Empress Transformation

After two days of travel, the turtle ship reached the water chamber where the islands of the southern section of the Shadow Island Chain were located.

Inside the middle deck cabin, Bai Pu, Salacia, the three members of the Furnace Edge Squad, and Higg's seven-person team—a total of twelve awakened ones—sat in a circle.

The three at the core—Bai Pu, Salacia, and Leien—sat in the innermost ring.

The three of them surrounded an enormous dark gold cocoon.

The giant cocoon seemed alive, trembling rhythmically, like the faint rise and fall of breathing beneath a quilt.

Suddenly, the cocoon began to crack open strand by strand.

Amid the dark gold radiance, the fairly solid figure of a Demon Spider Woman appeared.

The Demon Spider Woman was no longer the half-human, half-spider monstrosity she had once been. Overall, she was much closer to human in form, with long, snow-white legs and a shapely, alluring body.

Only two traits distinguished her from a normal beautiful human woman. One was the four sharp spider legs extending from her back; the other was her rather pointed canine teeth.

"Ah!"

Salacia covered her face and hurriedly handed over a piece of coarse cloth—at that moment, the Demon Spider Woman was in her most primitive natural state, completely uncovered. Her snowy skin was exposed, making the male awakened ones present stiffen slightly.

But the moment the cloth touched the Demon Spider Woman's body, it fell straight through her as though passing through air, eventually landing on the floor.

"This is a consciousness body... an artifact spirit?"

Salacia was dumbfounded. "Can an artifact spirit be this solid?"

Bai Pu coughed and ordered the Demon Spider Woman artifact spirit to return to her main body.

Within the dark gold radiance, the Demon Spider Woman vanished, transforming back into a