The supreme leader of the Dog Tribe was like a child, standing before Wu Tian with tears streaming down his face.
"Stop crying," Wu Tian said, shaking his head with a smile. "You are now the Great Heavenly King of Dogs, peerless within the Heavenly King Realm. If anyone saw you crying like this, wouldn’t they laugh you to death?"
"Who would dare? I’d bite them to death!" the Great Heavenly King of Dogs barked ferociously before his tone suddenly shifted. "I don’t care. I’ll always be your little pup. From now on, I want to stay by your side, Master."
Wu Tian chuckled. "No, that won’t do. I have my own path to walk, and you have your own responsibilities now."
Hearing this, the Great Heavenly King of Dogs grew even more distraught.
"Did I do something wrong? Master, you have to tell me!"
The Great Heavenly King of Dogs was terrified that his master would abandon him. For him, such a fate was worse than death.
"No, you did nothing wrong." Wu Tian smiled. "But if you came with me, what would happen to your descendants? You have a family now; you must think of them." As he gazed at the Great Heavenly King of Dogs, Wu Tian pinched his fingers together in a quick calculation. "Your tribe will face a great calamity in a thousand years!"
"What?" The Great Heavenly King of Dogs had absolute faith in his master’s abilities. Since his master said there was a calamity, he believed it without a doubt. "What kind of calamity is it?"
"I can only warn you of this... do not provoke any troublesome children," Wu Tian said.
The Great Heavenly King of Dogs was stunned, but he etched those words into his memory.
"By the way, do you know the whereabouts of anyone else?" Wu Tian suddenly asked.
Had anyone escaped the destruction of the Heavenless Immortal Domain? Of all the people he had enfeoffed and stationed in various lands, how many were still alive?
"I only know the whereabouts of a few close friends," the Great Heavenly King of Dogs said with a chuckle. "I already mentioned the mosquito—he became a thief! Then there’s the turtle. He fell for a female tortoise and pursued her for a long, long time. I heard he finally won her over. He even started practicing medicine, and his skills are quite good. He’s become renowned in our Beast Realm."
A male turtle and a female tortoise... a perfect match indeed.
Wu Tian laughed as well. "It’s good that he’s happy. Back when I was a physician, I noticed him secretly watching me. I wonder how much of my medical technique he managed to learn."
The Great Heavenly King of Dogs nodded. "Then there’s the ant. As you know, Master, he had little talent for martial practice. It took him a very long time just to take on human form. Since he had no gift for the Martial Path, he took up the cultivation of runes instead. I’m not sure what he’s achieved by now, as we’ve lost contact."
"Oh, right! And the eldest among us! The Sword Soul within the Skyless Sword you left behind has become the Sword God Great Emperor! He’s not a true Immortal Emperor, but he is known as the number one expert beneath that realm. He’s so famous that on certain days, countless people make pilgrimages to worship his statue."
Hearing this, Wu Tian nodded. He recalled that when he returned to the Immortal Emperor Realm, the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect had demanded that he kneel before the statue of the Sword God Great Emperor.
A faint smile touched Wu Tian’s lips. To think the most successful of them all was the Sword Soul of his very own Wu Tian’s Sword!
But if the Sword Soul was faring so well, what about the Sword Spirit? And the sword’s body? They should have been able to take human form too. Where could they have gone?
"If you can, please help me find out if there’s any news of the others," Wu Tian said with a smile.
Wu Tian winced. Isn’t being a legend of the Dog Tribe good enough for him? Why does he still want to be my pet?
Wu Tian wanted to settle a score with the Undead Martial Sovereign, but the man was an Immortal Emperor. Wu Tian wasn’t confident he could win.
The Great Heavenly King of Dogs personally guided Wu Tian into the depths of the treasure vault where a single box sat. The king went up, opened it, and revealed an imposing sword.
The material of the sword’s body seemed exceptionally peculiar.
The Great Heavenly King of Dogs took it out and reverently placed it in Wu Tian’s hands. "Master, after I learned that the Sword Soul of your Skyless Sword had become the Sword God Great Emperor, I worried you would have no weapon upon your return, so I had this one specially forged!"
Wu Tian gave it a test swing and found it to be quite heavy. Of course, to someone of his power, such weight was a trivial matter.
"It is a fine sword," Wu Tian said with appreciation.
Receiving such praise from Wu Tian made all the effort worthwhile for the Great Heavenly King of Dogs.
The sword was not even sharpened. However, with enough force behind it, it could still cleave things apart.
Wu Tian held the sword loosely, and with a gentle swing, a strange hum echoed forth. It didn’t sound like the ring of a sword, but rather like the tolling of a bell.
"What is this sword made of?" Wu Tian asked, intrigued. When he wasn’t wielding it, the sword looked so plain and unremarkable that one would never guess its power.
"As you know, in ancient times, the Beast Clan dominated the world. The Qilin led the terrestrial beasts, the Phoenix was chief of the birds, and the Dragon was king of all scaled creatures. The three great clans discovered the existence of the Immortal Emperor Realm, but none among them had the aptitude to reach it. So, the three clans intermarried, and from their union, a Beast Emperor was finally born!
"Of course, no one knows if he ever surpassed the Immortal Emperor Realm, but in his battle against the Creation Martial Emperor, the Beast Emperor perished, while the Creation Martial Emperor claimed unprecedented fame." After a brief pause, the Great Heavenly King of Dogs continued, "This sword is forged from one of that Beast Emperor’s bones! He was utterly obliterated by the Creation Martial Emperor, but as you know, our noses are the keenest. Our Dog Clan’s Ancestor found this single bone. For generations, this secret has been known only to the Clan Leader! Master, this sword was forged from the Beast Emperor’s only remaining bone."

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