An emperor in his later years is summoned by his sister to save the nation's fate.

Under the analysis of his double pupils, Lu Li saw that this seemingly inconspicuous seedling actually contained two great laws—space and creation!

Each leaf seems to carry the prototype of a miniature world!

"If such a divine object could be allowed to fully grow into a towering tree, its essence and value would even surpass that of the Qilin Immortality Elixir, which grants one a second life!"

Lu Li was secretly alarmed: "Just how many supreme treasures, rarely seen even in the Great Thousand Worlds, does this National Fortune System possess?"

After planting the World Tree, Lu Xueyao placed her second reward, the A-grade building Creation Spring, next to the farmland.

"Buzz—"

A flash of light appeared out of thin air on the open ground, revealing a simple spring carved from flawless white marble with a lotus-shaped springhead.

This Creation Spring is completely different from the previous Nine Netherworld Water.

It exudes a refreshing and rich fragrance of herbs and trees.

"This spring water can accelerate the growth of spiritual plants? Let's give it a try."

Lu Xueyao scooped up a handful of the glowing spiritual spring water from the spring and carefully watered the roots of the newly planted World Tree sapling.

"Splash—"

The World Tree sapling felt as if it had been parched for a long time and received timely rain the moment it came into contact with the spiritual spring water.

Its body, which was originally only the size of a palm, grew an inch taller at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Moreover, at the very tip of the branch, a brand new leaf, emitting a faint glow, was forcibly squeezed out!

But this growth lasted for less than two seconds before it suddenly stopped.

Lu Xueyao watered the seedlings several more times with spring water, but the seedlings showed no further reaction.

"There's no need to waste your energy."

Lu Li's voice rang in his mind, pointing out the problem: "This is the World Tree, a divine object of this level. The energy and resources required for its growth are extraordinary. Although the Creation Spring Water can accelerate its growth, it is far from enough to make it truly mature."

"However, I do have a way to improve the quality of this spring water."

Lu Li smiled slightly: "Xueyao, throw the two Reincarnation Disc fragments you got from the dungeon into this Creation Spring."

Lu Xueyao was taken aback, but her trust in her brother made her do as she was told.

She took out the two fragments emanating the aura of the Six Paths from her storage ring and threw them directly into the Creation Spirit Spring.

"Buzz—!"

The moment the fragment entered the water, the entire Creation Spring seemed to be completely ignited, bursting forth with brilliant, even dazzling, spiritual light!

Lu Li saw it very clearly: the core law of this cycle of reincarnation is the flow of life and death, and the essence of this Creation Spring is actually a rudimentary application of the law of life.

When the two meet, it's like dry wood meeting a raging fire. The immense life force within the Wheel of Reincarnation instantly elevates the quality of this spiritual spring by several levels!

In an instant, the spring churned, and the speed and purity of the spiritual spring water increased dozens of times!

"Try again," Lu Li said. Lu Xueyao eagerly scooped up another handful of the high-grade spiritual spring water, which had turned pale gold, and watered the roots of the World Tree.

This time.

"boom!"

The World Tree sapling jolted violently, as if breaking free from some kind of constraint.

Its slender branches began to grow wildly!

Ten centimeters... thirty centimeters... half a meter...

Finally, when this World Tree grew to a meter tall...

Its growth rate then gradually came to a standstill again.

At this moment, nine World Tree leaves, each radiating profound spatial fluctuations, had already formed evenly on this one-meter-tall World Tree!

Each of these nine leaves seems to contain the power of spatial suppression!

"The limit of the initial stage has been reached, and it is by no means easy to move on to the next stage."

Lu Li looked at the one-meter-tall World Tree with satisfaction.

His double pupils swept carefully over the nine leaves, and he immediately realized how precious they were.

Just then, the World Tree sapling successfully took root and broke through the limits of its initial growth stage.

"Boom—!"

The entire territory seemed to have been infused with some kind of advanced spatial expansion principle.

Centered on the lord's mansion, the territory, which was originally only ten miles in radius, expanded rapidly outward amidst the violent rumbling of the earth!

Twenty li... fifty li... eighty li...

Ultimately, it expanded to a radius of one hundred miles!

Moreover, what is most incredible is that the Yinming Stone City Wall, which originally confined a ten-mile radius, also moved and extended smoothly outward as the territory expanded, eventually perfectly covering this vast territory of a hundred miles!

Not only that, the height of the city wall was automatically increased from six meters to fifteen meters!

All these changes are clearly due to the expansion of space brought about by the growth and feedback of the World Tree saplings!

[Ding! National Fortune System Notification!]

[A fundamental change in the Chosen One's territory and resources has been detected!]

[This territory has been automatically upgraded to a town-level territory!]

[Territory defense increased by 300%! Territory area increased by 900%!]

As soon as the notification tone ended, the national announcement, which resounded throughout the entire planet, rang out once again!

[National Fortune Announcement!]

[Lu Xueyao, the Chosen One of the Dragon Kingdom, has achieved a hidden achievement: becoming the first to upgrade a village-level territory to a town-level territory!]

[A special first-level-up bonus will be given out!]

[Reward 1: B-grade special building, the Bone Altar! This building automatically consumes Yin Qi daily to summon a certain number of Bone Monsters as exclusive subjects of the territory, obeying the lord's commands to assist in production operations!]

[Reward 2: One Grade B resource vein, the Black Iron Ore Vein!]

[Reward 3: A-level war building, Hall of Heroes. When any creature of a race within the territory dies, its soul will automatically enter the Hall of Heroes and be reborn as a tireless undead legion, eternally guarding the territory! (Note: Heroic spirits can only move within the territory's boundaries and cannot leave the city walls.)]

After a brief silence, the Dragon Kingdom's live stream room erupted in cheers and celebration!

"Holy crap, it's upgraded? A town-level territory?"

"A hundred li! This isn't a town, it's practically a small city!"

"I'm speechless! While others are still struggling to find food every day, Lu Xueyao has already built a base that automatically mass-produces troops and generates labor!"

"White bones as subjects? Valhalla creating an undead army? This style... this is practically starting with a cataclysmic undead invasion! Is Lu Xueyao planning to establish a kingdom and become an empress in this bizarre world?"

Compared to the fervor of the Chinese audience, the audiences in Japan and the United States were completely dumbfounded, their minds filled with confusion and despair.

"Why? She didn't do anything, she just planted a tree, so how did her territory suddenly level up?"

"There's definitely a bug in the system! This is so unbalanced!"

Meanwhile, viewers in South Korea shamelessly spammed the live chat with comments.