Ruins

At the edge of a void in the vanished world of relics, Jiang Hou, with a demon blade on his back and black hair draped over his shoulders, appeared out of thin air alongside a white kitty.

Meow~ The white kitty let out a listless cry as it lay atop Jiang Hou's shoulder.

Jiang Hou raised an eyebrow: "No 'energy' for searching today?"

Meow~ The white kitty nodded and pointed at its belly with a little paw.

"Alright, I'll search today."

Jiang Hou nodded, and then the ground beneath his feet shattered as he transformed into a black shadow, shooting up to the sky, beginning to search for a high-tier ferocious beast along the void's edge.

Unlike the white fox beast, which could smell ferocious beasts hundreds of kilometers away, Jiang Hou's search was more dependent on luck.

Boom!

At the foot of a desolate mountain, a black blade energy stretching tens of meters tore through the atmosphere, descending from the sky to obliterate a polluting monster exuding the aura of Tier Five.

In the air, Jiang Hou glanced coldly at the massive crevice below before vanishing into the black mist.

Throughout the night, Jiang Hou flew nearly a thousand kilometers, slaying hundreds of low-tier and dozens of high-tier monsters and beasts.

Yet he saw not a single hair of a Tier Seven ferocious beast.

Without Feitong's 'navigation', finding a Tier Seven ferocious beast in the ruins where vision is limited and perception is suppressed is extremely difficult.

Atop a mountain peak thousands of meters high, Jiang Hou looked at the surging black fog in all directions, somewhat helplessly patting the kitty's head on his shoulder: "This family can't do without you, can't even find food."

Meow~ The white kitty, listless, raised its head, a faintly human-like glee on its face.

That's right, Master Feitong has always been important.

The next day, Qin Siyu, as usual, took the kitty to school, while Jiang Hou took a car to the base, where Li Mengwu had arrived early outside the office.

Li Mengwu followed Jiang Hou into the office and, after he sat down, spoke while holding a document.

"Minister, the Martial Dao Research Society sent word that the first stage of the cultivation technique is quite challenging, requesting more time."

A few days ago, when Jiang Hou gathered those ancient martial sect leaders and inheritors, they each boasted they could produce an initial cultivation plan in just two days.

Jiang Hou nodded: "Ask them to hurry, I don't have much time to wait for them."

Jiang Hou naturally knew that creating a cultivation technique from scratch is no easy feat, yet he still asked Li Mengwu to put some pressure on them.

Li Mengwu continued, "Headquarters Logistics Department replied that the Celestial Demon resources you requested have been fully allocated from provincial branches and will be assembled the day after tomorrow."

"Word from the Celestial Court is that the construction of Emperor Dongyue's Divine Hall has begun, expected completion in another week."

Jiang Hou nodded slightly, gesturing for Li Mengwu to continue.

"On the opposite side of the large channel in Zhangxi Province, monitoring points over six hundred kilometers away have been continuously damaged, tracking detected high-tier monster aura."

"Currently, the person in charge of the branch has sent Tier Five members skilled in concealing traces to investigate, unsure whether the creature is Tier Six or Tier Seven Evil God level..."

Guarding the southwest is not just talk.

As the person in charge, with the restructuring of the branches in the six provinces completed, Jiang Hou found himself suddenly overwhelmed with tasks.

A busy day quickly passed.

After dinner that evening, Jiang Hou and Qin Siyu sat expectantly on the sofa.

The girl with a loose ponytail sat cross-legged on the sofa, her beautiful eyes flickering as she looked at the handsome youth across from her, creating a strangely romantic scene.

Qin Siyu asked with some anticipation: "Jiang Hou, what book are we reading today?"

"Let's continue with Nanhua True Scripture." Jiang Hou flipped his hand, took out the annotated scripture, and handed it to Qin Siyu, curious to see what changes might occur this time.

"Alright."

Qin Siyu took the scripture, opened the first page, as a red crown imprint on her forehead emitted a golden glow, a strong force of belief enveloping the area.

"North Netherworld has a fish, its name is Kun. The Kun is so large, who knows how many thousands of kilometers it measures, transforming into a Peng, its wings resemble clouds hanging in the sky, moving across the ocean to the South Netherworld, which is a heavenly pool..."

The same recitation tone, yet today under the augmentation of Word Spirit power it was invigorated compared to yesterday.

The ethereal mysterious scripture echoed in the living room, rings of golden light radiating from Qin Siyu, with a vague phantom of an endless ocean appearing within the glow.

In the ocean waves roared, a massive Kunpeng spread its fins to the sea and soared skyward.

Upon breaking the surface, its form instantly changed, sprouting legs underneath, fins transforming into sky-reaching wings, a majestic and sharp cry resounded across 'heaven and earth'.

As Jiang Hou witnessed the transformation from Kun to Peng, his consciousness thundered, instantly plunging into a mysterious realm.

At the moment of Kun's transformation into Peng, he sensed a thread of Era Power merging opportunity, combined with the feeling when the Word Spirit power once fused before.

Boom boom boom!!

Inside Jiang Hou, reaching Tier Six Peak, transparent yuan force roamed through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Thirty-Six Meridians, erupting, and began circulating along a more mysterious route.

Meanwhile, scriptures rang like a bell in his ear, consciousness between sleep and wakefulness.

Jiang Hou felt like he was having a very long dream, where he transformed into a giant Kun dwelling in the North Netherworld ancient sea, turning into a Peng hunting the wild lands.

The Kunpeng opened its massive mouth, with true dragons momentarily bleeding across the sky.

Its claws reached out, shattering the world beneath.

Its wings covered the sky, with a gentle flap reducing billions of kilometers of mountains to ash, amidst countless cries of life, it thrived beyond the heavens, slaying gods and swallowing Buddhas.

Due to the dream's intense realism, when Jiang Hou awoke past nine in the evening, his heart still brimmed with a domineering spirit transcending the ages.

Ah!

Jiang Hou exhaled deeply, suppressing the strange feelings that did not belong to him, then looked at the girl who had fallen asleep clutching the Nanhua True Scripture.

"Asleep again?"

Jiang Hou focused on Qin Siyu's forehead, noting an additional cyan-black speck on the crown that resembled the boundless North Netherworld mysterious sea, suspended beyond heaven.

"Wonder what ability it is this time!"

Jiang Hou was curious, Word Spirit power chanting the True Scripture of Ksitigarbha, gaining 'Buddha's light shines', chanting Taoist Nanhua True Scripture, transforming into a Kunpeng?

More importantly, not knowing what changes will occur when endowed with Daoist and Buddhist power.

Jiang Hou gently embraced Qin Siyu, carrying her back to her room, covering her with a blanket.

Upon exiting the room, he saw the white kitty, listless for two days, sitting on the sofa armrest, quietly licking its paw: "Feitong, can you work today?"

Meow~

The white kitty waved its paw, appearing in good spirits.

"As long as you can work, otherwise I'm afraid today will be another wasteful run." Jiang Hou smiled, turned off the lights, drew the curtains, and, accompanied by Feitong, entered the ruins once more.

Boom! Just entering the ruins, the suppression from the real world lifted off the white kitty, its form instantly expanding.

In a blink, a colossal white fox, sixty-five meters in length with five fluffy tails, appeared, emanating Tier Six Peak aura.

Moreover, at the tail's end of the white fox beast, a new rise was noted.