Divine Beast Creator-Chapter 2120 - 2121: Gun Eagle

"What are you trying to achieve by studying this?"

Agunas looked at Feng Yuan with a face full of confusion; it didn’t quite understand what the other party meant. Feng Yuan was not like those archaeology enthusiasts and had never shown much explicit enthusiasm for ancient civilizations.

"Nothing much, just wanted to study if the emergence of Domain Crystals marks a change from this point in time or if it affects the entire space-time continuum."

"Could it even be possible for ancient-form Spirit Beasts to appear?"

With a shrug, Feng Yuan said with a faint smile. Agunas was stunned, and Veronia looked at Feng Yuan suspiciously and said,

"Why did this thought occur to you all of a sudden?"

"It’s simple. Some Spirit Beasts have a significant difference between their ancient and modern forms, look at this."

With a smile, Feng Yuan spoke while pointing to a nearby statue of a majestic eagle. The eagle in the statue had its wings folded and was crying out to the sky. Though its shape had been exaggerated artistically, everyone present felt a sharp air pricking their skin.

"Is this a statue of the Gun Eagle?"

Touching his chin, Dou Yanlan didn’t quite understand Feng Yuan’s intention. With a sly smile, Feng Yuan replied,

"That’s right. Take a look at these statues near the Gun Eagle. These are things not found in our modern data atlases~"

With curiosity following Feng Yuan’s finger, a series of proud and formidable eagle statues conveying a strong sense of "Do Not Enter" revealed themselves to the two of them.

"Gun Eagle? I remember its ancient form and modern form were different in attributes."

Recalling something, Veronia said, though she didn’t manage ancient texts like Agunas, as a Divine Beast, she was still familiar with the general information on some Spirit Beasts.

Wagging its tail, Agunas said,

"The ancient Gun Eagle was a warrior unfazed by life and death. The modern Gun Eagle... they’ve even abandoned their name..."

"Otherwise? For an Ordinary Spirit Beast, isn’t survival the most important thing?"

Rolling his eyes, Feng Yuan said grumpily. If it hadn’t been for Lorraine Tower tracing back the Gun Eagle lineage and discovering that they changed their racial form after a disaster, the modern Gun Eagles might have already been declared extinct.

But with the change in racial form, the indomitable spirit of the Gun Eagle clan had vanished, just as Agunas mentioned, the only thing left of the Gun Eagle clan today is the name ’Gun Eagle’ during the Good Level stage, similar to before.

Starting from the Elite Level, they are no longer called Gun Eagles.

In terms of form, the ancient Gun Eagles themselves were of Elite Level form. During the Good Level stage, they were named ’Gun Sparrow.’

"So what’s the issue with the different era forms of Gun Eagles?"

Perplexed, Veronia looked at Feng Yuan. Although the modern and ancient Gun Eagle clan differed significantly in attributes, the ancient form was telekinesis and wind, while the modern form is wind and death.

However, such changes in racial attributes aren’t unique to the Gun Eagle clan; huge discrepancies between ancient and modern forms exist in many Spirit Beasts.

Due to various reasons, many Spirit Beasts had to change over long periods to adapt to new environments, causing significant differences between their ancient and modern forms.

However, this change in form did not make Veronia believe it could be connected to the Crystal Domain in any way.

"Well, it’s really just a speculation. Like the Gun Eagle clan, with ancient forms being wind plus telekinesis and modern forms being wind plus death, will there be any difference in their Domain Crystal usage? Moreover, could it be possible that Spirit Beasts like the Gun Eagles could master Domain Awakening in their ancient form, whereas they lose this ability in their modern form due to their attributes?"

"It... shouldn’t be, right?"

Startled, Veronia thought seriously but was unsure. It was hard to say, as Feng Yuan couldn’t determine it either. If Domain Crystals affect the entire space-time continuum, there’s no reason ancient forms completely escape the possibility of mastering Domain Awakening.

Yet, the reason it’s called the ancient form is that Spirit Beasts in that form no longer exist in the modern era.

Right away, Veronia thought of the possibility of time-transcending poachers, especially concerning the Gun Eagles example Feng Yuan provided.

If not for environmental changes coupled with internal Spirit Beast wars, perhaps the difference between ancient and modern forms wouldn’t have arisen.

Though the data on the ancient form of the Gun Eagles isn’t abundant, those records invariably mention one thing—the Gun Eagle clan could stir storms to become a powerful weapon.

And that storm, as described, bore some resemblance to a field effect.

If the Crystal Domain did exist in ancient times, it’s very likely the Gun Eagles would’ve mastered Domain Awakening, and they wouldn’t have been utterly without hope in that great war.

This means, technically, the entire history of the Gun Eagle clan could’ve changed due to this, but...

Veronia, thinking of this, looked towards Agunas and asked,

"Has the history of the Gun Eagle clan changed?"

"Nobody’s done anything to them; how could there be any changes?"

With a flick of its tail, Agunas replied irritably, yet to grasp the problem at hand, Veronia huffed softly, turned her back to Agunas, and said,

"You’re supposed to be a Divine Beast of time, yet can’t see these issues? But if that’s the case, your worries likely won’t manifest."

"What are you talking about? What issues?"

Agunas looked disgruntled at Veronia. What game was the other playing now?!

Feng Yuan thought for a moment, shaking his head as he said,

"Not necessarily. The emergence of new things doesn’t invariably cause Temporal-Spatial Disturbance. Don’t underestimate the self-correcting power of time-space. If we weren’t in the modern era, where history isn’t already fixed, we’d likely have to expend more effort resisting the temporal correction force."

"The Gun Eagle clan, simply can’t withstand the effects of that correction force."

"Correction force?"

Frozen in place, Agunas finally realized what Veronia was referring to: the form change of the Gun Eagle clan relates to the environment, but isn’t the primary factor. The real issue was the defeat in that battle, which led the Gun Eagles towards Death Series attributes.

But at that initial battle, the Gun Eagles didn’t face an absolute disadvantage. That is to say, with the intervention of the Crystal Domain, the outcome of that battle might have been overturned.

If such a thing happened, the Gun Eagle clan’s future naturally would have changed. Yet, as it stands, the Gun Eagle clan hasn’t undergone any changes, and if not for Veronia mentioning it, Agunas might not even have considered such a possibility.

There’s no alternative. For Agunas, the primary concern is whether the Time River has undergone any unusual changes. As for analyzing if something’s emergence might disrupt history?

Neither Agunas nor Lorraine Tower would proactively consider this, as it’s too exhausting. The countless events spawned within the long stretches of the Time River can’t be cataloged in detail.

Those events, under various influences, would trigger different chain reactions.

Mindlessly indulging in this kind of analysis would exhaust even Agunas.

However, with a clear objective, it’s easier to deduce what influence the extra Crystal Domain might have.

"You’re trying to procure an ancient form Spirit Beast?"

With a flick of its tail, Agunas skeptically eyed Feng Yuan. It didn’t believe Feng Yuan only intended to study the differences, something even Feng Yuan likely didn’t believe fully.

So, was his aim to locate an ancient form Spirit Beast?

"Not really. At first, I just wanted to see the ancient forms of Spirit Beasts, and then thought about the matter of the Crystal Domain. As for bringing back ancient form Spirit Beasts, that holds no real significance for me."

Shrugging, Feng Yuan answered indifferently. He was just a bit curious. The initial purpose of coming to Thousand Depths Cavern was merely because he had already explored around Maomu City, and nearby, Lin Du City seemed a bit more interesting.

Moreover, visiting here allowed him to admire the lifelike ancient Spirit Beast statues, exaggerated artistically but still the closest to capturing the ancient Spirit Beast’s aura.

As for the impact of Domain Crystals on time-space?

He stumbled upon this thought by chance, uncertain of the extent of interference on ancient times, as there has yet to be any Temporal-Spatial Disturbance caused by Domain Crystals so far.