Astral Gods

Chapter 43 Lord of Purple Pearl Mountain

September--

Zishan and the others have taken leave these past few days because Zizhu is about to be promoted to Mountain Lord, and there is a high risk of failure for Zerg warriors to be promoted to Mountain Lord.

As its juniors, the three little ones guarded outside its nest, just in case something really happened, and perhaps Purple Pearl could say a few last words.

The promotion to the Mountain Lord level isn't something that happens overnight; a lot of preparation work is required. This year, the Purple Pearl's destiny seed didn't blossom and bear fruit, precisely to prepare for breaking through to the Mountain Lord level.

However, that's not enough. There are now 26 seed plants of the Purple Beauty plant that have been planted. It broke through to the nine-year stage three years ago. After so many years of growth and another year of preparation, these seed plants have basically grown to a considerable size.

However, just to be on the safe side, Zizhu replenished their primal force in advance and piled up a lot of soil fertilizer under each life seed.

Once it advances to the Mountain Lord level, its life seed may absorb a large amount of nutrients. Making preparations in advance will eliminate the risk of failure in the breakthrough.

After four or five busy days, Zizhu chose a sunny morning to prepare for her breakthrough evolution.

Lord Purple Plum came to visit it personally: "Purple Pearl, have you had enough of the Force food?"

Zizhu: "I've basically had enough to eat, and I've also purchased a lot of divinely bestowed primal force foods through various channels. These divinely bestowed primal force foods account for about 30% of my total primal force foods. I'm only preparing to break through when I'm 70% confident."

It has been preparing for this day for more than a decade. After reaching the level of a 6-year-old advanced warrior, it has been storing an extra 3 Primogems every year to buy God-given Primogem food that strengthens its shell and vitality.

After so many years of accumulation, I dare not say that its shell toughness and strength far exceed those of other warriors of the same age, but it definitely meets the standard.

Even its vitality is at its peak among the Zerg warriors. If it cannot advance to the Mountain Lord level now, even if it is delayed for a few more years, the probability of evolution will not increase much, and may even decrease.

"That's good."

The Purple Pearl's evolution is not something Lord Purple Plum can help much with. As mentioned before, Lord Purple Plum has so many juniors that if it were to help each one, its limited output would be insufficient.

But if we don't help this one but help the other, as the saying goes, it's not the scarcity that's the problem, but the inequality. That would only make things worse.

For juniors who are preparing to advance to the Mountain Lord level but do not have a divinely bestowed seed, it can only give them a token 1 primal stones so that they can buy primal force food themselves. As for whether they can evolve successfully, that depends on fate!

The three little ones brought a large pile of seasonal fruits for Zizhu, and Lord Zili also took out a large jar of Force Honey: "Zizhu, honey is better at accumulating energy. Eat your fill first before evolving, so that even if you sleep for many days, your energy will not be depleted."

"Okay!" Zizhu picked up various fruits and ate them with honey.

After being promoted to Force Warriors, they also find eating simple. Their mouthparts can crush any fruit shell and pit, so they don't even need to peel or spit out the pits, making it extremely simple and convenient to eat.

While eating, it instructed the three little ones: "When I evolve, you must keep an eye on my life seed. If it doesn't absorb enough primal force, you must break some primal stones to replenish its primal force."

I'm not worried about most of the Destiny Seeds, except for the one I conceived during the advanced stage of my 8th year, which has only been growing for a little over three years. It may need to be replenished with Force at that time, so I need to keep a close eye on it.

Also, the weather has been pretty good lately, so it shouldn't rain; there's plenty of sunshine. But if it does rain, we'll have to find a way to give them extra light and nutrients.

"Understood," the three little ones replied. "Lord Zili gave us the flashlight. If it rains and there's not enough light, we'll use the flashlight to supplement the light for your life form."

"OK."

Soon, the pile of seasonal fruit that the three little ones had brought over was eaten up by Purple Pearl, and the jar of Force Honey that Lord Purple Plum had brought over was also completely devoured by it.

After eating until she felt full and even a little stuffed, Zizhu slowly walked back to the nest, closed the stone door, and then took out all sorts of divinely bestowed food from inside the nest to eat.

Watching Zizhu enter her nest to slumber and evolve, Lord Zili instructed the three little ones: "You all stay here and guard her well. Don't let any insects disturb Zizhu's evolution, understand?"

"understood."

"Okay, listen to me, and don't run around."

After giving a few words of advice, Lord Purple Plum departed. As a lord, its territory was larger, and the affairs within it were more demanding; it was impossible for it to remain here indefinitely.

Most importantly, of the three little ones, Zihuai and Ziai have already advanced to the intermediate level of 5-year-old warriors, and they will be able to advance to the advanced level in the next year or two. At that time, they will be able to stand on their own.

The higher their rank, the more reassured Lord Purple Plum is about their safety.

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The three little ones take turns guarding outside the Purple Pearl's nest, which is not built in its own territory, but next to the Purple Pearl's life-giving seed.

Therefore, the three little ones had to take turns flying over to check on the growth status of the Purple Pearl Destiny Seed. Sometimes, even just looking at the Destiny Seed was enough to tell whether it had successfully evolved.

If the Life Seed grows vigorously while the Zerg Warrior is asleep, urgently needing Force and nutrients, it means that the Zerg Warrior is evolving well. However, if the Life Seed grows weakly, then the Zerg Warrior is facing difficulties or danger in its evolution.

In addition, according to Lord Zili, it usually takes five to fifteen days for a Zerg warrior to advance to a major stage. If the evolution is not successful after fifteen days, the possibility of evolution failure is very high.

Such a major stage of evolutionary failure can result in, at best, a broken shell and injuries that are difficult to heal, meaning there will be no second chance for evolution in this lifetime.

In severe cases, they die directly in their slumber, so they pay close attention to the condition of the Purple Pearl Life Seeds.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and Zizhu still hadn't come out of the nest. The three little ones who had stayed outside Zizhu's nest started to get a little worried.

Fifteen days is the limit for a Zerg warrior to evolve into a Mountain Lord. Generally, seven or eight days is the standard time for an ordinary Zerg warrior to evolve. If the evolution is not successful after eight days, even if the advancement is successful later, the body will more or less have some problems.

The three little ones were pacing anxiously outside their nest. They found Zitong and asked her to invite Lord Zili to come and take a look.

When Lord Purple Plum came to take a look, he didn't have any good ideas either. He comforted her, saying, "Don't worry, I believe Purple Pearl will definitely evolve successfully."

With Lord Zili's comfort, the three little ones finally relaxed a bit. They waited anxiously for another three days before waves of absorbing primal force emanated from the nest chamber.

Lord Zili was overjoyed to have witnessed many Zerg warriors advance to the Mountain Lord level. The Zerg warriors in the hive began to absorb the Force, which meant that their evolution was successful. All they had to do next was shed their old shells and they would be able to advance to the Mountain Lord level.

"Alright, the Purple Pearl has begun absorbing the Force."

The three little ones looked at Lord Purple Plum and asked, "Lord Purple Plum, should we replenish Purple Pearl's raw stones?"

"No need, the Purple Ridge has abundant primal energy, which can supply it for absorption and evolution."

After most of the day had passed, rustling sounds came from inside the nest, followed by a weak spiritual voice: "Purple Locust, Purple Artemisia, Purple Taxus, are you there?"

Sensing this spiritual connection, the three little ones were overjoyed. They looked at Lord Purple Plum and asked, "Lord Purple Plum, Purple Pearl has awakened. Does that mean it has successfully evolved? Can we go in now?"

Lord Purple Plum's spiritual senses swept across the nest chamber, discovering that Purple Pearl had broken free of her old shell, but was now extremely weak. It tapped its antennae: "You can go in now, but first, prepare some food for Purple Pearl!"

The three little ones carried a large amount of food into the nest. After entering the nest, they discovered that the Purple Pearl, which was originally only 3 meters in size, had now reached nearly 5 meters in size, and its size was close to that of the Purple Mountain Master.

Beside it was a recently shed old carapace. It was lying in the nest chamber, barely able to lift its antennae, and there were one or two obvious cracks on the carapace.

Seeing this, the three little ones were very worried: "Zizhu, what's wrong?"

Zishan took a mango, cut it into pieces, and fed it to Zizhu. Zizhu ate the food little by little until she had eaten seven or eight pieces of fruit and then regained a little bit of her strength.

It let out a long sigh: "I was still careless. I didn't eat enough of the divinely bestowed food that strengthens the shell's toughness and enhances vitality. My shell developed a small crack, and I almost failed to evolve."

"So what about now?" The three little ones didn't quite understand the situation.

Zizhu said, "I've already evolved to the Mountain Lord level, but I've encountered a minor problem with my body. If I want to evolve further, I'll need to eat more Primal Force foods that strengthen my vitality and shell!"

"Divinely-sent food?"

"Almost, you can also eat Force food with reinforced shells produced in the territories of Lord-level or King-level Zerg warriors."

The evolutionary age after the Mountain Lord level will likely be much slower!

Divinely-given foods that enhance vitality and shell quality are very expensive. If you don't have a Divinely-given life seed, it would take many years to evolve once you want to buy enough of these foods to enhance your shell.

"Oh!" The three little ones were very worried about Zizhu, but they were relieved to see that it was alright, and cheered loudly, "From now on, we should call you Lord Zizhu Mountain!"

"The Ziling lineage has gained another mountain lord!" Everyone jumped and cheered.

Just then, the yew tree lay in its nest chamber and said, "Purple locust, purple artemisia, I'm sleepy."

Zi Huai said, somewhat puzzled, "Go to sleep if you're sleepy!"

The newly recovered Purple Pearl swept her spiritual senses over Purple Fir and sensed an unusual fluctuation of primal force emanating from it. Startled, she exclaimed, "Purple Fir, are you about to evolve into a mid-level warrior?"

Zi Huai and Zi Ai were also surprised: "Evolve into a mid-level warrior? Now?"