"Yes, Master."
The Nine-tailed Fox smiled joyfully, her cheeks flushing red. In a flash of light, she reverted to her true form and prostrated herself before Jiang Qiu, waiting for him to mount her back. They moved off into the distance, unhurried at first, then gradually picked up speed until they disappeared from the Golden Eagle Ancestor’s sight.
"HUFF... HUFF..."
The Golden Eagle Ancestor gasped for breath, staring in astonishment at the spot where the two figures had vanished, as if he had witnessed some great terror. He simply couldn’t comprehend what level of monster that young man was to make such a powerful Nine-tailed Fox call him "Master."
The key was that the Nine-tailed Fox had been so genuinely sincere, so utterly and willingly subservient!
He had just faced the Nine-tailed Fox’s oppressive power—a force so despairing it was suffocating, one he couldn’t possibly hope to challenge. Her combat strength was such that she could take his life with a flick of her hand. With that power, she could sweep through the entire outer region of the Primitive Ancient Forest without issue and could even test her strength at Demon City!
Yes, sweeping through the entire outer region of the Primitive Ancient Forest would be no problem. This was a rather astonishing assessment. The Primitive Ancient Forest was almost boundlessly vast; a large territory like the Golden Eagle Ancestor’s was, in the grand scheme of the outer region, nothing more than a tiny speck.
The outer region of the Primitive Ancient Forest was massive. The Golden Eagle Ancestor, at best, had only occupied a small area and become a True Dominator. But compared to the Super True Dominators of the Primitive Ancient Forest’s middle region, he was far inferior!
Indeed, the middle region of the Primitive Ancient Forest had a whole tier of powerful Demon Races guarding the Chaos Bloodlines in the depths. The Dominators there were all Super True Dominators, far above a mere True Dominator like himself.
To be more specific, the Demon Races of the middle region had already formed Settlements. They had established a set of relatively harmonious rules amongst themselves and had even built places similar to Demon City.
In other words, a Demon Race member from the outer Primitive Ancient Forest like him was just a country bumpkin. In the middle region, there were areas with high city walls—all territories ruled by Super True Dominators!
And the Demon Race members who could live inside the cities of Super True Dominators were basically all descendants of those Super Great Demons. An expert like him, not being a descendant, would not be permitted to live there either.
The main thing was that he needed to pursue his Cultivation. Only by cultivating until he was outstanding enough could he build a city of his own.
That’s right. Even a True Dominator—a genuine dominator—could not build a city at will within the Primitive Ancient Forest. The ability to build a city was a sign of immense strength, something only a Super True Dominator could achieve.
He didn’t know how many Super True Dominators there were in the middle region of the Primitive Ancient Forest. However, if Jiang Qiu and the others were heading north, they would likely have to pass through the territory of one Super True Dominator—that is, one Demon Race city.
The deterrent power of a Super True Dominator over an outer-region True Dominator like him was infinite. To put it bluntly, while he might have to expend some effort to kill a few powerful Great Dominators, a Super True Dominator could kill him with a single thought.
It was similar to the Nine-tailed Fox’s state just now; killing him was as easy as lifting a finger. Super True Dominators possessed such grand power because their use of Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm had already undergone a metamorphosis.
In fact, the Golden Eagle Ancestor had even suspected that the Nine-tailed Fox was a Super True Dominator. Otherwise, how could she manipulate Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm to such a degree?
Furthermore, it was said that records of so-called Secret Techniques could only be found within the Demon Race cities. They contained some incredibly precious cultivation methods, which were the prized collections of the various Great Demon Races—some even their clan-defining treasures!
It was easy to suspect that the Nine-tailed Fox might be a bloodline descendant of some Super Great Demon Race. How else could she control such absurd abilities?
Thinking of all this made the Golden Eagle Ancestor find Jiang Qiu even more terrifying. ’What level of Demon Race member must he be to make the Nine-tailed Fox so willingly call him "Master"?’
’Is he a Super True Dominator? Or perhaps a sovereign from the depths of the Primitive Ancient Forest, a supreme expert with the Chaos Bloodline?’
The Golden Eagle Ancestor couldn’t guess Jiang Qiu’s identity at all. Even a True Dominator like him had never witnessed those monumental legends of the Demon Race. He was just an Ancestor guarding his own little plot of land.
Unfortunately, his limbs had been severed, and his Realm had nearly plummeted back to the very beginning of the Transformation Realm. He would need a great deal of time to recover.
The Golden Eagle Ancestor was grief-stricken but helpless. He knew full well that he was powerless against the Nine-tailed Fox and didn’t dare gamble on Jiang Qiu’s identity. ’A single careless thought, and I could be instantly killed the very next second.’
For this very reason, the Golden Eagle Ancestor didn’t dare cause any more trouble for Jiang Qiu and the Nine-tailed Fox. Instead, he quickly transformed back into his bloody true form and flew high into the sky, announcing, "Everyone, disperse! They are not our enemies, but powerful beings from the depths of the Primitive Ancient Forest passing through our territory."
Seeing his blood-soaked appearance, all the members of the Golden Eagle Race were shaken. They never imagined that their invincible Ancestor could be so gravely injured.
And the injuries were indeed severe. He was covered in blood from head to toe, and his eyes were bloodshot. But in truth, there was no actual damage. Even though the limbs of his Transformation form had been severed, the two forms were not a one-to-one correspondence. In other words, the limbs he lost belonged to his transformed body; the organs of his true form were all intact.
That was why he could still appear before his descendants in his complete form. However, there was still a lot of blood that he simply couldn’t stop.
His injuries were too severe, and he looked utterly wretched. It was only by relying on his aura as the Ancestor that he managed to keep his clan members from being too overwhelmed by shock.
But even so, a deep-seated fear of the two beings, the Nine-tailed Fox and Jiang Qiu, was passed down through the bloodline of the Golden Eagle Race. Yes, it was seared into their very bloodline!
This intense fear of the pair originated from their Ancestor, who was the very source of their bloodline. They too would remember this terror. In the future, if they ever encountered Jiang Qiu and the Nine-tailed Fox, they would be a cut below them—perhaps countless cuts below!
Alas, the Golden Eagle Race’s encirclement of Jiang Qiu and the Nine-tailed Fox was thus disbanded. They didn’t dare disobey their Ancestor’s command, nor did they have the ability to capture the pair in the first place. They had no other choice.
And so, everyone returned to their own homes. The Ancestor went back to Cloud Cliff to recuperate. Meanwhile, more and more information began to spread—for example, that the other Great Dominators had also been killed. Just like that, all Eight Great Dominators under the Golden Eagle Ancestor’s territory were gone.
Indeed. Within the territory ruled by the Golden Eagle Ancestor, no Great Dominator at or above the Spirit Control Realm remained, aside from those of his own race.
The Spirit Fruit had also been stolen, so there was no way to cultivate new Great Dominators. They could only rely on the Great Dominators from their own clan to rule and manage the lands. And so, the territory of the Golden Eagle Race underwent a heaven-and-earth-shaking transformation.
From then on, the Golden Eagle Race began to establish its own information network. They could no longer roam freely without a care; instead, they had to monitor every territory and become aware of every detail in every corner.
On one hand, they didn’t want a repeat of something like the Nine-tailed Fox, who had inexplicably disappeared for three years only to return virtually invincible. They needed to ensure that if any suspicious, super-powerful figures like Jiang Qiu appeared, the Golden Eagle Race would know exactly how much weight they carried!
Even though such a system wasn’t really necessary—as figures of that caliber wouldn’t normally come to the outer region—the Golden Eagle Ancestor was terrified. He was afraid that while he was in seclusion, his clan would provoke another such supreme being, leading to him being severely injured again, or even killed!
And so, under his direction, the Golden Eagle Race connected their eyes in the sky with their presence on the ground, ensuring they could directly manage the territory instead of relying on the so-called Eight Great Dominators.
As for these changes, Jiang Qiu and the Nine-tailed Fox were completely unaware. The two of them had found a hidden, small cave with exceptionally dense Heaven and Earth Spirit Charm and had begun a new round of Cultivation, preparing to condense a third clone.