After traversing through the mountains and forests stretching thousands of miles, standing atop a high cliff, Ye Qiu gazed into the distance and saw an endless plain, no longer covered in dense forests, nor obstructed by towering mountains and distant waters.

Taishan stood quietly to the side, imitating Ye Qiu, and looked into the distance.

Actually, Taishan had never been here before either; it always lived by the spirit tree and had never traveled far.

The fruits on the spirit tree weren’t particularly important to Taishan. They didn’t benefit its strength; even consuming the spirit fruit wouldn’t lead to any progress, having already reached the Ruins Realm.

If it weren’t so, it wouldn’t have followed Ye Qiu away; it would have stayed by the spirit tree to continue increasing its strength.

Everything has its limits, especially things that can increase strength. Once one reaches a certain level, even heavenly treasures become useless. The higher the realm, the more one must rely on oneself.

"So there is such a view outside the forest," Taishan remarked.

During this journey, Ye Qiu learned about Taishan’s life. It had never traveled very far, mostly staying in its territory. Now having left its home for many years, encountering different scenery inevitably led to contemplation.

In fact, ancient beasts reaching Taishan’s level rarely stay in the wilderness anymore; they transform into humanoid form and head to the sacred land of ancient beasts, the center of the southern wilderness.

Thus, since halfway through the Ten Thousand Miles Forest, Ye Qiu hadn’t encountered any ancient beasts of Ruins Realm level, as they had already left.

Humans are social creatures. Though ancient beasts aren’t humans, most act alone, yet when they transform into humanoids, they mimic humans, building cities.

Of course, they retain some old habits, like favoring their own territories.

Many powerful ancient beasts have their own domains with numerous ancient beast subordinates, akin to a lord.

Ye Qiu and Taishan descended the cliff and walked onto the plain, where wild grass grew abundantly in an uninhabited area.

The surroundings were very quiet.

But this quietness was soon disrupted.

The ground shook, and dust rose in the distance.

Ye Qiu squinted, Taishan transformed into its true form, standing ahead. Soon, the sound of horse hooves came, along with the rising dust.

"Who are you? How dare you roam freely in the territory of the Wolf King Lord?" came a rebuke from the mouth of these strangely looking half-human half-beaste creatures.

Calling them half-human half-beaste isn’t wrong; their lower bodies are beast-like with four legs, while their upper bodies are human-like. Below their waists, they are entirely human-shaped.

This should be an expression of incomplete evolution, ancient beasts unable to fully transform into human.

Should be called half-beast men, indeed Ye Qiu mentally decided to refer to them as half-beast men.

After this rebuke, Ye Qiu heard one of the half-beast men beside the speaker remind, saying Ye Qiu is humanoid, his strength must be terrifying.

Brief whispering, and Ye Qiu suddenly realized the sentiment; the other mistook him for an ancient beast, a powerful one transformed into humanoid.

Without Ye Qiu speaking, Taishan didn’t act impulsively. Moreover, the others merely questioned, not attacked. Taishan stayed quiet, awaiting Ye Qiu’s directive.

Sure enough, after the reminder from another half-beast man, the rebuking one immediately changed its attitude, donned a smile, and said, "My apologies for our rashness, I hope Sir won’t mind. I’m sure if the Lord Wolf King knew you were here, he’d warmly welcome you."

The attitude and tone of the half-beast men stunned Ye Qiu, as if he was back in the Eastern Desolate Lands; these ancient beasts’ speech and behavior barely differed from normal humans, especially their facial changes, completely resembling societal veterans.

Interesting, interesting!

Ye Qiu grew increasingly intrigued by the southern wilderness.

"Is this the territory of the Wolf King Lord?" Ye Qiu feigned pondering, showing a mysterious look.

The row of half-beast men didn’t treat Ye Qiu as a human, wholly regarding him as a successful transformed ancient beast. They certainly couldn’t compete with someone able to transform into humanoid, so dared not neglect.

"Yes, Sir. The Wolf King Lord is currently gathering powerful individuals. If Sir wishes to proceed, the Lord Wolf King would be very grateful," said the half-beast man.

Ye Qiu pondered for a while; regarding the southern wilderness, he was mostly in the dark. Initially thinking that Taishan could help somewhat, it turned out Taishan hadn’t entered the southern wilderness center either.

Never mind, going to have a look couldn’t hurt. If truly dangerous, he could hide in the Taihuang Bell and quickly leave.

"Fine, lead the way ahead," Ye Qiu agreed. He now needs someone familiar with this southern wilderness to understand it, obviously the Wolf King Lord seemed quite suitable to inform him of all this.

Thus, Ye Qiu and Taishan followed the team of half-beast men, leaving the area and heading to the Wolf King Lord’s base camp.

Crossing the vast land, Ye Qiu discovered this territory of the Wolf King Lord is quite large. With their speed, it took more than an hour to reach.

Upon seeing the Wolf King Lord’s base camp, Ye Qiu felt he’d arrived at a royal city, the buildings strongly human-inspired.

Though not constructed with wood, using giant stones to build houses also carried a distinctly human style.

The Wolf King Lord’s base camp was surrounded by a city wall of piled giant stones, wide and tall, if humans arrived, they’d likely need ladders to climb over.

Ye Qiu also noticed many half-beast men here, with numerous teams patrolling around, guarding the base camp strictly.

Ye Qiu and Taishan’s arrival drew many glances, especially as the numerous half-beast men saw Ye Qiu, visibly shocked that complete human transformation seemed challenging for them, requiring talent and strength.

The half-beast man who brought them reported Ye Qiu’s arrival to the Wolf King Lord.

Ye Qiu stayed put, didn’t wander, examining his surroundings, the ancient beasts living socially like humans, with cities and armies, felt utterly fresh.

The southern wilderness indeed is an interesting place.

If he could inquire about the beast god’s news from the Wolf King Lord, that would be ideal, then he could directly seek the beast god.

Suddenly, Ye Qiu withdrew his mind; he sensed a powerful force approaching his direction.

In came a towering figure, three meters tall, slowly approaching, Ye Qiu felt slightly dazzled.

Because this figure wore armor, a silver armor suite, dazzling in the sun, glimmering bright silver light; from afar, it seemed a white War God approached.

That majestic aura could make one’s heart tremble from afar.

"The Wolf King Lord?" murmured Ye Qiu.