Starting Immortal Cultivation from a White Dog

"Huh? Disappeared?"

A thousand miles away, the Golden-Winged Roc, which was rushing towards Mount Qiyun at top speed, suddenly felt that the aura of the Mars Destiny had vanished into thin air, and was taken aback.

"How is that possible? I clearly sensed it just now... Could it be that he hid it again using some method?"

The Golden-Winged Roc was both surprised and furious, but it did not slow down at all and continued to speed towards Mount Qiyun.

Although he lost Wu Tian's exact location, he was pretty sure of the general direction, which was near Qiyun Mountain.

"Never mind, let's get there first. Once we're nearby, I'll find a way to locate you!"

A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of the Golden-Winged Roc. With a flap of its wings, its speed soared once more, transforming into a golden rainbow that streaked across the sky.

……

Qiyun Mountain.

Under the combined attack of Lady Zhurong and Bai Wenxian, Bai Yaochen was in grave danger. His five great supernatural powers were severely damaged, and he could only rely on his fierce courage to hold on and buy time for his mother.

The Black Mountain Demon and the Martial Virtue Star Lord had already fought to the ninth heaven. His realm was a notch lower than the Martial Virtue Star Lord's, so he was unable to escape and return to help.

Under Cao Xuande's leadership, tens of thousands of cultivators from the five great families set up a grand formation, completely sealing off the entire Qiyun Mountain. The auras of the tens of thousands of cultivators intertwined, shrouding the entire sky like dark clouds.

However, just as Cao Xuande gave the order to kill Bai Qian in one fell swoop.

"Wow!!"

A sharp, furious, and violent cry suddenly erupted from the southern horizon without warning.

Immediately afterwards, an endless expanse of golden light, resembling clouds hanging from the sky, instantly covered the entire battlefield of Qiyun Mountain at an indescribable speed.

As the golden light faded, a colossal roc, so enormous it was mind-blowing, hovered beneath the sky.

Its length is unknown, and when its wings are spread, they seem to obscure the sun, moon, and stars, casting shadows that cover the earth and mountains.

Its head is held high, its beak is like a red gold hook, and its eyes are sharp as lightning. Every glance it gives is filled with a domineering aura that looks down on all living beings and is unruly.

Each feather was as if cast in gold, and its body naturally exuded a terrifying pressure—the aura of a top predator with an incomparably noble bloodline originating from ancient times.

It is the Golden-Winged Roc, the master of the Undying Palace in the Ten Thousand Mountains, a demon saint of the Phoenix Clan who has cultivated to the Heavenly Gang Star, known for his extreme speed and ferocity, and who holds the power over the ancient star Yinghuo.

This demon saint was clearly in a state of rage, with its golden eyes burning with fury, its feathers standing on end, and its sharp aura cutting through the surrounding void with a hissing sound.

His sharp, lightning-like gaze swept frantically across every inch of land and every living being within a radius of hundreds of miles, as if searching for something, while a deep, thunderous roar emanated from his mouth:

"Thief! You ant who stole my authority!"

"This time, you can't escape! I will definitely drag you out, tear you to pieces, and imprison your soul in the subterranean fire forever!"

His voice was filled with boundless rage and killing intent, causing the blood and qi of countless cultivators below to surge and their minds to shatter.

The sudden arrival of the Golden-Winged Roc, especially in such a ferocious and vengeful manner, completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Golden... Golden-Winged Roc?!"

"Why is he here?!"

"Shouldn't it be the Cao family patriarch and the Great Sun Palace Master who deal with him?!"

"It's over! A demon saint who has condensed the power of a celestial star! We're doomed!"

Panic spread like a plague among the six major families.

All the cultivators, including those at the Nascent Soul stage, were deathly pale, their eyes filled with unbelievable fear.

A raging, unrestrained demon saint would be a catastrophic disaster for them; even if two rogue immortals joined forces, they would probably find it difficult to confront him head-on.

Lady Zhurong and Bai Wenxian's attacks were also momentarily halted. They looked up at the sky in shock, their faces turning extremely ugly.

Cao Xuande was deeply shaken, a chill running from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. He knew better than anyone the terror of the Golden-Winged Roc, and he also knew what this sudden change meant; something must have happened to his grandfather and the Lord of the Great Sun Palace.

Just as everyone was on the verge of panic and collapse, Cao Xuande gritted his teeth and forcibly suppressed his fear. He knew that if he could not stabilize the situation now, all the aristocratic families would likely suffer heavy losses today, and even fail in the end.

He immediately sent a telepathic message to Lady Zhurong and Bai Wenxian, speaking rapidly but with an undeniable resolve:
"Lady Zhurong, Patriarch Bai! Please calm down! Listen to me!"

The two wandering immortals exchanged a glance, their gazes falling upon him.

Cao Xuande continued to transmit his voice rapidly: "The sudden appearance of this fiend is indeed unexpected, but my Cao family had long anticipated that this trip might encounter twists and turns, and we have prepared a backup plan!"

"Our Cao family has pledged allegiance to the Heavenly Court's Nine Heavens Child-Slaying General. This is an ancient deity with boundless magical power, currently seeking to break through to the Golden Immortal realm. It is precisely by relying on this deity that our Cao family has been able to cooperate with the Fire God Palace to seize the Southern Frontier."

"In this operation, it was General Nine Heavens Killing Child who personally took action in the Heavenly Court to restrain Kong Lingxuan, the Fire Virtue Star Lord, the elder brother of the Golden-Winged Roc, preventing him from descending to the mortal realm to provide assistance."

“Our ancestor Cao Tiangang is already on his way to kill this fiend, and the Lord of the Great Sun Palace will arrive soon. As long as we can hold off the Golden-Winged Roc here for a while, once our ancestor and the Lord of the Great Sun Palace arrive, this fiend will surely die today.”

"I earnestly request that you two intervene and stop the Golden-Winged Roc. This is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity! If you can help my Cao family kill this fiend, my ancestor will become a true immortal, and in the future, you two and your families will surely have a place in the Southern Frontier and even the Heavenly Court."

"If we retreat now, not only will all our previous efforts be in vain, but given his ferocious nature, he will certainly not let anyone present go!"

Cao Xuande's telepathic message bombarded the minds of the two rogue immortals like a barrage of bullets. The amount of information was enormous, especially since it involved the Heavenly Court's great god, General Nine Heavens Child Slayer, causing Lady Zhurong and Bai Wenxian to be greatly shaken.

The Nine Heavens Child-Slaying General is a true ancient ferocious god, decisive in killing and holding a high position of power. How did the Cao family manage to get involved with this great god?
If that's true, then it's no wonder that the Fire God Palace was willing to cooperate with the Cao family, and even the Martial Virtue Star Lord descended to the mortal realm.

Cao Tiangang and the Great Sun Palace Master are on their way... They'll join forces with the two of them to kill them...

In a flash, Lady Zhurong and Bai Wenxian exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise, hesitation, and a final glint of ruthlessness in each other's eyes.

Trying to entangle the Golden-Winged Roc is too risky!

But Cao Xuande is right. If they retreat now, the Golden-Winged Roc might not let them go.

Moreover, if they could truly participate in the siege of a demon saint and share in its flesh and blood essence and the power of Yinghuo, it would be an immense opportunity for them, not to mention the possibility of climbing up to the Nine Heavens Killing Child General behind the scenes.

"Very well!" Lady Zhurong responded first, her voice cold and resolute. "We will do as the young master says! We will take action to entangle this fiend. Please, Ancestor Cao, arrive quickly!"

Bai Wenxian also coldly transmitted his voice: "I hope what Young Master Cao said is true!"

……

At this moment, the Golden-Winged Roc became even more enraged because it could not find the thief immediately. It cast its cold gaze down at the battlefield and said, "Since I can't find him, then I'll kill all the living beings in this area."

"Kill the innocent, spare the guilty, all of you die!"

"Golden-winged Roc, this is the territory of my human race, how dare you be so presumptuous!" Lady Zhurong shouted, her voice echoing across the land.

Abandoning Bai Yaochen, she manipulated the Zhu Rong Dharma Image and launched the first attack on the Golden-Winged Roc. The Nine Dragons Divine Fire Whip, accompanied by a sky full of flames and dragon roars, swept towards the Golden-Winged Roc. At the same time, Bai Wenxian's Wind Mother Dharma Image also moved.

She knew that the Golden-Winged Roc was the fastest bird in the world, so she used the White Dew Yin Wind Lock from the Twenty-Four Phases Blade Technique. Countless fine chains sprouted from all parts of the void, emitting a shrill shriek, and wrapped around the Golden-Winged Roc's wings, claws, and neck as if they were alive.

"Hmm? Two ants dare to attack me?" The Golden-Winged Roc was already furious and annoyed because he couldn't find the thief. Seeing that two rogue immortals dared to attack him, he felt greatly provoked.

His golden eyes coldly gazed at Lady Zhurong and Bai Wenxian, filled with murderous intent.

"Since you're courting death, I, the Holy One, will crush you first!"

He simply flapped his wings gently.

"boom!!!"

A terrifying, indescribable gale arose out of nowhere, like a storm tide composed of billions of divine weapons, instantly colliding with Lady Zhurong's Nine Dragons Divine Fire Whip and Bai Wenxian's White Dew Yin Wind Lock.

"Chucky!"

"Bang bang bang!"

The flames on the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Whip were rapidly extinguished, and the nine fire dragons that made up the whip also let out mournful cries; the White Dew Yin Wind Lock was as if it had encountered its nemesis, and was cut and shredded inch by inch by the sharper and more domineering gale.

With just one flap of its wings, the combined attack of the two great immortals was easily broken.

Although the Golden-Winged Roc was seriously injured, having been pierced through the body by the Heaven-Shaking Bow and the Sun-Shooting Arrow, it has not yet fully recovered.

However, a demon saint who has condensed the Heavenly Star is a terrifying existence capable of fighting against a true immortal. Even if he is seriously injured, he is not someone that a rogue immortal can easily provoke.

With a long cry, the Golden-Winged Roc transformed its massive body into a beam of golden light and pounced on Lady Zhurong. Its speed was so great that it left afterimages in its original position before its true form arrived before the Dharma Image.

A golden claw, seemingly capable of plucking stars and seizing the moon, flowed with golden light like flames, fiercely clawing towards Lady Zhurong's head.

Lady Zhurong's expression changed slightly. Behind the image of Zhurong, strange phenomena such as a giant sword, a treasure wheel, and a divine mirror appeared, which met the attack together with the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Whip.

"clang!!!"

The clang of metal against metal resounded throughout the universe, and sparks exploded like fireworks. Zhu Rong's Dharma form trembled violently, staggering backward several steps. His giant sword was torn apart by golden claws, his treasure wheel was blasted away, and the beam of light from his divine mirror was shattered.

The difference is obvious. Even though the Golden-Winged Roc was injured, its strength far surpassed that of an ordinary rogue immortal.

Seeing this, Bai Wenxian dared not be negligent. He pushed the Wind Mother Dharma Form to its limit and unleashed the Taiyin Wind Blade in succession, slashing out with twenty-four different sword techniques in an overwhelming manner, all in an attempt to harass and restrain the Golden-Winged Roc.

The Golden-Winged Roc fought two opponents alone, yet remained incredibly fierce.

Its wings are like celestial blades, each swing bringing with it a fierce wind and blade light that tears through the void; its claws are like divine hooks, easily capable of crushing mountains; its beak is like a divine spear, its thrusts piercing through space; and its feathers are like countless divine swords, ready to shoot out at any moment.

He sometimes breaks through the sea of ​​fire and wind blades with absolute speed to fight at close range; at other times he uses his innate supernatural powers to spew out golden light and storms, forming various offensive techniques.

Lady Zhurong and Bai Wenxian were fighting with great difficulty. They could only barely hold back and entangle the Golden-Winged Roc by relying on their Dharma forms and supernatural powers and joining forces without regard for their own consumption. However, they were already at a significant disadvantage and were in grave danger.

Meanwhile, the Golden-Winged Roc, even during lulls in the battle, still devoted some of its energy to scanning the battlefield below again and again, searching for the aura of the villain it hated to the core.

It even occasionally pounced on the Nascent Soul True Persons of those aristocratic families. With a flash of golden light, a Nascent Soul True Person was torn apart by its sharp claws. Even the Nascent Soul could not escape and was devoured on the spot.

"No...it's not..."

"Damn it, where are they hiding?!"

The Golden-Winged Roc was incredibly frenzied. In just a dozen breaths, while the two rogue immortals were locked in combat, it still managed to kill five Nascent Soul True Persons, and countless other cultivators died.

However, Wu Tian had already switched bloodlines, and no matter how he searched, he found nothing, which made him even more irritable and furious, and he became more and more ruthless in his attacks.

"Damn it!" Cao Xuande felt his scalp tingle. The Golden-Winged Roc's strength was terrifying, and it possessed an extreme speed that even a loose immortal could not match. Golden light crisscrossed the void, coming and going freely.

If this continues, no matter how many of them there are, they will all be wiped out by this ferocious roc.

"When exactly will the patriarch arrive?"

……

"Boom!!!"

Just as Cao Xuande was extremely anxious, a dazzling starlight streak broke through the southern sky and arrived.

Within the starlight rainbow, there was a terrifying aura that was vast, majestic, and profound, clearly belonging to a powerful figure at the peak of the Loose Immortal realm.

As the starlight faded, the figure of Cao Tiangang, the patriarch of the Cao family, was revealed.

His face was ancient and simple, his eyes were sharp as lightning, and starlight swirled around him. His aura was undisguised, subtly confronting the domineering and fierce aura of the Golden-Winged Roc.

"Golden-Winged Roc, your death is near!" Cao Tiangang's voice boomed, shaking the surrounding area.

He took action as soon as he arrived.

He raised his hand and made a grasping motion, and a long sword, entirely black and dotted with starlight, appeared in his hand as if he were holding a piece of the night sky.

"Kui Mu Tianlang Blade, kill them all!"

Cao Tiangang unleashed a slash, the blade light, condensed to its extreme and imbued with the power to destroy and annihilate evil, streaking across the sky in an incomparably profound trajectory.

The golden-winged roc narrowed its golden eyes and recognized the newcomer. It roared furiously, "Cao Tiangang, you old scoundrel! I have no grudge against you in the past or any enmity with you recently, yet you dare to attack me!"

"Just you wait, I will one day slaughter every single member of your Cao family, extinguishing the Cao family's Kui Mulang bloodline in this realm completely, to vent my hatred!"

With a flap of its wings, the Golden-Winged Roc unleashed its immense magical power, causing its golden feathers to stand on end and emit countless fine yet incomparably sharp golden rays.

"Chichi!"

The golden light clashed fiercely with the Kui Mu Tianlang blade light, annihilating each other and producing a dense sound like raindrops hitting banana leaves, bursting into clusters of light mist.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lady Zhurong and Bai Wenxian, whose pressure had been greatly reduced, were invigorated and joined the battle.

……

Bai Yaochen stood in front of Bai Qian. With the two rogue immortals gone, he finally had a chance to catch his breath. The dog-headed man was panting slightly, frantically absorbing the essence of heaven and earth to restore his own magic power.

At this moment, a cold light flashed in Cao Xuande's eyes, and he immediately issued a general attack order to all the cultivators of the five great families in his capacity as the heir of the Cao family.

"Everyone, join me in besieging and killing Bai Qian. Those who make outstanding contributions in this battle will be richly rewarded by the Cao family, the Zhu Rong family, and the Bai family."

"Miraculous elixirs, magical texts, and divine weapons—take your pick!"

"Kill!!" (End of Chapter)