The Cockroach-like Girl Is My Beast

Bang bang.

Bang bang.

The phantom of the Heart of Terra keeps beating beneath his ribs.

As if becoming increasingly powerful.

Lin Guang is not insensitive to pain, nor is he devoid of emotion.

Yet his movements are without the slightest hesitation or distortion, slow, yet solidly climbing upwards.

Step by step, inching towards the summit.

And at this moment, the speed of the rising summit finally could not keep up with his climbing.

Dark golden Source Stone grows on his bones, and is eroded away with every step by the attacks it draws, so his bones gradually take on the hue representing the Source Stone.

[Talent Evolution Level: 30%]

At the top of the Sea of Spirit.

The heart, though broken, has healed significantly, surrounded by densely packed dark golden dust, forming a vague phantom around it.

Vaguely visible… it resembles a crown, yet also a thorny ring.

What subtle connection exists between the Source Stone and his talent?

Why is the Source Stone so lively within his body?

Why do these crystals grow more with the support of this Secret Realm, making his Heart of Terra even stronger?

Lin Guang cares not, or rather he knows, whether he cares or not is meaningless.

Because the established facts won't change.

Now, he simply needs to harness the power that erupts endlessly from within.

The endless tide of negative emotions constantly assaults.

Yet… Lin Guang can feel.

Or rather, he can read.

Some things are mixed within, shining like gold.

——It's the will left by Liu Cheyi, difficult for even time to erase.

His joys and sorrows.

The struggles and efforts of the cultivators in Beishan City.

The resistance and fall of the Refining Heaven Realm.

The stories that prove the existence of the Refining Heaven Realm, those remarkable moments.

Is all of this meaningless?

…How could it be?

As long as someone records all this information, as long as there's anyone who hasn't forgotten, then it hasn't entirely disappeared.

After leaving the Refining Heaven Realm, Liu Cheyi, with injuries too severe, indeed faced imminent demise, yet he absolutely had numerous opportunities to persist longer—just like the Secret Realm Master—to wait for even the slightest, possible hope.

Didn't he know leaving behind an inheritance would only quicken his death?

He chose to do so because the inheritance would endure longer than his pitiful effort to cling to life.

Thus…

It could allow the existence of the Refining Heaven Realm to persist longer.

Based on this reason, he crossed this despair, pain, and void, and resolutely walked towards his own end.

This is the true meaning of the third trial.

Civilization's continuation.

In Lin Guang's eyes, the dark golden flame burns fiercely, as intense as his emotions at this moment.

[Talent Evolution Level: 31%]

[Talent Evolution Level: 32%]

A dark golden phalanx grabs a sharp stone, creating a rustling friction sound.

With one step down, he is now within ten yards of the summit, and the "Liu Cheyi" at the summit seems to have no ability left to further elevate the mountain.

——This means his grasp of the Secret Realm has finally reached a limit, and he can no longer restrain Lin Guang!

At this moment, Lin Guang suddenly stops his steps.

Two skeletal hands abruptly rise, joining together before his chest.

In an instant, around the dark golden skeletal body, ether light points begin to gather from the void, swirling and dancing.

These light points are vast and mighty, like a storm, swirling around Lin Guang and growing ever larger, expanding to tens of meters in diameter in the blink of an eye, pouring into Lin Guang's body.

It's a seemingly ordinary [Ethereum Charging] Spirit Pattern, yet under the authority of the Secret Realm, and the continuous evolution of the [Heart of Terra], its power changes qualitatively.

The three girls in the Spirit Beast Space feel that, as if riding the tide, their consumed ether intensely rises even against the Secret Realm's prohibition of recovery.

In just two minutes, they nearly recover entirely!

Lin Guang's Spiritual Power roared in his mind: [Going up!]

[Alright!]

In the next moment, he starts moving forward briskly!

In the shocked gaze of the various True Men.

In Kaiwen's incredulous, anguished, and trembling look.

In the obscure smile of Elder Jin, who seems somewhat informed beforehand.

He grasps the edge of the summit with one hand, then, with great effort—

He flips himself upward!

...

In the constantly collapsing world, the old man in a white robe stands quietly in the center of the summit platform.

Yet his gaze has long been fixed on the nearby edge.

There, a storm formed of ether light points rises.

The storm nearly blurs all sight, a vague silhouette appears within.

Step by step, the figure moves outward, the vague silhouette gradually solidifying.

A dark golden paw stepped out of the storm.

Then… what appeared in his vision was a dark golden skeletal figure.

Devoid of any flesh, there was also no aura of necromancy or spirits. The bones seemed crafted from some kind of crystalline material, pure and transparent like gemstone.

The heart within the skeletal chest, covered with cracks, was beating vigorously, and where eyeballs should have been, dark golden flames and determination blazed fiercely.

Above its head, a blurred black crown hovered.

It seemed to be composed of many diamond-shaped fragments, incomplete, yet the basic structure could still be discerned.

Observing the old man from a perspective not of optical perception, but of a more fundamental view, meeting his gaze.

Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence.

And at this moment.

It seemed as if the power of the secret realm began to wane, or perhaps the opponent finally laid down all pretense, allowing Lin Guang's Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence to finally penetrate the detailed information of the existence before him.

[Name: Qing Yueyang]

[Species: Cyan-Winged Celestial Roc/ Magical Beast]

[Attribute]: Wind/Steel

[Origin: Refining Heaven Realm]

[Status: Secret Realm Master (about to fall), Domain Expanded, Rule Binding, Inheritance Core, Spirit Body]

[Level: 39]

[Potential: Purple Grade (Dao Mark 5)]

[Trait]: Demon God Body: Greatly enhances all attributes

Qing Yueyang, wearing Liu Cheyi's appearance, thus watched him quietly, step by step approaching himself.

At a distance of fifty meters, he halted.

The destruction in the sky accelerated, the heavens grew ever lower, leaving only cracks spreading, revealing the endless darkness beyond.

The two stood confronting each other at the place closest to the secret realm sky.

The skeletal figure's spiritual power vibrated the air, booming atop the mountain summit.

The youth's calm voice came: "Lift the seal of the secret realm."

The old man turned his head slightly, gazing at the skeletal figure before him, a step away from death, yet with an aura stronger than ever, his eyes briefly dazed.

For a moment.

Qing Yueyang seemed to see that person's shadow on him.

—Truly vexing.

He lowered his eyes slightly.

Some force flowed and roared by his side.

The next moment, that eerily familiar inorganic wave resounded.

[Final Test]

[Defeat the Inheritance Spirit]

[Reward: Liu Cheyi's Inheritance, Reconstruct the Flesh, Remove the Secret Realm Seal]

"..."

A brief stare down.

Then.

Almost simultaneously, Lin Guang and Qing Yueyang, adopting the appearance of the elder in white robes, performed the same raising hand gesture.

Rumble rumble rumble rumble——

In an instant, a fierce wind howled violently, conjuring a grand tempest atop the mountain peak!

Executing almost the same movements as Lin Guang just now, yet the momentum was even more magnificent, as countless colorful ethers converged like a tornado, condensing upon him.

"Liu Cheyi" 's figure became phantom-like, the expression on his face diminishing into something inorganic, and a radiant glow departed from his back, manifesting a towering figure behind him.

It was an indescribable, majestic, and proud creature.

Far surpassing the Qing Yueyang true form, glimpsed in the illusion realm at merely the Golden Core stage, in beauty, and nobility of a celestial roc.

Its wingspan extended a hundred meters, seemingly able to obscure the heavens and cover the sun, with three primary crest feathers like swords pointing to the sky, claws forged as if from black iron, hooks at the tips, with winds and thunders entwining around.

Adorned in gemstone-like cyan feathers, its entire body was enveloped in gang winds visible to the naked eye, its eagle-like head and falcon-like form bore golden sun-like eyes with pupils where thunder seemed to flicker.

Even now, reduced to Tier Three, its former grandeur was on full display.

Simultaneously, three prepared figures appeared before Lin Guang.

Lisa and Vishdair entered, enveloped in a virtual beast soul shadow extending over ten meters high.

And standing in the center, Chelina's entire body had turned to an intense deep blue.

Golden particles congregated as they grasped their weapons simultaneously.

The trio gazed upwards, observing the colossal figure above the sky, their expressions diverse but devoid of fear alone.

Vishdair wore anger and ferocity like molten lava on her delicate face.

Lisa's eyes were bloodshot but seemed resolved, devoid of any cowardice.

Chelina's aura was akin to a demon sword ready to devour someone.

Lin Guang hadn't been defeated, thus there was no reason for them to flinch from battle!

Long before, within the Spirit Beast Space, they had already steeled themselves for the challenge awaiting.

As long as they could reconstruct a body, there still remained hope for Lin Guang!

And the fighting spirit of this Cyan-Winged Celestial Roc, seemingly ignited by the battle intent of the four, erupted entirely in this transformative state, sending forth a cry that resonated throughout the heavens.

Screeeeech!!!!

A turbulent surge of will swept over, echoing within the collapsing Celestial Ladder Mountain, audible to everyone inside and out.

"I am Qing Yueyang!"

"In the Refining Heaven Great Realm, the mightiest demon god across the Five Domains and Two Skies!"

"Through countless millennia, none in this vast realm could compare save for Liu Cheyi!"

The glories of the past seemed to return to him anew, surveying the sentient, overlooking all creatures.

Lin Guang said nothing, responding only with the sudden intense sound of his heartbeat.