Another two years passed.
The Primordial Origin Golden Core in Chen Beiwu's dantian trembled slightly, releasing a gleam of profound black light before slowly subsiding.
Golden Egg, Iron Egg, Xuele, Zhiling, and Aji all opened their eyes, keenly sensing the subtle change in Chen Beiwu.
Iron Egg was especially sensitive to it, having spent this time continually activating Chain-Degree True Fire to help Chen Beiwu temper his three souls and seven spirits and complete seven degrees, seven refinements.
"Woof?"
Iron Egg tilted its head.
Although the Chain-Degree True Fire Profound Ability was formidable, it still required nine degrees and nine refinements to help a Nascent Soul True Lord temper their Nascent Soul Yang Spirit into a Primordial Spirit.
Yet just now, it had suddenly noticed a change in its master's aura.
The change was exceedingly strange. Its master's cultivation remained at half-step Spirit Transformation, and he had yet to forge a Primordial Spirit, but it made the bloodline within its body throb incessantly, faintly stirring a trace of fear.
For the unwaveringly loyal Iron Egg, this fear was far too peculiar.
The reason was simple: it had long since established a Companion Beast Contract with its master, cultivating together with their lives intertwined. Why would such an emotion arise for no reason?
Sensing Iron Egg's gaze, Chen Beiwu opened his eyes. His gaze was weary, but a trace of a smile lingered at his lips.
Creating techniques and opening a path was no simple matter.
Even after these years of dedicated cultivation, shutting his ears to the affairs of the Immortal Alliance, success remained nowhere in sight. Still, his efforts had not been fruitless.
Chen Beiwu smiled faintly, looked at Iron Egg, and extended a fingertip to tap forward.
Iron Egg neither dodged nor guarded itself. Its eyes fixed on