101: Chapter 101 is not enough

With a thought from him, the void of the Divine Kingdom shifted slightly, and a few commander-grade dependents, whose sizes far exceeded their peers, whose auras were piercing, and whose bloodlines were profound, slowly crawled out.

These few commanders were the ones with the strongest combat power, the thickest foundations, and the most stable divine souls within the current dependent system, and they were also the most optimal candidates to pioneer the awakening of intelligence and bear the power of the genesis first.

Lin Ye gently lifted his fingertips, and a few crystal-clear intelligence genesis fruits shrouded in flowing light suspended in mid-air. Their fruity fragrance was fresh and moist, containing a pure spiritual origin, and they slowly fell before the few commanders.

" Swallow and refine them. "

As the cold divine sense command fell, the commanders submissively lowered their heads without the slightest hesitation, opening their mouths to swallow the intelligence genesis fruits entirely into their bellies. They quietly crouched in the core area of the Divine Kingdom in front of Jinghun Hall, beginning to precipitate and refine them while quietly waiting for their intelligence to undergo a transformation.

Lin Ye sat upright in the void of the Divine Kingdom, his gaze calm as he quietly observed the transformation process.

He wanted to see just how much this intelligence genesis fruit could elevate the intelligence of this group of fierce beast dependents!

In the core airspace of the Divine Kingdom in front of Jinghun Hall, a warm spiritual origin slowly rippled outward. The medicinal power of the four intelligence genesis fruits burst forth within the bodies of the four commanders, and the gentle yet domineering spiritual power permeated their divine souls along their bloodline textures, washing, reshaping, and illuminating their long-benighted spiritual origins bit by bit.

Visible pale white spiritual light wrapped around the bodies of the four commanders, and their beast pupils, which were originally filled with violent, bloodthirsty, and slaughter instincts, were the first to undergo earth-shattering changes.

That expanse of pure ferocity gradually faded away, replaced by layers of agility, clarity, and contemplative expressions.

The transformation lasted for several breaths, and the intelligence of the four major commanders completely settled and formed, instantly pulling apart a clear gap in hierarchy.

The transformations of the five—the Xuanyin Nether Shadow Hound leader, the Sha-Swallowing Python leader, the Illusion Pupil Fox leader, the Pestilence Mosquito mother emperor, and the Counter-Injury Bone Turtle—tended to be consistent.

The ignorant mentality of a seven- or eight-year-old child completely faded away, and their intelligence climbed steadily, ultimately freezing at the level of eleven- or twelve-year-old youths.

They had already shed pure beastly instincts, knowing how to independently observe the situation of the Divine Kingdom, review the pros and cons of past battles, obey instructions, and flexibly fine-tune tactics. They were no longer rigid killing tools that executed orders mechanically, possessing basic independent thinking and judgment abilities, and the violent fiendish qi around their bodies was also mostly neutralized by spirituality, adding a bit of calmness and orderliness.

Meanwhile, the other two veteran commanders hiding within the ethnic group who silently and simultaneously absorbed the spirituality overflowing from the genesis fruit—the Shahunquan Commander and the Shihun Owl Leader—had a transformation magnitude that far exceeded the other four, which could be called a qualitative change!

As the veteran dependents who had followed Lin Ye for the longest time, fought the most battles, and devoured the most miscellaneous origins, the foundations of their divine souls far exceeded their peers. They had simply been constrained by the shackles of their innate intelligence all along, unable to unlock their thinking upper limits.

After the ultimate spirituality of the intelligence genesis fruit entered their bodies, it instantly ignited their origin accumulation that had been precipitated for many years.

The benighted divine soul barrier was completely shattered, and spirituality climbed crazily, breaking through the shackles in one fell swoop and directly reaching the mental level of an unripe thirteen- or fourteen-year-old youth.

This was a qualitative gap.

Unlike the ignorance and transparency of the other commanders, the eyes of the Shahunquan Commander and the Shihun Owl Leader completely shed the turbidity of beasts, their gazes clear and sharp, hiding clear thoughts, awe, and submission.

They no longer prostrated themselves by instinct, but instead actively restrained all the fiendish qi around their bodies and gathered away all their fierce might, bending their knees and lowering their heads. With the most pious and solemn posture, they performed a kneeling ritual on the soul level toward Lin Ye's divine soul main body in the void.

This was a manifestation of truly generating independent minds, recognizing the lord's origin, and submitting from the bottom of their hearts—an action that low-intelligence fierce beasts could never make.

Not only that, the medicinal power of the two genesis fruits had not been completely exhausted; wisps of pure spirituality still remained deep within their divine souls, slowly, continuously, and gently scouring the spiritual barrier, polishing their divine soul comprehension bit by bit, and subtly raising the upper limits of their intelligence.

Lin Ye sat upright in the void, taking this scene of difference all in, and his heart instantly became clear and lucid.

Obviously, among the six major dependents, the two races of the Shahun Hound and the Soul-Devouring Owl had the highest spiritual adaptability to the intelligence genesis fruit, the strongest absorption efficiency, and the top-tier transformation upper limit.

The remaining dependents could only rely on the fruits to complete basic intelligence enlightenment. Only these two veteran races could rely on their own profound combat foundations and divine soul accumulations to achieve excess transformation, making them the core dependents most worthy of key cultivation and priority intelligence elevation.

Having found the optimal cultivation direction, Lin Ye hesitated no longer. With a stir of his mind, the storage space of the Divine Kingdom burst open, and the remaining two thousand nine hundred and eighty-four intelligence genesis fruits all soared into the air. Crystal-white flowing light paved the entire airspace of the Divine Kingdom, and the fresh fruity fragrance permeated all directions.

Strictly following the principle of selective cultivation and boutique advancement, he began to precisely screen individual members of the races.

Among the countless dependents, he precisely picked out nearly three thousand top-tier Shahun Hounds and Soul-Devouring Owls with robust physiques, condensed muscles and bones, sharp claws and teeth, and solid bloodline foundations, discarding ordinary individuals with frail physiques and weak foundations, and ensuring that every precious fruit could exert its maximum utility while eliminating all waste of resources.

The densely packed intelligence genesis fruits drifted down in an orderly manner, precisely falling into the mouths of every selected dependent.

As nearly three thousand Shahun Hounds and Soul-Devouring Owls swallowed the fruits simultaneously, the spirituality of the entire Divine Kingdom surged violently in an instant, and countless pale white spiritual lights intertwined into patches, shrouding the two races.

The violent fiendish qi of slaughter was purified layer by layer by spirituality, and the benighted beastly nature was scoured bit by bit by wisdom. The fierce beasts, which originally only knew how to charge and slaughter, had transparent spiritual lights light up in their eyes one after another.

A large-scale intelligence transformation unfolded vigorously.

Thanks to the ultimate spiritual adaptability of the two races, the intelligence of this batch of dependents soared rapidly, skyrocketing all the way from the ignorant level of a four- or five-year-old child, and finally completely stabilizing at the mental tier of an eleven- or twelve-year-old youth.

In an instant, a full three thousand high-intelligence dependents possessing independent thinking, basic tactical cognition, understanding of independent cultivation, and coordination in battle formations took shape!

They no longer rigidly awaited the lord's instructions; they would independently sort out the race formations, review combat loopholes, hone moves with each other, and actively absorb the Divine Kingdom's fiendish spirits to nourish their origins. The tactical flexibility, group combat adaptability, and independent growth capability of the entire fiendish spirit dependent system completed a leap-forward qualitative change.

Yet Lin Ye looked at the completely renewed race, and his heart was still not satisfied.

An intelligence of eleven or twelve years old could already be considered a mid-to-upper level among peers of dependents, completely shaking off the ignorant shortcomings of ordinary fierce beast dependents, and was enough to support them in coping with routine battles and cultivating and growing independently.

But it was still far from enough for his core requirement of impacting the True God realm.

Wanting to give birth to divinity, condense pure faith, comprehend Great Dao laws, and completely make up for the final shackles of advancing to a True God, the dependents' intelligence must reach the mature mentality of an adult, possessing a complete thinking system, value cognition, Great Dao comprehension, and independent cultivation philosophy.

Eleven or twelve years old was merely a youth's mentality; there still existed problems of thinking limitations, shallow cognition, and insufficient comprehension, making it impossible to bear the supreme Great Dao of divinity transformation.

" Still not enough. I must continue to elevate their intelligence until it touches the mental tier of a mature person. "