TL: Etude
Upon hearing the narrative of the King-level Tianlin Beast, Ye Tian frowned.
"So it was like this!"
It turned out that a few years ago, the Three-Eyed Divine Monkey that Ye Tian encountered came to snatch the Enlightenment Stele. Just as it was about to succeed, an Emperor-level Tianlin Beast arrived.
The Three-Eyed Divine Monkey was only at the Saint level, but its high-level spatial talent made it comparable to an average Emperor level. However, the Emperor-level Tianlin Beast of the Tianlin clan was very powerful. In the ensuing battle, the Three-Eyed Divine Monkey was indeed no match.
At that time, the top-tier ferocious Tianlin Beast that Ye Tian occupied was killed by the residual impacts of the battle between the Three-Eyed Divine Monkey and the Emperor-level Tianlin Beast, and he was unable to learn what happened afterwards.
However, in reality, although the Three-Eyed Divine Monkey lost, it managed to escape using its spatial talent. The Emperor-level Tianlin Beast that chased after the Three-Eyed Divine Monkey was outsmarted by another Three-Eyed Divine Monkey, which stole the Enlightenment Stele.
That time, two Three-Eyed Divine Monkeys took action.
One was in the open, and the other hidden. The Tianlin clan was completely unprepared and was successfully robbed of the Enlightenment Stele by the Three-Eyed Divine Monkeys.
Afterwards.
The Tianlin clan and the Three-Eyed Divine Monkeys engaged in a fierce battle, fighting for several years, resulting in many casualties among the Saint-level ferocious beasts and several Emperor-level beasts.
The Tianlin clan, with their numerous members, was fearless, while the Three-Eyed Divine Monkey clan, being far fewer in number, was no match for the Tianlin clan.
Recently.
The Three-Eyed Divine Monkey clan sought refuge with the Space Devouring Beast Emperor Ling.
Emperor Ling of the Space Devouring Beasts possessed top-tier spatial talent, and the Three-Eyed Divine Monkeys, also having spatial talent, offered their allegiance, which Emperor Ling gladly accepted.
Moreover, the Space Devouring Beast was also very interested in the Enlightenment Stele. Previously, it was reluctant to snatch the treasure of the Tianlin clan, but with the Three-Eyed Divine Monkeys bringing it to them, it would be foolish not to accept.
Thus.
Space Devouring Beast Emperor Ling took possession of the Enlightenment Stele.
Of course, as the Tianlin Beasts were a top-tier clan in the brutal world of simian and dragon beasts, they would not easily submit. Thus, the ancestor of the Tianlin clan awoke from its slumber to challenge Emperor Ling of the Space Devouring Beasts, setting the battle for next month.
If the Tianlin ancestor won, Emperor Ling must hand over the Enlightenment Stele and the Three-Eyed Divine Monkey clan. If Emperor Ling won, the Tianlin clan would completely give up on the Enlightenment Stele.
And the location of the battle was set at Fallen Dragon Mountain!
Since the theft of the Enlightenment Stele was not a good thing, the Tianlin clan did not publicize it, and the Three-Eyed Divine Monkeys, fearing other Emperor-level ferocious beasts might also try to snatch it, kept it a secret as well.
Thus, very few Emperor-level ferocious beasts knew about this matter.
"Not good, he realised we deceived him!"
Some of the Tianlin Beasts noticed the problem and immediately tried to flee.
At that moment.
Space shook and became completely frozen.
All the Tianlin Beasts were unable to move, their eyes filled with terror.
"Annihilate!"
Space blades pierced through the bodies of the Tianlin Beasts.
In an instant, all the Tianlin Beasts present were wiped out.
"To Fallen Dragon Mountain!"
Ye Tian's figure disappeared.
…
Fallen Dragon Mountain.
It was rumored that tens of thousands of years ago, a dragon fell here, and over thousands of years, it transformed into a mountain, which was named Fallen Dragon Mountain by later generations of ferocious beasts.
To this day, a faint dragon's aura still existed on Fallen Dragon Mountain.
On this day.
A figure appeared on Fallen Dragon Mountain, it was Ye Tian.
"A dragon's corpse, huh?"
Ye Tian looked at Fallen Dragon Mountain and murmured.
His Copying Talent enveloped Fallen Dragon Mountain, yet he couldn't detect any talent there.
Clearly, after tens of thousands of years, the corpse that had become a mountain range couldn't be probed for talent. Otherwise, the Copying Talent would be too overpowered.
"This world isn't very powerful, but there are many rumors about dragons, and even many relics left by them. For instance, the Water Dragon Pearl I obtained earlier is the essence of a water dragon. This Fallen Dragon Mountain is also the corpse of a dragon. Along with other dragon legends, and the many ferocious beasts' talents I've examined on my journey, many possess dragon bloodlines!"
Ye Tian believed this world was definitely related to dragons, and it was possible that Xiao Xue came from this world of simian-dragon ferocious beasts.
Xiao Xue was a dragon he had acquired at an auction at Demon Sea Base. He later learned that the person who consigned the dragon egg was a Grandmaster, who had found the egg inside a top-tier ferocious beast's stomach. Unable to hatch it, the Grandmaster had put it up for auction!
"According to the timeline, perhaps right after the birth of the three-star space rift, a top-tier ferocious beast swallowed the dragon egg and then passed through the rift to Earth, where it was killed by a Grandmaster! That Grandmaster consigned the War Blood Sky Dragon egg, which I eventually obtained," Ye Tian speculated.
Various dragon legends, the War Blood Sky Dragon egg, Fallen Dragon Mountain, Water Dragon Pearl.
All signs indicated that this world was extraordinary, potentially concealing great secrets.
Ye Tian didn't know where Emperor Ling of the Space Devouring Beasts was, so he decided to wait at Fallen Dragon Mountain.
Speaking of which, he had a significant connection with Emperor Ling. His top-tier spatial talent was copied from Emperor Ling, but he didn't have a good impression of him.
If it weren't for his Life-Substitute Talent, he would have truly died at the hands of Emperor Ling last time.
Ye Tian dug a hole in Fallen Dragon Mountain and began to cultivate.
As soon as he started, he felt a rich Earth yuan qi.
"Huh? Such rich earth yuan qi is unusual. Could it be that an Earth Dragon died here?" Ye Tian guessed.
"This place is perfect for tempering my body. I have the Five Elements Transformation Talent, which can transform into the Five Elements Earth Spikes Talent. Any place with five elements attributes is suitable for my cultivation. So, I'll use the Earth yuan qi here to temper my body!" Ye Tian decided to use his Earth Spikes Talent to guide the Earth yuan qi to temper his body. The effect was much better than he had anticipated.
"In three months, I can break through the fifth limit. With triple time acceleration, I can do it in one month!" Ye Tian was astonished by this speed.
He guessed that the Earth yuan qi here was related to the dragon corpse, hence the extraordinary effect on body tempering.
So,
Ye Tian began to cultivate diligently in a triple-time-accelerated environment, tempering his body day by day.
Like this, half a month passed.
The strong members of the Tianlin Beast clan arrived first, and Ye Tian immediately sensed their presence and entered a stealth state.
"Seven Emperor-level ferocious beasts. From their talents, five are just below the Thirty-Six Emperors, one is comparable to the Thirty-Six Emperors, and one is on par with the Battle Axe Emperor!" Ye Tian assessed.
According to the intelligence he gathered through hypnotism, the Tianlin Beast comparable to the Battle Axe Emperor must be the ancestor of the Tianlin clan!
Considering the strength level of this simian-dragon ferocious beast world, the Tianlin clan's strength was indeed formidable. Emperor Ling of the Space Devouring Beasts, if not for his top-tier spatial talent, would have been easily crushed by the Tianlin ancestor.
"It's interesting. If the Tianlin ancestor clashes with Emperor Ling, Emperor Ling probably won't be able to handle the ancestor, but the ancestor can't do much to Emperor Ling either!" Ye Tian speculated.
Since the Tianlin Beasts had arrived, Ye Tian also stopped his cultivation. After all, he wasn't in a hurry for these few days.
A few more days passed.
Emperor Ling of the Space Devouring Beasts and a group of Three-Eyed Divine Monkeys also arrived!