True Lord Sacred Tiger, the Alliance Offers Treasures! Creating the Wind God Thorn, the Black Tortoise Takes the Flood Dragon Pearl

Rumble!

The entire valley erupted with thunderous crashes, as though an earth dragon were rolling beneath it, threatening to bring everything down.

Whoooosh-

But it was not over. The branching vortex formed from the terrifying black celestial phenomenon continued pouring into the demon core spat out by the enormous blue-and-white tiger.

Buzzzz-

The demon core kept changing visibly, swelling in size and growing stronger in aura as it prepared to undergo a more complete transformation.

Meanwhile, the preparations Lin Changheng and Little Qing had spent so much time making were also taking effect.

Originally, decay, grime, impure energies, the filth of consumed flesh and blood, foreign demon power, and sinister resentment had accumulated within the demon core, all tangled together.

The more numerous, complex, and densely intertwined these impurities were, the more clogged, obstructed, and unstable the demon core became. Expanding it under such conditions was increasingly dangerous and could even cause it to explode.

Forget transforming-surviving would be difficult.

This was also one of the greatest hurdles demon beasts faced when taking human form.

Little Qing, however, passed through it with exceptional ease.

Under the influx of energy, her demon core kept swelling, accumulating power, improving, then compressing, until it finally became a great core the size of an infant's head, brilliant as the sun, suspended above her.

An almost stabilized fourth-tier aura surged out, sweeping through the clouds and across a hundred miles, powerful enough to shatter mountains, swallow the sun, and seize the moon!

Whoosh!

Her demon core's transformation was nearly complete, yet Little Qing showed no joy. Instead, her tiger eyes grew more solemn. After reviewing her master's instructions, she opened her jaws, and the demon core shot back into her mouth and down into her belly!

The two parts that had transformed separately became completely