Within the cave abode, the vast aura that shook heaven and melted earth converged in its entirety. Then the four-colored radiance dispersed, revealing Aji's dramatically altered form.
"Crack! Crack!"
As bones and sinews popped, Aji slowly raised his head, revealing noble amber eyes.
His bearing was composed and elegant, his fur as fluffy as clouds. The down atop his head and along his back was jet-black, faintly possessing the texture of black crystal.
The fur on his cheeks, chest, limbs, and paws was pure, flawless white, like freshly fallen snow.
"Tap!"
"Tap!"
"Tap!"
Aji strode toward Chen Beiwu, azure, crimson, white, and gold light flowing naturally beneath his feet. Like the cycling seasons, it contained the four profound conceptions of spring's birth, summer's flourishing, autumn's withering, and winter's extinction, radiating a trace of transcendence above the passing years.
"It finally worked!"
Feeling the tremendous feedback from the companion beast contract, Chen Beiwu did not refine it immediately. Instead, he suppressed the surging Primordial Origin Truth within him and extended his divine sense toward Aji.
"Roar!" "Woof!" "Na!" "Ying!"
The eyes of Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, and Zhiling shifted slightly as well. The four little fellows sensed an aura from Aji that they could scarcely rival.
But just then, thunder exploded. Tribulation clouds churned above the Water-Evolving Residence, forming a gigantic eye of lightning that spanned heaven and earth.
"What is that?"
Golden Egg raised all three heads, staring blankly at the enormous lightning eye within the rift in the sky, his expression astonished.
Throughout his cultivation, he had weathered many lightning tribulations and had even used the Three-Aspect Melting Furnace profound ability to devour a Demon King heavenly tribulation. Yet before this gigantic lightning eye, Golden Egg actually sensed that he was as insignificant as dust.
*Could this be