With the three Western Sacred Lands bigshots departure, Zhenren Lihua also didn't remain any longer. After reminding Lin Mo to prioritize his safety once again and telling Wu Meiyu to look after him, she undid the spiritual projection.

Thirty minutes later, Lin Mo was notified by the Divine Interface System that Liu Xiaoyu, who had retreated to the Premium Cultivation Room, had begun her breakthrough to the Core Formation Stage.

Since it's a stage that wouldn't evoke lightning tribulation, she smoothly formed her Golden Core and stabilized her cultivation in less than three hours.

The difficulty of stabilizing her core also didn't pose any threat to her. When she came out of the Premium Cultivation Room, she even made a review of the Core Shaping Biscuit that she consumed, giving it a 10/10 rating.

Lin Mo could only wryly smile as he started evaluating whether that kind of item should be gatekept only for breakthroughs.

And so, after pondering over it, he sat down with Liu Xiaoyu, Wu Meiyu, and even Pan Ruo to discuss the topic.

In the end, a new product idea formed from the discussion that Lin Mo immediately sent to the [Feedback and Suggestions] tab of the Divine System Interface, letting Taihao and the divine beings decide whether it's feasible.

The idea was quite simple, since there are already substitute modernized products like the Core Shaping Biscuit or the Rainbow Foundation Chocolates that had a similar effect to the Seven-Star Soulmend Pills set that he consumed during his minor tribulation, he requested to the Divine Pantheon to develop a simplified snacks or rather, just adopting the taste or texture of those products without the actual effect that could be sold cheaply to other patrons. The key point is... they're delicious.

As for the other substitute breakthrough products for the higher stages, he had already learned that the Divine Pantheon was developing them one by one. Perhaps in a few days, the modernized substitute product for those breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage will be added to shelves.

Although Lin Mo had no idea what form of a snack it would become, he had already added the suggestion that the subsequent substitute product should also get its simplified version, so that every patron could enjoy its novelty.

After that discussion, instead of resting for the night, his eager prodigious assistant challenged him to a spar.

In the end, even Wu Meiyu joined them in the Premium Cultivation Room, making use of the environment simulation and time acceleration.

The next day after that, the Divine Pantheon rapidly responded to the suggestion.

When Pan Ruo checked the newly added products on the shelves, she found a new section next to the usual snacks called the 'Mortal Delights.'

Exactly as requested, the shelves were filled with an assortment of vibrant, beautifully packaged snacks that mirrored the textures and flavors of the breakthrough consumables.

There were crisp, golden biscuits that tasted of roasted honey and morning dew, completely devoid of the reality-altering properties of the [Core Shaping Biscuits], yet priced at a mere fraction of their original price.

There were ordinary chocolate sets wrapped in a foil of different hues of the rainbow that melted on the tongue with the same rich, cocoa intensity as the foundation-building variants, marketed specifically for mortals, low-level disciples, and simply those with a sweet tooth.

Of course, they still had a few benefits, like a slight increase in energy regeneration or spirit restoration.

The introduction of these mundane snacks sparked an immediate, voracious frenzy upon the store's opening.

Cultivators who thought they wouldn't have a chance to taste those products suddenly found themselves purchasing boxes of ordinary biscuits simply for the dopamine rush of the flavor.

Apart from that, Pan Ruo's meticulously designed store layout functioned like an inescapable labyrinth of temptation.

Patrons walking toward the pharmacy section for healing tablets were forced to navigate past endcap displays stacked high with the new, inexpensive treats. The impulse purchases skyrocketed, padding the store's daily revenue with a steady stream of micro-transactions that, when aggregated, formed a river of wealth.

Later that day, Lin Mo took the time to visit the Blazing Ridge Branch to check on Chi Yang and the quarantine zone that Venom Master Xun erected with the help of Chieftain Akasha, Monk Huiyin, the disguised Paladin Lia, and the other forces of the region. The insectoids were proving to be a headache as they would constantly try to leave and hunt

for any stray spiritual signatures.

The insectoids were relentless, adapting to the initial toxicity of the Withersward with terrifying speed.

Some developed thicker, blistering carapaces that shed the corrosive sludge, while a new, subterranean caste attempted to tunnel entirely beneath the quarantined earth.

However, the alliance's combined ingenuity proved far more resilient than the swarm's absurd adaptation.

Venom Master Xun had told him that she would begin adjusting the chemical composition of her deadly moat, utilizing the data provided by the newly formed Institute of Forbidden Anatomy.

Although he hadn't sent Vespera to him yet, the High Priest had taken to his research with a fanaticism that bordered on the macabre, gleefully dissecting captured insectoid specimens to isolate their exact cellular vulnerabilities.

They're expecting that within days, the defensive perimeter will transform from a simple toxic barrier into a shifting minefield of chemical warfare that targets the specific genetic markers of the insectoids.

Chi Yang also didn't just idle. The other forces residing within the Southern Wilderness, apart from the Ironbone Clan, Spirit Haze Sect, and the scattered Emberfall Tribes, had discovered the store, with one or two of them becoming patrons. Lin Mo and Chi Yang hoped they would spread the word back to their territories.

And with her help, she orchestrated the supply lines that kept the frontline fighters in a state of perpetual enhancement. Crates of [Stamina Gum] and [Fruity Healing Tablets] were distributed on a strict rationing schedule, funded entirely by the harvested carapaces and cores of the fallen insectoids.

Meanwhile, the designated 'Aether-Knights' utilized the endless tide of lesser insectoid creatures to gorge their [Legionary Sets] on experience. The silver armor plates worn by Chieftain Akasha, Venom Master Huangfeng, and Marrow Weaver darkened and shifted, their respective auras burning the metal into personalized, heavily customized forms as their synchronization rates soared past the eighty percent threshold.

They stood as impenetrable titans at the Vanguard, holding the line with a mechanical brutality that the invading swarm simply could not overcome.

Still, before returning to the store, Venom Master Xun or Xun Caiyin managed to grab Lin Mo, stating that she had finally stabilized her cultivation and she's ready to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage, reminding him of his promise.

He first pretended to be oblivious about it and told her that their time in the Celestial Hot Spring should have granted it already.

But Xun Caiyin countered that he promised to assist her in her breakthrough. What happened in the Celestial Hot Spring doesn't count but she appreciated that, saying it was one of the best memories she had for the last fifty years.

Faced with that, Lin Mo relented, recognizing that postponing the inevitable would only create an unnecessary liability on the Southern Wilderness front.

Or so that's his surface reasoning. But in truth, he also wanted to see through his promise… as well as the added benefits of being able to hold the woman.

Although there's still a layer of subtlety, he also understood that Xun Caiyin could already break through on her own after he helped stabilize and cleanse her core back then. In the end, it's also just her excuse to get him to hold her intimately.

However, since she's also enjoying whatever competition was brewing between the women close to him, she held back from crossing some lines with Lin Mo and kept it at the level of their previous private moment.

And with that, a new Nascent Soul Stage expert had been added to the forces under the banner of the 'Convenience Saint'.