The Life Energy contained within the small sphere was also the key to August advancing to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in just three short years.
"I absorbed one-third of the Life Energy inside. As for Leviathan, who knows where that guy has drifted off to by now."
Nan Fusheng nodded. He did not care that August had absorbed one-third of the energy. After all, they were both his Doppelgangers, and August truly did need to be strengthened.
The Life Energy purified by the Time Worm was exceptionally pure and easy to absorb. Moreover, August's species, the Tyrant Octopus, was naturally adept at absorbing energy.
There were only a few ways for Soul Beasts to advance: first, cultivation through their own efforts.
Second, hunting Soul Beasts and cultivating by devouring their flesh and blood. Ten thousand years ago, Ferocious Beasts such as Di Tian had used similar methods, absorbing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Soul Power for cultivation.
Third, consuming Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to increase their cultivation.
The vast majority of Soul Beasts cultivated through the second method. However, this method required time, since aside from those powerful species, most Soul Beasts did not absorb energy very quickly.
Ps: (In Peerless Tang Sect, Huo Yuhao once adopted two young Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears and raised them into Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in merely a few years.)
August had relied on hunting, devouring, and absorbing this Life Energy purified by the Time Worm to rapidly advance into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
However, the opportunity that caused him to evolve into this humanoid form came when he encountered several Mermaids while advancing from a Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
That was right, Mermaids!
Logically speaking, Soul Beasts like Mermaids should have inhabited the inland sea near the Far North.
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