Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos

Seeing the piles of materials in her , Liu Shu was quite satisfied. 'I guess one of the advantages of having so many people is that my requests for materials have become rather easy. I was somewhat afraid of how to find the three crystals. However, it seems that I worried for nothing.'

Liu Shu's roots extended from the walls of the Vault and coiled around the materials one by one, dragging them underground. Once she grabbed them, Liu Shu moved the materials to the location of the new . The place Liu Shu chose was the same ring where the library and the other two were. This circle surrounding her was where was located, gently covering some part of these important structures with its drooping flowers.

Speaking of , it had now transformed into a true ultra-long-distance defensive structure. After reaching Level 50, it gained new flowers as well. Before, she had non-attacking flowers, normal offensive flowers, and elite flowers. After the last Energy Cycle, a new type of Queen Flower grew all around the massive field that stretched for kilometers. The numbers of normal to elite were 1 to 1000, while the number of Queen Flowers was 100 elites per 1 Queen-type flower. Even then, there were several hundred Queen-Type flowers.

These Queen-type flowers had enough power to pierce the most formidable defense and such accuracy that could only be described as future predicting. Within 15 kilometers of Liu Shu's body, no flying or land creature could escape their bombardment. The Queen-type flower's height reached around 10 meters, while the elites reached around 3, and the normal ones lingered at the 1-meter landmark.

Moreover, the 15-kilometer distance was the location where shots were almost 100% accurate. The maximum range of attack for was 20 kilometers! Beyond that, the power behind the attacks would start to weaken, and the accuracy would also be quite atrocious. Even then, the attack range was so large that when firing, Liu Shu or the building itself needed to consider the planet's curvature.

After she stacked all the necessary materials, Liu Shu began creating the skeleton that the would need to follow. During the process, Liu Shu used a super adhesive substance that hardened later to leave a robust frame. The process for the outer section of the walls flowed seamlessly.

Meanwhile, all the nature-related materials slowly fused with Liu Shu's ternary essences. This step was essential, as the Temple would harmonize with her body and expand its influence using not only its own powers but Liu Shu's as well.

Above all of that, at the center, the cornerstone materials like the Forgecrystal began fusing with one of Liu Shu's seeds to create the . The seed would be used as the recognizing factor that could perfectly link Liu Shu's will and the itself.

Due to the complicated and delicate process, it took quite a lot of time to complete all these steps. However, thanks to her increased Energy Cycle and the fact that she was building a relatively low-tier Temple, she needed no more than 40 days.

For Liu Shu, these forty days went by in a flash, and before she even began feeling the passage of time, the temple was completed. "Aannd~, done!"

[Core Materials used are higher-tier than the standard building.]

[There are no compatibility issues.]

[Congratulations on building !]

[ Tier Up has triggered! is enhanced to !]

[ activates! is enhanced to !]

: Your speed to learn and comprehend craft-related skills is increased while under the influence. There is also a chance to break your potential limits as long as you put in hard work and discipline.

There is a 0.225% chance that your items will be imbued with a blessing, increasing their quality by one sub-tier.

Your craft-related tools have 37.5% increased durability.

The Experience Points needed to upgrade craft-related skills are reduced by 17.5%.

[ activates! 15% material cost reduction, returning materials, rounded down.]

[ second effect activates! You are able to choose a predetermined to be active in your newly built !]

[Options have been modified and enhanced due to the extraordinary quality of the building.]

[Choose among the following three options.]

: There is a chance that the will randomly choose a working creature and give them a boost in comprehension in one aspect of their craft. This bout of enlightenment is caused by pure chance.

: Instead of becoming increasingly tired with long work hours, there will be an inflexion point where the focus will increase. This effect will be limited before the mind is forcefully damaged from overexertion.

: When working, a person will have a hard time getting distracted. Moreover, people can maintain their focused state for a slightly longer time.

After reading the runic fields three times, Liu Shu was contemplative. "Hand Of Genius is quite an attractive option. After all, the Temple itself will help every crafter. However, it fails to create super crafters as easily. With the aid of , Hand Of Genius will probably trigger much more often."

Her gaze moved toward the second option. "This one is adding strengths over the already powerful benefits of the . It will also make it much more rewarding to work, making people gain a liking for what they are doing. This can be a powerful motivator. After all, the sense of accomplishment it would give can become addicting..."

The third option was also quite attractive. "A genius crafter doesn't have a problem focusing. They are called geniuses because of their ability to carry out difficult tasks much more easily than the average person. Therefore, this option will help the underachievers become much more successful. It might even push someone who is lazy but talented into the genius level."

Liu Shu sighed, her thoughts tangled again. "Why are all options so good!? Can't there be a single super good option for me to choose!? UGH." She calmed down and muttered. "Alright, summarize the three options. The first one will give the the ability to create top-notch crafters easily. The second option will reward those who already take their work seriously and grind many hours. The final option will give my crafters a strong foundation and might push some talents into the genius level."

Liu Shu was silent for a second, and her heart bled. "Can't I choose the three of them!? Summarizing didn't help me at all! Ahh!... Sigh. Okay. First of all, what was my objective when creating the ?"

Pondering that helped her much more. "I wanted to have enough high-level crafters to replenish my army's and government's needs. So, what I need is a way to reward the people who already work hard for our cause. Moreover, since the will show its best effects when mass-producing, what I need is for the crafters to be able to work, work, and work a bit more."

After reflecting, Liu Shu knew what to choose. "Yep. This is the best option for me. System, I choose the ."

[Runic Field Selected! Finishing !]

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[Completed.]

WHOOM!

A gargantuan wave of ternary essences rippled outward and enveloped everyone in the domain. Gently but fast like lightning, the reached all the corners of Liu Shu's domains. People received the blessing, and they stood still collectively for a second.

[ triggers!]

Liu Shu's branches tilted faintly. "Hm?" As she made the confused sound, Liu Shu noticed several energy spikes all across her domain. "Eh?"

Focusing on one of the energy spikes, Liu Shu noticed a person holding a hammer stand still and close their eyes. Then, when they opened it, there was a small yet profound aura around them.

"Ah. So it was like this... No wonder I could never break the limits between mid-level and high-level equipment! Hahaha! I understand it now!"

Liu Shu noticed the same reaction spreading among many of her people and grew curious. "System, what happened?"

[System Hint: has a chance to break the potential limits of crafters. When the blessing spread, it resonated with 's fate-breaking ability, creating a cascading reaction that pushed many creatures beyond their limits.]

After the effects, people realized two new buffs were shining in their seemingly endless list of buffs.

[You've been affected by ! You've received !]

[You are in range of the 's ! You've received its benefits!]

There was a collective gasp, curse, or exclamation of surprise echoing around the entire domain. Mariane's mom looked at them, and her little mouth dropped open. "Huh?" She read them again to make sure that she did not hallucinate them, and her reaction only became greater. "HUH!?"

Noticing the people getting worked up, Liu Shu spoke to everyone in her domain. Her voice echoed throughout the mountains and rivers, reaching all living beings under her massive domain. "I've completed the after much trouble. I hope you become legendary crafters in your specialty! This blessing is my little push to aid all of you in accomplishing these dreams. Please don't create too much trouble due to it. I would hate seeing you get hurt on a happy day."

The ethereal and gentle voice of the World Tree was like a soothing and calming wave that made everyone feel like their hearts were being cleansed.

The World Trees reached out to Liu Shu with curiosity. "Hey, Little Liu Shu, can you create a or something like that? I would love to have a blessing as well!"

"Big Sister Prarya... Isn't that a bit too selfish? How many World Trees are we? Seven? There are many millions of creatures that need those blessings much more than we do!"

Prarya pouted. "Tsk. I was just saying, don't take it too seriously!"

Fortuna laughed and commented. "Hey, Big Sister Prarya, how about we dab into crafting like Little Liu Shu? We might have interesting results with this blessing and the ."

Lakeborn's myriad voices spoke with curiosity. "Could we do it as well? Also, even underwater creatures are happy with Little Liu Shu's blessing. They are all swimming around joyfully."

Liu Shu chuckled. "How about each of us becoming experts in one of the crafting branches? I am already quite deep into and . You big sisters can choose something else if you want~."

Lakeborn spoke with a hum. "We will... practice Marine Botanics, then."

Prarya spoke right after. "Oh! Then I will try ! Hehe, I'll become the metal-weaving tree~."

Fortuna commented softly. "Then... I'll try

. I should have quite a lot of success since my Anima stat is powerful."

Hara, one of the new World Trees, spoke shyly. "Then... I also want to try . I have a few powerful ones in my city that might help me if I ask."

The other two World Trees that joined Liu Shu recently were the one that Liu Shu encountered not long ago in the forest far south, and the other World Tree far north inside one of the provinces.

Life Trees didn't have the adaptive ability of World Trees. Therefore, they would not be too successful even if they tried. Still, Tree, Aurelise, and the other Life Trees strewn around Liu Shu's domain decided to also give it a try.