The night came and went quietly inside the room. Then, in the first minutes of the new day, Mira slowly awakened. She stretched, feeling the soft and warm bed she was in. Then, she opened her eyes and found herself in that elevated place, and the bloody and agonizing memories flooded her mind.

She quickly focused on her master, who was completely unconscious, showing no signs of waking up anytime soon. But, despite still being red, a new layer of skin was already subtly covering him. Seeing that, she sighed in relief. She had seen her master's recovery ability before and knew that since he got to this point, her master would eventually go back to normal.

Then, she noticed a strange gaze upon her.

Mira turned around, and her eyes met Zanou's. He was completely ensnared by earth runes. Even his mouth was sealed. He wasn't fully recovered yet, but even if he were, he wouldn't be able to easily get out of there.

"Hm?" Mira felt his strangeness without understanding.

She then jumped off the giant and soft mound of fat. Turning to her master; only then did she realize. Both of them were completely red... and her master was without clothes... again. How many times did her master end up without clothes because of some ridiculous situation? She already lost the count. Her gaze then quickly shifted away.

Zanou was there, still focused on her with a strange expression, while Mira tried to calm down from the shock. After a few seconds, she took steps in Zanou's direction gently.

"Master, for some reason, wants you as a... pet. I'm already enough, but if he insists..." She murmured, unsure if she was speaking to Zanou or to herself.

Zanou felt a chill on his back after hearing those words. 'He... he truly wants me too!' he thought.

Mira closed her eyes, feeling something, then opened them slowly with a smile. She didn't know why, but now she could use the array whenever she wanted, and a small amount of earth runes was transferred to her.

After a while, Zane and Gael would realize that Mira's soul had reached a whole level above a cultivator in the same realm as her. It seems that, due to the overflowing power of their divine soul being poured through the array, she was slowly nurtured by it. With that, a small part of their soul merged into hers. Thus, she could manipulate the array slightly.

Mira used some of those earth runes that were restored along with the whale's body and managed to release the part covering Zanou's mouth. She wanted to seize the moment.

Mira then asked firmly, "Master seems to like you... you're a dual cultivation practitioner... you're only interested in women, right?"

She looked closely at those eyes that trembled in astonishment. She had to know the truth once and for all. Or she wouldn't be able to dispel this unease.

It took a few seconds for Zane's mind to process, and he exploded, "Where the hell did you get that damn idea, you brat! Your grandfather, I, am very straight!"

Mira instinctively took a step back. But... she seemed to feel something strange in those words... and in that look... and in that aura...

'They are... extremely similar. Even the way of yelling.' Mira mentally concluded, surprised.

Mira then sighed, astonished and, at the same time, relieved. It seems there's something there that she didn't know. 'In the future, when master trusts me more, he will tell the truth.' She concluded.

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Soon, her eyes turned to Zanou, who was still emanating intense fury. Then, an innocent smile bloomed on Mira's face as she thought of something. She immediately turned into a cute and innocent little girl. Zanou's aura was disarmed immediately, and he felt something very strange... something he thought had died a long time ago came back alive in him.

'Hm... indeed, very similar.' Mira confirmed again. This was the most effective weapon against her master. Just be a bit more incisive and pretend to cry a bit, and Gael would do whatever she wanted.

She then spoke calmly and sweetly, "Why were you looking at me like that? Do you also have those hidden inclinations of my master..."

Zanou had no idea what she was talking about but felt extremely annoyed being compared to that fat lolicon.

"I'm not like that guy, don't be stupid."

Mira covered her lips, smiling, understanding his earlier look. Indeed, the scene was very strange if one didn't know the context. But strangely, she didn't want to clarify completely.

She then had an idea and said, "Master isn't that bad, not exactly what you're thinking. But I won't be small forever, so I just have to eliminate any others that come close, and everything will be solved." She spoke with a sinister smile.

Zanou sighed, seeming to understand something more. "This whale must like those Montide girls. My master also likes them a lot and takes better care of them than usual." Suddenly, Zanou stopped, feeling a killing intent directed at him. One must remember that Montide was Mira's home country, the same one conquered by the Divinestone Clan.

"You... does your master have people from my land with him? Did he kidnap them?" Mira asked seriously.

"Not exactly. We got lucky. When we were adventuring a few months ago, we encountered a caravan heading towards the Three Extremes Sect. They came from the West, and strangely, they didn't have much protection. There, we found a dozen Montide women, all already slaves."

Mira immediately made the connection and couldn't believe her luck. Exactly a few months ago, and exactly twelve women from her land. "From the west?"

"They belonged to some young cultivator who was in the West, and he sent them to the central sect. But he didn't personally protect them; it was a great find by my master." Zanou spoke calmly.

Mira now had certainty and gave a smile. Those were the slaves that the Divinestone clan gave to Innoa; their screams when Innoa violently took them in a fit of rage echoed in her mind for several nights.

"Are they here in the sect?" Mira asked somewhat anxiously.

"Yes, my master likes them; he even avoids hurting them too much. When they behave, of course," Zanou replied without much interest.

Mira then clenched her fist firmly, trying to calm herself. That old man was taking advantage of them... but at least they weren't killed or being tortured too much. Now, she had the opportunity to save them.

"Don't think anything strange, my master..." Zanou was quickly interrupted.

"Master here, master there... why do you still call that old bastard like that?" Mira asked, making Zanou look at her strangely.

"You are now the pet of my master. He even slapped that old man and made it clear that you wouldn't come back... if you try, he will kill you for sure." Mira laughed maliciously, recalling Zane's words to the old man.

"What?!" Zanou was astonished. But from Mira's look, he was sure she wasn't lying.

"Don't be so dramatic. Master will treat you well and won't let that old man touch you. Just be obedient when he gives you a dark look... and be..."

Mira continued talking to Zanou for quite a while. Without Zane or Gael asking, she took it upon herself to establish some relationship with this new member. She already knew her master well enough to know that he wasn't very tactful in building relationships.

It didn't take long for Zanou to start talking without realizing about the location of the girls. And Mira subtly started extracting many other things, like tips on the sect's dual cultivation technique. Zanou easily became an open book in front of her. And that was her greatest success in manipulation; perhaps it's because Zanou was strangely similar to her master, whom she knew well.

***

Three days later, Zane and Gael woke up. Their physical cultivation once again demonstrated its power. The level of those wounds should take one or two months to recover for any ordinary cultivator. But in a few days, they were physically perfect.

Zane and Gael got up from the floor and found themselves covered with a blanket. Soon, the image of Mira on the bed in a meditative state appeared.

Then, to their total surprise, Zanou was in the corner of the room, fully recovered and without any earth rune binding him. He was also meditating silently and didn't even notice their awakening.

'That brat is already showing her manipulative claws. Excellent,' Zane thought to himself, laughing sinisterly.

Gael then commented awkwardly, 'Well... she helped a lot. We didn't really know how to deal with that troublesome brother since we couldn't keep him sealed forever.'

They then focused on their bodies. They confirmed that the separated world they used as an inventory continued to emanate its power. They only had to use the two techniques from time to time to restore its power.

So, they fully absorbed the Yin and Infernal Laws from inside the crystals. After everything was consumed, their cultivation only increased a bit. Well, they still reached the second level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and the second wing was finally completed. Although it seemed slow in their minds, it was actually crazily fast to anyone else.

Another point was that, to their surprise, their bloodline became incredibly denser than before.

'A second drop of bloodline, now running in our veins... how is this possible...' Gael commented.

Upon careful analysis, Zane and Gael realized that the Infernal Laws, the abyss, the queen, and everything inside that place were connected to the Behemoth bloodline.

They almost died for not knowing this before. But now, they have discovered a method to become incredibly more powerful quickly and enhance their bloodline. Obtaining crystals became an absolute priority, and knowledge about these things would come as they grew stronger.