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

They were the two most powerful Divine Spirits on Blue Star.

One was the Origin Divine Spirit of Spatial Rules, and the other was the Origin Divine Spirit of Time Rules.

*Space was king, and time was emperor.*

The Time Empress asked,

"Ancestral Empress, what do you think of the Human Emperor?"

The Space Ancestor Empress recalled for a moment, then summed up, "The Human Emperor was loyal and righteous, his character was truly outstanding."

"I noticed his Beast Girls all had Mythical Level templates."

"The humans born on Blue Star couldn't possibly have initial Talent above SSS level, which meant the Human Emperor had found a way to enhance the human template."

"He was now eighteen, at the Venerable Realm, and among humans, he was indisputably the number one young prodigy."

"Even in the Milky Way Galaxy and several nearby star systems, his talents were at T0 level, able to rival the Young Masters of the Cosmic Great Races deep in the Universe."

The Time Empress nodded, "Indeed, the Human Emperor started from a low place, but his aptitude wasn't inferior to anyone."

"His current potential was the strongest among Blue Star humans."

Divine Spirits, once their will was born and they mastered the Rule Origin, emerged directly into the Emperor Realm.

Humans, upon awakening, only just stepped into Tier One of the Mortal Realm—maybe never breaking through to the Emperor Realm in their lives. *That was the gap.*

The Space Ancestor Empress frowned and said, "The Human Emperor's aptitude, compared to us Divine Spirits?"

The Time Empress answered bitterly,

"Once we Divine Spirits were born, cultivation wasn't by conventional methods; we advanced by promoting and strengthening our Rule Origin."

"To ascend beyond the Emperor Realm, we were limited by the original planet, so advancement was extremely difficult."

"Humans and our path were somewhat similar, but also very different."

"They fused the Rule Origin into themselves, becoming the Rule Origin, and could break away from their planet to venture forth in the vast Universe."

"Realm advancement depended not just on talent but on Qi Fortune. Everyone, even Divine Spirits, had their own karma and destiny."

"Humans and Divine Spirits, fundamentally, couldn't be compared by aptitude alone."

The Space Empress suddenly felt a little troubled.

*That's right, Divine Spirits started high thanks to Blue Star, but were also limited by Blue Star. To break through to higher levels, they could only let Blue Star ascend.*

*Their fate was tightly bound to Blue Star.*

*Humans, who started low, relied on their own cultivation for every bit of Realm advancement. With themselves as the seed, they seized the fortune of heaven and earth, took root and sprouted, and weren't limited by the world itself.*

As long as their talent was decent, heading for the Grand Cosmic Realms, they could still smoothly break through to higher Realms.

The number of humans with dazzling genius was extremely small, even fewer than Divine Spirits.

*For hundreds of thousands of years, it wasn't that not a single Emperor Realm human was born.*

Of course, the inability of humans to ascend to the Emperor Realm was also due to the constraints imposed by Divine Spirits.

*Just like her, the Space Empress, who remained at the Perfection of the third stage of the Emperor Realm for over a hundred thousand years, and was still stuck at the Perfection of the third stage of the Emperor Realm.*

The distance to the Star Domain Realm was just a single step.

But that single gap was a chasm—no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't cross over.

That was because, with the current quality and level of Blue Star's Spatial Rule Origin, she could only break through to Perfection of the third stage of the Emperor Realm. To advance further, Blue Star's Spatial Rule Origin itself had to ascend!

The Time Empress frowned and said, "The Human Emperor was great, just had a few too many Beast Girls."

"Space Empress, did you want to be his Protector, or his wife?"

The Space Ancestor Empress blinked, "I could be either. How about you, sis?"

"The reason I wanted to tie myself to the Human Emperor was just to live and fight together with you, sis. I didn't have too many thoughts about the Human Emperor."

The Time Empress rolled her eyes, "You'd wrong yourself for me—is it worth it?"

"You can still back out now, or else you might regret it when it's too late."

The Space Ancestor Empress shook her head and said, "It's not about worth or not, only whether I'm willing or not."

"Sister, you still haven't told me—do you want to be the Human Emperor's Protector, or his wife?"

Suddenly, the Time Empress blushed, "Me? Of course I want to be the Human Emperor's wife!"

"I couldn't see the Human Emperor's future, but I could see his past. He was quite a likable person."

"Besides, being with the Human Emperor meant having food to eat, and could quickly advance in Realm."

"That's what you call an investment!"

The Space Ancestor Empress sighed, "But the price for this investment was too steep. You paid with your own body, your Rule Origin as capital. If the investment failed, you lost everything."

"Forget it, let's not think too much. If you want to be the Human Emperor's wife,"

"then I'll just become the Human Emperor's wife before you, and pave the way for you, sis!"

At that moment, a blinding light rushed over from afar.

It was the Starry Sky Giant Beast, carrying Xiao Ye, Ziran, and Cheng Bingxi back.

The Time Empress and Space Ancestor Empress stopped chatting, curious about why Xiao Ye had returned.

Xiao Ye jumped down and, facing the two Divine Spirits, said awkwardly,

"Seniors, could you do me a favor?"

The Space Ancestor Empress curled her lips into a smile and said, "What do you want from us, Human Emperor? Go on, let's hear it."

Xiao Ye scratched his head, chuckled,

"Seniors, the highest Realm any of us reached is just peak Quasi-Emperor Realm. There's zero chance of beating Divine Spirits in vying for the Destiny Rule Origin."

"Could you two help us out—get us the Destiny Rule Origin?"

"I'll pay you a reward."

The Ancestral Empress and the Time Empress exchanged a look, both spotting the joy in each other's eyes.

The Space Ancestor Empress blinked, "Human Emperor, what can you pay right now?"

Xiao Ye's face froze.

He really didn't have any reward on hand that could compare to the Destiny Rule Origin.

*He might never have such a thing in the future, either.*

Cheng Bingxi and Ziran looked troubled too—without equal value in return, there was no way to get the two Divine Spirits to help.

*Divine Spirits owed you nothing, so why would they help?*

The Ancestral Empress was delighted inside. With the Human Emperor's current worth, there was no way he could pay up.

With his current strength, he couldn't seize the Destiny Rule Origin from the hands of all those Divine Spirits either.

*That just made this request all the more valuable.*

Xiao Ye's face grew awkward, and he laughed dryly, "As long as you seniors are willing to help, I'll always remember the favor. Once I'm stronger, I'll pay a reward of equal value. Besides, I'll make it up to you for your favor separately."

"Is that acceptable, seniors?"

*He was feeling a little guilty.*

*According to what Sister Qingcheng said, he was bound to grow strong in the future.*

*But right now, he was still extremely weak.*

*The two Divine Spirits couldn't be sure he would ever grow strong.*

*Put simply, he was trying to get something for nothing.*

Just then, the Starry Sky Giant Beast disappeared, and Jiang Xue'an appeared. She cheerfully hopped next to Xiao Ye and took a few things out of her pocket.

There were a dozen or so items, all of them sealed.

Even so, the aura leaking from them changed the color of everyone's faces there.

The Space Ancestor Empress's expression shifted, and she exclaimed,

"These—these are Spatial Dao Fragments?"

"And Spatial Dao Principle Origin Liquid Drops?"