Chapter 0488: The Mysterious Tiandu Peak

Wayne recalled the scene and shook his head, saying, “No.”
Huang Long felt disappointed.
“However, Master, perhaps our family head knows something,” Wayne said thoughtfully as Huang Long was disappointed.
Huang Long snapped back to reality and looked at him.
“Our family head knows where Grandpa Ande went back then,” Wayne quickly explained.
Huang Long understood what Wayne meant. If they could find out from Banai where Ande had gone, they might be able to figure out how Ande obtained those gold and silver balls.
Huang Long sent Wayne away and fell into deep thought.
…
The next day, at the Dogra family’s headquarters.
“Reporting to the family head, we’ve identified the opponent’s identity!” On the main hall, Yehu said to Banai, though his voice weakened at the end, showing some hesitation.
“Oh, you’ve identified them? So quickly?!” Banai was surprised. He had thought it would take at least a few months to figure out the opponent’s identity.
“Yes, we have,” Yehu replied hesitantly.
Seeing Yehu’s expression, Banai frowned and said, “Speak.”
“That senior beast master must be Huang Long, the one who was famous in the Netherworld years ago!” Yehu finally revealed the results of his investigation to Banai.
“What?! Huang Long? Is that senior beast master the one rumored to have twelve divine avatars?!”, Banai’s expression changed. He couldn’t help standing up and staring at Yehu intently.
“Yes, clan leader,” Yehu nodded solemnly.
“Huang Long… So, is that person Braldo?” Banai was stunned. He muttered to himself, “I should have figured it out earlier. A senior beast master, an unparalleled warrior as a guard!”
By “that person,” Banai meant the unparalleled warrior who had killed his son, Tro.
Yehu remained silent, standing aside and waiting for Banai’s decision.
Though Banai hadn’t made a decision yet, upon learning that the opponent was Huang Long, he realized this was the only outcome possible, and there was no hope left for avenging his grandson Bowen.
Huang Long—even the six major families of the Netherworld feared him. Their Dogra family meant nothing in comparison.
“Are you sure it’s Huang Long? Rumor has it that all the beasts he controls are mutated primal beasts.” After a while, Banai, who had slumped down, regained his composure and voiced his doubts. Back then, the opponent hadn’t controlled any mutated primal beasts but rather Red Demon Prison Beasts.

“Master, I was also puzzled by this issue back then. Later, I found out that after Huang Long left the Netherworld, he went to Hell. For some reason, a few years ago, Huang Long seized the sacred relic, the Cycle Stone, from the Red Demon Beast clan. Enraged, the leader of the Red Demon Beast clan took his anger out on the powerful gods of Hell and ordered another invasion of the Colin Continent. Now, three provinces of the Colin Continent have already been conquered by the Red Demon Beast clan!” Ye Hu said.

“What?! The Red Demon Beast clan invading the Colin Continent again?!” Bannai exclaimed in shock and stood up again.

“That’s right. Later, Huang Long arrived at the Colin Continent and was surrounded by the Red Demon Beasts. Yet, the tens of millions of Red Demon Beasts surrounding him disappeared mysteriously. It seems they were tamed by Huang Long,” Ye Hu continued. “As for why Huang Long used these Red Demon Beasts instead of the Mutated Beasts, I think he didn’t want to reveal his identity at that time.”

Not revealing his identity—was that really the only reason?!

But it was just his guess.

“When did this happen?!” Bannai asked.

“A few years ago,” Ye Hu replied urgently.

The great hall fell silent once again. Unlike before, this silence was filled with a heavy sense of oppression.

Bannai couldn’t process what Ye Hu had reported. Whether it was the Red Demon Beast clan invading the Colin Continent or Huang Long taming tens of millions of them—even advanced beastmasters, let alone legendary ones, usually needed years to control a single monster through mental power. For higher-tier divine monsters, it would take even longer. Yet, Huang Long had tamed tens of millions of Red Demon Beasts in just a few years?! Moreover, the tens of millions of Red Demon Beasts he controlled didn’t even try to flee even when facing being killed by the descendants of the Dogra family, showing that he had complete control over them. It was truly astonishing.

“Master, what should we do now?” Ye Hu couldn’t help but ask after a while.

Bannai stood up and said slowly, “We should prepare a generous gift and go to the Luofu Villa.” He knew that Huang Long and the others were currently at the Luofu Villa in Tang Ancient City.

Prepare a generous gift to go to the Luofu Villa? Ye Hu was stunned for a moment before respectfully agreeing.

……

That day, while Huang Long was considering going to the Dogra family’s headquarters, Bog entered and reported, “Young master, Bannai from the Dogra family has arrived. He wants to see you.”

“Oh?” Huang Long was somewhat surprised.

“He brought a heavy gift. It seems he’s here to offer a tribute,” Bog added after thinking for a moment.

An apology? Immediately, Huang Long realized that the other party must know his identity and didn’t want to harbor resentment toward him, so they came to make their stance clear.
“Take him to the main hall,” Huang Long mused. If so, he wouldn’t have to go to the Dogra family’s headquarters after all.
“Yes, young master,” Bog replied respectfully before retreating.
After Bog left, Huang Long swiftly appeared in the main hall. At the same time, he sent a message to ask Bradd and his disciple Wayne to come as well.
A while later, Bog led Bannay into the hall.
“Haha, Brother Huang Long, it seems we only met after a fight.” Bannay entered the hall and spoke first with a smile. As he approached, he added, “Brother Huang Long came to my Bai Cao Peak, but I was in seclusion and failed to greet you or Brother Bradd properly. Now I’m here to apologize.”
“An apology” — so he came to apologize? Huang Long sneered inwardly but didn’t expose his thoughts. He exchanged a few polite words with him before they sat down according to their status.
Standing above in the hall, Wayne trembled in disbelief as he stared at Huang Long: “Master, it’s really… Huang Long?!” Although he had taken Huang Long as his master before, Huang Long hadn’t revealed his identity, and Wayne hadn’t dared to ask. Thus, over the past few days, he had no idea who this mysterious master really was. Now, hearing Bannay address him in that way, he was extremely shocked.
The name Huang Long was well-known even to a mere disciple of the Dogra family in the Light Divine Realm.
After sitting down, Bannay appeared calm and happy. He talked with Huang Long about Huang Long’s experiences in the Netherworld and Hell, expressing great admiration and praise.
Huang Long remained composed and chatted with him.
Almost every powerful figure who met Huang Long would mention his twelve divine avatars and the opening of the Land of Forgetfulness — just like Bi Er, the chief administrator of the Death Spirit Realm, and the leaders of the eight major Hell families. Now, Bannay was no exception.
Huang Long was already used to this.
Bradd beside him also appeared calm, but only Wayne, Huang Long’s newly recruited disciple, showed increasingly complex expressions.
The atmosphere in the hall was harmonious.
Bannay avoided mentioning the previous discord between Huang Long and the Dogra family, and Huang Long didn’t bring it up either.
“Master Bannay, there’s something I’d like to ask you about,” Huang Long said midway through the conversation.
Bannay paused briefly before smiling and saying, “Brother Huang Long, go ahead and ask. As long as I know it, I’ll definitely tell you.”
Huang Long replied, “Actually, it’s not something urgent. I just want to find out where your family’s elder, Ande, went before he died.”

“Elder Ande?” Upon hearing this, Bannai couldn’t help but glance at Wayne in the main hall, then pondered and said, “Originally, this matter was kept secret. Since Brother Huanglong has asked, I’ll tell him that Elder Ande has gone to Tiandu Peak in our Guangqing Domain!”
“Tiandu Peak?!” Huanglong and Brad’s voices rang out at the same time.
In the Realm of the Light Gods, there are no continents; instead, it is divided into nine major domains separated by divine peaks, each controlled by one of the nine Light Gods. The Baicao Divine Peak where Huanglong and the others were currently located belonged to the Guangqing Domain among these nine domains.
Tiandu Peak, however, was the most mysterious of all in the Guangqing Domain. It was called the most mysterious because divine-level warriors who entered it often disappeared without a trace, never to reappear.
There was a legend circulating in the Realm of the Light Gods, claiming that Tiandu Peak occasionally emitted a terrifying devouring force, and it was this force that consumed those vanished divine-level warriors.
Of course, this was just a legend, unproven.
Huanglong and Brad had also noticed Tiandu Peak before, but later dismissed it as unrelated to the Chaos Dragon Five Claws. After all, there were many mysterious and strange places in the realm of gods—there was no way every odd place could be connected to the Chaos Dragon Five Claws.
“That’s right, it’s Tiandu Peak. Elder Ande was severely injured when he rushed back back then due to being struck by a strange cold wind suddenly blowing from Tiandu Peak,” Bannai said with a nostalgic expression.
Struck by a sudden cold wind?! Huanglong and Brad were shocked. Although the elders of the Dogra family were not peerless warriors, each of them, like Kannei, had the strength of a Level 8 Heavenly God, that is, a Level 8 Dark King. Yet they died just from being hit by a strange cold wind from Tiandu Peak?
Huanglong’s mind stirred. A flash of light appeared in his hand as he took out the gold and silver ball and said to Bannai, “I wonder if the head of the Bannai family can deny the connection between this gold and silver ball?”
Bannai took it from Huanglong and examined it carefully before saying, “I remember Elder Ande also had one of these gold and silver balls back then.”
Huanglong asked, “Then does the head of the Bannai family know how Elder Ande obtained this gold and silver ball?” Although Ande died from a strange cold wind from Tiandu Peak, that didn’t necessarily mean the ball he had was related to it.
Bannai shook his head. “Elder Ande never mentioned it back then.”
A hint of disappointment flashed in Huanglong and Brad’s eyes.
In that case, it was impossible to determine whether the gold and silver ball was related to Tiandu Peak.
After chatting for a while longer, Bannai got up to take his leave.

“Young master, shall we go to Tiandu Peak then?” After Bannai left, Bradd asked Huang Long.
“Go!” Huang Long replied in a deep voice. Although he wasn’t sure if it was related to Tiandu Peak, as long as there was a possibility, Huang Long wanted to investigate it thoroughly.