Breakthrough, Battle Situation!

The moment the first Purple Lotus Divine Heart was swallowed, the Void Drifter suddenly let out a furious roar and fell straight from midair.

"Bang!" The Drifter's body slammed into the grass, smashing out a huge crater.

"Roar!" Turf and soil flew everywhere as a violent roar came from the Drifter's mouth. It seemed to be in some pain.

"Drifter!" Shen Zhui's heart jolted.

What was going on?

"Shen Zhui, don't worry. The Purple Lotus Divine Heart's effects are simply too potent, and the Drifter couldn't control itself for a moment," Chanxin said. "To stimulate a Companion Sacred Beast this intensely, the Purple Lotus Divine Heart must be quite a treasure."

"Are you really all right?" Concerned, Shen Zhui swept his divine sense over the Drifter's body. He found that the scales and skin across its surface had split open, its divine patterns had shattered inch by inch, and blood was flowing freely.

"The path of advancement for a Companion Sacred Beast is likewise defying the heavens. It's even more extreme for a special life-form like the Void Drifter. That's because what they need is an enormous surge of life energy to stimulate their bloodline and awaken the inheritance within it."

"Human cultivators can advance step by step. Natural insights can be cultivated bit by bit. But special life-forms like the Drifter are different. Their bloodlines already contain inherited insights. Once activated, it's like enlightenment poured straight into the mind—all of it stuffed in at once. The impact is tremendous," Chanxin explained.

After hearing Chanxin's words, Shen Zhui relaxed slightly, though he was still worried. "Then why has this never happened before?"

"The Drifter's potential during its previous upgrades probably hadn't been fully awakened, so its body could withstand them. Now, it's breaking through the restrictions imposed on ordinary special