the small world of Zhenlong, Shen Yuan passed the test of the two gates of heaven and earth alone, successfully climbed to the top floor of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, and saw the ferocious beast guarding this place.

At that time, the ferocious beast was eager to get rid of the boring life of guarding. After sensing the origin of incense and Taoism and the breath of the sun in Shen Yuan, it regarded Shen Yuan as one of the incarnations of Emperor Donghua who was touring the worlds.

Shen Yuan was also able to use the Emperor Donghua's cover to step into the core area of ​​the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.

During this process, Shen Yuan promised that if the ferocious beast guarded the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower for ten thousand years, he would grant it an opportunity.

In the first few decades, the ferocious beast had complete faith in the incarnation of Emperor Donghua, and thought that as long as he could survive another ten thousand years, he would be able to obtain the opportunity bestowed by Emperor Donghua.

Ten thousand years is not unacceptable for a ferocious beast that has already lived for a long time.

However, what the ferocious beast did not expect was that what he was waiting for was not an opportunity, but the arrival of Jue Tian Di Tong.

The Emperor Dayin severed the connection between the lower world and the upper world by severing the connection between heaven and earth. The Great Celestial Immortal Minghao could no longer exert influence on the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, which was a happy thing for the ferocious beast.

But what followed was the depletion of spiritual energy in Dayin's world, and the entire Xuanhuang world fell into a cycle of spiritual energy tides.

The space inside the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower was opened up by the Xuanhuang Qi. It forms a small world within itself. It is different from the blessed land that exists in the endless void and cannot be immune to the impact of spiritual energy depletion.

The spiritual essence of the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower was damaged as the spiritual energy was exhausted, and the ferocious beast also suffered from the torture of the spiritual energy exhaustion and the incomplete rules of heaven and earth. Even its body that had ascended to the fairyland could hardly bear it.

During this process, the ferocious beast suddenly realized that the so-called guarding for ten thousand years was not as easy as he had imagined.

He began to doubt Shen Yuan's words and his identity.

Recalling the various scenes when he met Shen Yuan, the suspicion in Zheshou's heart became more and more serious. He suddenly realized that this appointment that lasted for ten thousand years might be a complete scam.

The admiration for Shen Yuan began to turn into resentment, and the ferocious beast was tortured in the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, and the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower was also constantly decaying.

Until one day, the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower left its original location and came to the newly established underworld Fengdu City, and transformed itself into the Eighteen Levels of Hell and escaped under Fengdu City.

The vast amount of Xuanhuang Qi was consumed in this process, constructing the underworld with Fengdu City as its center.

The Underworld is the key node for the balance of yin and yang in the Xuanhuang Realm. Favored by the Xuanhuang Realm, the negative impacts brought about by the tides of spiritual energy and the incomplete rules of heaven and earth will be weakened in the Underworld.

This also saved the ferocious beast from the risk of falling, but it was also imprisoned in the eighteen levels of hell in the underworld in this way.

Different from the ghosts and gods in the underworld who have fallen into deep sleep, the ferocious beast sitting in the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower remains awake at all times. Although his cultivation has been preserved in the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, he has also paid a huge price.

In the following thousands of years, the ferocious beast experienced several long periods of spiritual energy depletion. Although the danger of each period of spiritual energy depletion did not cause the ferocious beast to die, it still brought him endless painful torture.

During this process, the ferocious beast was still under the command of the great immortal Minghao and could not leave the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. It could only stay with the evil spirits in the eighteen levels of hell all day long.

All of this was wearing down the beast's will, causing it to gradually sink.

The ferocious beast even felt that if he had to endure the torture of spiritual energy depletion again, his will would collapse before his body.

During these dry years, the ferocious beast finally underwent a change. The Xuanhuang Linglong Tower seemed to have emerged from the depths of the earth and reappeared between heaven and earth.

And at this moment, accumulated confrontations broke out in the outside world, and even extremely powerful people died in the process of the rules being activated.

Finally, the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, which had been sealed for thousands of years, was opened again, and the extremely familiar figure of a ferocious beast appeared before his eyes.

At this moment, the ferocious beast's originally silent heart finally began to waver again. The anger that had accumulated for thousands of years woke him up from his confusion, and he glared at the figure in front of him.

"How dare you come?"

An angry roar emanated from the beast's mouth.

Even though his body and mind had been almost exhausted after thousands of years of torture, the beast was still a prehistoric beast that had entered the fairyland while still inside the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower.

In the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, the ferocious beast can even compete with the suppressed Yama's true body.

"Why shouldn't I come?"

Facing the ferocious beast's questioning, Shen Yuan's expression remained calm.

Although the ferocious beast is a prehistoric beast from the fairyland, the underworld is Shen Yuan's home ground. When in the underworld, Shen Yuan is the Emperor of Fengdu, dominating the incense and fire gods and the underworld, and can mobilize the power of the entire underworld.

More importantly, the command on the ferocious beast has not dissipated, so it can only be trapped in the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower. The Xuanhuang Linglong Tower is also under the control of Shen Yuan. The crisis can be resolved by simply leaving the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower before the ferocious beast attacks.

This means that Shen Yuan has the confidence to protect himself when facing the ferocious beast.

The beast's gaze became more dangerous, and its voice became low and hoarse.

"You are not Emperor Donghua at all. You have deceived me for ten thousand years!"

The roar shook the entire space, and the huge platform collapsed at this moment and fell into the endless void.

The ferocious beast stood in the void, its powerful aura no longer reserved. Even Shen Yuan, who was blessed by the status of Emperor Fengdu, felt a huge sense of oppression, and the space under his feet slowly collapsed at this moment.

Even though this prehistoric giant beast is dying, it is still a genuine giant beast from the fairyland. Ordinary virtual cultivators cannot even face the pressure unleashed by this ferocious beast.

Facing the enraged beast, Shen Yuan smiled.

"I can be Emperor Donghua."

He slowly stretched out his right hand, and the space shattered as his palm flipped over, as if a scorching sun rose from the space illuminated by his palm.

At the same time, the aura on Shen Yuan suddenly changed, and the Netherworld represented by Emperor Fengdu was quietly suppressed.

The aura of the Shinto Emperor's status erupted without reservation, and his supernatural power to drive gods was stimulated to the extreme at this moment, connecting with the original power of the incense and Shinto of the entire underworld.

All kinds of strange visions appeared on his body. At this moment, Shen Yuan was like a sun emperor born from the sun, his light shone on all directions. Even the ferocious beasts in front of him did not dare to look directly at the light of the sun.

Facing the Great Sun Emperor in front of him, the ferocious beast's body began to tremble slightly.

If it is said that Shen Yuan ten thousand years ago only had a hint of the aura of Emperor Donghua, he was recognized by him as the incarnation of Emperor Donghua.

Then Shen Yuan, who is now walking in the world carrying the Great Sun and in charge of incense and gods, is the real Emperor Donghua!

In a trance, the ferocious beast seemed to have returned to the scene tens of thousands of years ago when it had just ascended to the fairyland and saw Emperor Donghua driving the Xihe golden chariot to tour the various realms.

Although the person before him is only as different from the great sun that shakes all the worlds as the firefly and the bright moon, the essence they reveal is the same.

However, Shen Yuan was not satisfied at this moment. He waved his hand and closed the space passage leading to the secret realm of the courtyard. The light projected by the sun star in the courtyard was restrained at this moment.

Afterwards, the divine aura on Shen Yuan's body gradually weakened, but he took a step towards the direction of the ferocious beast.

"boom!"

The ferocious beast only felt a violent tremor between heaven and earth. A roar could be heard from the eighteen levels of hell in the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, the Fengdu City outside the tower, the land of the underworld, and even the entire Xuanhuang Realm, where the City God incense and fire domains that were being nurtured in tens of thousands of cities.

The Netherworld Avenue descended with the origin of the evolution of the incense and fire, and Shen Yuan was carrying two origins of the Avenue, and the status of the Emperor of Fengdu was completely stimulated. The clothes on his body turned into a majestic black gold imperial robe that seemed to cover the entire underworld. The twenty-four heavenly glazed pearl crowns on his head fell, and his indifferent eyes saw through every corner of the underworld. The cloud-patterned shoes under his feet fell, and the evil spirits in the eighteen layers of hell cried in unison.

In the underworld, everything praises the name of the Great Emperor.

Shen Yuan looked indifferent. The incomplete status of the King of Fengdu was not enough for him to fight against the fairyland with his mere initial stage of transformation.

But the entire underworld was placed upon him, and Shen Yuan, with the help of the power of the underworld, easily suppressed the aura emanating from the prehistoric beast in front of him.

The plain words with a long tone slowly rang out from Shen Yuan's mouth:

"I am also the Great Emperor of Fengdu!"

At this moment, the ferocious beast's brain lost the ability to think. He could not understand why one person could bear the throne of two emperors.

In particular, one of the emperors is Emperor Donghua, who is known as the lord of all immortals and gods, and the supreme emperor in heaven after the Jade Emperor and the Four Emperors of the Earth.

“Boom!”

The roaring sound of thunder in the heaven and earth fell here. In that thunder, it seemed as if there was the roar of billions of ghosts and gods in the underworld, the wailing of the Ten Kings of Hell, and the mournful cry of the Wheel King when he died.

The terrifying scene that flashed in the thunder was beyond the beast's cognition, especially the vision of the Wheel King's death, which frightened him even more. Following his instinct, he subconsciously took a step back, trying to avoid the edge of the emperor in front of him.

It was this step of retreat that caused the weak prehistoric beast, which had accumulated pressure for thousands of years, to suddenly dissipate, and it was defeated in the confrontation of momentum in an instant.

Waking up from a brief trance, the ferocious beast stared blankly at its own retreating steps.

The anger and hatred of thousands of years seemed to have turned into a joke at this moment.

The cultivation of the person in front of him had obviously not improved much compared to ten thousand years ago, but the great power he carried was enough to make even the ferocious beasts unable to help but feel fear.

"Yes, I overstepped my authority!"

The ferocious beast finally lowered its proud head, and even its voice was no longer hoarse with hatred and anger.

Shen Yuan had a cold expression on his face, and did not dispel the momentum of Fengdu that was being suppressed by the entire underworld.

Looking down at the ferocious beast, Shen Yuan asked coldly: "Why do you harbor hostility towards me?"

The ferocious beast's body trembled, and the remaining hatred and anger in its heart rose again. Its red eyes wanted to tear the human in front of it, who was only at the Divine Transformation Realm, into pieces.

However, the pressure from the general trend made the ferocious beast afraid to make a move.

With chaotic thoughts running through his mind, the ferocious beast could only speak honestly:

“You said that if you let me guard the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda for ten thousand years, you would grant me an opportunity.

However, the closure of the connection between heaven and earth and the exhaustion of spiritual energy in the Xuanhuang Realm caused me great suffering, and all the dissatisfaction in my heart turned into resentment towards you, so I committed the crime of usurpation. "

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan coldly rebuked:

"idiot!"

"It's just stupid!"

The ferocious beast was agitated and his eyes turned red again, but the next second Shen Yuan's words suddenly calmed him down.

"If guarding the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda for ten thousand years was an easy task, why would I promise you an opportunity?

In your eyes, my chance is just a mundane thing that can be obtained by sitting for thousands of years?"

The ferocious beast was suddenly stunned.

The emperor's opportunity is a rare treasure in the entire world, especially for the Donghua emperor who is the lord of all immortals and gods and is in charge of the incense and gods.

The opportunity of Emperor Donghua is enough to create one of the Eight Gods, and it is not impossible for him to even glimpse a higher level.

If such an opportunity could be easily obtained, there would probably not be only hundreds of the Eight Gods in Heaven.

Seeing the ferocious beast's reaction, Shen Yuan also understood that the giant beast from the fairyland in front of him had already believed his words.

In fact, when Shen Yuan said those words ten thousand years ago, he just wanted to whet the appetite of the ferocious beast. In his opinion, the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower might be preserved after ten thousand years, but the ferocious beast must have died long ago, so there was no loss at all by just saying it casually.

Who would have thought that because the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower turned into the Eighteen Levels of Hell, the ferocious beast had luckily survived to this day, but it actually brought Shen Yuan a lot of trouble.

However, behind seemingly troublesome things, there are also opportunities.

Suppressing the fluctuating thoughts in his heart, Shen Yuan spoke in a deep voice:

“As a prehistoric alien species, you will be able to reach the fairyland after you reach adulthood, but your strong innate foundation means that you will inevitably face many difficulties if you want to make further progress.

If you want to attain godhood and reach a higher realm, you must go through trials and tribulations that ordinary people cannot endure, and then you can have a glimmer of hope."

The ferocious beast couldn't help but widen its eyes.

After experiencing thousands of years of suffering, he didn't really believe in the tempering that Shen Yuan talked about. He would even rather give up the opportunity to go further than endure that inhuman torture.

But as Shen Yuan continued to tell the story, the ferocious beast suddenly realized that it no longer mattered whether the person in front of him was Emperor Donghua or not.

Because Shen Yuan is the only one who can bring a glimmer of hope to his endless suffering.

His heart suddenly woke up, and all his anger and resentment were thrown behind him by the ferocious beast.

For the ferocious beast, the only thing he needs to do is to seek relief from this suffering.

The arrogant prehistoric beast slowly lay down, with a humble and respectful expression on his face:

"Zhen is ignorant and stupid, and has never understood the emperor's painstaking efforts. Please punish me, emperor!"

A smile finally appeared on Shen Yuan's face.

He didn't need to care whether Zhe was truly convinced. The fact that the giant beast in front of him could show such a gesture was enough for him.

A giant beast from the fairyland, even if it can only exert its power in the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower, is still a great help to him.

Shen Yuan slowly stretched out his right hand, and his index finger outlined in the air, turning it into a brilliant divine decree.

"Zheng has guarded the Xuanhuang Linglong Tower for ten thousand years, and his contribution will be remembered for thousands of years!"

"In the name of the Great Emperor of Fengdu, I decree that Zhe be the beast of the underworld, guarding the eighteen levels of hell and monitoring the evil spirits!"

As the sound of the divine way fell, the decree of the Emperor of Fengdu suppressed everything and cleansed the ferocious beast of its impurities.

The withered body regained life, and the weakened soul began to revive under the blessing of the Eighteen Levels of Hell.

The ferocious beast only felt a series of crisp shattering sounds coming from his ears, as if invisible shackles were taken off, and the Minghao Great Immortal's edict that had accompanied him for tens of thousands of years had been shattered at this moment!