Chapter 198: Fifth phase
Lin Yan’s Dream Realm deductions had finally borne fruit. After countless simulations and adjustments, he had successfully deduced a complete aerial ecosystem centered around the Aurora Heavenly Bird.
"Gu material: Floating Fire. Gu worms: Heavy Light Gu and Clear Eye Gu. Vegetation: Sky Flame Flower, Clear Earth, Phoenix Cry Grass, and Flying Flame Grass."
Lin Yan was full of confidence. This was the most suitable aerial ecosystem for Flame Sovereign Blessed Land.
Floating Fire naturally drifted through the sky, serving as the foundation of the entire ecosystem. Clear Earth could be placed upon it, creating floating islands for plants and beast groups to thrive.
More importantly, Clear Earth allowed sunlight to pass through freely. Many of the beast groups and plants in Flame Sovereign Blessed Land depended heavily on sunlight. If the aerial ecosystem blocked the light, large numbers of them would quickly wither or die.
Lin Yan had learned this lesson the hard way. During an earlier Dream Realm deduction, he overlooked this detail, causing the simulated ecosystem of Flame Sovereign Blessed Land to collapse.
As for Phoenix Cry Grass, there was little need to explain its value. It was a favorite food of the Phoenix race. Besides providing a suitable habitat for the Aurora Heavenly Bird, it also laid the foundation for introducing other Phoenix-type desolate beasts in the future.
Lin Yan cultivated the Flame Path. Naturally, he could not ignore the Phoenix, the most iconic flying beast of Flame Path. Sky Flame Flower and Phoenix Cry Grass complemented each other, forming the foundation of the entire aerial ecosystem.
As for Flying Flame, Heavy Light Gu, and Clear Eye Gu, they all relied on the first four resources to survive. At the same time, they were the favorite food of the Aurora Heavenly Bird, whose appetite was notoriously picky.
Purchasing everything cost Lin Yan twenty immortal essence stones, enough to spread the entire ecosystem across the sky above the Flame Desert. Even he had to admit the price was not low.
The final piece was the Aurora Heavenly Bird itself. A living Aurora Heavenly Bird cost twice as much as an ordinary desolate beast, reaching two hundred immortal essence stones. Lin Yan had searched Treasure Yellow Heaven for several months before a Rank Eight Gu Immortal finally put one up for sale.
After placing every resource into Flame Sovereign Blessed Land, Lin Yan’s will swept across the entire blessed land.
Above the boundless Flame Desert, a vast expanse of pale fiery clouds slowly spread across the sky. Hidden beneath the blazing heavenly light, it appeared completely ordinary from below.
Only after passing through the cloud layer would another world reveal itself.
Endless white flames illuminated the floating land. Countless specks of light drifted through the air. Crimson divine plants shaped like soaring phoenixes swayed gently in the wind, while pure white flowers resembling solidified flames bloomed across the cloud continent.
High above them, the Aurora Heavenly Bird circled gracefully through the sky. From time to time, it descended to feed on the divine plants and Gu worms before soaring back into the heavens, like the ruler of this aerial world.
Seeing this, Lin Yan nodded in satisfaction. Looking down at the Flame Desert below, he found that the temperature had dropped only slightly, causing no noticeable impact on the existing ecosystem.
Instead, the new aerial ecosystem brought another unexpected benefit. Besides expanding the blessed land’s living space, it also created the conditions needed for an oasis to gradually form within the Flame Desert. In the future, that place would become another suitable habitat for countless living beings.
Lin Yan let out a quiet sigh. The fifth phase of the blessed land’s development was complete. The sixth and seventh phases would most likely focus on the eastern and western regions. Once those were finished, further development would become much more difficult.
With the arrival of the Aurora Heavenly Bird, Flame Sovereign Blessed Land now possessed nine Desolate Beasts and Desolate Plants.
Besides the original Dry Yang Fire Jujube Tree, Attract Fire Immortal Bamboo, Molten Flame Scorpion, and Lava Bird, it had also gained the Fierce Sun Dragon Lizard, another Lava Bird, Purifying World Fire Lotus, Pure Yang Heavenly Spider, and the Aurora Heavenly Bird.
These were all harvested from Blazing Yellow Heaven Pit over the past half month. Those suitable for Flame Sovereign Blessed Land were introduced into the ecosystem, while the rest became materials for the Adding Fuel to the Fire killer move.
Following his original plan, Lin Yan placed the Fierce Sun Dragon Lizard and Lava Bird within the Molten Flame Mountains, while the Purifying World Fire Lotus and Pure Yang Heavenly Spider were introduced into the Flame Desert. The Aurora Heavenly Bird naturally became the center of the newly established aerial ecosystem.
Every Desolate Beast and Desolate Plant represented an Immortal Rank resource point. Their arrival also drove the growth of many Mortal resource points, including Fire Lizards, Yi Huo Spiders, and Strange Fire.
As a result, Flame Sovereign Blessed Land’s annual production rose to around two thousand five hundred immortal essence stones. However, nearly all of the Immortal Rank resources were still reserved for Lin Yan’s cultivation, leaving his actual income at roughly one thousand two hundred immortal essence stones each year.
The greatest improvement came elsewhere. The blessed land now condensed at least one hundred beads of green grape immortal essence every year.
Even so, Lin Yan could already sense that Flame Sovereign Blessed Land had reached its current ecological limit. The increasing number of Desolate Beasts, Desolate Plants, and resource points placed an ever-growing burden on the blessed land. It had to open its aperture repeatedly to absorb heaven and earth qi just to maintain its balance.
If he wanted to continue developing it, simply adding more resource points would no longer be enough. The next step was to create large or even super resource points. Unfortunately, the methods for constructing them were closely guarded secrets held by Gu Immortals and the great super forces.