30,000-Year Tiangang Bamboo! 100,000-Year Void Butterfly Empress!

BOOM!

The Contract Book erupted with a brilliant radiance!

The light was so intense that it instantly illuminated the entire Sea God Pavilion, even piercing through the windows and shooting outward!

Bei Bei and the others instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes.

Yan Shaozhe's pupils constricted slightly.

A flash of sharp light flickered in Elder Mu's eyes.

Amidst the radiance, two silhouettes surged out from the Contract Book and landed on the open ground beside Bai Lan.

On the left was the true form of the Arrow Bamboo.

On the right was the true form of the Void Butterfly King.

They began to evolve simultaneously.

The Arrow Bamboo trembled violently, and the cyan-green color on the surface of its stalk began to transform.

Golden patterns spread upward from the roots, like living blood vessels, sketching complex designs across the bamboo stalk.

The golden patterns at the bamboo nodes grew brighter and more intense, eventually turning into rings of golden light that rotated around the stalk.

The bamboo leaves were changing as well.

The originally slender leaves became even thinner and longer, with faint golden halos appearing on their edges, and the flowing light within the veins grew brighter, as if something were awakening inside them.

Its height was increasing.

Three or four people tall, four people tall, five people tall...

It didn't stop until it nearly touched the ceiling of the Sea God Pavilion.

On the other side, the changes in the Void Butterfly King were even more drastic.

Its body began to dematerialize, becoming transparent as if it were about to merge with the surrounding air.

But the next second, it suddenly solidified, and the silver patterns on its butterfly wings erupted with blinding light.

Those patterns were expanding, spreading, and rearranging themselves.

The originally dense and intricate patterns became even more complex and profound.

Every line trembled slightly, as if coming to life, wandering, intertwining, and merging across the butterfly wings.

Space began to distort.

With the Void Butterfly King at the center, the surrounding space rippled like the surface of a pond into which a stone had been thrown.

Those ripples spread outward, and wherever they passed, the light became distorted.

Yet, strangely, this distortion caused no harm.

Bei Bei only felt a momentary trance, as if something were changing, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

Tang Ya stared with wide eyes, not blinking as she watched the Void Butterfly King.

Xu Sanshi's mouth hung open wide enough to fit an egg.

Yan Shaozhe's hands clenched and unclenched, then clenched again.

Elder Mu remained motionless, his gaze locked tightly onto the two evolving soul beasts.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Who knows how much time had passed.

BOOM!

Two beams of light exploded simultaneously!

The blinding radiance forced everyone to instinctively close their eyes.

When they opened their eyes again, everything before them had changed.

The Arrow Bamboo had vanished.

In its place stood a giant bamboo, golden from top to bottom.

The stalk was no longer cyan-green, but pure gold, as if cast from the finest, purest gold.

The golden patterns circling the nodes were no longer mere decorations; they flowed slowly like living creatures.

The bamboo leaves had also turned gold, each one resembling the most exquisite gold leaf, with edges sharp as blades and brilliant light flowing through their veins.

Most astonishing of all was its height.

Seven or eight people tall, it nearly touched the dome of the Sea God Pavilion.

If the Sea God Pavilion hadn't been so tall, it might have already pierced through the roof.

Bai Lan looked down at the Contract Book.

The text on the pages was updating:

[Contract Beast: Tiangang Bamboo]

[Age: 30,000 years]

[Status: Contracted]

[Abilities: Tiangang Golden Body, Tiangang Arrow Formation, Tiangang Domain, Photosynthesis, Growth, Healing]

[Tiangang Golden Body: Bamboo body hardness increased to the limit, comparable to extraterrestrial dark gold, capable of withstanding attacks from ordinary Title Douluo.]

[Tiangang Arrow Formation: Can simultaneously control 360 bamboo leaves to form the Tiangang Arrow Formation, covering a radius of 100 meters, with each arrow imbued with Tiangang power.]

[Tiangang Domain: Expands a domain centered on itself; within the domain, the defense of all allies is significantly increased, while enemy movement is hindered.]

[Photosynthesis, Growth, Healing: Basic abilities comprehensively strengthened.]

[Evolution Count: 3/3 (Reached limit, must reach level 40 to unlock next evolution)]

30,000 years.

Tiangang Bamboo.

Bai Lan took a deep breath and turned to look at the other side.

The Void Butterfly King had also changed.

Its body had become more ethereal, as if composed entirely of light and shadow, shifting between solid and transparent.

The silver patterns on its butterfly wings had turned into a brilliant silver-white, each line appearing like a fold in space itself, dizzying to behold.

Most astonishingly, the space around it was distorting automatically.

It wasn't an active release; merely by its existence, the surrounding space trembled slightly.

It was as if space itself were bowing in submission.

Bai Lan looked down again.

On the Contract Book, the text on the second page was also updating:

[Contract Beast: Void Butterfly Empress]

[Age: 100,000 years]

[Status: Contracted]

[Abilities: Space Master, Dimensional Slash: Extreme, Void Domain, Shatter Teleportation: Extreme, Space Imprisonment: Extreme, Void Mark, Breath Nullification, Spacetime Displacement]

[Space Master: Can freely manipulate space within a 100-meter radius—folding, twisting, tearing, and restructuring it at will.]

[Dimensional Slash: Extreme: Flaps wings to launch a dimensional slash, capable of cutting through most defenses and even briefly slicing through space.]

[Void Domain: Expands the Void Domain; enemies within the domain suffer from complete spatial perception chaos, unable to lock onto targets.]

[Shatter Teleportation: Extreme: Instantly shatters space to forcibly break free from any control; no cooldown limit, can be used continuously.]

[Space Imprisonment: Extreme: Condenses spatial power to forcibly imprison a target; at the 100,000-year level, it can trap an ordinary Title Douluo for 3-5 seconds.]

[Void Mark: Leaves a void imprint on the target, allowing for distance-defying tracking; the mark cannot be erased.]

[Breath Nullification: Passive ability; its own aura completely merges with space, making it undetectable by any means of investigation.]

[Spacetime Displacement: Forces the target into a brief "displaced" state where attacks never land on the correct position; lasts 3 seconds, once per day.]

[Evolution Count: 3/3 (Reached limit, must reach level 40 to unlock next evolution)]

100,000 years.

Void Butterfly Empress.

Bai Lan stared at the words, speechless for a long time.

The Soul Ring on his body had also changed from one purple and one black to one black and one red.

The aura it emitted was exceptionally terrifying!

Behind him came the trembling voice of Bei Bei:

"One... one hundred thousand years?"

No one answered him.

Because everyone was too stunned by the scene before them to speak.

Elder Mu slowly walked forward and stood beside Bai Lan.

He looked at the golden Tiangang Bamboo and the ethereal Void Butterfly Empress, then suddenly smiled.

"Just as I suspected, reaching 100,000 years does not mean a tenfold increase in age."

"Otherwise, it would truly be too absurd."

"That would be a 500,000-year soul beast and soul ring."

"This seems much more reasonable."

"Good," he said, his voice filled with a touch of gratification. "Very good."

He turned to look at Bai Lan, his gaze deep:

"From now on, you can finally be considered to have the true ability to protect yourself."

Bai Lan raised his head, meeting his gaze.

At that moment, he suddenly understood one thing.

Elder Mu letting him evolve in public was not just to protect him.

It was also to let Bei Bei and the others see it with their own eyes, to witness it, and then to help him keep this secret.

This was trust.

It was also a responsibility.

At the same time, he felt a bit disappointed.

His Void Butterfly Empress was not a 500,000-year soul beast.

It turned out to be only a 100,000-year soul beast.

100,000 years... was a chasm for soul beasts.

Even the Contract Book could not directly follow the ten-fold age increase to soar to 500,000 years.

It seemed his previous guess had been correct.

Before 100,000 years, the age increase was ten-fold.

Once it reached 100,000 years, that was no longer the case.