Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 822 Finally, they're back...

"What is this? A message in a bottle?"

Bai Qi was somewhat bewildered as he watched the gradually disappearing form of death.

Gaia's intervention and ability to defeat Death itself is understandable, but is it really okay to simply leave Death in the river of time?

Why does he feel like this is a bit like shifting the blame?

Bai Qi shook his head, banishing all these distracting thoughts, and immediately began searching for Nozdormu's whereabouts.

But at that moment, the world began to shake again.

Having been bitten off a large chunk by death, Gaia's condition didn't seem good either; fine cracks appeared on the surface of the sphere of light, as if it might collapse at any moment.

Not only Gaia, but all the other mythical creatures, whether they had burned their source or not, coughed up blood and became extremely weak.

"What happened?"

Bai Qi's heart skipped a beat, and after seeing Gaia slowly shrinking in size to remain unbroken, he immediately understood.

"Gaia is the embodiment of the world's will; if Gaia is injured, the world will also be injured."

"So now, Gaia is reducing the world's strength in order to maintain its own immortality?"

Bai Qi's idea was quickly verified. As Gaia shrank in size, the entire world began to compress little by little, and the energy between heaven and earth became thinner.

The world has begun to degrade!

"Since even Gaia had to pay such a high price to get rid of that plague god, then I haven't really lost out."

The already dying elemental spirits were further weakened by the world's downgrade, and the elemental gate was on the verge of collapse.

"I finally created so many little ones, I can't let them leave with me!"

The elemental spirit exhaled, seemingly having made up its mind, and pushed the red dragon aside before rushing towards the elemental gate, where it simply merged into it.

Then, the Elemental Gate exploded, but instead of disintegrating, it transformed into more than a dozen large doors of different colors.

"Earth, water, wind, fire... so this is how the four elemental realms were born."

Upon seeing this, Bai Qi suddenly realized what was happening, but after finally finding the Wind Element Gate he had been searching for, he felt no joy whatsoever.

Because the cost is indeed quite high.

"I remember there seemed to be the consciousness of elemental spirits within the Three Realms and Four Paths, perhaps..."

Bai Qi suddenly realized what was happening and saw the cowhide snake's body fall to the ground. Behind the cowhide snake was the Time Realm, which could shatter at any moment.

"Delta, put away the Time Realm, the more complete the better!"

Bai Qi's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered Delta to collect the Time Realm.

Referring to the Elemental Spirit, if he can collect all the Time Realms, he might be able to retrieve the consciousness of the Bullskin Snake from within them.

Whether he is a snake or Nozdormu is no longer important.

But the moment Delta made a move, the Time Realm suddenly exploded, with fragments flying everywhere. Even Delta was unable to gather them all up in an instant.

Moreover, at the very moment the Time Realm exploded, the River of Time reappeared, and most of the fragments fell into it and disappeared. Only a small portion was collected by Delta and thrown into Bai Qi's Beast Taming Space.

"Is it the river of time again?"

Upon seeing the River of Time appear, Bai Qi felt a bad premonition. He then found himself enveloped in yellow sand, having entered the River of Time.

Don't cause trouble at such a crucial time!

Bai Qi roared to the sky, but he still couldn't escape the constraints of the river of time.

Perhaps the river of time in the main world can no longer contain death, but dealing with Bai Qi will be a piece of cake.

Just then, the Evolution Egg suddenly shook violently, and then, for the first time ever, it took the initiative to leave Bai Qi's Beast Taming Space and appeared above Bai Qi's head.

Meanwhile, Gaia also noticed the Evolution Egg and suddenly emitted a beam of light that merged into it.

It was precisely because of this that the river of time paused briefly, seemingly unwilling to interrupt Gaia's actions.

Seeing this, Bai Qi immediately instructed Delta to collect the fragments as quickly as possible, while simultaneously turning his gaze to the sky.

To be precise, it's a wind elemental gate in the sky.

"Delta, take one of the wind elemental portals with you!"

Bubbling.

(Delta strives.)

Delta nodded, the candlelight in his eyes burning to its fullest extent, and he actually pulled an elemental gate towards him.

But at this moment, the river of time resumed its flow, affecting Delta and nearly causing her to lose control of the Elemental Gate.

Although Delta has mastered the laws of time, she still cannot travel freely like a snake, let alone when the river of time is pulling them toward the future.

Yin~

Just then, a red candle flame suddenly emerged from Delta's body, and by the light of the flame, one could vaguely see the phantom of a candle dragon.

"The Candle Dragon? Was it the gift the Dragon Emperor gave Delta that day?"

Bai Qi's eyes lit up at the sight, and then he saw that the candlelight seemed to have a life of its own, gathering together the fragments of the secret realm that Delta had collected and fusing them into one piece, which was clearly part of the clock.

At the same time, Delta realized something and summoned the Time Realm, which also took the shape of a clock.

Then, drawn by the candlelight, the two clock fragments slowly approached each other and miraculously fit together perfectly. When the candlelight burned them, they fused back into one.

"So that's how it is. Those fragments that fell into the river of time were absorbed by Delta long ago."

Upon seeing this, Bai Qi immediately understood and watched Delta swallow the clock whole.

The light of evolution flashed by, but Delta underwent a tremendous change.

Its ever-growing body resembled a towering mountain, exuding boundless power. Atop its majestic head were a pair of deep eyes, their pupils seemingly containing endless wisdom and the accumulation of countless years, before quickly disappearing into the candlelight.

As the Delta candles flickered, the river of time changed accordingly, even ceasing its pull on Bai Qi and the others.

Delta has officially ascended to Legend!

Seeing this, Delta seized the opportunity, pulled hard on the wind elemental gate, and grabbed it in her hand.

In the next instant, a wave suddenly rose on the river of time, engulfing Bai Qi and the others. When the outside world returned to calm, Bai Qi and the others had vanished without a trace.

After Bai Qi left, Gaia also disappeared along the vortex she came from, but the changes in the world continued.

Sky, earth, ocean…

Everything was shrinking rapidly, and the burning essence of the divine beasts was gradually extinguished.

The world has been downgraded, its origins have been concealed, and the burning of those origins has naturally been interrupted.

"I never imagined I'd survive like this. It's... shameful~"

Ao Kong muttered to himself for a moment, then suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of exhaustion wash over him, and unconsciously drifted off to sleep.

Their origins are hidden, and as mythical beings, they will also be affected. If nothing unexpected happens, they will probably fall into a long slumber.

"We need to find another place."

Ao Kong looked around at the few remaining divine beasts, shook his head, and transformed into golden light, heading east.

"Let's go too."

The black dragon, who had also survived, glanced at the other guardian dragons and decided to leave as well.

"By the way, where is Nozdormu's body?"

The green dragon suddenly spoke, only then realizing that Nozdormu's enormous corpse had disappeared at some point.

"How could that be? Did the river of time sweep him away again?"

The dragons searched around but couldn't find it, and the weariness from the depths of their hearts grew stronger and stronger.

"No, I need to find a safe place to rest."

The dragons exchanged glances, then gave up searching for Nozdormu's corpse and headed back to their respective lair.

As the guardian dragon departed, the other mythical beasts followed suit, but the changes in the world continued.

swish swish...

After an unknown amount of time, a small gray snake emerged from the mound of earth, looking around at the world with a puzzled expression.

"Where am I?"

……

A long river suddenly appeared in the sky above the Gobi Desert, stretching across the entire sky.

Yin~

With a dragon's roar, a huge black dragon emerged from the long river and fell down in a somewhat disheveled state.

"Delta, hold on!"

Bai Qi gripped Delta's dragon whiskers tightly, watching the ground draw ever closer, and couldn't help but shout.

I originally thought that Delta would be able to roam freely in the river of time after becoming a legend, and in fact, that's pretty much the case.

However, Bai Qishao considered one detail: this time they were traveling downstream, and with the passage of time, their speed of progress far exceeded their expectations.

Simply put, they were speeding.

Fortunately, Delta finally reacted, twisting her body to catch Bai Qi and the other two steadily.

Bubbling.

(Sorry, Master, I haven't been able to adjust to being out of the river of time all at once.)

Delta gave Bai Qi an apologetic look, put Bai Qi and his group on the ground, and shrunk in size, landing on Bai Qi's shoulder.

Although his strength was greatly enhanced after advancing to legendary status, maintaining such a large size still consumed a lot of energy.

In addition, the time he spent carrying Bai Qi and the other two through the journey was even greater, so shrinking his size could help reduce the amount of energy consumed.

"It's alright, as long as you landed safely."

Bai Qi patted his chest and exhaled heavily several times, finally clearing his head a bit.

I've heard of people getting seasick while boating, but I reckon he's the only one who's ever gotten seasick in the long river of time.

Oh no, there are three.

"Bai Qi, are we back now?"

Bai Qiucha looked around at the desolate Gobi Desert and couldn't immediately determine their current point in time.

"I'm not sure either. We're going downstream this time, so we should be heading back."

Bai Qi shook his head, and was about to send the husky to investigate the surrounding situation when he felt a tremor under his feet.

Bai Qi and the other two looked up at the sound and saw countless ferocious beasts rushing towards them from afar.

A beast tide, at least an SSS-level beast tide!

Seeing this, Bai Qi and the other two burst into laughter.

It's not because they're strong enough to not fear the SSS-level beast tide, but because of the thing that appeared right after the beast tide.

The Federation's most powerful weapon, a massive floating surveillance and defense vehicle, is the Net.

"Finally, I'm back~"

(End of this chapter)