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Madame Fu did not raise his head to look at her, but instead took a few steps back. Then, she knelt down on both knees, touched her forehead to the ground, and bowed to the stunned Xiu'er.

Following her voice, figures emerged from the corners of the hall and kneeled behind her, kowtowing to the Xiu'er …

”Demonic Bear clan pays its respects to your majesty.”

”Demon Tiger Race greets your majesty.”

”Demon Leopard Clan greets your majesty.”

”...”

Xiu'er looked at the black mass of people kneeling in front of him in shock, and did not know how to respond. In the end, it was the Madame Fu who helped her. She stood up and said to His Highness and the others, ”Everyone get up first, His Highness is still not used to it.” I will first explain the reason from the beginning, when the time comes everyone will come to get to know His Highness. ”

It was obvious that this Madame Fu held some dignity in everyone's heart. After she said those words, everyone stood up and bowed to Xiu'er, then left the hall one by one.

After everyone had left, Xiu'er gazed at the Madame Fu and slowly said, ”Madame Fu, I hope you can give me an acceptable reason.”

Madame Fu smiled bitterly: ”Your Highness, please forgive us. I was going to explain it slowly to you, but everyone has been waiting for too long. I was impulsive, please don't blame me.”

Seeing her sincerity, Xiu'er did not say much and only nodded her head, showing that she understood. Madame Fu led Xiu'er to a side hall behind the great hall. After instructing people to bring tea, they began to slowly explain the history of the mysterious clan to Xiu'er.

The source of all this still had to do with the Four Great Divine Beasts and the Divine Bird Phoenix of all those years ago, and it was even a little further back in the day.

At that time, the Divine Bird Phoenix had not yet come from another world, and the entire continent was tranquil and peaceful. Various animals lived peacefully together in this vast land, and as the spirit of all living things, humans controlled the most resources and freedom of this land. However, what they did not know was that behind this tranquility was the silent protection of the four Divine Beasts.

Finally, one day, an omen appeared in the sky. An enormous phoenix had come from another world. As the four Divine Beasts fought with the Phoenix from another world, countless lives were annihilated, large tracts of land were destroyed, rivers were diverted, lakes were dried up, and the entire continent seemed to have changed in appearance. The plain had become a mountain, and Wulian Mountain Range spanned across the vast grassland overnight.

Slowly, as the war subsided, the humans began to forget about the great war. There was nothing more effective than time, because it made people forget everything. But humans could forget about it, but the animals could not. Especially the animals in the Wulian Mountain Range. The blood of divine beasts and phoenixes rained down from the sky like a storm during that great battle. Animals that were of the same lineage as the divine beasts were drenched in the blood of the divine beasts, and the blood of the divine beasts and otherworldly phoenixes seeped into their bodies.

In the long years that followed, this group of animals that were stained with the divine blood spontaneously gathered together, gathering within the Wulian Mountain Range made from the divine beast's body. They avoided humans and their own kind, or perhaps it was better to say that they did not know how to face themselves. They were intelligent and even had godly powers, but they didn't know what they were exactly, so the only choice they had seemed to be escape. However, they knew everything that had happened. They knew that two out of four Divine Beasts had been seriously injured in order to protect this continent, so they treated it as a god. At the same time, they were also afraid, afraid that Divine Bird Phoenix from another realm that could survive even under the combined efforts of the four great divine beasts. To Divine Bird Phoenix, exterminating this group of mutated beasts might only require a glance.

Thus, this group of mutated animals hid in the forest. They called themselves Demonic Beast Clan, and rested at a place where no humans could see. They were waiting, but did not know what to wait for.

Although it was far weaker than it had been in the past, it was still enough to make the Demonic Beast fall into despair. They thought that after millions of years of rest, the Phoenix would finally wipe out any race that dared to oppose him in this land. Just at this moment, the aura of a divine beast, Qiong Qi, appeared once again. Two enormous streams of divine auras faced each other from both ends of the continent.

The first to make a move was the Qiong Qi, and he practically instantly appeared in the vicinity of the imperial city as the Phoenix unhesitatingly accepted the challenge. The two Divine Beasts continued to roll around and fight, drawing bursts of thunder and lightning until both disappeared in the end.

The Demonic Beast were silent. They did not know what had happened, and did not dare to think. They could only observe the world through the forest silently.

But this time, they did not have to wait for too long. The appearance of a thin old man broke their silence and changed the lives of all the Demonic Beast.

The old man called himself surnamed Chen. He was Chen Tianming and had come on the orders of the divine beast, the Taotieh.