Divine King of Honour

"Ah, where exactly did that meteorite fall? Why haven't we found it after searching the entire forest?" one of the men in black spoke.

"Meteorite?" Xu Nian was taken aback.

He had been here for a month.

And had not noticed any meteorite falling, had he?

But soon, the leading man in a black robe resolved Xu Nian's confusion.

"That meteorite fell to this place ten years ago, and has since been covered by soil and vegetation. Finding it is not easy, but that meteorite is likely to contain Divine Iron, so we must find it," the Black Robed Man answered.

"Yes!" The other two Black Robed Men immediately responded.

After speaking, they transformed into three shadows, each dashing off in different directions.

Each held an object resembling a compass in their hands, seemingly used to search for that meteorite.

Xu Nian watched the three men leave.

Only then did he step out from behind a large tree.

A contemplative expression appeared on his face.

Meteorite?

Divine Iron?

No wonder these three were so secretive in their search for the meteorite.

So, it turns out that the meteorite contained Divine Iron.

Divine Iron is naturally a material for refining Spiritual Artifacts.

This kind of material stands above exotic metals.

In the imperial market,

A piece of Divine Iron the size of a soybean could sell for an astronomical price.

The amount of Divine Iron in a meteorite would certainly be no small matter.

"Interesting, my Meteorite Iron Hammer can no longer keep up with the pace of my cultivation, and I'm indeed short of some good Artifact Refining Materials. If I can find this meteorite, that would be perfect," Xu Nian said to himself with a smile.

He had already roughly guessed the identities of these three men.

If he was not wrong,

They should be from the Desolate Hall he encountered at Ice Dust Lake.

Initially, he thought these men were only active within Southern Wilderness County, yet they had come here.

But what puzzled him was how they knew that a meteorite with Divine Iron had fallen here ten years ago.

"I want to see what exactly you are up to," Xu Nian said with a slight smile.

With that, he turned into an afterimage and silently followed the leader of the three men.

He wanted to see what these men's undisclosed intentions were.

Over the next three days, Xu Nian quietly followed these three men.

The three of them continuously used the compasses in their hands to search for the meteorite.

Eventually, they stopped at a huge basin.

"This is it; this basin must be the crater created by the fall of the meteorite,"

The lead Black Robed Man stood in the air, looking down excitedly at the vast basin below.

A look of surprise also unwittingly appeared on Xu Nian's face.

Through his Spiritual Sense, he discovered that the basin was a full three kilometers in diameter.

Its shape was a perfect circle.

Although it had been covered by plants, its outline was still clearly visible.

"What size would the meteorite need to be to create such a basin?" Xu Nian thought in amazement.

Normally, as meteorites fall from the sky, they generate terrifying temperatures due to friction with the air and are usually melted.

So when they hit the ground, they become very small; being the size of a human head is already considerable.

But for a meteorite to create such a huge basin, the size of the stone must be extraordinarily large.

Xu Nian hardly dared to imagine a meteorite of this magnitude.

Xu Nian extended his Spiritual Sense towards the center of the basin.

Indeed, a massive black-and-red stone was buried deep in the center of the basin.

The stone was spherical, with a diameter of about three meters.

Such a massive meteorite—Xu Nian had never heard of anything like it.

However, just as Xu Nian's Spiritual Sense reached into the meteorite, he was stunned.

God damn it, Divine Iron?

Inside the meteorite wasn't any damn Divine Iron at all, but a curled-up giant beast.

Oh, no!

It was a cub!

Xu Nian had never seen a cub of such immense size.

The cub was covered in black scale armor, its shape very much like a gigantic tiger.

But what was bizarre was that this cub actually had the head of a dragon and a pair of wings on its back.

There was also a dark red horn on its forehead.

An aura of terror emanated from it.

Xu Nian had never seen such a special Exotic Beast before.
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Most crucially, the heart of this Exotic Beast was still beating.

Which meant it wasn't dead.

And the so-called meteorite wrapped around it was actually its eggshell.

"What kind of Demon Beast is this? It actually flew in from beyond the heavens and didn't even shatter its eggshell when it landed on the ground?" Xu Nian asked himself in shock.

The Exotic Beast before him was very strange.

It had come from beyond the heavens and hadn't hatched for ten years.

During these ten years, it had continuously absorbed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.

Now, the aura it exuded was exceptionally terrifying.

It probably would have strength unmatched by any Saint upon its birth.

A Demon Beast born with power on par with Saint Level—

Xu Nian was hearing about this for the first time.

Even True Dragons were incredibly weak at birth, at most comparable to fighters at the Battle Sect Level.

It was evident just how terrifying this slumbering Exotic Beast was.

"How did it end up here?"

However, just at that moment, the voice of Emperor Ye Tian resonated in Xu Nian's mind.

"Eh? Your Majesty, do you recognize this Exotic Beast?" Xu Nian promptly asked, surprised.

"Boy, how could I not recognize this Exotic Beast? It is none other than the legendary Undying Devouring Sky Beast," Emperor Ye Tian answered.

"Undying Devouring Sky Beast? What kind of Exotic Beast is that?" Xu Nian wondered.

But just from the name, he felt a terrible sense of dread.

Undying Devouring Sky Beast, strong enough to devour even the heavens—how powerful must this Demon Beast be?

"This Undying Devouring Sky Beast is born of heaven and earth itself, its power incomparable even by the Dragon Clan. It possesses terrifying abilities, able to devour everything in its path. As it grows, it often consumes the planet it's on, and even the surrounding sun and moon will be completely devoured by it," Emperor Ye Tian began to explain.

"What? It can even devour the sun and moon?" Xu Nian's face displayed an expression of utter horror.

He finally understood just how fearsome this Undying Devouring Sky Beast truly was.

If it awoke, wouldn't their very planet be doomed?

Kill it!

He mustn't let it grow.

Xu Nian said to himself.

If such a terrifying Exotic Beast grew, they would all be doomed.

"Boy, save your effort; didn't you notice the words 'undying' in its name?" Emperor Ye Tian saw through Xu Nian's thoughts and snorted coldly.

"Undying? Does it truly never die?" Xu Nian said, not believing it.

"That's right, it truly is undying. Even if the Undying Devouring Sky Beast is killed, it can use its unique power to turn itself back into a beast egg and be reborn. This is why, in fact, there is only one Undying Devouring Sky Beast in the entire world. The one you see is just the cub it revived itself into," replied Emperor Ye Tian.

Xu Nian was astounded.

There really were undying creatures in this world?

Then wasn't their planet definitely finished?

"Boy, you really are damned lucky! You actually encountered it!"

Yet, just when Xu Nian thought his luck had run out, Emperor Ye Tian's words completely baffled him.

How was it lucky that their planet was nearly doomed, yet Emperor Ye Tian said he hit the jackpot?