Chapter 4506: Abnormal Talent
In the chaotic void, the Undying Flame had long since died down.
The previously slain Sharp Gold Beasts were now resurrected, kneeling in orderly rows before Lin Moyu.
Only after dealing with his domain did Lin Moyu remember them.
From their account, Lin Moyu learned the full story of their people.
Sharp Gold Beasts are a hodgepodge race their ancestor, the very first Sharp Gold Beast, was a female beast.
She possessed a unique gift: she could give birth to offspring with any living being, regardless of gender, species, or form.
At first glance, this ability seemed unremarkable, but her method was different she didn't need to mate or even make contact.
All she needed was for her golden horn to shine on a target.
This shining was completely harmless, not even an attack, so few ever guarded against it.
In a historic war, she did this in secret and later gave birth to a hundred children all looking different, and with widely varying strength.
The strength of the children depended entirely on the power of the ones she illuminated: stronger parents led to stronger offspring, weaker led to weaker.
All offspring shared two traits: they were always beast bodied (even if the other parent was human), and every single one had a golden horn however, their horns only worked as attack tools, not as reproductive devices.
So the ancestor secretly went around "illuminating" others, producing countless offspring and continuously multiplying the race's numbers and power.
The ability to reproduce existed ONLY in the original ancestor none of her descendants could breed further.
This meant all Sharp Gold Beasts are siblings by their mother, no matter their looks they are all "same mother, different father."
Lin Moyu found this kind of race rather fascinating; it was his first encounter with something so odd.
Chaos Child suddenly remarked, "I feel like I've seen this ability somewhere before."
Lin Moyu chuckled, "Thinking of anything?"
Many races today carry inherited bloodlines from ancient, powerful beings; if the Sharp Gold ancestor's talent came from some primordial creature, it wouldn't be surprising.
Chaos Child mused, "I've heard of it, but it's hazy not a famous one."
Little Tree then spoke up, "It was probably Tianmu Gold."
"Yes, yes," Chaos Child replied, "That's it Tianmu Gold a nobody, but the ability was twisted."
Little Tree explained: "Tianmu Gold gained intelligence and the ability to reproduce via golden rays. Anyone struck by her golden light was instantly marked, and she could bear their offspring."
"She left many children among great experts, but her children were always weak and strange looking," Little Tree said.
"And she herself lacked any fighting strength her talent was just revolting, and people eventually wiped her out," Chaos Child added.
"Imagine how it feels to suddenly learn you have a new child."
Descendants of Tianmu Gold formed a bloodline connection to the "parent" strong beings, who could sense their new children.
Suddenly gaining offspring, especially ones looking bizarre but sharing your blood, disgusted many, so Tianmu Gold was exterminated.
Little Tree concluded, "But she wasn't wiped out completely some fragment survived, was swallowed by a strange beast, and eventually evolved into the Sharp Gold Beast race."
Lin Moyu laughed, "So all told, Sharp Gold Beasts aren't really a big threat."
"They're not," Little Tree said, "their clan can never produce top experts, probably not even Perfection stage, unless their ancestor ever illuminated a Supreme or quasi Supreme."
Lin Moyu replied, "Very odd, but interesting. If they keep out of my way, I won't bother with them."
With that, he waved and accepted the resurrected beasts; since they were brought back, there was no harm in keeping them around in case they ever proved useful.
In the chaos void, Lin Moyu rode on Xiao Peng's back, a golden ray slashing through the emptiness at a speed superior to even space manipulating species, without tearing open spatial fractures.
Xiao Peng enveloped himself and Lin Moyu in golden light. Lin Moyu asked, "Do you want to go there?"
The matter of the storage space wasn't widely known only Lin Moyu, Xiao Peng, Chaos Child, and Little Tree were aware.
Lin Moyu had considered letting Xiao Peng go, but decided Xiao Peng's presence was still valuable in primordial chaos.
Still, he sought Xiao Peng's opinion out of special affection.
Xiao Peng shook his head, "I don't want to go for now. I'm useful here. I can help Father."
"Alright," Lin Moyu agreed, "Whenever you want, you can go."
Heading toward Wangdong, Lin Moyu planned to travel via the teleport array to Wangbei, then to Linbei City, and from there use a cross domain array to the North Pole.
Currently, Linbei City is sealed off, so only two teleports remain leading to Wangbei: one from Wangdong, one from the Central Domain God Alliance headquarters.
Mu Tianze had said the Wangdong array would soon close too.
After that, only travel from God Alliance HQ would be possible.
The North Pole could move at any time; Central Domain God Alliance had entrusted its defense to the Upper Domain Alliance, so both Wangbei and Linbei were now managed by the Upper Domain Alliance.
Such shifts had happened many times before, so the God Alliance trusted their management.
Once war ends, the Upper Domain personnel would withdraw quickly, preferring their home environment to the Central Domain.
Arriving in Wangdong again, only a month since his last visit, the mood was utterly different.
Numerous powerful cultivators filled Wangdong God Alliance subordinates prepping to head toward the border.
Clearly, the God Alliance had news the Eastern Pole was not looking optimistic.
Lin Moyu considered that Central Domain's God Alliance was strong enough to handle two poles at once.
The North Pole was delegated to the Upper Domain; if the West Pole also engaged, the Lower Domain would be called upon.
But the Lower Domain cannot be ordered whether they'd act was unclear.
"A great war is brewing!" Lin Moyu murmured.
It had been years since a full scale four pole, three domain war broke out.
Originally it seemed a fight only between the West Pole and Central Domain, but now events spiraled into broader conflict.
Lin Moyu sensed this escalation had deeper reasons likely tied to that thing from ancient chaos, maybe even concerning a Supreme, or the "Dao" itself.
Either way, it was not as simple as it looked.
Arriving at the Wangdong array, Lin Moyu found himself blocked. "Sorry, senior, the teleport arrays have all been claimed these days."