CHAPTER 1585: CHAPTER 106: SERENITY

Compared to the Western Thunder King, who is also in the Domain Lord Realm, the Ugly One can naturally better sense Su He’s boundary status.

The Vermilion Bird has proven the Tao and entered the Domain Lord Realm, advancing the Four Spirits together significantly, opening the Sixth Heaven...

To put it bluntly, at this moment, Su He could take on an ordinary Domain Lord like the Five Ancestors of Yuan Sovereign with just a single slap.

At most two slaps, no more than that!

Su He looked at the dark clouds and spoke: "Will you come out on your own, or should I drag you out?"

His tone was calm, and even though it was a question, it sounded more like a statement. It was as casual as asking whether to eat a sweet potato or a yam.

The dark clouds remained unmoving, as if dead.

Su He let out a cold laugh, stomped his foot, and uttered a word: "Disperse!"

The dark clouds rolled and seemed to be split open by a blade, severing into two halves and rolling away to both sides.

Then...

A gray light suddenly appeared, a phantom of a finger, already almost solid, striking forward violently.

In an instant, the entire Netherworld changed color, and the Western Thunder King hurried forward: "Be careful!"

This strike could pierce even the heavens; even the Immortal Sovereign’s limit would not withstand it!

"Retreat!"

He yelled urgently, only to see Su He unhurriedly raise his hand and slap down, just like a street hooligan.

Then—

"Crack!" A crisp sound echoed, and the finger shattered like ice, scattering in all directions, melting before dispersing, dissolving into fog and vanishing.

A pitch-black figure fell from the finger, crashing to the ground, motionless like a corpse.

The size of an ordinary person, yet incredibly bizarre. If split vertically from the center of the nose bridge, the left half would be the world’s most gentle, alluring woman, while the right half was an incredibly ugly man.

Oddly enough, the two halves merged harmoniously together, making one’s skin crawl with just a glance.

"Let’s go!" Su He said, raising a hand to transform a starlight into a rope, binding the Ugly One and letting it float at his side.

The Divine Sense had already swept through the Netherworld, and nothing else remained. The slap not only shattered the finger the Ugly One had condensed for billions of years but also smashed everything he had plotted within the dark clouds to pieces.

There was no need for Su He to understand those things, for anything related to the Ugly One would be annihilated!

Thanks to the teachings of the Dragon Fish Teacher, Su He wouldn’t have this ability before condensing the Tao Te Ching sutra.

By condensing the sutra, Su He could employ some of the means of the source. With a glance, he could see the root of all things.

Causality, law, connection, strength...nothing could escape notice!

No matter what means he possessed, cutting off all roots would naturally end everything.

The Western Thunder King was stunned for a moment, then chuckled. Indeed, it was the same again. In the past, His Majesty and the Tao Master operated the same way; no matter the issue, a slap would settle everything.

The lineage of the Taoist Ancestor seemed to favor slapping!

Su He turned back, but did not see where Ji Feixue was. It was not until he exited the passage that he saw Ji Feixue had already returned, sitting aside, watching the Emperor’s Sword floating beside her like a dog.

The Western Thunder King took two steps forward, bowed to Ji Feixue, and said: "Princess!"

As power returned, he no longer spoke stiffly even after this short moment.

Ji Feixue smiled at him. In terms of status, a prince is not lower than a princess, needing no bow. The Western Thunder King likely behaved this way upon seeing someone from the Heavenly Court, particularly the Heavenly Emperor’s Princess.

Looking over the whole world, aside from the Phoenix Ancestor, there was not a single acquaintance! Not even the Phoenix Ancestor was very well-acquainted, not to mention Thai Zu, whom he’d never met, and neither had he seen the Taoist Ancestor.

...There was also one more!

Amid the conversation, the Qilin Clan had arrived, and in the central figure, half real and half phantom, was the Qilin old ancestor, who had sacrificed himself to break the Yuan Finger.

Su He waved to Ji Feixue and Su Huanian, then turned directly with the Ugly One towards the rear mountain of Di Mountain, where mountains and rivers were forming.

It was the dead Dragon Turtle, its body turning into form.

Thai Zu was there.

Su He descended with the Ugly One, finding Thai Zu silently watching the forming mountain, only speaking after a long while: "Actually, I am not the first Dragon Turtle in this world."

Thai Zu was about to recount matters from ancient times, instantly catching Su He’s attention.

Thai Zu gazed at the mountain with a slightly solemn expression: "At the beginning of times, the Mystery Yellow was vast, and Divine God Beasts were countless. There was no mention of the Four Spirits as we know them now, nor could the current Four Spirits claim dominance. They couldn’t even protect themselves."

Thai Zu laughed lightly: "It was the Qilin Clan that first spoke of having a clan—back then, every Divine God Beast had its territory, even fighting among those of the same species, sometimes not even acknowledging the concept of a clan. Qilins were not skilled in battle, so they formed alliances, later called clans, which led other species to imitate them."

Thai Zu’s gaze fell on the mountain, as if seeing through time to the primal era.

"Dragon Turtles were lazy, hiding far away, and it was only after a long period that an old turtle tried to form a clan. It was during these attempts to connect that the old turtle, to save a little turtle, met its end facing three Gluttonous Beasts—unable to defeat them and perishing at their mouths. Dragon Turtles were a rare delicacy; all but the Turtle Shell was devoured by the Gluttonous Beasts!"

Thai Zu’s voice softened a bit: "The original Di Mountain was formed from the remains of that old turtle. He sincerely wanted to form a clan, still wishing to protect the little ones even in death. It was through that battle that Dragon Turtles truly realized the value of clans, leading to the saying that Di Mountain was the ancestral land."

He looked at Su He: "The relationship between that old turtle and me is like that between Gu Luo and you. Later, when my way was achieved, I hunted Gluttonous Beasts for a million years. That was the first clan I eradicated."

Thai Zu’s words were calm, yet Su He could hear the intent to kill within.