Upon the fallen remains of their kin, even more figures inherited their will, charging toward the final step!
They used their own strength to balance the rampaging medicinal power and the potent royal-grade bloodline essence within their bodies.
The royal-grade pressure of the Demon Insect King and the Sky-Flame Midge swept through the entire Natural Sanctuary. Yet, within this pressure, there was a will as solid as a rock that was even more eye-catching!
In this moment, the bees were no longer merely relying on numerical advantage to gamble on a tiny success rate. They relied more on their will to prove that they and the swarm behind them possessed the qualifications to evolve a royal-grade bloodline!
The time for consuming the first portion of the Triple Transcendent Evolution Liquid passed quickly. Nearly half of the bees lay dead in a pool of blood. However, the other half did not hesitate as they walked toward the second, more concentrated portion of the transcendent liquid...
At this moment, all the living beings within the Natural Sanctuary watched with focused respect. Even the most playful Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox held its breath, its eyes filled with admiration and encouragement for the bees.
The Earth-Vein Ants had also all emerged. This was the first time they were witnessing the bees' transformation. Their eyes were filled with shock. They were creatures favored by the earth's leylines; they had never imagined that becoming stronger required such a tragic and brutal method...
'Keep going... bee companions!'
All the other creatures sent their most sincere blessings to this group of farming bees who usually worked so diligently!
"Even the easiest stage has a fifty percent mortality rate..."
Watching the bees fall into the blood, Qi Ping's heart felt a bit heavy.
Although he had anticipated this mortality rate, seeing it still caused him inevitable worry. Royal-grade bloodlines were indeed too powerful...
However, seeing the remaining bees in an even more perfect state, his confidence was bolstered once more.
The blade the bees had ground for a century would surely succeed!
The consumption of the second transcendent liquid began soon after...
During the refinement of the second liquid, the Equilibrium Bees gave Qi Ping an unexpected and pleasant surprise.
"Faced with the second liquid, which is even more potent, the mortality rate is only one-third?"
While this rate was still high, for a second stage with a higher concentration of royal bloodline, this survival rate was already excellent. Qi Ping had previously estimated that only a quarter would survive; for two-thirds to live was incredibly impressive!
At this point, having endured the liquid twice, the Equilibrium Bees began to radiate a trace of royal-grade pressure. Transformations were already occurring on their bodies.
Yet, none of the Equilibrium Bees stopped. They pressed on with a single breath, arriving before the final portion of the liquid and consuming it rapidly while maintaining their momentum.
Having consumed the liquid twice already, they were currently in the most perfect state of transformation in their lives. Their will was at its zenith, their physical state was at its peak, and their bloodline activity and transformative momentum were likewise at their heights!
If they could not withstand the final liquid now, they would never succeed at any other time.
Success or failure rested on this single act! Life and death hung in the balance of an instant!
Qi Ping held his breath as he watched all the Equilibrium Bees finish consuming the final, ten-fold concentration liquid. Seeing the right moment, he activated Potential Stimulation!
The moment Potential Stimulation took effect, many bees who were on the verge of failing were immediately invigorated. They began to frantically refine and absorb the royal bloodline within the liquid!
Faced with the terrifying bloodline power, Potential Stimulation played a miraculous role at this critical juncture.
After refining the power of the royal bloodline essence, the transformative power accumulated previously exploded completely!
Strands of unique bloodline aura rose—some powerful, some weak, some domineering, and some gentle...
However, along this path to the final leap, figure after figure still fell...
On the surface, Qi Ping watched calmly, but internally, he was incredibly tense. This transformation was not only the most critical for the bees but also the one that consumed the most resources. Whether it was the Demon Insect King, the Sky-Flame Midge, or the nurturing of this batch of Equilibrium Bees, it had cost Qi Ping too much. It would be very difficult to replicate this a second time.
Describing this as a step toward heaven or a step toward hell was not an exaggeration!
With every figure that fell, Qi Ping's tension increased by a notch...
Time passed quickly in this tense atmosphere.
Soon, only five figures remained on the field!
Powerful cocoons of energy began to surround them, entering a state of deep transformation and gestation.
Among them, three figures had devoured the Demon Insect King's bloodline, while only two belonged to the Sky-Flame Midge. The difficulty of refining a Rank 4 royal-grade demon insect bloodline was simply too high.
At this point, Qi Ping finally breathed a sigh of relief.
From here, as long as the bees within the cocoons successfully gestated and broke out, the work would be considered completely finished.
"The base success rate for gestation at this stage is fifty percent. Whether two or three of them hatch successfully, it will be a complete shedding of their mortal forms for the bee race. A century of effort will not have been in vain..."
With this step reached, all the companions in the Natural Sanctuary breathed a sigh of relief and slowly returned to their own tasks.
The gestation period for these bees would range from a single month to several...
Soon, half a year had passed.
The bees took an exceptionally long time to gestate, far exceeding the estimates in the Demon Insect Cultivation Manual. During this period, Qi Ping used a vast amount of spirit liquid to maintain the needs of the gestating bees.
To Qi Ping's disappointment, the life auras within two of the cocoons completely vanished during this process...
The path for the bees to ascend to a royal-grade bloodline was simply too difficult!
However, no matter how difficult the path, the bees had ultimately crossed it!
Within this month, three figures with powerful bloodline pressure appeared one after another in the Natural Sanctuary!
When these figures were born, it seemed that even the bloodline pressure of the Cloud-Mist Immortal Tiger and the Li-Fire Crow dimmed for a moment!
The emergence of these three figures represented the Golden Marrow Bees providing a perfect answer to the final chapter of the Demon Insect Cultivation Manual with three types of royal-grade bloodlines!
Among the three transformed figures, one was entirely golden. Its wings were densely covered with mysterious patterns resembling solar divine runes, and its body radiated an incredibly searing aura.
Another was as black as ink, with ghost-netherworld runes similar to those of the Demon Insect King. However, there was no demonic energy on its body, only a force of Extreme Yin and cold Netherworld power.
Yet, what surprised Qi Ping the most was the final bee to be born. The first two had clearly awakened the royal-grade bloodlines of the Sky-Flame Midge and the Demon Insect King, but the last bee maintained the Golden Marrow Bee as its main body, using the Sky-Flame Midge's bloodline as nourishment to carve out a unique path of ascension specifically for the Golden Marrow Bee!