Volume One, Chapter Three: Casually Raising a Pet, Astonishing the Eternal Titan!
Boom!!!
Ji Ru Xue felt as if struck by lightning; her imperial majesty shattered in an instant. Her phoenix robe tore inch by inch, and a mouthful of imperial blood sprayed out, staining the sky crimson.
For the first time, a flicker of fear appeared in her proud phoenix eyes.
What kind of look was that?
It was the gaze one casts upon an insignificant ant!
She, a mighty emperor of her era, was regarded by that old servant as less than an ant!
“You… you all… exactly are…”
Before she could finish, an invisible giant hand formed from the laws of the cosmos clamped down on her throat.
It forcibly dragged her down from the heavens, like dragging a dead dog, all the way to Gu Changsheng’s feet.
Gu Changsheng looked down at the disheveled, horrified empress.
With eyes that saw through all things, he spoke nonchalantly to Ye Qingxian.
“Want to be a maid?”
“Sure.”
“Go learn from her how to trim nails.”
Thus, the Empress of the Jade Pool was “kept” in Gu Changsheng’s household, assigned as the “nanny instructor” responsible for teaching Ye Qingxian how to properly trim her nails.
At last, Gu Changsheng enjoyed two days of peace.
But peace soon grew dull.
Lying in a rocking chair made of the World Tree’s heart in the courtyard, he rocked back and forth, feeling the vast garden was empty and lacked vitality.
“Fubo.”
“Yes, old servant here.”
“The courtyard feels too empty. Go find me a pet to keep me company. Remember, it must be ordinary, not too noisy, just something to look at.”
Fubo bent even lower, his face showing understanding.
“Old servant understands. Young master wishes to return to simplicity and find the great Dao in the mundane. I will find the most ‘ordinary’ creature worthy of your status.”
Gu Changsheng’s eyelid twitched. He suspected that Fubo’s “ordinary” and his own “ordinary” were not from the same species.
But he was too lazy to explain further and waved him off.
Half an hour later.
Fubo returned, escorted by several clan elders whose auras were as deep and foreboding as abyssal prisons.
Together, they carried a cage forged from countless cosmic runes and chaotic divine iron. Inside, a young beast resembling a qilin but bearing a fierce dragon’s head lay asleep.
Even sealed layer upon layer, the violent and all-consuming aura emanating from its bloodline twisted and collapsed the surrounding space.
“Young master, mission accomplished,” Fubo announced joyfully. “This is a ‘Chaos Devouring Sky Beast’ cub just fished from the Chaos Sea by the Third Ancestor. It has not awakened yet, its intelligence unformed—utterly ordinary and perfect as a plaything for you.”
Gu Changsheng: “……”
He stared at the creature that bore no resemblance to anything “ordinary” and fell silent.
Caught from the Chaos Sea?
And this is considered ordinary?
Are their definitions of ordinary completely different?
“Open it,” Gu Changsheng said weakly.
At this point, what else could he do? He’d just have to make do.
As the seals were removed, the Chaos Devouring Sky Beast cub abruptly opened its eyes—blood-red pupils filled with savagery and hunger.
“Roar—!!!”
A deafening roar erupted instantly!
This was no mere sound wave but a primal howl acting directly upon the soul’s laws!
The entire Gu estate trembled, countless stars swayed as if ready to fall.
Gu Changsheng’s ears rang and his head throbbed.
He hated noise more than anything.
“Annoying!” he frowned and scolded the roaring cub, “You just arrived and already shouting like crazy—no manners at all!”
The cub, sensing insult, grew even more ferocious. It opened its bloodthirsty maw, preparing to unleash a chaotic death ray capable of obliterating a star system.
Gu Changsheng grew even more irritated.
He casually grabbed a fruit plate from a nearby stone table—some “ordinary” spirit fruits freshly washed by Ye Qingxian.
Without looking, he pinched a few and flicked them with his fingers.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several radiant fruits, imbued with natural Dao essence, flew precisely into the beast’s wide-open mouth.
“Even eating can’t shut you up.”
These fruits came from the “Primordial Dao Fruit Tree,” a Chaos Spirit Root. One fruit alone could extend an immortal emperor’s life by ten thousand years and grant insight into the laws of Chaos.
Yet now, Gu Changsheng treated them like mere dog food.
The cub’s roar abruptly ceased.
It smacked its lips as if savoring the taste.
Then, an uncontrollable terrifying energy exploded within its body!
Boom!!!
Its form rapidly swelled, its aura soaring past levels incomprehensible to mortals!
Endless chaotic currents surged from its body, coalescing into a pillar of light that pierced the starry heavens!
Above the sky, the Dao harmonized—myriad laws manifested as dragons, phoenixes, and qilins dancing around it, as if celebrating the birth of an unrivaled fierce god.
This oppressive aura instantly swept across all realms.
…
Far, far away, countless billions of light-years from the Gu estate, in a life-forbidden zone,
The zone lord, covered in red fur and having slumbered through countless epochs, suddenly sat up in his ancient coffin, horrified as he stared toward the Gu family’s direction.
“This… this is the aura of the Chaos Devouring Sky Beast! And… it’s breaking through!?”
He sensed the source of the overwhelming pressure, his divine consciousness piercing infinite void to witness the scene in the Gu family’s backyard.
He saw it.
The Gu family’s young master, hailed as an eternal taboo, lazily reclining in a rocking chair.
And that newly transformed Chaos Devouring Sky Beast, whose aura made even him tremble, was obediently crawling at the youth’s feet like a tame kitten.
The boy casually tossed a few seemingly ordinary fruits.
And that alone enabled a chaotic ferocious beast to achieve a metamorphosis that countless beings had not attained in billions of years!
The zone lord’s red fur bristled; his soul shuddered.
He understood! He completely understood!
Those fruits were no ordinary fruits!
They plainly contained the young master’s supreme Dao aura manifested!
He was not merely feeding—it was “enlightenment”!
With the simplest means, he wielded the authority of a creator god!
Grinding and remolding the savage nature and essence of a chaotic beast with the supreme Dao!
What a terrifying method! What an unfathomable realm!
Terrified, the zone lord hastily withdrew his divine consciousness and sealed himself tightly back into his coffin, not daring to reveal even a trace of his aura.
Too terrifying!
The Gu family’s current heir was truly a monster!
…
Back in the Gu family’s backyard.
Gu Changsheng nodded with satisfaction as the beast, now calm after its breakthrough, rubbed its head against his pant leg.
“Hm, finally quiet. Not bad.”
[Notification!]
[Detected host’s inadvertent action: enlightenment of Chaos Devouring Sky Beast, intimidating the zone lord, causing massive causal tremors!]
[Congratulations, host! Achievement unlocked: "Pet Raising"!]
[Rewards granted: massive “relaxation points,” “Fierce Beast Essence Contract” (automatically bound).]
Fubo knelt deeply beside him, his voice brimming with fervent admiration.
“Young master’s insight pierces the darkness! At a glance, you discerned this beast as a tarnished pearl. A little guidance, and it has been reborn, its essence reforged! Such a technique of transforming decay into miracle—old servant… is utterly humbled!”
Gu Changsheng yawned and glanced through his Da Luo Heavenly Eyes toward the distant starry sky, where the red-furred monster had retreated fearfully into its coffin.
Only one thought crossed his mind.
“It’s just raising a pet—why make such a big fuss…”
“This family really knows how to stir up trouble.”