Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

In mid-July, the scorching afternoon sun was filtered through special floor-to-ceiling windows, casting soft, fragmented gold into the quiet room.

Cyan Treasure, coiled on a special mat, was surrounded by a hazy glow that had lingered for days. Now, it slowly receded like an ebbing tide.

It did not undergo the expected Evolution. As its intelligent, serpentine eyes slowly opened, they shimmered with a deep, gentle green light.

It had deliberately halted its final breakthrough.

Deep within its seclusion, the gate to the Four-star Realm was already clearly visible.

With the accumulation of insights from its recent Enlightenment, it was fully confident it could trigger an extraordinary Evolution and step into a new Realm in one fell swoop.

However, an intuition from the depths of its soul—or perhaps a contradictory Sixth Sense—told it that this was still not enough.

So, it stopped, just one step away from the threshold.

'Even if I evolve,' it sensed, 'the fundamental "color" of my life essence won't have completely broken free from the inherent framework of my species.'

'I need more reference points. I need to observe how other paths etch their unique marks onto their life forms.'

Just then, a familiar and majestic Qi Mechanism emanated from nearby.

It was Ah Ji's aura, churning violently. Within it, the Powers of light and dark blended and collided with a strange rhythm, faintly revealing a profound mystery, like the dawn of Chaos.

This was the exact "reference" Cyan Treasure had been waiting for.

Thus, it decisively ended its seclusion and quietly slithered out of the room.

"You woke up just in time."

Gu Ming, who had been waiting outside, met Cyan Treasure's gaze, a knowing smile playing on his lips.

"Today, Ah Ji is going to take that step."

Ah Ji had already advanced to the Four-star level several months ago.

But the focus back then was on stabilizing its newly formed Blazing Shadow Pill. Through daily honing of its Skills, it had completely integrated the Inner Core with its physical body and Spiritual Power. It wasn't an Evolution at the morphological level.

Now, the Inner Core was perfectly round and crystal clear, its halo restrained. At times, it would circulate with a pure white, sacred brilliance; at others, it would pulse with a deep, dark shadow. A torrent of Light and Dark Dual Element Spiritual Power surged and roared through its meridians like an inexhaustible river.

Its body had also undergone astonishing reinforcement under the continuous baptism of this dual Spiritual Power.

And now, the time was right.

The overly abundant Spiritual Power came into conflict with its current Cat Demon physique—its body could no longer contain so much power.

As its body developed this immense internal need, Ah Ji began to actively seek a deeper restructuring of its life form to meet the demand for greater Spiritual Power capacity.

Ah Ji's body was spontaneously absorbing vast amounts of accumulated nutrients and worldly energy. With Elder Huo's help, it was constructing more complex energy circuits and instinctual Arrays within itself.

It had been guiding the process bit by bit, day by day, until today...

Upon hearing this, Cyan Treasure raised its slender neck slightly, its eyes shining with excitement.

'Perhaps this is the source of my strange Sixth Sense,' it thought.

'According to Master, is that my Time Reversal Talent at work?'

'An experience from the future is telling me that pausing to observe right now will be beneficial to my own path of Evolution.'

It followed Gu Ming into the spacious courtyard outside.

The atmosphere in the courtyard was already extraordinary.

Lu You, Mouse Treasure, Mianmian, and Little Star had already gathered to one side, watching with curiosity and anticipation.

More eye-catching were the few seniors who had been invited:

Elder Huo, with his profound expertise in Arrays; Dan Temple, the Alchemy Master; and Elder Chen, a permanent reviewer for the *Peak* journal.

They weren't making a formal ceremony of it. They were simply seated comfortably under a tree, sipping tea, discussing the Dao, and chatting cheerfully.

Their gazes occasionally swept over the mass of black and white energy in the center of the area, which was growing increasingly intense.

It was a strange and marvelous sight, a phenomenon produced by the Chaos Breathing Technique.

Occasionally, the mass of energy would release a cage made of dark shadows, locking down the very air.

This would be followed by the afterimage of a fist as dazzling as the sun, carrying a penetrating force capable of breaking mountains and shattering stone. It would directly smash the cage and the air along with it, setting off a huge BOOM that echoed through the courtyard.

"To cultivate a Light and Dark Dual Element foundation to such a pure and profound level is rare indeed."

Elder Chen took a light sip of his tea, a glint of admiration flashing in his eyes.

"Especially the depth of its understanding of its Skills. It has already transcended mere proficiency and touched the realm of the Quasi-Path."

"In terms of cultivation skill alone, I fear that young Gu Ming has few rivals among the younger generation in the country."

"Given time, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he could establish his own sect."

His Divine Sense was sharp; he had long since perceived that Ah Ji's "Shadow-Lock Cage" was unpredictable and treacherous, its restraints concealing a corrosive property.

The Blazing Light Mountain-Breaking Fist was so condensed it was almost tangible, and its explosive power showed the nascent ability to pierce through all things.

Both of these Skills bore a distinct stylistic imprint, something that could not be achieved without years of extreme refinement and profound insight.

Considering Ah Ji's age and how long it had been growing, this level of achievement would be considered astounding even among the sophomores at the genius-filled Wenquxing University.

Faced with the elders' praise, which was half-joking and half-serious,

Gu Ming simply smiled humbly and said little.

He knew in his heart that while Ah Ji's growth was inseparable from his planning and investment of resources, the crucial Dream Cultivation Space was a secret he could not share with outsiders.

At this moment, his attention was focused more on the soon-to-transform Ah Ji and, beside him, Cyan Treasure, who had chosen to stop and observe, seeking an opportunity for a higher breakthrough.

"Ah Ji, begin," Gu Ming guided it telepathically.

The moment the thought was sent, the balance between the Light Spiritual Power and Dark Spiritual Power in the center of the courtyard shattered. The Chaos Breathing Technique went into overdrive, suddenly boiling over!

Ah Ji's figure was completely engulfed by the surging energy. It allowed the two forces to wash over its entire body, unearthing deeper treasures within, using nutrients and both its bodily and mental Spiritual Power to activate them and create more containment space.

As the violent changes began inside, its external form also started to slowly transform.

Cyan Treasure stared at the shifting mass of light, the green glow in its vertical pupils swirling as if to verify every detail of the energy's transformation against its own enlightened path of the dragon and serpent.

...

「In the center of the courtyard.」

The boiling mass of black and white energy suddenly collapsed inward, as if devoured by an invisible singularity. It instantly condensed into a violently pulsating cocoon of light and dark, its surface swirling with patterns of Chaos.

An unnerving symphony of cracking bones and reshaping flesh emanated densely from within the cocoon, as if the very forge of life was operating at full capacity inside.

The changes first appeared in the smallest details.

It was as if a soul had been injected into Ah Ji's pitch-black fur. Every single strand began to flow with its own dark, shimmering light.

Shadows gathered and dispersed across its coat like living creatures, making its black body resemble a bottomless night sky, always ready to merge into any nearby darkness.

Its body elegantly stretched out under the wash of energy, becoming more agile and slender. The lines of its muscles rippled beneath the black fur, filled with a fluid grace that promised both Speed and explosive Power.

A faint glimmer of light subtly outlined the pads of its paws.

Gu Ming and the others noticed that its small claws already gave off a sharpness that made one's skin tingle.

But the claws vanished in a flash, not fully extending, and the sharp sensation immediately disappeared.

Seeing this, Elder Chen realized that Ah Ji was maintaining a high level of consciousness even during its Evolution. Its Spiritual Power was incredibly strong.

The most striking changes were concentrated on its head.

Under the surge of evolutionary energy, its heterochromatic eyes lit up.

Its left eye blazed as white and bright as a Star, while its right eye was a deep void that seemed to connect to an endless night.

When its gaze swept by, the brilliant combination of light and shadow struck one's soul.

Between its brows, a faint, straight, silver vertical mark quietly appeared.

It looked like the mark left behind by a closed Third Eye. It didn't seem like something achievable at its current Star Level, and it quickly vanished again.

But the most obvious external sign bestowed by the Evolution was its tail.

About a third of the way up from the tip, the fur had transformed into a pure, flawless, moon-like white, creating a stark yet harmonious contrast with its pitch-black body.

This white section of the tail emitted a gentle, milky-white halo, echoing the flow of shadows on its body. It was like a balancing tail, regulating its own yin and yang.

"VMMMM—!"

A low hum, carrying a tremor that seemed to vibrate Space itself, came from within the cocoon of light.

The next second, the cocoon shattered into pieces like a depleted shell, dissolving into scattered stardust of interweaving light and dark.

Everyone no longer needed to use their Divine Sense to perceive through the evolutionary shell; they could now observe with their naked eyes.

The all-new Ah Ji stood motionless on the spot.

It was still the same agile and elegant Cat Demon, entirely dark-furred.

But the naturally flowing shadowy brilliance around it, those soul-stirring heterochromatic eyes, and the unmissable line of brilliant white on its long black tail all proclaimed that it had completed its Evolution on a morphological level.

It twitched its tail slightly and ran a lap around the courtyard. As it moved, its fur, shimmering with dark light, trailed a streamer of interwoven black and white light behind it like a cape. Its style points were maxed out.

At this moment, Ah Ji had truly evolved from an ordinary dual-element Cat Demon physique into a Light and Dark Body. It was no longer mundane.

When Ah Ji leaped toward Gu Ming, he stroked its long tail and praised it from the bottom of his heart:

"Ah Ji, you're the sharpest-looking one here now!"

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