The West Continent

The Mutated Killing Essence in her body felt somehow different. She could feel the new affinity with lava but that wasn't it. It was as if the entire nature of its essence had changed. It was no longer geared towards the sole intent of 'Killing'.

It was now… other.

The 9 Flame Queen released the essence out of her body just to test it out, she wanted to know what changed.

SSSSSSHH!

Unexpectedly, unlike the usual dark red light, dark red flames erupted out of her body. It must be known that even if someone had Mutated Killing Essence, it's appearance would not be any different from regular Killing Essence, only it's effect would change.

Divine Demon Physiques were the only thing that could change its appearance but even then, all that changed was its colour.

But the 9 Flame Queens so-called Killing Essene was absolutely abnormal. And as if it were sentient, it emitted a blood curdling killing intent that seemed to want all life to burn. Even more peculiar was the bestial majesty that was being radiated. That was because this was the kind of aura only seen on Beast Kings.

What kind of creature did the 9 Flame Queen become?

She didn't know, but she didn't care. She was very powerful right now and she quite liked that.

However…

She could now notice the gazes of fear trained on her body. Joining into this habitat was now impossible. They would never accept her. She COULD rule them with fear but now, her potential was limitless and she had higher ambitions. This little island wasn't enough to satisfy her. But their lives weren't something she was ready to waste.

Despite her new form, she was still a monster.

Or at least half…

…

The 9 Flame Queen spent the next 3 months flying above the seas once again. In this time she had passed many islands but none of them entered her eyes. She didn't consider any of them worthy and she continued to fly.

In her new body, the rate at which she flew was a good 20x faster than before so it wasn't a wonder why she had passed so many islands in this time.

But what was beginning to get on the 9 Flame Queens nerves was the growing disappointment. She had been expecting to find a landmass on the same level of her homeland but up till now, there was nothing in comparison.

But she refused to settle for anything less.

So another week of constant flying passed.

Even though her new body retained its ability of not needing food, she still needed energy. Monsters regularly slept to recover their energy, even the higher level ones still slept at least once a week.

But the last time the 9 Flame Queen had seen an island was 3 weeks ago meaning that was also the last time she had a good sleep. And it was beginning to take its toll on her.

Unlike the area around the South Continent, there were no rocky peaks poking above the sea for her to rest on.

Her energy was running dangerously low and if she didn't change that fact soon, it would be over for her. How humiliating would it be for a life form of her level to die from over exerting herself? Ludicrous!

Just as the 9 Flame Queen was beginning to panic, a grand stretch of land began to peak over the horizon.

At first, the Queen was sceptical, but soon she could see what was similar to the sea bed of the South Continent and she was ecstatic!

Using the rest of her energy, she headed straight for land.

…

A few months had passed when the 2 hegemons Chad and Honourable Brother had realized something was seriously wrong.

A lot had changed since the so-called 'Honourable' Brother's betrayal. Using the grace period which was Chad's weakened status, he had managed to voraciously consume all kinds or resources to power level himself.

Since he had already broken through all the bottlenecks to reach the Spirit Beast Realm, he didn't need to repeat the process so it was extremely smooth sailing.

In this time frame (3 weeks), not only did he forcefully subjugate more and more of Chad's forces in the North, but he had also forcefully impregnated all sorts of compatible bird Beasts to rear his children.

Not one of these females obtained a lick of energy from him so they all died without fail when the eggs were laid.

And like this, a clan of Ice Phoenixes began to brew.

When Chad had fully recovered, the whole North had been taken. At this point, the Honourable Brother had become a Stage 1 Spirit Beast and was able to barely fend off the furious Phoenix who was still a Stage 9 Magic Beast when he had come for his life.

But he wasn't able to prevent Chad from catching sight of all the Phoenix Eggs that were near the point of hatching already.

This infuriated Chad when he understood what had been going on during the time he was bedridden. But it wasn't the fact that he was taking innocent lives that angered him. It was the fact that the Honourable Brother dared to have children after eating his own.

Not even the fact that the Honourable Brother had somehow become a Phoenix like himself on top of wielding strangely ice cold flames had angered him that much. He would never let himself suffer such an injustice!

But Chad could not bring himself to destroy the Phoenix Eggs that looked so much like his own but with different colours and patterns. So he returned to his territory.

Unfortunately for the residents of his territory, they weren't prepared for their righteous leader to start using the same heinous tricks that the Honourable Brother had used to create children.

Chad had actually begun to forcefully impregnate a multitude of suitable Bird Beasts to rear Phoenix Eggs the same way the Honourable Brother did.