Breaking Out of the Shell, a Chaos Divine Beast

"Young Master, it's about to come out."

Li Xiao looked toward the golden egg and saw that it was now covered in obscure, incomprehensible runes, with streams of golden light flickering across them.

The little girl hurriedly stuffed her candied hawthorn into the pink cloth pouch at her neck, ran over on her short little legs, and crouched on the ground, staring fixedly at the violently shaking golden egg.

The golden egg shook ever more fiercely. The next moment, a thin crack appeared in it and began spreading in all directions.

Crack, crack.

Everyone held their breath as the cracking of the golden egg broke the stillness of the night.

Crack! Boom!

The shell shattered completely, and a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky. Suddenly, a little golden ape wrapped entirely in golden light turned several somersaults and shot into the sky.

Powerful Innate Qi erupted from the eggshell, and Long Aotian greedily absorbed this rare Spiritual Qi.

Thud!

The little golden ape fell from the sky and smashed into the ground outside the Li Lineage's entrance, leaving a deep crater there.

Seeing this, Li Tong widened her big eyes and ran toward the crater on her short little legs.

Squeak, squeak, squeak.

Li Tong picked up the little golden monkey. It nuzzled against her in her arms, making the little girl giggle.

"A monkey?"

Li Xiao gazed at the monkey, golden from head to toe, and murmured.

Beside him, Long Aotian stared at the monkey that had broken out of its shell, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"Born a Saint. It really is a Chaos Divine Beast."

The golden ape before him had been at the Early Quasi-Saint realm the moment it broke out of its shell, born a Saint. Together with the chaotic presence emanating from the monkey, it made even him, a bearer of the true dragon bloodline, tremble involuntarily.

In the little girl's arms, a keen gleam burst from the monkey's sharp eyes as it looked at Long Aotian opposite it.

The next moment, the monkey wriggled free of the little girl's arms and jumped onto Long Aotian. Reaching out, it gently patted the old dragon's head and actually spoke.

"Thank you for looking after me all this time, Senior."

All this time, Long Aotian had been nourishing the golden egg with Dragon Qi. With Li Tong watching him here every day, he had tended to the golden egg with meticulous care, not daring to slack off for even a quarter of an hour.

None of them felt surprised to hear the monkey speak.

An innate spirit beast was born with spiritual awareness.

Hearing the monkey's words, Long Aotian could not help feeling somewhat gratified.

"I hardly qualify as your senior. Since you're Tong'er's spirit beast, just call me Grandpa Long as she does."

After saying this, Long Aotian felt a little afraid and stole a glance at the golden ape out of the corner of his eye.

The monkey thought nothing of it and nodded in agreement.

Long Aotian secretly rejoiced. Damn, I tricked a chaos spirit beast into becoming my grandson. That must make me the first among demonic beasts, right?

Without exposing Long Aotian's little scheme, Li Xiao lifted the monkey and examined it closely.

The monkey's fur was golden all over. It had a pointed muzzle and hollow cheeks, and its bright, piercing eyes seemed capable of seeing through the stars.

Sensing the presence emanating from Li Xiao, the little monkey obediently let him hold it up without offering any resistance.

"Tong'er, come here. Let's establish the contract first."

Li Xiao pulled Li Tong over from beside him. With a slight movement of his finger, a trace of blood emerged from her fingertip, and the wound immediately healed.

Li Xiao flicked that drop of blood toward the monkey's brow, and it sank into the monkey's head.

Just like that, an inexplicable connection formed between Li Tong and the ape.

Once this was done, Li Xiao tucked the golden ape into Li Tong's arms and said solemnly,

"From now on, your name will be Sun Wukun."

The system: "..."

The monkey said little and nodded in agreement.

Immediately afterward, Li Xiao took an iron staff out of the system space and handed it to Sun Wukun.

It was none other than the immortal artifact he had previously obtained from the system, the Ruyi Staff.

Long Aotian and the others widened their eyes. He had also taken part in that battle and knew how powerful this magical artifact was. Anything that came from the young master's hands was certainly no ordinary item.

Sun Wukun accepted the iron staff, puzzlement in its eyes.

Li Xiao explained,

"Tong'er, this is a toy for your pet. This staff can grow bigger or smaller. Why don't you have it give it a try?"

Beside them, Long Aotian's mind reeled at what he heard.

A toy? A fucking toy? Whose spirit beast used an immortal artifact as a toy?

Under Li Tong's expectant gaze, Sun Wukun willed it, and the iron staff began expanding and shrinking.

In the end, the iron staff shrank to the size of a strand of hair, and Sun Wukun tucked it into its ear.

Li Xiao nodded in satisfaction. "This child can indeed be taught."