Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

by Srtyi

Lin Wu was a university student that died after having one too many energy drinks and then reincarnated into the body of a worm. He awakens to find out that he now has a system, but even it doesn't have a clear idea of where they are. He comes out of the ground and discoverers that he’s no longer in his previous world but rather in a cultivation world. Witness Lin Wu’s journey as

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"UWAAAA!!! DAMN, I'm tired!" Lin Wu said as he stretched his body.

He looked at the massive mountain of dirt in front of him and the half filled fissure behind him.

~Sigh~

"Just one final fissure left, then I'll finally be able to chill for a bit." Lin Wu said as he checked the progress of the system on the side.

While he was physically filling in the dirt, the system was working on the side and fixing the runes and inscription of the formations. With this two pronged effort, the work was progressing steadily these past months and now today Lin Wu was close to the end.

"Let's just get this over with, the monkeys will be making a feast to celebrate tonight… hehehe!" Lin Wu said feeling excited for tonight.

Going behind the mountain of dirt, Lin Wu's body started to glow as winds whirred around him.

~whoosh~

A vortex of wind shot out from this tail as it pushed the dirt towards the fissure. The vortex spun around itself, making sure that the dirt was fully carried around with it and not spread elsewhere.

As if Lin Wu was a cement truck and the wind vortex a depositing tube, the fissure started filling up. About ten minutes later, the mountain of dirt had almost disappeared while the fissure was filled up.

~phew~

"Finally… this is over…" Lin Wu said as he wiped away an imaginary drop of sweat from his forehead.

This was the last of the hundred of fissures there were in the Millennium forest and it was a rather sensitive one as well, being located just at the side of the Taiji Celestial's tomb. Lin Wu had filled it so that there was now an additional area around the tomb if he ever needed to expand it.

He had simply covered the top area of it with the soil after putting a layer of rocks to hide it completely. Of course, with the formations fortifying it, it was very tough and would not budge for a long time.

Lin Wu had made use of some of the fissures in different ways if they were in a position that was usable to them. For example, there was a fissure that extended from the seal where the Sealed being was located all the way to the tomb.

This fissure was not as big as the one that the sealed being had come out of, but it had stayed open. Lin Wu ended up filling the top half of it while keeping the lower part as a tunnel to travel between the two places quickly.

He could still not teleport to the seal's area directly due to some formations not working and the area being restricted, but now with the tunnel being there, it still allowed him to get there quickly.

Plus, there was something additional that Lin Wu had discovered in all this. The Dark Bloom Caverns themselves had expanded more than they were before. This was actually something that the mole beast reported to him after he and some of the workers under him found new entrances as far as the second ring.

Lin Wu got them to modify them and make it so that only they could access it along with the beasts that he wanted to. Then additional formation arrays were added to increase the security just in case.

With that, the millennium forest had become even more tough. Lin Wu was truly turning it into his base and his control over it only improved after the fissures. Before the system couldn't modify some of the formation arrays for the fear or causing inevitable damage, but now that the damage had occurred anyway, Lin Wu just told it to make the changes they wanted all this time.

Thus, in addition to the original scope of the formation array of the Taiji Celestial's tomb, Lin Wu and the system added their own version of a formation array on top with some more features.

Of course, all this was still under construction and Lin Wu and the other beasts had only gotten the basic structures finished in this time. The addition of most of the formations would be done bit by bit.

There was also the issue of resources and Lin Wu had already ended up using a lot of the resources he had gathered in his time exploring outside the Millennium forest. He definitely felt the pinch on his pocket even if he might have just gotten a lot of it from other unfortunate being.

'Ugh… it just makes me want to go and rob more places and people. A couple of sects might be enough to replenish what I lost…' Lin Wu thought to himself as he read through the long list of materials they would need to finish improving the millennium forest.

The name of the plan was 'The Great Millennium Formation Array'. And it would span over the entire forest and even beyond it.

Lin Wu even had some ambition to keep it expanding underground as much as possible until it covered an even larger area.

He had seen the memories of the Skull god and things like these were already done by many powers of the universe. Of course, they had the sufficient manpower and resources to handle it, both of which Lin Wu lacked.

Even though Lin Wu had millions of beasts that he could order around, they weren't exactly good with things like formations. Only the monkey beasts and some of the Nascent soul realm beasts could even do anything for that part.

Thus, most of it ended up falling on Lin Wu himself.

~Sigh~

"Who told me to become so ambitious… I need humans for this! If only Wang Xiong can speed up his takeover, then I'll have access to so much more." Lin Wu said out loud.

Thankfully, he was alone or others would certainly find it strange seeing their king acting in this way.

But while Lin Wu was thinking about Wang Xiong, the man was doing the same.

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"Goddammit! The Broken Cliff Division has finally lost their mind!" Wang Xiong cursed as he looked at the ten meter long report that was just presented to him.

There were lines upon lines of problems that had started and the issues that they were now having a hard time dealing with.

"Can't guardian Yun help us with this?" Ye Jin asked, pointing to some of the things.

"He can only do so much without arousing suspicion. Don't forget the elders of both the Broken Cliff division, and the Broken Plains divisor already felt strange that he interfered in the meeting six months ago.

Since that day they are wary about him. Especially since the lower ranked elders had never seen him before." Wang Xiong replied.

~Sigh~

"We have power, but we are helpless. If this is not misery, then I don't know what is…" Ye Jin said.

Ye Jing shook her head until a radical idea appeared in her mind.

"What about senior…?" Ye Jin asked.

"You know very well why we can't ask him for help… his situation is even more sensitive than Guardian Yun." Wang Xiong replied.

"But didn't he say that we can always ask him for help if we need it?" Ye Jin retorted. "And seeing our current condition, we need it gravely. Besides… if we don't succeed in our plans, we will be letting down Senior anyway."

Wang Xiong wanted to respond to this but couldn't find the answer. He knew that his Dao companion was right and they were at an impasse. But at the same time, he felt ashamed of himself.

He had proudly told Lin Wu that he would handle everything himself. But now he was going against problems he had never thought would exist. He also felt a bit lost because of his old thoughts.

Originally, Wang Xiong had thought that he simply needed to breakthrough and everything would go well. Then, after he managed to do that, he thought that all he needed was to become the chief disciple and he would be set.

And that turned out to be wrong as well. Even after Lin Wu helped him out many times, Wang Xiong couldn't help but feel that he didn't deserve this all.

"Will I really need to call him after all this?" Wang Xiong muttered to himself.

Seeing the pain and restlessness in her Dao Companion's eyes, Ye Jin felt pained too. Her gaze softened as she approached him and hugged him from behind.

"I know you feel that you would be breaking your own promise if you are taking the help of others. But know this that it is not a sign of weakness. Rather, taking other's help makes you wise, since you know when to make use of all resources, whether they be your own power or your allies." Ye Jin spoke in Wang Xiong's ears.

Feeling her breath on his ears, Wang Xiong felt a sense of calm. It was the temporary relief he needed to think clearly, and he soon reached a conclusion. A look of determination appeared in his eyes before he spoke.

"I shall do it then…"

Back in the Millennium forest, a Great Feast was underway.

"AHAHAHA! NOW I KNOW WHY HUMANS LIKE THESE CEREMONIES!" The Twin Lights Liger King laughed out loud, his laughter turning into roars at the end.

"You are right! If I knew these were this fun, I would have gotten the beasts to make them hundreds of years ago!" The Split Thorn Horn beetle king laughed as well.

"Now, now. Control yourself, you two! One of you is a Dao Shell realm beast for, heaven's sake!" The Emeraldine Horn Beetle chided.

She had no fear of either the Split Thorn Horn beetle since he was her ancestor or the Twin Lights Liger King, since he was at the same rank as her in the end. The beasts under Lin Wu very well knew that as long as they were under him, they were all equal.

~THUD~

A loud thud could be heard as a water tank sized cup landed on the stony floor, shaking it.

"Ahh! That hit the spot!" A certain worm said out loud.

Lin Wu looked at the Emeraldine monkeys with a toothy smile on his face and laughed.

"You guys should have told me earlier that you were making liquor! I would have prepared some recipes that are perfect for drinking!" Lin Wu said in a slightly slurred tone.

This slurred tone was something only those that were used to his voice would understand. For all others, it would just sound like another group of screeches, perhaps.

Though the Emeraldine Monkeys that heard these words could only smile wryly.

'Just making this wine that could affect those with a cultivation base of Nascent soul realm and Dao Shell realm took a massive amount of spirit grain. With your expectations of dishes, won't we just end up burning through our entire food storage?' The leader of the Emeraldine monkeys thought.

He had long since gotten used to Lin Wu's demands and how he liked to have his food. After all, Lin Wu had given them a lot of information about how to cook food the 'human' way and the means to make different dishes.

While the beasts had come to like the human dishes a lot too, they couldn't help but admit that a lot of things were simply too difficult for them to make on their own. Some needed a lot of ingredients that were rare and expensive to make that they couldn't afford with their current situation.

Still in the past six months, Lin Wu had asked them to regularly make good food that suited to his taste. And that was mostly things that were rich in spirit Qi and made of precious spirit herbs and beast meat.

It had reached a point where some of them had to leave the forest to hunt for some of the things.

The leader of the Emeraldine Monkeys couldn't wait for the humans to finally begin their cooperation so that his work load could reduce.

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The feast of the beasts continued through the night nicely, but then it was rudely interrupted by Lin Wu's shout.

"WHAT?!" Lin Wu shouted.

The beasts all stopped what they were doing and looked at Lin Wu, wondering what the problem was.

"What happened, master?" The Deep Earth Emeraldine Mole questioned.

But Lin Wu did not respond to him, instead he continued to talk to himself.

"What do you mean, they killed the disciples?" Lin Wu asked. "And what is Yun Bai doing?"

Hearing those two sentences allowed the beasts to guess who Lin Wu might have been talking to. There weren't many choices other than Wang Xiong after all. Lin Wu talked to the man for about five minute getting the gist of the situation.

'The people of the Frozen Cloud Sect truly like to fuck themselves over, don't they?' Lin Wu thought to himself as he analyzed everything that Wang Xiong had told him.

"Is it a new problem?" The Emeraldine Horn Beetle questioned.

"Mm…" Lin Wu nodded his head. "We are needed at the Frozen Cloud sect."

"What exactly happened?" the Slim arm ape king questioned.

~Sigh~

"It's like this…" Lin Wu said before he started to explain the situation to the beasts.

He would be needing their help with this, thus it was best they knew about it as well.

The Frozen Cloud sect's three divisions were now in all out conflict, with some of the elders fighting directly out in the open. Not only that, but some of the disciples in the Frozen Brook division that Wang Xiong belonged to were killed too.

The Frozen Cliff division had given up on any semblance of facades and were showing their aggression. They even claimed that the disciples they killed were traitors to the sect and were involved with other powers trying to take over the sect.

They even went as far as to claim that Wang Xiong was not worthy of being the chief disciples and was accused of being a traitor as well. They were all calling for his imprisonment, while some wanted to execute him right away.

The battles between the disciples were already common, and leaving their respective territories meant that they would end up fighting. Even those that belonged to the neutral camp, the Frozen Plains division, were pulled in as some of their members were heavily injured.

According to Wang Xiong, they were injured by the spies of the Frozen Cliff division that had hid within his camp and had been pretending to be their members. This had allowed them to pin the blame on the Frozen Brook division.

"Isn't Yun Bai an influential member of the Frozen Cloud Sect? Why isn't he doing anything?" The Slim arm ape king questioned.

"That is the issue… those elders managed to learn of his restrictions and have sealed him." Lin Wu replied.

"What?!" The Slim arm ape king exclaimed. "How can they restrain someone as strong as him? And what about their sect patriarch? How can he let such chaos in the sect go unchecked?" he added.

"That's the thing… the patriarch of the Frozen cloud sect is away and cannot be contacted. Those Frozen Cliff division elders made use of his absence to begin their rebellion." Lin Wu answered.

"How can a sect's patriarch leave his sect like this? Where did he get that it's so important?" The Twin Lights Liger King questioned next.

"He was apparently called for an important meeting among the top sects. It was convened by the Long clan, thus everyone invited has to be present there compulsorily." Lin Mu answered.

Hearing all this, the Twin Lights Liger King and the Slim Arm Ape King both felt that something sinister was brewing. The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk ape that had been silent all this while finally spoke up at this moment.

"It would be better if we act soon, my king. It is also your duty as the senior of Wang Xiong to help him when he requests it. Master would have done the same too." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape said in a calm tone.

"Mmm… I know. I was going to help him, but before that we need to plan it a bit." Lin Wu said, finding the situation a bit complex.

He knew that jumping into the fray without any intel was a bad idea. He wanted to ask Wang Xiong more, but had already heard that the man was in the dark for now, too.

'Even Wang Xiong is unable to leave his territory, while Yun Bai is sealed within his peak. Those elders certainly are resourceful and have someone helping them if they can restrain Yun Bai there.

Since there is no way to communicate outside of their areas, the Frozen Cliff Division has the upper hand now. They only need to get rid of Wang Xiong and his subordinates, and that's all they would need to make the elders of the Frozen Brook division change sides.

After all, they would do anything to survive. And then by the time the patriarch returns, it would be too late. The supreme elder is looking to usurp his position anyway and according to the rules of their sect they can challenge the position of the patriarch as long as a majority of the elders support him.' Lin Wu analyzed.

Wang Xiong had explained to Lin Wu as much as he could and got him up to speed. But Lin Wu still contacted him and asked for a few more details he needed. The system got to recording all the information as well and was already formulating scenarios.

"Ugh! This Wang Xiong should have just told me all this earlier than it would not have been thus much of an issue." Lin Wu said to himself.

Lin Wu's mind ran at great speed as he thought of all that he could do and how he could do it.

'The Weiyuan chamber should definitely be involved in all this, so getting some intel on them will be the first step,' Lin Wu determined.

With the first step in his mind, Lin Wu now knew what to do. Though Lin Wu was going to head to the Frozen Cloud sect eventually, he knew that he needed current real time information from there.

"Time to contact those two… they will finally come in use." Lin Wu muttered to himself.

"System, contact Tian Han and Tian Chu." Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

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ACTIVATING COMMUNICATION LINK: Tian Han, Tian Chu

COMMUNICATION LINK: Established successfully!

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"Master?" The voices of Tian Han and Tian Chu could be heard and those two could hear each other as well.

"I need you two to do something." Lin Wu spoke.

"please tell us," Tian Chu quickly responded.

"Y-yes…" Tian Han replied as well, his voice stuttering a bit.

It was evident that he was still a bit shaken from Lin Wu's power and those memories would trouble him.

"I want you to go to the Frozen Cloud sect and get me information about what is happening there. Can you do that?" Lin Wu stated.

"Umm… I should be able to get the permission to leave the clan." Tian Han replied.

"I'll do it, don't worry master!" Tian Chu stated with confidence.

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Lin Wu felt content with the fact that he had chosen to add Tian Han and Tian Chu as his subordinates. Both of them were detached from his current entourage and could do things that these might not be able to.

Another advantage they had was that they were currently unknown from all ends and there would only be those from the clan that knows about you.

"Will there be any problem in you two leaving the clan?" Lin Wu questioned, knowing the special rules of the Tian clan.

"No master. At least not for me. Reaching the Nascent soul realm allowed me to become a junior elder in my clan for now and I have a certain level of authority. I can leave the clan for a short time without a notice and for as long as I want if I have a valid reason." Tian Chu answered.

"Hmm… that's good. And what about Tian Han?" Lin Wu questioned.

"I'll have to see if there are any missions currently leading to out of the clan. Since it is the Frozen Cloud sect, there are always some missions near it for stronger members of the clan. I'll get one of them." Tian Han answered.

"Alright, do that and see what you can find. Also… the situation at the Frozen cloud sect is not stable and you might be in danger too. Make sure you are not suspected either." Lin Wu warned.

"We shall keep that in mind, master." Tian Han and Tian Chu replied.

"I'll await the report then." With that done, Lin Wu closed the link and thought about what he needed to do for the next part.

'Most of the plans will depend on what kind of intel I get from them. This will take at least three days.' Lin Wu thought and contacted Wang Xiong.

"Master? Are you coming to help us then?" Wang Xiong asked, a little hope apparent in his voice.

"Mm… I will come. But I'll need to gather some information before that. But that will take me some time and here is the condition… how long can you hold out for?" Lin Wu asked.

"…" Wang Xiong didn't reply right away and seemed to be silent.

Lin Wu too didn't prod him on and let him think to himself.

'There will no use in rushing him, rather it might only cause more troubles.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

After about five minutes, Wang Xiong finally responded.

"Sorry for the wait senior. I consulted my people and we can easily delay for about five days. And if need be, we can forcibly stop them for another two or three days. But doing that will be the final push and it will severely deteriorate our condition." Wang Xiong explained.

Lin Wu thought over it and found the time to be reasonable.

'Three days for them to find the intel and then two days for me to prepare and leave. It'll be a narrow time span, but manageable.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

Lin Wu looked at all the beasts that were seemingly waiting for his orders and wondered who to use the beast.

'The monkey beasts are out of the question, they are far too important here in the forest. If they are gone, this place might just return to chaos. Hmm… that reminds, me now that the Slim Arm ape is under me anyway, I should get more of the monkey beasts and get them mutated.' Lin Wu analyzed.

His gaze went to the mole beast, the beetle beast, and the bird beasts. All four of them were good choices and had been with him since the start. They were loyal so far and would be ready to do anything he asked of them.

'No… they are still not strong enough. Simply a few of the disciples of the Frozen Cloud sect if gathered up can kill them. Don't want to lose them this easily.' Lin Wu thought before his eyes went to the four former kings.

'The slim arm ape king has his value here too. He is the smartest one and has a good idea of control. The Split Thorn Horn Beetle King is strong, but he has far too many beasts under his command. While the Emeraldine Horn Beetle might be able to control them somewhat, the sheer number of them is still too high.

Not him either…' Lin Wu spoke to himself before his gaze went to the Demon Spine ape.

"You're coming," Lin Wu said.

"Me? When are we going and who are we killing?" The Demon Spine Ape was ready in an instant.

"The Frozen cloud sect, to kill some human cultivators of course… well not all of them, just the one that we don't want." Lin Wu replied.

~thud~

The Demon Spine Ape King slammed his fists together creating sparks and gave a toothy grin.

"Good! I've been itching for some good action." The Demon Spine Ape King said with joy.

"I'm coming too, I assume?" The Twin Lights Liger King inquired.

"Mmhmm… we will need strong power to go against the elders of the Frozen Cloud sect. There will be those at the Dao Shell realm and a couple at the Dao Treading Realm too." Lin Wu replied.

"I'll be able to handle the ones at the Dao Shell realm… perhaps even three at once, but I can't say much about the Dao Treading realm. Those are a different kind." The Twin Lights Liger King stated.

"I don't want that either. I'll be the one handling them. Though hopefully if all goes as I want it to be, we won't fight them out in the open and thus we'll have the element of surprise on our side." Lin Wu replied.

But what Lin Wu didn't say to the beast was that he was not going to stay at his current cultivation base either. He was looking to use this opportunity to consume a few hundred cultivators or some resources and boost his cultivation to the next stage as soon as possible.

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If the Twin Lights Liger King knew what Lin Wu was planning, he would be crying tears of envy. Not just anyone could talk about breaking through with such ease.

Even if beasts could speed up their rate of cultivation by consuming other beasts and creatures, that was still limited by many factors. But for Lin Wu, that simply didn't apply and he could grow stronger as long as he had the needed spirit Qi.

'Though I can't tell how long it will be the same. Even the system doesn't know about the changes that can happen upon breakthroughs. I might reach a bottleneck the system cannot predict.

After all… I'm the first of my kind and being a pioneer comes with many unexpected obstacles and opportunities.' Lin Wu thought to himself as a glint of adventure could be seen in his eyes.

The Slim Arm Ape King caught this very well and slightly smiled.

'I would know that look anywhere… it was the same master used to have back when he was not as sick… But if King Lin Wu has it too, it only means his ambitions are not low.' The Slim Arm Ape King thought to himself.

The Twin Lights Liger King was thinking about it all too and tried to recall all that he knew about the Frozen Cloud sect. It was not the first time he would be clashing against the members of the Frozen Cloud sect after all.

Of the hundreds of years he had lived, there had been multiple instances when the Frozen Cloud sect sent its disciples to the millennium forest. While they mostly knew not to enter the fifth ring or to not do overtly problematic things, there were still some instances when they did that.

It was then that the Twin Lights Liger King had to act. He had even clashed against a Dao Shell realm cultivator from the Frozen Cloud sect once during a beast tide. The nearby sects and kingdoms were unable to hold back against the beast ride and thus the Frozen Cloud sect was forced to intervene.

At first, only the Nascent soul realm elders and stronger disciples fought, but once the battle went on for a little too long, and the number of causalities increased, the elders decided to interfere.

Of course, the Dao Shell realm elders knew very well that there was a tactic understanding among them and they were not to eradicate all the beasts. After all, they needed to depend on them to populate the forest and replenish the materials that were found there.

If they killed all the beasts, it would be the same as cutting off their own pockets.

One could then argue that they could leave the weaker beasts alive and kill the strong beasts like the rulers, but that was also not allowed. As much as the rulers were a problem, they were also the ones that kept a sense of balance in the forest.

If they did kill a ruler, the battle for the next ruler to replace the empty seat will cause chaos among the beasts which might go further than just that and affect the nearby people.

Even the missions that led to the forest would have to be put on pause due to the disciples being threatened even more.

Killing the strongest of the rulers, the Twin Lights Liger King was not an option. Or rather… it would be the biggest mistake they would make.

The Twin Lights Liger king was an intelligent Nascent soul realm beast. This was something the sects knew very well and thus could communicate with him on a certain level.

It needn't be the same as that on the human level or that they needed to have diplomatic relations with him. All they needed was there to be a beast that understood the fear and power of humans.

After all, a smart beast would prioritize its survival along with benefits. Thus killing the Twin Lights Liger king would cause even greater chaos as he kept the other rulers of the forest in check.

Those were the rulers that didn't really have intelligence as high as him. After all, the slim arm ape king was a recent addition to the forest and wasn't an option back then. And the sects didn't know him being as intelligent either.

With all this in mind, the Twin Lights Liger King was attacked by the Dao Shell realm elder and the two fought. The beast showed its power while the Dao Shell realm elder of the Frozen Cloud sect showed his stance.

The Twin Lights liger king got injured but retreated once the number of beasts in the beast tide dwindled to a low enough number. The Dao Shell realm elder held his hand too and didn't injure the Twin Lights Liger King heavily either.

He only injured him enough so that he could recover in a set amount of time and act as a resistance to the other rulers.

"The last I fought a Dao Shell realm elder of the Frozen Cloud sect was about three hundred years ago. I wonder if he is still alive." The Twin Lights Liger King spoke.

"Oh? You did? And he left you alive?" Lin Wu questioned feeling curious.

"That he did… we even talked for a bit. Of course, he just spoke in human tongue and I listened for the most part. The battle between us was also enough to give me a taste of the Dao Shell realm and made me want to reach it even more." The Twin Lights Liger King answered.

"Hmm… good that you have some experience with them. At least you will not be caught off guard and will know about their powers." Lin Wu spoke.

The Twin Lights Liger King nodded his head and now looked forward to going to the Frozen Cloud sect.

'Now that I think of it… this will be my first time leaving the Millennium forest properly in five hundred years…' The Twin Lights Liger King thought to himself as a hint of melancholy could be seen in his eyes.

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With two members selected, Lin Wu's gaze went to the one beast that was the most silent in the hall. Or more accurately… the only beast that dared to sleep in Lin Wu's presence.

This was of course…

"Wake up Tim. We got a sect to burn!" Lin Wu called out.

~pop~

Tim the weasel's eyes opened and a fierce energy exuded from them for a moment, startling all the beasts other than Lin Wu. But soon it settled down and Tim's normal expression returned.

"Mmhmm… Bad dream…" Tim muttered before looking at Lin Wu.

"We go where?" Tim questioned, clearly not having heard him the first time.

"We are going to the Frozen Cloud sect." Lin Wu answered.

"Hunting time?" Tim asked.

"Yes… this time it is hunting time." Lin Wu replied.

"Humans?" Tim asked doubtfully.

He had been scolded by Lin Wu enough times not to eat humans unless he was told to. There had been a couple of incidents when Tim ate a cultivator or two when they reached the third ring of the millennium forest.

Usually Tim didn't go that far either, but ended up being attracted due to a certain scent. The scent was coming from the cultivators, and Tim found them to be delicious. Of course, before he could realize, the two humans had disappeared down his gullet.

Lin Wu still didn't know who the cultivators that Tim ate were and it was a headache for him. The system's scans and recorded information only showed the appearance of those cultivators and their cultivation base, which was at the core condensation realm.

Lin Wu wondered if they were from some sect or power, but they weren't wearing any robes like that. Not to mention, Tim had eaten them whole… including whatever storage treasures or identification items they might have had.

Thus leaving Lin Wu with nothing to check. He even wondered if this would invite some trouble, since a core condensation cultivator was still important for a lot of powers. They served as their main manpower after all, just above the Qi refining realm cultivator.

The average cultivator on the Long Continent was said to be in the Qi refining realm, thus anything above that was valued. It wasn't like the Millennium forest, where due to Lin Wu's presence, the number of Core Condensation realm beasts and Nascent soul realm beasts had started to increase in number almost exponentially.

There were more beasts that would be reaching the nascent soul realm in the coming few months as well. And this was when Lin Wu hadn't mutated any in the past six months, due to just how busy he was.

If he was still mutating more of them, the number of beasts breaking through would be vastly higher.

But now that Tim heard that they really were going to do what he desired all the time, he instantly became excited.

~SKREEE!!!~

A screeching cry of excitement came out of his mouth, forcing the other beasts to close their ears.

"Dammit! Shut your mouth Tim!" Lin Wu ordered.

~phew~

"I'm starting to wonder if we should get one of those human cultivator tools that can temporarily turn you deaf. If we have that, we won't have to bear his cries." The Slim Arm Ape king said, rubbing his forehead.

"Yeah… his cries used to be annoying before, but now… they hurt us literally." The Emeraldine Horn Beetle spoke.

Tim's power had been increasing overall, and it powered other aspects of his body that he didn't even know. Just his cry was enough to turn several beasts below the Nascent soul realm deaf or simply knock them out.

"I might have to get that too… I'll see if we can get some from the Frozen Cloud sect since we are going there anyway." Lin Wu spoke.

"That'll be really nice." The Slim Arm ape and several beasts said with gratitude.

Meanwhile, Tim just looked on awkwardly. =.='

With the members selected, all that was now needed for Lin Wu was to wait on the intel. He discussed a few more things with his subordinates and servants before dismissing them.

"Umm… King Lin Wu." But one beast had stayed behind.

"Yes?" Lin Wu responded to the Club Tailed Lizard.

She had officially joined under Lin Wu's banner a while back and knew that this was the best choice. Her decision had come after several considerations. Earlier she wanted to return to her land, but she realized that this place was many times better.

Not only was the spirit Qi higher here now, Lin Wu's power was certainly much more than any beast she had seen. Plus, going back to her territory after this much time would probably end up with her needing to clash with other beasts who would have inevitably taken over it.

Besides, she had her children now who were still a bit too weak to fight against stronger beasts at the Nascent soul realm. Though in general she was shocked by their growth too and found them to be strange.

She had long since known that the bloodline her children had would be different from her own, giving them some additional abilities, but the increase in talent was still astounding to her.

She wouldn't be shocked if all of her children reached the core condensation realm in a few years. And this was just by them cultivating passively. If they were nurtured on resources, it wouldn't be unusual for them to reach the Core condensation realm in just a few month's time or at most a year.

Then there was another reason why she was averse to leaving.

Her children liked Lin Wu far too much!

She was frankly lost and angry about it, since sometimes they even preferred Lin Wu over her, their own mother!

They would sometimes sneak out of the Tomb and go find Lin Wu, though they would always get caught by the patrolling beasts.. They knew very well about the mischievous Juvenile Club tailed lizards and would escort them back to the hall where they lived.

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Lin Wu looked at his subject, who he hadn't talked with much over the years.

He had let her stay here in the end and accepted her as she was at the Nascent soul realm. And every additional nascent soul realm beast was useful to him and the power that he was growing.

And while he might not admit it to the others, the five Juvenile Club Tailed Lizards were to Lin Wu's liking too. He would sometime watch them play over the Monitoring screens, serving as some entertainment while he was bored.

Of course, that was not the only reason he had. There was also the fact that the five Juvenile Club Tailed Lizards were mutated with his bloodline by birth and were possibly the first beasts properly born from the bloodline's descent.

They could be considered Lin Wu's closest kin, even closer than his servant beasts. After all, while they had the Emeraldine Legion Bloodline, it was implanted within them while the Juvenile Club Tailed Lizards were born with it.

Even the system had predictions that the Juvenile Club Tailed Lizards had a high potential for the future. Lin Wu wanted to nurture them and see how they would grow out to be.

They would be his… 'Ideal Test subjects'.

After all, his own bloodlines were a bit of a mystery and while the Juvenile Club Tailed Lizards didn't have the unknown bloodline fully, there were still traces of it mixed with the Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm Bloodline in them.

Lin Wu would see the changes in his own body as he grew in his cultivation base, but having the system analyze and scan other subjects would increase the speed of comprehension even more and give better results in predicting.

Seeing her stay behind, Lin Wu wondered what she had to say.

"I… No… the kids… they found something. At first, I was not sure if it was something worth your time, but I think it's better if you see it." The Club Tailed Lizard spoke.

"Oh? What is it?" Lin Wu asked, feeling curious.

He knew the Juvenile Club Tailed Lizards liked to sneak out, but them finding something important was unexpected to him.

The Club Tailed Lizard tilted her body and from between her spikes fell out a small object.

~Clink~

It hit the ground, making a crisp sound. Lin Wu looked at it and found it to be some kind of a metal girdle. But the more he looked at it, the more his brows furrowed.

'This thing… it can stop my spirit sense?' Lin Wu was surprised.

~shua~

The Metal girdle floated up under the control of Lin Wu and came to float in front of him.

"System, scan this." Lin Wu ordered, certainly finding it unique in design.

While it looked to be made out of a single piece of metal, it was not so. Looking closely, Lin Wu could tell that there were two types of metals that were twisted together before being model like this.

~Ding~

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SCANNER: Activated

TARGET SELECTED: Unknown Metal Girdle

SCANNING: Please wait a moment…

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SCAN ERROR: Target cannot be scanned, deflective materials detected.

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"Now this is interesting…" Lin Wu said.

By now Lin Wu had learned very well that anything that could prevent the system's scan was either important, complex, powerful, dangerous and mysterious. Sometimes all five at the same time.

His instincts were also a bit honed than before and he could at least tell that the metal girdle didn't seem to be dangerous. He couldn't even feel any passive spirit Qi fluctuations coming from it, which was something that most objects that the system was unable to scan still emitted.

"See if you can find anything matching its appearance in the data bank and store it in the inventory for the time being." Lin Wu ordered.

~DING~

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OBJECT STORED: Unknown Metal girdle

INVENTORY: Pink Women's underwear, Unknown Metal girdle.

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Lin Wu had done another thing in the past few days, which was something pending for a long time. He had cleared out his inventory that had quite literally been filled with dirt, rocks, junk, and scrap.

Looking at the notification, Lin Wu conveniently ignored a certain other object that he had left behind. It was now a memento and Lin Wu would keep it for years to come… until there was a right time to use it.

"Is it something important, King Lin Wu?" The Club Tailed Lizard asked.

"Yes… you could say that. Thank you for bringing this to my attention." Lin Wu replied.

"O-of course… this is the least I can do." The Club Tailed Lizard hurriedly spoke. "I won't take any more of your time then, my king." She said before turning around to leave.

"Wait," But Lin Wu interrupted her before that.

"Yes?" She asked, feeling a bit startled.

"You said your children found that thing, right?" Lin Wu asked.

"Yes, they did last week, when they… went out." She said, choosing her words appropriately.

~clack~ clack~ Clack~

"Take these then." Lin Wu said, creating five small crystals from his body.

"Huh?" The Club Tailed Lizard was confused singe Lin Wu's actions.

"Give these to the five. It should help them grow." Lin Wu explained.

The Club Tailed Lizard of course, knew what these were. Almost all of Lin Wu's subordinates and servants had seen him using his crystals to feed Tim. While no other beast had eaten it, or was given such crystal, their senses could very well tell the dense spirit Qi and vitality that was contained within them.

It was safe to say, that these crystals were nothing less than those pills that the human alchemists made. The Club Tailed lizard had the opportunity to consume a few of those pills and knew just how strong they could be.

"But won't this be too much?" The Club Tailed Lizard said, finding it a bit too opulent.

"It'll be fine. I want to see how much they can grow from this, too." Lin Wu stated. "Take it as a, Hmm… test.. Yeah, a test for the five kids."

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The Club tallied Lizard accepted the crystals, albeit a bit hesitatingly. Though on the inside, she felt differently.

'How much will they be able to grow with the help of these?' The Club tailed Lizard thought.

Having taken them, she took her leave and left Lin Mu to himself.

"Hmm… truly strange…" Lin Wu muttered as he looked at the system window in front of him.

The system was currently working on analyzing the metal girdle and was failing in all attempts.

"This will take a while, won't it?" Lin Wu said to himself and decided to do some other things while the system continued its attempts.

Lin Wu had about three days before he would be receiving any information from the two human subordinates of his. Though, Lin Wu didn't just leave them to themselves and kept an eye on their status in the system window, just in case something happened.

…

And just like that, three days passed in the blink of an eye.

"We're ready, master!" the beasts spoke out loud as they gathered in the main hall.

Lin Wu looked over at them and nodded. He had just received the detailed report from Tian Han and Tian Chu. The moment he got it, he had called upon his subordinates and servants.

"Let's see what's the situation at the Frozen Cloud sect…" Lin Wu started to read.

Tian Han and Tian Chu left the Tian clan's branch the very next day, Lin Wu had instructed them to, albeit with different reasons. Tian Chu could leave without a notice since she was an elder already, but Tian Han couldn't do the same easily.

Thankfully for him, there was a mission that was perfect for him to take. The mission was actually something that allowed them the easier access to the Frozen Cloud sect.

The goal of the mission?

Inquiring about the whereabouts of Tian Xiaoge, the daughter of the clan patriarch.

Reading this Lin Wu couldn't help but be surprise.

'Oh yeah… I never told them Tian Xiaoge is here either. Plus, only Wang Xiong knows about the disciples cultivating in the forest.' Lin Wu realized.

He had let Wang Xiong stay them here since that was the best option they had. Not only was this good for Wang Xiong since he would have a group of people outside the sect for use, but for Lin Wu too, as he would now have humans for his use when needed.

Not only that, but since they had passed the trials of the Sky Bright Daoist and even the Taiji Celestial's trials, they were stronger than many other cultivators of the same level. Not to mention, their mentalities had been refined and their will was many times tougher than the average cultivator.

According to the updates he had gotten from the Emeraldine Sky Light monk ape, the human cultivators were steadily improving and it wouldn't be a surprise if all of them reached the Nascent soul realm at the same time some time in the future.

That would be a great improvement to Lin Wu's power and he would be able to start expanding in the human territories even better with their use. Now matter how much he grew stronger, a beast appearing in human territories will always be problematic.

Even if Lin Wu showed his intelligence and power, they would not be convinced and there would be enmity. It was the innate human instinct to hate what was not them and be suspicious about them.

Lin Wu couldn't complain about that either, as he was the same. Ever since becoming a beast he had found himself getting more and more inclined towards beasts. He could feel a strange closeness that didn't exist before.

He could only attribute it to them being his 'kin' now.

It was strange for Lin Wu, since he didn't really feel such innate closeness in his past life when he was human either… or so he thought. His memories were only getting blurry as time passed.

At first he used to be worried about it, but now he didn't care as much. Or rather, the worrying feeling… the sense of losing oneself was gone.

The mission for inquiring about Tian Xiaoge's whereabouts and condition was something that had been put out a few months ago by the clan patriarch. A few people had wanted to take it, but were rejected by the patriarch due to him finding them unsuitable.

But when Tian Han applied for it, the patriarch was surprised. He had his ideas about Tian Han and how his intentions were before. Though these few days he and his father had mellowed out and the troubles caused by them had almost disappeared.

It also helped the fact that guest elder Jigou had not appeared for a long time, thus there was nothing extra troubling the patriarch.

Having gotten this mission, the two of them set out to the Frozen Cloud sect and reached there in a day. After getting there, they were stopped by the sect's disciples.

Tian Chu could clearly perceive the hostility in their eyes, and Tian Han was the same. Not just that, but Tian Han also mentioned that a few of his special spirit tools that were used for investigating were all giving off weird warnings.

Still, since they had the official letter of the patriarch of the Tian clan branch, the sect disciples had to let them in. Once in the sect, they were brought to a more restrained area and were made to wait for an entire day.

Tian Chu could feel that it was a rude thing to do, seeing as how she was still a nascent soul realm cultivator. The Frozen Cloud sect would never do something like this, usually. The two of them could tell that there was clear hostility in the air and a lot of the members looked at each other with suspicion and enmity.

It was a tense atmosphere, but also where Tian Han showed his abilities.

'The man really managed to butter his way out, huh…' Lin Wu was surprised.

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While they were restrained in a single area for the most part, Tian Han flattered and told the disciples how much he liked the Frozen Cloud sect and how much he respected them.

Even showing the intent to join them in the future if the opportunity arose.

This turned out to be the key that allowed them a lot of things. The moment he expressed his desire, the disciples seemingly did a 180 and turned genial to him. Even going so far as to asking him to join their division, which was the Frozen Cliff division.

He was told lies upon lies, with some even saying that Tian Xiaoge was a proud member of their division. Of course, the disciples were unaware about the location of Tian Xiaoge, only knowing that a certain number of disciples were missing from the sect.

This along with Tian Han's identity as a Tian Clan member was useful. After all, the Tian Clan was somewhat of a high status in the area and had trades with the sect. While there might not have been many disciples joining from their clan, it was still something.

Tian Han quickly latched onto this chance and used some bribes, in addition to flattery to get closer to the disciples. Once the things were in the right hand, under the surprised look of Tina Chu, Tian Han was joyfully taken on a tour of the Frozen Cloud sect.

Leaving her behind to sulk.

Though it wasn't all for her. With Tian Han taking the disciples of the Frozen Cliff division away, Tian Chu was left alone. There were only a couple of formations blocking her, which were easy enough for her to overcome.

She sneaked out and started to gather intel on her own while Tian Han did the same. Plus, since the two of them were always in contact due to the Pentagem, they knew what was happening on the other side.

Tian Han learned of the situation of the sect, from the side of the Frozen Cliff division, while Tian Chu did so from the side of the other two divisions.

A lot of locations were shown by the disciples, though the still avoided the more sensitive areas. But Tian Chu got to reach there with ease after she knocked out a Nascent soul realm disciple and took his identity token.

It worked in her favor that the areas were mostly desolate due to the constant hostility in the sect. The disciples stayed within their residence on the peaks, protected from the other divisions.

If not for that, there might have been a great chance that Tian Chu might have been found out.

Their search lasted for about a day, before Tian Han was brought back to the area they were originally kept it. The reason being an elder was coming to talk to them about Tian Xiaoge.

After all, this was the official reason with which they had come to the sect.

Tian Chu quickly returned as well and the two of them were informed about Tian Xiaoge.

Upon reading this part, Lin Wu felt like the Frozen Cloud division was certainly scheming deeply now.

'They really want to rope in the Tian clan and turn them against the Frozen Brook divisor huh…' Lin Wu thought after reading it.

The elder of the Frozen Cliff division told them that Tian Xiaoge was killed!

And not just that, but that she was killed by none other than Wang Xiong. The elders had long since known who were the subordinates under Wang Xiong before and took advantage of Tian Xiaoge missing.

Tian Han served his part well and showed great shock while Tian Chu kept up her serious expression.

The elder told them that the Frozen brook division was the one rebelling against the sect and that they were the orthodox members of the sect. The Frozen Brook division had been left astray by the Chief disciple Wang Xiong.

"With the patriarch of the Frozen Cloud sect being away for the time being, the Frozen Cliff elders had gotten really brazen." Lin Wu muttered.

Having gained this information, Tian Han and Tina Chu wanted to leave, but not before they were given several documents that they were supposed to give to the Tian clan patriarch.

It was certain that they wanted the Tian clan under their influence as well.

Tian Han and Tian Chu assured them that they would tell this to their patriarch and quickly left the sect. They felt an uneasy air in the sect and knew that if they stayed for long, something dangerous might happen.

Once they left, and were sufficient distance away, they made the report and messaged Lin Wu.

Having read the entire report, Lin Wu explained the matter to all of his subordinates and servants.

"I never thought the Frozen Cloud sect would reach this level…" The Twin Lights Liger King spoke after having heard everything from Lin Wu.

"Indeed… the matters of humans only get more and more complex and they scheme against each other a lot." The Slim Arm Ape king muttered.

"But this also gives us many avenues to act." The Emeraldine Sky Light Monk Ape said.

Lin Wu nodded his head and thought about it. The system analyzed the information too, along with the different areas that had been checked by Tian Han and Tian Chu. Combining that with the map data the system already had, it was able to make some new routes that might be useful.

Lin Wu then discussed things with the beasts and also told Wang Xiong about all that he had learned.

"Dammit! The Frozen Cliff division has truly gone far!" Wang Xiong said upon hearing from Lin Wu.

Ye Jin heard the same, and a hint of coldness appeared on her face too.

Tian Han and Tian Chu had gained a lot more information than they could gather in the sect themselves, thus it was surprising to the two.

After an entire day's of discussion between all, Lin Wu finally came up with a plan.

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Lin Wu, Tim and the Twin Lights Liger King were currently making their way towards the Frozen Cloud sect.

Lin Wu had given several different instructions to his subordinates, each having several duties. He knew that they were going to be of other uses, even if he was not taking them to the Frozen Cloud sect.

The Millennium forest would be having a change in its image, in the coming time and Lin Wu wants dot be prepared for that. And the way to do that was to have his subordinates ready for anything.

Thus Lin Wu gave them orders to prepare for a few things that might happen in the future possibly.

'If all goes well… I might be able to create a new identity for the millennium forest.' Lin Wu thought to himself as he flew.

The map updated in real time and pointed out the different markers on it. Most of them were hidden away by the filters Lin Wu had set and only the most important ones were currently being shown.

"How far is the Frozen Cloud sect, exactly?" The Twin Lights Liger King asked, feeling curious.

"At our speed, we should reach it in less than a day." Lin Wu answered.

Though if he were to use his drill form, he would be even faster and would be able to cover a long distance with ease. After all, he had already removed most of the obstacles that would block him usually.

"I thought it was farther than that?" The Twin Lights Liger king questioned.

"It would be if we used the route the humans use. But I eradicated the beasts that would trouble us and charted a route around the more troubling areas." Lin Wu answered.

"I see… so we just have a straight path to follow?" The Twin Lights Liger king asked.

"Pretty much. There were a couple of Dao Shell realm beasts, that were the main problem, but they don't exist anymore. As for the others, they are too weak and won't dare to come near us." Lin Wu replied.

"Hmm, that's convenient." The Twin Lights Liger king spoke.

"Oh wait, there is something we need to avoid; the human cities and other settlements. There are a few that come along the way." Lin Wu added.

Though what he didn't tell the Twin Lights Liger king was that if he were to follow the underground path, Lin Wu could pretty much ignore them as well.

'Hmm, underground paths are truly the best. At least no one thinks twice about it, whereas for skies, the cultivators will watch out.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

The Twin Lights Liger king simply nodded his head and continued to fly. He had originally come from the northern part of the Long continent thus didn't know much about this part of the region.

After all, he had been unable to leave the millennium forest ever since he became the ruler and was bound to the formation array of the Millennium forest as one of the pillars that sealed the being.

Their journey was uneventful, with there being no unexpected attacks or surprises. The beasts that encountered them directly ran away. After all, there were few beasts that would dare to go against three Dao Shell realm beasts.

Even a Dao Treading realm beast might have to think twice before picking a fight. Additionally, the beasts who were more sensitive to the bloodlines would feel the pressure coming from the three as well.

They were no average beasts after all, with Tim being a literal mystery right now.

By the time morning arrived, Lin Wu and his team had reached the official boundary of the Frozen Cloud sect. This was the extended one hundred kilometer area that surrounded it.

Lin Wu had once spent some time here and captured a Frozen Cloud sect disciples for his access token. Since they were not yet in the actual sect itself, they had no problems. Plus, the reduced traffic from the sect disciples also made it so that they were unnoticed.

"Wait here, I need to do something first." Lin Wu ordered.

The two beasts slowed down and landed behind a hill.

~shua~

Radiation spread out from Lin Wu's body before surrounding The Twin Lights Liger king and Tim. Since Lin Wu had already implanted the Emeraldine Legion bloodline in the Twin Lights Liger king, he wasn't really affected by the radiation anymore.

Though him being able to use it was not possible. None of the beasts that were under Lin Wu could actually use it. This was something that had surprised Lin Wu, as he had thought they would be able to use it eventually as well.

But that seemed to be not possible for now. Though Lin Wu did have hopes for the Juvenile Club tailed lizards. They were yet to grow and they did have the same bloodline as Lin Wu, even if it was a partial one.

The Twin Lights Liger king felt the radiation surrounding him like a veil and found it to be strange. This was not his first time seeing it, but it was still a confusing thing for him.

'Just how does he do this and what kind of an energy is this?' The Twin Lights Liger king wondered.

He could tell that it wasn't any type of a spirit Qi and must be some other kind of an energy. After all, there were numerous types of energies in the world, spirit Qi and vital energy being just two of them.

"There we go. This should prevent others from noticing us easily. Additionally, it will stop the detections probes of the formation arrays." Lin Wu spoke.

Tim didn't need it technically since his body was able to naturally stop spirit Qi but Lin Wu did it anyway.

'There are always some other spirit tools and formations with different methods of detection.' Lin Wu thought to himself.

Being prepared for a tough situation was nicer than being ignorant, after all.

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