"A failure. Utterly useless!" Yun Tianye sat on the edge of a magnificent bed. He was tall, with sharp, sword-like brows and eyes that shone like stars. His features were exquisitely defined, and he wore a light, flowing robe that gave him an air of effortless grace.

He looked at the Light Computer in his hand, his expression shifting from astonishment to displeasure as he cursed. Turning to look at the person lying on the bed, his brow furrowed tightly.

He was holding a Nine-branch Blood Lotus Fruit, intending to squeeze out its juice to feed Yun Han. Annoyed, he gave the fruit a light toss, hitting a fluffy white animal sleeping in the corner.

"AWOO..." The little animal let out a cry as it was hit. It lifted its head to look toward Yun Tianye, then trotted a few steps and leaped lightly onto the large bed. After gently nudging the motionless person lying there, it burrowed under his arm and went back to sleep!

Yun Tianye watched the cat-sized White Tiger, clutching his chest and bending over in a fit of uncontrollable anguish.

"Tianye, what’s wrong?" Zhu Hongying, dressed all in red, walked in from outside. Seeing Yun Tianye’s state, she took his hand and looked at him with concern.

"I’m fine, Hong Ying. What brings you here?" Yun Tianye forced a slight smile, discreetly pulling his hand from Zhu Hongying’s grasp.

"With Yun Han in this state, how could I possibly be at ease?" Zhu Hongying’s features were layered with an exquisite beauty, but her brow was now furrowed in deep worry.

"Since the main brain matched Xiao Han with a Contractor who has the potential to break through B-level, we should bring her here. With the resources we can provide, we might be able to push her to A-level, or even S-Class. If we do, Xiao Han might have a chance to be saved!" Zhu Hongying urged.

The Yun Family and the Zhu Family are both counted among the Federation’s Four Great Divine Clans, the Four Top Families. Zhu Hongying hails from the Vermilion Bird Clan, and Yun Tianye from the White Tiger Clan. Yun Han is the child born from their union. The Zhu Family’s totem is the divine Vermilion Bird, while the Yun Family’s is the Divine Beast White Tiger. The Companion Spirit that their son, Yun Han, awakened was, in fact, the Divine Beast White Tiger.

In truth, even among those with the bloodlines of the four great families—the Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise—not everyone is able to awaken a totem Divine Beast. In any given generation, only two or three people at most can awaken one. For this reason, Yun Han was chosen by the Yun Family as one of its designated heirs.

A year ago, a wormhole crisis erupted in the Central Star Domain, unleashing a large number of High-level Mutant Beasts onto the Star Domain Battlefield. Yun Han, who was the Commander of the Federation’s Heavenly Might Corps at the time, held the line at the battlefield. He fought for three consecutive months to resolve the crisis, but due to overusing his superpower, his Spiritual Sea erupted into violent turmoil. After he returned to the Seven Star Divine Mountain, the finest spiritual power therapists in the entire Federation were consulted, to no avail. Just as the chaos in Yun Han’s Spiritual Sea was about to spiral out of control and everyone had run out of options, it activated a self-preservation protocol and sealed itself off. However, his already-injured Superpower Body was cast out, unable to return to him. Deprived of nourishment from its host, Yun Han’s Superpower Body, the Divine Beast White Tiger, grew weaker day by day. Now, it has regressed into a mere cub.

"Impossible. Hong Ying, the candidates we’ve spent so many years carefully cultivating couldn’t open Yun Han’s Spiritual Sea. What good would someone with an inferior bloodline from a Garbage Star be, even if we forcibly pushed her to S-Class?" Yun Tianye was a Level 3S spiritual power expert, and with his noble bloodline, he naturally looked down on Ning Xuan.

Yun Han awakened his spiritual power the moment he was born. When he turned one, he awakened his Companion Spirit, the White Tiger. From that point on, Yun Tianye began selecting candidates for his son’s Contract. A candidate’s bloodline could not be too low, her talent could not be subpar, and it was best if she came from one of the Four Top Families. In short, only a truly exceptional woman was worthy of his son.

"But Xiao Han’s Spiritual Sea is sealed. His Companion Spirit won’t be able to last much longer. And that Ning Xuan has such a high compatibility rating with him..." Zhu Hongying still wanted to convince Yun Tianye to let Ning Xuan try.

"Don’t say another word, Hong Ying," Yun Tianye said impatiently. "I’ve seen all of Ning Xuan’s files. She has an ordinary bloodline, only just awakened her spiritual power a month ago, and her Companion Spirit is unawakened. How could someone with such pathetic talent possibly save Yun Han!" With Yun Han in a coma, Yun Tianye had taken over all his affairs as his legal guardian.

"We’ve already tried everything, and nothing has worked. We can’t just stand by and watch Yun Han perish in his sleep, can we?" Zhu Hongying couldn’t understand his reasoning. ’Whether it works or not, we should at least give it a try!’

"Hua Guguang, the Holy Daughter of the Azure Dragon Clan, was promoted to an S-level Controller three days ago. I intend to ask her to give it a try," Yun Tianye stated, revealing his true plan. This was also the reason he was in such a hurry to get rid of Ning Xuan.

If he wanted to ask Hua Guguang for her help, the Azure Dragon Clan would certainly review Yun Han’s personal information. If they discovered that the main brain had already matched Yun Han with a Contractor, they would never agree to it.

But as long as Ning Xuan was dead, the so-called mandatory Contract would naturally be nullified.

"Yun Han said he would never form a Contract with a woman from another Divine Clan!" A muscle in Zhu Hongying’s brow twitched.

"The most important thing now is to save his life. Yun Han couldn’t have known he would one day find himself in such a perilous state!" Although Zhu Hongying was female and technically the Contractor, Yun Tianye was the dominant one in their relationship.

"Tianye, please reconsider."

"Letting Hua Guguang try is fine. As long as she can open his Spiritual Sea and establish a spiritual connection, the original, unlinked contract will automatically terminate. But do not make a move against Ning Xuan. Yun Han has been in a coma for over half a year, and so many people are secretly watching the Yun Family like predators. If someone uses this against us, we’ll be put in an even more passive position!" Zhu Hongying knew Yun Tianye well, but she had no idea he had already sent assassins.

"What if the Huajia find out Ning Xuan exists and refuse to even try?" Yun Tianye said with hesitation.

"Yun Han’s Comprehensive Combat Power is in the top ten of the entire Federation. His bloodline, talent, aptitude—which of these is not of the highest quality? Why would she refuse to even try?"

"You know perfectly well that the Huajia don’t care whether Yun Han has a contract, but what *type* of contract it is! Hua Guguang already has seven Contractors. She can only accept a normal contractual relationship. There’s no way she would grant Yun Han any special rights!" Zhu Hongying’s words hit the mark, instantly breaking through Yun Tianye’s defenses.

"Hong Ying, do you regret forming that Reciprocal Contract with me back then?" Yun Tianye demanded, his eyes cold.

A Reciprocal Contract was one where the Contractor relinquished their dominant rights and could no longer form a Contract with anyone else.

Zhu Hongying watched him in silence. After a long moment, she sighed. "We are discussing Yun Han’s problem right now."

"I know. Hua Guguang would never sign a Reciprocal Contract with Yun Han! I’m not going to force it."

"Tianye, if Hua Guguang demands that Yun Han renounce his status as a family heir and live in the Huajia household like her other common Contractors, would you agree to that as well?"