"Ying!"
Zhiling opened her eyes, her curled body abruptly tensing. The void around her silently collapsed, then returned to normal in the blink of an eye.
At the same time, all seven fox tails spread out behind her. The purple fur at their tips shone like brilliant stars, and her aura of Dao practice began surging wildly, shattering the barrier between realms.
Six thousand years!
Seven thousand years!
Seven thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years!
Nourished by the true intent and Dao resonance of the Void Extremity Stele, Zhiling's bones gave almost imperceptible clicks. Then her surging aura swiftly withdrew, and her Dao practice advanced fully into the peak Demon King realm.
"One year of contemplation equaled a thousand years of cultivation for an ordinary Demon King. In comprehension alone, Zhiling was outstanding even among the Seven-Tailed Purple Fox Clan."
Chen Beiwu stirred his mind slightly, sensing Zhiling's changes through the Companion Beast Contract.
After her advancement to peak Demon King, the Innate Five-Element Essence in Zhiling's Origin Meridian had not changed much. It remained a Heaven-Grade Origin Meridian encompassing all Five Phases, primarily earth, with a spatial attribute. The spiritual root enhancement it provided him remained the same, with only a faint increase.
This was normal. Unless Zhiling underwent a bloodline transformation, advanced into an Eight-Tailed Void Fox, and became a Creation Origin Beast, something exceedingly rare in the Immortal Alliance, there was no way the enhancement of the Three Meridians could produce any noticeable change in his Spiritual Root Purity, which had already been boosted to its limit.
As for her innate Attribute Meridians, Zhiling's Five Phases aptitudes were already among the finest of Fifth-Tier Origin Beasts: "Metal 97, wood 97, water 97, fire 97, earth 98."
Attribute Meridians were difficult to change. Only after her bloodline transformed