Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

The cultivation at the Grandmaster Realm was still about the condensation of the Power of Realm.

However, unlike the qualitative leap of crossing realms, within the same realm it was all about condensing the quantity of Power of Realm.

As the amount of Power of Realm increased, hitting a certain level allowed for breaking through minor levels, all the way to Grandmaster Peak.

Of course, for those with exceptional Talent, as the amount of Power of Realm increased, its quality could also rise again and again to a certain extent.

The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox swallowed a few more bottles of Energy Liquid.

The moment the Energy Liquid entered its body, it was assimilated into Life Energy or Destructive Energy, which then cycled endlessly through its body under the guidance of the Demon Beast cultivation method.

When Life Energy and Destructive Energy reached the Life Forbidden Land and Destruction Forbidden Land in the Sea of Spirit, currents of vibrant Power of Realm and destructive Power of Realm surged forth, winding together, radiating a mysterious aura.

The Power of Realm existed in every part of the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox's body, not just stored in the Sea of Spirit.

It could be manipulated and used at will.

As time passed, hour after hour went by, and the Fox's Realm kept climbing.

Grandmaster One-Star, Grandmaster Two-Star... Grandmaster Five-Star, Grandmaster Six-Star... Grandmaster Nine-Star, Grandmaster Ten-Star!

Nine hours passed, and now the sky was pitch-black, barely past 2 a.m.

The Holy Spirit Secret Realm was a small world, attached near the Blue Star Main Space, and within Blue Star itself, so it had day and night just like the Main Space, with exactly the same time.

One more hour went by, and the Grandmaster Realm Ten-Star was fully stabilized.

Cheng Bingxi and Xiao Ye returned to their human forms.

The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox dissipated into little specks of light and disappeared.

Feeling her body stronger than ever, Cheng Bingxi was extremely satisfied.

The brand-new category of Conception Attribute intrigued her even more.

Cheng Bingxi unleashed her Power of Realm, showing off the effects of the Life Attribute Power of Realm.

Starting from beneath her feet, the almost-dead grass instantly sprouted fresh shoots and radiated vigorous vitality, growing fast until it matured into over-two-meter-tall bushes.

This phenomenon rippled outward in waves.

The grass, ancient trees, and shrubs all turned a lush green, their branches thick and leafy.

Even the life factors in the air became extremely active, and just breathing it in made people feel energetic.

[Life and Death Control, Control of Life Factors and Destruction Factors]

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The more-than-two-meter-tall bush covered the four of them completely, so Cheng Bingxi switched the Power of Realm's Attribute—Destruction Attribute.

As the Power of Realm spread out,

the bush visibly wilted and broke down, turning a withered yellow and collapsing into chaotic piles on the ground.

The Destruction Attribute Power of Realm was just getting started with its force.

Those grasses, at a microscopic level, were infiltrated by destruction factors, constantly breaking down every structure—branches, leaves, cells, molecules—nothing was spared as they all got bombarded until nothing remained.

Not even dust was left behind.

Now that her Grandmaster Realm cultivation was done, Cheng Bingxi wasn't in a rush to break through to the Great Venerable Realm. Reaching Grandmaster Peak, she had to condense her Domain and then smoothly break through to the Great Venerable Realm, which would take two or three days.

Each time she broke through a minor stage in the Great Venerable Realm, it would also take two or three days.

Before entering the Holy Spirit Secret Realm, she'd eaten a Level 100 Devil's Pepper, which only those at the Great Venerable Realm could handle—*what if there was a problem with her body in human form?*

So she wanted to take some special medicine to neutralize the Devil's Pepper's energy.

Cheng Bingxi leaned in close to Xiao Ye's ear and whispered a few words.

Xiao Ye looked at her in astonishment and said, "I don't think so."

"Even if you did, it wouldn't matter. I'll use Wood Element to heal you."

"Besides, the life factor already has super strong restorative effects, and the destruction factor can get rid of that problem at the root. Don't worry."

Cheng Bingxi nodded her head cutely; she understood.

Nangong Siyao, curious, crowded over to see what the two of them were whispering about.

Xiao Ye said two words, and Nangong Siyao instantly got it.

"Hem—orr—hoids."

Seeing the three others look at her with weird expressions, Cheng Bingxi's cheeks flushed bright red. She stomped her foot and said angrily, "Xiao Ye, why'd you say it out loud!"

Nangong Siyao and Liu Ya traded a look and said in unison, "We don't know anything."

Xiao Ye echoed, "Yeah."

Next, Xiao Ye released a circular aura. The three of them stepped in, and used the spatial channel to return to Kunpeng Academy.

After Xiao Ye and the others stepped out, the circular aura still remained in the living room.

"I gave you free access to the Holy Spirit Secret Realm. Just use this circular aura to go in. Inside, you only have to think about home to instantly teleport back," Xiao Ye said with a grin.

Nangong Siyao frowned, "What if someone else uses the circular aura to get into the Secret Realm?"

Xiao Ye said, "No one else can go in, unless they've got permission. This aura's just for show."

Cheng Bingxi hurried into the bathroom. No one knew what she was doing in there.

Liu Ya, sitting at the table, gave an "eh" and said, "Xiao Ye, someone's messaged you."

On the tabletop, Xiao Ye's communicator was flashing green—a green light meant an unread message.

Xiao Ye opened it up, and it turned out to be a message from Director Yunxi, sent yesterday.

After reading it, he frowned.

"Conception Crystal Stone Lode Trial, Conception Crystal Essence produced, Realm restricted to Grandmaster Realm."

He was already at the Great Venerable Realm, so he didn't meet the conditions for a Trainee.

Liu Ya was startled. "That Conception Crystal Stone lode is crawling with Spiritual Illusion Elf Demon Beasts. Didn't you say you needed to upgrade the Spirit Illusion Cat's template by slaying those Demon Beasts for upgrade resources? Say yes!"

"The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox is at the Grandmaster Realm, and you and Bingxi are both Summoners, so you should be eligible for the trial."

"The Realm restriction must be for the Summoned Beast, not the human form Realm."

Xiao Ye rubbed his brow, feeling troubled.

*In the Beast Girl Era, it was always one-to-one contracts—the Contractor's Realm necessarily matched the Summoned Beast's Realm. But he was different. He had contracts with several Beast Girls, each Summoned Beast at a different Realm, which led to his human body's Realm being way too high.*

Still, Xiao Ye decided to go—maybe he'd get to participate after all.

He grabbed his communicator and replied to Yunxi's message.

Yunxi replied quickly as well, "No problem, come to my villa at noon sharp."

Xiao Ye was surprised, "Okay."

It was just three in the morning; *how could Director Yunxi reply so fast?*

Liu Ya was super excited—after watching the Golden Dragon and White Fox's template evolve, she was now even more hyped for the Spirit Illusion Cat. The template upgrade couldn't come soon enough.

So Liu Ya pulled out her tablet, logged into the teaching assistant account, and entered Modu Academy's Library to look up everything she could find on the Spiritual Illusion Elf Demon Beast.

Half an hour later, she put down the tablet.

She shared what she'd learned and all the information she'd found with Xiao Ye, including the Demon Beasts' favored Skills, living habits, alternation between tangible and intangible forms, and their weak points.

Xiao Ye felt way more familiar with the Spiritual Illusion Elf Demon Beast now, and a lot more confident about harvesting those shards and Crystals up ahead.

"Xiao Ye, why's Sister Bingxi still cooped up in the bathroom?" Nangong Siyao suddenly cut in.

Xiao Ye raised a brow—*good question.*

So he walked over and knocked on the door, saying, "Bingxi, need me to check you out?"

A loud bang sounded from inside, followed by Cheng Bingxi's startled shriek.

Xiao Ye thought, *That can't be good,* and kicked the door in.