``` [After the age of eighty-two lay a stretch of time you had never reached in your previous two simulations.]
[You walked out of the Pill Tower and into the courtyard.]
["Master."]
[Two young, beautiful maids immediately pressed close to you.]
[As your former maids, Chunhua and Qiuyue, had grown older, you had arranged for them to work at the Azure Origin Trade Association.]
[Chunhua and Qiuyue had served by your side for decades, and their alchemical skills had both reached first-tier middle grade.]
[With the Azure Origin Trade Association's protection as well, they only needed to refine middle- and low-grade pills to live comfortably.]
["Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"]
[A large black eagle beat its wings and landed before you in an instant, its jet-black eyes darting about as it rubbed against you repeatedly.]
["Oh? You've already reached the peak of the second-tier early stage? You want to attempt the second-tier middle stage?"]
[You had signed a spirit pet contract with the Dark Demon Eagle. After so many years together, you naturally understood what it meant.]
[The second-tier middle stage corresponded to a foundation establishment middle-stage cultivator.]
["You're certainly in good condition."]
[You examined it carefully and marveled inwardly, As expected of an earth-grade bloodline.]
[Only eighteen years had passed since the Dark Demon Eagle entered the second tier.]
[In other words, the Dark Demon Eagle had taken just eighteen years to build up everything it needed to advance from the second-tier early stage to the middle stage.]
[The Dark Demon Eagle grew slightly faster than other creatures with earth-grade bloodlines of the same caliber.]
[Your meticulous care also played a major role. Ever since this Dark Demon Eagle came into your hands, it had not endured a single day of hardship.]
[Even its eagle mates were changed regularly. Beast Taming