Celestial Beast Taming

The moment the Contract was complete, the Moon Eyes Bellflower immediately received a surge of Soul Power from the Soul-Controlling Flower.

The Cyan Jade Flower Pot, which Zhong Yi had already placed on the ground, was instantly shattered by wildly growing roots.

The Moon Eyes Bellflower shook the soil from its roots, emitting an abnormally immense soul fluctuation.

But this soul fluctuation clung tightly to the Moon Eyes Bellflower’s body, not spreading any further.

The Moon Eyes Bellflower’s leaves grew rapidly, each one stretching to nearly twenty meters in length.

If not for the sheer size of Zhong Yi’s room and the upward curve of the leaves, the enlarged foliage of the Moon Eyes Bellflower would have undoubtedly pressed against the walls.

Flower stalks shot out from between the leaves one after another, and in an instant, dozens of Moon Eyes Flowers burst into bloom.

It was as if dozens of full moons had appeared in Zhong Yi’s room, scattering their lunar radiance.

This scene didn’t just shock Zhong Yi. If any Deceit Holders were to witness it, their jaws would have dropped to the floor.

In the Xin Xia Federation, one could earn a Deceitful Moon Badge just by getting a Moon Eyes Bellflower to light up fifteen Moon Eyes.

Right now, Zhong Yi’s Moon Eyes Bellflower had lit up seventy or eighty Moon Eyes at the very least, with many more Moon Eyes Flowers still in the process of blooming.

More and more Moon Eyes lit up in Zhong Yi’s room, making it feel as if he were floating above the clouds.

Even with daylight streaming into the room, it could not obscure the clear, cool glow radiating from the Moon Eyes Flowers.

The moment the number of blooming Moon Eyes Flowers reached one hundred, they all abruptly stopped scattering their cool, lunar radiance.

Instead, they began to draw in their radiance, channeling the intensely condensed moonlight toward the point where the leaves converged.

This lunar radiance was swiftly absorbed upon converging, and finally, an even larger bud sprouted from the center of the leaves.

The moment that bud bloomed, all the other Moon Eyes Flowers withered away.

The entire Moon Eyes Bellflower plant withered into a dry clump of weeds in less than a minute.

Zhong Yi watched as a little fairy with four pairs of wings emerged from the withered bud and took flight.

Unlike Guardian Beasts of other bloodlines, which possessed several supremely powerful lineages, Demon Spirit Guardian Beasts were different.

The Demon Spirit Element had only one supreme bloodline: the Fairy Bloodline.

Demon Spirit Guardian Beasts possessing the Fairy Bloodline often had "Demon" in their name.

The power of this bloodline was on par with other superior lineages like the Main Dragon Species, the Main Phoenix Species, and the Purest Elemental Species.

In Zhong Yi’s experience, a Moon Eyes Bellflower should have evolved into a Magic Moon Orchid or a Moon-reflected Demon Orchid.

’For this Moon Eyes Bellflower to directly awaken its Fairy Bloodline... It’s obvious the Soul Taming Seed caused its bloodline to undergo multiple evolutionary leaps. Moreover, this particular Moon Eyes Bellflower had incredible potential to begin with.’

This little fairy, with two pairs of wings—four in total—was less than thirty centimeters tall.

Its wings were as translucent as a cicada’s, and each flap scattered illusory, moon-white petals through the air.

The hem of its long gown was adorned with Moon Eyes Flowers, shrunk down countless times.

The number of these flowers was still slowly increasing. Clearly, the number of Moon Eyes Flowers on the gown’s hem corresponded to the number of Moon Eyes the Bellflower had lit up when it awakened its Fairy Bloodline.

When Zhong Yi’s eyes met the little fairy’s, he was thankful he didn’t have trypophobia.

Otherwise, he would have been covered in goosebumps from head to toe!

Zhong Yi saw that within the fairy’s completely black eyes, which had no sclera, were hundreds of densely packed pupils.

Each pupil shifted with the movement of its gaze. An expression instantly surfaced in Zhong Yi’s mind.

Eyes Bearing a Hundred Pupils!

’This Moon Eyes Bellflower has activated its Fairy Bloodline and transformed into a little fairy. This is likely an evolutionary form of the Moon Eyes Bellflower that no Guardian Beast Master in this world has ever witnessed.’

The little fairy glanced at the withered remains of the Moon Eyes Bellflower with disdain, then flew over to Zhong Yi and landed shyly on his shoulder.

It plucked the Moon Eyes Flowers from the hem of its gown with both hands, forming them into a vibrant bouquet that it offered to Zhong Yi.

Though the little fairy’s eyes were bizarre, its face held a timid expression, as if it were afraid Zhong Yi wouldn’t like it.

Zhong Yi accepted the bouquet of Moon Eyes Flowers from the little fairy.

He then used All Things Exploration to inspect the little fairy.

[Guardian Beast Name]: Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon

[Guardian Beast Species]: Flower Spirit Species/Demon Spirit Species

[Guardian Beast Level]: Mortal Beast Level (1/10)

[Guardian Beast Type]: Demon Spirit Element

[Guardian Beast Quality]: Silver

Skills:

[Eyes Reflecting the Waning Moon]: When a target’s soul is open, this skill imprints the target’s Soul Core onto a Moon Eyes Bud. The pollen from the bud can then be used to exert harsh control over the target. If the Moon Eyes Bud is destroyed, the imprinted Soul Core within will shatter and vanish like the fleeting reflection of a waning moon.

Exclusive Traits:

[Moon Gaze Lock]: Condenses multiple Moon Eyes to contest the target’s Soul Power. If the target’s Soul Power is lower than its own, it can forcibly imprint the target’s Soul Core onto a Moon Eyes Bud to establish control.

[Heavy Eyes Replacement]: Sacrifice one Moon Eye to swap the positions of two designated Moon Eyes. If the vacant Moon Eye and the controlled target are in the same area after the swap, the target will be instantly absorbed into the vacant Moon Eye.

A single inspection was all it took for Zhong Yi to learn that the Moon Eyes Bellflower, having awakened its Fairy Bloodline, had now transformed into a Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon.

Its Guardian Beast Species had been elevated from Flower Spirit Species/Plant Demon Species to Flower Spirit Species/Fairy Species.

Demon Spirit Guardian Beasts with the Fairy Bloodline display the strength of their lineage externally through the number of wings on their back.

The fact that the Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon already possessed four wings at the Mortal Beast Tier and Silver Quality spoke volumes about its future potential.

With the evolution of its bloodline, the Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon’s Basic Skill, Eyes Reflecting the Waning Moon, had also changed.

It now included the ability to use pollen to harshly control targets whose Soul Cores were captured.

This meant that the Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon, unlike the original Moon Eyes Bellflower, could not only control the life and death of Deceit Beasts with its flowers but also now had a way to train and discipline them.

This method of discipline was like the Tightening Spell placed on Sun Wukong’s head.

It could force a controlled Deceit Beast to submit without killing it.

Cultivating a Deceit Beast and helping it grow required a great deal of resources.

After all, one couldn’t just kill a disobedient Deceit Beast controlled by a Moon Eyes Bellflower.

Killing the Deceit Beast would cause the corresponding Moon Eyes Flower to wither, which would in turn harm the Deceit Holder.

Moreover, Zhong Yi was different from other Deceit Holders who had contracted a Moon Eyes Bellflower. Without advancing in Tier, a normal Moon Eyes Bellflower could only form Contracts with newborn Deceit Beasts.

But as Zhong Yi cultivated his Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon, it would become capable of forming Contracts with Deceit Beasts that had already increased their strength.

For instance, the Exclusive Trait, Moon Gaze Lock, which the Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon obtained upon advancing to Bronze Quality, allowed it to control Deceit Beasts with a higher Soul Strength than its own by stacking the power of its Moon Eyes Flowers.

As long as it stacked enough Moon Eyes Flowers to surpass the Soul Strength of its intended target, the Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon could use its Exclusive Trait, Moon Gaze Lock, to forcibly form a Contract, even if the target didn’t willingly open its Soul Core.

The Moon Eyes had lit up because the Moon Eyes Bellflower, contracted by Zhong Yi with the Soul Taming Seed, received a feedback of Soul Power from the Soul-Controlling Flower.

Therefore, it could be said that the Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon’s total Soul Power was roughly equivalent to the Soul Energy possessed by the Soul-Controlling Flower.

The Soul-Controlling Flower was constantly absorbing Soul Power from the remains of Demons and Guardian Beasts, so its own Soul Power was always increasing.

Right now, even against a Mythical Tier Deceit Beast, as long as the beast’s abilities and its Deceit Beast Master’s Talent were unrelated to the soul, its Soul Strength would probably not be greater than that of the Soul-Controlling Flower.

’If I get the chance to encounter that spider-like, Mythical Tier Deceit Beast again,’ Zhong Yi thought, ’I might actually be able to control it with the Hundred-Eyed Moon Demon.’