Damon’s golden eyes opened slowly, his shifting irises catching the pale morning light.

He lay still a moment, found himself alone, then rose with composed efficiency.

He washed, dressed in fresh outer disciple robes, smoothed the fabric across his chest, and stepped out.

When he emerged from his bedroom into the common area of the residence, the scene that greeted him was unexpectedly lively.

Ariel, Mio, and Mia were all gathered together in the living room, clustered around Neko, who had taken her human form.

The small, silver-haired girl sat contentedly in the middle of the sofa, her fluffy white tiger ears twitching happily atop her head and her long tail swaying in slow, lazy arcs.

All three young women were petting her simultaneously — Mio’s energetic hands ruffling the silver hair enthusiastically, Mia stroking one ear with quiet, precise tenderness, and Ariel gently patting Neko’s head with a warm, maternal smile.

Neko, for her part, was utterly lost in bliss. A low, resonant purr rumbled from her small frame, her luminous silver eyes half-lidded and unfocused with contentment.

Damon approached them, a relaxed smile pulling at the corners of his lips.

"Morning, my beautiful girls. So, you two have already met Neko, I see."

"Yes, Ariel introduced her to us just a little while ago," Mio replied brightly, not once pausing her enthusiastic petting, her deep purple ponytail bouncing as she leaned further over the armrest.

"You found her in the Fire Valley, right?" Mia asked softly, her guarded purple eyes lifting briefly toward Damon with quiet curiosity before dropping back down to Neko’s ear.

"Yes," Damon confirmed, settling himself comfortably onto the sofa beside them.

"I found her deep inside the cave from which the ancient flame tiger had emerged — right after your mother took the two of you away from the valley." He leaned back with an easy, unhurried air, his golden gaze drifting warmly over the three of them.

"Anyway, Mio when the Inner disciple test will be held?" Damon asks Mio who still focus on petting Neko.

"Usually, it will be held two weeks from now, since this year new disciples recruitment don’t it’s time for old outer disciples who met the requirement become inner disciples." Instead her sister Mia who reply to Damon, since Mio too busy petting the cute little girl in front of her.

"What is the requirement?" Damon asks.

"It’s simple, One should at least at true spirit realm and spar against inner disciples. This event will be overseen by elder, so the passing grade depends on the performance when sparing." Mia explains it to Damon.

Hearing this he looked at Ariel and ask.

"Ariel how close are you to advancing to true spirit realm?"

"With your yang qi, I think a few days should be enough." Ariel replies to Damon.

"Then here, it will advance you spiritual roots to earth grade peak." Damon said as he hands her four Earth Grade Spiritual Root Advancement Pill - Flawless Purity.

"Also, this." He hands out the new storage ring to Ariel, Fang Mio and Fang Mia.

Mia receives the ring couldn’t help to told Damon.

"Damon, we already have a storage ring, you don’t need to give us the new one."

Damon just smiles answering Mia. Mia then inspects the ring found out that the ring internal space is 100x100. ten times larger than her current one.

"It’s not just storage ring, it also has communication function, so you don’t need use transmission jade to talk to me when we are not together." Damon told them.

Hearing this Mio finally snap out her trace with patting Neko and scream in excitement.

"Really?!" as she wore the ring.

"Yes, so with this you guys can talk to me from anywhere." he gave them a smile.

Suddenly, Neko appear in front of Damon.

"Master, I didn’t get one?" she ask Damon with sad eyes.

"You don’t need one, Neko, you can talk to me with the bonds, right?" Damon gives her a smile as he patted her head. "And you always will be together with me."

Hearing this her face brighten up and she settle on Damon lap continue to enjoy his patting.

Damon the look at the girls.

"You guys should start absorbing my yang qi. Ariel eat those pills first then start cultivating, after you reach true spirit realm we will spar with you, okay."

"I got it." Ariel nodded in excitement. She really grateful toward Damon, she felt like the meeting on the road really fate giving her a chance to live her life.

If she did not meet him, she would become a Jack’s plaything, and her family won’t care about it.

She the eat the pills, she could feel her spiritual roots getting stronger, along her connection with the weapon that Damon gave her.

After that she start cultivating. Mio and Mia follow Ariel and start cultivating also.

Meanwhile Damon just stayed the play with Neko and feed her his Heavenly Tribulation Lighting Art’s Lighting.

****

Hours passed just like that, by the end of the day Ariel successfully breakthrough to First Level of True Spirit Realm. While Mio and Mia close to breakthrough to Sixth Level of Earth Spirit Realm. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Damon the check Ariel new status.

[Name: Ariel Aquaria]

[Age: 17]

[Cultivation: True Spirit Realm - First Level]

[Relationship: Deeply in Love]

[Interest: 500/5000]

[Chastity: Claim by Damon Arckknight]

[Lust: 0/100]

[Affinities: Water: 60, Spear: 50]

[Spiritual Roots: Sea Spiritual Roots] [Earth Grade - Peak]

[Bloodline: Blood of Sea Princess] [Mortal Grade - Low]

[Physique: Body of Sea Princess] [Mortal Grade - Low]

[Traits: Sensitive Body, Graceful, Young Lady, Kind, Loyal, Lustful]

Damon smile, seeing her improvement, and to congratulate, he drags he to the bed and give her what she like.

When Mio and Mia finish their cultivation session, they found Damon and Ariel already gone. All they her was a melodious moan from Damon bed. without hesitation they strip their clothes and join them.

****

Just like that two-week passed, today was the Inner disciple’s test. For the past week, all they do was dual cultivate and sparring in preparation for the inner disciple test.