Evolution

"It's no surprise that you don't know."

Lin Yu explained with a faint smile, "Decades ago, the master of Heavenly Demon Manor happened to help the hall master of Dark Nether Divine Hall during a fortuitous opportunity."

"To express his gratitude, the hall master of Dark Nether Divine Hall passed the hall's cultivation secrets on to the master of Heavenly Demon Manor."

"So you could actually consider the master of Heavenly Demon Manor a disciple of the hall master of Dark Nether Divine Hall."

Lin Yu recounted this history as easily as driving a familiar road.

After all, in his previous life, Heavenly Demon Manor and Dark Nether Divine Hall had both been destroyed at his hands!

In his previous life, when Lin Yu entered the Qianyuan Sect, his cultivation had only just broken through to Golden Core Second Tier.

Back then, he naturally lacked the ability to discover anything unusual about the Qianyuan Sacred Stone.

As a result, every disciple of the Qianyuan Sect, including Lin Yu, had been affected by the dark presence that the Heavenly Demon Sect had secretly infused into it!

However, Lin Yu had the system helping him cheat in his previous life, so it had caused him no substantial harm.

The other disciples of the Qianyuan Sect, and Yun Tianci himself, had not been so fortunate.

Although Lin Yu had thoroughly dealt with the culprits, Heavenly Demon Manor and Dark Nether Divine Hall, much later.

The damage the Qianyuan Sect had suffered was already irreversible.

As the sect master of the Qianyuan Sect, Yun Tianci had given Lin Yu considerable help in his previous life.

So now, Lin Yu did not mind lending him a hand and resolving this enormous hidden danger ahead of time.

"May I ask how this dark presence should be removed? Please enlighten me, Senior!"

Yun Tianci's brows were tightly knitted. After carefully examining it just now, he had discovered to his horror that even his spiritual power could not erase the dark presence that had invaded the Qianyuan Sacred Stone!

This... might spell utter disaster for the Qianyuan Sect!

"Go on. That dark presence is a great tonic for you."

Lin Yu stroked Xiaobai's head as she lay in his arms and spoke with a faint smile.

Excitement immediately shone in her eyes, and she pounced toward the Qianyuan Sacred Stone.

Xiaobai's true form was a Six-Winged Holy Tiger from the Immortal Realm!

Six-Winged Holy Tigers were the natural bane of all dark and evil powers!

Even the Evil Spirit Holy Fruit, which also came from the Immortal Realm.

In her previous life, Xiaobai had completely purified its evil power, though she had paid a certain price.

But the dark presence on the Qianyuan Sacred Stone now was merely something of the mortal world.

Purifying this sort of dark presence posed no difficulty whatsoever for Xiaobai.

"Senior, this..."

Seeing Lin Yu casually toss the little kitty out of his arms, Yun Tianci looked at him in utter bewilderment.

Although Yun Tianci could faintly sense that the little cat was no ordinary creature.

Could such a little kitty really resolve the dark presence that even he could do nothing about?

Yet the very next second, Yun Tianci was completely dumbfounded.

After Lin Yu tossed her out, Xiaobai spun several times in midair before her body suddenly grew, transforming into an enormous six-winged tiger!

The enormous six-winged tiger roared at the Qianyuan Sacred Stone. Immediately afterward, a pure white, sacred presence enveloped the entire stone!

Then Yun Tianci discovered to his astonishment that the dark presence he had been utterly helpless against was dissolving at an incredible speed!

Before this enormous six-winged tiger, the dark presence seemed like a three-year-old child, completely powerless to resist!

About ten seconds passed, and the dense, sacred presence slowly began to recede.

The dark power that had invaded the Qianyuan Sacred Stone had vanished completely!

Xiaobai flapped her wings a few times in the sky, then rapidly shrank back to the size of a little kitty and burrowed into Lin Yu's arms again.

"Good girl."

Lin Yu stroked Xiaobai's head in satisfaction. "As expected of a tigress. You certainly work efficiently."

"Who are you calling a tigress?!" At his words, Xiaobai immediately bared her fangs and brandished her claws.

Although she still knew little about the human world.

She could tell that "tigress" was definitely no compliment!

But at that moment.

Yun Tianci had no attention to spare for the reactions of the man and cat beside him.

Staring at the purified Qianyuan Sacred Stone, Yun Tianci froze utterly, remaining speechless for a long time!

The Qianyuan Sacred Stone had not only returned to its normal state, but also seemed to have acquired a crystalline clarity!

And the spiritual power constantly being purified by the Qianyuan Sacred Stone seemed to have become even purer than usual!

"Th-this is... the evolution of the Qianyuan Sacred Stone spoken of in the ancestral teachings?"

"Honored ancestors, Heaven truly blesses our Qianyuan Sect!"

Yun Tianci abruptly dropped to his knees and kowtowed toward a certain place in the sky, tears already streaming down his aged face!

When each generation's sect master of the Qianyuan Sect received the ancestral teachings, they were told that under certain extremely special circumstances, the Qianyuan Sacred Stone could evolve!

When the Qianyuan Sacred Stone evolved to its utmost limit, the cultivation speed of every disciple in the Qianyuan Sect would increase severalfold!

This meant that the Qianyuan Sect's strength would advance by leaps and bounds over a period of time, swiftly taking the foremost seat among the mortal powers of the Eastern Region!

Unfortunately, however, no one had ever known the specific method for guiding the Qianyuan Sacred Stone's evolution.

After kowtowing three times with resounding knocks, Yun Tianci abruptly turned toward Lin Yu and actually moved to kneel and kowtow to him!

Of course he could tell that the changes in the Qianyuan Sacred Stone had all been brought about by that mysterious giant white tiger!

Lin Yu and that giant white tiger were about to change the future of their Qianyuan Sect completely!

"What's that uncle doing? It looks like he's going to give you a grand bow."

Cradled in Lin Yu's arms, Xiaobai bobbed her head and spoke softly.

She seemed quite puzzled by Yun Tianci's behavior.

"He's thanking you, not bowing to me."

Lin Yu smiled, but then raised his hand.

A gentle force lifted Yun Tianci, preventing him from kneeling.

"There's no need for such courtesy. Your Yun Household's ancestors had some ties with me. I merely lent a hand."

Lin Yu waved his hand as he spoke.

"That won't do!" Yun Tianci said urgently. "Senior, I will remember your great kindness today until my dying breath! If you ever have need of our Qianyuan Sect, I will spare no effort!"

Yun Tianci's voice was filled with resolve. He now regarded Lin Yu wholeheartedly as the benefactor of their Qianyuan Sect!

"There's no need for thanks. But tomorrow is this year's admission assembly for the Qianyuan Sect, isn't it?"

Lin Yu smiled calmly, but changed the subject.

"Indeed."

Yun Tianci was taken aback. Although he did not know why Lin Yu was interested in the Qianyuan Sect's admission assembly, he still nodded in reply.

"Then that's right."

"If you see me at the admission assembly tomorrow, Sect Master Yun, just pretend you haven't."

Lin Yu spoke with a faint smile, then, before Yun Tianci could react.

He and Xiaobai in his arms turned into phantoms and vanished into the void.

On the fringes of the Eastern Region, at Dark Nether Divine Hall.

In the center of the spacious hall stood a pitch-black chair. A middle-aged man sat upon it, most of his face concealed by white hair, leaving his expression hidden.

"Heh, the Qianyuan Sect is rather interesting."

"Where is the third elder?" The middle-aged man licked his lips and called to someone outside the hall.

"Hall Master." Hearing the middle-aged man's summons, an old man quickly entered the hall.

"Third elder, pass down my orders. Select three Golden Core Stage disciples and have them infiltrate the Qianyuan Sect's admission assembly tomorrow!"

"After entering the Qianyuan Sect, keep a close watch on any developments with the Qianyuan Sacred Stone atop Qianyuan Mountain!"

"As you command, Hall Master!"

The third elder cupped his hands and bowed to the middle-aged man in the seat of honor, then quickly left the hall.

"Yun Tianci, I would very much like to know just how you erased the ultimate power of darkness bestowed upon our Dark Nether Divine Hall by the lord of the Eastern Domain Holy Land..."

"It's also time for the Qianyuan Sect, this unstable factor, to disappear completely from the empire's Eastern Region..."

The hall master of Dark Nether Divine Hall revealed a smile of certain victory, as though all lay within his calculations!