Beast Taming: the More the Better

Chapter 1308: Chapter 536: Origin of the Heavenly Tomb! Preparing to Enter!

He had been with the Northern Border Legion for half a month. Just from listening to reports, he knew there had been no less than five Ghost Tides of the same massive scale as the one he had first encountered.

With such a massive scale—involving night raids by millions upon millions of Undead Series Ferocious Beasts lasting for two full months—the Northern Border Legion alone must have annihilated hundreds of millions of them by now.

Although the Undead scourge was notoriously known for overwhelming enemies with sheer numbers, it was still unreasonably absurd for it to reach such an exaggerated scale.

Leng Ye sighed. "This is the Heavenly Tomb, Su Ping. Although I reckon you’ve heard this countless times already, I still want to say it. You must never think of the Heavenly Tomb as an ordinary Secret Realm, even with the Space Secret Realm’s Level restrictions.

"However, the dangers you can encounter in there are definitely beyond what a Monarch Level can handle! I don’t know what will happen once you enter, but I hope you will come back completely unharmed."

This time, Leng Ye lacked any of his usual tough demeanor that Su Ping had always seen before. Instead, he simply looked like a close elder pleading with and advising a younger generation. Perhaps there was also a hint of helplessness and guilt mixed in. This kind of danger was something Su Ping should never have had to face.

For a moment, the two ignored the shocked expressions of the legion commanders standing behind them. Clearly, these commanders knew very little about the inside details of the Heavenly Tomb. They were even more oblivious to the fact that Su Ping would personally enter such a death trap in his current capacity. Now, the way everyone stared at the young man’s back shifted drastically.

Just what was Su Ping’s identity? In contemporary terms, he was a genuine, national treasure-level Breeding Master—the boundlessly promising future of the Dragon Nation! How could a person like this face the Heavenly Tomb? If any mishap were to occur, wouldn’t it be an apocalyptic loss? Had the higher-ups gone insane? Everyone exchanged bewildered glances, completely at a loss for words.

Su Ping’s gaze remained calm, and he soon smiled faintly. "Someone has to face it eventually. Rather than sending Su Anyong, it would be much better for me to go. At the very least, I have a few theories and a certain degree of confidence. So, if you ask me, you should stop the people from the Heavenly Tomb Army from going. I genuinely have a certain level of confidence in doing this myself."

"Impossible! What kind of confidence could you possibly have? Out of all the Heavenly Tombs, only the one in the Eagle Country has been successfully explored, and countless people died in the process. Su Ping, just from the exterior of the Heavenly Tomb, anyone can tell that no amount of prior experience could possibly work inside! You..."

Before Leng Ye could finish speaking, Su Ping interrupted him helplessly. "By the way, Leng Ye, as a Holy Spirit Level Beastmaster of the Undead Series in our country, do you know much about the Undead Series?"

Leng Ye paused, not understanding why Su Ping had inexplicably shifted the conversation to this topic. He thought about it for a moment, then nodded. "It’s decent enough, actually! I was originally a member of the Wolf pack. However, through a series of coincidences, I bred and evolved a special Evolutionary Body—the Ghost Wolf!

"After that, I mainly fell down the rabbit hole of the Undead Series. But if you’re asking about my understanding of it, I naturally know a fair bit. Do you have any questions?"

Ghost Wolf? Su Ping recalled this creature. It was an incredibly rare Evolutionary Body of the Shadow Wolf Pet Beast that Mu Hang had been most skilled at handling. He stayed silent for a brief moment before asking, "Then, do you know the legend regarding the origin of the Undead Series?"

"Huh?" Leng Ye was taken aback once more. He frowned slightly, pondering. "I thought you were going to ask about Undead Energy regarding Pet Beasts or some specific Pet Beast. I don’t really know much about origins and legends. I was never much of a scholar, nor am I particularly interested in those stories. Why, do you have some sort of insight?"

Su Ping nodded. "When I returned from Dianzang a while ago, I verified something. A lot of things also happened in the Heart of Myriad Spirits. I searched through numerous materials regarding this subject and paid special attention to some stories about the Undead Series. I actually find them quite interesting. Do you want me to tell you about them?"

Without waiting for a response, he began speaking on his own. "According to legend, a long time ago, the Death of Life meant the absolute end. The soul, consciousness, ego, and wisdom would all crumble away with Death. But as you well know, these things do not fully fade away as Time passes. The remnants of souls are the same. In the most ancient eras, those things would not completely vanish just because the other Living Beings failed to perceive them.

"On the contrary, it was precisely because of this that the Rule was completed.

"Therefore, after enduring for a vast amount of time, those shattered souls gradually coalesced, becoming the very first Undead existence in this world..."

Leng Ye sucked his teeth from the side. He didn’t have a single shred of interest in this kind of nonsensical tale. Not to mention that the story was not only absurd, but it was also utterly lacking in originality. Although he didn’t know much about the topic, those Beastmaster stories written for children under the age of ten all sounded exactly like this. There were no Cultivation breakthroughs or Evolution processes, and no buildup whatsoever. The creature seemed to have just popped right out of a crack in a rock. Su Ping possessed zero storytelling Talent, and his dry words completely lacked flavor.

However, Su Ping’s next words caught him off guard.

"This first Undead had no physical form. It was purely a coalescence of a massive amount of souls. Furthermore, it controlled an immensely important and powerful Origin Rule Power: Immortal!"

As soon as those words left his mouth, Leng Ye’s pupils violently contracted. He jerked his head around to stare at Su Ping.

What exactly was Rule Power? Leng Ye knew a little about it, but not everything. Rule Power was like a special type of knowledge, intertwined with the Ability to exert it. An example would be exactly what Su Ping had just mentioned—the so-called most vital Origin Rule of the Undead Series: Immortal.