Da Yi is the outer manifestation; the Immortal Garden is its inner foundation.
Within the Immortal Garden, patches of spirit fields had already been cultivated. These fields were planted with all kinds of spiritual herbs, and even spirit grains. Common ingredients like ginger, scallions, and garlic, although basic, were all spiritual plants filled with spiritual energy. Dedicated plots had been cleared to grow them, as they were the essential flavor foundation for gourmet cuisine—irreplaceable seasonings. Naturally, they were all cultivated with care.
There was even a field planted with Flame Peppers, spiritual vegetables blazing red like fire, emanating a fiery aura that stirred a craving even before tasting them. Just seeing them gave a sense of burning spiciness, as if they would explode like fire upon consumption.
The taste buds almost couldn't take it.It was a true sensory experience.
The most crucial of all was the Ruomu Divine Tree. Beneath it, drops of Life Water had already accumulated in significant quantities. There were also Flawless Fruit Trees, Five Elements Spirit Trees, and many other rare spiritual roots—the very foundation of the Immortal Garden's growth.
After planting all the newly acquired spiritual herbs and seeds obtained from Jia Chengxin, Yi Tianxing turned his attention toward the mysterious mechanical seed.
It had been planted near the Ruomu Divine Tree, but still showed no signs of sprouting.Clearly, it couldn't grow by ordinary means.
Cloud Dream Gold, Purple Copper, Red Copper, Profound Iron, Stellar Metal, Blood-pattern Steel...
Suddenly, all kinds of metallic ores and materials were continuously brought into the Immortal Garden, naturally buried around the mechanical seed. Instantly, a dense metallic aura began to emanate.
Drip—!!
A single drop of Life Water landed upon the mechanical seed.
Stimulated by the influx of rare metals and the vitality of the Life Water, the previously dormant seed underwent a shocking transformation. It began to glow and emit a strange suction force. The surrounding precious materials radiated streaks of light, streaming into the seed as though it were absorbing nutrients for growth.
The scene was breathtaking. The precious materials shrank visibly, like ice melting under the sun.
"It really can absorb heavenly treasures to grow. But... this mechanical seed seems to have no fixed material preference. It's highly unpredictable—its nature varies based on the materials fed to it. A thousand seeds could yield a thousand different mechanical spirit plants. In that case, I'll use the finest treasures available and see what I can nurture," thought Yi Tianxing.
Sow well, reap richly. Use top-tier fertilizer, and the harvest will be extraordinary. Starve it, and all you'll get are stunted fruits.
This was clearly no ordinary treasure, but a potential innate spiritual root. The better the materials, the more divine the result.
"You can't catch a wolf without risking a child. These divine materials are rare, but if this works, the return will be limitless."—Yi Tianxing gritted his teeth and began to act.
He summoned the rarest materials Da Yi possessed. Though he didn't use all of each, he selected portions of each to prevent overconsumption.
Molten Sky Metal: Formed from extraterrestrial meteors that fell into magma rivers and were tempered over countless years. Extremely difficult to melt, it grants any artifact unmatched durability and the power to melt all things. Grade: Earth-tier Supreme.
Beehive Demon Iron: Allows artifacts to evolve and regenerate damage rapidly. It even grants shape-shifting abilities with sufficient quantity. Grade: Heaven-tier Intermediate.
Mars Stone, Ocean-Suppressing Black Ice Iron, Supreme Yang Stone, Gengjin Divine Iron, Void-Hiding Stone...
Plus, the Life Water.
With this infusion, the mechanical seed began to radiate vibrant life energy. It sprouted roots that looked like glowing fiber-optic cables, burrowing deep into the ground, absorbing nutrients from the godly materials and the vitality of the Life Water.
In just a few breaths, the seed germinated and began to sprout.It grew at a shocking speed—soon reaching over a meter tall.
All the rare materials were completely consumed, and vast quantities of Life Water were absorbed, turned into nourishment for the growing sprout.
"It's a sapling!"
From its shape, it was clearly a tree-type innate spiritual root.The trunk looked metallic, shimmering with a dull grey glow, exuding a sense of ancient resilience.
This tree was alive, brimming with a palpable life force.
"The Tree of Eternal Evolution!!"
As the seed completed its metamorphosis, it released a message directly into Yi Tianxing's mind—a fantastical aura radiating outward.
It was indeed an innate spiritual root, a one-of-a-kind treasure birthed from top-tier materials, Life Water, and universal vitality.
🌱 Tree of Eternal Evolution (不朽进化树) —
A semi-mechanical lifeform seed, cultivated from rare divine materials, Life Water, and spiritual essence.
A unique spiritual root, to date only one has ever existed.
Nature: Absorbs nutrients to produce Eternal Evolution Elixirs through metallic gourds that grow on its branches.
Eternal Evolution Elixir (进化药剂) —
Tier One can trigger evolution for cultivators in the Divine Sea Realm.
Enhances physique, awakens Divine Orifices, and improves talent through reforging the body.
Higher tiers exist—up to Tier Nine—each exponentially more powerful.
Yi Tianxing was deeply shocked by this revelation. It was a miracle, fully worthy of its innate spiritual root status.
"To think such a root exists... Able to directly produce perfect evolution elixirs free of impurities, infused with innate power. Who knows what a Tier Two or Tier Three elixir could achieve?"
If nurtured to full maturity, it might even surpass legendary trees like the Peach of Immortality Tree or the Ginseng Fruit Tree—or become something even more divine.
Yi Tianxing took a deep breath and acted without hesitation. He channeled more Life Water from the Ruomu Tree to accelerate its growth.
Although the Ruomu Tree had yet to produce true Life Water, only Life Immortal Dew, even that had immense nurturing power.
Under the continual watering of this dew, the Tree of Eternal Evolution continued to grow. It climbed past two meters, sprouting metallic branches and gears where branches met.
The gears rotated slowly, giving the tree a surreal mechanical vitality.
Its leaves shimmered like forged metals, and their soft rustling produced a clear and melodious mechanical chime.
And then, tiny metallic gourds began to take form among the branches...