Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

She suddenly looked up at Ying Xuan, her eyes filled with shock.

"You...you emptied the herb gardens of Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple...they all out?!"

Ying Xuan's lips curled up slightly, a hint of amusement in his expression.

"It was their 'contribution'."

Looking at his matter-of-fact expression, and thinking of the usual hypocrisy of Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple, Biyao felt a strange sense of pleasure welling up in her heart!
She couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Serves them right! They always acted so high and mighty! Now look what happened, you've exposed all their secrets!"

Ying Xuan looked at the rare playful smile on her face, and a gentle light flashed in his eyes.

He pointed to a slightly dry area on the edge of the medicinal herb garden, where the soil was reddish.

“Look at that one.”

Biyao followed his finger and saw a small, red plant with curled leaves growing there all alone. Several other medicinal herbs around it were growing lush and green, but this one looked rather wilted and its growth was noticeably slower.

"That's... Fire Spirit Grass?"

Biyao recognized it.

"This herb needs to grow near volcanic lava to absorb the essence of earth fire in order to thrive. Although your environment here is good and the wood element is full of vitality, it lacks the power of fire, so it naturally grows slowly."

Ying Xuan nodded.

"Indeed. All things in the universe are interconnected and mutually restraining. The growth of spiritual herbs must also follow their natural characteristics. Forcing them will only lead to less effective results."

He looked at Biyao, his tone questioning.

"Since you recognize it, do you know how to solve it?"

Biyao tilted her head and thought for a moment.

"Either transplant it to a place with earth fire, or... use an array to draw upon the power of fire to simulate its growing environment?"

"very good."

Approval was evident in Ying Xuan's eyes.

"It seems you have a great talent for understanding plants and trees."

He raised his hand and pointed at the Fire Spirit Grass in the air.

A faint, scorching red rune disappeared into the soil at its roots.

At the same time, he drew upon the stellar power representing "Heavenly Fire Star" within the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation, transforming it into a wisp of pure fire-elemental spiritual energy, which he slowly infused into the Fire Spirit Grass.

The wilted Fire Spirit Grass, as if it had been parched for a long time, suddenly unfurled its leaves, a crimson light swirling around it, emitting a faint warm aura, and its growth accelerated significantly!

Biyao watched this magical scene with a gleam in her eyes.

For the first time, she truly felt that the man in front of her not only possessed the power to destroy the world, but also the creative ability to turn the rotten into the miraculous!

Following him, perhaps... we can truly witness a vast world unlike any other.

The top of the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist.

Ying Xuan sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly closed, his aura deep and still.

The purity and power of the天地能量 (heaven and earth energy) in the worlds of Jade Dynasty and Wind and Cloud far exceed that of the world of Qin Dynasty by several times!
At this moment, the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array, like a giant funnel, frantically absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the power of stars, and even the essence of the earth veins within a radius of hundreds of miles, continuously converging here to form an almost liquefied ocean of energy that enveloped Ying Xuan.

He circulated his cultivation technique, and within his sea of ​​consciousness, a small, dignified figure of his primordial spirit appeared, its hands forming a mudra.

Countless mysterious runes emerged from the primordial spirit, like the most precise sieve, or like a greedy glutton, accurately capturing and filtering the vast energy surging into the body.

The impurities—mixed, violent, and harmful—were instantly stripped away and annihilated by the runes.

Only the purest, most fundamental, and most compatible energy with his cultivation method is absorbed and refined by the runes, transforming into sweet rain that nourishes the primordial spirit and supernatural powers.

Biyao stood not far away, quietly watching this scene. Her eyes were filled with undisguised shock and...envy.

Her own cultivation method requires her to absorb all external energy into her body at once, and then spend a lot of mental energy and time to remove impurities and refine and absorb it.

It is inefficient and can easily leave hidden dangers.

Ying Xuan's cultivation technique can actually complete the screening and refining of energy the moment it enters the body!

Its efficiency is simply unbelievable! Such a top-notch technique is probably something even her father, the Ghost King, would dream of.

She longed for it, yet she also understood that such a skill was not easily obtained.

Ying Xuan's cultivation was far more difficult than that of ordinary people.

He not only needs to strengthen his primordial spirit, but also needs to nurture and refine the six divine abilities he cultivates. Each divine ability corresponds to a complex and profound system of runes, like six hungry infants, all of which need a massive amount of pure energy to nourish and grow.

Ordinary cultivators only need to focus on their primordial spirit or a certain supernatural power, but he needs to divide his energy into seven parts!
This resulted in his cultivation speed being the slowest among cultivators of the same realm.

At this moment, he was able to focus wholeheartedly on breaking through to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm! The reason was simple—the environment!
The immense energy gathered by the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation is like an inexhaustible source.

The rapidly growing spiritual roots and herbs on the island exuded a rich life force and the essence of plants, which nourished his body and soul invisibly.

More importantly, the level of energy in this world is extremely high, far surpassing that of the Great Qin World. Every strand of energy that is refined has a quality far exceeding that of the past!

The dual advantages of quality and quantity compensated for the "drag" of his cultivation method itself, making his cultivation speed not only not slow, but astonishingly fast!
The radiance around the primordial spirit figure grew brighter and brighter, and its aura rose steadily, already touching the peak barrier of the primordial spirit realm!
Just then, several figures quietly appeared at the edge of the peak; they were the chief eunuchs in charge of managing the island's medicinal garden.

They felt the terrifying pressure emanating from Ying Xuan and the surging energy tide around them, and dared not approach. They could only stand at a distance, bowing respectfully, their faces filled with anxiety.

Seeing this, Biyao hesitated for a moment, but still called out softly.

"His Majesty……"

Ying Xuan frowned almost imperceptibly, and the surging energy around him slowly subsided.

He opened his eyes, his gaze shining brightly like twinkling stars, before quickly returning to his inner light.

He looked at the chief eunuchs, his voice calm and composed.

"What's the matter?"

The leading old eunuch quickly stepped forward, bowed, and reported.

"Your Majesty! We have important matters to report! Since Supervisor Cao led his men to bring back a large number of exotic flowers, herbs, and fungi from the depths of the Death Swamp, we have transplanted them all to the island as Your Majesty has ordered."

However… however, every inch of the island's plains and mountains, wherever there is soil, is already planted! The newly brought-back medicinal herbs are numerous and varied, and there is simply… simply no place left to plant them! We, your humble servants, dare not dispose of them without Your Majesty's permission, and have come to request Your Majesty's instructions!”

Upon hearing this, Ying Xuan instantly spread his divine sense, covering the entire island.

On the plains, the ginseng fields that once stood there are no longer what they used to be. Those ginsengs from the Great Qin world, nourished by the life force of wood and rich spiritual energy, have long since transcended the boundaries of the mortal realm!

Its leaves are like jade, its roots are like dragons, and its whole body exudes a shimmering, precious light. The spirituality it contains is comparable to that of spiritual herbs that have been around for hundreds or even thousands of years!

They occupy most of the plain and grow extremely vigorously.

In the mountainous areas, the situation is even more "crowded".

The medicinal herbs transplanted from Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple, as well as various rare treasures brought back from the Death Swamp, have already filled every inch of usable land to the brim.

Purple Jade Lingzhi, Golden Lotus, Dragon Blood Fruit, Bone-Rotting Flower, Soul-Eating Vine, Bewitching Grass...

They come in various shapes and sizes, and their lights shimmer.

These medicinal herbs are also growing rapidly, most of them already possessing medicinal properties accumulated over hundreds of years, emitting a rich medicinal fragrance and unique energy fluctuations.

The entire island has become a veritable treasure trove of medicinal herbs! But it really... can't hold them all!
Ying Xuan frowned slightly. Expand the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation?
This method is feasible, but the expansion of the formation requires him to maintain its operation personally, which will consume his mental energy and inevitably affect his exploration of this realm and the continuous extraction of Jianmu wood.

To absorb soil from this world and increase the island's area?

Although the soil in this world contains spiritual energy, compared to the spiritual herbs on the island that are hundreds or thousands of years old, the energy it provides is negligible and its effects are minimal.

Each of these spiritual roots and herbs is a precious resource for enhancing the foundation of the Great Qin world!

Their growth is crucial to the speed of the world's advancement! Give up? Absolutely not!

"Spiritual medicine...space..."

Ying Xuan's gaze was deep, his mind racing with thoughts.

He needed a method that could accommodate more medicinal herbs without requiring too much of his energy to maintain them, while also ensuring a normal growing environment for the herbs.

He slowly stood up, walked to the edge of the peak, and looked down at the lush, vibrant medicinal garden below.

Biyao followed, and seeing the crowded scene, she also felt overwhelmed.

"Your Majesty, perhaps... we could transplant some of the older, slower-growing medicinal herbs to another location?"

Biyao tentatively offered a suggestion.

Ying Xuan shook his head slightly.

“Transplanting them to other places makes it difficult to control the environment, which will inevitably slow down their growth rate. Moreover, being scattered in different places makes management inconvenient and prone to problems.”

His gaze swept over the spiritual herbs swaying in the breeze, finally settling on the illusory image of the Jianmu tree in the core area of ​​the island, which was constructed from the power of stars and the power of incense offerings and emitted a warm glow.

Although this phantom is not a physical entity, it contains pure wood-elemental energy, which is the source of the island's vitality.

"space……"

A glint flashed in Ying Xuan's eyes, and a thought crossed his mind!
He suddenly raised his hand and began to draw in mid-air the illusory image of the Jianmu tree at the core of the island!

As his fingertips moved, runes, shimmering with silvery-white light and imbued with profound meanings of spatial cutting, folding, and stabilization, appeared out of thin air!

These runes did not act directly on the Jianmu phantom, but were precisely imprinted on the land of the herb gardens throughout the island!
As the runes fell, the land in the herb gardens throughout the island began to undergo strange changes!

The once flat land now appears to be distorted and folded by an invisible force!
Around each medicinal herb, the space rippled out, forming independent, tiny, yet stable "space bubbles"!
From the outside, the land area seems unchanged, but inside each "space bubble", there is several times or even ten times more three-dimensional space!

The originally crowded medicinal herbs were instantly spaced out, giving each one a much larger growing area!

Abundant spiritual energy and wood-based life force flowed into each "space bubble" without hindrance through the spatial runes!

"This...this is..."

Biyao was dumbfounded!

She could clearly see that a Seven-Leaf Star Soul Grass that was originally right next to the Bone-Rotting Flower had now been moved several feet away, leaving a large open space between them!

But that open space doesn't actually exist; it's a kind of spatial "extension"!
"Spatial runes, folded space."

Ying Xuan withdrew his finger, his tone indifferent.

"Using the power of runes, an additional spatial dimension is created on the existing land for the growth of spiritual herbs. This does not change the size of the island, nor does it require additional energy to maintain; the runes only need to be stabilized."

His divine sense swept across the island once more.

On the plains, similar spatial folds appeared around the ginseng, making the once crowded fields much more spacious. The same was true in the mountain herb gardens, where various medicinal herbs were arranged in their own spatial bubbles, undisturbed by each other, greatly improving their growing environment!
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Several chief eunuchs also witnessed this miraculous change and were so excited that they kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty is incredibly powerful! We servants will immediately go and transplant all the newly brought-back medicinal herbs here!"

Ying Xuan nodded slightly, but his gaze remained deep.

The spatial folding solved the immediate problem, but the enhancement of the Qin world's foundation still requires more and better spiritual roots and elixirs.

This Death Swamp... looks like I'll have to go back a few more times.

Ying Xuan stood atop the peak, his gaze calmly fixed on the island below.

The Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation operates like a tireless behemoth, continuously drawing pure wood-elemental power from the massive trunk of the Jianmu Giant Tree.

This power, like a spring of life, is evenly distributed to every corner of the island, nourishing the thousands of spiritual roots and herbs transplanted there.

On the plains, the once lush ginseng fields have undergone tremendous changes.

Hundreds of thousands of ginseng plants, infused with the immense vitality of the wood system, have long since transcended the boundaries of the mortal world!

Its leaves are emerald green like jade, its roots are gnarled and twisted like dragons, and its whole body exudes a lustrous, precious light. Its medicinal fragrance is so strong that it is almost intoxicating.

Each plant contains astonishing medicinal power comparable to a medicinal herb that has been around for hundreds of years!
On the mountain peaks, the rare medicinal herbs from Qingyun Sect, Tianyin Temple, and Death Swamp are growing at an astonishing rate.

The cap of the Purple Jade Lingzhi is as large as a millstone, flowing with purple light.

The golden lotus blooms, and a faint halo of light appears on its petals.

Dragon blood fruit hangs heavily on the branches, its crimson color like blood, radiating a powerful energy.

The rare and exotic flowers and herbs, such as the Bone-Rotting Flower, Soul-Eating Vine, and Bewitching Grass, were all stretching their branches and leaves within their respective spatial bubbles, exuding a unique spiritual charm and aura.

Every inch of the island is filled with rich spiritual energy and the fragrance of herbs, teeming with life, like a fairyland.

"His Majesty!"

Cao Zhengchun, the supervisor of the Eastern Depot, came to the summit again and bowed to report.

"A new batch of spiritual roots and herbs brought back from the depths of the Death Swamp, totaling 372 types and over 1,800 plants, has been fully inventoried. However... although spatial bubbles have been opened up throughout the island, all suitable planting areas in the plains and mountainous regions are already filled with plants!"
There is truly nowhere left to plant! I humbly request Your Majesty's instruction: perhaps... perhaps we should suspend the refining of the giant tree and use some of the array's power to transform the soil of this realm, creating new land? (End of Chapter)