Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

Ye Ge bent down and picked up the tear of the star.

It really didn't work...

Divine power and magical power are two opposing energies. In essence, if a person has magical power, they cannot have divine power; if they have divine power, they cannot have magical power.

Therefore, the owl's reaction can be considered a normal reaction when a demonized human comes into contact with an item containing divine power.

But what's strange is that Ye Ge can cultivate both of these energies at the same time.

That's why he wanted Night Owl to try it too.

Logically speaking, if he could, then since Night Owl is his father and half of his extraordinary talent comes from him, he should be able to as well.

'So my talent for cultivating divine power wasn't inherited from my father...'

Night Song seemed lost in thought: 'Hmm...'

Night Owl looked at the charred mark in the center of his palm, then at Night Song, and seemed to understand something: "That thing just now contained divine power?"

He could sense that the energy released from the star bead just now was very similar to the power used by some divine mages he had encountered on the battlefield of myriad races.

"Hmm...right." Night Song put away the Tears of Stars.

"Then why did you give me this thing?" Night Owl was speechless. "We demonized humans cultivate demonic power, a power that conflicts with divine and holy power. Once you cultivate demonic power, you can no longer cultivate divine and holy power. Don't you even know this basic common sense... Hmm? That's not right. If that's the case, then how can you use the Azure Dragon Holy Power?"

Zhou Yuqing: "......"

"How should I know?" Ye Ge shrugged. "I thought that since I could use holy power, you definitely could too. Turns out it wasn't inherited from you?"

Night Owl: "Nonsense, none of our ancestors were gods, how could it be something I inherited?"

Zhou Yuqing: "......"

Night Song pondered, "Then could it be...?"

"Ah! I know!" Zhou Yuqing said seriously, "It must be because Xiaoye's genes have mutated!"

Night Song: "?"

“Absolutely.” Zhou Yuqing came up behind Ye Ge, vigorously ruffled his hair, and smiled guiltily, “The Ye family’s demonic genes are the most unique among all demonic people.”

"Xue'er has specifically researched this; the genes of the demonized members of the Ye family are particularly prone to gene mutations and enhancements. Look at Ye Qingxin, Ye Yulong, Ye Yang, Ye Mengyu...aren't their abilities and talents all quite different? Hehehe..."

Night Owl scratched his stubble, pondering, "That's true... but to have a genetic mutation that grants the extraordinary talent to cultivate divine and holy power is a bit too far-fetched, isn't it? It's practically like an awakening of a bloodline barrier..."

“No, no, not at all.” Zhou Yuqing laughed. “Our Xiaoye is so gifted, I wouldn’t be surprised if he awakened some extraordinary talent.”

"By the way, Xiaoye, where is Xue'er?" Zhou Yuqing changed the subject.

"...Huh?" Ye Ge was taken aback. "I don't know either, probably in the hotel room..."

In reality, he's most likely in the Demon Realm, conducting research alongside Yu Li and Hong Kou.

"I haven't seen Xiaoxue'er for so, so, so long," Zhou Yuqing said with a smile. "Why don't you take your mother to see her?"

Night Song: "I..."

"Okay!" Zhou Yuqing took Ye Ge's hand and said to Ye Xiao, "Honey, Xiao Ye said Xue'er misses me terribly too. I'm going to go find Xue'er with him first. We'll celebrate your triumphant return tomorrow~ You don't mind, right?"

Night Song: "..."

Night Owl: "...Whatever makes you happy."

"Hehe, you're the best." Zhou Yuqing quickly kissed Ye Xiao on the cheek. "Okay, bye-bye~ See you tomorrow!~" Then she grabbed the bewildered Ye Ge and left the garden in a flash.

"..."

Night Owl gazed intently at Zhou Yuqing and Ye Ge's receding figures, then removed the cigarette from his mouth and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke: "Hoo..."

......

At this moment, in Takashi Yuki's room.

Gao Shenxue was alone in her hotel room.

At this moment, the girl was sitting on the bed with her eyes gently closed.

Her consciousness was completely immersed in the system's simulated network, as if she were in another network world.

In the online world, she appears to be completely enveloped by a thin layer of nanotechnology exoskeleton.

Every inch of skin on his face, neck, arms, and body was a metallic pure white, completely unlike any other living skin color, as if it were some kind of high-tech synthetic substance, its surface reflecting a metallic luster.

At the same time, neat, silver lines appeared on her face.

That's a characteristic of the demi-human race.

Gao Shenxue opened her eyes in the consciousness network.

The world before my eyes is a world of consciousness networks, where walls, sky, and ground are all made up of cubes of data.

One noisy sound after another rang in my ears.

One familiar yet unfamiliar figure after another flickered before her eyes.

Those were researchers wearing white coats and masks, each with a capsule-like icon on their chest—the logo of the gene company.

"Debugging complete, data has been processed."

"The equipment is ready."

"Number 3 is currently in good condition, with normal blood pressure, normal blood oxygen saturation, and all nanocells are in a stable state."

"Data connection can be established now."

"..."

Familiar voices kept coming.

Gao Shenxue's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

She lay on an experimental table, her body completely encased in a nano exoskeleton, the surface of which was also covered with various tubes connected to the surrounding equipment.

The researchers surrounded her, preparing to conduct an experiment.

Gao Shenxue didn't even move a finger; with just a thought, all the metallic objects in the surrounding environment flew up.

Ten Herka swords surrounded her, and even the robots guarding the researchers at the gene company malfunctioned and entered rebellion mode.

"Aaaaaaahh ...

"Aaaaaahh ...

With screams of agony, everyone fell into pools of blood.

Gao Shenxue frowned even more.

boom!

......

In reality, Gao Shenxue slowly opened her eyes.

The once neatly arranged room became a mess. The energy vortex that had just broken through directly blew the entire room into chaos, with various items falling to the ground and some paper research reports still fluttering in the air.

She has broken through to the first stage of the Saintly Realm!

The girl felt her face was wet.

She raised her hand to touch it, and tears had already soaked her beautiful, aloof face.

As she levels up, fragments of her childhood memories are gradually unlocked, but every time she sees those childhood moments, she feels so sad...

It felt as if a heavy, oppressive stone was pressing down on my heart.

My background...

"What exactly happened...?"

Gao Shenxue remained silent.

At times like these, Gao Shenxue misses Xiaoye especially.

If no one comforts you, you can only feel emo alone.

I really want to find Xiaoye and recharge my energy...

"knock knock"

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Gao Shenxue turned her head, puzzled, and asked, "Who is it?"

"Me~~" Zhou Yuqing's voice came through: "And Xiao Ye too~"