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There's an old saying, "If you always walk by the river, you are bound to get your shoes wet."
And another goes, "Pride invites disaster."
Right now, Yu Xian really wanted to slap himself.
Why did he have to jinx himself?
It was the third century of the flourishing development of the Human Realm, facilitated by the demon's mouth trade.
Outside the Human Realm.
A colossal creature loomed ominously, hovering right outside the barriers of the Human Realm, seemingly ready to break through the defenses and enter at any moment.
It was an enormous serpent with nine heads, its body stretching tens of thousands of miles—comparable to a small planet—with the body of a bull, the tail of a dragon, and the heads of snakes. Its appearance was a fusion of amalgamation and abstraction.
But indeed, it possessed a True Spirit Body.
For it was none other than Jiuying, a True Spirit who controlled both water and fire and was a legendary beast of ill-omen.
"Ying!"