The Charm of Soul Pets (WN)

They returned to Elder Li’s residence after dashing back from Heavenly Realm Forest.

Elder Li took Chu Mu to that foreign rock this time. It was clear that it intended to unveil the secret of the first Heaven Boundary Monument.

Chu Mu followed Elder Li to the location of that foreign rock. The foreign rock remained standing tall in the dense forest, with a large crater around it.

After walking to the foot of this foreign rock, Elder Li used its short hand to stroke this enormous rock. It did not speak for a long time, as if in deep thought.

“It’s actually one of my old friends,” Elder Li opened its mouth.

“It?” Chu Mu did not understand who Elder Li referred to.

“The Beast Soul you saw at Heaven Boundary Monument,” said Elder Li.

Chu Mu immediately understood and focused on Elder Li’s anecdote.

“Every era has the era’s strongest. I don’t know if it’s a promised culture, or a cycle itself, our world counts one thousand years as one era, ten thousand years as a wheel,” said Elder Li.

“Does this thousand year and ten thousand year contain some implication?” asked Chu Mu.

“It naturally does,” Elder Li sat before the foreign rock and explained, “You should know that there are ten Heaven Boundary Monuments. Two of them are in New Moon Land, the others are scattered in various places of this world. Actually, these ten Heaven Boundary Monuments represented ten one-thousand-year era.”

When Elder Li reached this point, Chu Mu was a little confused and interrupted to ask, “But the stories I saw in those Heaven Boundary Monuments are over ten thousand years ago. Aren’t Seven Sins Fox and Messiah Tree at least ten thousand years ago?”

“Yes, what you saw are the two ten-thousand-year-wheel rank creatures. One-thousand-year era creatures aren’t qualified to be carved on Heaven Boundary Monuments yet,” said Elder Li.

“Then this so-called qualification?” Chu Mu was really confused. Did Heaven Boundary Monument also possess thinking process? Could they determine which creatures were the strongest in the ten-thousand-year wheel and which creatures were the strongest in the one-thousand-year era? Could it be that every strongest creature was a Monument Tear Individual?

“Qualification judgments are based on two methods. The first is chosen through the Monument Tear Individual’s experience. The second is......” When Elder Li spoke to this point, it suddenly paused for a moment and took a glance towards the ocean region, then continued, “You have been to that Heaven Boundary Monument on White Island, right? What did you see?”

“White Ocean God and an unknown Heaven Palace,” answered Chu Mu.

“Then, the second is Heaven Palace’s choice,” said Elder Li.

Heaven Palace’s choice??

Chu Mu did not quite understand Elder Li’s words. Were the era’s strongest and wheel’s strongest chosen by people from Heaven Palace?

“Don’t pry too much into Heaven Palace for now. You just need to know they exist,” said Elder Li.

It had a similar opinion on this matter as Old Li. They would not say too much about this level before Chu Mu reached that level.

“My Evil Good Queen came from Heaven Palace,” Elder Li did not tell Chu Mu, but Chu Mu wanted to know.

“She’s from Heaven Palace?” asked Elder Li.

“Should be,” Chu Mu nodded.

Elder Li shook its head and did not continue on this topic any further. It returned to the topic about Heaven Boundary Monument.

“The Beast Soul you saw was the fourth era’s strongest in our current ten-thousand-year-wheel.”

“While that Ancient Flood Dragon Person you saw was the fifth era’s strongest.”

Beast Soul, Ancient Flood Dragon Person, one-thousand-year-era’s strongest!

Chu Mu had only lived for over twenty years, just how long would one thousand years be?

In that one thousand year period, just how many powerful creatures could become the strongest during their lifespan? How powerful could they become?

“What about the other era’s strongest?” asked Chu Mu immediately.

“Limbo Flower Ancestor is the first era’s strongest.”

“Inferno Ghost Lord, second era’s strongest.”

“Hades Fox God, third era’s strongest.”

“Underworld Demon Lord, sixth era’s strongest.”

“Yellow Spring Emperor, seventh era’s strongest.”

Elder Li listed out the five Undying rank experts which ruled the five races.

Chu Mu certainly expected those Five Undying Legends to be the strongest creatures in this wheel.

However, Chu Mu was surprised that the Beast Soul he saw in the first Heaven Boundary Monument was actually another Undying rank creature. Even the fearsome Ancient Flood Dragon Person also belonged to Undying rank!

Chu Mu had always known that Ancient Flood Dragon Person was very strong. He could tell from its subordinates that filled the hall. Furthermore, the number one general, Calamity Ocean Demon, already made a mess out of East Ocean. However, when Elder Li put Ancient Flood Dragon Person amongst the Five Undying Legend level, it made Chu Mu feel helpless.

How should he oppose an Undying rank creature?

“It and Ancient Flood Dragon Person had been archenemies, because they were both born in New Moon Land. It made Ancient Flood Dragon Person slumber for nearly five thousand years, but it also died due to a fatal wound and only left behind a trace of soul,” said Elder Li calmly.

“If you can see some scenes of the sealed past, that means it has already died,” supplemented Elder Li.

Chu Mu immediately recalled the scenes he saw in Heaven Boundary Monument after hearing that.

He saw that ancient Beast Soul himself, it was buried deep into his memory.

However, in the second Heaven Boundary Monument, Chu Mu did not really witness any sealed past. There were only descriptions of Ancient Flood Dragon Person, that was because Ancient Flood Dragon Person had not died yet.

In Lin City’s Heaven Boundary Monument, Chu Mu saw Ning Maner’s Monument Tear. However, Messiah Tree was wheel-rank creature, he was able to see those scenes due to Ning Maner’s tear. This means Lin City’s Heaven Boundary Monument also hid a story about an era’s strongest, but he did not see it.

Chu Mu told Elder Li about the situation of Lin City’s Heaven Boundary Monument.

“How many Monument Tears do you possess now?” asked Elder Li.

“Not many, they are all mine. There’s also a Seven Sins Fox Monument Tear, but I can’t seem to view the memories inside,” said Chu Mu.

“Era’s strongest are chosen from Monument Tear Individuals. You are one of the fourth era’s strongest candidates. However, you cannot view a thousand-year Monument Tear, this means there’s a candidate even more qualified to inherit the fourth era’s strongest than you,” said Elder Li.

“What does this mean?” Chu Mu still could not understand.

“The fourth era’s strongest was Ancient Beast Soul, but it had died. Era’s strongest cannot be left blank, so a portion of people would be chosen to become the candidates and inheritors of the era’s strongest for this Heaven Boundary Monument. You were not the only one who saw the scenes of Ancient Beast Soul. Some others also saw it, they are similarly candidates for this era’s strongest like you. However, the strongest one is the inheritor. Only this inheritor can activate the memory of other Monument Tear Individuals and obtain the power in their Monument Tear,” said Elder Li.

Chu Mu was enlightened after hearing this explanation.

No wonder Monument Tear Individuals would rob and kill one another. Those Monument Tear Individuals and Fake Monument Tear Individuals were probably competing over the position of this era’s inheritor position. As long as they killed the other competitors, not only could they obtain the power inside the Monument Tears from all other Monument Tear Individuals, they could be acknowledged by Heaven Boundary Monument to be the era’s strongest.

Era’s strongest would be Undying rank, this was the true path towards Undying rank!

“Looks like the fourth era’s inheritor has yet to find you?” asked Elder Li.

“Some Monument Tear Individuals and Fake Monument Tear Individuals did come to look for trouble, but I don’t know which of them is the real era’s inheritor. I think the real era’s inheritor should be very strong, those people feel average,” said Chu Mu.

“Era’s inheritor may not be the strongest one. You can treat it as a title. This title can be transferred, as long as you are capable of killing this era’s inheritor. Of course, the person who can keep this title must be the strongest. And he will eventually fill in the position as the fourth era’s strongest,” said Elder Li.

“What my old friend left is its Monument Tear. Unfortunately, you can only possess it and cannot obtain the power within it. Unless you can kill the fourth era’s inheritor,” continued Elder Li.

Chu Mu frowned after hearing that.

Without Ancient Beast Soul’s assistance, how should he defeat Ancient Flood Dragon Person?

If he only had Monument Tears but could not obtain any power, what use was there to own them?

Elder Li could tell Chu Mu’s disappointment and doubt, it spoke, “This is also a test. By holding this most crucial Monument Tear, that inheritor will naturally come to you. Perhaps you are the most suitable person?”

Ning Maner listened attentively at the side. She suddenly thought of a question and asked, “Grandpa Li, the dead era’s strongest needs to be filled in. That means big brother and the other Monument Tear Individuals are only fighting for the position of the fourth era’s strongest. Then, has the era’s strongest of our current era been born? Which era do we belong to?”

Elder Li smiled, “The era’s strongest of this era has not been born, but should be soon. Isn’t Solar Eclipse approaching?”

Elder’s Li’s words caused Chu Mu’s heart to suddenly thump.

Because he captured an astonishing information from Elder Li’s words!

A Moon Tide and Solar Eclipse cycle should be around fifty years. Meanwhile, the hundredth Solar Eclipse since Ancient Flood Dragon Person’s slumber would be approaching......

The hundredth Solar Eclipse meant a total of five thousand years.

Ancient Flood Dragon Person happened to be the fifth era’s strongest in the current wheel......

Which meant the next Solar Eclipse would be a wheel!

The current era was the last era in the wheel, there would only be a few years left, as the hundredth Solar Eclipse would be approaching!

Elder Li mentioned about wheel-rank strongest. It was clear that the wheel-rank strongest would be chosen amongst the era’s strongest!

In that case, the wheel rank strongest, which could be called a god, would be born soon!

Hades, Yellow Spring, Inferno, Underworld, Limbo, Flood Dragon Person.

There were another four which Chu Mu did not know......

Who would become the god of this wheel?