Zhang Tie spent the entire day of April 1 in his cultivation chamber without going out.
Merchants in the Sky-Piercing Realm loved days like April 1, and Zhang Tie loved them just as much. When the day finally arrived, he even felt the excitement of heading to a market fair—because on this day, he could once again enter the Castle of Black Iron, use all kinds of spatial equipment, and eat the fruits grown by the various Little Trees.
The Fruit of Redemption continued to grow steadily without fail—ones from bay shrimp, Flower-Furred Clams, earthworms... Each time Zhang Tie ate these fruits, his strength improved accordingly. Such improvements might not have seemed particularly noticeable to him now, but Zhang Tie had understood since childhood that dripping water could pierce stone, and that small gains piled up into great ones. Thus, he never underestimated these fruits, much less wasted them. As soon as they grew on Little Tree, he would never let them go.
After Zhang Tie's Divine Strength Body had evolved halfway, there were no longer any Golden Unicorn Beetle fruits. If Golden Unicorn Beetles were released in Great Xia again, all Zhang Tie would receive here would be Merit Value.
If he were in Great Xia now, in a time of peace, Zhang Tie might have traveled the world at leisure, slowly seeking out and discovering what other creatures could grant him a complete Divine Strength Body. But at this moment, in the Sky-Piercing Realm, time had become a luxury to him. He would use every moment available for cultivation that could produce visible results, or for handling matters that had to be dealt with and things that needed doing with the fire already burning his eyebrows.
Eating fruits brought Zhang Tie results he could see immediately, while researching