Today's fourth update: Chapter 2968! 4/4!
Operation Tortoise Route!
A double entendre!
It was both a route home and the Black Tortoise Race's path forward!
"Since you have called me Father-Lord," Xu Kun said, his smile fading as his expression turned solemn, "I shall help you embark upon this 'Tortoise Route.' At present, I can offer you two great forms of assistance!"
"First!" Xu Kun's gaze flashed like lightning as he stared directly at Erh. "Open your bloodline origin and do not resist in the slightest! I will use the prototype of the Black Tortoise Manifestation as a foundation to reconstruct your Law, Heaven, and Earth. If you wish to seize authority over the Black Tortoise Race, your foremost task is to possess absolute strength capable of intimidating all!"
Among the Black Tortoise Race's Crown Princes, Erh's individual strength had originally ranked among the best. He was even stronger than the legitimate-born Si.
But that small advantage was utterly insignificant before true prodigies like Tian, and far from enough to support his ascent to the top.
The first aid Xu Kun offered was to remake him entirely, turning him into a powerhouse whom no one would dare overlook despite his illegitimate birth—a brilliance sharp enough to pierce through every prejudice!
Opening one's bloodline origin was no different from placing one's life entirely in another's hands!
Yet Erh felt no psychological burden in doing so at this moment.
As he had said before, if Xu Kun wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as crushing an ant. There was no need for such methods.
In fact, if Xu Kun revealed his identity to the Black Tortoise Race and demanded that they hand Erh over, the race's upper echelons would probably package him up and send him over without