Wood clone Xiang Yu strolled through his garden, carefully inspecting every corner.

The qi concentration level of the sect-wide heavenly grade formation was still declining, causing him to sigh deeply. Yet, a bright smile quickly returned to his face. Fortunately for him, he possessed the spirit vein, ensuring his precious herbs wouldn’t starve and wither away.

He stopped walking. It was time to activate his growth booster 6.0.

The first-grade herbs received a one hundred percent boost, while the second-grade herbs received a two hundred percent increase. Yes, you read that correctly. After merging with the spirit vein, although his spirit farmer profession hadn’t gained much directly, he had absorbed vast amounts of plant knowledge and even his growth booster ability had been enhanced significantly.

This merger had opened possibilities that Xiang Yu hadn’t previously considered. Among the knowledge and insights about plants he’d gained, Xiang Yu had caught a glimpse of something he couldn’t quite understand. He held his chin thoughtfully, wondering if professions had evolutionary paths. The spirit farmer was already considered a lost profession, but what might exist beyond that? An even more rare and forgotten profession? Probably not, but he still felt this wasn’t the limit. There was likely some advancement beyond spirit farmer status.

He shook his head regretfully. Too bad he had used his enlightenment chance on other matters instead of trying to decipher this mystery. Well, he would figure it out sooner or later.

With the first and second-grade herbs receiving their one hundred and two hundred percent boosts respectively, and also accounting for the additional enhancement from the heavenly grade spirit vein, Xiang Yu could now expect to harvest the first-grade herbs at least once a month, and the second-grade ones every week.

The third-grade herbs received a four hundred percent boost and could be harvested daily. As for the rest, they weren’t even worth mentioning – they could all be harvested multiple times throughout the day.

Xiang Yu reflected that even without his business, he was actually quite wealthy. He even had a spirit crystal farm now. What else didn’t he possess? Well, except for the rare minerals that were steadily growing under the spirit vein.

As he observed the thriving herbs, Xiang Yu thought that with the insights gained from merging with the spirit vein, he also had ideas for splicing various plants to create entirely new herbs. He needed to conduct research in this area. If his plan worked, he would be able to create even heavenly grade herbs and beyond, becoming completely self-sufficient. He might even develop herbs that could boost talent, and when combined with his immortal level alchemy, he could create something truly magical.

When that happened, all the sect disciples could receive these pills and increase their talents. Although the Azure Cloud Sect was now popular and had attracted several talented disciples, it had once been just a small-time sect that recruited mostly low-talent disciples.

Only Li Yao had been a truly talented disciple back then.

Now that the sect had expanded so dramatically and gained all sorts of gifted disciples, it was easy for the original disciples to feel left behind, which could lead to divisions within the sect, creating a rift between the old and new generations of disciples.

This wouldn’t be good for the sect’s unity, which was why Xiang Yu worked hard to ensure the original disciples didn’t feel abandoned. But even so, these disciples still recognized their limitations, and showing what they perceived as “pity” only made them feel worse.

If he could create a pill that increased talent, then even these disciples would regain their burning passion, and the sect would become stronger overall. Xiang Yu let out a heavy sigh and stroked his nonexistent beard, “I’m really getting old, I even worry about stuff like this.”

…

Xiang Yu’s eyes suddenly snapped open.

Without hesitation, he thrust his palm forward into the empty space before him.

The impact was immediate, the space before him shuddered at his touch, fracturing and collapsing around the point of impact, transforming into an absolute void.

Then, slowly, space began to heal.

Xiang Yu studied his palm with satisfaction, turning it over to examine both sides. This technique was really something.

The technique harnessed his flame’s essence to deliver a void-type palm strike. But it offered more than just physical damage; it could also inflict soul damage, a characteristic inherited from his soul flame.

Xiang Yu nodded to himself thoughtfully. This should be a formidable ability indeed.

What made it particularly valuable was that it achieved all this using just the flame, without requiring his domain. This meant he could use it freely and spam to some extent during combat, making it ideal as his common attack method.

After making a few final adjustments, the ability materialized in his system screen:

[Divine-grade Void Palm: Level 1 (10/1000)]

He tested the technique several more times.

Satisfied that it was functioning properly, he moved on to his next objective.

This task wasn’t as challenging as developing a new ability from scratch.

In fact, it was relatively straightforward, just a few clicks from his system interface. Xiang Yu opened his system menu and carefully chose the twenty weapon techniques he had perfected. He also included his ten seasons sword art, and would have added soul spike if it hadn’t been incompatible with the fusion.

Speaking of soul attacks, he realized he didn’t possess a divine-grade soul attack method. Not that he particularly needed one anymore, his transcendent dao body already allowed him to inflict physical damage to souls, and now his void palm added another dimension to that.

After selecting all the abilities, Xiang Yu simply pressed the “fuse” command.

Instantly, a torrent of combat insights flooded his mind. A vision unfolded before his mind’s eye; a lone warrior moving across a battlefield teeming with millions of opponents. Despite being just one person, this figure effortlessly decimated the opposing forces. The warrior wielded countless weapons with equal mastery – swords, knives, battle axes, you name it.

Watching this display of martial prowess, only one title seemed appropriate. “A war god,” Xiang Yu whispered, as the system notification appeared:

[War God Body: Level 1 (10/10,000)]

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