"Father God, through my infiltration and division, the Xuanwu clan has experienced some internal discord. A portion believes that as part of the water tribe, and lacking the power to dominate the world, they might as well pledge allegiance to the Dragon clan, thus avoiding being exploited by the Phoenix and Qilin clans.
Another faction feels there's no need to immediately join the Dragon clan, nor to openly antagonize the Phoenix and Qilin clans. They believe they can maintain the current status quo and refrain from participating in the great war between the three major clans.
Their sole focus would be to guard the rivers and lakes on the land.
They hope to preserve their existing state and maintain a degree of peace, avoiding offense to any of the three clans.
Even if internal division doesn't occur spontaneously, if the other brothers were to incite them slightly within the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans to choose sides, they could still be thoroughly fractured. Thus, they are no longer a significant threat."
Yu Yun quickly elaborated on his strategic plan.
Bing Mie then hurried to add:
"Father God, the Baihu clan is proving troublesome. I've discovered their clan leader is harboring thoughts of retreat. He seems to want to disband the vassal races, have those subordinate races pledge allegiance to the Qilin clan, and then have the main clan withdraw from the world.
As you know, pure Baihu are extremely rare, numbering less than a hundred in total. If they were to disband all the tiger tribes with Baihu bloodlines and the other tiger, leopard, and lion tribes without Baihu bloodlines that are affiliated with the Baihu clan, they would indeed have no reason to involve themselves in the conflict and could simply find a hidden realm to reside in.
Furthermore, the extreme north of the west, a realm of indestructible Geng Metal.
It is exceptionally suitable for them to live in seclusion.
I dared not impersonate a Baihu directly, as there are so few of them, making impersonation difficult. The other affiliated races hold little influence within the Baihu clan.
Therefore, I have made no progress so far.
I request your punishment, Father God."
"The Baihu clan is indeed sensible about their position. However, the Western Continent is already our Demon clan's territory. Having a group of Baihu guarding the western extremes is hardly appropriate!
Since they wish to retreat.
Then we shall leave them with nowhere to retreat to.
Previously, I gathered the world's malevolent energy, the lingering resentment of many deceased innate gods and demons, along with some remnants of their innate divine bodies fused with innate fierce beasts. In total, I created four great fierce beasts. Each of these four fierce beasts possesses power no less than that of the ancestors of the three major clans. Ji Du, you will release the Taotie shortly and lure it to the western extremes.
Destroy their places of seclusion.
Let's see where else the Baihu clan can hide!"
The four great fierce beasts were also created by the Destruction God-Demon specifically for the purpose of world destruction. To ensure their power was as great as possible, while also preventing them from becoming too powerful and disobedient, the Destruction God-Demon specifically imbued their sea of consciousness with abundant innate malevolent energy. This was to make it difficult for them to develop clear intelligence, ensuring they would only know destruction in their limited cognitive state. This way, even if they were to go out of control in the future, it would be inconsequential. After all, the Destruction God-Demon's goal was world destruction, and if the four great fierce beasts went out of control, so be it.
As long as they continued to wreak havoc, it would be considered a positive outcome.
Releasing the Taotie at this time serves not only to force the Baihu clan out of the Western Continent but also to sow further chaos. For in a world filled with turmoil, it becomes easier to scheme, instigate, and incite greater wars, leading to more widespread destruction.
"Yes!" Ji Du immediately responded.
Subsequently, the Destruction God-Demon assigned other tasks to the remaining nine demon generals, either new missions or further extensions of existing ones, before letting them depart to execute their orders.
After a while longer, tens of millions of kilometers south of Heng Du Mountain, a desolate mountain suddenly crumbled, its underground spiritual veins shattered. A colossal beast, tens of millions of feet in size, violently erupted from the bottomless abyss beneath the earth's veins. The moment the colossal beast emerged, the sky of the entire Western Continent was engulfed by dark clouds. The innate malevolent energy that had accumulated for years but never erupted suddenly appeared, threatening to pierce the heavens and sweep across the land.
This colossal beast was the Taotie.
As soon as it was born, it opened its maw and inhaled, not only consuming the innate malevolent energy but also the boundless innate spiritual energy, the earth's spiritual veins, and even the nascent plants and animals in its vicinity.
In just a moment, all life within a radius of millions of miles was extinguished.
Fortunately, this creature was created by the Destruction God-Demon. While the Destruction God-Demon could not precisely command them, some degree of guidance was possible. Demon General Ji Du, after a brief moment of stunned realization, quickly activated the Taotie's command token bestowed by the Destruction God-Demon.
He sent a subtle suggestion to the unintelligent Taotie: that infinite delicacies existed in the western extremes.
To ensure the Taotie continued to cause destruction, the Destruction God-Demon had specifically engineered a trait into it during its creation: the ability to devour all things in heaven and earth to strengthen itself, yet perpetually feel no satiety and remain eternally hungry. A weak life form constantly hungry might starve to death, or be killed while eating or stealing.
However, for a terrifyingly powerful fierce beast, perpetual hunger would undoubtedly lead it to devour everything in its path, without pause, consuming both the edible and inedible.
Therefore, eating and delicacies were the easiest suggestions to guide the Taotie.
With the successful transmission of the suggestion that delicacies could be found in the western extremes, the Taotie immediately galloped towards that region.
And as it galloped, it continued to devour.
Mountains it encountered were eaten, gods it encountered were eaten. Not long after, it reached the territories of the Baihu clan's vassals and began to voraciously consume those subordinate races. Although some powerful individuals among those vassals offered resistance, they were simply too weak compared to the Taotie. While the Taotie was merely a super chimera created by the Destruction God-Demon, the materials it used for stitching were of extremely high caliber – remnants from the great battle of innate gods and demons. Its sheer durability was unparalleled, let alone the inclusion of fundamental laws and principles.
The powerhouses affiliated with the Baihu clan, even with their full strength, could only inflict minor wounds on the Taotie, which it would ignore. After consuming a bit more, its wounds would heal.
Alternatively, it would simply swallow those powerhouses whole.
Its stomach, created entirely from the devoured divine origin, could instantly digest any creature below the law level. For those at the law level but not deeply so, it would merely take longer to digest. Those lacking sufficient strength, or without the protection of a mid-grade or higher innate spiritual treasure, would essentially be digested upon entry.
The immense disturbance caused by the Taotie could not possibly go unnoticed by the Baihu, who were in the western extremes drawing in innate Geng Metal energy. Soon, the Baihu Ancestor, accompanied by his children – born from his own primordial essence blood fused with the innate Geng Metal origin – went forth to confront the Taotie.
(End of this chapter).
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