"Kalaodola joined the academy at almost the same time I did, and there's no doubt she was a remarkably gifted young woman with a bright future ahead of her."
Cas ignored Rob on the ground, clearly lost in a distant memory.
"Her talent received the recognition it deserved. During an important operation by the academy, she was selected to join the team, and ultimately brought back something beyond our wildest expectations."
"It seemed to be a form of contamination. She didn't even know how she'd been infected, and, most importantly, the contamination gradually began to grant her divinity."
"On top of that, she could absorb and fuse with any potion or even Transcendent Limb without any rejection."
"Of course, the price was that her very existence, both mentally and physically, was slowly blending together and dissolving, until she was gradually becoming a mindless lump of flesh."
"Kalaodola's sanity was soon under attack, but through sheer force of will, she managed to escape after exhausting all her resources. With the last flicker of her awareness, she refused our attempts to treat her."
"She believed the contamination had progressed too far for her to recover. In the end, she asked us to divide her into pieces, cultivate them, test them, and investigate the source of this divinity."
"You have to understand, the step from Intermediate Tier to demigod has always been like crossing a natural chasm. It has stumped countless transcendents, and Kalaodola believed this contamination could be invaluable in overcoming it."
"She fought her way back for the sole purpose of bringing us this specimen. In the end, I respected her wishes."
After reminiscing, Cas looked at Fu Qian.
"Kalaodola is now firmly at the demigod level, and continues to exist in this form. Any academy instructor who meets the requirements