An ordinary person might not notice the difference, but he could clearly feel it: on the surface, this jade crystal seemed unchanged—its size was the same, its luster as before—but in reality, the most essential spiritual energy within it was already gone. It had truly become a mere decorative pillow: pleasing to the eye, but useless.

“Could it be that this space only accepts relatively high-grade items…” Ethan Brooks began to understand a little. “In other words, all extraordinary treasures must reach a certain level before they’re allowed to enter. Take this piece of jade crystal, for example—aside from the core essence, the rest still doesn’t meet the standard and can’t be brought in!”

Ethan Brooks rubbed his chin, speechless for a moment. “This thing is pretty picky, huh?”

“To gather the essence of heaven and earth, to absorb the treasures of the world, to strengthen the space and in turn nourish oneself; to become a peerless sovereign, to obtain the endless space… This is the first hall of the Endless Space. To unlock the second hall of the Endless Space, you must reach the second level of ‘Purple Qi from the East.’” Ethan Brooks finally discovered this line of text floating on the wall.

In other words, it was telling Ethan Brooks: you need to collect more good stuff, first let the bead’s space grow stronger, and only then will it nourish you in return; in this cycle, both will progress together.

Ahem, that’s how it is…

Faced with this situation, Ethan Brooks couldn’t help but frown: right now, the ‘Purple Qi from the East’ technique had only just begun, not even reaching the first level; it was merely entry-level.

Given the current situation, the second level… who knows how far away that is.

The Earth Origin Realm was just entry-level; the second level must at least be the peak of the Heaven Origin Grandmaster Realm on the Hanyang Continent.

Next question: how many levels does ‘Purple Qi from the East’ have in total?

And after that, how high can it go?

This… Ethan Brooks took a deep breath.

The road ahead is long and uncertain; his own path still stretches far, far ahead!

But, no matter what, this ‘Purple Qi from the East’ technique is definitely tens of thousands of times stronger than the one I had in my previous life! No matter what, I must cultivate it to the peak—and surpass that peak!

The most urgent matter now is… where can I get so many rare treasures of heaven and earth?

As for what I have on hand, after searching the entire General’s Mansion, only that piece of jade crystal barely made the cut, and even then, only partially—how tragic!

“You give me nothing, yet expect me to find rare treasures of heaven and earth?” Ethan Brooks let out a long, frustrated sigh inside the space. “Not to mention, any rare treasure that appears now is immediately seized and offered up; even if I did get one… I’d need money to trade for it. If my cultivation were stronger, I could consider snatching them… but right now, I’m just a small fry. If I tried to rob those top-tier treasures for the sake of this broken space, I’d probably be blown to pieces by someone’s fart—how could I possibly strengthen the space? Even the cleverest housewife can’t cook without rice, and I can’t do the impossible either!”

Maybe the space was disgusted by a certain sovereign’s resentful tone, because suddenly, the purple mist within the space surged and trembled, and in the left corner, a faintly glowing purple passage abruptly appeared.

Ethan Brooks was stunned at the sight. He’d just been complaining, but he hadn’t expected the space to actually respond!

Could it be that I’m really so pitiful that even the heavens take pity on me? No, it’s the space that pities me!

Following the passage, he walked in and saw at the end a pedestal entirely purple in color. On the pedestal was a lotus seat, and in the center of the lotus seat was a…

…egg?

Endless purple energy surged out from the lotus seat, pouring into this egg, and only the excess spilled out in a torrent…

“Uh… a chicken egg? No… a duck egg?” Ethan Brooks looked at the egg on the pedestal, genuinely puzzled.

It was clearly an egg!

And it seemed only a bit bigger than a chicken egg. Hmm, if it were a double-yolk egg… it’d probably be about this size.

“What kind of egg is this?” Ethan Brooks reached out to pick it up and take a look, but as soon as he tried, he was shocked to find he couldn’t move it at all. Startled, he mustered all his cultivation and tried again…

“Poof!”

Ethan Brooks fell over backwards!

Still couldn’t move it—he still couldn’t move it!

It was just a small egg, and with Ethan Brooks’s current cultivation, he had at least the strength of a thousand pounds, yet he couldn’t pick it up!

“!!!” Ethan Brooks’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Then, suddenly, his heart filled with excitement.

Chapter 10: Supreme Divine Pill?

This egg… could it be the egg of some divine beast? If I could hatch it… tsk tsk tsk…

In an instant, Ethan Brooks’s eyes were filled with endless longing.

So lucky!

Wahahaha… just think about it: how could there be anything ordinary in such a high-level space?

If it’s not a super divine beast, it’d be embarrassing to leave its egg here, right?

And look at this pedestal… hmm, it’s obvious that all the spiritual energy in the space is gathering here to nourish this egg. Only the surplus is transformed into spiritual energy and sent elsewhere…

“So the purple energy I use for cultivation is actually just the leftovers that this egg doesn’t care for…” Ethan Brooks was left speechless.

“I just wonder when I’ll be able to hatch this egg…” As Ethan Brooks let his imagination run wild, he carefully examined the area around the purple pedestal, hoping for more surprises.

Today might just be Ethan Brooks’s lucky day—because the surprises kept coming—