Hidden Cultivation, the Origin Continent Genius Battle Begins!

After everyone dispersed, Qin Mu and the Empress returned to the Kunpeng's interior.

"Empress, this is the Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus. Consume it—it will greatly benefit your soul." Smiling at the Empress, Qin Mu produced the Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus, which had two petals remaining.

"The Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus?" the Empress cried out.

She was no longer a newcomer who had just arrived on the Origin Continent. She was exceedingly familiar with this type of soul treasure.

Because Qin Mu would gather treasures capable of enhancing the soul for her to consume every so often, she was still an Eternal True God, yet her strength had grown more than a hundredfold compared to before.

"This is a Divine King-level secret treasure. It should be useful even to you, shouldn't it? The mission you're about to carry out is probably extremely difficult, so you need to improve your strength as much as possible."

Looking at the Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus, the Empress shook her head instead of accepting it as she normally would.

"I've tried it already. It isn't of much use to me. My soul is too vast. If I want to improve it, most of the Swarm Units would have to evolve.

"Even Divine King-level Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are only a drop in the bucket for the Swarm.

"The Swarm's soul can probably only be enhanced through secret arts.

"One of the special-grade inheritances I obtained from Infinite Space has that effect, so you don't need to worry."

Qin Mu smiled as he explained, then handed the Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus over again.

The Empress looked into Qin Mu's eyes and found not the slightest trace of evasion. Only then did she sigh inwardly and accept the treasure.

She had already cultivated as hard as she could.

Yet the distance between