Vorathen’s environment was extremely harsh, but for Liu Shu’s World Embracing Dimensional Roots, the harsh environment was nothing but slightly bothersome. High temperatures, lack of organic matter, or even the high acidity and atmospheric pressure did nothing against them, allowing Liu Shu to spread throughout the planet’s surface at breakneck speed.

“Hm… At my current pace, I should take over the entire world in… fifteen years?”

Unlike in Nualis, where she was allowing her passive spread to take over the planet, she was using her max speed in Vorathen. Here, where there was no life to worry about, Liu Shu could be as forceful as she wanted and not worry much about the heavy volcanic activity she triggered with her methods.

“I want to see what my top speed is… But indiscriminate spreading is not something I can replicate in a world with life. So, testing it this way won't help me much. Instead, I should test the limits between speed and worldwide influence.”

To spread throughout the entire volume of a world without affecting its surface or internal movement in a short time, Liu Shu needed to find an equilibrium with many details.

“Fifteen years is not long, but it is also not short. Still, I am far from using all my advantages. If I want to sink into Vorathen as quickly as possible but not lack meticulousness, I must have a more direct influence.”

Her energy surged tremendously, more than half of her energy reserves disappearing as the pulse went through her incomprehensibly complex root network. Aether Mana, Anima Energy, and even Phoer surged violently. Thankfully, Liu Shu was able to block the fluctuations with her Space Aether Mana control.

“Recolocation.”

Mouthing the word slowly, Liu Shu’s energy condensed and wrapped around five structures: One Soulseed and one of each Temple.

Space twisted and crumpled, distances becoming meaningless as Liu Shu’s ocean-like energy grasped everything like a giant hand and twisted it. Delicate spatial threads wrapped around each and every important root of the five structures, wanting to hurt them as little as she could.

The process took around twenty minutes, and then, reality twisted.

Some people standing near one of Liu Shu’s soulseeds and admiring it suddenly felt a terrifying energy before the gargantuan tree, larger than a mountain, disappeared.

The S- Rank skill might have left them utterly breathless as a hole appeared where the Soulseed previously stood.

“...What happened?”

“This… I heard that something similar happened with Lady Lakeborn in the past…”

“Did Lady Heavenly Willow decide to move this branch of her existence?”

Someone at the side spoke, her voice sounding somewhat religious. “Regardless, our grand and noble Lady’s intents are for our own good. We should only be grateful to bear witness to her miracles.”

A man at the side looked over and asked, curious. “Are you part of the Eternal Church?”

The woman smiled. “I am nothing but a Novice, like the grand majority of the world. Few have managed to become disciples after Leveling Up to Level 100. While I do consider myself a follower of our grand and noble Lady, I am yet no one to her.”

The man couldn’t help but sigh. “The Eternal Church’s strength is truly boundless. They were set up just a few years ago, and yet, they are probably the strongest faction in the World today.”

The woman laughed. “With Eternal Avatar Elyne backing and the respected Eternal Saints as her followers, it is just a matter of course.”

“Lady Elyne, I heard that she is a Sixth Energy Cycle that decided to bow down to Lady Heavenly Willow.”

The woman smiled. “That’s indeed the truth. Eternal Avatar Elyne was previously a blonde and green-eyed envoy from the Verdant Sanctity Covenant. Yet, after witnessing our lady’s grandeur, she decided to follow her. When she became the lady’s Avatar, she changed, her hair becoming as pristine as jade, and her eyes as glimmering as amethysts. Her body changed as such to resemble Lady Heavenly Willow’s Avatar.”

When she spoke, there was reverence in her voice. After all, the fact that Liu Shu’s presence could change the appearance of a human being was something considered divine.

Someone with not much knowledge frowned. “Isn’t Lady Elyne the Avatar?”

The woman explained while shaking her head. “No, I meant Lady Heavenly Willow’s True Avatar. Some World Trees are able to manifest their consciousness as humanoid beings, and from my knowledge, all of Lady Heavenly Willow’s children actually come from this True Avatar.”

Everyone continued discussing, while some became interested and decided to delve deeper into the Eternal Church. Just like that, some of those people would become new members, expanding the influence, reach, and power of the Eternal Church.

Back in Vorathen, the Soulseed and four temples appeared at the north pole of the planet. When they appeared in the hostile environment, they began taking damage. Before they could complain, the roots that Liu Shu had prepared in the area rushed over, entangling and mixing with theirs.

Soon, Liu Shu’s buffs and roots covered their existence, protecting them from the harsh environment. Even the harsh winds and acidic rain did nothing to them.

Seeing that they were okay, Liu Shu smiled and spoke softly to them, her voice echoing around the world with profound might. Here, she didn’t have to be careful, allowing her to talk without care.

“Give me your strength, my children.”

The Temples all rustled their leaves in delight. Their appearances were unique and majestic, with forms that mixed the majesty of trees and the sacredness of temples.

[You’ve gained the Destiny Blessing (B- Rank).]

[You’ve gained the Summoning Blessing (B- Rank).]

[You’ve gained the Crafting Blessing (B- Rank).]

[You’ve gained the Life Blessing (B- Rank).]

Once these blessings enveloped the roots in Vorathen, their strength, vitality, and energy surged tremendously. Overall, these blessings didn’t give her many stats, but the secondary effects helped her tremendously.

“Alright… Now, using my Soulseed as the operating center, I should be able to take much better control of everything.”

And as she expected, the roots that were spreading quite quickly already came to life. Even when they were moving fast, they still felt somewhat dormant. Now, with the Soulseed acting as her own remote control center, efficiency increased by almost 100%.

What would’ve previously taken her around fifteen years was slashed to barely over seven.

“Hm… If I were to place another Soulseed in the South Pole, I could probably do it faster, right?”

There were still two Soulseeds doing nothing in the Golden Sap Continent. So, she didn’t lose time and took one of them, placing it at the South Pole.

“Oh! This is great… I will need to move temples down here as well, though.”

Now, with both the South and North done, she was tempted to place one at the west and east, but she refrained from it. ‘The efficiency increase after placing those two will increase only by 25%. Moreover, since this is a sphere, and not a circle, I would need not two but four more to cover all the basic spatial axes.’

Liu Shu muttered. “This is an attempt at doing it all as quickly yet as covertly as possible, not to dump resources endlessly to reduce and perfect the speed. Planting something on the South and North Poles of a World will alert basically no one, and those who were alerted can be silenced without effort.”

After adding the second Soulseed and Temple cluster, Liu Shu noticed that the time she would need decreased from seven and a half years to five.

“Perfect. I can now ignore Vorathen until this time frame disappears. Thankfully, I am keeping track of the timers for all the things, or I would get lost quite quickly… Hm? Oh, I need to refocus on my Avatar, I am about to have another little darling.”

And so, Liu Shu went to welcome her 131st child into the world.

***

Another year passed quickly after that. Liu Shu had more babies, the Sylvan’s bellies became larger, and the Moon, Vorathen, and Nualis kept progressing at a steady pace without much change. On the other hand, during this year, something very special was going to happen.

Liu Shu’s eyes moved toward the center of her Golden Sap City, her eyes landing on one of her big babies, the Temple Of Craft.

A while back, she used the Civilization concept to mix with it, and soon, the time for the Synergy would be completed.

“In my tenth year, after I’ve come out of my Level 100 evolution, I’ll finally have a new Temple!”

Although it wasn’t the Eternal Temple, something that she would need very special items for, at least one of the B Tier Blessings was about to become A Tier.

“Love, I can sense that you are a bit restless lately; is there something wrong?”

Inside Liu Shu’s Core Room, Cinderielle hugged Liu Shu’s pregnant avatar and asked. Liu Shu felt quite funny, since she spent almost all her time having babies. Still, it was a joy that she would never exchange for anything. Snuggling in Cinderielle’s arms while holding other babies, Liu Shu looked up and smiled widely. “Little Craft is about to evolve!”

“Little… Craft?” Cinderielle blinked, confused for a second. Of course, with that name, she was quick to understand that Liu Shu was referring to the Temple Of Craft.

Liu Shu nodded, rubbing her face on Cinderielle’s soft skin. “Yes~. I wonder how her name will change.”

“...Her?”

Cinderielle honestly felt somewhat overwhelmed. After all, as Liu Shu’s rightful wife, she tried to love all of Liu Shu’s children to a minimum degree. Still, Liu Shu would very often throw names here and there, making her confused. The other day, Liu Shu spoke about some Little Dalflower, which turned out to be a Lignified House of Nualis that got in a bit of trouble with a local beast.

‘So many names… I can’t keep up.’

“Love…”

“Ah!” Liu Shu interrupted Cinderielle with an exclamation. “Cinderielle, I can see the system messages! Let me read them for you!”

“T-That, alright.” Cinderielle placed a hand on her own pregnant belly and started sweating. ‘Baby, give Mommy strength.’

“Hehe, here they go!”

[Congratulations for the successful Synergy evolution between the Temple Of Craft and Civilization concept!]

[The Temple Of Craft (B- Tier) has evolved into Temple Of Ingenuity (A Tier)!]

[All Temple Seeds for Temple Of Craft have been deleted. From now on, you will gain Ingenuity Seeds.]

[All Temple Of Craft (Seed) will evolve into Temple Of Ingenuity (Seed).]

[You’ve lost Crafting Blessing.]

[Congratulations! You’ve gained Ingenuity Blessing.]

Liu Shu stopped reading there, and Cinderielle patted Liu Shu’s head. “That’s great to hear, love.

Liu Shu smiled widely. “Yeah! Thankfully, there were zero seeds in my inventory, so nothing happened to any of them, hehe.”

Cinderielle knew about the “Temple Forest” in the Golden Sap Continent, so she was not surprised to hear any of this. Each time she went to the Moon to work, she would also encounter one of the Temple Seeds.

“So…” Unable to hold back her curiosity, Cinderielle asked. “What does the Temple Of Ingenuity do?”

Liu Shu chuckled. “Read it yourself.”

Cinderielle’s eyes flashed with two system messages.

[Congratulations! You’ve gained Ingenuity Blessing.]

***

Ingenuity Blessing (A Rank): While under its influence, all beings gain heightened creation abilities and improved coordination in works that advance society. There is a small chance of becoming Ingenuity-Touched and gaining a Title with the same name. While under the effects of the Blessing or the Title, you gain:

Learning, comprehension, and innovation in craft-related techniques increase by 500%.

Construction, crafting, and refinement speed increase by 50%.

Whenever you work alongside at least one ally, efficiency and precision increase by 35%.

Crafted items have a 0.5% chance to emerge with a minor blessing, increasing their quality by one sub-tier and granting a simple special effect.

Tools, structures, and devices you create or maintain gain 30% increased durability and 10% increased functionality (excluding Temple structures).

Organizational or technical methods you design spread 20% faster to others within your influence.

Ingenuity-Touched: You gain a subconscious ability to see structural patterns and design flaws, allowing you to improve or stabilize creations without prior planning according to your education level and comprehension level of the craft.

***

Cinderielle was petrified on the spot. ‘...What kind of ridiculous thing is this!? Babbbbbyyyyy, save Mommy from your mooooom!’