This strength wasn’t due to multiple accumulations of energy in the beast core.

Instead, it was a fundamental transformation.

In the language of the Beast Clan, it was a qualitative enhancement of the beast’s bloodline power.

It was truly astonishing. Qin Ruqing now had a genuine curiosity about how this Blood Pool was created.

What kind of rare materials and methods were used to cause such a fundamental change in a being?

Moreover, Qin Ruqing believed that if she could endure the previous pain, such a qualitative change would not be limited to just herself.

A large-scale qualitative enhancement. Qin Ruqing felt this was beyond what could be achieved by mere methods.

It must involve the power of the world’s fundamental laws.

The power of the origin.

The term flashed in Qin Ruqing’s mind.

It was the power that the ancient spirit believed she could master but had yet to grasp.

Qin Ruqing began to reassess the environment of the Blood Pool.

Before she decided to come to the Beast Realm, she had a vague premonition that the issues troubling her might find answers here.

Now, though she hadn’t fully found the answer, it at least pointed her in the right direction.

—Since the Beast Clan can break the fundamental laws of confinement in this Blood Pool, could she, as a human, also do so?

Although she was currently in a beast’s body, her soul was still human.

And the fundamental laws apply to everything.

Qin Ruqing felt she could give it a try.

After the recent “confinement” was broken, Qin Ruqing noticed that the Blood Pool’s effect on her had diminished significantly.

It was like clearing the final stage of a game; all the challenges were gone, and she was in a state of having cleared the game.

But Qin Ruqing chose not to leave this “favorable location.”

“Having exploited so much from my own kind, it seems I haven’t exploited the Beast Clan’s potential yet. This should not be the case,” Qin Ruqing thought to herself.

Must make the most of it!

With the beast core saturated with energy, Qin Ruqing didn’t pay it much attention.

Her spirit was retracted and subdued within the beast shell.

However, now she decided to activate it actively, trying to understand and absorb the laws of this realm.

She wanted to test if the laws of the beast realm were different from those of the human realm.

Was the sky of these two realms the same?

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At the top of Tianxing Mountain stood a grand temple, and Prince Wumu was inside this temple.

The temple was a sacred place for the beast race to worship their beast god.

Among the seven mountains and eight veins of the beast realm, each had its own temple, with the one at Tianxing Mountain being the largest.

Wumu was in a side hall of the temple, which lacked the massive bronze beast statues of the main hall.

Instead, it had several small bronze beast heads, standing in a gold-toned palace that seemed primitive and empty.

The hall was empty except for Wumu, who occasionally muttered to himself, his eyes red and veins bulging as if he was talking to himself…

“We can’t dig any further. The remains of the great demons and beast cores buried beneath the six temples have been completely excavated.”

“Those are the foundation of our beast race! The souls of those ancient spirits will not rest in peace!”

“The beast god will be enraged!”

Despite his fearful words, Wumu’s expression suddenly changed.

His demeanor became fierce and cold, and his eyes turned even redder.

“They are all dead! What peace can there be!”

“Moreover, I am also your ancient spirit. Why don’t you consider my opinion?”

“I can’t rest easy as long as the human race is still alive, occupying the best lands and enjoying the best resources, while they mock and attack the beast race as if they are inherently correct!”

Wumu’s eyes became narrow and fierce due to his agitation, but soon his expression softened again.

He appeared resigned.

“Alright, ancestors. Should the remains of the great demons and beast cores we dug up be thrown into the blood pool?”

“Are we really going to use them to enhance the strength of the lower-level soldiers?”

“What immense power that would be! Why not use such power to nourish the upper ranks…”

Wumu’s face changed to a strange and eerie expression.

He laughed coldly: “You don’t understand!”

“The ancient battle has shown us that such methods do not work… Only now are we on the right path!”

“But, ancestors…” Wumu’s expression softened again.

He was about to say something when his face suddenly turned wary.

He felt a strange, profound fluctuation coming from the blood pool.

Wumu’s voice became ancient and hoarse.

“It seems one of our juniors is undergoing an extraordinary change in the blood pool. Send someone down to check it out!”

When Qin Ruqing opened her eyes again, she immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Ripples were spreading across the blood pool, and the surrounding great demons seemed disturbed, looking around in confusion.

There was a commotion near the edge of the blood pool.

Qin Ruqing quickly deduced that her actions must have triggered the beast race’s alertness.

To confirm, she consciously mobilized her power, and a tremendous energy surged within her, feeling as natural and familiar as a third arm.

Now, she confirmed that the disturbance was caused by her.

The beast race had noticed the anomaly, and she needed to take immediate action to protect herself and her companions!

Qin Ruqing extended her spiritual sense to locate her companions, finding that the Black Panther was the closest.

She swam over to him.

The Black Panther did not speak.

Although his beastly eyes looked fierce, Qin Ruqing saw a unique concern in them, characteristic of Xiao Tang.

Qin Ruqing transmitted a message: “Don’t be afraid. I won’t let them discover us.”

She gently touched the Black Panther’s face, even feeling the sharp fangs protruding from his lips, and infused him with a stream of energy.

At first, the Black Panther focused on the sensation on his cheek—something he cared about deeply.

But when the unfamiliar energy entered his body, he instinctively wanted to resist.

However, recognizing it was from Qin Ruqing, he fully accepted it.

The energy flowed into Tang Zifeng’s spiritual sea.

Specifically, this spiritual sea was divided into three areas:

One occupied by Tang Zifeng’s soul.

One occupied by the beast soul of the sealed body.

The smallest one, which held the soul fire seed Qin Ruqing had placed inside everyone.

Currently, these three areas seemed to be functioning independently.

If a powerful demon with strong spiritual sense were to investigate, they could still detect anomalies.

Qin Ruqing’s mysterious energy entered the spiritual sea.

It took the form of a grayish mist, gently enveloping the spiritual sea and deliberately highlighting Tang Zifeng’s soul.

It also guided the beast soul’s aura, attaching it to Tang Zifeng’s soul.

Now, the spiritual sea appeared seamless; even a powerful demon from the beast race would not detect any abnormalities.

Qin Ruqing withdrew her energy from the spiritual sea.

Outside, she and the Black Panther exchanged silent glances.

“What was that just now?” Tang Zifeng hesitated.

“The power I’ve always wanted has finally awakened,” Qin Ruqing replied with a radiant smile.

Without wasting time, Qin Ruqing quickly found the Green Snake and Mantis Beast nearby.

She used the same method to conceal their spiritual seas.

Their reactions were varied.