The First Soul Ring of the Poké Ball bore a full five golden patterns!
This meant Zi JI's cultivation had already broken through five hundred thousand years, and it had not even stopped yet!
Because Jin Jiuxiao's base attributes were still improving.
In contrast to the other three's puzzled expressions, Jin Jiuxiao smiled, looking as though everything had gone just as expected. "Sure enough, it's pretty much what I anticipated."
"Pretty much... what you anticipated?" For a moment, Dugu Bo did not know what to say.
The reactions of Xiong Jun and Bi Ji, those two Ferocious Beasts, made it clear that Zi JI's cultivation had definitely not been at five hundred thousand years before.
If Zi JI had broken through from over four hundred thousand years to five hundred thousand with the help of Immortal Herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiong Jun and Bi Ji would never have been so astonished.
This could only mean that Zi JI's cultivation had received an enormous boost.
A leap from three hundred thousand years to five hundred thousand?
Or a breakthrough from over two hundred thousand years to five hundred thousand?
Either would be utterly monstrous.
And Zi JI's transformation seemed to have been brought about entirely by Jin Jiuxiao.
Did that not mean... if he, Dugu Bo, did as Jin Jiuxiao said and cultivated accordingly, he really had a sliver of hope of stepping into the God Realm?!
Blazing flames and fighting spirit instantly ignited in Dugu Bo's heart.
Who would not be tempted?
After her initial confusion, Bi Ji returned to normal.
Instead, she teased Xiong Jun. "Xiong Jun, you're about to lose your throne as number two~"
Once Xiong Jun came to his senses, he immediately snorted. "Hmph, she's only got eighty thousand years of cultivation on me. Can she withstand my Sky-Rending Claw?"
"That Myriad Demon King has ninety thousand years on me, too. Doesn't he still lose to me?"
Years of cultivation could deceive, like that maggot who liked calling himself "Big Brother."
But strength did not lie.
Strong was strong, and weak was weak.
If you could not beat him, you simply could not beat him.
In terms of cultivation, Xiong Jun actually ranked fourth in the Star Dou Great Forest.
He only surpassed the Scarlet King and Zi JI.
Bi Ji was second, the Myriad Demon King third, and only then came Xiong Jun in fourth.
But Xiong Jun's combat strength was second only to Di Tian's, which was why he ranked second among the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
"To put it bluntly, if my cultivation matched Di Tian's, there's no reason I couldn't take that Beast God seat."
Both Bi Ji and Jin Jiuxiao could not help laughing.
Xiong Jun had wanted to snatch Di Tian's position as Beast God for far more than a day or two.
Unfortunately, Xiong Jun could not beat Di Tian, so he could only respectfully call him Beast God.
Still, Xiong Jun was mostly joking when he said that now.
With Jin Jiuxiao smoothing things over, the relationships among the Ferocious Beasts were far closer and more intimate than in the original story.
Standing to the side and listening to their conversation, Dugu Bo's little heart kept thumping away.
What had he just heard?
Xiong Jun was not even the strongest Ferocious Beast.
There was a Beast God stronger than this Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear?
Beast God?!
Was that... really true?
The Star Dou Great Forest alone was already this terrifying.
Then what about the other places where Soul Beasts gathered?
The seas were so vast. Did that not mean Ferocious Beasts with several hundred thousand years of cultivation existed there, too?
And the Far North, with its harsh environment and remote terrain-did that not also have kings among Ferocious Beasts?
He had been wrong...
Or rather, all humans had been wrong, outrageously wrong!
Soul Beasts were not livestock to be slaughtered at anyone's whim at all.
Quite the opposite: the formidable strength of Ferocious Beasts far exceeded human imagination!
If these Ferocious Beasts united and launched a massive attack on the Human World...
He did not know who would win.
But one thing was certain: the Human World would suffer devastating losses.
It might even never recover afterward.
Thankfully, what Little Monster wants is to forge peace, not wipe out humanity, Dugu Bo could not help thinking.
He did not know whether humanity could win, but he, Dugu Bo, certainly would not survive.
If war broke out between humans and Soul Beasts before he had pledged allegiance and submitted to Jin Jiuxiao...
Then he would certainly stand with humanity and slaughter the Soul Beast tide.
On a battlefield like that, he, Dugu Bo, would be more useful than several Titled Douluo combined.
He would inevitably become a target for these Ferocious Beasts to hunt down.
Remembering how Xiong Jun had shattered his Martial Soul Avatar with a single swipe, Dugu Bo could not help giving a quiet, bitter smile.
How fortunate... how fortunate...
In just that short stretch of idle conversation...
Another golden pattern appeared on the First Soul Ring of Jin Jiuxiao's Second Martial Soul, the Poké Ball.
"What about now? Uncle Xiong, are you still confident you can beat Sister Zi JI?" Jin Jiuxiao asked Xiong Jun, pointing at the six golden patterns on his First Soul Ring.
Six golden patterns meant Zi JI had just successfully broken through to six hundred thousand years of cultivation.
Xiong Jun froze for a moment, then asked in bewilderment, "No, little Jiuxiao, what did you feed Zi JI?"
"She fucking jumped from two hundred thousand years of cultivation to six hundred thousand?!"
"And from the look on your face, Zi JI hasn't stopped yet."
"She isn't going to shoot up to seven hundred thousand years, is she?"
He truly could not understand it!
Why was Zi JI's cultivation shooting up nonstop as though she had taken drugs?
No... she had taken drugs.
Immortal-grade medicinal herbs were medicine, too.
But was this medicine not a little too potent?
"There's another world beneath this Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well."
"Didn't Jiuxiao say there were Dragon King Remains?"
"Those two Immortal Herbs couldn't possibly give Zi JI such a huge boost."
"Still... judging by this, she really might shoot up to seven hundred thousand years of cultivation."
Bi Ji was certain that Zi JI's current advancement was by no means the effect of those two Immortal Herbs.
"It's not really some secret I can't talk about." Jin Jiuxiao smiled faintly. "When Dragon Kings fall, they can't possibly vanish completely."
"The Nine Great Dragon Kings back then were all powerful God Level beings. They must have left something behind."
"Sister Zi JI probably succeeded in gaining the Ice Dragon King's and Fire Dragon King's recognition and received their inheritances."
"Let's wait a little longer. Sister Zi JI should be coming out of seclusion soon." Jin Jiuxiao withdrew his Martial Soul and lay back on the grass.
Zi JI had obtained the Dragon King Legacy, and her cultivation had advanced tremendously.
Their main purpose in coming to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had already been fulfilled.
The Dragon King Legacy was the greatest, most heaven-defying opportunity at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Their wait lasted until the following day.
The morning sun rose.
The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well began to tremble.
Dragon roars that shook heaven and earth rang out across a thousand li.
The supreme Dragon Might within them pressed every Soul Beast in range into bowing its head.
A figure shot out of the spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, radiating a terrifying aura.
A glimmer of divine light flashed through those dark purple draconic eyes.
The left eye was ice blue, the right crimson.
Then they returned to normal.
She rushed straight toward Jin Jiuxiao, who had just sat up, wrapped her arms around him, and planted her mouth on his.
"Mmph..." Just as Jin Jiuxiao was about to speak, Zi JI sealed his mouth with hers.
"Zi JI! I'm still here!" Blazing flames seemed to ignite within Bi Ji's emerald eyes.
Zi JI cracked her right eye open and swept a provocative glance at Bi Ji.
As though saying: What can you do to me?
Only once Zi JI was thoroughly satisfied did she release Jin Jiuxiao. "That felt great!"
Licking her lips, she tilted her head toward Bi Ji. "Relax, this is my way of thanking little brother Jiuxiao~"