Likewise, not all Gray Bean Doves can evolve into Sky Escape Eagles.
Or, to be more precise, into Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagles.
That’s right. The final evolutionary form of the Gray Bean Dove this time was not the Sky Escape Eagle, but the Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle.
Just as Li Qian had expected, the Sky Escape Eagle was indeed merely a Lower Rank evolutionary variant.
And its superior evolutionary form is the Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle.
Unlike the Sky Escape Eagle, the Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle is a Powerful Pet Beast of the Wind and Space Elements, with a Potential reaching the astounding Tier Three Emperor.
Yes, the Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle’s Racial Potential broke through the shackles of the Dominator Level, reaching the shocking Emperor Level.
Li Qian strongly suspected that the reason he received five Achievement Points for submitting this task was likely related to the evolutionary form breaking through to the Emperor Level.
Of course, it could also be related to the fact that the Gray Bean Dove’s evolution into an Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle involved two stages.
Or perhaps it was related to both.
This was what Li Qian thought, and he quickly turned his attention to the other information about the Gray Bean Dove’s evolution path to an Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle.
The Void Stone was also an indispensable Evolution Material.
It was the key material for awakening the Space Element potential within the Gray Bean Dove.
And teleporting via a Teleportation Array was one method of activation, a relatively common one at that.
Besides that, there were other methods.
However, those methods were more troublesome than using a Teleportation Array.
For example, having an Emperor Level Space-type Pet Beast use its Instant Movement Skill to carry it over a long distance.
As for the Instant Movement Skill that the Gray Bean Dove could barely use after evolving into an Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle, it was naturally useless.
The distance of the Instant Movement was too short.
It was completely insufficient for the Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle to fully absorb the Energy within the Void Stone.
So, after thinking it over, using a Teleportation Array was truly the best method given the resources Li Qian currently had access to.
Besides the Teleportation Array and the Void Stone, the Xunfeng Bamboo was also an indispensable condition.
After a Gray Bean Dove reaches its Racial Potential Limit, it can be stimulated with Xunfeng Bamboo via the "Wind’s Breath" Skill to evolve into an Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle.
The Racial Potential of an Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle reaches Tier One Dominator, far beyond what an ordinary Storm Eagle can compare to.
In reality, evolving with a single stalk of Xunfeng Bamboo wasn’t very cost-effective.
At this point, the first stage of the evolution was complete.
Yes, through the information infusion after submitting the task, Li Qian had completely grasped the evolution method from Gray Bean Dove to Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle.
The new evolution method split the process into two stages.
The Gray Bean Dove evolving into an Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle using Xunfeng Bamboo was only the first step.
The second step was to train the Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle to master the "Instant Movement" Skill.
And it didn’t need to be mastered deeply—reaching Entry Level was enough.
Training the Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle to master "Instant Movement" wasn’t because the skill had any enhancing effect on the second-stage evolution.
This skill was, in fact, used as a test.
To determine if an Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle could evolve into an Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle.
According to the information infused after submitting the task, Li Qian learned that not all Extreme Fierce Storm Eagles could evolve into Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagles.
Only a small portion of Extreme Fierce Storm Eagles with spatial traits could evolve into Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagles.
And whether or not it could learn the Instant Movement Skill was the basis for this judgment.
Whether in the Gray Bean Dove stage or the Storm Eagle stage, learning the Instant Movement Skill was highly unlikely.
Only after evolving into an Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle was it possible to learn the Instant Movement Skill.
And this was how to determine whether a particular Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle could evolve into an Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle.
This was the value of the first-stage evolution.
Otherwise, it would be just like with Professor Yan, where whether or not the evolution succeeded was entirely down to luck.
And even if the evolution was successful, because it evolved directly from a Gray Bean Dove without the Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle as a base, it could only evolve into a half-finished Sky Escape Eagle.
It couldn’t fully unleash its potential.
After absorbing the information in his mind, Li Qian glanced toward a certain direction in the distance.
There, as far as his eyes could see, was a rockery.
The rockery wasn’t very high, but it was the largest habitat for the Flying Pet Beasts of this base.
The Gray Bean Dove, Xiaohui, which Li Qian had purchased himself, was nesting there.
’I wonder if you have spatial traits, if you’ll be able to learn the Instant Movement Skill?’
He muttered to himself, "If you can’t, and your path ends at the Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle, it would be a bit of a shame, I suppose!"
After a moment’s thought, he shook his head, trying to clear these useless notions.
Whether it was the Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle or the Extreme Fierce Storm Eagle, it wasn’t as if there was no possibility of further evolution.
As he thought of this, the name of a Pet Beast suddenly surfaced in his mind.
Lie Kongzuo!
At this very moment, he had a rather strong intuition.
’Perhaps the subsequent evolutionary form of the Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle is Lie Kongzuo.’
Thinking this, he almost couldn’t resist and nearly created such a task right away.
After calming down for a moment, he restrained the impulse and quickly dismissed the thought.
’I finally completed the evolution and freed up a task slot. It’s meant for establishing the evolution path from Golden Pearl Bud to Tidal Sea Spirit. I can’t waste it here.’
’If I really acted on impulse and created such a task...’
’...even if my guess is correct...’
’...and the subsequent evolutionary form of the Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle really is Lie Kongzuo, who knows when I’d ever be able to complete the research.’
After completely understanding the evolution method from Gray Bean Dove to Extreme Fierce Sky Escape Eagle, Li Qian didn’t immediately put it into practice. Instead, he first had a nice, long sleep.
During this period, he had spent a great deal of mental energy researching this matter.
If not completely exhausted, he was still quite weary.
Now that the research was finally complete, his body suddenly relaxed, and Li Qian truly felt a bit tired.
...
He slept straight from dusk that day until past seven the next morning.
Li Qian slept very comfortably.
Waking up, he stretched and felt exceptionally comfortable all over.
Li Qian’s residence was also inside the White Castle. In fact, it was the only proper building in the entire Cultivation Base.
There were other houses elsewhere, but they weren’t suitable for research.
So he had no choice, even though he wanted to find a quiet place to conduct his research alone.
He could only reluctantly "live together" with Shi Gui Fang.
Of course, this kind of "living together" was different from actually living together.
The main structure of the White Castle was a corridor-style apartment building.
It was surrounded by rooms, with only two doors opening to the north and south.
Li Qian lived on the east side of the building, while Shi Gui Fang lived on the west side, with a small plaza separating them.
To say they lived together was a stretch.
Li Qian lived on the third floor of the east wing. After getting up and strolling around the small plaza, he went to the small cafeteria.
While eating, he gave a quick glance around but didn’t see that familiar figure.
He didn’t think much of it.
’After all, she’s the owner of the Cultivation Base and has many things to attend to. It’s impossible for her to be a homebody cooped up in the base like me.’
After a simple breakfast, he headed straight for the rockery.
Though it was called a rockery, the rocks, trees, and everything else were actually real.
They were simply piled up artificially.
"Xiaohui!" Arriving at the rockery, Li Qian called out in a clear voice.
As his call faded, a Gray Bean Dove, about the size of a millstone, suddenly flew out from a spot on the rockery.
It circled once in mid-air, then landed directly on a rock not far from Li Qian.
The Gray Bean Dove, Xiaohui, looked at Li Qian, thinking it was time for training again.
Li Qian smiled and said, "No, there’s no training today."
Noticing its feathers were a bit disheveled and its body bore many marks from fighting, Li Qian asked, "What, you got into another squabble with those guys?"
Xiaohui was a new face. Having just arrived at the Sky Realm Cultivation Base, it was normal for it to clash with the native Pet Beasts.
As long as the battles didn’t escalate, he didn’t bother with ordinary disputes.
"COO COO..." the Gray Bean Dove cooed a few times, then proudly puffed out its chest.
The boastful element was very obvious.
Li Qian walked over, smoothed its feathers, and chuckled. "Don’t worry, my research is finished. I’ll be able to help you evolve soon."
"When that time comes, you’ll be the top dog around here!"
Li Qian was confident that even if it only completed the first-stage evolution, Xiaohui could dominate the rockery.
After all, among the native inhabitants of the rockery, even the strongest Pet Beast had only just stepped into the Commander Level.
As long as Xiaohui completed its evolution, even if it couldn’t decisively defeat them, holding its own would certainly be no problem.