Legend of the Great Sage

trigger a reaction from the world, drawing spiritual qi over and causing empyrean serum to fall.

The small hill that Xuanyue currently sat on was a pile of emerald autumn rock, and it “just happened” to be in her territory.

However, possessing wealth was always a crime, even when innocent.

At that instant, the daemons gathered all around here, all gazing at the small hill in interest.

It had only been recently that the World of the Five Continents evolved to a point where it could sustain existences of the fifth heavenly tribulation.
Daemons cultivated far slower than humans, so the Daemonic Beast continent had yet to produce any Daemon Sovereigns.

Whether it was her foundations, bloodlines, or blessings, Xuanyue was better off than Li Long, yet she had only reached the third heavenly tribulation.
It was determined by the method of cultivation of daemons.
If she wanted to make drastic progress, she required a colossal fortuitous encounter.

The empyrean serum was this fortuitous encounter.
Whoever obtained it first would become a Daemon Sovereign first and turn the entire Daemonic Beast continent into their hunting ground.
All of the daemons would have to bow down to them as well, leaving them as the leader of the myriad daemons.

As such, all of these Daemon Emperors were determined to obtain the empyrean serum.

Daemons did not like communication like humans.
Coupled with the fact that they already had countless grievances that arose from their struggle over territory, it was even more unlikely for any negotiations to appear.
They would only communicate in the most primitive manner.
The winner would stay and the losers would piss off.

However, they were all afraid of someone swooping in and taking advantage of them, so none of them dared to move first.
The tremendous daemon qi rubbed and clashed together, constantly conflicting and rising up rapidly.

The moon rose even higher, glowed even brighter, and grew even larger.
The colossal figures of the daemons overlapped, enveloping her tiny figure.

“Go away, all of you! Big Blacko gave this to meow!” Xuanyue called out.

Pairs of eyes gazed over.
She shrunk up, instantly experiencing tremendous pressure, but she immediately stuck her chest forward proudly again.

The black bear Daemon Emperor shouted, “You little kitty, aren’t you afraid of dying?” To think that she would actually raise a fuss in front of a group of Daemon Emperors.
Once the battle began, just the consequences would have been enough to claim her life.

“I think you’re the ones who aren’t afraid of dying.
Do you have any idea just how vicious meow Big Blacko is? If I tell you, I’ll frighten you to death! His full name is Northmoon! Hmph, hmph!”

“Northmoon? What’s that? Tell him to get his ass out here.
I’ll kill him with a swing of my paw!”

The crane Daemon Emperor suddenly remembered something.
He asked in surprise, “Hold on, what is your relationship with Li Qingshan?”

He was originally the Cloud Shadow Crane King of the Ten Daemon Kings of the nine provinces.
His cultivation had reached the peak of the third heavenly tribulation a long time ago, but he remained at the realm of Daemon King because of the difficulty of the heavenly tribulation of ascension.
With the evolution of the World of the Five Continents, he had undergone the fourth heavenly tribulation in the process too, but he never forgot the name of Northmoon.

The daemons were all frightened.
They might not remember or even have heard of Daemon King Northmoon before, but it was impossible for them to not know about Li Qingshan.
He was the ruler of the world.
Although there had basically been no more news of him ever since he left on the back of a kunpeng, he was still an existence that people revered.

“He’s my pet! Hehe, are you scared now?” Xuanyue said complacently with her hands on her hips.

The daemons looked at one another and began laughing aloud.
Their laughter echoed through the mountains.

The black bear Daemon Emperor laughed so hard that he almost began to shed tears.
“You said Li Qingshan is your pet? Haha, looks like he’s really left this world for good, or how would you still be alive?”

“He hasn’t left.
He’s always been here.
I can sense it! You don’t know anything at all!” Xuanyue was so angry that she even turned red.
“Stop laughing!”

At that instant, the laughter completely halted.

The daemons all widened their eyes.
A figure appeared behind her.
No one had managed to see where he had appeared from or when he had appeared.

He stood with a smile, exposing his sharp teeth slightly.
His hair and eyes were scarlet, while his horns were curved like the moon, just like the legends.

This place had always been the territory of the tiger.

The air seemed to freeze.
A strange atmosphere overcame the Daemon Emperors, leaving them all immobilized.

By now, several dozen metres of light had already accumulated on the hill.
It suddenly surged up and made contact with the moonlight in the sky, condensing into an oval-shaped bead of light, falling from the moon.
That was the precious empyrean serum, but not a single Daemon Emperor took a step forward.

Xuanyue blinked her eyes in confusion.
Why was her order so effective? “Hmph, do you finally know fear now?”

She caught the empyrean serum with both hands in a hurry.
The glow illuminated her face, and she immediately cheered up again.

The Cloud Shadow Crane King opened his mouth to say something, but Li Qingshan brought his finger over his lips.
All of the daemons fell silent.
Then he waved his hand gently and the Cloud Shadow Crane King immediately flew away without any hesitation.

In the blink of an eye, all of the daemons dispersed, leaving even faster than they had arrived.
In particular, the black bear Daemon Emperor was not particularly skilled in flight or any escape techniques, so he scrambled away, basically wishing he was missing his forelimbs so he could run a little faster.

When the vicious tiger descended from the mountain, the beasts fled in all directions.

“You bunch of fools! You sure run fast! I’ll frighten you all to death! Ahh, so meowch!”

The balls of empyrean serum condensed mid-air with streams of silver light like comets.

Her figure flickered around, darting about and catching them all, like a cat chasing after fireflies.

Li Qingshan smiled and pointed at the sky.

Immediately, a meteor shower fell in the thousands, weaving across the entire night sky.
It was magnificent, like a dream.

“How beautiful!” She widened her eyes and became even happier before becoming troubled.
How was she supposed to catch all of it!?

She busied herself for most of the night before returning to her dwelling beneath the waterfall in satisfaction, laying down on a large, soft bed.
She picked up “Big Blacko” again to talk to him, embracing him firmly in her arms.
“Thank you, Big Blacko!”

“Master, you don’t have to thank me.
This is all what I am supposed to do.”

“Hehe.
Thank you still.
Ahh, so sleepy.
I’ll definitely patch you up tomeowrrow.”

She let out a great big yawn and curled up, drifting off to sleep.
She murmured, “Big Blacko, being free is so lonely!”

“Hopefully, this time I can protect you properly, away from all of the wind and snow,” Li Qingshan stood by her bed and said silently.

Xuanyue jerked awake from her sleep.
Her ears pricked up.
“Big Blacko!?”

The darkness was silent.
No one answered.

The moonlight was clear and bright, gentle like water.