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

Gaining control over the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm had been a completely unexpected stroke of luck, so even Nangong Siyao had no idea.

So when the four of them entered the circular halo, passed through the safe space corridor, and arrived at the core of the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm,

the core of the Secret Realm was an independent inner space within the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm.

Xiao Ye activated the Chaos Group, and the space barrier of this small pocket dimension turned transparent, becoming like an observation pod where one could see the scenery of the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm outside.

The Heart of the Secret Realm space could move freely within the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm, appearing anywhere in the realm at will, and could arrive instantly wherever it wished.

One second, the Heart of the Secret Realm leapt to the cracked lake.

The next second, it flashed to the very edge of the realm, the border of the Endless Void.

In the following instant, the Heart of the Secret Realm shifted again, this time above the ocean, over Alligator Turtle Island.

One place after another flashed before their eyes. If need be, Xiao Ye could leave the Heart of the Secret Realm and quickly reach any corner of the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm.

Liu Ya was utterly astonished, *the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm was resource-rich and filled with many exotic treasures, but the most valuable thing by far was the position of Lord of the Secret Realm. Xiao Ye had left for just a short while and returned having taken control over such a massive secret realm?*

The Secret Realm was a subspace attached around the Blue Star Main Space, its laws unfinished. It wasn't recommended to try breaking through realms here, though cultivation was still fine.

Nangong Siyao, delighted, pointed at a beautiful beast-free island and said, "This island is mine. I want to build a great palace here."

Xiao Ye said, "If you know how to build, go nuts, do whatever you want."

Cheng Bingxi had stayed silent the whole time, not in the mood to enjoy the scenery at all, just because her butt still stung a bit. *Was she getting hemorrhoids or something?*

A few minutes later, the four found themselves on a plain with no sign of any Demon Beast. They planned to upgrade the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox template here.

Upgrading a template inside the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm meant they didn't have to worry about being spied on by others.

Next, Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi summoned their Contractual Power, activated the template, and transformed into the Holy Three-tailed White Fox!

The White Fox was as white as snow, sporting three fluffy tails and possessing four lives.

Xiao Ye opened the Template Adjuster to check the template upgrade function.

[SSS-level Nine-tailed Celestial Fox] (Upgradable)

[Mythical Level Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Sovereign of Life and Death Template] (Upgrade conditions viewable)

Upgrade conditions: 50 Life-type Rule Fragment Crystals, 50 Destruction Rule Fragment Crystals, 50 Creation Rule Fragment Crystals.

Liu Ya and Nangong Siyao backed off several kilometers, while within the white fox's consciousness, Xiao Ye took out the required 150 fragment crystals from the System Space. Enjoy the story by reading on M|V|LE%MPYR.

One hundred fifty fragment crystals appeared suspended in midair, circling the Three-tailed White Fox, a powerful surge of Rule Power spreading out from them.

The wild grass nearby responded instantly, shooting up to hundreds of meters in height, bursting with vitality, vibrant and green—then, a heartbeat later, collapsing into dust, dead energy pervading the land, everything turning gray and lifeless.

Again and again, the cycle repeated itself.

*Maybe because of their opposing natures, Rule Power surging from the Life-type Rule Fragment Crystals clashed and tangled with the wild energy erupting from the Destruction Rule Fragment Crystals, the two forces locked in conflict, winding around each other.*

The Creation Rule Fragment Crystals acted like a mediator, soothing and balancing the two explosive forces.

Enabled [Template Adjuster] template upgrade function.

[Template upgrading].

A vast and supremely mysterious Origin Order descended, instantly suppressing the rampaging Life-type Rule Fragment Crystals and Destruction Rule Fragment Crystals.

The two types of fragment crystals calmed from their frenetic state, settling into a serene and stable condition.

The wild grasses around the Three-tailed White Fox suddenly stopped their ceaseless cycles of growth or destruction.

"Hiss!" "Yaa!"

Far off, Liu Ya and Nangong Siyao both gasped, *they had never seen such a rare spectacle before and were totally floored and amazed.*

*Even the well-read and most beautiful teaching assistant, Liu Ya, had hit a knowledge blind spot; she didn't really understand Rule Power at all.*

*Last time, Nangong Siyao's Five-Clawed Golden Dragon template upgrade had triggered an amazing phenomenon, but she had been in the throes of enlightenment then and missed it entirely.*

"Whoosh!"

Back by the Three-tailed White Fox, something was happening.

One Life-type, one Destruction-type, and one Creation-type crystal suddenly burst apart, turning into pure, vast Rule Power that shot directly into the fox's body.

*If a top-tier Supreme tried to absorb three crystals like that, nine times out of ten they'd explode and die.*

But the Three-tailed White Fox was different. Guided by the vast, supremely mysterious Origin Order, the Rule Power fused straight down into the very depths of its foundation, feeding its essence directly into the template.

"Boom!"

The white fox's tails began disappearing one by one, until she became a single, pure white tail once more.

The Three-tailed White Fox's entire body jerked, suddenly floating up into the air. *A wave of realizations flooded her mind, sending her into a trance-like state of comprehension.*

Life, vitality, endless rebirth.

Destruction, death, total annihilation of essence.

As the Three-tailed White Fox continued to comprehend, within a radius of ten li, the life and destruction factors hidden in the air on the grassland all grew restless, swarming toward the fox.

Liu Ya, already in the Great Venerable Realm, secretly marveled, *She could clearly sense the swirling flow of these two energies; it was a good thing this grassland was free of Demon Beasts, or else who knew what kind of reaction Life-type or Destruction-type Demon Beasts would have…*

*It could even trigger riots of destruction matter and life matter inside Demon Beasts!*

*The fact that such an insane phenomenon had appeared proved how terrifying the White Fox's template upgrade truly was!*

*Now Liu Ya couldn't help but look forward to upgrading her own [SSS-level Spirit Illusion Cat Template].*

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

All sorts of fragment crystals, under the mysterious origin's guidance, merged into the Three-tailed White Fox's body.

Originally, she had only one tail, but every few minutes, another tail grew in.

And unlike before, each new tail had a different color.

Red, green, cyan, blue, yellow, black, white, gold, purple!

After all the Rule Fragment Crystals had entered her body, nine tails emerged.

In this moment, she was no longer the Three-tailed White Fox, but the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox. Her petite form swelled into an enormous creature, over a hundred meters tall and several hundred meters long, nine long tails stretching up to a kilometer, swaying elegantly all around.

The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox—this was just the first step, a change in outward appearance; compared to her outer form, what was happening within was even more terrifying.

The energy inside her transformed directly into Life Material Energy and Destructive Material Energy, winding and fusing together, cycling endlessly through her meridians.

The energy absorbed from outside with no attribute would be converted into the Life Attribute and Destruction Attribute!

The vast Sea of Spirit within her turned straight into the Life Forbidden Land and the Death Forbidden Land.

*From then on, she birthed life attribute spiritual power and destruction attribute spiritual power!*

Cheng Bingxi and Xiao Ye were both still deep in their states of enlightenment.

Life and destruction.

With a flip of the hand, life. With a wave of the hand, death!

Life and death were a thought apart!

With a single drop of blood, rebirth, infinite resurrection!

"Roar!" The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox unleashed a beastly roar, sending shocks and resonances through the life factors and destruction factors. In an instant, every Demon Beast in the Sacred Spirit Secret Realm felt it.