"You’re already awake."

Seeing the little kitty lying in her nest with her eyes closed, Jiang Hou was a bit surprised.

A voice similar to Qin Siyu’s, but with a hint of lazy adolescent charm, echoed in Jiang Hou’s mind: "Her consciousness is awake, but her body is still a bit away from completing the final transformation."

"I see." Jiang Hou blinked and withdrew his finger from stroking the little kitty’s belly.

As for feeling embarrassed, it was impossible. He was touching the belly of a cat; petting a cat is normal, it’s not like he was touching a girl’s body.

While eating breakfast, Qin Siyu was a bit joyful, and said, "Jiang Hou, I’ve felt much stronger these past few days. My physical stats have already reached 7.5."

Jiang Hou nodded with satisfaction: "The stats are steadily increasing, indicating there hasn’t been any ’drug resistance’ yet."

At this point, Qin Siyu bit her spoon and thought of something: "Oh right, Jiang Hou, Jiajia and the others said they want to invite you for a meal."

"Invite me for a meal, what for?" Jiang Hou found it a bit strange.

Qin Siyu giggled and said, "They said you’re an Extraordinary Strongman now. Taking selfies with you during meals can elevate their status at home."

"... Maybe another time. I’ve been a bit busy lately." Considering Qin Siyu’s face, Jiang Hou didn’t refuse.

After Qin Siyu went to school, Jiang Hou, having nothing to do at home, took out his phone and began to browse ’news’ on the Heaven’s Retribution official website backend.

Soon, information that various countries hadn’t released appeared before Jiang Hou.

In the past few days, besides Dongqin, which has the most large-scale channels, Bauhinia and other countries have also faced multiple invasions from high-tier monsters, even Divine Demons.

The worst off was the Siko Country of the Western Continent Alliance, affiliated with Purple Dragon Hall.

Last night, this country was also invaded by a Tier Seven Peak Evil God. The Tier Seven Extraordinary guarding the country fell, and the strongman requesting aid from Purple Dragon Hall arrived late.

By the time the purple-haired youth named Ke Min arrived after half an hour, the entire city had become ruins, with millions dead or injured.

Because the casualties were so severe, the news was immediately blocked under the guise of a tsunami triggered by underwater seismic activity. They are currently focusing on disaster relief, and the situation remains unclear for now.

Besides these, there was a line of bright red headlines on the global intelligence page: [Suspected Ancient God Research Institute’s God-Creation Experiment Plan, converting faith under the guise of fan culture]

This intelligence mainly refers to the recently blazing star in the global entertainment industry, Divine Palace Feiyue.

Since Divine Palace Feiyue suddenly left the battlefield and entered the entertainment industry, within a few days, she merged and acquired one hundred and thirty-five entertainment companies globally.

Group restructuring, and systematically cultivating fans, quickly replicating and brainwashing loyal fans (fanatics) through indoctrination and psychological suggestion methods.

As professionals, the Heaven’s Retribution intelligence department’s report is even more detailed than what Divine Palace Feiyue and Jiang Hou mentioned.

And just yesterday, an ’agent’ from the Ancient God Research Institute transmitted a message back, saying Divine Palace Feiyue was already preparing to breach Tier Eight, despite being on the brink of losing control a week ago.

This information shows the fan culture model has a strong conversion effect on faith, with related personnel monitoring internally and has been shared with Jiang Hou and the four Guardians.

If this model is feasible, it would open up a path for Awakened individuals involved in faith conversion or dealing with faith.

"It’s not that simple. Her success is because she is fundamentally a mythical being." Jiang Hou shook his head and continued browsing other information.

Possibly due to approaching evolution, Jiang Hou felt somewhat fatigued. Leaning back on the sofa, he unknowingly fell asleep.

He had no idea how long he had slept when he vaguely heard the sound of mice rummaging through items.

Mice?

Ever since Feitong arrived, mice seemed to have completely disappeared from the house.

Thinking of this, Jiang Hou suddenly awoke, opened his eyes, and saw golden sunlight slanting through the windows, shining brilliantly by reflecting off the tiles.

Already afternoon.

Jiang Hou yawned, and with a quick glance, he discovered Qin Siyu squatting in front of the refrigerator in the kitchen, curiously licking an ice cream.

Wait, Siyu, isn’t she supposed to be at school?

And why has her hair color turned white, with pinkish ends, and there’s a pair of cute white fox ears on her head?

Since he didn’t sense any danger, Jiang Hou relaxed his mental state.

However, at this point, he already knew who this girl identical to Qin Siyu was and exclaimed in surprise, "Feitong, is this the final transformation you were talking about?"

"Jiang Hou, you’re awake." The white-haired girl, caught eating the ice cream secretly, was startled and quickly hid the ice cream behind her back.

Jiang Hou was speechless: "There’s no need for you to imitate Siyu. I limit her ice cream intake because she suffers from menstrual pain. You, being a Tier Seven Great Demon, don’t have this issue."

When this entity broke through Tier Six and could speak, she imitated Qin Siyu’s voice.

Now that she’s reached Tier Seven and can transform into human form, she directly modeled herself after Qin Siyu, looking identical to her.

Even the clothes she wore were Qin Siyu’s - a short-sleeved white t-shirt, a red short skirt covering her thighs, showcasing a pair of long and fair legs underneath.

But unlike Qin Siyu, though Feitong’s transformed appearance shared a sweet and beautiful face, her aura was irresistibly enchanting and alluring.

Even Jiang Hou, with his current level of mental acuity and strength, felt somewhat influenced.

To his eyes, everything lost its color, focusing solely on Feitong, with a deep-seated urge to completely possess her.

Jiang Hou helplessly said, "Feitong, tone down your charm."

"Charm, is it this?"

The white-haired girl pondered briefly, her fluffy fox ears twitching and disappearing, and instantly, her captivating allure also vanished.

"That’s more like it."

With that, Jiang Hou got to the main point: "Tell me, what changes did this breakthrough bring you, and what’s your current strength level?"

Speaking of this, the white-haired girl became excited, "Jiang Hou, this time I awakened two very powerful Lifebound Talents, and I can help you in battles."

"Additionally, with one of the talents called ’Sky Shroud,’ I can wield a fraction of power in the real world, roughly equivalent to an average Tier Seven Demon King."

"The other Lifebound Talent is too powerful; I can only demonstrate it to you in the ruins tonight."

"Really that impressive?" Jiang Hou was a bit surprised, but upon further consideration, it seemed quite reasonable.

This being essentially belongs to the transformed Ancient Gods and Demons, her talent potential only slightly inferior to the revived Ancient Demon God, her same-tier combat prowess enough to crush all life below the Mythical Bloodline.

"Perfect timing, with your constant Tier Seven ability, you can lend a hand."

Jiang Hou said earnestly, "Feitong, I’m planning to enter the ruins to sleep for a breakthrough to Tier Eight. Help me watch over the real world during this time."

"As a reward, I’ll leave you a skeleton of an Tier Eight ferocious beast."

"Tier Eight!" Hearing mention of an Tier Eight ferocious beast skeleton, the white-haired girl’s eyes widened, her mouth gaping open, drool trickling down her mouth corner.