After nightfall, he spent another half the night continuing to practice Whirl Beast Devouring.

...

Silver Cypress, 140 years.

White Ivy sent over two Divine-Grade Fruits that bestowed Life System talent.

Giant Cypress ate one and broke through to King-Level.

Giant Cypress had already awakened the three systems of Soul, Strength, and Life; he was transferred to Rainbow Island to take over the Fourth Legion, garrisoned at Xianglan Peak.

Giant Cypress was timid and cowardly, disliked adventure, but was meticulous in thought, sharp-eyed, and handled affairs with absolute precision—he was most suited for defensive work. From now on, Giant Cypress would specialize in charge of security on Rainbow Island.

The other Divine-Grade Fruit that bestowed Life talent was given to Black Leaf, evolving him to Age Period 7 Lord. Together with Black Persimmon, he took over Giant Cypress's post and was responsible for the safety of Xianglan Mountain.

...

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid together completed the early-summer search for Divine-Given Seeds on Fragrant Silk Island, Swinging Leaf Island, and the Thousand-Reef Archipelago on the Wanglan Continent side, then headed straight back to Xianglan Peak.

From far away, 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Spiked Cypress activated his Soul-Setting Ability to report: "Great King, Second King, good news, I heard Giant Cypress has made a new discovery! And not just one thing—several discoveries."

Ink Orchid: "!!!"

Dragon Cypress: "Mutant plant strain?"

Spiked Cypress said sourly, "Besides that, Giant Cypress doesn't have any other skills anyway."

After Giant Cypress landed on Rainbow Island, the first thing he did was wander around the island, inspecting the plants cultivated here.

This guy was truly impressive; as soon as he arrived, he had a harvest.

Everything of an Assistant King was inherited from the Ant King; in theory, an Assistant King could only be inferior to the Ant King, not superior.

This counted as Giant Cypress mutating a unique skill!

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid simultaneously activated their Soul-Setting Perception. Round Cypress, Giant Cypress, Black Birch, and Black Peach were gathered near the center of the island...

They activated their abilities and rushed over at high speed.

It was a woodland planted with Silver Cypress Trees, with two rows of White Mulberry planted along the edge of the plot as an isolation belt to prevent the spread of diseases and Insect pests.

Round Cypress, Giant Cypress, Black Birch, and Black Peach were clustered under a mulberry tree discussing.

This mulberry tree was very strange...

The name "White Mulberry" had been coined by Ink Orchid—a simple, straightforward name; this type of mulberry tree bore white mulberries.

Yet the mulberry tree before them had a mixture of white and red mulberries.

It wasn't just a single branch that had mutated; the entire tree was like this.

On the same branch, within the same cluster of fruit, there were normal white mulberries and abnormal bright-red mulberries.

— Great King!

— Second King, you've worked hard.

— Great King, come take a look—has this mulberry tree mutated?

— Great King, I think this is a common case of trait segregation in hybrid plant strains.

— There's only this one kind of mulberry, White Mulberry, planted on the island. What would it have hybridized with?

...

Black Birch said, "Great King, could it be that White Mulberry itself was a bloodline-stable variety bred through hybridization by Insect Clan Warriors in the previous Origin Force Era? Then, after being transplanted to Rainbow Island, environmental changes stimulated this tree, causing trait segregation to appear."

Black Peach said, "Similar cases are recorded in the Huagi Knowledge Hall, and there are quite a few."

"...Doesn't feel like it."

Dragon Cypress gently shook his tentacles.

The condition of this mulberry tree was somewhat beyond the scope of the learned and knowledgeable Ant King's understanding.

Dragon Cypress tilted his head to look at Ink Orchid. "Second King, what do you think?"

The Second King said solemnly, "Every year I patrol and inspect the island at least six times. If there had been a mutation and it had triggered a Law Divine-Given, giving birth to a Divine-Given Seed, it would be impossible for me to miss it."

Round Cypress said hesitantly, "But what if it mutated yet failed to trigger a Law Divine-Given? Dragon Cypress Ant King, Ink Orchid, should we promote its cultivation?"

Ink Orchid: "Of course we should!"

Black Peach raised a claw and reminded, "Second King, Giant Cypress has also found two other mutant plants. One is a bud mutation: Silver Cypress Tree No. 4003 had a mutated branch appear, its paired leaves turning into three leaves. It was found in Plot No. 3202."

"The other is... considered a whole-plant mutation. In Plot No. 1141, a clump of Elephant Foot King Orchid was found, and one of the subplants had completely mutated: the leaf margins of the entire plant turned serrated."

Black Birch补充道: "However, the whole plant has clearly become weak and spindly; it will require large-scale promotion and optimized selection and breeding."

Black Peach suggested, "Great King, or we could first collect a batch of seeds from this mulberry tree and send them back to Xianglan Mountain, and have Fragrant Cypress and Black Sophora try planting them?"

— Finding three mutant plants at once!

— Both the Silver Cypress Tree and Elephant Foot King Orchid have an extremely high chance of producing Top-Level Divine-Given Seeds!

Only now did Dragon Cypress understand what the four of them had been arguing about.

Concentrate their strength and vigorously promote the cultivation of the more promising Mutant Silver Cypress Tree and Elephant Foot King Orchid.

As for this mulberry tree...

They were a bit too busy to handle it.

The land on Rainbow Island was also somewhat insufficient.

Dragon Cypress said, "Black Peach's suggestion is good. Black Peach, keep a close eye on this mulberry tree and collect a batch of seeds; I'll take them back to Xianglan Mountain."

"As for the Mutant Silver Cypress Tree, we'll follow the rules and designate it as Silver Cypress No. 4101. Have Azure use Bud Cultivation Technique to propagate seedlings and promote large-scale cultivation. The mutated Elephant Foot King Orchid can also be cultivated on a large scale. Round Cypress, I'll trouble you to take charge. If you're too busy, ask Black Peach and Black Birch for help."

"Black Birch, don't worry about the farming work for now. Focus on training and condense your first Ability Divine Pattern as soon as possible."

"Giant Cypress, continue and do a full patrol and inspection of the entire island."

Dragon Cypress made a simple assignment of tasks.

Round Cypress, Giant Cypress, Black Birch, and Black Peach all agreed one after another.

After Dragon Cypress advanced to Insect King and moved to Rainbow Island, he had been anxious to enhance the strength of the Ant Kingdom and focused solely on Divine Mark Abilities; all the farming and cultivation matters had been handed over to the Assistant Kings.

It seemed it was time to pay some attention to the development of the Territory.

Dragon Cypress called Round Cypress and Giant Cypress over to first take a look at the Mutant Silver Cypress Tree and Elephant Foot King Orchid, wandering around to have a look.

Giant Cypress moved quickly and had already searched most of the island, with no new discoveries in the remaining areas.

Everyone went off to their respective tasks as arranged.