I established the Eternal Immortal Clan by taming beasts.

A surge of immense joy washed over Lin Che's entire being, but his mind instantly cooled as his gaze swept over the mangled limbs and broken bones scattered on the ground.

Don't get carried away!

He acted swiftly, brutally destroying the core patterns of the formation with his spiritual power, and then unleashing several "soul-driving talismans" in succession. The eerie blue light flashed, completely shattering and annihilating the fragile souls that remained around him and had not yet completely dissipated.

Having done all this, he didn't stop. His spiritual power surged, and he used his Wind Control Technique to its fullest extent. His figure was like a wisp of green smoke as he sped off in a direction completely opposite to the Demon Palace of Rebellion.

He had been lying low for eighteen years in preparation for this day, and the map of the surrounding territory was already deeply etched into his mind.

He had already confirmed his location on the way here, so his escape route was now crystal clear.

He knew perfectly well that with his sudden surge in aptitude, returning to the Demonic Sect would be tantamount to courting death, and he would inevitably be coveted by powerful cultivators or even have his body possessed.

Leaving the Demonic Sect is the only way to survive.

Originally, outer disciples were reluctant to leave the sect, but this time they were brought here as cannon fodder, which inadvertently helped him escape from the cage and complete the spiritual root transformation that he had been planning for eighteen years!

His steps were swift as the wind, but the smile on Lin Che's lips never faded; it was a feeling of liberation from shackles and boundless freedom.

……

About three hours later, a sharp cry came from the sky.

A gray-feathered iron-beaked eagle with a wingspan of nearly three zhang (approximately 10 meters) circled over and hovered above the battlefield.

On the eagle's back, a young Foundation Establishment cultivator dressed in a gray robe stood with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed, his sharp gaze sweeping over the horrific scene below like that of a hawk.

He did not land immediately, but carefully used his spiritual sense to repeatedly probe and confirm that there were no hidden dangers or traps before he urged the spirit beast to descend slowly.

"To die together?" The young man landed, his boots making a slight sound as they stepped into the blood-soaked mud.

He glanced around, his eyes quickly noticing something amiss. "The number of corpses doesn't seem to match up, and all the storage bags are gone. Did we encounter a third party, or were we taken advantage of and looted?"

He muttered to himself, then flipped his hand and took out a dark blue array plate engraved with intricate runes.

As spiritual energy flowed into his fingertips, the array plate trembled slightly, emitting a hazy light, and began to absorb the scattered remnants of souls around it.

"Hmm?" A hint of surprise appeared on the young man's face. "Even the traces of the soul have been cleaned up so thoroughly? The technique is quite skillful!" He snorted coldly and activated the array plate again, switching functions to detect the strong spiritual energy fluctuations remaining in the air.

A moment later, the array plate clearly showed three strands of spiritual energy belonging to Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, intertwined with each other, which were the three dead people.

"Only three Foundation Establishment fluctuations? Looks like a bird has snatched the bait, and it's just a tiny Qi Refining stage bug at that?"

A hint of mockery flashed in the young man's eyes as he looked on as he spotted his prey.

He leaped onto the eagle's back, and the array pointer locked onto a faint trace of residual spiritual energy far from this place.

"Where do you think you're going!" The Ironbeak Eagle flapped its wings and transformed into a gray streak of light, chasing after the trail.

However, after flying for just over half an hour, the young cultivator's expression turned grim. He suddenly pulled on the reins, forcing the iron-beaked eagle to hover in mid-air.

"What's going on?" He stared intently at the array plate in his hand, only to see that the indicator lights on it began to become disordered and scattered. The further he went, the more blurred the directions became, and eventually they spread out in a fan shape.

He descended, his powerful spiritual senses flowing like mercury across the ground, carefully scanning the mountains and forests below.

He quickly identified a target.

A hundred meters away, a forest rabbit was fleeing in panic, and a low-level storage bag was tied to its hind leg!

The young cultivator's face instantly turned ashen. With a swift grab, he brought the rabbit and the empty storage bag into his hands.

Sensing the faint aura of a Foundation Establishment disciple on the now-empty storage bag, he immediately realized he had been tricked!

"Good! Very good! Such cunning!" He tightened his grip, and the poor rabbit, along with its storage bag, was instantly crushed, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

The young man's eyes flashed with a cold light. "Don't let me find out who you are!"

……

Lin Che, who was several miles away, naturally did not underestimate the sect's tracking methods.

He had already carefully transferred the items from the three Foundation Establishment cultivators' storage bags to several other clean, low-level storage bags.

Using the system's detection capabilities, he categorized all the items tainted with the strong aura of Foundation Establishment cultivators, tied them one by one to the wild beasts he caught along the way, and drove them in different directions.

To ensure absolute safety, he took a precious second-tier Breath-Changing Pill every half hour to constantly change his aura and confuse any potential pursuers.

They fled with such caution for nearly two months.

During this time, he even "borrowed" a mid-grade first-level bloodline spirit steed from a little girl at the first level of Qi Refining. Finally, on this day, he stepped out of the core edge of the influence of the Rebellious Destiny Demon Palace.

At this moment, he was dressed in rags, his face was weathered, and he exuded an indescribable odor. No one would doubt that he was a beggar who had been wandering for many years.

Instead of using cleansing magic, he found a clear stream, jumped in, and thoroughly washed away the grime and fatigue.

Afterwards, he caught a plump, low-ranking spirit rabbit, roasted it over a fire until it was golden brown and glistening with oil, and enjoyed a delicious meal to celebrate his rebirth.

"From this day forward, I, Lin Che, will no longer be a demonic cultivator! I will walk the righteous path and live a completely new life!" He declared loudly to the empty mountains and fields, his eyes sparkling with anticipation for the future.

He found a secluded cave and set up a concealment and defense formation. A wave of intense fatigue washed over him. After two months of intense mental strain, his mind had reached its limit. As soon as his head touched the ground, he fell into an unprecedentedly deep sleep.

I slept for three days and three nights straight.

As he slowly opened his eyes, his spiritual sense naturally looked inward and he sensed that his abundant spiritual energy had been restored. Only then did he lazily stretch, take out a recliner, lie down comfortably, and begin to take stock of his astonishing gains.

First, there were the storage bags of the eighty-two Qi Refining stage cultivators.

The majority of them were at the early and middle stages of Qi Refining. The total value of all the belongings of these sixty-two people—including pills, materials, and magical artifacts—was approximately 5,780 low-grade spirit stones after depreciation.

The other twenty late-stage Qi Refining cultivators contributed 11,000 low-grade spirit stones.

"What a windfall! Indeed, murder and arson bring wealth..." Lin Che couldn't help but exclaim.

Without the system, based on his past income as a "resource" in the Demonic Sect, he would only earn a little over a hundred spirit stones a year after hard work, leaving him with very little after deducting the cost of cultivation.

These days, it's like going from a slingshot to a cannon, becoming rich overnight!

Suppressing his excitement, he turned his gaze to the legacy of the three Foundation Establishment cultivators.

A quick glance revealed that it contained not only numerous high-level cultivation techniques and secret arts, but also cultivation resources far exceeding those of Qi Refining cultivators.

A rough estimate puts the total value at a staggering 230,000 low-grade spirit stones!

Among them, Sun Liangzhou, the patriarch of the Beast Taming Clan, alone contributed 140,000.

This doesn't even include the priceless Tier 3 top-grade spirit beast egg—the Crimson Feather Flame Sparrow.

To cultivate a top-grade spirit beast to the Golden Core stage would probably drain most of the savings of a Foundation Establishment family.

"That's quite impressive!" Lin Che exclaimed in amazement as he began to peruse the beast-taming techniques passed down through the Sun family.

However, the moment he probed the jade slip with his divine sense, he sat bolt upright, his eyes widening instantly: "A low-grade Earth-rank cultivation technique?! This is a technique that can directly lead to the Nascent Soul stage! How could a Foundation Establishment family possess it? Wait... this isn't just a cultivation technique, it's a complete set of Beast Taming inheritance?!"

The jade slip not only records the main cultivation technique "Ten Thousand Beasts Manual", but also contains many methods for cultivating, taming, and advancing the bloodline of spirit beasts. It is all-encompassing and has a complete system, which is enough to form the foundation of a beast-taming sect!

He suppressed his excitement and carefully read the core principles of the "Ten Thousand Beasts Manual".

This technique allows cultivators to form a contract with a natal spirit beast. When the spirit beast cultivates, it can feed back its spiritual energy to its master. Furthermore, the cultivator can obtain a core divine ability of the natal spirit beast. Humans and beasts cultivate together and grow together.

As Lin Che continued flipping through the pages, he found a book of Sun Liangzhou's cultivation insights, which included some casual notes.

It turns out that Sun Liangzhou was originally a rogue cultivator who, by chance, obtained this inheritance in an ancient ruin. Thus, he ambitiously founded the Sun family, which has only been around for fifty-four years.

Due to a lack of resources in his early years, the spirit beast he contracted had mediocre qualities. Although he tried his best to raise it to the second tier, breaking through to the third tier was extremely difficult.

That's why he went to great lengths to buy this Crimson Flame Sparrow egg for his son, not wanting him to repeat his own mistakes.

"Hehe, I never thought it would all benefit me in the end!" Lin Che was overjoyed. "I don't even have to worry about my future path!"

He had always intended to leave the demonic path, and had never deeply cultivated those demonic arts with obvious characteristics before, so there was no obstacle to switching to this path.

This Earth-rank Beast Taming Inheritance has arrived just in time!

What's more, he can even help it advance its rank!

"System, help me upgrade this Beast Taming Inheritance!"

With a thought, a familiar golden light instantly surged forth, flooding the jade slip containing the recorded inheritance like a tide.

Golden light flowed, and Daoist charm permeated the air. After a moment, the spiritual light slowly dissipated.

Lin Che couldn't wait to probe the jade slip with his divine sense again.

The name of the cultivation technique has been changed to "The Myriad Beasts Pay Homage to the Ancestor Technique", and its grade has been significantly upgraded to: Low-grade Heaven Rank!

He quickly browsed the upgraded content, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

The biggest change is the limitation on the number of contracted spirit beasts!

The original rule of being able to contract only one spirit beast for a lifetime has been changed to allowing one additional spirit beast to be contracted for each major realm advancement!

"This is a qualitative leap!" Lin Che exclaimed, unable to contain his excitement.

Immediately, he carefully took out the Crimson Feather Flame Sparrow egg, which shimmered with a reddish-gold luster and emitted a faint warmth and pressure.

The system's detection function is then activated, and a virtual panel appears:

【Red Feather Flame Bird】

[Level]: Infancy

[Bloodline Rank]: Tier 3, Top Grade

[Bloodline Divine Power]:

Blazing Sky Strike [(Mid-grade Divine Power) Not Awakened]

Flame Dance Illusionary Body [(Mid-grade Divine Power) Not Awakened]

Scorching Sky Domain [(Superior Divine Ability) Unawakened]

Burning Blood and Feathers [(Superior Divine Power) Not Awakened]

[Inherited Techniques: None]

Brief introduction: Possessing a trace of ancient phoenix bloodline, although far inferior to a true phoenix, it is still a noble and extraordinary existence among third-tier spirit beasts, and is the darling of flames and the sky.

"As expected of a top-grade spirit beast, its bloodline is far superior to that of ordinary spirit beasts. It has awakened four bloodline abilities, two of which are high-grade bloodline abilities."

Lin Che nodded in satisfaction, then, without further hesitation, gently placed his palm on the warm eggshell and silently chanted, "System, upgrade the Crimson Feather Flame Sparrow Egg!"

In an instant, an even more dazzling golden light surged from his palm, like mercury spilling onto the ground, completely enveloping the entire spirit beast egg.

The red and gold patterns on the eggshell seemed to come alive in the golden light, flowing slowly, and a more powerful and ancient life force began to be conceived and sublimated within it...