Against The Heavens

After teleporting seven times in quick succession, Langshen was forced to throw in the towel, unable to call forth any more power. He was a Divine beast, but just like Jinwu and Shenlong, he was still little more than a child, there was a limit to how much power he could call forth. They were now standing on a vast plain filled with rolling hills covered in blue gra.s.s that seemed as soft as the clouds above them.

Tian Zheng and Xiong Xieren were several hundred kilometers behind them, but Li Yang and Fang Ying still felt it was better to play it safe before they took their time chatting. Fang Ying removed the top layer of the earth around them and used one of her more acidic potions to corrode the remaining earth and form a cave. The three of them dropped into the cave, Li Yang covering the walls and top of the cave in a thin layer of ice to keep it stable, covering the top layer of ice with the earth they had put aside, creating an underground cavern. Li Yang created a few orbs of fire and had them float in the air, serving as lamps that illuminated the cave.

Langshen laid down on the ground with his tongue hanging out of his mouth, clearly exhausted, but he still kept an eye on Li Yang, curiously and vigilantly examining him. Li Yang and Fang Ying also sat down, facing each other and taking a few seconds to simply look over their partner, relishing in their reunion. The first one to break the silence was Fang Ying, her lips curling into a sweet smile as she stretched out her arm and placed her hand on Li Yang"s head.

"You"ve gotten shorter. You used to be about half a head taller than me, but now I"m an entire head taller than you."

Fang Ying pat him on the head with great vigor, like a big sister comforting her younger sister. The corner of Li Yang"s mouth twitched slightly as he clicked his tongue and rolled his eyes, not making an effort to push away her hand.

"I was born in a poor tribe, what do you expect? I only got to start cultivating again three years ago, there"s a limit to how much that can make up for the years of malnourishment. Just you wait for me to finish growing, I"ll shoot right past you again."

Fang Ying simply giggled at Li Yang and his attempts to preserve his face, completely ignoring him and continuing to pat his head and ruffle his hair, clearly very happy with the fact that she was taller than him for once. Li Yang simply rolled his eyes again, his gaze landing on the silvery-gray Langshen.

"So that"s the Void Wolf I heard about in the past, eh, Miss Wolf Queen?"

Right after Li Yang left his tribe, he hitched a ride with a caravan and met an old man named Xun Zhi, who ended up telling Li Yang about someone known as the Wolf Queen, a girl who had tamed a young Void Wolf and been adopted by the Tian clan. At this point, he would have to be an idiot to not realize that this Wolf Queen was, in fact, his Fang Ying.

Fang Ying"s arm suddenly halted, her mouth twitching slightly when she heard the name Li Yang used. She had never been one for t.i.tles, especially ones that were as grand as Wolf Queen, it was almost as bad as the t.i.tle she had been forced to bear in her past life. She quickly took a breath, her lips curling into a smirk as she took back her arm and softly stroked Langshen"s head.

"Yup, his name"s Langshen, he"s been with me for years now. What"s the matter, are you jealous that I got lucky? If you ask him reeeaal nicely, he might just agree to let you pet him once or twice."

It was incredibly rare to tame a Divine beast, forming the same blood bond like the one she had with Langshen was even rarer, it was enough to drive almost all cultivators mad with jealousy. But sadly for her, Li Yang was not like most cultivators. He raised his head high, his lips forming into a smirk of their own.

"jealous, why would I be? Not only is my own bloodline better than his, but I also have something of my own."

Li Yang"s current bloodline was a fusion of his human bloodline and Jinwu and Shenlong"s Divine beast bloodlines. The bloodline was a bit diluted since it contained his human blood, but it was still a tiny bit stronger than a normal Divine beast bloodline. Li Yang stretched out his arms, two golden lights flashing out from his abdomen as Jinwu and Shenlong appeared on his hands. They were still in their comatose state, Jinwu covering himself with his wings and Shenlong automatically coiling around Li Yang"s hand.

They were comatose and didn"t release any of their energy, but Fang Ying and Langshen could still easily tell just how strong their bloodlines were. It was easy to tell what sort of Divine beast Shenlong was, but Fang Ying found herself unable to tell just what sort of Divine beast Jinwu was. His golden eyes were closed since he was in a comatose state, meaning that she could only see his black feathers and the blue tips of his wings, and she knew of no bird-type Divine beast with traits like that.

"Who are these two? Tell me everything."

Ignoring the fact that both of them were comatose, the fact that they were residing within Li Yang"s dantian meant that they had an incredibly close bond. She didn"t tell him, but this fact actually made her very happy. In their past life, Li Yang had never made any other friends after he became friends with Zhao Feng and the others, it simply didn"t seem like he had any interest in making any more friends. She was afraid that it would be the same in this life, so knowing that he had gotten this close to someone else, even if they were Divine beasts, made her very happy. Li Yang returned the two sleeping Divine beasts to his dantian, a light smile appearing on his face as he reminisced.

"It"s a long story, so you better prepare yourself."

Li Yang had known Jinwu for three years and Shenlong for two, and even though this couldn"t be considered long, they had done a lot of things together. Li Yang started from the beginning, telling Fang Ying about the tribe he had been born, about the two people of the Liang tribe that he considered friends, Liang Xinyi and Liang Zhou, how he met Jinwu and ended up regaining his memories.

He told her every little detail of his life so far, every little thing that he had done and seen. Fang Ying couldn"t help but let out a burst of laughter when she heard about how Li Yang had traveled through the hidden realm that Zhao Feng and the others had left behind, and then she let out a long breath when she heard about how he killed Jing Yimu. After Li Yang finished telling her everything, Fang Ying let out another deep breath.

"So Xue"er is buried there? I want to go visit her once we leave this place, will you accompany me?"

Fang Ying had been inside the hidden realm left behind by Zhao Feng, but she had never entered the place where their previous daughter, Fang Xue"er was buried, so she had no idea she was there. Li Yang nodded his head, stretching out his arm as a purple light flashed out from his dantian.

"I"ll accompany you wherever you want to go, you already know that. Here, she should be with you, she wanted to be with you."

The comatose Huanglong appeared in Li Yang"s palm, automatically coiling around his arm like Shenlong had. Huanglong was the other half of Shenlong, the one that was born after Fang Ying"s remaining poison fused with the energy of a dragon corpse. If she was with Fang Ying, she would be able to grow much faster and unleash more might than she could if she was with Li Yang. He had also asked her about this right after he picked up her and Shenlong so he had already received her approval.

She was comatose now after joining Shenlong in giving Li Yang some of their blood, but just like he would wake up the other two, he would wake up her one day as well. Fang Ying stretched out her arm and grabbed a gentle hold of Huanglong, holding her close as she looked at her with caring eyes. How could she not look at her with care, Huanglong was born of her energy, she could almost be considered her daughter.

There was also the fact that Huanglong had joined Shenlong in giving Li Yang some of their blood, allowing him to greatly strengthen his body and cultivation. Fang Ying brought Huanglong up to her abdomen, absorbing her into her dantian and keeping her safe inside her own body, something she could do thanks to the fact that Huanglong was born of her blood and energy. After Fang Ying put away Huanglong, Li Yang checked his interspatial ring, suddenly slapping his forehead.

"Ah s.h.i.t, I forgot to pick up that man"s interspatial ring before we ran away."

Li Yang had remembered to pick up his golden sword again, but he had completely forgotten to s.n.a.t.c.h Zi Yanwu"s interspatial ring. Zi Yanwu was at the late stage of the Immortal Rebirth realm, there was no telling how many resources he might have that Li Yang could use. Fang Ying couldn"t help but burst out giggling after hearing Li Yang"s complaint, wiping the edge of her eye.

"The grand and mighty Thunder Monarch complaining that he forgot to s.n.a.t.c.h the interspatial ring of someone at the Immortal Rebirth realm. I wonder what the people you knew in the past would feel if they heard this."

Li Yang"s statement and Fang Ying"s giggling served to lighten up the atmosphere that had turned somewhat somber after Li Yang had told her about his life so far. Li Yang rolled his eyes once more, clicking his tongue.

"Well excuse me for not being the princess of some large clan, resources don"t just drop into my lap, I gotta take everything I can get."

Fang Ying"s giggling only grew louder when she heard Li Yang"s sulking, turning from giggling to full blown laughter. Having reunited with Li Yang, she felt better than she had done for several years, laughing simply came naturally to her. She wiped the corners of her eyes again, swiping her own interspatial ring and stretching out her arm.

"Well, you"re in luck, I"m not as forgetful as you."

A yellow ring appeared between Fang Ying"s fingers, Zi Yanwu"s interspatial ring. She said that she wasn"t as forgetful, but it was, in fact, Langshen that had s.n.a.t.c.hed the ring just before leaving, she herself had completely forgotten about the ring thanks to Li Yang"s presence. But of course, there was no need for her to tell Li Yang this, and Langshen certainly wasn"t planning on selling her out. Li Yang looked at the rings, a smile forming on his lips.

"Did I ever tell you how wonderful you are?"

Li Yang accepted the ring, rolling it around in his palm while looking at Fang Ying. He was in dire need of resources to cultivate his three different systems, so losing this ring would have been quite a loss to him. Fang Ying nodded her head with a self-satisfied expression, raising her head slightly.

"You did, but feel free to keep telling me."

Li Yang didn"t say anything, the two of them starting to search through the ring and organizing its contents. There weren"t as many resources as Li Yang hoped for in the ring, it was mostly filled with various types of medicines that could be used to cure wounds, poisons, or restore Qi. They did, however, find a jade slip that Xiong Xieren had filled with orders on what Zi Yanwu was to do in regards to the Ocean G.o.d"s Graveyard. After reading the orders, the light of understanding flashed in Fang Ying"s eyes.

"This should be why Xiong Xieren wanted us to leave the Cloud G.o.d"s Garden, he probably didn"t want news of the Ocean G.o.d"s Graveyard to spread. If others were to know that it was opening, there is no telling how much chaos it would cause."

Fang Ying saw that Li Yang was a bit lost so she quickly told him everything she knew about the Cloud G.o.d"s Garden and the Ocean G.o.d"s Graveyard, giving him a somewhat better image of how big of a deal it was. Li Yang slowly understood, weighing the jade slip in his hand as his lips slowly curled up.

"Chaos you say? Well then, how about we go about setting a bit of chaos into motion?"

Fang Ying understood what he meant. It was unlikely that they could sneak into the Ocean G.o.d"s Graveyard and steal some resources from the Puppet G.o.d sect if it was just the two of them. But if they spread these news and alerted all the other clans and sects, there would be so many people coming that it would be far easier for them to sneak in. Fang Ying"s lips also curled up slightly, one of her hands swiping her interspatial ring and taking out a jade used for communication. The two had only been reunited for around a day, yet they were already going to cause chaos, it truly reminded her of the past, ti was almost as if they had never been separated.