Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 1 Demonic Tiger and Azure Dragon, Crimson Mystic Tree

In the beginning of time, the world was vast and boundless. It has been 3.6 billion years since the creation of the primordial world. Even the most powerful beings at the pinnacle of the world would feel the immensity of time in such a long period of time.

Anyone who faces the vast and boundless universe, encompassing immeasurable time and space, will sincerely feel their own insignificance and the brevity of life.

However, the wonder of cultivation lies in contending with fate against heaven and earth. Fate is impermanent, encompassing all things, and the cycle of life and death is within it. But as the saying goes, "My fate is in my own hands, not in the hands of heaven!"

In the far west of the primordial wilderness, at Xiyang Mountain, raging flames and thunderous roars erupted, countless heavenly thunder and earthly fire collided with each other, creating a barrage of lightning and fire meteors that scattered in all directions.

Steep as a sword, atop a mountain covered in dark red lava, wind and rain raged, heat waves surged, and a majestic, fiery tiger with magma dripping from its mouth let out a low roar that shook the mountains and fields. Its head, with black and gold stripes intertwined, resembled the face of a demon, twisted to the extreme.

The earth's turbid evil energy intertwined with the blazing fire energy, transforming into dark red lava that covered the demonic tiger's body. The rocky mountain where its four legs were located began to melt rapidly. The demonic tiger stood on the lava, its dark yellow beast eyes filled with ferocity.

The demonic tiger lowered its enormous head, its demonic face looking down at the azure dragon that rode the wind and rain and drove the waves on the Luoxuan River below the mountain. It roared continuously, and the lava and fire on its body kept exploding, turning the grass, trees and forests below the mountain into a raging sea of ​​fire.

On the Luoxuan River, a three-hundred-foot-long azure dragon danced amidst the vast water vapor of the river. The pure water light continuously collapsed and condensed, and streaks of azure water lightning continuously gathered and exploded from the azure dragon's body, piercing and shattering the molten lava and fire that were constantly roaring in the sky.

The demonic tiger and the azure dragon confronted each other on Luoxuan River and Xiyang Mountain. The molten lava fire and the dark lightning of the Azure Water collided and tore each other apart. The milky white sea of ​​clouds was pierced and evaporated by the scorching heat. Water vapor rose from Luoxuan River, and thick fog spread. Countless scaled fish and giant turtles were scalded to death by the boiling river water.

The molten lava transformed into countless meteors that crashed down, piercing through countless streams of water before the Azure Dragon. Mottled, charred marks appeared one after another on its jade-like scales, and scorching flames spread across the Azure Dragon's body, tearing it apart.

Blood continued to spill out, the Azure Dragon twisted its body, and its cold roar caused rolling lightning to appear in the clouds above. With a flick of its lotus-shaped tail, a pillar of lightning shot out from the Azure Dragon's mouth, and the scalding river water beneath it surged as it charged toward the demonic tiger on Mount Xiyang.

A loud, hoarse tiger roar resounded at the same time. Flames raged all around the demonic tiger, and lava exploded from its mouth into countless falling meteors. Without the slightest retreat, fiery clouds rose and spread from the demonic tiger's body. With a pounce, it smashed the pillar of lightning that was piercing through its front.

Heat waves and lightning exploded simultaneously, as did dark red lava and the crashing waves. The viscous lava and dark lightning spread and penetrated, stirring up a large fog.

Amidst the mist, the lava on the demonic tiger's body acted like armor, blocking the constantly tearing Yin lightning in the air. The tiger's claws, wrapped in lava and fire, pierced through the Azure Dragon's body and bit into its abdomen.

The azure dragon let out a strange long roar, and the sudden explosion of yin lightning caused countless bloody marks to appear all over the demon tiger's body, revealing its white bones. The azure dragon opened its mouth wide, and the three rows of interlocking sharp teeth tore off a large chunk of flesh from the demon tiger's body and swallowed it whole.

The lava and the dark lightning collided continuously. The stimulation of blood and slaughter caused the two giant beasts, the Demon Tiger and the Azure Dragon, whose intelligence had not yet fully developed, to roar wildly. The last trace of intelligence in their hearts was completely overwhelmed by the ferocity that kept erupting.

Countless streams of blood spread in the great river, and molten lava and dark lightning burst forth, causing a large part of the Xiyang Mountain to collapse. A gigantic lava meteorite directly cut the Luoxuan River in half, stirring up a massive, turbulent surge of water.

The two rare spiritual mountains and rivers in the far west, Xiyang Mountain and Luoxuan River, were destroyed and left in ruins. Their spiritual energy became turbid, their dragon veins were torn apart, and the original true meaning of yin and yang, which was manifested between the mountains and rivers, was completely ripped apart by the violent fire and thunder.

In this very place where spiritual energy swirled and destroyed everything around it, a magnificent tree, nine zhang nine zhang tall, with jujube-red bark, black fruit, and lush foliage, was radiating light and absorbing the chaotic spiritual energy from all around.

The battle between the Demon Tiger and the Azure Dragon was extremely fierce, but none of the supernatural powers they unleashed could harm the Treasure Tree in the slightest. The Demon Tiger's fiery lava was easily swallowed up by the crimson radiance emanating from the Treasure Tree, and the lightning that exploded around the Azure Dragon was reversed by the Treasure Tree, transforming into a continuous flow of life.

In fact, the reason why the Demon Tiger and the Azure Dragon, two divine beasts whose cultivation had reached the Celestial Immortal realm, fought each other was to obtain the Crimson Profound Fruit from the Crimson Profound Treasure Tree.

The Crimson Mystic Tree is a precious tree born from the combination of the essence of water and fire between heaven and earth, and after receiving the essence of the sun and moon. The Crimson Mystic Fruit that grows on the Crimson Mystic Tree contains extremely pure creative energy, which can cleanse and purify the impure bloodline of living beings and divine beasts.

The Demon Tiger wanted to use the Crimson Profound Fruit to elevate its bloodline and transform into a pure-blooded white tiger, while the Azure Dragon also wanted to purify its dragon energy and transform into a true dragon of the four seas.

Both of these divine beasts wanted to obtain the Crimson Profound Tree, and now it just so happened that the Crimson Profound Fruit was ripening, which is why the two of them engaged in a life-or-death battle here.

Dark and crimson light intertwined and cascaded down from the precious tree. The thunder and fire energy bursting around the demon tiger and the azure dragon were all absorbed by the precious tree. On a horizontal branch of this precious tree, a figure in purple and white robes with a blurred face leaned against the trunk of the precious tree behind him, watching the battle between the demon tiger and the azure dragon above.

Reaching out, the figure in the purple and white robes plucked a dark-colored fruit hanging from a nearby branch and took a bite. Juice spilled out, and the fist-sized fruit was devoured in no time.

"The show's over, time to get down to business. I've had a hard time getting back, so you two are lucky to die by my hand."

Above the sky, the demonic tiger and the azure dragon were still fighting, constantly devouring each other's essence and blood, completely unaware of the figure standing up from the horizontal branch of the Crimson Profound Treasure Tree below.

For divine beasts like the Demon Tiger and Azure Flood Dragon, devouring the bloodline of other divine beasts is a shortcut to transform their own origins and elevate their own bloodline.

However, by recklessly devouring the essence and blood of other divine beasts, one's own intelligence will be severely affected by the true meaning of the Great Dao in the bloodline of other divine beasts, and may even erode one's own soul and intelligence. In the end, even if one transforms into a high-ranking being, one will only be a ferocious beast without any intelligence, rather than a divine beast of heaven and earth.

(End of this chapter)