Boom!
Five auras erupted like volcanoes, swelling rapidly and stirring the five phases spirit vigor within the cave abode.
Chen Beiwu came back to his senses. He stopped examining the power of the Heavenly Ear Profound Ability and extended his divine sense toward the five little ones: Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, Zhiling, and Aji. Golden Egg was the first to cause a stir. Its three dragon heads rose high, its scales stood on end, and layer upon layer of Three Aspects Light blossomed, illuminating the cave walls.
But this surge of aura subsided as quickly as it had come. Only a quarter of an hour later, Golden Egg's steadily rising aura suddenly stalled, then began to decline.
Golden Egg hasn't cultivated for long enough. Its foundation is still a little lacking, Chen Beiwu understood.
After refining the feedback from the Companion Beast Contract, Golden Egg's strength had certainly soared, driving its aura upward. But it still fell short of pushing its cultivation past three thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years and advancing straight to a Nascent Soul late-stage Demon King.
"No need to force a breakthrough. You could easily damage your foundation," Chen Beiwu reminded it through his thoughts.
Golden Egg readily accepted his advice. It stopped trying to unleash its bloodline power to break through, and its aura receded like the tide before finally stabilizing completely. "Roar."
Golden Egg opened its three pairs of dragon eyes, regret showing in them.
"Don't worry. With my help and another Dao-Traveling Pill or two, you'll take that step sooner or later." Chen Beiwu comforted it through his divine sense. Golden Egg nodded and turned its gaze toward Iron Egg.
Its feelings were rather complicated now. It did not want Iron Egg's breakthrough to fail, leaving its cultivation stagnant, but it also