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

The life essence and destruction essence within the heads of all the Demon Beasts in the Holy Spirit Secret Realm began to resonate and tremble.

In an instant, the aura of every Demon Beast surged dramatically.

Their bloodlines became restless, and even deep within their genes, a turbulence occurred.

The leaders at the peak of the Great Venerable Realm from every race all revealed looks of utter shock.

At that moment, they sensed the presence of the ancestral bloodline.

Their bloodlines had evolved from the ancestral bloodline, but in both purity and depth, they paled in comparison to the original.

The ancestral bloodline, endowed from birth with control over life and destruction factors, was innately attuned to both; in time, it could reach the highest, mastering Life Laws and Laws of Destruction, and even the relevant Cosmic Origin Order itself.

Once born, it would be cultivated and followed by countless Life Races and Destruction Races.

Every race, without exception, yearned for the ancestral bloodline to lead them to reach the supreme!

The alligator turtle leader at the peak of the Great Venerable Realm let out a low roar, its body Shield Void as it shot toward the birthplace of the ancestral bloodline.

In the Extremely Cold Waters, the bowhead demon whale leader stretching over a thousand meters in length, standing at the peak of the Great Venerable Realm, released a whale cry, then leapt from the sea. Its massive body arced from the waves in a torrent, soared thousands of meters high, and traversed the sky towards a certain prairie.

Deep within the sea, ten thousand meters down, the Greenland Shark leader at the peak of the Great Venerable Realm, who had been in slumber, was jolted awake. It keenly sensed a powerful response from its bloodline, life essence, and even deep within its genes, and it was shaken to its core.

The ancestral bloodline had appeared! The ancestral bloodline, here at last! With the birth of such a bloodline, the Life Attribute Race and Destruction Attribute Race would soar to greatness, vie for supremacy, and rise to stand among the foremost of myriad races.

*These were the original words left in the depths of their genes by the ancestor Demon Beasts.*

The Greenland Shark leader at the peak of the Great Venerable Realm roared and laughed aloud, "The ancestral bloodline will lead the Greenland Shark race to glory!"

Its massive body unleashed a surging might, and with a boom like a rocket launch, it shot rapidly towards the surface, burst through the waves, soared into midair, and headed for the birthplace of the ancestral bloodline.

In the shallows, a powerful Red Gallbladder Demon Plant from the red gall demon plant race, bristling with scarlet barbs all over, shot into the heavens as well.

One from the glass sponge race Shield Void its way through the air as well.

It wasn't only the races of the seas: deep within the ranges of great mountains, the leaders at the peak of the Great Venerable Realm from each of the top-tier destruction attribute races made the same choice, streaking through the sky toward that prairie.

The peak Great Venerable Battle Tyrannosaurus Demon Beast, the peak Great Venerable Winged Dragon Demon Beast, the peak Great Venerable Earth Dragon Demon Beast, and more…

On a prairie at the edge of the Holy Spirit Secret Realm.

The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox was at the final stage of her epiphany, also the last step of her template upgrade. Her colossal form was wrapped in a vast and mysterious origin order, with countless streams of life and destruction factors swirling about her.

The 150 Rule Fragment Crystals within the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox's body had also reached the final phase of merging with her template.

Her realm kept dropping, from the Grandmaster Realm to Great Grandmaster, then from Great Grandmaster to the Mortal Realm, sinking ever lower.

Yet a supreme sovereign aura began to emanate from her body.

Xiao Ya only watched from far away, heart pounding with dread.

Nangong Siyao, however, appeared largely unaffected, her face calm as she said, "This is a different evolution from the Golden Dragon's..."

"And by the look of it, the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox is nearly done with the template upgrade."

Xiao Ya nodded in agreement.

But suddenly, as if she had sensed something, her face changed dramatically, turning ashen and grim.

"A Great Venerable Demon Beast is heading this way," she said hurriedly.

Nangong Siyao asked in confusion, "Aren't you a Great Venerable too, just stop it."

Xiao Ya replied in a low voice, "It's not just one. There are three." A$l+w%ay.s read+ fro!m the so#u@r*c#e: M|!V|-LE$4MPY@R*.

"No, five!"

Xiao Ya grew frantic, "Eight—there are eight of them, and they all appear to be at the peak of the Great Venerable Realm!"

Nangong Siyao's eyes widened in shock, and she panicked as well.

"What are we going to do now?" she said, flustered. "We can't fight them, and we can't interrupt the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox's template upgrade. Without Xiao Ye to open a space channel, we can't even escape for help!"

*Were they just supposed to wait here to die?*

Nangong Siyao grabbed the little Kunpeng pendant hanging at her chest—Xiao Ye had just given it to her, and Xiao Ya had one as well.

"The Secret Realm and Blue Star are two different spaces. Can this emergency teleportation pendant get me next to the headmaster?" Nangong Siyao wondered, uncertain.

*It would only activate if she was hit with a fatal attack, transmitting her away.*

*If she didn't get teleported, she'd die right here.*

Xiao Ya just shook her head, "The Holy Spirit Secret Realm is a small world, a different domain from Blue Star. Crossing the boundary takes boundary-breaking teleportation equipment. I doubt this little Kunpeng trinket has that ability."

Their conversation lasted only seconds, but by then, a peak Great Venerable Demon Beast leader closest to them had reached the prairie.

Xiao Ya flashed forward, putting herself between Nangong Siyao and the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox at a distance.

"Great Venerable Earth Dragon Demon Beast!" Xiao Ya muttered bitterly. She was only Great Venerable One-Star; if they fought, she would be one-shotted.

But even if it killed her, she wouldn't run.

"Boom!" An intense aura burst from her, and her Phantom Spirit Domain flared out—she was prepared to fight to the death.

But to her shock, the peak Great Venerable Earth Dragon Demon Beast only glanced at her calmly, then ignored her completely. In its eyes flickered a hint of reverence, yet its gaze was fixed on the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox.

It didn't move forward. Instead, it prostrated itself and quietly waited for the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox to finish upgrading.

As if it was waiting for the complete birth of the ancestral bloodline!

Xiao Ya asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

Nangong Siyao came over, half guessing, "Maybe it's related to the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox's evolutionary path."

After the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon template upgrade, it became the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Supreme Template, the natural king among dragon-type Demon Beasts. She figured the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox was much the same.

But whatever the reason, both of them breathed a sigh of relief, the boulder in their chests lifting.

As long as the peak Great Venerable Demon Beasts didn't harm them or the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox, it was enough.

As time passed, more and more figures appeared at the prairie's edge: Battle Tyrannosaurus, Winged Dragon, Alligator Turtle Leader, Greenland Shark, Glass Sponge, Bowhead Demon Whale, Red Gallbladder Demon Plant—all peak Great Venerables!

That was the Great Venerable Ten-Star Realm.

At that moment, all of them restrained their auras, quietly ringing the prairie, stopping at its edge. None dared make even a sound, for fear of disturbing the birth of the ancestral bloodline.

Reverence and excitement shone in their eyes.

But toward each other, there was vigilance and caution.

Still, it was as if none of them saw Xiao Ya and Nangong Siyao at all; as if these two insignificant humans simply didn't exist—they were ignored completely.

Xiao Ya withdrew her aura and domain, actually relieved to be ignored.

"Boom!"

The sovereign aura on the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox grew ever denser, rising steadily, climbing to its limit.

[Template upgrade successful]

[Mythical Level Life-and-Death Sovereign Nine-tailed Celestial Fox Template]