Unbeatable! Invincible! Unparalleled!

"Di Rou, do you know what kind of food... the Lord likes to eat?" Xu Rong asked as she feasted on a lavish meal at the Seven Saints Culinary restaurant, the sensation making her heartbeat faster as a certain figure appeared in her mind.

Since the ingredients they were required to fetch were all rare and exotic, it will take a bit more time for the Saints Chefs to gather everything. Thus, the old butler Heng Wu, made them some accommodations and free expensive meals for the duration they were staying in the restaurant.

"Hmm... I'm not really sure... he doesn't seem to be too picky on his food.." Di Rou replied while sipping on her exquisite seven-nine tea devas with grace and exhaled a short, relaxed breath, her skin glowing with a tinge of redness on her cheeks.

Munch! Munch!

"You can't go wrong with fried chicken..." Xiahou Yu by the side added as she bit through her third set of golden crispy drumstick chicken that was said to be fermented for 80 years with rare spices before it could be cooked, enriching the taste by a hundred fold upon touching the human tongue!

Delicious!

"..." Xu Rong.

Hais!

Why did I even bother asking?

Xu Rong sighed as she stared outside from the open space of the third floor through the balcony with a melancholic look.

"I wonder what he is doing right now..."

He must be on another epic adventure..

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"Little Dae, catch!" Duan Li said as he threw a frisbee into the air at a sharp right angle.

Whooshh!

"Arff!! Arff!!" Daelius, the little Fenrir caught the fast moving frisbee in between its teeth with a single dash, an agility too fast for its size and age.

"Incredible.."

Duan Li nodded in satisfaction as he patted the little Fenrir on its head, "Good boy! Good boy!"

That was half of my throwing strength and he was still able to catch it in midair... too bad I can't use any more throwing strength than this or the frisbee might disintegrate...

"Master, I sense great disturbance in the natural elements at the South direction.." Dilong, the earth Elemental Spirit Origin furrowed her brows as she stopped playing with Zhulong.

Right now, Duan Li had already returned to his residence court after bidding farewell with the patriarchs. He wanted to spend some time with these pets of his as well as training Bulu on solidifying his cultivation path as a transformed monster.

"The South direction? That's where those five are right now.. any specifics?" Duan Li turned to look towards the South direction as he wiped off the sweat on his forehead.

He was multitasking between playing with Daelius, mentoring Bulu and experimenting with the All-Father forge at the same time in order to unlock more of its secrets.

He found out that just about anything could be turned into an ultimate graded weapon, provided that they could withstand the thousand hammerings without shattering or getting destroyed first.

As a result, he was able to turn a resilient pebble into an ultimate graded weapon! This was an unprecedented event in the entire history of the Tian continent, akin to a peasant by the street that no one cared to even look at, suddenly becoming an immortal and turned into a god after a life and death constipation.

"I am unable to Master, I can only tell the general direction.." Dilong replied while shaking her head. "However... the Earth element is currently seething the most out of the four.."

Duan Li raised his brows in comprehension as he cupped his chin, "Earth element? It must be the Red desert then. Wei Wang, Shen Murong and Wang Dong are currently there, and with those two together, I reckon that they must have been the one to cause the ruckus...."

"Are you going to go there and help them Master?" Zhulong by the side asked.

Duan Li shook his head, "No, they should be fine. Besides, I gifted them their own ultimate graded weapons each. Even if they were to stumble upon a Nascent Soul realm expert, they should still be able to win." he answered.

Turning to both Dilong and Zhulong, Duan Li assessed them from top to bottom, "It has been quite a while since you two meditated inside me, how was everything? Did you two get stronger?"

Dilong and Zhulong both nodded, "Strangely enough, we did get stronger! The mysterious presence inside your dantian was oozing out power from time to time, so we were able to siphon them into ourselves. This should not have been possible though as we were only meant to get stronger by consuming monster cores." they answered.

"Eh? What do you guys meant by that?" Duan Li scratched his head, unable to comprehend them.

"Think of it like the natural balance of Yin and Yang in this world Master. Since the beginning of creation, the Tian continent had already existed with the perfect balance in its nature through the cycle of life." Dilong explained.

"En, that's right! Therefore, for us to grow, we need to consume from the natural cycle itself, which are the monster cores, so that it will remain balance. The fact that we got stronger by that mysterious presence alone meant that its power was similar to the natural cycle, yet did not belong in it!" Zhulong continued.

Hmmm...

After thinking about it for a moment, Duan Li finally seemed to get it, "You guys meant that, the presence is foreign to this world?"

Both of the dragons nodded in unison.

"Master do not have to worry. Although this would make it seem like we have broken the traditional balance, we are only two individual. It is only when the balance are broken in mass will the natural cycle be in chaos!"

With this new comprehension towards the nature, Duan Li became even more intrigued with the origin of the mysterious pearls. He recalled that the Will of the Grand Immortal was able to create the Emerald pearl after compressing down the unscalable mountain into a single orb!

Could it be that the Grand Immortal was not of this world?

"The only caveat was probably that the spiritual Qi was far too pure for us, so we were only able to take in small amounts of them at a time." they said while sighing.

This explanation from Dilong and Zhulong made Duan Li even more confident that the mysterious pearl was of foreign origin, just like the Emerald pearl!

The question was, what was contained inside the Golden and Crimson pearl? It could not possibly be another two mountains!

"I guess I could only try to ask the Grand Immortal the next time I see him.." thought Duan Li.

Suddenly, someone spoke through his mind.

"We have received emergency communication from our neighbour, the Liu Empire. They are requesting for our assistance."

It was from his clone, Utmost Being.

"Eh? What's going on?" Duan Li said in surprise.

"I believe that you are already well acquainted with Liu Sheng Duhai, the brother of Liu Sheng Juan. He sent a request for help. Specifically, he wants you to come over there." Utmost Being replied with an annoyed tone.

"Okay... But you haven't told me what happened yet.. your mind is too messed up for me to catch on what you are thinking right now!" Duan Li replied. Since the other party was thinking a lot of stuff, Duan Li decided to block the information because it made him dizzy.

"Argh! I'm far too f*cking busy with this lacking empire of ours! There is so much things to be done! Forget it, I'll send over your useless strategist there, he'll brief you. Meet him at the border entrance below the Wang mountain range!"

Utmost Being immediately cut off his telepathic communication with Duan Li.

"Hmm... by the looks of it, he seems to be under a lot of stress.. its fortunate that I'm not the one over there..."

Duan Li exhaled a breath of relief, thanking the Heavens for making him such a smart man!

I'm really lucky!

He was thingking that if he were in the position of Utmost Being right now, there was a high chance that he would make a run from it and escape from the empire like a fugitive.

After all, who would want to be bogged down inside the Imperial Palace and do all those work or whatever it was as if a prisoner?

"The Imperial Overseer should be free and unfettered by the worldly stuff!" Duan Li crossed his arms on his chest and nodded to himself as he was convinced by this universal truth that he was concocting.

Thinking that he was doing the right thing and the sacrifice of his clone was justified, Utmost Being suddenly opened the channel to his mind again and shouted, "F*ck you!"

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