Yes, Experiment No. 9 was a Deformed Species born from Shadowfrost Star, except it had not been an Ultimate Lifeform from birth.
The original Experiment No. 9 had merely been an ordinary Mutated Low-Ranked Aberrant Species, not even a divine beast.
However, because the research institute continually dumped experimental waste and scrap onto Shadowfrost Star, many of its Deformed Species died, while the few survivors underwent mutations to varying degrees.
Through repeated mutations, Experiment No. 9 had actually grown into an Ultimate Lifeform after birth, and its rank had continued to rise.
Unfortunately, when it evolved to the Middle Rank, the Chang Sheng Star God Palace discovered the problem with Shadowfrost Star and carried out a cleansing operation there.
It was captured during that cleansing, and the Chang Sheng Star God Palace paid a grievous price for it.
Even as only a Middle-Ranked Experiment No. 9, the combat power it could unleash was beyond what ordinary Upper God-Humans could match.
In that battle, several Nine-Star God Officials and dozens of Seven-Star and Eight-Star God Officials died, while the number of injured was even greater.
Even the true Great God Official of the Chang Sheng Star God Palace was wounded before he managed to capture Experiment No. 9 and bring it back.
At that time, Azure Sky was still personally managed by the Great God Official. Liu Siming only took over Azure Sky after Wu Qing rose to power.
Experiment No. 9 Laboratory had also been personally established by the Great God Official to study Experiment No. 9, in hopes of uncovering the secret behind Experiment No. 9's evolution into an Ultimate Lifeform.
If the research succeeded, Ultimate Lifeforms could be mass-produced. Unfortunately, until that Great God Official vanished, the research had made no major progress.
Instead, Experiment No. 9 achieved