Chapter 196 - 185: The Mystery of the Divine Beast
In the Era of the Gods, the Endless Forest stood as a top-tier realm, teeming with Demon Beasts that wielded boundless destructive power. These Demon Beasts acknowledged a universally recognized leader—Ancestor Dragon Ganakthysis, dubbed the Dragon Ancestor by the Dragon race.
The Ancestor Dragon led the mighty Demon Beasts of the Endless Forest to continually expand through spatial rifts, intent on conquering all worlds.
The march of the Demon Beast armies naturally reached the bountiful realm of Divine Favor, and war was inevitable.
Faced with such a formidable foe, the gods of Divine Favor were willing to set aside their racial grievances and unite. Thus, began the cataclysmic war beneath the Star Sea between eight thousand Heavenly God Level Demon Beasts under the Dragon Ancestor’s command and the gods of Divine Favor. It was this very battle that shattered the vast world of the Divine Favor realm, with three-quarters of its territory breaking apart and plummeting into the depths of the Star Sea.
Divine Favor suffered devastating losses, and so did the Ancestor Dragon, who was not only defeated in battle but was also pursued by the enraged Heavenly Gods, who led their armies deep into the Endless Forest, slaughtering almost all of the god-level Demon Beasts. Although the Ancestor Dragon barely survived, he was stripped of ninety-nine percent of his power and bound with divine chains on Great Snow Mountain in the Nansha Great Forest—now known as a forbidden zone of life.
Today, in the Endless Forest, aside from the top-ranking Di Ti, the other four Heavenly God Level Demon Beasts were born influenced by the will of the Endless Forest Plane.
As an old-fashioned god-level Demon Beast, Di Ti is the only fortunate survivor from the hands of the gods. Its strength is undeniable, but due to the immense shadow the gods cast over it, it doesn’t dare to step out of the Endless Forest, even after a million or ten million years.
The other god-level Demon Beasts are different. They have yet to experience the cruel blows of society and are constantly contemplating expansion. However, they are restrained by Di Ti’s power, which has prevented them from starting their campaign and baring their fangs toward Divine Favor.
When a Demon Beast ascends to god-level, the most significant change is the formation of a domain. The Old Blue Dragon’s domain is described as chaotic, just like its name, and it generates a chaotic force field affecting everything nearby. This is a main reason why the Demon Beasts of the Endless Forest differ from those in other worlds; anyone who enters this chaotic territory is influenced, leading to various strange transformations. Some changes are relatively common, while others are exceedingly deadly. Take the Old Blue Dragon, for instance, its magic skills are rendered completely ineffective under the influence of chaos, and Lu Hong was also affected, the power of his Blood Transverse Sky Skill neutralized completely.
"What about the other Demon Beasts?" Lu Hong, eager for more, quickly pressed on.