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

Xiao Ye picked up the crystal, which felt as heavy and cold as metal.

"What is this thing?"

"Can it fix the flaw in the World Tree core?"

The Time Empress furrowed her brows in thought, saying, "I think I once saw a record of this thing somewhere, but it was so long ago, I forgot."

"It's extremely high-level, if the Cosmic Great Races find out, they'll go crazy fighting over it."

Lu Xueqi, with her flowing fiery red hair, widened her eyes in shock.

Her eyes filled with a hungry, eager light, and she got very excited, saying,

"This is the Nihility Law Core."

"It can produce the seed of the Nihility Law Origin itself."

"If a universe lifeform refines and consumes it, there's a huge chance they'll develop an innate Nihility Law physique, be favored by the Universe Nihility Law Origin, and their cultivation would be smooth sailing for life, making them insanely powerful."

"Millions of years ago, two Cosmic Great Races went to war over a single Space Law Core, launching a clan war that threw over a thousand Star Domains into chaos, with over a trillion lives lost."

"This thing is a priceless treasure for Nihility Law cultivators, holding an irresistible deadly attraction for them!"

Lu Xueqi leaned in,

her delicate face almost pressed against Xiao Ye's hand, beautiful eyes staring hungrily at the Nihility Law Core, her rosy little tongue licking her lips in anticipation.

Xiao Ye's large rough hand could actually feel Lu Xueqi's heavy breathing.

He laughed, saying,

"You want it?"

Lu Xueqi nodded rapidly, her gaze burning, "Mhm, of course I want it."

"Will you give it to me?"

With a swift motion, Xiao Ye put the Nihility Law Core away and shook his head,

"No."

Lu Xueqi froze for a moment, then snapped angrily, "Then why'd you ask me?"

Xiao Ye waved his hand, "You should go. I saved your life, you killed the Nihility Law Big Cat Desolate Beast for me, we're even now."

"From now on, stop crushing on Time Empress. She's a girl with a husband already!"

The Time Empress thrust out her chest, "Yeah, you crazy woman, get lost!"

Lu Xueqi rolled her eyes.

*Time Empress, Nihility Law Core—she wanted both!*

*But now that Time Empress had a man and dumped her, she had no reason to stay here any longer.*

Lu Xueqi mused,

"Man!"

"You don't want the Universe Great Races to find out that Desolate Beasts can drop Law Cores, do you?"

Xiao Ye was dumbfounded.

*This crazy woman, living her best life, is actually threatening me!*

Xiao Ye snorted coldly,

"The Desolate Realm's supreme aura will get detected by the Cosmic Great Races eventually."

"Even if you don't spill the beans, they'll still show up at Blue Star one day and discover this secret."

Lu Xueqi pouted in boredom and said helplessly, "Man! Then I'll stick around guarding the Desolate Realm, slay a few Desolate Beasts, and trade the other Law Cores with you. Good enough, right?"

"I really need the Nihility Law Core, seriously!"

Xiao Ye's eyes lit up, "Sure, you can stay here if you want."

"The Time Empress and I are gonna go back and take a nice bath."

What a joke.

If a Desolate Beast came out from the Desolate Realm, he would sense it right away and rush over to kill it first.

*Like hell he'd let this crazy woman get her turn.*

*But if this crazy woman stayed here, didn't wander off, and didn't blab, that'd actually be perfect.*

*Hopefully she'd stay guarding for a few hundred—heck, a few thousand years.*

Lu Xueqi's gaze was complicated. She glanced at the Time Empress with some reluctance, her eyes lingering.

"Time Empress, I'll always love you, until death."

"You, you go with that guy."

"I'll quietly bless you two from behind the scenes."

The Time Empress rolled her eyes, "Who asked for your blessing, crazy woman."

"Xiao Ye, let's go."

She hugged Xiao Ye's arm and followed him away, returning to Wilderness Base City.

Beneath the towering, massive World Tree, Xiao Ye and the Time Empress appeared.

The World Tree was even bigger than when it was first planted, its branches and leaves covering nearly ninety percent of Blue Star.

The remaining ten percent gap was over the Pacific Ocean's Desolate Realm rift.

No one knew why, but that patch wasn't covered by the tree.

The World Tree covered most of Blue Star, so Blue Star should have been plunged into darkness, unable to get sunlight.

But sunlight still streamed through the World Tree's leaves and branches, shining on the earth as usual.

The World Tree had a form but no spirit, much like the Rule Origin on its surface, carrying all kinds of Primordial Aura, but in reality lacking true Rule Origin Power.

That was what the World Tree core lacked.

Xiao Ye took out the Nihility Law Core, and the crystal—about the size of a fist—floated up on its own, merging into the World Tree.

On the vast World Tree, the Nihility Law Origin began to take solid form, the Origin Power condensing into substance.

In that instant, Xiao Ye felt the World Tree's call.

*A sudden understanding crystallized within him.*

He could channel the World Tree's purification power anywhere in the Milky Way Galaxy.

He could also use the World Tree's Nihility Law Origin.

Xiao Ye sensed something else.

*All across the Milky Way, some newborn infants and young creatures were now born with a new Nihility Law affinity meridian. Their Template Adjuster had also just picked up the Nihility Attribute, though it hadn't activated yet.*

Especially on Blue Star.

Many newborn human and Demon Beast infants on Blue Star had gained the Nihility Attribute on their unawakened templates.

These would be the lucky ones, born with top-tier SSS-level potential.

Within the scope of Wilderness Base City, infants just born, or embryos still in the womb, received Nihility Attribute potential in their bodies—at near-Mythical Level.

*Xiao Ye grew thoughtful.*

If he had his eye on someone, he could directly raise that infant's Nihility Attribute template potential to Mythical Level.

This was just the World Tree absorbing the Nihility Law Core; the Nihility Law Origin hadn't even fully recovered yet. Once it did, the talent and potential could even rise to the peak of Mythical Level.

Maybe even transcend Mythical Level to reach Great Dao Level.

Great Dao Level—Xiao Ye's pupils contracted.

*Even his own talent hadn't reached that rank yet.*

The Template Adjuster could still continue upgrading the templates, for him and Beast Girl alike, including their potential, combat power, and all-around assessments.

But the resources required to upgrade from Mythical Level to Great Dao Level template—he couldn't find them yet, so he hadn't done it.

For now, Mythical Level templates sufficed.

With the Space-Time Hall in play, template level was no longer the main factor controlling cultivation speed.

Dean Grandpa suddenly appeared, his wrinkled face just an inch away from Xiao Ye's.

"?"

Xiao Ye nearly jumped in fright.

"Dean Grandpa, you perv, don't sneak up on me like that and get so close."

"I'll tell you right now, I'm not into guys. I like beauties."

Dean Grandpa twitched his lips, "I know you like beauties."

"I'm here to remind you of something, so you don't regret it later."

Xiao Ye raised his brow, "What's up?"