There was not much spiritual energy left inside, but Top-grade Spirit Stones were different from ordinary treasures after all. After a brief hesitation, Lin Xuan still put them into his Storage Bag.
The formation stopped, and the spiritual light and mist all dispersed, revealing the Demon Infant's face after it had undergone a thousand hammerings and a hundred refinings.
Compared to before, it was clearly much stronger. Though its entire body was still pitch-black as ink, those blood-red runes had all vanished without a trace.
It opened its eyes, and a faint sharp gleam flashed within them. As for its realm, it had actually reached the peak of the early stage.
This was not something to look down on. It was already an unexpected joy, one that delighted Lin Xuan to the extreme.
One had to know that the Demon Infant was something obtained through a shortcut. Its own realm was a special existence between a Nascent Soul and the peak of the Core Condensation Realm.
Now, not only had he removed the hidden danger, it had also advanced to the peak of the Nascent Soul Early Stage. For Lin Xuan, this was naturally beyond anything he had expected.
The suffering had not been in vain. With the Demon Infant advancing, his own divine abilities and magic power would naturally become even more dense and profound. This was a matter of the water rising and the boat lifting with it.
However, although the advancement had succeeded, the Demon Infant's face was filled with exhaustion. With a whoosh, it sank from the crown of his head into his body and returned to his dantian qi sea to rest properly.
"Young Master."
White light flashed, and fragrant wind rushed toward him. Yue'er had already flown to stand before him. For these past