Zhou Bai raised his head, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, accompanied by a touch of reflection: "So... the birth of demons on Earth is due to the intervention of extraterrestrial cultivators?"

Dr. Zhuang nodded, saying, "They treated Earth as an experimental ground, hoping to evolve a form of life that could help them resist the Void."

Zhou Bai recalled the memories related to Ji Wufan he once read in the Void, sighing: "Even a civilization as powerful as the extraterrestrial Spiritual People cannot resist the Void?"

Dr. Zhuang let out a bitter laugh: "The Void is far more powerful than we ever imagined. I originally intended to perform the Sealing Heaven and Earth, so that there would be no more deities or demons."

"Unfortunately, even the Sealing Heaven and Earth cannot save this world."

"Continue reading this jade slip, and we will talk after you finish."

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit continued to read through the contents of the jade slip. The recorder's experiments on Earth grew increasingly frantic.

...

Success!

I secretly extracted the bloodline of the Heavenly Yan Beast and had the experimenter apply the Beast Transformation Technique.

The effect was astonishing; the experimenter's resistance to the Void greatly increased in a short time.

I must conduct further tests. If everything checks out, I will amaze the entire universe.

...

The Inspector discovered my secret experiment, but he did not stop me.

Because the results were promising, the Beast Transformation Technique can perfectly control the Heavenly Yan Beast's bloodline, far more efficiently than their own evolution.

We plan to report the experimental results to the Void Dao Palace.

Hahaha, I cannot wait to see the shocked expressions of those gluttons and idlers.

...

The feedback from the Void Dao Palace arrived quickly, and the Supreme Dao Ancestor personally descended to inspect our results.

Everyone was extremely excited; hundreds of years of hard work had finally paid off.

The Supreme Dao Ancestor gave me two options: either return and establish an office to prepare to promote the method to resist the Void with the Heavenly Yan Beast's bloodline throughout the universe, or stay here and continue the research, with all our needs being met.

Ironically, I had wanted to leave Star Qing-Jiazi for centuries, yet the moment I could, I grew nostalgic for the tranquility here.

...

We ultimately decided to stay. The position of Star Qing-Jiazi is secret, with ready-made experiment grounds. The Supreme Dao Ancestor also promised us full support; continuing the research here is more convenient than going back, and we can stay away from conflicts.

After all, even among the Dao Ancestors, not all of them support our plans.

According to the Supreme Dao Ancestor, although our Heavenly Yan Plan was shortlisted as one of the millennium plans, it's only an alternate; we must compete with other shortlisted plans, and current results are not enough.

The Supreme Dao Ancestor hopes the Heavenly Yan Beasts can eventually adapt to all cosmic environments except the Heavenly Dao and that such abilities can later serve humankind.

The evolution of the Heavenly Yan Beast will continue, and with the Dao Ancestor's support this time, I am confident we can achieve more substantive progress within fifty years.

If the Heavenly Yan Plan is formally selected as the next millennium Void Dao Palace's cosmic plan, we will become the changers of the universe, the benefits of which are unimaginable... even...

I might even have a chance to reach the Dao Ancestor realm.

...

Damn it...

Blast...

Why did it turn out like this?

The Inspector will come tomorrow to verify this batch of experimental results... what should I do?

Just thinking about all the honor possibly slipping away makes me feel a chill in my heart.

I mustn't... I mustn't fail...

...

The Inspector found out after all.

But if we report the results to the Void Dao Palace now, we might all be investigated, and the freshly dispatched resources could be revoked entirely.

We dare not speak of it, must temporarily conceal it, and find a way to resolve the issues within the experiment.

This is the consensus reached between the Inspector and me.

Hope everything goes smoothly.

...

More and more experimental subjects are collapsing.

The Heavenly Yan Beast's bloodline is unstable. Although initially, the Beast Transformation Technique can stabilize the bloodline and resist the Void, the strength of the bloodline will fail due to environmental changes within a year.

Even cultivators using the Heavenly Yan Beast's bloodline might completely lose control due to radical changes, potentially transforming into monsters with raging bloodlines.

The Void Dao Palace can never accept such a result.

In just over a decade, it will be time for the Void Dao Palace to send people to review the results... what should we do?

...

I injected human bloodlines into the Heavenly Yan Beast.

Humanity is the only entity in the universe recognized by the Heavenly Dao, capable of cultivating Dao techniques.

If we can enhance the Dao effects on the Heavenly Yan Beast through our bloodlines, allowing them to cultivate Dao techniques, they could stabilize their own bloodlines, and their evolution would become gradually controllable.

But if word of this got out, I would be finished.

Sharing the aptitude for the divine Dao; this is humanity's greatest sin; no one must ever find out.

...

The experiment was very successful. After combining with human bloodlines, the intelligence and civilization level of the Heavenly Yan Beast increased significantly in just a few years.

We continuously altered the environment of the entire planet, changed the Void Pulse, changed the Dao imprint within them, and they began to consciously control their evolution abilities.

Nature is teaching them, little by little, the results we want to achieve.

Everyone praises my achievements, yet no one knows the Heavenly Yan Beast already carries human bloodlines.

...

Strange changes happened to the Chang No. 9 experimental subject.

He is growing... more and more like a human.

Other cultivators also noticed this. I temporarily brushed it off, but I must find a way to deal with him.

...

It's incredible; when did the Chang No. 9 experimental subject learn our language? He can even communicate with me.

He has a perfect balance of Heavenly Yan Beast and human bloodlines in his body. I suspect that if he continues, he might receive the Heavenly Dao's approval and begin cultivating Dao techniques.

But he is the only Heavenly Yan Beast on the entire planet to achieve this, and perhaps I should not dispose of him.

...

Zhou Bai continued following the log and found that the recorder secretly began nurturing the Chang No. 9 experimental subject, even teaching him Dao techniques.

The recorder hoped to use the Heavenly Yan Beast's adaptability to Dao techniques to feed back into himself and enhance his own cultivation aptitude.

However, before he could succeed, Chang No. 9 led all the Heavenly Yan Beasts in rebellion, attempting to hijack the Spiritual People's spaceship to escape Earth.

They almost succeeded, but ultimately they were suppressed, and the entire Earth was "sanitized." After dealing with all the Heavenly Yan Beasts, the extraterrestrial Spiritual People sealed off the Moon Palace and fully withdrew.

Zhou Bai said, "Clearly... they couldn't clean up all the Heavenly Yan Beasts, which led to the later demons."

"No wonder demons could evolve the capability to cultivate Dao techniques and evolve into Homo sapiens; was it because they had the bloodline of the Spiritual People within them?"

Zhou Bai let out a bitter laugh at this point, suddenly unsure of what to say.

But Dr. Zhuang replied: "With the methods of extraterrestrial cultivators, it's hard to believe they would leave any loose ends. In fact, after they left, the Moon Palace continued to operate and monitor the situation of Earth's creatures."

"I fear someone left the demons a chance to see the outcome of their evolution."