To ensure everything is foolproof, Li Mu also took advantage of the terrain and spirit veins of Crescent Island to set up formations, with high-tier spiritual veins being one of the island’s most precious resources.

Li Mu cleverly utilized these spirit veins and water currents, arranging the formation along the veins to make it more stable and effective, reducing the consumption of spirit stones. Simultaneously, Li Mu leveraged the terrain’s ups and downs and the natural form of the mountains to arrange the formation, making it more natural and harmonious, blending seamlessly with the environment of the island.

Time flew by, and seven days passed.

During these seven days, Li Mu devoted himself day and night to setting up the large protective array of Crescent Island. With his relentless efforts, the island’s defense array was finally completed.

Pinching a formation seal with his hands, Li Mu struck strands of spiritual power towards the ground, rock walls, and hidden array patterns, successfully activating the island’s comprehensive protection array.

With a gentle hum, the Fog Array was the first to take effect. The powerful array power spread out, stirring the seawater around Crescent Island, dispersing a large amount of water vapor, forming a dense fog ring that surrounded the entire island, making it difficult to see clearly with the naked eye.

The activation of the Fog Array shrouded the entire island in a mist, completely isolating it from the outside world’s view.

Then the Spirit Gathering Array started next, gathering the scattered heaven and earth spiritual power. With the powerful array power of the Spirit Gathering Array, it converged from all directions, and the spiritual power emanating from the high-tier spirit veins was also confined to the island.

The concentration of spiritual power on the island rose rapidly, visibly... As time passed, the spiritual power on Crescent Island became increasingly rich, seemingly forming a small spiritual sea, with the center being the location of the Spirit Gathering Array.

It is believed that soon the concentration of spiritual energy in the island’s core region could increase several times, reaching an environment suitable for Void Refining cultivators.

...

With the complete activation of the island’s protection array, the entire island was covered in a layer of faint mist, the operation of the array was smooth, and Li Mu finally had some free time.

Standing on the peak of Crescent Island, Li Mu looked into the distance, where the mist under the sunlight seemed to form a natural barrier encompassing the entire island.

After seven days of nurturing, the fertilizer for the two thousand acres of top-grade spirit fields had been fully absorbed. Li Mu took a deep breath; next, he would start planting two types of Yin Yang Spirit Plants.

Li Mu lightly leaped, flying to the edge of the spirit fields.

With his eyes slightly closed, Li Mu’s divine thought stretched outward like threads. Under his divine thought, the two thousand acres of top-grade spirit fields appeared like an enormous painting, clearly displayed in his sea of consciousness.

With a soft "swish" sound, a large cloud of sand suddenly flew out from the spirit fields. Under Li Mu’s manipulation, the sand hovered and floated in the air. Below, the two thousand acres of spirit fields revealed thumb-sized small pits, densely packed, aligned neatly like a fine chessboard.

Li Mu reached out and took several boxes of Purple Sun Reishi Spirit Seeds and Yin Soul Fruit Spirit Seeds from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl, gently casting them out.

The two types of spirit seeds, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, fell precisely into each small pit under Li Mu’s guidance of divine thought.

After all the spirit seeds had landed in the pits, Li Mu waved his hand gently, and with a "swish", the floating sand fell back down, completely covering the spirit seeds in the small pits.

The entire process flowed as smoothly as clouds and water; with his strong divine thought, Li Mu completed the sowing of the two thousand acres of spirit fields in no time.

Li Mu looked at the two thousand acres of spirit fields, smiling slightly, and pinched a magic formula for the Clear Wind Rain Summoning Skill.

As Li Mu cast the spell, soon, a mass of dark clouds rapidly gathered in the sky, swirling around, and rice-sized raindrops fell densely, showering over the two thousand acres of spirit fields.

The sound of "tapping" rain echoed throughout the spirit fields, like fine drumbeats persistently striking the soil. Each raindrop seemed to carry the source of life, providing ample nutrients for the newly planted spirit plants.

Under Li Mu’s divine thought control, the two thousand acres of top-grade spirit fields were meticulously watered. The Purple Sun Reishi and Yin Soul Fruit Spirit Seeds taken from the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl were quietly revitalized under the nourishment of the spirit rain and the stimulation of Yin Yang Qi.

After about two quarters of an hour of spirit rain, Li Mu, satisfied with the soaked spirit fields, found that the humidity was just right, and thus stopped the Clear Wind Rain Summoning Skill.

Li Mu then went to the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl and took out a dozen boxes of Purple Sun Jade and several dozen bottles of Taihua Moon Dew, to infuse the spirit fields with these specific spiritual objects that assist the growth of the spirit plants.

...

After planting the two thousand acres of Tier Four Yin Yang Spirit Plants, Li Mu felt somewhat tired but extremely satisfied.

Taking a deep breath, Li Mu flew back to the cave mansion, his figure flashing and disappearing.

Li Mu entered the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, and next, he needed to start planting five kinds of Tier Four Five Elements Spirit Plants.

Over decades, Li Mu had been constantly collecting and preparing, with the Nine Treasures Spirit Pearl storing a large number of Tier Four Five Elements Spiritual Plant Seeds and spiritual objects that assist the growth of these spirit plants, having accumulated a significant inventory, enough to meet his needs.

Recalling the unexpected failure during the last planting of spirit plants, Li Mu couldn’t help feeling a bit regretful. To make up for the previous loss, this time, Li Mu decided to invest heavily, planning to increase the planting scale of each spirit plant to a thousand acres. He planned to use the harvest of this batch of spirit plants to impact the Divinity Transformation Realm.

...

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three months passed.

During these three months, Li Mu remained secluded on the island, staying busy every day, taking care of the spirit plants, refining artifacts, painting talismans, researching puppet spiritual objects, and studying the Divine Rune True Understanding, without leaving Crescent Island.

In three months, under Li Mu’s meticulous care, the seedlings of seven types of Tier Four Spirit Plants flourished and grew robustly.

In the Painting Realm Treasure Mansion, Li Mu stood beside a top-grade spirit field of high-tier spirit plants, holding the Eternal Dried Wood Staff, selecting a Tier Five Spirit Plant - Ordinary Spirit Flower, preparing to use the Technique of Withering and Flourishing Years on it to extract its spirit seed.

Seventeen seedlings of Bodhi Spirit Flower grew alongside a three-hundred-year-old Bodhi Spirit Wood. This type of spirit plant has a floral core containing both stamens and pistils, capable of self-pollination. Using the Technique of Withering and Flourishing Years to accelerate its maturity, there is no worry about them withering without fruiting and producing spirit seeds.

Compared to the quantity and scale of Tier Four Spirit Plant seeds, the seeds of Tier Five and Tier Six Spirit Plants are too sparse. Even after collecting for nearly a century, Li Mu hadn’t obtained many high-tier spirit plant seeds.

Without being able to plant them on a large scale, and without knowing their corresponding Plant Spirit Attributes, Li Mu couldn’t pull out enough energy to provide specific care for these high-tier spirit plants one by one.

If he could obtain a large number of high-tier spirit seeds through the Technique of Withering and Flourishing Years, forming a scale effect, Li Mu would then be willing to invest effort in cultivating them.

Li Mu gazed at the healthiest and oldest Bodhi Spirit Flower. Under the Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, the attributes of the Bodhi Spirit Flower were clearly presented in front of him.

[Bodhi Spirit Flower]

[Grade: Tier Five Spirit Plant]

[Attributes: Bodhi Calm Heart, Inspiration Fried Association, Spiritual Calmness, Wisdom and Spirit Gathering, Dao Principle Threads]

[Status: Insufficient Bodhi Wood Nourishing Power, slow growth.]

[Bodhi Spirit Flower, a spirit plant growing in accompaniment with Tier Five Bodhi Wood, growing conditions: ample spiritual power, abundant Tian Li, requires Bodhi Wood as the accompanying spirit plant. The Bodhi Spirit Flower takes twenty years to root, fifty years to mature, a hundred years to produce Bodhi Fruit. The fifty-year-aged Bodhi Spirit Flower is one of the main ingredients for refining the Wisdom Heart Pill. The Bodhi Fruit is a primary material for refining the Tier Five Bodhi Pill and Spiritual Essence Pill.]

Li Mu picked up the Ancient Dried Wood Staff, infusing it with spiritual power, and cast a green spirit light onto the Bodhi Spirit Flower. Then, a mystical and powerful force acted upon the Bodhi Spirit Flower.

Soon, a magical scene unfolded. As Li Mu continuously transmitted spiritual power, the drooping Bodhi Spirit Flower suddenly became vibrant. Its branches, stems, and leaves visibly thickened, rapidly growing taller, as if invigorated, becoming lush and leafy.