Against The Heavens 60 Abyss Eye Race.

As they moved, Li Yang would hunt down any Demonic beast he spotted and felt was strong enough, storing their bodies in an interspatial ring he would hand over to Liang Zhou. Those Demonic beasts that he felt were not strong enough, or those that were too strong to be used on the still weak Liang Zhou were fed to Jinwu and Shenlong.

As Li Yang followed Jinwu's directions, he also paid attention to the tracks that the groups had left behind, checking the direction they seemed to be moving in. Rather than check out the various scorch marks that were left behind from the Torch Dragon and Golden Crow flames, the groups were heading directly towards the Demon Plains.

While Li Yang found it rather surprising that they weren't checking out the scorch marks, it only made sense when one considered the circ.u.mstances. The people from the clans had no idea what they were looking for, so they could only tell the people from the various tribes to show them any place where something strange had happened recently. None of the tribes knew exactly where the flames that appeared a year ago had sp.a.w.ned, so they could only chalk it up to coming from the Demon Plains.

After traveling for a little over half a day, the first group finally entered Li Yang's range, his movements slowing down as he headed towards the group. Li Yang was slightly surprised when he spotted this group, as it was not one of the groups that Jinwu had spotted as he kept guard. The group contained 10 people, three guides from a tribe, six people from one of the clans and sects, and one person that caused Li Yang to raise an eyebrow. He climbed a bit higher into the trees, as two of the six sect people were also traveling in the trees, keeping watch over the surroundings. After reaching a higher vantage point that allowed Li Yang to see the entire group with his eyes, he pat Jinwu on the head and whispered to him.

"They are a bit troublesome, so it would be best if we do the fusion here."

The highest cultivation in the group was the person who seemed to be the leader, a male youth that had reached the middle stage of the Xiantian Rune realm, having carved eight runes. If he used his own strengthening techniques, Li Yang was confident that he could beat someone at that cultivation level without fusing with Jinwu, but because of a certain member of the group, he felt it was best to give it his all.

Jinwu let out a silent caw, his body turning into a stream of golden energy that entered Li Yang's body. His body was once again covered in a golden robe, two icy wings sprouting from his back, and his eyes turning golden as well. Li Yang put strength into his legs and was about to shoot towards the group, but a somewhat disgruntled snort from Shenlong stopped him. Li Yang's lips curled slightly as he gave Shenlong's head a few pats.

"Come on now, there is no need to be so jealous."

Shenlong let out another disgruntled snort, opening his maw and sinking his teeth into Li Yang's hand. But contrary to what Li Yang was expecting, there was no pain coming from the bite. Instead, Shenlong's body turned somewhat transparent after he bit Li Yang, quickly melting into a stream of pure electricity that entered Li Yang's body.

Under Li Yang's shocked eyes, the golden robe he was wearing changed slightly, no longer only featuring blazing Golden Crows, but also several roaring Golden Dragons. Li Yang's azure hair also changed, turning the same golden as Shenlong's scales, golden arcs of lightning dancing around the hair. Looking at the changes, a realization quickly hit Li Yang, a shocked question escaping his lips.

"You're not an elemental, but a true dragon?!"

That was the only explanation he could think of. Jinwu had already told Li Yang that only true Divine beasts could fuse with other beings, and that was only if they happened to share a bond of blood. No matter how strong an elemental got, it would never be a Divine beast, so it would never have the abilities of a Divine beast.

Since Shenlong and Huanglong had been born from the remains of Li Yang, Fang Ying, and the corpses of two true dragons. Li Yang had a.s.sumed that the twins were only elementals, but now it seemed like they were not mere elementals, but true twin Divine beasts. Li Yang tried to figure out how they could have been born as true dragons, but Shenlong quickly gave him the answer, a triumphant and proud roar ringing out within Li Yang's head, causing him to let out a light chuckle.

"That's how it happened? You really have quite the patience."

Li Yang could not help but be a bit shocked after hearing the explanation. Shenlong and Huanglong had indeed been born as mere elementals, born from Li Yang and Fang Ying's blood and Qi mixing with the Qi from the two dragon corpses. But even in that newborn stage, where they would normally be driven to absorb any energy around them, the twins had inherited Li Yang and Fang Ying's strong desires for strength. The twins resisted the urge to absorb the dragon blood within the two dragon corpses.

They instead chose to wait, absorbing the energy from the Demon Crystals and the remaining energy that floated in the air, waiting for the day they were strong enough. Only once they had grown somewhat stronger, their consciousness and sense of self becoming more stable, did they choose to devour the corpses of the true dragons. They ate the flesh, the blood, the organs, even the scales, and skin, using all the energy they gained to fuse themselves with the pieces they ate. It was a somewhat unorthodox method, but thanks to the great amount of energy, they were able to eventually evolve into true Divine beasts. And since Shenlong and Huanglong were originally born from Li Yang and Fang Ying's blood, it was no problem for them to fuse with them.

Li Yang felt like scolding Shenlong for not telling him this earlier but seeing the prideful and triumphant expression Shenlong was showing, reflected on the dragons that were on Li Yang's robes, he could only lower his shoulders and let out a somewhat defeated sigh. Jinwu had done exactly the same when he first learned about the ability to fuse, so Li Yang could not help but wonder if Divine beasts loved to withhold information.

With Shenlong satisfied at seeing Li Yang's surprised and defeated expression, he did not let out another disgruntled sigh when Li Yang put strength into his legs again. Golden lightning danced around Li Yang as he crouched, concentrating all his energy in his legs. With Shenlong joining Jinwu in the fusion, Li Yang once again got to control the golden lightning he had used in his past life.

Li Yang shot forward, the sound of thunder rumbling out and mixing with a sonic boom as he broke the speed of sound. His hands flickered, two spears of ice shooting out and piercing through the chest of the two people that were hiding within the trees. Li Yang instantly reached the remaining four targets, which were clad in white robes engraved with a large gate surrounded by clouds, probably the emblem of their sect.

They were about to let out a shout, but Li Yang had no intention of giving them any chances. The sound of thunder rumbled out again, four bolts of lightning shooting down from the sky and roasting the remaining four people of the sects. As the lightning struck the people from the sects, several thick walls of ice appeared around the only person who wasn't a guide, a lanky male youth in a brown robe, his head covered in messy black hair that even covered most of his face. The ice not only prevented him from fleeing, but it also made it so that he could not properly see Li Yang.

The leader of the group managed to survive the first bolt of lightning, so Li Yang flashed forward and sent a fiery punch at his chest, his fist piercing directly through and roasting the youth's heart. All six people from the sects were dead, and the last person was looked in a cage of ice, the guides had already fallen to the ground, shivering and sweating when they looked at Li Yang. The three guides were not from the Liang tribe, so Li Yang could not be bothered with them, quickly dismissing them.

"I have no interest in you, you can just leave."

The three guides quickly did as he said, standing up and fleeing as fast as they could. Not even the people that had crushed their tribe leader so easily could stand against this youth, so they did not even dare dream of not listening to Li Yang's order. After dismissing the guides, Li Yang picked up the interspatial rings of the sect people, inspecting the insides. A slightly surprised mutter escaped his lips after he scanned the insides of the interspatial rings.

"So this was a group from Heaven's Gate? Why did they change their emblem? Dammit, had I known this, I would have kept one alive and asked him about the current leader of the sect."

The emblem that Heaven's Gate had used while Li Yang was alive had been a staircase ascending directly into the sun, not this ma.s.sive gate surrounded by clouds. Jinwu only knew about the affiliation of the groups he had spotted because they had mentioned it a few times while they talked to each other, so not even he was able to recognize the sects by just their emblems.

Li Yang shook his head and stored away the interspatial ring, turning the six corpses to ash before he walked towards the cage of ice he had made. The male inside was not able to see Li Yang, but Li Yang could see him with perfect clarity. Li Yang's eyes were calm as he raised his arm, golden flames quickly swallowing the youth inside.

Li Yang ignored the cries of pain as he continued to roast the youth. As he roasted the youth, Li Yang could not help but marvel at the might of Jinwu's ice element. Despite the golden flames burning at full intensity right next to them, the ice showed no signs of melting. Li Yang continued to burn the youth until all his hair and clothes had been turned to ash, leaving him completely bare. Of course, had it not been for Li Yang holding back, the youth would have turned to ash long ago. Once he stopped the fire, Li Yang opened his mouth, his voice cold.

"Why is someone from the Abyss Eye race here? This planet is far away from your territory."

With the fire stopping, the youth fell to the ground, trembling from the intense pain. With all his hair burned away, a pitch black eye revealed itself on the top of his head. Thanks to the flames that had roasted him, the eye was completely dried out, almost melted, making it impossible to open it. It was this youth that Li Yang had been wary of, a youth that should not have been here. The youth spoke out, stuttering slightly.

"You...you know about...me?...Then why...would you do...something so...dumb?...My race will...not let this...stand."

Li Yang tilted his head slightly, arcs of lightning appearing in the air above the youth and sinking into his body. The youth's body quickly started spasming and curling, uncontrollable screaming ringing out as he lost all control over his body because of the pain. Li Yang tortured him for a bit before he pulled back the lightning, speaking out again.

"They won't care about someone like you, I could kill millions of you, and none of those old fogies would say anything. Tell me why you are here."

The Abyss Eye race was ma.s.sive beyond understanding, they controlled the northern parts of the entire universe. They had billions upon billions of people like this youth in front of him, at least that was how it was while Li Yang was alive. The youth threw up the contents of his stomach, a hoa.r.s.e and weak laughter escaping from his mouth as he turned towards where he believed Li Yang to be standing.

"Haha...haha...f.u.c.k you..."

Li Yang could not be bothered to waste any more time with someone who was clearly not going to tell him anything, so he decided to just kill the youth. Large thorns of ice grew out from the walls, piercing through the youth and instantly reaping his life. Li Yang picked up the interspatial ring of the youth, but it barely contained anything, only a bit of food and funds. After burning his body to ash and undoing the fusion with Jinwu and Shenlong, Li Yang could not help but click his tongue.

"Tch, now even people like them have arrived on this planet. Their territory is on the other side of the universe, so why would they come here? Could another G.o.d be doing something?"

Back when Li Yang was at his peak, the universe was divided into four sectors, one for each cardinal direction. The northern parts were controlled by the Abyss Eye race, the western by the Martial Alliance, the eastern by the Five-Elements sect, and the southern part was controlled by the Heaven Devouring race.

The planet he was on was under the control of the Heaven Devouring race, so far from the territory of the Abyss Eye race that it was hard to even comprehend. Unless someone supremely powerful was aiding him, the journey would not only take incredibly long, it would be far too dangerous for someone like the youth in front of him.

Li Yang could feel his head starting to hurt as he continued to think. For the current him, just the sects and clans on this planet were troublesome enough, but now one of four rulers of the universe had reared his ugly head, making things even more troublesome. But at the same time as he felt a headache, Li Yang was determined. No one would be allowed to get between him and Fang Ying. Even if one of the rulers of the universe were to try and get in the way, Li Yang would butcher them.

Of course, first Li Yang had to finish what he was going to do here, as well as grow stronger. With these thoughts in mind, Li Yang once again climbed up the nearest tree and continued to make his way deeper into the wilderness.