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The next second, countless eyes descended, looking at Chen Xing with deep significance, "If you had doubts in your heart just then, why did you move the Domain Stele? You clearly could have backed out."

Chen Xing naturally wouldn't tell him that he needed the artifact as evolution material.

He spoke lightly, "Because I trust you."

This sudden sincerity made the Suspended Island Sky Roc's eyeballs bulge, its multitude of eyes looking at Chen Xing with complexity, "Naive! Stupid!"

Then it raised its head in arrogance, "But today, I'm in a good mood, so I won't go back on my word, heh heh heh~"

Having said that, it was ready to fly away and leave.

"Wait." Chen Xing called out to it.

"What now!" the Suspended Island Sky Roc seethed, "I have always been ruthless in killing; sparing your life today is already my limit. Human, don't be too greedy."

"Do me a favor, take me back."

"Damn it, what do you take me for? Your mount!?" The Suspended Island Sky Roc let out a long howl to the sky as a dark cloud churned around it, and heavy haze swiftly gathered from the accumulating clouds.

"I don't know the way! How would I know if I am still in the place where I came in from if I leave here? Let's at least see this cooperation through to the end," Chen Xing said helplessly.

In the midst of the gloomy clouds, numerous crimson eyes flickered faintly, and after a long while, the deep voice of the Suspended Island Sky Roc came through, "For the last time."

Three hours later, after delivering Chen Xing to the vicinity of where he had first entered, the Suspended Island Sky Roc dropped off the man and the bird, then hurriedly flew away.

Watching the back of the Suspended Island Sky Roc, a hint of shade flickered across Chen Xing's eyes.

Perhaps being confined for too long, the character of the Suspended Island Sky Roc had obvious flaws.

Asking it to take him back was also a test,

Fortunately, the test had a good outcome; it seemed there might be a chance for cooperation in the future.

Even if it refused to take him back, he could have ridden the Sìxiàng in the general direction. As long as he got near the area, he could return to the corresponding entrance area on the Main Plane through the Dark Realm.

It would just take a little more time.

"Let's go back to reality," Chen Xing said to the Sìxiàng.

The Sìxiàng took Chen Xing back to the backyard of the villa.

The ancient primeval Shadow threadworm symbiotically living on Sìxiàng felt very uncomfortable as it abruptly made contact with the Main Plane's atmosphere, rich with elements of various systems.

Its head swayed slightly, tentacles stretching out involuntarily.

From a distance, countless "tentacles" appeared to have grown out behind the Sìxiàng.

"Alright, now we need to have a proper talk," Chen Xing said to the ancient primeval Shadow threadworm.

The ancient primeval Shadow threadworm was startled and responded with a dazed "ah."

Had they not already had a good talk before, why continue talking?

Chen Xing calmly said, "I'll ask, you answer."

"Tentacles" that extended from behind Sìxiàng stealthily formed a round, bulbous head above it.

The pitch-black head only had two empty eye sockets.

"First, after you symbiosed, the aura on Sìxiàng grew stronger, why is that?"

"That's my innate ability! I can share a part of my Energy Level with it; we both get stronger together. The one with the lower Energy Level gets a larger increase, while the one with a higher Energy Level gets a smaller boost.

Moreover, I can also share a Passive Skill with the symbiote." The ancient primeval Shadow threadworm, now symbiotic, seemed much more lucid and spoke much more succinctly.

Chen Xing silently nodded.

In fact, he had seen the State displayed on Sìxiàng's panel.
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[Species] Dark Realm Arbiter

[Power Level] 104+5

[State] Healthy (Symbiotic)

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[Species] Ancient Primeval Shadow Threadworm

[Power Level] 142+0.1

[State] Weak (Symbiotic)

The Energy Level on Sìxiàng had a temporary increase of 5 Energy Levels, and given its State displayed as healthy, it seemed that this symbiosis was harmless.

And it hadn't lied.

Chen Xing didn't have the ability to detect lies either, so he probed a bit more. From what he could tell, the ancient primordial Shadow Threadworm seemed to just barely be trustworthy.

"So you just need to absorb a large amount of energy to quickly recover your Power Level?" Chen Xing asked.

"Correct, but I can only absorb energy from within an Arbiter. Right now, Your Excellency the Arbiter is quite weak, and I can't absorb much. I can only barely maintain my Power Level from dropping," the ancient primordial Shadow Threadworm answered honestly.

Chen Xing said, "Your name is too long, from now on I'll just call you Shadow."

Shadow accepted the name without a fuss.

For it, names were irrelevant, nothing more than symbols.

Whatever the great master prefers to call it would be fine.

"Introduce the Mana Drain, Life Absorption, Mana Tide, and Blood Sharing skills to me," Chen Xing inquired. He hadn't heard of these skills before, perhaps because the threadworm was so ancient that the skills it knew were from a bygone era.

He could only guess the effects of the skills by their names.

"Mana Drain is about absorbing magic power from other creatures, but only magic power from you, Your Excellency the Arbiter, can help me grow. The absorbed magic power can only exist temporarily within me, but I can transfer it back to a symbiotic host," Shadow explained.

"Life Absorption is about drawing life force from a target to heal injuries. I can also transfer the absorbed life force back to a symbiotic host."

"Mana Tide allows me to stir up a tide of magic power within me, increasing the destructive power of the next skill. I can also create a Mana Tide within the magic power of a symbiotic target."

"Blood Sharing is where I temporarily link my own life force to a symbiotic target, some of the damage Your Excellency the Arbiter receives would be transferred to me."

After listening to the explanation, Chen Xing fell silent. This was far more than just having an accessory attached to him.

It was like having a divine artifact on his back.

"Can you symbiote with other units?"

Chen Xing thought of Taotie. Compared to Sìxiàng, a close-combat unit like Taotie seemed more suited to symbiote with Shadow.

"I can... but only by absorbing the magic power within you, Your Excellency the Arbiter, can I grow," Shadow said meekly.

The great master wouldn't be thinking about having me symbiote with him because I'm so powerful, would he?

Even though he's my master's master, this isn't proper.

"Hmm... no problem, I was just asking," Chen Xing said.

The strategic significance was even greater if it was possible to symbiote with other units.

Normally, it could symbiote with Sìxiàng.

Then, at a critical moment or an important battle, it was also feasible to temporarily switch the symbiotic unit.

"Right, you said you can share a Passive Skill with the symbiotic unit?"

"Exactly!"

"How effective is your ultra-strong healing ability? Can it regenerate limbs?"

With pride, the dark, round-headed figure Shadow had formed said, "Piece of cake!"

Regenerating limbs was its specialty, a triviality among trivialities.

Chen Xing nodded and said, "Then when you symbiote with Sìxiàng, share the ultra-strong healing Passive Skill."

He had heard of the Iron Body Passive Skill, which enhanced physical defense, but it didn't offer resistance to magical elemental damage.

Moreover, the role of Sìxiàng wasn't to endure heavy damage as a frontline warrior. The ultra-strong healing passive would increase its margin of error, winning through versatility.

"Secondly, whether what the Suspended Island Sky Roc said was true or false," Chen Xing recounted what the Suspended Island Sky Roc had said earlier.

After hearing this, Shadow became agitated, "That's not right! The previous Dark Realm Arbiter expelled all the Species living in the Dark Realm before sealing it. Only a few species who did not want to leave hid and stayed behind."

"Oh, so the Suspended Island Sky Roc was one of the species that stayed behind?" Chen Xing asked.

"No," Shadow replied, struggling to remember. Its brain was limited, and after straining its few remaining memory cells, it finally recalled a fragment.

"It was imprisoned by the previous Arbiter."

"Aside from it, some other creatures were also imprisoned in the Dark Realm. It looked like a deal with gods, yes, a deal with gods!"

Chen Xing speculated thoughtfully and asked, "What were the terms of that deal?"

Shadow tried to remember again, but said dejectedly, "I've forgotten. After the previous Arbiter finished talking with the gods, I forgot the content of their conversation."

Hearing Shadow's account raised numerous speculations in Chen Xing's mind.

But soon these distractions were cleared away. At least the Domain Stele was in hand, with only the final material still to be obtained.