You don't understand why that swordsman wouldn't fuse with something as enticing as the Earth Source.

Many Ultimate Grandmasters existed during that swordsman's era, indicating others would fuse with Earth Sources.

"Looking at it this way, not fusing with Earth Source was probably just that swordsman's personal choice."

You frowned deeply in thought: "Why didn't he fuse with Earth Source? Could it be that none of these Earth Sources had colors he liked?"

You looked again at the Mountain-Cleaving Sword Earth Source's vision, also noticing the swordsman's expression while swinging his sword seemed to reveal resentment and melancholy.

Combining this with the name of the second-ranked "Heaven-Questioning Sword" Earth Source, you clearly felt these Earth Sources expressed the swordsman's sorrowful mood of unfulfilled great ambitions.

They incidentally expressed the swordsman's homesickness.

You couldn't actually tell if the swordsman was homesick or not, but you wrote it down anyway just in case—maybe the teacher would give extra points.

After random thoughts yielded no answers, you could only temporarily set these questions aside.

It didn't matter if you couldn't figure it out—after all, over a thousand years had passed, and that swordsman was definitely dead. He couldn't possibly have lived until now.

So he wouldn't have any impact on you.

After thinking for a moment, you suddenly wondered: "But if that swordsman really did live until now, then probably..."

You nodded to yourself while muttering: "Probably we'd just have to consider him incredibly lucky!"

That swordsman alone with his sword had left four top-ranked Earth Sources between heaven and earth.

Even someone as thick-skinned as you had to admit with admiration: "Bro, you're seriously hardcore. You made a very wise choice being born a thousand years ago—you managed to avoid crossing paths with me."

You stood with hands behind your back in the air, sighing with emotion for a moment.

Then you turned your gaze to the light shield on Sea Snake Island, where that Earth Source swayed on its own.

You murmured: "I wonder which Earth Source this is..."

After pondering for a moment, you whispered to yourself: "These two Earth Sources appeared so close together—maybe the one in this light shield is also one of the four Earth Sources named by that swordsman!"

"If that's really the case, then two more Earth Sources might appear near Sea Snake Island!"

The more you thought about it, the more possible it seemed.

You considered staying here to wait for the Earth Sources to appear like waiting for rabbits by a tree stump.

But then you thought better of it.

You weren't an Ultimate Grandmaster with Kun Earth affinity—if the other two Earth Sources appeared too far from Sea Snake Island, you wouldn't sense them at all, which would just waste time.

You decided it would be much safer to check the Palace of Ten Thousand Dreams every few days for any unread messages.

Afterward, you put away your large ship and transformed into a stream of light leaving Sea Snake Island.

But your flight direction wasn't toward Youtong County—it was toward Cangwang Desert.

You planned to leave a message for your good friend at Dragon Gate Inn, asking her to visit your He Manor when she had time to deeply research your pure friendship.

If the timing was right, you also planned to take out a big treasure to show her.

Only Extermination Sect members could leave messages at Dragon Gate Inn, and as a multi-cycle player, it was perfectly reasonable for you to pull out an Extermination Sect core member token.

You quickly arrived at Dragon Gate Inn, where the same enchanting proprietress was there, and you followed procedure to leave a letter.

After leaving the letter, you went directly to Qianming Mountain Range.

It had been quite a while since you checked on Doctor Dong Zhijie, and you wondered how many litters he and his mermaid had produced.

This day, early morning, you reached Qianming Mountain Range.

The morning mist covering Qianming Mountain Range gradually dispersed.

This time you were fully mentally prepared, taking two deep breaths to calm yourself before entering the zoo branch.

You descended into the lush mountains where a flat area had been cleared, with houses of various sizes situated there.

You went straight to Dong Zhijie's research lab, where he was indeed inside.

Dong Zhijie was happily studying something with his head down, and he jumped in surprise when he noticed someone entering.

When he saw it was you, his eyes immediately lit up: "Young Master He! You've finally come!!"

You smiled: "Morning bad to you, Master Dong!"

Dong Zhijie jogged over excitedly: "Young Master He, my research has advanced again!"

"What have you researched? Is it something normal people can look at? Will my mental health remain intact after seeing it?"

Dong Zhijie pulled you toward the inner room: "Young Master He, come look!"

You followed Dong Zhijie into the room, where the small space contained only one four-meter tall, two-meter diameter circular glass container.

The glass container held light green transparent liquid, in which a humanoid creature was submerged.

This humanoid creature was less than two meters tall, lacking surface skin with only exposed pink muscles covering its entire body, appearing fierce yet full of power.

You frowned: "Dude, did you go wait at the execution grounds again to collect discarded corpses?"

"Young Master He, this isn't human—I modified it from a chimpanzee!"

Looking again, you noticed the proportions were indeed different.

You asked: "What's special about this chimpanzee?"

Dong Zhijie's eyes burst with intense passion: "Young Master He, I call it the First Generation Body! Its biggest feature is directly having Bone Tempering late-stage physical strength!"

Among all the animals in your zoo, none had reached Bone Tempering late-stage—at most they had Skin Refining Peak physical strength.

"Damn, you actually created something legitimate!"

You raised an eyebrow and asked: "From what you're saying, there are Second Generation and Third Generation bodies too?"

Dong Zhijie answered: "Yes, but the basic cultivation level can't be improved further for now—mainly enhancing martial arts talent!"

"Wait, this thing can cultivate on its own?"

"Yes! With each generation update, I make its body more suitable for cultivation, meaning higher talent!"

You looked at the First Generation Body floating in the glass container: "Have it come out and cultivate, let me see this marvel."

Dong Zhijie looked somewhat embarrassed: "Young Master He, there's a small problem."

"What problem?"

Dong Zhijie carefully said: "The First Generation Body temporarily lacks consciousness."

You widened your eyes: "Doctor Dong, that's quite euphemistic—so this thing is dead after all this time!"

"I'm working on overcoming this problem!"

You suddenly understood—this First Generation Body looked intimidating but was actually just a pile of meat chunks, kept in the glass tank for preservation.

You knew there was still a long way to go before achieving the ultimate creature Dong Zhijie described.

You patted his shoulder and casually encouraged: "Keep it up, Doctor Dong! You'll become a special kind of person!"

Dong Zhijie couldn't tell genuine praise from sarcasm: "Yes yes, I will!"

Afterward, you went to extract vital blood from the beasts raised using the beast taming manual.

Although Dong Zhijie was obsessed with biological research, he hadn't neglected his main duties—these beasts had grown well, all reaching large sizes.

You extracted ninety-two types of beast vital blood and immediately conducted external refinement.

This time, your goal was clear—to carefully sense whether that feeling of some substance dissipating would appear again.

The initial refinement proceeded normally, but when refining the sixty-eighth drop of vital blood, that feeling appeared again.

You immediately became excited: "So it really is this Qianming Mountain Range area combined with the beast taming manual that produces this feeling!"

You had prepared in advance, already surrounding the area with Source Power to form a circular barrier shield.

You slowly contracted and shrank the barrier shield until it was only fist-sized.

Although the barrier remained transparent, you clearly sensed the presence of some colorless, odorless substance within it.

And this substance gave you a very... well, familiar feeling?

Yes, you actually felt familiarity with this substance.

Frowning in confusion, you continued shrinking the barrier shield until it was only the size of a small finger joint.

The unit concentration of that substance within the barrier clearly increased, and that feeling of closeness grew stronger.

You couldn't help but wonder: "What exactly is this thing dissipating from the beast blood?"

The moment this perplexing thought arose, the Simulator immediately provided information that abruptly appeared in your mind.

Receiving this information, your eyes widened instantly: "Spiritual energy?!"