89: Chapter 89: Another dog?! Are you obsessed with dogs?!

After the three of them had finished making their selections and registered their inherited cultivation techniques, the officer stepped forward again, leading Lin Ye through layers of restrictions straight to the military merit exchange zone deep within the Military District.

As for the remaining two, they were temporarily arranged to stay in the cultivation rooms.

The military merit exchange zone was heavily guarded. Displayed on the shelves were countless scarce resources, divine kingdom secret cards, bloodline advancement materials, and terrain modification items that were completely unobtainable through ordinary channels. Their grades ranged from common to the top S-rank, and every single item required solid military merits to exchange, absolutely irreplaceable by ordinary resources.

Arriving at the exchange counter, Lin Ye directly pulled up his military merit account balance, and a clear number came into view—20,300 military merits.

This was the family foundation accumulated by his parents during their lifetime as they pioneered otherworlds and repeatedly won military distinctions. It was also the final trump card and source of confidence left to Lin Ye. Having spent some of it, this was all that remained. Today, he planned to use it all up in one go to thoroughly reinforce his vassal race system, leaving no regrets.

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Ye spoke at a rapid pace, directly listing his exchange list with a clear goal and no delay.

First, he exchanged for an S-rank Divine Kingdom Reproduction Card, which could greatly increase the breeding efficiency of his divine kingdom's vassal races.

He then purchased several High-grade Divine Kingdom Terrain Modification Cards, which could sculpt the terrain of his divine kingdom to create exclusive Sha Spirit Secret Realms, adapting the environment for the growth and cultivation of his vassal races.

Finally, he exchanged for a massive amount of pure spiritual points and meat to cushion the source consumption of his vassal races' subsequent advancements.

Aside from these general resources, Lin Ye spent most of his military merits on the exclusive advancement materials for his four vassal races.

The primary ones were the Sha Spirit Source Crystal for the Demonic Blood Python to transform into the Sha-Swallowing Python, the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Lotus for the Plague Seed Mosquito to evolve into the Pestilence Mosquito, the Shadow Eye Stone for the Shadow Fox to advance into the Illusion Pupil Fox, and the Dark Iron Counter-Armor Marrow for the Armored Turtle to transform into the Counter-Injury Armored Turtle.

There were also some slightly more ordinary advancement materials.

The entire set of advancement materials was of the highest grade and fully equipped, enough to support the four vassal races in completing a full morphological transition, completely refreshing their combat power limit.

After the final settlement, the entire set of resources, secret cards, and advancement materials consumed a whopping 12,000 military merits.

The remaining 8,300 military merits were left in his account for future emergencies.

The exchange process was quickly completed, and all materials were automatically stored in his exclusive storage divine seal, neatly categorized and clear at a glance.

Seeing this, the officer then guided the three of them to the Military District's exclusive quiet cultivation room. The space was independent, isolated by formations, and absolutely safe, allowing them to digest their rewards, complete their vassal races' advancements, and summon new vassal races in peace.

Stepping into the spacious and quiet cultivation room, Lin Ye held his breath and focused. He first sealed away all the advancement materials, terrain cards, and reproduction cards. Then, with a thought, he took out one of the core rewards of this league championship—the Random S-rank Vassal Race Generation Card.

This card was the trump card he was looking forward to the most at this moment.

"Begin summoning."

Lin Ye whispered in his mind, activating the card's source.

Buzz!

A dark red torrent of Sha energy gushed out from his divine kingdom, frantically gathering and taking shape in mid-air in the cultivation room. The rolling Sha energy surged and circled, continuously outlining the ferocious and vigorous silhouettes of beasts.

After a moment, the Sha energy dissipated, and a total of 280 brand-new vassal races with uniform shapes and freezing auras materialized on the ground.

Covered in pitch-black fur, their four hooves treading on Sha energy, their sharp fangs glinting with a cold light, their bodies vigorous and well-proportioned, and a faint nether Sha energy swirling around them, they were indeed the brand-new S-rank vassal race—the Xuanyin Nether Shadow Hound.

Looking at the floor full of identical dog-like vassal races, Lin Ye's lips twitched on the spot, and he couldn't help but complain inwardly, "Why is it a dog again?! Are you fucking obsessed with dogs?!"

He already had a massive number of Shahun Hounds under his command. Now that the exclusive S-rank card had opened up a dog-like vassal race again, it truly made him not know whether to laugh or cry, inevitably finding it repetitive and monotonous.

But when his divine sense sank into the illustrated guide and he saw the complete evolutionary lineage of the Xuanyin Nether Shadow Hound, the look of complaint on his face instantly vanished, replaced by immense surprise and extreme joy.

Because this seemingly repetitive dog-like vassal race had an extremely high starting point and an evolutionary path that defied heaven. After transitioning layer by layer, its final ultimate evolutionary form was actually a top-tier prehistoric fierce beast—the Hou!

The Hou, an ancient prehistoric species, could trample the netherworld, devour dragons and Sha energy, and suppress all evils. It was a natural overlord among fierce beasts, with a foundation and limit far exceeding ordinary divine and demonic vassal races.

The seemingly ordinary Nether Shadow Hounds were top-tier sprouts harboring the seeds of supreme fierce beasts. All 280 of them possessed the ultimate potential of prehistoric fierce beasts. Once fully formed in the future, they would be enough to support the peak combat power of his entire vassal race system!

A massive surprise rushed over him. A sharp light flashed in Lin Ye's eyes, and he no longer felt the slightest disdain, leaving only a heart full of burning anticipation.

After the surprise passed, Lin Ye took the opportunity to inspect the advancement status of his other vassal races, quickly grasping the current situation.

The Shahun Hounds and Soul-Devouring Owls that had accompanied him through countless battles had now touched the ceiling of their current stage in terms of bloodline foundation. Their existing resources and advancement conditions were entirely insufficient, leaving them stuck at an evolutionary bottleneck, temporarily unable to complete their morphological transition.

To transform and advance again, they could only wait for their physical strength and bloodline strength to improve, as well as acquire higher-grade source materials in the future to break through the shackles of their realm, before they could unlock a brand-new form.

However, Lin Ye was not anxious about this. Now that he held the advancement materials for four vassal races, the brand-new Nether Shadow Hounds with prehistoric potential, a complete foundation for divine kingdom transformation, and a Heaven-grade cultivation technique, his foundation had completely undergone a rebirth, enough to support him in growing steadily and crushing his peers.

Suppressing his thoughts, Lin Ye hesitated no longer. He immediately set to work using the full set of high-grade advancement materials he had just exchanged to initiate the morphological transformation of the four vassal races under his command.

Sinking his mind into his divine kingdom, he refined the four exclusive high-grade materials—the Sha Spirit Source Crystal, the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Lotus, the Shadow Eye Stone, and the Dark Iron Counter-Armor Marrow—along with the remaining materials, completely into source energy, evenly pouring it into the racial sources of the corresponding vassal races.

Today's divine kingdom was already completely different from the past. Its vast territory of three thousand square kilometers, its extreme carrying capacity that had skyrocketed more than tenfold, its stable and closed-loop law patterns, coupled with the continuous nourishment of high-concentration Sha Spirit Qi, were fully sufficient to bear the massive commotion of multiple races advancing simultaneously, without the slightest risk of law disorder or spatial collapse.

At the same time, Jinghun Hall operated at full speed, steadily balancing the restless source hostility during the advancement process, completely eliminating the risk of advancement backlash and the vassal races losing control.

Within the divine kingdom, light streamed across the sky, and the rumbling of sources echoed everywhere.

The first to complete their transformation were the Demonic Blood Pythons lurking in the Sha Spirit Abyss.

A massive amount of Sha Spirit Source Crystals fused into their bloodlines, and countless dark red scales transformed and solidified layer by layer. Their figures stretched and skyrocketed once more, and the patterns on their python bodies turned into ferocious Sha-Swallowing Dao Patterns, extremely elevating their innate ability to swallow Sha, devour spirits, and refine malevolent energy.

Shedding their old forms, they all evolved into S-rank Sha-Swallowing Pythons, achieving all-around breakthroughs in physical hardness, Sha power, and devouring source, truly becoming the top war beasts of the Shaling Divine Kingdom.