"You think I’m really afraid of you?"

"Since you don’t know what’s good for you, I’ll just take you down with me!"

The Divine Beast Egg completely lost it, roaring and venting its rage.

But Song Wanning just smiled faintly.

"Killing a divine beast does indeed bring on a Heavenly Tribulation, but... what if you weren’t a divine beast anymore..."

"You—"

The Divine Beast Egg was shocked into silence. The human before it had to be insane.

’She’s insane. Utterly insane.’

"I’ll fight you to the death!"

With the intent of taking her down with it, it roared and charged at Song Wanning.

But with just a light flick of her hand, the frantic Divine Beast Egg fell into her grasp once again.

Demonic Qi from her body poured into the egg through the cracks in its shell. Following the method in her Sea of Consciousness, she silently recited the Heart Method Mantra while channeling her own blood into the shell.

Wherever her blood went, the Divine Beast Egg’s original blood was pushed out bit by bit.

Her blood was suffused with a black light, sacred and majestic, inviolable.

"AAAAH—"

The Divine Beast Egg felt an excruciating pain as if being torn apart, and the entire egg began to tremble violently.

It tried to struggle, but it couldn’t resist at all.

"You bitch, let me go right now!"

"Agh! I’ll fight you to the death!"

It wailed and cursed endlessly, gradually losing its strength.

Forced to watch as the blood inside it was stripped away bit by bit, the Divine Beast Egg felt with chilling clarity that it was finished.

’Completely and utterly finished.’

The intense agony tormented it to the point where it wished for immediate death. The pain of having its bloodline stripped away reached the very depths of its Divine Soul, making it wish it were dead.

"Just give me a quick death! I’m begging you!"

This was its final, desperate plea.

’Since I’m going to die anyway, just let it be quick. This kind of torture... it’s driving me insane.’

’I can’t take it anymore.’

"AAAAH—"

As its miserable shrieks and wails rang out, Song Wanning’s expression remained calm, but a crazed light flashed in the depths of her eyes.

’Scream. Go on, scream.’

’The more it screams, the more excited I get!’

Suppressing the strange thoughts in her heart, she slowly replaced every last drop of blood within the Divine Beast Egg. The blood she had forced out transformed into a red ball of light and settled deep within her Dantian.

It was as if it had become one with her Dantian.

She didn’t let up, repeating the same process over and over, not leaving the slightest chance for the Divine Beast Egg to recover.

...

The Divine Beast Egg’s voice grew weaker and weaker until, finally, it fell completely silent.

Song Wanning casually tossed the egg aside, throwing it on the ground like a piece of trash.

Filled with endless regret and unwillingness, the Divine Beast Egg perished before it could even hatch.

Its bloodline had been completely absorbed by Song Wanning, and the Divine Nether Profound Fire had taken root in her Dantian, now inseparable from her.

Everything was perfect. The only shame was that the Divine Beast Egg had only awakened a single Innate Divine Ability: the Divine Nether Profound Fire.

Now that the bloodline was in Song Wanning’s body, she could use it, but she couldn’t awaken any more Divine Skills from it.

But she was already content.

She looked down at the Divine Beast Egg. The once-arrogant egg had completely lost all signs of life, with no possibility of revival.

It had been tortured to death.

Song Wanning’s lips curled into a satisfied smile. She picked up the Divine Beast Egg and casually tossed it into a corner of her Storage Ring.

’I have other uses for this thing. I’ll just keep it for now.’

’That matter is settled. But this bank of mist behind me...’

She turned, bowed respectfully with a cupped fist salute, and said, "Many thanks to you, Senior, for your assistance!"

"Hehehe..."

A laugh like silver bells suddenly echoed from within the mist, like that of a playful young girl.

Then, a gap opened in the mist.

Song Wanning looked up and walked in without hesitation.

’If this person had any ill intent, I would have been dealt with long ago. So not only am I not afraid, I’m actually a little excited.’

The mist parted little by little. She followed a small path and arrived at the cloud-shrouded summit of a high mountain.

A figure stood at the peak, their form indistinct.

Across from the figure stood more than thirty people, each clad in armor, poised for battle.

The two sides faced each other from a distance, and the very heavens and earth seemed to pale in their presence.

Song Wanning stopped in her tracks. ’This is...’

’The Primordial War?’

’She was deeply shaken. The Primordial War had directly caused the Nine Heavens Xuan Realm to shatter and degenerate into a lower-tier Small Thousand Realm. In its wake, not only were Heavenly Gods and Demon Gods gone, but even Immortals could no longer be found.’

’Later, after countless other great wars, it degenerated even further, to the point where it could only sustain Divinity Transformation cultivators...’

’The Heavenly Dao was weakened bit by bit. It must have hated the instigator of this war, the Demon God, to the very bone.’

Just then, the figure turned around.

A face appeared clearly before Song Wanning.

Unexpectedly, it was a cute face with a hint of playfulness, looking so gentle and harmless that it made one want to pinch her cheeks.

’So the Demon God who made the Heavenly Gods’ faces pale with fear, the one they had to band together to suppress, actually had such an adorable face.’

She gave Song Wanning a playful wink.

"Hey, little one, watch closely. I’m gonna make some fireworks for you."

The moment her voice fell, the person before her expression suddenly changed, and a torrent of Demonic Qi erupted from her body, soaring into the sky.

Space itself began to shudder, and the entire world trembled and quaked.

Her body moving with her will, the Demon God shot into the sky. With a light wave of her hand, the firmament instantly cracked open.

An endless spatial storm spread out in all directions with her at its center.

"Great Demon, even now, you still show no remorse! Then die!"

The Heavenly Gods each displayed their Divine Skills, a dazzling array of techniques that left Song Wanning bewildered.

Because of her limited Cultivation, she could only make out vague phantoms of the attacks.

But as the two sides clashed, she suddenly heard endless cries.

She looked down, and the world below appeared before her eyes.

The heavens collapsed and the earth split asunder; mountains crumbled and seas capsized...

In that moment, these phrases became reality.

Endless wails and desperate screams echoed throughout the world.

Song Wanning’s spirit trembled, and her pupils quivered again and again.

’This... this is a true hell on earth...’

High above in the firmament, the battle raged on without end.

Even while besieged by dozens of opponents, the Demon God fought with ease.

One of the Heavenly Gods demanded, "Great Demon, take a good look! Because of you, the living beings of this realm have been plunged into misery..."

Before he could finish, the Demon God sneered.

"What, trying to pin the blame on me? If you all hadn’t coveted my origin as the Demon God, would things have ever come to this?"

"You act for your own selfish gain, yet your words are so sanctimonious. I really can’t seem to learn your brand of hypocrisy..."

The two sides clashed once more.

One of the Heavenly Gods fell into a disadvantage and was caught by the Demon God’s surprise attack.

The next moment, his entire body exploded in a brilliant display, just like a firework.

The dim world shone brightly for a moment before quickly returning to silence, but Song Wanning’s heart could not calm for a long time.

’So that’s... "making fireworks?"’

’Such a... peculiar kind of firework.’

She pursed her lips, a strange light glinting in her eyes.

’I want to make fireworks like that too!’

"BOOM—"

Another "firework" lit up the sky.

"BOOM—"

"BOOM—"

"BOOM—"

As if celebrating this apocalyptic war, the "fireworks" burst forth, illuminating the entire world.

And they also illuminated Song Wanning’s ambition.