267: Chapter 267 Nine-Headed Heavenly Lion! Secret Realm Devouring Secret Realm

"It's here."

Gu Han took Yun Yun and continuously traversed through space, heading deep downwards.

After a tea's time, the two arrived before a giant crack filled with a terrifying black aura.

"What is this?" Yun Yun discovered with horror that her Sword Intent was being suppressed.

Having received Yun Potian's Legacy and various resources fed to her by Gu Han, she was now a one-star Dou Zun, and her Soul Realm had reached the Middle Stage of the Ling Realm.

The Sky-Breaking Sword Intent would rather break than bend, carrying the indomitable will of a brave warrior, daring to face the might of heaven and earth directly, yet at this moment, it was being suppressed.

"The core of this Secret Realm." Gu Han looked along the black aura spreading infinitely towards both ends below, and his Soul Power, which had reached the Great Perfection of the Ling Realm, spread out.

"A rank nine Serpentine magical beast comparable to a two-star Dou Sheng, the Eight-Winged Black Snake Sovereign, was casually slain by a Dou Sheng of the Xiao Clan a thousand years ago. Its heavily injured body, carrying resentment, occupied this place."

"The founder of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion was one of the high-ranking officials of the Heavenly Snake Empire. He led experts to occupy this place, built this Secret Realm around the remains of the Eight-Winged Black Snake Sovereign, and established the sect."

"After the Heavenly Snake Empire weakened, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion has now caught up and surpassed it. Instead, they can control the succession of the Heavenly Snake Empire's imperial family and have gained the loyalty of many surrounding forces."

Gu Han recounted pieces of the past to Yun Yun while sitting cross-legged and forming hand seals.

A large amount of Fighting Qi surged from his body, the Xuanwu Shell deep within his Soul emitted a brilliant light, and a point of the Black Tortoise Mystic Realm's core radiated out, enveloping the black mist below.

Seeing the speed at which the mist dissipated, Gu Han turned to look at Yun Yun: "It seems it will take quite some time. You should return to the Black Tortoise Mystic Realm first."

"Okay!" Yun Yun nodded obediently, letting Gu Han do as he pleased with her.

Time flew by like a white horse passing a crevice, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

The northernmost part of the Fighting Qi Continent is an icy and snowy region where seventy percent of the area is covered by ice.

Ice plains, ice mountains, and ice rivers are everywhere, while the remaining thirty percent of the area is inhabited by ninety percent of the living beings of the Northern Continent, most of whom are of the Orc Race.

The Orc Race is extremely special. They are born as human-looking infants, and when they reach the age of three, a certain Demonic Beast Soul is implanted into them based on their own Bloodline, making them half-human, half-beast beings.

There have always been rumors that the Snake-People Clan is a branch of the Orc Race, and no one knows if it's true.

Because the icy regions are difficult to traverse, the Orc Race exists in the form of tribes, distributed in various livable areas surrounded by ice and snow.

The Qinghai Tribe is a large-scale tribe located in the northwestern part of the Northern Continent. The Clan Chief is a Dou Zong.

Today is the time for the children around three years old in the tribe to have their Aptitude and Bloodline tested collectively.

If the Bloodline is powerful, the clan elders will implant a high-rank Demonic Beast Soul into them.

"Boom!"

At the sacrificial grounds of the Qinghai Tribe, a surge of blood qi suddenly soared into the sky, manifesting the image of a nine-headed lion.

Every Orc Race tribe has its own totem they believe in. The totem the Qinghai Tribe believes in is the rank seven Demonic Beast, the Silver-Headed Sea Eagle.

Besides the totem, all Orc tribes believe in the Beast God, which is the Nine-Headed Heavenly Lion.

"A vision appeared during the Bloodline Awakening."

"It's the Nine-Headed Heavenly Lion."

"This is a blessing from the Beast God."

"Look, there is a glowing bone at the center of Hao's brow."

"Fantastic! Hao possesses a Divine Beast Heavenly Bone. He is not a waste, but a peerless Genius, a natural-born Supreme who can lead the Orc Race to rise in the future."

".."

The young boy called Hao, whose full name is Hai Donghao, was the only child present who had reached the age of six and was still undergoing the Awakening ceremony.

The reason he was still undergoing Awakening at this age was that he had failed to awaken since the age of three.

This failure made the clansmen feel that Hai Donghao was cursed, and they all loathed him.

Only Hai Donghao's grandparents and father never gave up. They were always out hunting to earn merits, using those merits to exchange for a second and third Awakening opportunity for Hai Donghao.

Today was his fourth Awakening. Everyone thought it would still not succeed, but they didn't expect the Awakening of the Divine Beast Heavenly Bone.

Hai Donghao's father and grandparents wept with joy.

The Clan Chief was also very excited and announced that a Beast God Festival would be held tonight to praise and thank the Beast God.

When night came, the entire tribe sang and danced. Because they were happy, Hai Donghao's father and grandparents didn't refuse any drinks.

When they were all drunk, and many core clansmen were also drunk or had gone back to their homes to sleep, the Clan Chief, Hai Dongming, suddenly pulled back the smile on his face.

He walked towards Hai Donghao, raised his hand to restrain him, and took him to the ancestral hall.

"Grandpa Clan Chief?" Hai Donghao wanted to speak but found he couldn't do anything.

Hai Donghao began to feel uneasy. Before long, he saw a beautiful woman with a fox tail on her back entering, holding a boy about seven years old with a tiger tail.

"Eldest Aunt?"

"Cousin?"

Hai Donghao recognized the identities of the people coming.

"You old ghost, you really are reliable in your work." The beautiful woman snuggled into Hai Dongming's arms under Hai Donghao's disbelieving gaze.

"The second son of the third family actually produced a possessor of a Divine Beast Heavenly Bone; it's truly unexpected." Hai Dongming stroked the woman's back, his gaze deep: "Back then, he seemed unwilling to marry the daughter of the Baiyan Tribe's Clan Chief, but instead married a human woman, causing this Clan Chief to lose many benefits."

"Now, isn't this being compensated with interest?" The beautiful woman let out a giggle: "Yi'er is the child of me and you, and he has the Tiger-Eagle bloodline. He is perfect for transplanting the Divine Beast Heavenly Bone."

"My son must absolutely not be surpassed by the second family's child."

Hearing this conversation, Hai Donghao's eyes couldn't help but widen, feeling like his brain wasn't working.

His eldest aunt was actually with the Clan Chief...

His cousin was actually...

They even wanted to dig out his bone!

Grandparents and father, they wouldn't be in trouble, would they?

Hai Donghao struggled desperately, but he was pitifully weak in front of a Dou Zong and could do nothing.

"As you wish. When the time comes, remember to cooperate and hide it from the third family." Hai Dongming's eyes shone: "The Ten Great Tribes Hunting Competition is approaching. I still need to use them. After that, they will be at your disposal."

After the two spoke a few sentences, Hai Dongming came before Hai Donghao and was about to start digging out the bone.

"Who can save me, save my family."

"I, Hai Donghao, am willing to offer my life!"

Hai Donghao looked at the hand that was continuously enlarging, his eyes full of hatred, fear, and a plea on the verge of collapse.

"Hmm?"

When Hai Dongming's hand was placed on his forehead, Hai Donghao had already resigned himself to fate, but he found that the former suddenly stopped moving.

Not only that, but the beautiful woman nearby also seemed to have been hit by a freezing technique.

At this moment, a man dressed in a black robe appeared out of thin air and spoke: "Kid, you're lucky. My Lord calculated that you would have a calamity and sent me to save you."

"In the future, you and your family must work for my Lord. Do you have any objections?"

At this time, Hai Donghao found that he had regained his ability to move and immediately understood that he had been saved.

"I have no objection, I am willing!" Hai Donghao didn't know who the black-robed man's Lord was; he only knew that the other party was the savior of himself, his grandparents, and his father.

He was willing to use his whole life to repay them.

The black-robed man was naturally Hei Tian. He had already been in the Qinghai Tribe for more than two months, waiting for Gu Han's orders.

Having saved Hai Donghao now, he immediately sent a message through the Snake Seal.

"Is he saved?"

Within the Secret Realm of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's Forbidden Ground, Gu Han opened his eyes.

"It just so happens that my work is also done. A double blessing."

Rumble!

Outside the Heavenly Serpent Mansion's Forbidden Ground, the Nine Serene Yellow Springs pool began to disappear at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Countless space cracks appeared above the Forbidden Ground, rapidly spreading towards the surroundings and instantly expanding for hundreds of miles.

The entire Heavenly Serpent Mansion began to shake violently. The Cultivators within the Heavenly Serpent Mansion stopped what they were doing and looked up at the direction of the Forbidden Ground with terrified gazes.

"What's going on? Could it be that the Grand Elder has broken through to become a Half-Saint and emerged from seclusion!?"