I tamed beasts and achieved immortality in the world of cultivation.

Human cultivators, with enough talent and opportunities, can advance from Qi Refining to Golden Core in two or three hundred years, and it's not impossible for some with special abilities to break through to Nascent Soul.

For example, a certain monk surnamed Han.

But spirit beasts are different; their cultivation relies on enduring time and accumulating resources.

Wang Bu Huo wrote that his most promising spirit beast back then was only a third-tier high-grade potential cub that he brought out from a secret realm when he was in the Golden Core stage.

For the next several centuries, he searched far and wide for opportunities, risking his life countless times, before finally managing to elevate all nine spirit beasts to the upper third rank and break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

But so what?

After that, even though he possessed unparalleled combat power and gathered various opportunities, enabling the nine spirit beasts to successively break through to the Nascent Soul stage, their potential had been exhausted, and opportunities were not easily obtained. As for himself, his lifespan was nearing its end...

This path is ultimately blocked.

Chen Qing slowly closed the scroll, remained silent for a long time, and the question from before resurfaced in his mind: why had Zhou Ruoqing failed to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage for so long?

just because,

The method of symbiotic spiritual contract,

It may be strong, but this method can both bring success and failure!

With the nine spirit beasts stacked together, Wang Bu Huo alone could defeat all opponents of the same level in the Canglan Domain. However, it was precisely these nine spirit beasts that firmly locked him in the late Nascent Soul stage.

"The potential of a contracted spirit beast already determines its upper limit!"

"Zhou Ruoqing and Shen Tuyu, or rather the spirit beasts of the Beast Taming Peak disciples, all have the potential of the second tier. Without elders to procure high-tier spirit beast cubs for them, most of them will stop at the Golden Core stage, and the Nascent Soul stage will be extremely difficult. No wonder the 'Symbiotic Spirit Contract' technique is so powerful, yet none of the big shots in the Lingyun Sect care about it. One or two spirit beasts provide little boost to combat power and add a few weaknesses for nothing; too many are too much to handle."

"Back then, Wang Bu Huo...could it be that he felt hopeless about his future and wanted to bring back some high-level spirit beasts for Beast Taming Peak, but something unexpected happened?"

Chen Qing sighed softly, his gaze falling on Qingtian, who was still lifting the stone lock.

He is different from Wang Buhuo.

Wang Bu Huo needs to raise spirit beasts from a young age and develop a deep understanding with them through daily interactions; however, as long as he signs a contract, he can develop a deep understanding with the spirit beasts, and there will be no barrier even if the contract is with an adult spirit beast.

Moreover, he used a system contract, not the symbiotic spirit contract method of Beast Taming Peak, so there was no restriction on the cultivation level of the spirit beasts. After all, his purpose in joining Beast Taming Peak was simply to find a few spirit beasts with higher potential.

Furthermore, he can use the essence to enhance his potential, so even if he initially contracted a spirit sheep chicken, it wouldn't be a problem, it would just come at a higher price.

In short, the Symbiotic Spirit Pact is more like a weakened or limited version of the system.

These three points are his advantages.

But after thinking about it, Chen Qing still felt that it was best to raise spirit beasts from a young age.

Spirit beasts raised from a young age develop deeper bonds and greater tacit understanding. Furthermore, one can cultivate their abilities and roles according to their own plan, creating the most suitable beast formation for them.

Just like Wang Buhuo said—

"The way to tame beasts lies not in having many beasts, but in their harmony."

"A spirit beast raised from a young age is perfectly attuned to your will and acts as if it were part of your body. A spirit beast formed through a contract later in life, no matter how strong, will always be a little different from you."

Chen Qing deeply agreed.

He unrolled the scroll again and turned to the last page.

The handwriting on this page is exceptionally neat, with a touch of solemnity in the strokes.

Wang Bu Huo wrote—

The way of taming beasts begins with spirit beasts.

Among all the mythical beasts in the world, the true spirit is the most revered.

True spirits are born of heaven and earth and are the chief of all spirits. If one can construct a beast formation with true spirits as the core, then humans and beasts will become one and possess boundless power.

If I had the chance to obtain a true spirit back then, and used it as a core, why would I have worried about not being able to break through to the Divine Transformation stage?

Unfortunately……

Wang Bu Huo wrote a few lines of small characters below, the handwriting was a bit blurry, as if he was writing with great emotion, and the ink had blurred a bit.

Chen Qing looked closely before she could see the contents clearly—

Wang Buhuo spent his entire life searching for the true spirit, but he never had the chance to see it. Only during a trip to a secret realm did he catch a glimpse of a colossal figure that stretched across the sky, blotting out the sun and exuding an aura as vast as the sea.

He was too far away at the time, and by the time he caught up, the figure had already disappeared.

Afterwards, he searched through countless books and finally found a similar one in a tattered ancient book—

Soaring Kunpeng!

A legendary, supreme spirit capable of traversing the void and roaming the nine heavens and ten earths.

Wang Bu Huo wrote that if a beast formation could be built with the You Tian Kun Peng as the core, it would be truly perfect. The Kun Peng can traverse the void, and whether it is to support other spirit beasts or to rush forward and kill opponents, no one can stop it.

With the Kunpeng, the entire beast formation came to life.

But he never got to see that day. After the secret realm was conquered and closed by the cultivators of the Canglan Domain, he never saw anything like it again.

At the end of the scroll, Wang Buhuo left a line of words, the strokes vigorous yet conveying an indescribable sense of melancholy—

"The wish of Kunpeng has ultimately become a regret. If those who come after him are fortunate enough to obtain it, they should not fail to live up to this gift from heaven."

Chen Qing stared at the words for a long time without looking away.

Soaring Kunpeng...

Chen Qing's eyes flickered, and he muttered to himself:

"The Soaring Kunpeng... Could I get one someday?"

He looked down at the scroll in his hand, then at Qingtian who was concentrating on lifting the stone lock, then at Danyu who flashed by in the distance at the Beast Taming Peak, and finally at the twenty fish ponds not far away, the corners of his mouth slightly turned up.

Wang Bu Huo had spent his entire life trying to encounter a true spirit, but with the system he possessed, he might not be without a chance.

Currently, in the system, Dan Yu needs 100,000 essences to activate a trace of the true spirit bloodline of the crane; Qing Tian needs 50,000 essences to activate the bloodline of the "Xuanhuang Ancient Ape".

Although the Canglan Domain may not have the Soaring Kunpeng, according to the system's logic—

Kunpeng, isn't it just a fish?

According to legend, the Kunpeng was originally a fish in the water that transformed into a bird. Its wings were like clouds hanging from the sky, allowing it to roam freely in the heavens and earth and traverse the void.

The blue carp in the pond before him, though merely ordinary first-tier spirit beasts, were—

A fish is, after all, just a fish.

Is it possible to get a blue carp and use its essence to evolve it into a Kunpeng?

Chen Qing walked to the fishpond, where the blue carp, now as long as his palm, were swimming happily. The scroll in his hand was already closed, but Chen Qing's mind was still churning the words left by Wang Bu Huo.

"The ambition of Kunpeng has ultimately become a regret..."

His gaze fell on the blue carp swimming in the pond, and he took out a booklet from his sleeve, which was the "Complete Encyclopedia of Monsters in the Canglan Domain" that he had bought from Wanshufeng.

It mentions that the True Spirit is the ancestor of all demonic beasts, and all demonic beasts are evolved from the bloodline of the True Spirit. The Kunpeng was transformed from a fish.

It seems quite possible that a Kunpeng could actually be raised from inside!

Chen Qing squatted down, closed his eyes, and slowly extended his spiritual sense.

Although the spiritual sense of a fourth-level Qi Refining cultivator is only five zhang in diameter, it can still barely cover a small part of this ten-zhang long and wide fishpond.

One by one, blue carp swam through his consciousness, and the light screen before his eyes flickered accordingly—

【Blue carp】

[Realm: None]

[Potential: Tier 1, Low Grade]

Bloodline: Normal

[Status: Active - Foraging]

【…】

Chen Qing looked through them one by one, his gaze quickly sweeping across the light screen.

ordinary.

ordinary.

It's still just average.

He withdrew his spiritual senses and walked toward the next fishpond.

The second bite was still just average.

The third bite was ordinary.

The fourth bite...

Chen Qing walked and looked around, his spiritual sense probing into one fishpond after another, the light screen in front of him flashing countless times.

Qingtian, having put down the stone lock at some point, hopped over and squatted by the pond, curiously watching the fish in the water. Several times he tried to reach out and scoop them up, but Chen Qing gently patted him back, and he squeaked twice in grievance.

Dan Yu also landed, standing on the blue stone she often lingered on in the stream, her black bean-like eyes quietly gazing at Chen Qing, conveying a thought:

"What are you doing?"

Chen Qing ignored them and continued to explore each pond one by one.

The tenth mouth.

The eleventh mouth.

……

The nineteenth mouth.

The twentieth mouth.

Half an hour later, Chen Qing had checked all two thousand green carp. He let out a long breath, stood up, and rubbed his throbbing temples.

No.

Not a single one.

Two thousand blue carp, all with the same "ordinary" bloodline, not a single one possessed any true spiritual bloodline.