Inside his Niwan Palace, Lin Ke officially began crossbreeding insects.
To test the chances of success, he started with the Blackgold Silkworm.
Of all these Spirit Insects, the Blackgold Silkworm ranked lowest in both grade and strength.
Using it for crossbreeding would be just the thing to test the Ghost-Curtain Moth's quality.
Holding a Blackgold Silkworm in one hand and a Ghost-Curtain Moth in the other, Lin Ke slowly brought their rear ends together.
The Ghost-Curtain Moth was male, while the Blackgold Silkworm was female.
As their rear ends touched, the Ghost-Curtain Moth seemed drawn by something. It immediately broke free of Lin Ke's hand and extended its feelers to clutch the Blackgold Silkworm's tail.
Its rear end thrashed violently as its life essence poured into the Blackgold Silkworm.
The Blackgold Silkworm suddenly began convulsing.
An unnatural crimson rapidly spread over its snowy-white body, and crackling sounds came from within.
Lin Ke hurriedly let go, but it was already too late.
The Blackgold Silkworm swelled like an inflated balloon until it reached its limit, then burst with a bang, splattering pale golden bodily fluid across the ground.
"It failed. The gap in quality between these two Spirit Insects is too great..."
Lin Ke frowned and shook his hands.
He was certain that the Ghost-Curtain Moth was of higher quality than the Blackgold Silkworm.
But he had never expected such a violent backlash.
"Let's keep going."
Next, he took out two stronger Blackgold Silkworms.
The Blackgold Silkworm's power was relatively stable, making it the ideal breeding stock for crossing with other Spirit Insects to produce new varieties.
The Stinger Hawk Moth had been bred using it as the parent stock.
For greater stability, this time he deliberately selected an individual on the verge of becoming a moth to serve as the