Li Cunxu stuffed the Forbidden Spirit Nail back into the evil personality's spirit womb and locked her up in the little black room again.

Li Anle said, "Evil, the suggestion she made, I think it's pretty good."

Li Cunxu softly replied, "It is pretty good. I'm a bit tempted, but the life-and-death Beast Taming Contract isn't secure for the evil personality. There's a risk of her breaking free from the contract."

He remembered a big joke from a past life game. A player who long held the top spot in the world ranking, 'Invincible Overnight,' made a contract with an infinitely potential evil beast, the Evil Eye Charm Butterfly (a beast corrupted by the uncrowned evil beast's power among the four gods). They too signed a life-and-death Beast Taming Contract, yet... the Evil Eye Charm Butterfly quickly grew stronger under the player's nurturing. Once strong enough, the Evil Eye Charm Butterfly betrayed Invincible Overnight, trapping him in the Endless Abyss Prison.

The Endless Abyss Prison is like a super tiny black room, inescapable and devoid of light.

Players who can't commit suicide can't revive at the resurrection point, effectively conferring a permanent ban.

Invincible Overnight posted for help, offering a vast reward for getting him out of the Endless Abyss Prison. Back then, Li Cunxu was very tempted by that reward money. If claimed, Li Cunxu could have bought twenty sets of houses. However, he didn't make it there; on the way, he heard shocking news that deterred him from going.

Many people banded together to rescue Invincible Overnight, but all who went there ended up trapped in the Endless Abyss Prison, essentially banned.

Until the game stopped updating, Invincible Overnight was never rescued.

So, the life-and-death Beast Taming Contract isn't secure.

Li Cunxu said, "Get Grandpa to get you four Eternal Contracts."

"Eternal Contracts? What are those? I've never heard of them before."

Li Anle tilted her head and asked with curiosity.

"Eternal Contract, this contract can alter perception. Once signed, the pet beast will forever be loyal to you, with strict contractual bindings. Not even the Evil God can dissolve it."

Li Anle said, "There's actually something this good, why not promote it widely."

"Firstly, pet beasts resent it, and secondly, Eternal Contracts are very rare. Those who could craft them died a long time ago, and now, every Eternal Contract used is one less. Fortunately, many were crafted while he was alive."

"What reason should I use to ask Grandpa for four Eternal Contracts?"

"Reason? Let me think." Li Cunxu paced back and forth in the closed room and suddenly stopped, "Just say you met a black-robed merchant with a Jadeite Jade Walking Stick. He said you only need four Eternal Contracts to have the chance to contract four legendary gifted pet beasts."

"Who is the black-robed merchant with the Jadeite Jade Walking Stick? Can he make Grandpa believe my words?"

"A mysterious merchant who roams various places waiting for the destined."

Li Cunxu dared not reveal the true identity, as mentioning divine names could attract attention.

The true identity of the mysterious merchant is the Outer Evil God, Commerce God of the Unbounded, said to traverse different worlds just to sell goods.

In fact, many Outer Evil Gods are watching the Divine Domain Continent, but for some reason, they do not dare to make a move on the Divine Guard Continent. Only four newly risen Evil Gods, fearless like young bulls, dare consider this world.

With important matters settled, it was time for Li Cunxu to accompany Li Anle in play, playing Gomoku, fighting games, and badminton.

Li Anle's quick thinking made her an even match against Li Cunxu, a seasoned amateur at Gomoku.

In fighting games, Li Anle's hand speed and reflexes were too fast, leaving Li Cunxu struggling. Without activating Blood Lotus Eye, he couldn't keep up, and even if he did, while his eyes could match, his hands couldn't.

In badminton, Li Cunxu was exhausted like a dog, while Li Anle's stamina seemed bottomless, with not a drop of sweat on her forehead while Li Cunxu was drenched in sweat.

"Enough, playing badminton with you is pointless. You haven't missed a shot since we started."

"Should I go easy on you, brother?"

"Go easy? Okay, after I rest for a bit. I'm dead tired."

Li Cuncun threw the racket aside and lay on the ground, absorbing the coolness to lower his body temperature.

"Brother, want to duel me to test my strength?"

"With your Red Lotus Carp?"

"Yes."

"What level is your Red Lotus Carp now?"

"Bronze Three."

Li Cunxu was slightly surprised. That's fast.

Dragon pets level up very slowly early on, like a turtle crawl, yet her Red Lotus Carp managed such rapid progress. It seemed due to abundant resources.

The abundance was vast, even limitless.

Li Anle is a favored investment target of Li Shiji and the Saint Lotus Li Family, backed by the alliance.

Li Shiji views Li Anle as the future of the family he's building, and naturally spares no effort in investment. His protection of Li Anle showed it well, never letting his sons adept in internal strife near her. Li Anle hasn't even met her uncles to this day.

The Saint Lotus Li Family intends to support a branch of the Red Lotus Li Family to expand its influence and has always acted this way. The Cyan Lotus Li Family was initially supported this way. Supporting branches is akin to family strategy, so investing in Li Anle was also wholehearted.

The alliance's investment was a bit weaker, but still considerable.

The opening war is about to commence; human high-end combat power is sufficient, and both sides avoid using too much high-end force lightly, lest it leads to full-scale war. This led to much high-end power accumulation.

Mid-tier power depletes every year, and the Evil God Sect has quick-cultivation powers, struggling a bit in mid-tier power.

Among mid-tier power, bloodline families are the main force.

So the alliance has been nurturing new bloodline families over the years.

When it comes to supporting old bloodline families, the alliance shows little interest. They have many stubborn old relics alive within, lacking vitality and aggressive drive, stagnant and unable to contribute power, let alone not draining the alliance is already fortunate.

Some old relics fear death and even betray humanity, becoming Evil God Followers.

This accounts for most of the Evil God Sect leadership's origins.

With support from all sides, Li Anle is exceedingly wealthy. She says her Red Lotus Carp consumes resources, holy meals, and Spiritual Food daily, to the point of wanting to puke, and lately has a slight anorexia.

With a Bronze Three Red Lotus Carp, the Dark Crossbeak couldn't be used, as it would be crushed in a confrontation; only Xiaoruan could be used.

Li Cunxu hesitated a bit. He did want a pet beast battle with Li Anle, but hesitated as fighting under Grandpa Li Shiji's watch might expose his true strength.

After careful thought, Li Cunxu decided to battle. Strength exposure or not, his grandfather's enemies would still target him; he had a hunch, so better to reveal some strength, preventing Li Shiji from completely overlooking him.

The backyard of Anle Courtyard is a specially designated battle arena.

Li Anle pressed the button on the referee seat, and the device projected the Deathless White Light used exclusively for matches.

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