Never mind how powerful the Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python was. The Golden Light Incantation alone was the foremost of the Eight Great Daoist Incantations.
Especially in The Outcast, where the Old Celestial Master had used it to prove one thing: let your techniques change a thousand ways—I'll break them all with sheer force!
And then there was Life-and-Mind Dual Cultivation, a problem that had plagued countless transmigrators.
Most of the time, spiritual power and the physical body could not be cultivated together, but the Golden Light Incantation solved that problem perfectly.
Li Yuan could not contain his excitement. The corners of his mouth rose of their own accord. "Ah Bai, looks like we're about to hit it big!"
Even if an AK showed up today, it would have a harder time keeping him down than his grin.
Little White Snake swiftly slithered onto his shoulder and rubbed against his cheek.
It understood Li Yuan's words and knew why he was so happy.
After all, the greatest difference between an External Beast Martial Soul and an ordinary Beast Martial Soul was that the former could truly share its master's thoughts, making one plus one greater than two.
"Ah Bai, remember this. From today on, we've got to learn not to eat beef."
Little White Snake tilted its head at its master, then nodded as though it half understood. "Woo-woo!"
Deep Blue, add points for me!
Li Yuan silently commanded, Claim reward!
In an instant, a warm yet immense current surged from his dantian and swept through every limb and bone.
At the same time, a wealth of profound knowledge about cultivating the Golden Light Incantation was branded deep into his mind, as though it had always belonged to him.
Almost simultaneously, a strange seed the size of a fingernail appeared out of thin air before him, nine-colored light flowing across it as it hovered motionless.
"Awooo!"
The moment Little White Snake saw the seed, its pale-gold slit pupils contracted sharply, revealing an overwhelming, almost instinctive hunger.
It let out a low growl that seemed impossible from such a small body, shot forward like lightning, and swallowed the Nine-Colored Seed whole.
Then dazzling, seven-colored light burst from its tiny body. The radiance grew brighter and brighter, swiftly forming an oval cocoon of light that enveloped it completely.
"Bzzz—!"
An indescribably ancient and majestic aura, tinged with faint savagery, seeped from the cocoon.
The next moment, a strange phenomenon erupted!
In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color. Dark clouds swallowed the sky that had been clear only moments before.
It was as though heaven and earth were offering a gift to the extraordinary beast about to arrive.
The spectacle immediately drew the attention of the entire city.
Outside the city, an old farmer who had just shouldered his hoe and headed for the fields stared up at the sky, dumbfounded. "Well, I'll be! What's goin' on? I just got to the fields, and the sky's already changed its face?"
At Notting Academy, class was in session.
Xiao Wu, who had been secretly peeking at the Chat Group on her Brick, shuddered. Her little face went deathly pale.
"Such a powerful Ferocious Beast aura. Has another of my kind come?"
She looked toward Li Yuan's dormitory and sprang to her feet.
"Xiao Wu, where are you going?"
Beside her, Tang San was startled by her sudden movement and instinctively reached out to stop her.
"Don't stop me!"
Xiao Wu was frantic. She shoved Tang San aside and rushed out of the classroom without looking back.
Caught off guard, Tang San stumbled and fell flat on his face. Blood streamed from his nose.
"Xiao San! Are you all right?"
Seeing his beloved disciple hurt, Yu Xiaogang's expression changed, and he hurried over from the lectern.
"Xiao Wu, what's wrong with you? No matter how urgent it is, you can't just shove someone!"
Tang San covered his nose and waved a hand. His voice sounded muffled. "I-I'm fine, Teacher. Xiao Wu definitely didn't mean it. Let's continue..."
When Xiao Wu anxiously reached her destination, she was stunned.
That ancient, terrifying aura that had made her heart tremble was coming from Li Yuan's private dorm room!
Xiao Yuan... is he a Soul Beast Transformation too?
Xiao Wu was startled at first, then an indescribable surge of delight welled up inside her.
No wonder!
No wonder Li Yuan, who never spent time with them and did not seem to fit in, had always given off an aura she found inexplicably familiar.
At first, she had thought it was because Li Yuan's Martial Soul was also a beast. After all, an External Beast Martial Soul resembled a Soul Beast.
She had never imagined he was one of her own kind!
Wait, Li Yuan...
Something suddenly occurred to Xiao Wu. She hurriedly took out her Brick and opened the group chat.
Under Group Leader, the name [Li Yuan] stood out plainly.
Could Xiao Yuan be the Group Leader?
But she quickly rejected the startling idea herself. No, that's not right... No matter how powerful Xiao Yuan is, he's only a Soul Grandmaster. How could he send these strange "Bricks" to every corner of the continent at the same time? What terrifying power would that take...
I must be overthinking it.
Xiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief.
But when she looked down at the group chat, admiration for the powerful flickered in her eyes. I wonder just how powerful the Group Leader is, to pull off something so incredible in an instant!
Meanwhile.
Inside the Pope Palace, the atmosphere had plunged to freezing point.
"Teacher, please calm down. It isn't worth getting angry over people who don't know what they're talking about."
Hu Liena soothed her softly, gently stroking Bibi Dong's back.
"Hah..."
Bibi Dong drew a deep breath. Anger made the snowy white curves of her chest rise and fall in breathtaking arcs.
Though she was well over forty, time seemed to have left few marks on her.
Her skin remained supple and delicate, her body's every function undiminished, and her figure as shapely as ever. She was in no way inferior to young women in the bloom of youth.
And she possessed a mature allure those girls lacked.
It was a dangerous, captivating "married-woman allure" that was hers alone.
As Hu Liena stroked her teacher's back, her gaze inadvertently swept over those enticing curves. A fleeting trace of envy crossed her eyes.
She had always been quite confident in her own figure.
But beside her teacher, she felt she lacked that effortless allure capable of setting anyone's heart swaying, and could not help feeling inferior.
Only after a long while did Bibi Dong force words through clenched teeth, each one icy cold. "How can I not be angry? That damned orphan and that Single Academy-Running Housewife... They dared call me a widow no one wants?!"
She, Bibi Dong, had beauty, a figure, and strength. She even held the highest authority in Spirit Hall. How could no one want her?
If her grand undertaking were not still unfinished, if she had already swept away every obstacle, she would have brought... someone here long ago.
Unaware of the truth, Hu Liena followed her teacher's lead and tried to reassure her. "Oh, Teacher, you've never even married or had a child. Calling you a widow is complete nonsense. It's just their vicious fantasy. Why lower yourself to their level?"
The moment she finished speaking, Bibi Dong's expression changed.
The flush anger had brought to her cheeks vanished in an instant. Her gaze turned piercingly cold, and a suffocating pressure began to spread from her body.
"Teacher... did I say something wrong?"
The sudden change startled Hu Liena, and her voice grew faint.
Bibi Dong immediately realized she had lost control. She swiftly reined in her leaking aura, lightly patted the back of Hu Liena's hand, and softened her tone. "It's nothing, Nana. I'm not angry with you."
After reassuring her disciple, she turned her gaze to the vast sky beyond the window.
Deep in her beautiful purple eyes, killing intent churned, almost tangible. She thought darkly:
Hmph. You'd better hope I never find you in the real world. Because if I do...
I'll lock you in the deepest, darkest secret chamber and show you what it means to be unable to live, yet unable to die.
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