Chapter 1

The sudden sound made Wang Qiang's hair stand on end.

"Who? Who's speaking?" His eyes darted around, shining brightly, but the fog was thick, and he couldn't see anything, nor did anyone appear.

The voice continued, "Brother-in-law, don't be afraid. I'm one of you. I just want to ask, you're already home, aren't you going to have something hot before you leave?"

The tone was gentle, but ethereal and uncertain, with an inexplicable undertone that chilled him to the bone.

Wang Qiang's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed. It had been years since he'd felt such fear. He couldn't see the other party, but they seemed to be everywhere.

It must be that king cobra. The vile snake had come so quickly!

However, he hadn't detected the slightest trace of the other party's aura. It was terrifying. Their strength and realm were beyond his imagination. It must be an extremely fearsome demon sovereign.

Fear gripped his heart, and he said in a trembling voice, "Is that the great and invincible King Cobra? I am Wang Qiang, a courier from the Great Wilderness, and brother-in-law of Bei Liu."

"I've already left the package at the gate of Serpent King City. You can pick it up yourself. I won't be staying for anything hot, lest I disturb you. I still have deliveries to make."

He quietly retreated in the direction of the blood-colored mountain range.

But the more he walked, the stranger things became, because the blood-colored mountain range under his feet felt wrong. It was barren, extremely smooth and cold, and felt very textured underfoot, like blood-colored metal. There was no sign of life, only deathly stillness.

Wang Qiang stomped his feet hard, and a "thump, thump, thump" sound echoed.

"Brother-in-law, are your feet itchy? Why are you kicking me?" The voice suddenly sounded again, startling Wang Qiang so much that he staggered, looking down at his feet in terror.

"Kicking you? I was stepping on the ground... This ground... Holy crap, are these... scales?!"

Wang Qiang's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

He was a ten-thousand-year-old fierce demon with keen senses, yet he hadn't realized that what was beneath his feet were scales.

Each scale was nearly a hundred meters across, simply horrifying. They were obscured by the mist and devoid of any life force, hidden so well that he hadn't noticed at all, mistaking it for a blood-colored mountain range.

"Whoosh~"

The sound of wind came from the sky above, and a terrifying shadow enveloped him from the mist. He could vaguely make out five enormous heads rising high, their five pairs of scarlet eyes looking down at him with a mocking smile.

"Brother-in-law, what's wrong? Are you looking for me?"

Wang Qiang looked at the five-headed snake in the mist above, his heart filled with terror. What kind of monster was this? This couldn't be a king cobra, right? Was Bei Liu making fun of him for never having seen a king cobra before?

As the other party spoke, a trace of aura finally leaked out, an aura even more terrifying than that of a Heavenly Beast or a Demon Sovereign, as deep and unfathomable as an abyss. The five pairs of scarlet eyes were larger than blood lakes.

Wang Qiang saw his own reflection in the other party's scarlet pupils, his face distorted with excessive fear.

"Ki...Ki...King Cobra, Your Excellency..." He tried to say something, but his trembling tongue was tied in knots.

Zhang Ji lowered his Qilin head, opened his bloody maw, and said, "Brother-in-law, this is the fifth head that was recently born. It hasn't tasted anything yet. Could you do it a favor? Let it have a bite of meat too."

Wang Qiang's eyes widened.

Was the other party finally revealing their true colors? And so brazenly, wanting to eat him but saying it so shamelessly.

"Get lost!"

He roared, and with a wave of his hand, a dense mass of treasures and secret artifacts were thrown out, exploding with a series of thunderous booms.

Under the cover of the explosions, he dashed away, his body transforming into the shadow of a blood-colored Flood Dragon, rushing toward the sinkhole in the distant wilderness.

"Brother-in-law, where are you going! Come into my mouth!"

Zhang Ji roared. Without moving his body, he simply swung his neck, the Qilin head whirling in a 90-degree turn, lashing out through the air. His gigantic mouth opened, spewing Qilin True Fire to block Wang Qiang's path, incinerating the treasures and secret artifacts he threw out into ashes.

Wang Qiang wanted to rely on his Flood Dragon's powerful body to cross the sea of fire, but suddenly let out a miserable scream. The temperature of the flames was ridiculously high, almost turning him into barbecued Flood Dragon.

He hurriedly fled backward.

But a putrid wind rose behind him, and the gigantic mouth descended through the air, sucking with such force that the void seemed to warp. A terrifying hurricane rose from the ground, swallowing the endless ghostly mist. Even the trees on the ground, with trunks that required dozens of people to encircle, were uprooted.

"Spare me—ah!"

Wang Qiang screamed. He was unable to resist the suction force and was forcibly sucked into the mouth.

"You're definitely not a Demon Sovereign..."

He cried out in terror, realizing that the other party's strength was far more terrifying than he had imagined. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been sucked into the mouth without being able to put up any resistance.

The scream abruptly stopped as Zhang Ji's Qilin maw snapped shut, swallowing him whole.

"Evolution Points +3 billion"

Zhang Ji shook his head and sighed, smacking his lips. His brother-in-law was too worthless, only worth so few Evolution Points.

With a shift of his body, serpentine scales all over him exuded illusory mist, instantly seeming to merge with nothingness. His form became hazy and blurred, and Zhang Ji quickly departed, without leaking any sound or aura.

This was Zhang Ji's strength after advancing to the Void Beast stage.

His body could merge into nothingness, greatly increasing his stealth and concealment abilities, adding even stronger methods for hunting.

He quickly returned to Serpent King City, his form rapidly shrinking to five hundred meters. He found two figures kneeling at the city gate, none other than Bei Liu and his sister-in-law, the Dragon Horse.

"Apologies to Serpent Lord. It was my fault for being a poor judge of character and marrying an evil husband, but I have already divorced him. This is the divorce letter!" The sister-in-law said in a trembling voice, a scroll of divorce papers in her mouth.

She had been summoned by Bei Liu. After learning that Wang Qiang had spoken ill of Zhang Ji and that the information had been reported by the Dog Hall, she immediately realized something was wrong and took the initiative with Bei Liu to confess and accept punishment.

Zhang Ji smiled and said, "It's nothing. I am magnanimous and won't blame you for such a trivial matter."

Upon hearing this, the sister-in-law breathed a sigh of relief, and Bei Liu also relaxed, loudly assuring, "Please rest assured, Serpent Lord. When I see Wang Qiang in the future, I will definitely help you discipline him."

He assumed that Wang Qiang had escaped, back to the Great Wilderness.

Zhang Ji sighed, "There's no need. When you and your sister-in-law have time, just burn some paper money for him. After all, you were husband and wife once!"

After speaking, he entered Serpent King City, leaving the two of them stunned. A moment later, they came to their senses and collapsed to the ground in fear.

"Wang Qiang... was eaten..."

The two were both terrified and afraid.

At this moment, they, like the others in Xichuan Town, deeply realized Zhang Ji's brutality and cold-bloodedness. They had thought that Zhang Ji would spare Wang Qiang's life out of consideration for their relationship, but they never expected that the other party would directly swallow Wang Qiang, without any mercy.

"Forget Wang Qiang, sister-in-law. I think that Hu San is quite good to you. You can consider remarrying. Although he is a dog, he is Serpent Lord's confidant, and we need him..." Bei Liu sighed.

Seeing that his sister-in-law seemed to be crying and grieving, he quickly tried to persuade her, telling her not to have any thoughts of revenge or hatred, or she would be doomed.

At the same time, he thought about marrying Hu San to consolidate their status in Xichuan Town.

The sister-in-law lowered her head and didn't speak, but in her mind, she recalled another man who had been with her these past few days. His name was Long Chen, and he said he would marry her...

"Now, will you still marry me..."

The sister-in-law murmured in her heart, her eyes dazed.

Chapter 2

One month later.

With a "boom," a Heavenly Stele erected in Xichuan Town was shattered. Zhang Ji looked at the empty Heavenly Stele, a sense of disappointment washing over him.

"This is the Dragon Aspect Heavenly Stele. I thought there would be ancient forbidden techniques inside, but it's empty."

Zhang Ji sighed and successively shattered the Dog Aspect Heavenly Stele, the Pig Aspect Heavenly Stele, and the Horse Aspect Heavenly Stele. There were no gains in these three Heavenly Steles either.

"Have the old fogeys from the Twelve Divine Kingdoms noticed something?!" Zhang Ji mused.

They must have some means of monitoring Xichuan Town and discovered that he had taken the ancient forbidden techniques from the Tiger Aspect Heavenly Stele, so they didn't leave the ancient forbidden techniques in these Heavenly Steles.

"It's been a long time since the last Heavenly Stele was born, and the fact that no new Heavenly Steles have appeared further proves this point. It seems that the old fogeys from the Twelve Divine Kingdoms have given up on Xichuan Town..."

Zhang Ji sorted out his thoughts. This was not difficult to guess. The fact that they sent Hu Lie, who claimed to be an elder of the Tiger Ancestor, to suppress him last time was an example.

He just didn't know if they would send anyone again.

"Where will I find the Evolution Points needed for the next evolution? Can I only rely on Second Brother?" Zhang Ji thought about the hundreds of billions of Evolution Points needed to evolve, and he immediately felt heartache for his Second Brother, Taishui.

How much of his Second Brother's flesh would he have to eat to get such a huge number of Evolution Points?

In the distance, in the mist, there was a rumbling sound, and a large meatball rolled over, bringing a joyful voice...

"Big Brother, Big Brother, I just went for a massage, haha, it was so great!" The Taishui meatball arrived in front of Zhang Ji, his eyes full of happy smiles.

This month had been the happiest time of his life. Sometimes Zhang Ji would take him flying, sometimes he would wander around Xichuan Town, and he would also help the laborers of Xichuan Town cut down ancient trees and carry giant stones.

He was enthusiastic, charitable, and his ferocity had been greatly reduced, earning him the respect and love of the people of Xichuan Town, who all respectfully called him "Second Master Meat."

Zhang Ji smiled and said, "Second Brother, you may have to work hard for a while."

The Taishui meatball was stunned for a moment before realizing what was happening and said, "Is Big Brother hungry again? It's okay, Big Brother, you don't have to be polite. Eat whenever you want. This fat on my body is all grown for Big Brother."

Compared to his initial rage and resistance, he was now clearly used to it.

Zhang Ji showed a satisfied smile. In the distance, a figure swayed. It was Liu Youshan, who came forward, cupped his claws, and reported, "Serpent Lord, Serpent King City has been completely completed, and the preparations for the Myriad Demon Kingdom have also been completed. He Zhiguo said that three days from now is an auspicious day, and the founding ceremony can be held, allowing you to ascend the throne as king."

"Good!" Zhang Ji responded.

Seeing that Zhang Ji had no other questions, Liu Youshan retreated with an excited expression, notifying others to get busy as well.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

"Pop, pop, pop~"

Barrels of fireworks and firecrackers burst open in the sky. The fog was heavy and visibility was poor, so only the sounds could be heard, but it was still very lively. There were also firecrackers going off in the streets and alleys. Serpent King City had been completed, with majestic walls ten thousand meters high, with various snake patterns carved on the walls.

The streets in the city were wide and crisscrossed, and the buildings on both sides were mostly pyramid-shaped, with restaurants, tea houses, casinos, health halls, barbershops, restaurants, dance halls...

All of these shops and stores were open today, with bright red couplets pasted on the doors and red lanterns hanging on the eaves, with pictures of king cobras painted on the lanterns.

The streets were filled with various monsters and beasts, including tigers nearly a hundred meters tall, giant pythons eighty meters long, as well as apes, large oxen, Danghu chickens... all kinds of animals. Today, they were all wearing big red flowers around their necks, their eyes looking excitedly at the entrance to Serpent King City.

"The Serpent King is here!"

Someone shouted, and the sound of gongs and drums filled the air, with suonas playing in unison, and the majestic music of a king rang out, along with the rumbling of vehicles and the sound of orderly footsteps.

A long line of dog knights marched in through the tall city gate.

This was the vanguard of the honor guard.

At the head was Hu San, a Labrador Hellhound one hundred and fifty meters tall, with a ferocious appearance, holding a bone spear one hundred meters long in his hand, wearing snake scale armor, riding a white-haired husky two hundred meters tall, looking imposing and valiant.

The white-haired husky was Juhu Dushe. It was filled with excitement and elation. It never expected that it would achieve such heights as a dog, and that it would have such a glorious day. It was much more glorious than back on its home planet of Tabi.

"Long live the Serpent King! May the Serpent King be immortal!" Hu San shouted, raising his arms, and the surrounding crowd roared together, their cheers like crashing waves.

Behind him were the Dog Hall gang members such as Huang An, all riding beasts, wearing snake scale armor, and holding spears, their steps uniform, clearly having undergone rigorous training.

This was a rare scene, and it seemed a bit strange, but at this moment it had a strong visual impact. The ferocious auras emanating from them were chilling, and their hundred-meter-tall figures and spears represented extremely strong martial power.

On both sides of the street, the onlookers cheered.

Because some of their relatives or friends were marching in the dog knight ranks, or were being used as mounts.

This was not shameful, because as mounts they received a bowl of demon sovereign meat soup every day, which was an extremely good thing that could quickly evolve and increase their strength.

"Honey, you're the best!"

A seven-tailed blue ox excitedly waved her ox hoof at a golden-striped tiger in the marching ranks.

That was her husband, who was a tiger. After passing through layers of selection, he had successfully become a mount for a Dog Hall gang member. Her friends were all very envious.

Although this job was a bit lowly, it was now the hottest and most popular job in Serpent King City. Not only was housing allocated in the prime location of Serpent King City, but it was also close to the Third Ring Road, guarding Serpent King Palace.

In addition, they would receive a bowl of demon sovereign meat soup every day, which greatly improved the living conditions of their family, which was envied and envied by others.

At this time, many people selectively forgot the dark years of being swallowed and killed by the king cobra, and they cherished the happy life in front of them.

Moreover, after the king cobra became stronger, it had not harmed any of them for several months, which was a very commendable thing.

He Zhiguo's promise to everyone back then seemed to have really been fulfilled.