Flora Bloom cradled the Golden Crow Egg, walking side-by-side with Lex Cross through a world of fiery lava. Protected by the Golden Crow’s energy shield, they didn’t even feel a hint of the heat.

All the Fire Element Energy was being slowly absorbed by the shield and funneled into the egg in Flora Bloom’s arms.

"Huh? According to my spatial sense, the Fire Element Crystal Stone should be right around here. But where is it?"

Suddenly, the Golden Crow Egg in Flora Bloom’s arms began to stir restlessly. If she hadn’t been holding it tight, it probably would have flown right out of her grasp.

"Eat, eat."

A delicate, childish voice, like that of an infant, came from her arms. Listening closely, she realized the sound was coming from inside the Golden Crow Egg.

Before Flora Bloom could fully react, the Golden Crow Egg suddenly shot up, hovering above their heads. The energy shield moved with it, shifting into mid-air.

The vast sea of lava was about to surge toward Flora Bloom and Lex Cross. But in the next second, the searing magma seemed to be drawn to the Golden Crow Egg, splitting into nine thick waves and converging upon it.

It was as if all the lava was following the egg’s command, spinning around it. The spot where Flora Bloom and Lex Cross stood was instantly clear, without even a single drop of magma remaining.

The Golden Crow Egg was like a ravenous beast that had been starved for ages. The tiny egg was actually devouring the streams of liquid lava flowing toward it.

Not far away, a deep red Crystal Stone lay quietly on the ground, looking like a discarded piece of rubble. If Flora Bloom couldn’t sense the familiar feeling from it, she would have almost mistaken it for a mere pretty Crystal Stone.

"What an easy find!"

Flora Bloom walked over and reached out to pick up the Crystal Stone.

Who would have thought that the moment her hand touched it, the Fire Element Crystal Stone would melt like liquid, burn a hole in her palm, and drill into her body.

She still remembered the feeling when the blue crystal stone merged with her bracelet’s space before the apocalypse. It had been a cool, pleasant sensation.

But this time, as the Fire Element Crystal Stone broke through her palm and entered her body, it began to detonate inch by inch through her meridians in a brutal rampage.

First, it burst through the skin of her palm, then her wrist, then her arm. Finally, it threatened to continue its explosive path along her body’s meridians.

Flora Bloom instantly snapped to her senses, clutching her stomach in terror!

’If it accidentally reaches my abdomen...!’ The mere thought sent a chill down her spine.

But just as she was panicking, clutching her stomach and trying to figure out how to stop the violent Fire Element Energy from reaching it, her space seemed to sense her thoughts. A gentle stream of Water Energy surged from her sea of consciousness, catching up to the Fire Element Energy and enveloping it.

Once surrounded by the Water Energy, the Fire Element Energy calmed down. Guided by the Water Energy, it roamed through Flora Bloom’s meridians, bones, and flesh. Not only was there no pain, but it was actually strangely comfortable.

After a full cycle through her body, the Water Energy led the Fire Energy into her space.

Upon entering the space, the Fire Element Energy was suddenly like a lost child returning home, excitedly darting about. It nearly burned all the grain, fruits, and vegetables Flora Bloom had worked so hard to plant.

Fortunately, the Fire Element Energy only ran a mischievous lap around the space before slowly dissipating into the air.

"That’s... that’s it?"

She had thought the fusion with the Fire Element Crystal Stone was complete. But who knew that in the next second, the changes in her space would leave Flora Bloom so astonished her jaw nearly dropped.

A formation like a fiery sunset cloud appeared in the sky, illuminating the entire space. The temperature inside the space rose sharply. The fruits, vegetables, and wheat she had planted seemed to ignite, burning away until only a layer of fine ash remained.

A RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE echoed through every corner of the space. The Spiritual Energy became terrifyingly dense, almost tangible. The evolved creatures wandering and playing near the Spirit River suddenly let out excited howls at the sky.

The spatial barriers, previously hidden by a thick white mist, began to dissipate under the impact of the dense Spiritual Energy.

After the white mist cleared, the Spiritual Energy behind it flooded the entire space like a vast ocean. Flora Bloom observed the changes within her space and couldn’t help but gasp in amazement.

’It’s so big! So vast!’ She had thought the space was large before its evolution. But now that the spatial barriers had been broken by the Spiritual Energy, revealing the world behind the white mist, it was a paradise she had never seen before.

The space that once consisted of only a small farmhouse courtyard, a Spirit Field, and the Spirit River had changed dramatically. Not only had the Spirit Field more than doubled in size and the Spirit River widened until the other side was out of sight, but three new sections had also appeared.

The first was an entire mountain range at the upper end of the Spirit River. The river water cascaded down from the peak of one of the mountains, creating the sound of a rushing waterfall.

The entire range consisted of five mountains. Each one was shrouded in the simple, primal Spiritual Energy of mountains and great rivers.

The second was a clearing behind the five mountains, covered only with lush tall grass and shrubs. It showed Flora Bloom the primordial state of a forest before its birth. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

The third was a confluence downstream on the Spirit River, forming a vortex like an ocean gyre. One side of the vortex connected to the Spirit River, while the other led to a vast, endless expanse of empty land that looked like a dry shoal.

What Flora Bloom found most incredible was that the few saplings and the clump of mutated foxtail grass planted by the river had grown in an instant. Fruit trees like apple and banana shot up into mature forms, already bearing many small, unripe fruits.

The mutated foxtail grass instantly grew to about two meters tall, obscuring a portion of the riverbank.

The expanded space was countless times larger than before, and all life within it seemed to be affected, undergoing subtle changes. Even though Flora Bloom wasn’t physically inside, the Spiritual Energy from the space began to seep out, entering her body and taking over the circulation path of the previously violent Fire Energy.

And as this Spiritual Energy circulated, Flora Bloom suddenly felt the deep blue Crystal Core in her sea of consciousness grow several times larger. A fiery red Crystal Stone had appeared on a second orbit within her sea of consciousness. Although it was much smaller than the deep blue Crystal Stone, the dense and violent Fire Element Energy it contained made it impossible for her to ignore its tiny presence.

Not only that, but her Water Ability also began to upgrade under the flow of this Spiritual Energy.

Previously, two hundred Crystal Cores had been like stones dropped into the ocean, failing to help her compress and accumulate energy. But now, the Spiritual Energy overflowing from her space was making her feel a change in her superpower.

The Spiritual Energy compressed and circulated within her body, again and again. Not only did it reform her constitution, but after her superpower absorbed the Spiritual Energy, she faintly felt she was on the verge of breaking through to the Middle Level.

Flora Bloom wanted to continue observing the changes in her space, but she discovered that the Golden Crow Egg had suddenly jumped back into her arms.

By the time she came to her senses, the world of lava had been reduced to nothing but white ash and some thick, lackluster liquid.

’An egg actually sucked an entire pool of lava dry, turning it into a pool of stagnant water?’

Curious, Flora Bloom stroked the Golden Crow Egg, trying to see what changes had occurred after it had absorbed so much Fire Element Energy.

The next second, a sharp pain shot through the fingertip stroking the eggshell. A trickle of blood flowed unstoppably onto the Golden Crow Egg’s surface.

Her cry of pain drew a question from Lex Cross. "What’s wrong?"

Flora Bloom looked up at Lex Cross. "I... I think I was bitten by an egg?"