Chapter 590

"Two young ladies, I've done what I needed to do." Xiao Bai smiled warmly—after all, the daily life of the green snake and the white snake was exactly like hers and Xiao Qing's. "From now on, the fate of the beast tribes in this realm is in your hands."

With a wave of her hand, she reclaimed the merit-spirit treasure, the Jin Buyao.

The white snake bowed her hands. "Thank you, Sister Xiao Bai. When you have time, please come visit us often."

The green snake chimed in: "Yes! We haven't even shown you around yet!"

"Then let's go out together next time." Xiao Bai smiled faintly, activated her cross-realm permission, and returned to her own world.

Even after Xiao Bai left, the green snake and white snake still felt as if they were dreaming.

"We were chosen by the realm's sovereign to carry out the beast tribe's grand plan!"

"Who would've thought we'd have such a stroke of fortune."

They exchanged glances, eyes filled with disbelief.

The white snake suddenly said: "Come, let's return this woman to her home, then find a place to cultivate in earnest."

The green snake nodded, her expression suddenly brash: "You're right, Sister. We must cultivate. From now on, I want to be as bold and arrogant as that green snake just now!"

The white snake sighed, rubbing her temple: "Xiao Qing, you never learn the good things—only the bad ones stick!"

530 Qing Snake grinned: "Sister, our beast tribe isn't one for etiquette. If you insist on being polite, you'll never rule the beast tribes. You hand out dates, I'll wield the club—we'll reward and punish, and make them bow without resistance."

The white snake stared, dumbfounded.

"Qing'er, who taught you this?"

The green snake beamed: "Didn't I sneak off to watch a play before? I picked up plenty of useful tricks!"

The white snake fell silent.

Then she reconsidered—Xiao Qing's method might not be wrong.

Etiquette simply wouldn't work among the beast tribes.

Only a balance of mercy and might is the true way.

"Come on, Qing'er. Let's talk about this later."

Thus, the two sisters returned the woman to her home with mixed emotions, then slipped into Shenshan to begin their cultivation.

As they cultivated, they soon noticed something different.

Spiritual energy surged toward them, as if overnight their innate talent had improved a thousandfold—this spiritual energy clung to them like sycophantic ministers gathering around their sovereign, utterly obedient.

"Sister, what's going on?"

The white snake mused: "This must be what Sister Xiao Bai meant by 'when fortune comes, heaven and earth unite in support.' Our growth is fate's will—spiritual energy naturally submits to us."

Xiao Qing gasped: "So this is the benefit of following Heaven's will?"

"Mm." The white snake nodded. "So never act against Heaven's will. Otherwise, every step forward will become ten times harder."

Half a day passed.

With the aid of celestial spiritual energy and the elixirs left by Xiao Bai, their beast cores underwent a massive transformation.

Once mere crystallized energy, they had now completed three rounds of refinement, brimming with Tai Xu qi and imperishable qi—each core glowed like a miniature sun, radiating profound mystery, their strength multiplied nearly a hundredfold.

Even someone without cultivation base could sense the extraordinary nature of these cores.

"Sister, I feel my strength has multiplied many times over. If we ever achieve the Nine Transmutations, no one in the world will ever harm us."

The white snake sighed: "It's still too early! Each transmutation is harder than the last. Our first three were just from refining our prior base and consuming the elixirs. To reach the fourth, we'll need years."

The green snake chuckled: "With Heaven's help, that shouldn't be a problem. Sister, if we keep cultivating here, progress will slow. Why not leave the mountains, subdue some beast tribes, and see if Heaven rewards us?"

The white snake fell into thought.

She had wanted to hide until the end of time, growing invincible before stepping out.

But seeing Xiao Qing's excitement, and remembering Xiao Bai's instructions, she changed her mind.

"Xiao Bai planted so many pieces on the board—if we stay hidden, they might cause countless deaths. Very well. Today, we leave the mountains."

The green snake cheered: "Sister, let's go! We'll crush them all and show them who the true king of the beast tribes is!"

The white snake rolled her eyes.

If the white snake were a modern beast, she'd have laughed and scolded Xiao Qing for being overly dramatic.

Thus, half a year later, the beast tribes surged in power, and a new force emerged—Tian Yao Valley—standing in opposition to the human sects.

The human and beast tribes plunged into open war.

Yet no matter how fierce the fighting, both sides adhered to one unbreakable taboo.

【Cultivators are strictly forbidden from interfering in mortal affairs. Violators shall be jointly destroyed by all under heaven.】

This taboo had previously been ignored by the beast tribe's powerful ones.

Until Qing Snake slew several powerful beast kings who broke it—and Bai Snake silently approved the outcome.

Instantly, no beast in the tribe dared defy the decree.

Clearly, this was an agreement between the two valley lords of Tian Yao Valley and the human sects.

"Our beast tribe is weak. If we act recklessly, we'll be the ones who suffer. Miss Qing and Miss Bai are making sacrifices for our sake."

"Exactly! With our beast nature, we'd never follow such rules—we'd have started fighting long ago. It's all because humans are cruel and oppress us."

"Because we're so weak, Valley Lord Qing and Valley Lord Bai have suffered so much!"

"We must cultivate harder to ease their burdens!"

Through the efforts of certain cunning beasts, rather than fracturing the tribe's loyalty after losing several beast kings, the beast tribes were shamed into determination—and began to cultivate fiercely.

Soon, the entire world burned with conflict.

"Qing'er, where did you learn such a cunning trick?" the white snake exclaimed, stunned. "Not only did you kill them—you made the whole tribe grateful to us?"