The Hidden Ability of the Contract Book! Homologous Fusion! Holy Crap!

The night deepened.

Bai Lan returned to his dormitory and pushed open the door; the room was silent.

Moonlight spilled in through the window, spreading a layer of silver-white across the floor.

He walked to the bedside and sat down, preparing to take off his coat to rest.

Suddenly, he froze.

The Contract Book manifested in his palm of its own accord.

He hadn't summoned it.

It had simply appeared on its own.

The pages flipped wildly without a breeze, making a rustling sound.

Bai Lan's pupils constricted.

He had never seen the Contract Book act like this.

What is going on...

Before he could finish his sentence.

The pages stopped at the second and third pages.

The silver butterfly silhouette and the purple leopard silhouette erupted with brilliant light simultaneously!

The light was so intense that it instantly filled the entire room!

Bai Lan instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes, but he felt a powerful suction force pulling from the Contract Book.

The next second, his entire body was pulled inside.

Bai Lan opened his eyes.

He was in a strange space.

Ethereal and boundless.

There was no solid ground beneath his feet, no sky above his head, only faint silver and purple light flowing slowly all around.

The Contract Space.

He had been here many times.

But this time, it was different.

Whenever he came here before, he was the only one here.

Now.

Yinxing stood not far ahead, her long silver-white hair swaying without a breeze, her body radiating a soft glow.

Her face held a look of confusion, her gaze fixed on her own hands.

Youye stood on the other side, her purple-black figure nearly blending into the surrounding shadows, but those deep purple eyes were startlingly bright.

She was also looking down at herself, her brows slightly furrowed.

Both of them were glowing.

Behind Yinxing, the silver silhouette of the Void Butterfly Empress flickered, clearer than usual, the patterns on the butterfly wings flowing slowly as if they had come to life.

Behind Youye, the purple shadow of the Void Shadow Lord surged incessantly, the shadows beneath her feet spreading like tentacles, drawing eerie patterns in the void.

"Master." Yinxing spoke, her voice carrying a rare trace of panic: "The Contract Book is calling to me."

Bai Lan looked at her: "Calling?"

Yinxing nodded: "I can feel it... it is guiding me, to... to her."

Her gaze landed on Youye.

Youye looked up at the same time, meeting Yinxing's eyes.

"I feel it too." Youye said, her voice low: "It is guiding me, toward you."

The two looked at each other.

The surrounding light began to tremble.

Bai Lan looked down at the Contract Book in his hand.

On the pages, the marks on the second and third pages were flashing violently.

The silver light and purple light intertwined like two swimming snakes, coiling and merging on the page.

He had never seen such a sight.

Just then!

A line of golden text appeared on the page:

[Dual Void-attribute Contract Beasts detected, meeting the conditions for origin-fusion]

[After fusion: years stack, abilities integrate, a brand-new independent individual is born]

[After fusion: the original Contract Beast slot is vacated, allowing for a new Soul Beast to be contracted]

[Note: Currently, each type of homologous Contract Beast can only be fused once!]

[Proceed with fusion?]

Bai Lan was stunned.

Homologous fusion?

What the hell?

Why wasn't this here before?

Why did it appear now?

He raised his head and looked at Yinxing and Youye.

Both of them were looking at him as well.

"Did you... see that?" he asked.

Yinxing nodded.

Youye nodded as well.

Bai Lan was silent for a second.

Then, he spoke:

"Are you willing?"

Yinxing was slightly taken aback.

A ripple flashed through Youye's eyes.

Willing?

Homologous fusion.

Becoming someone else.

No longer being purely oneself.

"Master," Yinxing began, her voice very soft, "after the fusion... will I still be me?"

Bai Lan looked at the text on the Contract Book, thought for a moment, and said:

"It says 'a brand-new independent individual is born'."

"But you two should still be there."

He looked at Yinxing, his gaze earnest:

"It's just another way of existing."

Yinxing fell silent.

Youye also fell silent.

The surrounding light continued to flow, quietly waiting for their answer.

After a long time.

Yinxing smiled.

The smile was light and faint, but very gentle.

"Master," she said, "as long as I can stay by your side, any form is fine."

Bai Lan looked at her, a warmth welling up in his heart.

He turned to look at Youye.

Youye was silent for a few seconds.

Then, she nodded.

"Me too."

"So many years of loneliness, so many years of struggle."

"It wasn't until I met Master that I knew what it meant to be alive."

She looked at Bai Lan, and for the first time, a soft light appeared in those deep purple eyes:

"As long as I can continue to stay by Master's side."

"Anything is fine."

Bai Lan took a deep breath.

He looked at the two of them, looking at the trust and gentleness in their eyes.

Then, he lowered his head and looked at the Contract Book.

"Then let's... fuse."

Mental confirmation.

Boom!

Silver light and purple light exploded completely!

The entire Contract Space was filled with the two-colored radiance!

The light was too bright, so bright that Bai Lan could not open his eyes!

He could only feel that everything around him was trembling!

The space was shaking!

The shadows were roaring!

Two completely different powers were frantically intertwining, colliding, and merging!

"Yinxing--!"

"Youye--!"

He shouted loudly, but could not hear his own voice.

Within the light, he vaguely saw!

Yinxing's body began to fade.

It transformed into countless silver specks of light, like stars falling from the sky into the mortal world.

Each speck of light flickered with a gentle glow, like Yinxing's final smile.

Youye's body faded at the same time.

It transformed into countless purple specks of light, like shadows rising from the abyss.

Each speck of light was as deep as the night, like Youye's final gaze.

The two-colored specks of light met in mid-air.

The silver specks gently wrapped around the purple specks.

The purple specks slowly merged into the silver specks.

They intertwined.

They swirled.

They fused.

There was purple within the silver, and silver within the purple.

The light grew brighter and brighter, more and more intense!

And then!

Boom!

All the light collapsed inward at once!

Bai Lan closed his eyes instinctively.

When he opened them again!

The whole world had gone quiet.

The light dissipated.

The Contract Space returned to its usual void.

But it was not exactly the same.

Because!

There was one more person.

She was just floating quietly in mid-air.

Her silver-purple long hair cascaded down like a waterfall, every strand shimmering with a faint fluorescence, as if the galaxy and the shadows had been woven into her hair together.

Her long hair moved without wind, swaying gently, with a few strands occasionally brushing against her cheeks, making that face look even more stunning.

Her features were so exquisite they did not seem real.

Between her brows and eyes, there was both the coldness of Yinxing and the depth of Youye.

Yinxing's eyes were always as clear as moonlight, and Youye's eyes were always as deep as an abyss, while her eyes, silver-purple irises, perfectly blended the two.

There was depth within the coldness.

There was nobility within the depth.

And within that nobility, there was a touch of gentleness that made it impossible to look away.

Her skin was as fair as snow, yet it faintly revealed a silver-purple halo, like fine mutton-fat jade soaked in moonlight.

Beneath her skin, fine, dense patterns could be seen flowing slowly; that was the power of space and shadows surging within her body.

Her figure was slender and graceful, with every curve just right.

A long, silver-purple dress appeared from nowhere, its hem embroidered with patterns of intertwined stars and shadows that glowed faintly with her every breath.

She stood there just like that.

The surrounding space twisted of its own accord.

The light bent automatically.

It was as if it were bowing to her.

No.

It wasn't a bow.

It was submission.

Bai Lan looked at her, unable to speak for a long time.

The woman looked at him as well.

Her silver-purple eyes reflected his figure.

Then, she descended gently.

She landed right in front of him.

She stood there, half a head taller than him.

She lowered her head and looked at him.

"Master."