Li Yu's New Toy

A month had passed.

During this month, Zhou Yi continued to hunt monsters and level up daily. Li Yu, on the other hand, had found a new toy and was having an absolute blast with it.

"Mall Space Map Editor."

This was the new toy Li Yu had discovered.

According to the System's prompt, it was best to complete the terrain settings for the Mall Space before opening it. The goal was to make the space as perfect and complete as possible, otherwise, modifying it later would consume a tremendous amount of energy.

Then, the System activated a "Mall Space Map Editor" for Li Yu.

Upon seeing this, Li Yu felt as if he had found a treasure.

"A map editor! Just the name gives me a sense of inexplicable familiarity."

Afterward, Li Yu became completely engrossed.

"Wahaha!"

Li Yu cackled, his hands and feet dancing with excitement. He had just completed another terrain setting.

In Li Yu's mind, the map editor was essentially a colossal sandbox. He could freely set up mountains, hills, plains, swamps, deserts, lakes, rivers, and other terrains according to his ideas.

This time, Li Yu had set up a terrain that he considered perfect.

"This EverSong Forest is more perfect than the Moonlight Glade last time, right? Look at this scenery, with mountains and flowing water, waterfalls and springs. It has mountains and water, plains and rivers, and even a coastline outside. It's truly perfect!"

Li Yu wore a smug expression.

"System prompt: The user-set map lacks practical value. Please refine it."

"Lacks practical value? Where is it lacking?"

After fiddling with it for ages, recreating the scenes from his memory, Li Yu was hit with a bucket of cold water by the System. Naturally, Li Yu was not pleased.

"Insufficient usable terrain, insufficient future development potential."

"Uh..."

Alright, the System was right. Li Yu sighed dejectedly. "This area, twenty li in radius, is really too small."

Within a mere twenty li range, Li Yu had recreated the entire EverSong Forest, even including a portion of the sea outside the coastline.

The entire map was beautiful, but most of it was just for show and served no real purpose.

"System, if I upgrade my permissions in the future, will the Mall Space expand accordingly?"

"Each time your permissions are upgraded, the Mall Space will automatically expand proportionally."

"Meaning, the map I set up could eventually be enlarged to an unimaginable extent? In that case, the EverSong Forest indeed has insufficient development potential."

Li Yu nodded, putting away his playful mood, and began to seriously consider the layout of the Mall Space.

To consider future development, he couldn't just focus on the present.

As the space would expand in the future, the terrain would also expand. Therefore, the most suitable terrain would be islands. When enlarged in the future, each island could transform into a continent, possessing ample development potential.

"Islands... Sea islands are too common. Let's use floating islands instead! Each floating island can become a flying land in the future. Now that's impressive!"

The image of floating islands he had seen in movies and TV shows flashed in his mind, and Li Yu quickly came up with an idea.

"A total of nine floating islands, which will become nine flying lands in the future."

With the idea in place, the setting process was swift. Not long after, the sandbox displayed a beautiful scene of nine floating islands, enveloped in ethereal clouds.

At the very top was a floating island approximately four li in area. Below it, eight floating islands were arranged in layers. A waterfall cascaded from the main island, falling onto a floating island below. After flowing through that island, it then dropped to the next one.

The waterfall flowed through all nine floating islands, rushing out from the last one and scattering into the void. The water then returned to the first floating island from the void, creating a continuous water cycle.

Each small island had a unique shape and a different terrain, yet all were lush with greenery and covered in verdant trees. The entire nine-tiered floating island looked like a picturesque landscape, exuding an immortal aura.

"Good! This terrain setting truly suits my status!"

After completing the setup, Li Yu looked at the scene and was very satisfied.

"System, how is this terrain setting?"

"Sufficient development potential, meets standards."

"Uh..."

Well, you couldn't expect a system without much intelligence to understand complex actions like flattery and bootlicking.

"Save!"

Li Yu chuckled, closed the "Mall Space Map Editor," and got up to leave the room.

At this moment, Zhou Yi had already returned.

After a month of hunting monsters and leveling up, Zhou Yi had undergone a complete transformation. Both his personal strength and mental state now perfectly aligned with the standards of a genius cultivator.

Zhou Yi strode into the main hall.

He wore a golden crown that tied his hair, a sapphire blue brocade robe, a jade belt cinching his waist, and black boots on his feet. His entire being radiated spiritual light, and his eyes shone with brilliance. He walked with the bearing of a dragon, his every move and gesture exuding an extraordinary presence and an unfathomable aura.

"Greetings, Grandmaster."

Zhou Yi bowed to Li Yu.

"No need for formalities!"

Li Yu glanced at Zhou Yi and nodded in satisfaction.

It wasn't easy! It took over a month, but he finally reached this level. If it weren't for the map editor to pass the time, I would have been so bored I'd have molded.

At this moment, Zhou Yi was already a cultivator at the Other Shore's Mortal Shedding realm.

In one month, he opened the Sea of Bitterness, surged the Spring of Life, built the Divine Bridge, and reached the Other Shore. This was a level that ordinary people might not reach even after years or a lifetime of arduous cultivation, but under the System's golden finger, it was accomplished in just one month.

At this speed, Li Yu was still complaining that it was too slow. If others knew, wouldn't they be so angry they'd smash their heads against a wall?

Every day, he fought monsters to gain combat experience, collected spiritual herbs, and retrieved the corpses of fierce beasts. Then, he cultivated using the pure life force extracted from the beast corpses. How could his cultivation speed not be fast?

This was also because Zhou Yi remembered Li Yu's instructions and diligently solidified his foundation; otherwise, his cultivation speed would have been even faster.

Besides the life force consumed by his own cultivation, Zhou Yi used the surplus energy to exchange for various experience skills and also redeemed a considerable number of combat moves and skills from the System.

Possessing the Ji Family's Divine Body, coupled with various experiences and combat skills, Zhou Yi's strength was already quite impressive.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Li Yu looked at Zhou Yi's aura and strength, feeling extremely satisfied.

"Through this month's trial, you have grown rapidly. Now, your strength is no longer lacking. The next step is for you to show the world your prowess."

Li Yu looked at Zhou Yi, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Of course, he was anticipating it; the Bronze Immortal Palace and the Profound Yellow Qi were still waiting for Zhou Yi to collect them, so how could he not be expectant?

"It's all thanks to the Grandmaster's guidance."

Zhou Yi didn't know Li Yu's thoughts. Seeing Li Yu's expectations for him, he was deeply moved.

"The Path of the Great Emperor is forged through battle."

Li Yu pointed his finger in the direction of the Spirit Void Grotto-Heaven. "Your path to invincibility begins here! Defeat all opponents who stand in your way and ultimately ascend to the supreme position of Great Emperor."

"This disciple obeys!"

Zhou Yi bowed and accepted the command, a surge of pride filling his chest.