The beast core bestowed upon one of you!!

Wu Mu and the Wolf King exchanged a glance involuntarily.

To a beast, being bestowed a beast core is akin to the highest level of inheritance.

The beast who receives the core can slowly absorb the bloodline power contained within it, thereby inheriting all the divine abilities of the beast core’s master!

In the current situation where the beast race’s bloodline power is gradually diminishing, if they could obtain this beast core, their future strength would not only restore the grandeur of their ancestors but at least reach half of it.

In this way, with the current state of the human race being half-dead, breaking through to the human world would be just a matter of time!

The beast head let them ponder for a moment, then said:

“Who receives the beast core will be decided by you.”

The two beasts kneeling below were momentarily stunned, their previously heated minds cooling down.

With only one beast core but two beasts, deciding who would get it became a problem.

Wu Mu slowly turned his gaze towards the Wolf King, with his vertical pupils showing a trace of pressure from royal bloodline.

“Tu Lu, let’s decide the ownership of this beast core in the way of beast warriors.”

What the “way of beast warriors” meant… Naturally, it involved the two beasts showing their claws and fangs and engaging in a life-and-death struggle.

To be honest, the Wolf King named Tu Lu had a moment of temptation.

Before the bloodline reversion, his combat power and bloodline were slightly inferior to Wu Mu’s; no matter how one looked at it, Wu Mu was from the royal lineage of the beast race.

But now, having undergone bloodline reversion and with five divine eyes evolved, he was no longer inferior to Wu Mu.

He indeed had a chance to fight.

The warrior spirit within Tu Lu burned for a while before quickly extinguishing.

He was a beast with a troubled past, his heart filled with the hardships of life, and had long lost the passionate spirit of a warrior.

Although, according to beast age, he was still just a youth.

Tu Lu shook his head and said, “I am willing to voluntarily give up this beast core.”

Wumu was a bit displeased. “Do you not wish to fight me?” he asked.

He could easily have used his royal status to suppress Tulu, but he chose instead to compete with Tulu as a warrior, using the rituals of a warrior.

This was a gesture of respect towards Tulu, but Tulu refused.

“Your Highness, you know my past. I have a knot in my heart, and I believe that in the pursuit of the Beast God, I am not as pure-hearted as you are. Giving this beast core to me would not be as effective as giving it to you, so I willingly withdraw from the competition,” Tulu, the Wolf King, said sincerely.

A knot in his heart.

Wumu suddenly recalled that the Wolf King had a painful love story.

The Wolf King, before reaching maturity, had once, out of curiosity, followed a beast tide into the human realm, where he experienced a strange romance with a local beast residing there.

He had been rather unlucky.

The hidden forest he had chosen as a hideout had a crack in its barrier, and he was discovered by a powerful being from the Human Clan’s Celestial Bureau , who then expelled him back to the Beast Realm.

The Wolf King’s romance ended abruptly.

Even after returning to the Beast Realm, the Wolf King was unwilling to let go and sent his tribe members, using other beast tides, to search for the local beast in the human realm.

In the end, he discovered that the local beast had used the resources he had left to find more than five companions in the mountains.

Heartbroken, the Wolf King’s personality underwent a drastic change.

When Wumu first heard this story, he didn’t understand it, as beasts living in the Beast Realm typically didn’t think much of those living in the human realm.

There was no other reason but the importance placed on bloodline purity within the Beast Clan, and beasts willing to stay in the human realm often had diluted bloodlines after several generations.

But later, upon learning that the beast the Wolf King had loved was a rare white-furred fox, Wumu understood.

White fur was a rare trait in the Beast Realm, and the fox clan was known for their allure.

It was understandable that the Wolf King had been so infatuated.

However, Wumu would never allow a beast to affect him so profoundly; his pursuit had always been to revive the grand cause of the Beast Clan.

At this moment, he could only pat the Wolf King on the shoulder, feeling a mix of gratitude and complexity, and say earnestly:

“Good brother, thank you. Once I absorb this beast core, I will one day lead the Beast Clan army to breach the Human Clan’s defenses and bring back that flirtatious white fox to apologize to you!”

The Wolf King, who had evolved five eyes, dimmed all five eyes simultaneously and said, “Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. Breaching the Human Clan is fine, but bringing back the little vixen… that won’t be necessary.”

The beast head coiled around the relief quietly observed this scene before finally speaking, “It seems you have made your decision.”

A glowing beast core slowly floated before Wumu, hovered for a moment, and then sank into his body like a stone plunging into a lake.

Pressing a hand to his chest, feeling the surging energy within, Wumu said excitedly, “Ancestor, the time for this opening of the Void Realm is nearing its end. Once the time is up, our Beast Clan will be repelled by the barrier. Should we take this final moment to attack the Immortal Tomb?”

The massive beast head nodded slightly and then shook.

With a deep, powerful voice, it said, “No rush.”

“Before attacking the Immortal Tomb, I have something for you to do.”

“Pay attention to whether this generation of humans has someone who can gather all five Great Dao lineages simultaneously!”

Upon hearing this, Wu Mu and the Wolf King were initially puzzled.

“Five Great Dao lineages?” Wu Mu asked in surprise. “Is the ancestor referring to the five major orthodox immortal paths divided during the ancient times?”

The beasts had fought with humans for many years and had a basic understanding of them.

“It’s said that mastering even one of the Great Dao lineages is already very difficult, let alone gathering all five.”

The beast head’s crimson eyes stared at them. “That’s why this emperor is telling you to keep a close watch.”

“But what harm would the gathering of all five Great Dao lineages do to the beast race?” If not, why would the ancestor be concerned and specifically instruct them?

The beast head on the relief spoke slowly, “In my time of might, I never expected that I would eventually fall to the array created by that old fellow Fusheng.”

“Later, I thought about it day and night and realized that the array of absolute destruction indeed had some mysteries.”

“It was initially just an ordinary killing array, posing no threat to me. It wasn’t until the sacrifice of immortals from the five Great Dao lineage that its power underwent a qualitative change.”

“The five immortals of different Dao lineages were the key to activating the array. The other sacrifices merely maintained the array’s divine might.”

The Wolf King, now with five eyes, seemed to have become more perceptive and said, “Does the ancestor mean that if humans gather the power of the five Great Dao lineages, there will be some miraculous changes, resulting in a greatly enhanced power, even threatening someone like you?”

“But what does this have to do with someone simultaneously gathering all five Great Dao lineages? The previous array was created by the sacrifice of Human Clan immortals, but that doesn’t mean one person can simultaneously gather these five attributes!” Wu Mu asked in confusion.

The Wolf King couldn’t answer this question and looked to the beast emperor for help.

The beast emperor didn’t provide a direct explanation but instead told a story with a hint of melancholy.

“When I was still young and just entering maturity, the previous Beast Emperor told me a rumor.”

“The beast realm was once invaded by an extremely dangerous alien race.”

“This alien race was different from the beast race; they walked upright on two legs, had no claws or fur, and wore strangely designed clothing. They were extremely dangerous.”

“When they entered the beast realm, they could easily summon ten or more Beast King-level beasts with a wave of their hand. Strangely, this alien race captured these beasts, neither killing nor releasing them, only imprisoning them for research.”

“They even attempted to make the Blood Moon fall and change the stars in the beast realm…”

“The previous Beast Emperor detected the presence of this alien race and tried to expel them but was cleverly avoided by the aliens. The aliens seemed unwilling to engage in direct conflict with the beasts.”

“The aliens stayed in the beast realm for thirty Blood Moon tides before leaving silently.”

“After they left, the previous Beast Emperor solemnly told me that this alien might be comparable to the Beast God, as they possessed the most primordial power of the world.”

“At that time, I was just coming of age and was skeptical about what the previous Beast Emperor described. It wasn’t until I found the passage between the human and beast realms and invaded the Void Realm that I realized the so-called alien creatures were actually humans.”

“In other words, the two-legged invaders who could rival the Beast God were actually humans.”

At this point, the beast emperor fell silent, giving the two young beasts below time to digest the information.

The story conveyed a core message — humans had, or once had, beings comparable to the Beast God.

This was a revelation that refreshed the perception of the beast race, who had always been proud and considered themselves superior to humans.

The Wolf King, although shocked, was not entirely unable to accept it.

After all, he had lived among humans for a while and had at least a basic understanding of them.

Moreover, he had been sent back to the beast realm by a powerful human, so he could not simply belittle humans.

But Wu Mu was different.

As the son of the current Beast Emperor, with a pure and noble bloodline, and having always lived in the beast realm, he was influenced by his environment and status, holding a disdainful and hateful attitude toward humans.

Now, hearing from the revered ancestor that humans once had a being comparable to the Beast God, capable of making the Blood Moon fall and changing the stars, was something he found hard to accept.

“Ancestor, what does it mean to wield the world’s primordial power like the Beast God? How can humans be compared to the Beast God? Also, what does this have to do with the previously mentioned five Great Dao lineages?”

The beast emperor’s crimson eyes stared at Wu Mu. “Because, I believe that when the five Great Dao lineages of the human race are integrated…”