Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 252 Ancient Serpent Clan

To verify his conjecture, Taiwei attempted to deduce the secrets of the Heavenly Serpent Clan. The investigation went very smoothly, and the secrets revealed that the Heavenly Serpent Clan no longer had a fixed ancestral home, but was scattered throughout the vast prehistoric world.

Moreover, the true pure-blooded Heavenly Serpent Clan has almost disappeared, with only ordinary ancient serpent clans remaining in the primordial world.

Furthermore, the fortune of the Heavenly Serpent Clan is even inferior to that of ordinary prehistoric clans. In the entire prehistoric world, the strongest member of the Heavenly Serpent Clan is only an ancient serpent at the Golden Immortal realm, whose rank barely reaches that of a True Saint.

Every detail, clear and distinct, flowed into Taiwei's mind, yet his face showed no joy, only a gloomy expression.

Taiwei had never paid attention to the Heavenly Serpent Clan before, nor had he discovered that the Heavenly Serpent Clan's secret information was so absurd.

The Celestial Serpent Clan was once a top-tier clan that suppressed the True Dragon Clan, and its number of relatives and descendants far exceeded that of the True Dragon Clan. The Serpent Clan was one of the most numerous clans in the primordial world. No matter how much the Celestial Serpent Clan declined, it was impossible for it to fall so low as to not even be considered a major clan.

Furthermore, with Tian Chi, the top Primordial True Saint of the Heavenly Serpent Clan, the Heavenly Serpent Clan could gather fortune no less than that of ordinary major clans even without doing anything. The current situation of the Heavenly Serpent Clan is clearly due to someone using great magic to tamper with it.

The fact that even Taiwei couldn't find any trace of tampering meant that it could only have been done by a Taixu Supreme Treasure. In other words, the Heavenly Serpent Clan possesses a Taixu Supreme Treasure!

"They've been hiding it very well. Whether it's for the karma of killing Tian Chi, the progenitor of the Heavenly Serpent Clan, or for the Heavenly Disc, it seems I need to have some exchanges with the Heavenly Serpent Clan. And now that I think about it carefully, is it because the Heavenly Serpent Clan is related to the Yin-Yang Sacred God of the Divine Path that Taiyi kept Tian Chi to restrain the development of the Heavenly Serpent Clan?"

A thousand thoughts flooded Taiwei's mind, the information in his head like a jumbled mess. However, the tearing sensation in his primordial spirit soon made Taiwei lose interest in exploring these thoughts. Suppressing these distracting ideas, Taiwei began to heal the wounds on his primordial spirit.

The power of the Vast Ocean Dragon Vein slowly flowed into Taiwei's body along with the ocean currents. With each breath, Taiwei imprinted the purest essence of the Dragon Vein's power onto his primordial spirit, healing its wounds.

At the same time, Taiwei's own magical power continuously evolved into subtle dragon veins that were implanted into the ocean currents of the East Sea. Taiwei, who controls the Mountain and Sea Dragon Path, can not only absorb the power of dragon veins, but also create dragon veins.

With Taiwei's current cultivation level at the Taiyi realm, he can forget about the ancestral dragon vein and the main dragon vein; he can only create some subordinate sub-dragon veins.

Even so, Taiwei can still gather enormous merit and fortune by creating dragon veins, which is why Taiwei can recklessly draw upon the power of dragon veins.

Every time Taiwei generates immense karma by activating the dragon veins, he will create more dragon veins in the same spot afterward to make up for the damage he caused, using his merits and fortune to wear down the karmic force of heaven and earth on his body.

Taiwei didn't care about the destruction to the primordial world; he just didn't want his karma to turn into karmic fire.

Although karmic fire is formed from a massive amount of karma, it is inherently extremely difficult to eliminate, and the fire continuously burns away the cultivator's own essence, merit, and fortune.

Although Taiwei currently possesses considerable merit and fortune, this second era has just begun, and Taiwei does not wish for his merit and fortune to be burned away by karmic fire.

It took Taiwei three thousand years to recover his torn primordial spirit and restore him to his peak condition. After that, Taiwei immediately rode the Nine Li Heavenly Demon to Snake King Mountain in the Southern Region of the Primordial World.

This Serpent King Mountain is the location of Tianjue's Daoist temple, the strongest of the Heavenly Serpent Clan, and also the ancestral home of the largest branch of the Heavenly Serpent Clan, the Winged Serpent Clan.

All of the Heavenly Serpent Clan's secret information has been altered. The only clue is this Tianjue, and Taiwei believes that Tianjue must have some understanding of the true situation of the Heavenly Serpent Clan.

Taiwei is currently in the Eastern Ocean in the Eastern Region of the Primordial World, while Snake King Mountain is in the central part of the Southern Region of the Primordial World. Such a long distance would take Taiwei a very long time to travel by himself, even with the help of the Nine Li Heavenly Demons.

So Taiwei thought about it and changed his route to Penglai Island. With the help of Yang Mei's space-time gate, Taiwei arrived in the Southern Region of the Primordial World in an instant. After roughly figuring out his location with the help of celestial phenomena, Taiwei realized that he was still quite a long distance away from Snake King Mountain.

With no other option, Taiwei could only harness the power of the Nine Li Heavenly Demon to traverse the void. Along the way, Taiwei was distracted, trying to understand the bloodline inheritance of the Tyrant Lion Clan.

The Tyrant Lion Clan was a top-tier clan at the beginning of creation. Although it is now a thing of the past, some of the Tyrant Lion Clan's legacy still provides considerable assistance to Taiwei today.

The Lion Clan's understanding of the Way of Mountains and Giant Peaks and their methods of physical tempering are considered the most advanced inheritances in the primordial world. After Taiwei fully comprehended these inheritances, he integrated them into the Boundless Balance Heaven, slightly enhancing the foundation of this supreme treasure.

Ten thousand years later, Taiwei finally arrived near Snake King Mountain. Before even reaching Snake King Mountain, Taiwei sensed a chilling aura emanating from the mountains below, which was about five parts similar to the aura of the ancient snake clan in Taiwei's memory.

Descending his body, Taiwei concealed his aura and merged into the void, watching the carnage unfolding in the mountains below.

The killing party consisted of 136 ancient serpent clan members clad in purple armor and wielding halberds. These ancient serpent clan members were currently brutally slaughtering tens of thousands of burly cave bear clan members with grim expressions.

The Cave Bear Clan was once one of the top clans, descended from the White Bear Clan, and had a strong bloodline. However, the Cave Bear Clan has not developed well in recent years and has been hit by natural disasters and man-made calamities, causing the entire clan to fall apart. The one that was killed by the Ancient Serpent Clan was a branch of the Cave Bear Clan.

Logically speaking, the bloodline strength of the Ancient Serpent Clan and the Cave Bear Clan should be about the same, and the Cave Bear Clan might even be slightly stronger. However, in reality, 136 members of the Ancient Serpent Clan broke through the great formation evolved by tens of thousands of members of the Cave Bear Clan as easily as crushing dry leaves.

The leader of the ancient serpent clan was dressed in purple, with long hair that shimmered with a faint blood-red light cascading down his back. He wielded a pair of spirit serpent swords, slashing up and down, tearing apart the great formation evolved by the cave bear clan time and time again.

Although this leader of the ancient serpent clan only appeared to be at the initial stage of the Golden Immortal realm, in Taiwei's eyes, his cultivation was at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm, and he had already touched the threshold of the Taiyi realm.

With such cultivation, he could only lead a small team of over a million ancient serpents. Taiwei was now certain that the Heavenly Serpent Clan had definitely hidden their true strength.

One hundred and thirty-six members of the Ancient Serpent Clan formed a battle alliance, their halberds piercing through the Cave Bear Clan's formation like giant pythons. Behind these one hundred and thirty-six members of the Ancient Serpent Clan, a giant python covered in five-colored scales raised its three heads, devouring the corpses of the Cave Bear Clan's dead members.

Its massive, bloated body emitted a hoarse hiss as it devoured the corpses of the Cave Bear Clan. The three-headed python's aura grew stronger, and the chaotic spiritual light in its eyes became clearer.

In the end, with the self-destruction of the Cave Bear Clan Chief, more than thirty members of the Ancient Serpent Clan also died. However, the remaining members of the Ancient Serpent Clan looked at their dead comrades without any sadness in their eyes.

The remaining members of the Ancient Serpent Clan threw the corpses of the dead Cave Bear Clan members and the Ancient Serpent Clan members at the Three-Headed Python. The three enormous mouths, covered in slime, opened, and the Three-Headed Python swallowed the corpses of the Cave Bear Clan and the Ancient Serpent Clan whole.

The sounds of blood and bones being crushed and torn were incessant, and thick blood foam slowly dripped from the edge of the three-headed serpent's huge mouth, making the scene extremely bloody.

After devouring the corpses of tens of thousands of living beings, the three-headed python was surrounded by a dual-colored spiritual light, purple and yellow. The purple light was turbid and chaotic, writhing like silt, while the yellow light was lively and complex, constantly revealing the memories and emotions of countless cave bears.

The three-headed python let out a sharp roar, its massive body sprawling on the ground, twisting and struggling. Purple and yellow spiritual light intertwined and collided, with the purple light devouring the yellow light to strengthen itself.

The yellow aura grew thinner and thinner, while the purple aura grew more and more powerful and profound. As the purple aura grew stronger, the three-headed serpent's body also shrank and condensed. The aura belonging to an intelligent life form gradually emerged from its originally murky vertical pupils.

"To be able to devour the bloodline and memories of other divine beasts to forcibly awaken its own intelligence—was this divine ability created by the Heavenly Serpent Clan?"

Taiwei looked at the three-headed giant python that was gradually developing intelligence, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. The only way for a divine beast to develop intelligence is through its own cultivation. Otherwise, unless it can devour a rare and precious natural treasure of the same attribute, there is only a very small chance that it can develop intelligence.

However, the fact that the three-headed giant python can awaken its own intelligence by devouring the memories and emotions of the cave bear clan is undoubtedly an innovation. If this method has no side effects, the Heavenly Serpent Clan can regain its status as a top clan in the prehistoric world with just this one supernatural power.

As long as the Heavenly Serpent Clan continues to reproduce and kill other divine beasts, it will be able to awaken the intelligence of all its members. The Heavenly Serpent Clan, or rather the Serpent Clan, has always been one of the largest clans in the prehistoric world.

With such supernatural powers, the Heavenly Serpent Clan possessed a continuous stream of soldiers. If the Heavenly Serpent Clan had possessed such supernatural powers at the beginning of the creation of the world, then the Heavenly Serpent Clan might have been the victor in the war between the Heavenly Serpent Clan and the True Dragon Clan.

Taiwei watched as the three-headed giant python was about to develop sentience, and his figure transformed into a wisp of spiritual energy, silently merging into the python's body.

(End of this chapter)