"Completely useless, only good for ruining things!"
"Our Snake Scorpion Great Snake tribe has poured so much effort into helping your Blood Python tribe establish a foothold in the Heavenly Demon Barren Region, yet look! Just look!"
"Is this how your Blood Python tribe repays this old man?"
"Hmph!"
Within the Snake God Temple in the western part of the Heavenly Demon Barren Region, a man in a black robe, with greying hair and a somewhat weathered face.
"Uncle!"
"Uncle!"
"Nephew, what could I do? Father, elder brother, all the elites of my Blood Python tribe are buried in the southwest region. Uncle, you must seek justice for Yuan'er!"
Xue Yuan, the second son of the Blood Python tribal chief Xue Ming, lay on the ground like a dead dog, wailing loudly. From time to time, he would cast sidelong glances at the figures within the hall while screaming hysterically.
"Enough!"
The man in the black robe roared with anger, his face turning purplish-black. Looking at his own sister's son, he truly felt he was beyond saving.
If this were not his own nephew, he would have already sliced this scoundrel in two!
"Ah!"
Xue Yuan glanced at the black-robed man, Gao Yi, and his expression drastically changed. He then turned to look at another person, a woman in a red robe, who was drinking tea.
"Thump, thump!!"
With extreme speed, Xue Yuan scrambled up from the ground and threw himself at the woman in the red robe, hugging her tightly.
His voice was filled with extreme grievance, "Aunt! Aunt!"
"There, there!"
The woman chuckled and shook her head. She then turned to Gao Yi and said, "You are truly something. Why such a temper with your own kin? It was just a lost battle."
"An He, this is not about winning or losing battles. This is a matter of grave importance concerning the safety of the Blood Python tribe!"
"Hm?"
"An He, do you know why the successive Barren Lords have insisted on heading south?"
Gao Yi's voice became increasingly heavy. Even Xue Yuan, who had been staging his performance, stopped his wailing.
"Isn't it to conquer the human lands and plunder blood food?"
An He frowned, looking at Gao Yi. She was originally a princess of the Flame Python tribe.
The four top powers of the Heavenly Demon Barren Region: the Flame Python, Snake Scorpion Great Snake, Demon Ape, and Primordial Mang Ox. These four tribes were each guarded by top-tier Creation Realm ancestors, making them second only to the Heavenly Sword Barren Lord's lineage in the Heavenly Demon Barren Region.
Especially the Flame Python and Snake Scorpion Great Snake tribes. Since their inception, they had been intermarrying and supporting each other, sharing honor and disgrace. Their combined strength was even more formidable than that of the Demon Ape and Primordial Mang Ox.
"No!"
Gao Yi shook his head. "Blood food alone is worth such great effort from the Barren Lords?"
"Then why?"
An He stood up. When she was in the Flame Python tribe, she had also asked her father, but each time she inquired, she was rebuffed.
"Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body!"
Gao Yi's gaze shifted to the distance, looking at the pitch-black clouds outside the hall. His voice was filled with a hint of excitement, and his eyes gleamed with greed.
"What?"
An He's face paled with alarm. She rushed forward to Gao Yi's back, her voice urgent, "Does the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body truly exist?"
Gao Yi turned his gaze towards An He. "Indeed!"
"It is for the legendary Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body that the ancient Barren Lords have spared no effort in heading south!"
"This..."
An He's face was pale, her eyes vacant. The Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body was the key to unlocking a legendary supreme realm. For martial artists, reaching the Creation Realm granted a lifespan of ten thousand years. For demonic beasts, reaching the Creation Realm offered a high probability of ancestral reversion!
After the Creation Realm came the Nirvana Realm. The Nirvana Realm, like other realms, had stages from one to nine. While seemingly similar, there were profound differences.
In the Nirvana Realm, each step from one to nine required venturing into life and death. Between life and death, one had to seize the primordial energy of heaven and earth. A single misstep meant utter annihilation, with a minuscule chance of survival. However, if successful, it meant rebirth through Nirvana.
Despite appearing as mere stage differences, a second-stage Nirvana Realm cultivator could easily slay a first-stage Nirvana Realm cultivator. The gap between small stages was a chasm of celestial and terrestrial proportions!
Upon completing the ninth stage of the Nirvana Realm, one could achieve the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body. This Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body was the key to unlocking the next realm.
Legend had it that one hundred and fifty million years ago, an ultimate expert arrived in the Savage Realm of the Eastern Barren Continent, which is now the human territory of the southwest region and the four ancient barren domains. This expert possessed the power to destroy heaven and earth and was revered as "Venerable Five Yang!" by the people of that era.
According to later speculation, Venerable Five Yang had likely ascended to that legendary realm, far beyond the Nirvana Realm.
At that time, the martial path in the Savage Realm had not yet opened. Not even a Heavenly Martial Realm expert had emerged. However, the myriad tribes living in the Savage Realm coexisted harmoniously during that era.
This tranquility began to subtly shift with the arrival of Venerable Five Yang.
Venerable Five Yang walked the Savage Realm on foot, imparting the way of the martial artist to various tribes. He traveled slowly, taking a thousand years to complete his journey. It was during this millennium of tempering by Venerable Five Yang that the seed of the martial path was sown in the Savage Realm. However, this very opening of the martial path also irrevocably widened the gap between the myriad tribes of the Savage Realm.
The strong grew stronger, and the weak grew weaker!
After the martial path was pioneered, Venerable Five Yang completely disappeared from the sight of the myriad tribes. Approximately ten thousand years later, a martial artist, who claimed to be Venerable Five Yang's last disciple, announced the news of Venerable Five Yang's demise to the entire Savage Realm.
Instantly, the myriad tribes of the Savage Realm cried out to the heavens in grief. Thus, the entire Savage Realm entered a period of weeping that lasted for ten thousand years.
On the day before this self-proclaimed last disciple of Venerable Five Yang died, he delivered a message to the entire Savage Realm that ignited fierce battles among the myriad tribes. This message was that before his demise, Venerable Five Yang had left behind a secret treasure trove, which included the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body!
The Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body! Even a martial artist who had just entered the Nirvana Realm, if they could obtain the complete Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body and refine it within their own body, achieving perfect fusion, could directly ascend to the peak of the Nirvana Realm, bypassing the perilous trials of life and death!
The Nirvana Realm had nine small stages. Each small progression required enduring a great trial of life and death. However, the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Golden Body allowed a martial artist to bypass several small stages directly, reaching the peak of Nirvana perfection in one leap!
Who wouldn't covet this?
Who wouldn't be greedy!
In an instant, the myriad tribes descended into madness. Tribes that had once lived in harmony drew their swords against each other, even treating each other as mortal enemies!
From that point on, chaos erupted among the myriad tribes of the Savage Realm, and an era of rampage began!