Ant Lord in the Star Realm

Continuous observation for two months,

Dragon Cypress was reassured, turned back to continue cultivating the ant colony, and increased the Blue Soldiers by 20,000 each to the first to seventh corps of the military department.

The following May in midsummer,

Ink Orchid and Green Heart returned to report work: No findings.

Resting for two months, they set off again to search the territories devoid of insects at the north and south ends of the five major planets...

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The Little Warrior and Divine-Given Seed are not easy to find.

Year after year,

After three years of growth, the Soul Constructing Tree began to form.

In spring, the female tree bloomed normally.

The male tree, however, did not bloom, or the flowers were malformed.

Dragon Cypress’s prediction was correct; a certain amount of cold was needed in winter.

Nurtured the tree for a year,

In winter, assigned a team of Specialized Blue Soldiers to each tree to activate the Hydrology Shield ability in shifts, forming a hemispherical shield, protecting them, with pieces of ice placed inside to cool.

The following spring,

All Soul Constructing Trees bloomed and bore fruit normally.

White Ivy and Red Peach visited and confirmed that Ink Orchid indeed brought back the Soul Constructing Trees from the Halberd White Ants Kingdom.

The Ant King and Ant Queen of the Halberd White Ants Kingdom nurtured ordinary Soul Constructing Tree Life Seeds, and also established a long-term stable supply agreement with White Ivy.

This strongly confirmed that the Soul Constructing Tree is indeed a Soul System Plant Species.

Dragon Cypress was still not completely assured.

It would be best to find a Little Warrior to verify and confirm for the utmost reliability.

Lest you laboriously cultivate for ten thousand years, only to discover it is not a Soul System Plant Species.

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In the same year, the first Divine-Grade Soul-Attracting Fruit was delivered, and Dragon Cypress was the first to use it.

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Time flies.

[Time: Era 78 - Year 121 - Year 304]

The second batch of Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruits matured and were harvested.

As expected, for this batch, only three forces managed to gather 3 million quotas, booking the exchange of three Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruits.

The remaining four, White Ivy bought two, and Xianglan Mountain Bug kept two for their own use.

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Ink Orchid and Green Heart had poor luck, still haven’t found the Little Warrior, nor discovered the Divine-Given Seed.

Continuing the search.

Dragon Cypress finally successfully integrated the ’Cangyan Flame Touch’ into the Ultimate Zhenshou Beast Star Marks.

Continuing to attempt combinations of ’Mental Spike’ and ’Spirit Impact’.

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Currently, Xianglan Chamber of Commerce cooperates with White Ivy Chamber of Commerce, receiving more than 180,000 dividends annually.

5,000 deposited into the Chamber of Commerce account, and the remaining 130,000 redistributed, Dragon Cypress, Ink Orchid, and all Assistant Kings, along with Tie Bush and Rainbow Mulberry, occupy 70%, receiving about 90,000.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid territory earn nearly 50,000 annually.

Plus the Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruit worth 200,000.

Annually, resources available for growth and evolution total 340,000.

Ample resource supply, the Third Generation Assistant King rapidly breaks through and advances to the Nine Traces Realm.

Adhering to the Great King and Second King priority principle.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid utilize 100,000 resources annually, taking up 200,000; the Nine Traces Realm requires about 2 million resources per age period, Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid advance every 20 years, rapidly evolving.

The remaining 140,000 resources are equally distributed among the sixteen Assistant Kings, Tie Bush, and Rainbow Mulberry.

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The third fruit maturity of Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruit, the fourth maturity.

Ink Orchid took the lead to break through and advance to the Star Marks Realm.

The fifth fruit maturity, the sixth maturity of Divine-Grade Night Fragrance Fruit.

Dragon Cypress followed Ink Orchid’s footsteps and successfully broke through.

The growth in the Star Marks Realm, each age period requires resources from 2 million to a sudden increase of 6 million.

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid continue consuming 100,000 resources annually, advancing one age period every 60 years, steadily improving.

The entire evolution in the Star Marks Realm is about condensing ’Traces’, combining ’Star Marks’, enriching and filling ’Star Marks’, reaching a certain level to break through and step into the Half Star Realm, condensing the ’Star Core’.

The minimum evolutionary standard, combining 9 traces to condense Star Marks, the Star Marks Realm further condenses 9 traces to be combined into Star Marks again, just 18 traces needed in total to meet the standard.

Dragon Cypress’s Ultimate Zhenshou Beast incorporates a blend of ten-element talents, merging Jungle, Ancestral Divine Power, and Adaptive Evolution three laws for the Star Marks, a super-strong seven-element elemental form Star Marks, along with 88 traces, already sufficiently enriched, immensely powerful.

Dragon Cypress is not satisfied, setting a small goal for itself, each of the ten-element talents reaches the minimum standard of 18 traces, combining 180 traces in total.

Star Marks Realm lifespan is 18,000 years, dedicating 10,000 years for hard practice.

Dragon Cypress no longer goes into hibernation, successfully combines ’Mental Spike’ and ’Spirit Impact’, and merges into the Ultimate Zhenshou Beast Star Marks. Then immediately starts the combination of ’Heart Realm of Tree Blossom’ and Wood Element ’Carnivorous Flower’ with ’Wild Growth’.

The Assistant Kings under its banner are also progressively evolving and growing steadily, they have fewer traces, following Dragon Cypress’s demands, no longer staying dormant, forming teams of three or two, finding places to develop a ground, training their abilities whenever they have the time.

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Suddenly one day,

A bountiful harvest during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the territory.

Green Heart raced back, heading straight to the mud plaza where Dragon Cypress was located.

"Dragon Cypress Ant King, found an insect..."

"Insect? Insect Clan Warrior?"

"Considered an Insect Clan Warrior?"

"What do you mean by considered?"

Dragon Cypress sensed something was amiss, asked: "Where’s Ink Orchid?"

Green Heart: "Ink Orchid is bringing the Little Warrior back, couldn’t run fast."

Dragon Cypress pursued: "What warrior?"

Green Heart: "Centipede."

"Centipede?"

Dragon Cypress was speechless.

Is a centipede considered an insect? Not strictly speaking, but it seems like it could be.

However, in the orthodox Insect Clan, except for Flame Spider, all have six legs, two tentacles.

How many legs does a centipede have?

A centipede does not belong to the Natural God System of the Insect Clan, unprotected by the Natural True God, is an Alien Clan, has no Life Pouch, and cannot nurture Life Seed.

Green Heart and Ink Orchid, these two fellows, travel far and wide in spring and autumn every year, searched for two hundred years, and finally brought back one alien insect clan warrior?

— What’s the purpose of sending you out to find Little Warriors?

Dragon Cypress calmly asked: "Does Ink Orchid plan to keep it for cultivation?"

Green Heart: "Ink Orchid said Dragon Cypress Great Leader likes centipedes, so just decided to bring it back."