Ye Xiruo picked up the broken stone without much thought. Since the broken stone had almost tripped her, it might trip someone else as well. So, she decided to keep it and consider it a good deed. As a result, the system crashed as soon as she threw the broken stone into her spatial storage.

"Master, what incredible luck you had! You managed to stumble upon something with such a low probability. I'm absolutely in awe of you."

Ye Xiruo rolled her eyes silently: "Speak like a human being, what exactly happened?"

"Actually, it's nothing much. It's just that what you threw in just now is a treasure that will greatly help the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus recover. You've hit the jackpot." The system's voice sounded excited as well.

"Really?" Wait, is the system trying to fool her? What a coincidence! A stone appears under her feet, and then it's a treasure. Ye Xiruo didn't think she was some kind of darling of the heavens, that good things should just fall into her lap. On the contrary, her bad luck in her past life was indescribable—it was a history of blood and tears. Even though she's now a high-ranking, revered master, she still lives in constant fear, disguising herself every time she goes out, afraid of being killed. Now, suddenly she's saying she's lucky? Ye Xiruo's first reaction is, "What the hell? Who would believe that?"

"Master, it's true, the space is going to be upgraded. Do you think you should go into seclusion to consolidate your cultivation?"

"Are you kidding me? I just broke through not long ago, and now I'm about to break through again? Don't tell me I'm about to become a god."

"It's unlikely to reach the Nascent Soul stage, but a minor advancement in realm is still very possible."

"Isn't there a way for me and Brother Xiuqi to share this spiritual energy?"

"The main target of the spatial binding is you, not Xiu Qiyu. If you were of a higher level than Xiu Qiyu, you could certainly help him improve. The problem is, you are a whole realm lower than Xiu Qiyu." The system roared madly in Ye Xiruo's sea of ​​consciousness.

"Then what should I do? I've finally managed to solidify my foundation, and I don't want to advance."

"Actually, I only said that there is a possibility of advancing, but it is not certain that you will actually advance. You have to judge that yourself."

Ha! I thought it was a great thing, but it turned out to be a complete scam. There's no such thing as a free lunch. Heaven, are you kidding me?!

Xiu Qiyu, carrying Ye Xiruo, didn't bother to hide his strength and quickly returned to the Pill King Palace. He took Ye Xiruo to her private cultivation room and then waited outside.

He could sense Xiao Yezi's somewhat agitated and helpless mood: "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything. I'll wait for you outside. I believe in you."

"I also believe in myself." The path of cultivation is inherently defying the heavens, and every opportunity comes with enormous risks. Compared to the small risks she is about to face, it seems like she has more to gain.

Don't worry.

This clod of soil, no bigger than a thumb, shimmered with a gentle, holy golden light. Every ten thousand years, the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus would bloom. After its flowers withered, they would melt directly into the soil at its roots, absorbed by the lotus itself, and the cycle would repeat endlessly. Over millions of years, this soil, nourished by the petals of the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus, had long since transformed into a divine object, containing the precious essence of the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus.

However, after the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus underwent its tribulation, its main body was destroyed, the soil from its roots scattered everywhere, and much of its divinity dissipated. Some of it had already been refined by powerful beings and become divine artifacts. If Ye Xi could obtain such a small piece, it could only be said that it was a blessing from Heaven.

Even though the soil had lost much of its divinity, it still possessed immense power. Although it couldn't compare to the Seven-Colored Lotus Seed, it was nearly the same. With the addition of the spirit stones that Ye Xiruo had recently put into the space, it was able to upgrade the space once again.

The seven-colored light enveloping the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus gradually dissipated, revealing the lotus's true form. Compared to the withered half-leaf before, the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus possessed a much richer life force; the withered branches seemed to have turned transparent, and a powerful aura instantly swept through the entire space. All living things within the space bowed their heads, submitting to the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus.

The Seven-Colored Divine Lotus was like a supreme king, elegant, domineering, and majestic. A stalk of soil the size of a thumb seemed to be summoned and quickly flew towards the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus.

Ye Xiruo felt a sharp pain in her sea of ​​consciousness, a result of the sudden expansion of her spiritual sea. Ye Xiruo's original spiritual power was already terrifying, enough to crush ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. However, under the impact of this external force, her spiritual sea expanded again, increasing in size by a full three times.

If Ye Xi knew this was a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, she would immediately pour a bottle of Soul-Nourishing Pills and Spirit-Nourishing Pills into her mouth. The ultimate level an alchemist can reach depends on their spiritual power. However, a person's spiritual power is largely fixed at birth. Alchemists are naturally stronger than others, and can also enhance their spiritual power through cultivation and the use of rare and precious materials, but this is finite, not infinite.

Ye Xiruo's souls from two lifetimes are combined, along with her own seven-colored soul, making her soul power top-tier. Her mental power, which is closely related to her soul power, is also incredibly strong.

Ye Xiruo was pleasantly surprised that her spiritual power had improved instead of her martial arts level.

It seems that Heaven has remembered me and is now bestowing me with benefits.

However, the pain of having her spiritual sea forcibly expanded caused Ye Xiruo a splitting headache. She gritted her teeth and persevered while rapidly refining the pills to consolidate her spiritual sea.

Otherwise, if the mind and consciousness are damaged, the consequences can range from mental impairment to death.

Xiu Qiyu, who was outside, naturally felt the pressure coming from Ye Xiruo's sea of ​​consciousness. He sat down and began to circulate his mental energy, hoping to help Ye Xiruo relieve some of the pressure.

Half a day later, Jing Li rushed over without even putting on her outer robe. She looked at Xiu Qiyu sitting on the ground with a nervous expression. There was no doubt that the third brother was in seclusion inside.

The Seven-Colored Divine Lotus absorbed the divine soil much faster this time. In just five days, it had completely absorbed the divinity within the soil. The seven-colored mist reappeared, obscuring the Seven-Colored Divine Lotus's form, and the entire space was undergoing violent changes.

Spiritual energy continuously spread from its seven-colored divine spring, permeating the entire space. All the spiritual trees within were once again infused with this energy, forced to advance in rank. However, some spiritual trees, already only at the third or fourth rank with limited potential for improvement, were directly burst apart by the spiritual energy, turning into fragments that were absorbed by the space. Of course, Ye Xiruo was unaware of all this.