After some consideration, Li Cunxu decided to ignore the matter of Li Shiyin planting the seeds of resentment demon lotus, and let it develop naturally. Anyway, for the time being, the seeds would not grow and bloom.

"Alas! It all comes down to my lack of strength. If I were stronger, I wouldn't care about his schemes. I'd just punch him to death."

Li Cunxu felt an urgent desire to become stronger, but mastering beasts is a gradual process that cannot be rushed.

Suppressing his thoughts, Li Cunxu began to vigorously expand the Slime tribe's population while catching up on the knowledge he lacked.

In the blink of an eye, it was February of the second year.

New green grass leaves swayed gently in the breeze, with dewdrops sparkling in the morning sun, embellishing the boundless greenness. In the distance, sheep scattered on the lush grassland like white clouds, their occasional bleating echoing across the open plains.

Standing on the rooftop of his wooden house, Li Cunxu gazed at this beautiful scene, relaxing his slightly tense mood.

During this period, Xiaoruan collected taxes three times, six times in total. Due to Li Cunxu, Xiaoruan was still at Black Iron level nine. However, soon Li Cunxu would be able to break through to the Bronze level with Xiaoruan's mental feedback, and without the Beast Master's limitations, Xiaoruan could also break through to the Bronze level.

Xiaoruan's current strength was at Bronze level nine, and it could have been higher, but the development of the Slime tribe was restricted.

On the Muye Plain, there were currently five million Slimes. Counting the six million Slimes that were dead and yet to be resurrected in the Soul Kingdom, the total population of the Slime tribe was over eleven million.

Now the number of Slimes on the Muye Plain remained at slightly over five million, never reaching six million.

The reason is that the ecological balance system of Tongdu is controlling the number of Slimes.

The Muye Plain is divided into two sections: the front part near Tongdu, which is under Tongdu's control, and the deeper part of the plain, where there are many powerful pet beasts. Large groups of Slimes are severely damaged by even simple attacks from those pet beasts, making it difficult for the Slime tribe to develop in the back section.

The front part of the Muye Plain, without many ferocious pet beasts, is the most suitable place for the Slimes to proliferate and grow strong. However, the ecological balance system of Tongdu constantly monitors this front section, and for some inexplicable reason, it determined that the Slime population was too high, influencing the ecology of the front section, and started controlling the number of Slimes.

Whenever the Slime population approached six million, a flock of stone-throwing birds would be released to kill the excess Slimes.

The stone-throwing birds are skilled at throwing stones from high altitudes and, although not very strong, act like bombers to the equally weak Slimes, leaving them helpless.

The Grass Slimes and Water Slimes on the Muye Plain suffered heavy casualties under the bombardment of stones.

With the title of ecological balance maintainers, there was nothing Li Cunxu could do about these stone-throwing birds, leaving them to control the Slime population.

"I need to find a new place for the Slimes to proliferate."

Gazing at the beautiful prairie, Li Cunxu adjusted his mindset to its best.

With a light leap, he jumped down from the rooftop, turned, and walked into the bedroom. He sat cross-legged on a cattail hassock, calmly focusing his mind, and began to receive feedback from Xiaoruan.

One percent of a Bronze level nine spiritual power fed back into Li Cunxu's spiritual sea, which was ten times larger than that of ordinary people, instantly filling it.

Filling the spiritual sea wasn't only Xiaoruan's credit but also owed to White Spider Xiaoyi and Dark Crow.

Dark Crow isn't much related to the spirit department, so its mental feedback can be ignored.

Besides Xiaoruan, White Spider Xiaoyi contributed the most.

Recently, White Spider Xiaoyi poured most of its destiny points into strengthening mental power solely to ensure Li Cunxu could break through to the Bronze level without getting stuck at his current realm.

Xiaoruan could collect taxes and become stronger, regardless of the realm, which was insignificant to it.

White Spider Xiaoyi could also become stronger through destiny allocations, making it irrelevant whether it got stuck at its realm.

Dark Crow, on the other hand, wasn't as fortunate. Its growth talent, "Time Crow!", couldn't ignore realm limitations, and getting stuck at its level would significantly affect it.

Therefore, Li Cunxu began preparing to break through to the Bronze level a month ago to avoid hindering Dark Crow.

White Spider Xiaoyi added a lot of destiny points to the spirit department, allowing it to gain spiritual attributes.

Li Cunxu lamented that the Vast Sea Meditation Technique was somewhat flawed but then started his breakthrough, opening the medicine bottle in front of him.

He consumed a Black Iron level Mind Stabilizing Pill to stabilize his spiritual power.

He took a Black Iron level Divine Transformation Pill to transform his spiritual power.

He ingested a Black Iron level Spirit Pill to purify his spiritual power.

He swallowed a Black Iron level God-Breaking Pill to help his spiritual power break through.

Having taken the four-piece set that guaranteed a one hundred percent breakthrough to the Bronze realm, Li Cunxu knew he was steady this time.

He confidently moved forward with the breakthrough.

Meanwhile, in his spiritual sea, winds started to blow.

Spiritual power surged and rolled like seawater, stirring waves that pounded against the shore.

Under the impact of the spiritual power, the coast began to collapse, and the spiritual sea expanded.

The expansion didn't cease until the spiritual power was exhausted.

Li Cunxu observed his spiritual sea inwardly, feeling a bit dazed. Due to cultivating the Vast Sea Meditation Technique, his spiritual sea expanded a hundredfold on its previous foundation.

Others breaking through from Black Iron to Bronze would only see their spiritual sea grow tenfold on their original foundation.

"This is frustrating; such a large spiritual sea—when will it ever be filled?"

The next moment, something even more troubling occurred to Li Cunxu.

With the realm breakthrough, the reward bestowed by the heavens to the Beast Master arrived, and the Beast Taming Space began to expand.

The intense pain surged like a tidal wave, each wave more intense than the last. Li Cunxu gritted his teeth and persevered.

He felt as if he were nailed to a cross, bloodied all over, sprinkled with salt and left to bake under the sun.

With each passing second, time seemed to pause.

Days felt like years—that was how it felt.

A voice whispered in his ear.

"Sleep, sleep, if you sleep, the pain will go away."

"You've held on long enough, just take a short nap, it's okay."

"You have divine gifts anyway, your future is promising, why care about the size of the Beast Taming Space, why worry about the number of carrying points?"

Upon hearing this tempting rhetoric, Li Cunxu's resolute heart began to waver.

"Yes, I have divine gifts, I have the Slime with the budding Divine Kingdom talent of Soul Kingdom, I have White Spider Xiaoyi with the destiny weaving ability seen in stories, and I have Dark Crow with the Time Crow trait, granting me many lives."

"It doesn't really matter how large or small the Beast Taming Space is or how many carrying points it has. As long as they are strong, they will carry me."

"Maybe... just give up, take a little nap, it's just too painful, I can't bear it much longer."

Just about to give up, Li Cunxu suddenly felt a surge of unwillingness within his heart.

I have endured the pain. If I give up now, won't all my previous efforts be in vain?

Finally, when Li Cunxu's consciousness was about to collapse from the pain, the opening of the Beast Taming Space concluded.

Now he didn't want to do anything, just drift off to sleep, forgetting the torment of the pain he'd just endured.

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