The instant Yunxi vanished, all the Great Shamans across the Beast World sensed something. They simultaneously looked toward the direction where the Beast God Messenger had disappeared, solemnly performed the Great Shaman's rite, and saw the messenger off. This also signified that the crisis of their Sacred Lake disappearing had been completely resolved.
The beastfolk felt reluctant to see the Beast God Messenger leave, but before long, the good news that the Sacred Lake had returned to normal had them cheering loudly and spreading the word, infusing the tribe with vigorous new life.
Chatu, who had returned to the Golden Python Tribe, brought back his healthy daughter, Chaya. The cub whom the Great Shaman had previously declared would not survive the Cold Season had not only grown strong, but had also gained the ability to transform.
Only under the Great Shaman's repeated questioning did Chatu reveal the reason. Once everyone learned that Chaya had been fortunate enough to receive the messenger's blessing and had thus survived, they all said she was a lucky cub.
Chaya did not let Yunxi's intervention go to waste either. After reaching adulthood, she became the strongest female in the Golden Python Tribe, second only to the male beastfolk Hong. Hong had also become Chaya's role model, though Chaya never formed a bond with any beastfolk for her entire life.
Chaya was very clever. Once she learned from her father the true reason she had survived, she had already decided never to form a bond for the rest of her life.
Although the Beast God Messenger had removed the bloodline of her maternal clan from her body, she knew very well that the Beast God did not wish for that branch of her maternal clan to continue. Since this was the Beast God's will, she naturally