This level of battle prowess hadn't come from the nine beasts' own cultivation. More accurately, it came from Lu Xiaotian. The remnants of the demon souls weren't harmful in themselves; it was only that as Lu Xiaotian's cultivation continued to advance, they would eventually be expelled. These remnants had been nurtured inside him for many years, and before they left, they had also been nourished by his blood and qi. Naturally, they had carried some of his power out with them.
The power they had carried away was also compatible with these incomplete demon souls, so it did Lu Xiaotian no harm and brought him no loss.
But it was precisely because of this that the nine beasts had each possessed considerable strength the moment they broke free from the blood sphere. Even if they weren't among the strongest beings in the Immortal Realm, they would be more than capable of wreaking havoc in some remote, lesser immortal domains, provided they weren't too careless and caught in an encirclement by a large force of immortal soldiers.
The nine beasts shared a certain connection with Lu Xiaotian, but to him, they were entirely different from Little White Dog, Little Fire Crow, the Sky-Void Ant, the Little White Python, the Realm-Breaking Insect, and the others. He didn't even regard them as his equals. They were merely remnants of demon souls he had devoured, which had absorbed some power from him that held little use for him, before separating from his body.
The nine beasts' Primordial Spirits had originated from those incomplete demon souls, and they felt an innate submission and reverence toward Lu Xiaotian. But since their original demon souls had been devoured by him, he could also clearly sense that they were ill at ease in his Green Fruit Barrier and