Yun Jin clicked the fusion button, and a flicker of anticipation crossed her eyes.
This time, it was almost like merging every cultivation manual in the world.
Among them, there were even the primordial manuals of spirit beasts.
Yun Jin couldn't help but wonder, if she fed in so many manuals, could she actually touch the secret of spirit beast evolution?
A white light flashed.
One manual slowly appeared in Yun Jin's mind.
This manual…
Yun Jin froze for a moment.
The final evolved manual had no levels at all.
It was a manual with no threshold. Any spirit beast could cultivate it.
How was that possible? Had the fusion failed?
Yun Jin quickly checked. Then, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.
No, that wasn't right. The fusion hadn't failed. This manual really didn't have levels. It was a supportive manual!
"Bloodline Evolution Codex!"
The name of the manual was pretty straightforward.
Yun Jin read the description, her eyes flickering with interest.
Though it wasn't a Saint-rank technique and didn't transcend Saint-rank, for the spirit beast world, this was the perfect cultivation method.
All spirit beast species that had survived until now had wealthy ancestors.
After long generations, they developed strict hierarchies. If someone could see the power of their bloodlines, they'd notice that the purer the bloodline, the higher the rank. The more mixed the bloodline, the lower the rank.
Lower and mid-tier spirit beasts might even have hundreds of different bloodline genes mixed together.
These bloodlines interfered with each other, dragging them down and preventing rapid strength improvement.
But cultivating this manual, it would pick the bloodline sections with the most potential, purify the weak links, and highlight the strongest parts.
A low-tier spirit beast could slowly become mid-tier.
A mid-tier could eventually become high-tier.
Of course, bloodline evolution was a long process. But spirit beasts lived far longer than humans. They had time to train their bloodlines day after day, year after year. This was a manual truly tailored for spirit beasts.
As a human, Yun Jin couldn't cultivate it or verify its effects. But there was already a perfect candidate. She looked up and smiled. "Senior Língzūn."
Língzūn looked at her with curiosity.
For three years, Yun Jin had stayed at the mountaintop with him. They lived side by side and had become quite good friends.
A few days ago, Yun Jin had told him she was experimenting with a fusion refinement method and that it was about to bear fruit.
With his extraordinary insight, the moment he saw Yun Jin's expression, Língzūn already had a hunch.
Could it be… the refinement had succeeded?
He was curious to see what kind of manual Yun Jin had created.
Yun Jin quickly recorded the technique onto a jade slip and handed it to him with a smile. "Try it, Senior."
Língzūn held the slip, anticipation flashing in his eyes.
At first, he was slightly stunned.
A manual with no levels? Not even Yellow-rank?
Then, his expression changed.
No, this wasn't right.
This manual…
Língzūn closed his eyes. In an instant, he had already mastered the manual. Following its instructions, he activated his bloodline in a specific rhythm.
He had already evolved multiple times. Now, he had reached the level of a super divine beast. Compared to other spirit beasts, his bloodline purity was already very high. Still, after a few cycles of the manual, his bloodline improved ever so slightly.
Of course, that was because his bloodline was already extremely pure, and he had only cultivated the manual for a short time. If he persisted for tens of thousands of years, he would see significant improvement.
That was for him.
But what about the other spirit beasts? The low-tier and mid-tier beasts?
Even for ordinary divine beasts, this manual was incredibly potent!
And the best part, there was no threshold!
Just this one manual might be more precious than all other techniques combined in the spirit beast world.
Even Saint-rank techniques.
Even God-rank techniques.
For Língzūn, they couldn't compare to even a fraction of this manual's value.
After a few cycles, he fell silent, his eyes glimmering red. If this manual were passed on, its effect would surpass even the Holy Spring by far.
The world truly was unfair.
It had been unfair before, it was unfair now, and it would never be fair. But with this manual, at least more spirit beasts could control their own fate.
Língzūn's expression softened. He seemed to glimpse a woman from a distant past.
She had been born the most noble super divine beast but had devoted her life to ensuring more ordinary spirit beasts survived. If she knew that now there was a manual giving ordinary spirit beasts a chance to control their fate, she would probably… be comforted.
Língzūn seemed lost in some long-forgotten memory.
Yun Jin sat quietly beside him, waiting without disturbing him.
After a long while, the tears at the corners of his eyes evaporated, and he smiled. "Excuse me for showing my emotions."
Yun Jin blinked. "I didn't see anything."
A gentle light appeared in Língzūn's eyes. "Even just this manual is a salvation. With it, whether or not I find an heir no longer matters. Spirit beasts everywhere can control their destiny without depending on me."
Originally, he had been seeking an heir to pass on the method of creating the Holy Spring.
Now, that didn't matter anymore.
This manual surpassed the Holy Spring a hundredfold.
As Língzūn said this, Yun Jin paused for a moment.
At that instant, her task had changed. Originally, she was supposed to find an heir for Língzūn.
Now, her task was to accompany him on his final journey.
"So, when the client's wish changes, the mission changes too."
"I'm glad I could help, Senior," Yun Jin said.
"It's more than helping," Língzūn said warmly. "I don't even know how to repay such a great favor."
Yun Jin shook her head. "If it weren't for you gathering every manual in the world, I couldn't have created this manual."
Gathering every manual in just three days… that was a true miracle. In any other world, it would have been impossible.
Even with Yun Jin's reputation in the Vast Azure World, she couldn't have done it alone.
Only Língzūn could.
He had protected this world for who knew how many hundreds of thousands of years, giving everything he had to it.
Only then could something so extraordinary happen.
"Gathering every manual is easy. Finding the secret to evolution, that's something only you could do," Língzūn said. "Don't worry, I know your personality. I won't say more thanks, or you'd just feel awkward."
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New announcement (I add something here, this is more detailed than previous one)
So, I Became a Fairy And Lived Forever In The Fairy World is already rewritten and uploaded on AO3, and the Webnovel version has been updated too. Now it's The Cube Queen's Apocalypse Feast's turn, and I'm rewriting it while uploading the polished chapters here on AO3.
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