Chapter 187

Yuchi Lan stood in the courtyard, clutching a wooden stick he had scavenged from somewhere. He poked it forcefully at the Chiru trapped in the Sky Net. "Linghu Xinghe, the person the little heir apparent brought back says this is the big beast that turned the Sishui River upside down. It’s responsible for capsizing the boats and flooding the fertile fields!" The stone bridge had collapsed, and the Sishui River, which had churned throughout the night, had finally returned to calm. Monk Wugou was still on the bank chanting prayers for the lost souls as the first light of dawn began to bleed across the horizon. The Chiru flipped its massive, fish-like body. Having lived for millions of years—from a divine beast in the immortal realms to a Soul-Suppressing Beast in the Underworld—it had never endured such humiliation as it had the night before. However, it had no energy to think about revenge; the daylight was coming. It had escaped from the Underworld and feared solar energy above all else. Now, stained with the sin of slaughter and reeking of ghostly aura, while nothing could kill it a second time, it had no desire to experience the searing agony of the midday sun.