The overlord of the gods is interrogating the alien female spy.

　She saw the Qilin clearly, and ancient memories began to resurface.

　"I remember you...I remember you...you are..."

　A vast city, countless beastmen, and packs of wolves serving on that sun-drenched road... until that imposing figure came into view.

　"Yuanshi Tianzun..."

　She remembered the Qilin before her.

　Before my mind could process what was happening, my body was already sprawled on the ground.

　How could this be... that Yuanshi Tianzun... is still alive?!

　Then why, why hasn't it appeared all these years?

　Her mind was filled with doubt.

　“It is I, Anese…”

　Chen Lingxu looked at the mother wolf in front of him.

　Although her appearance had changed somewhat, Chen Lingxu had inspected these wolf commanders not long ago, so he naturally remembered them clearly.

　Ten thousand years... How did she survive? Judging from her transformation just now, she must have become the 'dead soul' that the pardoner spoke of.

　"Get up. I only woke up recently, and I found that so much time has passed in the world. I thought that everyone I knew was gone, but I didn't expect to see an acquaintance."

　Yes, is it someone this monster knows?

　Theresa discreetly observed the she-wolf.

　That means she's a super old woman who's lived for over 10,000 years?

　"Your Majesty the Celestial Venerable... It is such a pleasant surprise to see you again."

　Anese squatted on the ground, gazing at the figure that had become blurred in his memory, his wolf eyes filled with tears and a myriad of emotions.

　"Tell me, how did you become like this? And how many beastmen like you are there?"

　Chen Lingxu's tone softened considerably. Since they were beastmen willing to address him by his title, there was no need to be overly authoritative.

　"Ah...that was a very long time, Your Majesty."

　Agnese dissected her past memories in her mind.

　"At the height of that great battle, all I remember is that natural disaster struck, burying everyone, whether it was us beastmen or those Tikkaz aliens."

　"When I regained consciousness, the wolf pack... only a few of us remained. Zaroo, Wagu, Caesar... only a few of the other ancestors had become like us."

　"Because of Originium?"

　"Perhaps, Your Majesty the Heavenly Venerable."

　Chen Lingxu nodded slightly, signaling her to continue.

　Chapter Twenty-One: Intimidating the Little Slave Every Day

　Most of Agnese's memories are buried in the wilderness, and she can only give a rough account of many things.

　"When we were able to roam freely on this land again, the Beast Kingdom had already split apart. Those divine people and beast kings ruled over their own territories and fought each other."

　"Thousands of years later, the second Kazdel and the second Demon Lord were quietly born. But something happened, and these Sarkaz split apart again. The third Demon Lord killed the second Demon Lord, and the fourth Demon Lord killed the third Demon Lord. Until they were destroyed once again by the descendants of the gods who had been slaughtered before."

　Anesse wagged her tail. They only remembered some outrageous events and couldn't recount the details.

　"It was also during these Sarkaz power shifts that the Orcs began to undergo even greater changes."

　Most of the beastmen shed their beastly bodies and became more like modern humans. As a price, the power of the gods began to decline, and the more versatile Originium Arts became widespread.

　"After that, the Sarkaz rebuilt Kazdel time and time again, one demon king after another appeared, and the beastmen established their own kingdoms, just like in the early Chaos period, with various clans fighting each other."

　Anese had never seen the original appearance of the Beast Kingdom; she only knew about the chaotic era before the Primordial Celestial Venerable unified the Beast People from her family's records.

　It seems that after the departure of the Primordial Celestial Lord, the Beast Kingdom lost its order, and the once harmonious and unified civilization returned to that chaos once again.

　"The war between the Sarkaz and the Orcs has never stopped. When the Sarkaz become powerful, they will slaughter the Orcs in the name of revenge, and the Orc kingdoms will put aside their grudges and unite to destroy Kazdel as soon as possible. The two sides fought back and forth until a hundred years ago, when those huge cities and warships stepped onto the battlefield, and the Sarkaz lost the ability to maintain the war."

　Agnès wasn't a specialist in these things; she only remembered them because the commotion caused by those mobile cities and giant warships was so great that it kept the wolf awake.

　"Ah."

　The Qilin Overlord closed his eyes, and after a moment, he suddenly sneered, his eyes filled with scorn.

　"I knew it. These fools have never learned anything from me."

　"Your wisdom is unmatched, Your Majesty. The great cause of unifying the world has been accomplished by no other beastmen since you."

　One of the few things Anese could truly cherish was her time living in the Beast Kingdom. She remembered the joy of running across the grasslands with her parents by her side, and the first time she stepped forward in front of the wolf pack to receive the reward from the Primordial Celestial Lord as their representative… Back then, she always held her head high, proud to be a citizen of the Beast Kingdom and a subject of the Primordial Celestial Lord…

　"Let bygones be bygones. Those fools got what they deserved. Ha, a bunch of good-for-nothings who couldn't see the times, had no foresight, and only knew how to fight for power and profit. It would be the best news for me if they were all dead."

　The only thing that would make Chen Lingxu sigh was the plight of the ordinary beastmen who lost their good lives due to the division of the beast kingdom. However, judging from the current situation, most of them were doing alright.

　What are you doing right now?

　Chen Lingxu stretched out his hand, and the little she-wolf stretched out her head for him to play with and rub.

　Rub the puppy's head, and you'll have nothing to worry about.

　"Uh……"

　Agnese suddenly fell silent.

　She didn't know what to say.

　If those god-rulers were short-sighted, pleasure-seeking fools, then these beast lords…

　"At, at...tribal...gathering."

　It was a gathering... well, it could be called a gathering.

　The Agneses couldn't say they'd been playing cricket fighting for thousands of years; this decadent hobby was no less than that of those divine rulers.

　"Hmm? Never mind, you all have your own lives now, and I won't meddle in your affairs."

　How could Chen Lingxu not see her embarrassment? But it didn't matter. He was an enlightened monarch. Moreover, the Beast Kingdom was gone now. The fact that she could still address him as Yuanshi Tianzun after ten thousand years was already a sign of respect.

　"However, as you've seen, I haven't been awakened in this era for very long, and there are many things I don't know. If you're not busy, you can travel with me for a while, and then you can leave once I've become more familiar with this era."

　"No problem, Your Majesty."

　Can she refuse? Does she need to refuse? Will she refuse?

　Anese wagged her tail. Wolves and dogs alike are both homesick, and besides, after so many years, wolf pack games have long lost their appeal. She'd rather be a little female dog fetching frisbees and playing with the Primordial Celestial than become the wolf lord and continue vying for the alpha position with those boring creatures.

　Her current state is probably what the Primordial Celestial Venerable once described as the mindset of 'the Darkborn yearning for the glory of their past as Ascended Beings.' Although she still doesn't know what the Darkborn are.

　Chen Lingxu was satisfied and used both hands, rubbing the dog's head and scratching its chin, making Anesse's wolf tail wag almost like a dog's tail.

　"By the way, do you know where the lich is?"

　“I don’t know, Your Majesty. Those liches are very well hidden, but there’s a fat bird in Letania who must know where they are.”

　"Fat bird?"

　"It's your former court musician, that fat penguin. Now it's audacious enough to use the title of Emperor, proclaiming itself the Music Emperor of Letania. Hiding in the tower, it plays music with those sheep and deer."

　"No wonder Letania can compose such golden melodies; it seems to be inextricably linked to him."

　The Emperor of Music?

　There weren't many penguins in the palace, but Chen Lingxu was quite impressed by them; however, he was the tolerant Yuanshi Tianzun.

　“Then go find him, Agnese. I will see if he is worthy of the title of Emperor of Music.”

　Holding the little she-wolf in his arms and rubbing her belly, Chen Lingxu then turned his gaze to the little slave beside him, who was already in a daze while listening to the story.

　"These are the slaves I found some time ago."

　Upon hearing the word "slave," Theresa snapped out of her reverie and looked at the wolf.

　"Woo..."

　Does this mean they're going to get rid of her?

　Yes... this monster found itself...

　Her former subordinate, who knows so much... we probably don't need her anymore.

　Sigh... I knew this day would come, but I'm still so unwilling to accept it.

　This was Theresa's first time traveling far from home, her first time visiting another country, and she saw many things she had never seen before. She also wanted to see what Letania, the "land of a thousand spells and myriad arts" praised by bards, was really like, and she also wanted to see if the capital of Gaul, the strongest country in this land, really looked like a mountain...

　She has now lost the stubbornness she had at the beginning to face death. Having seen the vastness of the outside world and broadened her horizons, she does not want to die in such a muddled way.

　"She has been doing quite well lately."

　Huh? Wait a minute, why does it feel like... we're supposed to get rid of her?

　With a blink of its pinkish-white peach-like eyes, the little peach slave was grabbed and held in the arms of the Qilin Overlord.

　"Remember her scent. If she escapes when I'm not looking, catch her and bring her back. If she resists, bite off her hands and feet, just leave her with a breath left."

　"Yes, Your Excellency."

　Anese looked at Sarkaz in front of her and sniffed her scent.

　"Yes, as you said, she smells really good. Much better than those aliens."

　Theresa saw the wolf lick its sharp fangs. The campfire flickered in the wind, making the wolf appear even more ferocious.

　"It must taste delicious."

　"Yes, it tastes delicious to her."

　Holding the little slave who couldn't help but shrink into his arms, Chen Lingxu lowered his head and bit the back of her neck, beginning to tear her black stockings.

　Anese looked at Sarkaz, who was being suppressed by the Kirin Overlord, with surprise, and then left to keep watch.

　Although it seemed a bit strange to her that the Kirin Overlord would have feelings for these Sarkaz... she was just a little she-wolf, why should she care so much?

　"Don't worry, I won't kill you, Theresa. I'll keep you alive until I tire of you. Now, serve me well, my little slave."

　"Woo..."

　Theresa's hands were gripped as she looked at the Qilin Overlord before her, biting his soft scales as revenge for being intimidated.

　They're all despicable villains, trying to scare her... but... don't worry about dying right now.

　Chapter Twenty-Two: The Greatness of the Primordial Celestial Venerable Lies in His Universal Education

　"Dawdling and procrastinating."

　Theresa, who had just returned with her skirt up, head down, and face flushed, heard this disdainful rebuke.

　She couldn't refute it, so she could only mumble a response with her rosy lips.

　"Next time, I will do it as quickly as possible, Master..."

　But she was already fast enough... she could only find clods of earth, stones, or even leaves in the wilderness to solve this problem.

　"Sniff."

　As she approached, the Qilin suddenly poked its head out and sniffed her all over, as if it had caught some scent on her.

　"Ugh?"

　"Have you cleaned it properly?"

　"...It should be clean."

　She couldn't see it either... except that the last clod of earth was clean...

　"I don't think you do."

　"what?"

　Before Theresa could react, Qilin grabbed her and pinned her to a rock.

　"Master...now...now..."

　It's still daytime!

　"Shut up, you stinking slave. How could I possibly have such an unclean slave?"

　"Woo..."

　She, she's not... smelly and filthy...