All Gods: Starting with Two Families

Chapter 146 The Carefree KunpengThis time, the God of Metamorphosis bestowed upon him another seal.

That seal floated in the Void Realm, slowly rotating.

The pattern was a giant Kunpeng—its rear half was a Peng bird, wings spread wide with every feather clearly defined; its front half was diving into the water, transforming into a giant Kun, its scales shimmering with a deep blue light.

In the center of the seal was a small vortex, resembling a water swirl, or perhaps a wind swirl, rotating ceaselessly.

Carefree Kunpeng Seal.

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng looked at that seal, a yearning welling up in his heart.

If he could possess both the Great Sun Feathered Serpent Seal and the Carefree Kunpeng Seal at the same time, to what extent would his strength skyrocket?

But he quickly suppressed this thought.

When both seals appeared in his body simultaneously, just tentatively approaching each other, his Meridians suddenly twitched, aching as if they were being torn apart.

That pain was not the pain of flesh and blood, but the repulsion stemming from the Laws branded onto his body.

Forcing a Fusion would only cause him to explode on the spot.

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng opened his eyes and looked at the little Sparrow Demon that followed him around all day.

It was a little bird that had just gained sentience, its feathers drab and gray, its size only that of a palm.

It didn’t know where it came from, only that since the first day Half-Demon Zhou Zheng set foot in the South Sea, it had been following behind him.

It couldn’t be driven away.

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng looked at it and suddenly had an idea.

”Come here.”

The little Sparrow tilted its head and hopped over.

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng raised his hand and tapped its forehead with one finger.

The light of the Carefree Kunpeng Seal flowed from his fingertip into the little Sparrow’s body.

The little Sparrow shivered all over, its eyes widening into circles.

That power was too immense, almost bursting it apart.

But it gritted its teeth, absorbing and digesting it with all its might.

One day, two days, three days...

Half a month later, the little Sparrow changed.

Its size became unimaginably huge, its wings spreading out to cover half the sky.

Its feathers were no longer drab, but shimmered with a deep blue luster, each feather appearing as if forged from fine iron, gleaming coldly under the sunlight.

It circled excitedly in the sky, letting out a clear, resonant cry.

That sound pierced through the clouds and spread across the entire South Sea.

Then it folded its wings and dove headfirst into the sea.

It didn’t splash any water.

Its body glided through the sea, transforming into a giant fish.

Its scales were deep blue, its giant mouth capable of swallowing the sky, and with a flick of its tail, it dove into the deep sea.

Carefree Kunpeng Seal, complete.

...

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng hid in its mouth and dove into the deep sea.

Everything around them became darker and colder.

Sunlight could no longer penetrate this deep, and only the occasionally passing bioluminescent creatures provided a glimmer of light in this deep sea.

The Kunpeng Great Yao was hiding in the deepest part.

That was a rift valley on the seabed, bottomless and of unknown width.

The Kunpeng Great Yao was curled up in the deepest part of the rift, hugging the jar of fine wine it had won from the Feathered Serpent Great Yao, its eyes narrowed in triumph.

This was its territory.

The ocean was its Domain.

Those Feathered Serpents couldn’t chase it here, and those enemies couldn’t find it here.

It was very safe.

It was completely off guard.

Suddenly, a giant mouth descended from the sky.

The giant mouth was too big, big enough to swallow the entire rift valley.

Before the Kunpeng Great Yao could react, it was swallowed along with the wine.

By the time it was spat out, it discovered it was already standing by the seaside.

All around were the Feathered Serpent Yao Race.

They formed a circle, looking at it expressionlessly.

The Feathered Serpent Great Yao stood at the very front, a gloating smile hanging on the corners of its mouth.

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng stood before it, looking at it with a smile.

”What about the wager?”

The Kunpeng Great Yao was stunned for a long time.

It looked down at its empty hands, then looked up at Half-Demon Zhou Zheng, and finally honestly handed over the jar of fine wine.

”You brat...” It glared at Half-Demon Zhou Zheng, ”How did you do it?”

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng did not speak.

He just raised his hand and pointed at the giant Sparrow Demon in the sky.

The Sparrow Demon cried out proudly and did a somersault in the air.

The Kunpeng Great Yao watched it and froze.

That aura... that power... that was the power of the Kunpeng clan!

It was a power that only the purest Bloodline could possess!

But that Sparrow Demon was clearly just an ordinary little bird Yao, how could it—

”Carefree Kunpeng Seal,” Half-Demon Zhou Zheng said, ”A Cultivation method bestowed by the God of Metamorphosis.”

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng tossed the Cultivation method to the Kunpeng Great Yao.

The Kunpeng Great Yao Cultivated on the spot.

It was originally of the Kunpeng clan, with a pure Bloodline and extremely high talent.

In just a moment, that seal lit up on its forehead.

After another moment, its aura began to skyrocket.

Half an hour later, its whole body shuddered, and it let out a long howl to the sky—

Breakthrough.

It dove headfirst into the sea, transforming into a giant Kun, swimming crazily in the deep sea.

Its speed was more than double what it was before.

It soared into the sky again, transforming into a giant Peng, soaring among the clouds.

Its speed was as fast as a bolt of lightning.

”Too fast! Too satisfying!”

It laughed loudly, did a dozen somersaults in the sky, and finally landed in front of Half-Demon Zhou Zheng.

”Brat, what do you want? I’ll give you anything!”

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng thought for a moment and asked:

”You have traveled the four seas and are knowledgeable. Do you know if there is any way to completely eliminate the Gui?”

The Kunpeng Great Yao’s laughter stopped.

It was silent for a long time.

”I don’t know,” it said, ”but there is a continent in the north and one in the west. Perhaps there are answers there.”

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng nodded.

He looked at the giant Sparrow Demon beside him.

The Sparrow Demon understood and spread its wings.

They took off.

...

Crossing the South Sea, crossing the grasslands of the East Continent, they headed west all the way.

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng looked down at the land from the air.

The scenery below changed constantly—grasslands turned into hills, hills turned into mountains, mountains turned into high peaks.

Finally, a continuous mountain range appeared before his eyes.

That was the West Continent.

The Sparrow Demon folded its wings and landed on a mountaintop.

It was too quiet here.

So quiet that they could only hear their own breathing, so quiet that there was not even wind, so quiet that it made one’s heart hair-raising.

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng frowned.

He closed his eyes and listened carefully.

There was a sound.

Very faint, very far away, like something was moving.

He followed the sound to look for it.

Climbing over one mountain, then another, then another.

The sound grew closer and clearer—

Rustling.

Like countless small insects crawling, or like countless people whispering.

Finally, he stood on the peak of the highest mountain.

The sound was right under his feet.

He looked down.

The ground suddenly split open.

It wasn’t a crack, it was a collapse.

The entire mountaintop collapsed with a roar, as if someone had hollowed it out.

Countless rocks and soil fell down into a bottomless dark abyss.

The Sparrow Demon reacted extremely quickly, spreading its wings and flying up.

But Half-Demon Zhou Zheng was standing at the very center, too late to dodge, falling straight into the abyss.

”Careful!”

The Sparrow Demon shrieked and dove down, chasing after the rapidly falling figure.

The wind whistled in his ears.

Everything around him became darker and colder.

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng tried hard to open his eyes, but he couldn’t see anything.

He could only feel himself constantly falling, falling, falling—

He didn’t know how long he had been falling.

Suddenly, he was enveloped by something.

That thing was soft, warm, and flowed like liquid.

It enveloped him, slowing his fall, and finally gently placed him on the ground.

Half-Demon Zhou Zheng opened his eyes.

Everything around him was pitch black.

He was lying on the ground, his body covered in a layer of black liquid.

The liquid was still flowing, from his arms to his chest, from his chest to his legs.

Just as he wanted to get up, that layer of liquid automatically detached from his body.

It condensed, rose, and took form in front of him.

Finally, it turned into a person.

A person exactly like him.

The same height, the same build, the same facial features, the same expression.

Only the whole body was pitch black, as if carved from shadows.

Black Zhou Zheng looked at him.

Then it opened its mouth.

A voice came from within its body, not emitted from its mouth—

That voice was hollow, ethereal, with a metallic echo.

It was just imitating the act of ”speaking” and didn’t really need a mouth.

”Finally waited for you.”

It said.