Chapter 5356

Chapter 5353: The Sanctuary Quivers

"Stella, what do you want to become in the future?" Davis held Stella’s hands, "Our wishes are for you to provide us a home, a shelter. But what about you? Are you satisfied with just-"

"There’s no need to even ask."

Stella quickly cut him short and hugged him, "My primary reason for living is to give you shelter. It has long changed from survival, and I only look forward to seeing your growth and legacy, our Davis Family~"

Davis smilingly caressed the back of Stella’s head, appearing elated with her response.

𝓯𝗿𝗲𝘦𝖜𝚎𝙗𝑛𝗈𝖛𝒆𝘭.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"As for what I want to become- I don’t know. It should be alright as long as my ability to create mini-realms isn’t restricted by the new abilities I would gain if I were to mutate."

Stella said, a bit excited and a bit worried.

She had seen Fairy Divinacia’s true form. She felt admiration beyond compare when she sensed the tallness and the incredible six wings that allowed her to fly.

Naturally, she could also fly, but it would be better if she remained rooted to a core spatial node.

"You would definitely evolve into a variant as a Void Dust Tree because you have taken a Gilded Realm Ascendant Pill of Minor Realm as a whole." Davis shook his head, "Sigh, I should’ve given you a Lower Realm Gilded Realm Ascendant Pill, but we only had enough for me, Evelynn, Isabella, Shirley, and Myria. If we had one more, it wouldn’t be a question of mutation anymore but a given. Perhaps, you could’ve even had the chance to show traits or power that could bring you to the level of Omega Exalt."

"But I also want to evolve something beyond that of a Void Dust Tree. Then, you will have the capability to enter the World Hegemon Stage in the future without having to scrape clean an entire Upper Realm for yourself."

"Hehe~" Stella giggled embarrassedly.

Her appetite was indeed big. There were three cycles in her cultivation cycle as an Empyrean Void Dust Tree, and to break past the last cycle would be even more strenuous. The current Davis Family naturally wasn’t troubled to feed her cultivation base, but back when they were in the Lower Realms, it was still a huge question hovering over their heads since it required Exalt Grade cultivation resources.

She felt Davis made the right decisions to bring them this far, fortunately.

"What about mother? Do you have... plans for her?" Stella asked and then leaned in to whisper at the end.

Davis pursed his lips.

It would be a lie if he said he didn’t. Now that he had more resources to utilize, it seemed like Stella also let go of many of her anxieties about not being prioritized.

"I do have a lot of plans for your mother. It would become easier for you to catapult between different mini-realms if there was already a Void Dust Tree on the other side waiting to cushion the impact, but we can’t force your mother to stay with us, could we? Besides,"

Davis appeared a bit amused, "Fairy Qiyra Darkstar took the Voidheart Astral Orchid I got for you, as she said it is important to her and your mother. You wouldn’t blame me for giving it away, right?"

Stella immediately shook her head, "How can I blame? Fairy Qiyra deserves it. I heard she obtained six of the World Hegemon Grade resources all by herself and saved you from the Celestial Transcendent’s death blow multiple times before you were able to match him in the battle."

"Indeed." Davis nodded, "I feel that we have taken advantage of their kindness, and it was time to repay, so I didn’t argue at all, only making a pitiful face as I said it would be better if she chose another treasure, but that didn’t work. The Voidheart Astral Orchid is a Space Law Treasure, but it also contains astral essence. It is essential to her, but- I think she’s planning on making your mother also be capable of absorbing astral energy. After all, just like you are essential to us, your mother is essential to them. The Void Dust Tree’s ability to create shelters and shift space to escape between the shelters is a great boon for people like us."

"Ahh... I see..."

Stella blinked in realization, but her eyes suddenly became teary.

It was great that her mother was valued a lot within Saintess Lunaria’s group. But didn’t this mean that her mother wouldn’t be with her anymore?

"You silly little tree." Davis raised his hand, petting her head, "Weren’t you worried your mother would take your resources? Why are you crying now?"

Stella pouted, her violet eyes misty, "That was before... before you could support both of us. Now that you can, there’s no reason for us to be separate. I learned so much from Mother after we reunited. I want my mother by my side~ Wuwu~"

She pounced on Davis, crying out faintly in his embrace.

Davis could only comfort her with sweet whispers. The entire sanctuary was trembling along with her cries in resonance. He hastened to comfort her before it could turn drastic or calamitous for some people.

"Don’t cry. I’ll do everything in my power to bring your mother back in case she leaves soon. I don’t have the intention to let her go easily, you know that- don’t you? We only need Saintess Lunaria’s permission, and the three of us can be together."

"Wuwuwu~"

Stella still cried, shaking her head, not believing him.

Would the Davis Family give her up?

Then how would Saintess Lunaria’s group give up Wix, especially since they seemed like they had plans for her?

Stella sunk in despair, knowing they might not meet again for a long time if she went and troubled Saintess Lunaria and her disciples to give her mother back to her.

Davis also felt troubled. Perhaps this was the true reason Fairy Wix didn’t dare come near him after that incident, stuck between responsibilities and love. However, he was still confident he could do something about it, but the most troubling thing now was Stella crying.

He quickly used life energy to soothe her emotions and used Heart Intent to relay his confidence to her. The others also came beside her to comfort her.

Only then did Stella calm down and show restraint.

"Hehe~ I’ll make a ruckus again if I don’t get mother back~" Stella let go of Davis as she rubbed her eyes and smiled awkwardly, showing that she wasn’t sad anymore with a gleeful smile.

"Sure, next time, we’ll cause some spacequakes to occur near bandit hideouts in the sanctuary. They’re free game for you."

Davis smilingly caressed his beautiful Stella. She was as caring and innocent as the time he had first met her. He never wanted to see her lose her smile again, making him think he needed to be somewhat aggressive in his pursuit of Fairy Wix.

"My Emperor," Zenova raised her voice at this moment as she closed in. She didn’t comfort Stella at all, but even moved back and stood as she watched from the side, protecting her child instead from possible outbursts, "I haven’t heard about the matter of distributing the World Hegemon Grade resources in detail. Please tell me about it."

"Oh, right."

Davis gathered his thoughts and said, "In the Six-Headed Hydra Upper Realm, Epsila managed to find over thirty-four World Hegemon Grade resources during a resonance event with the Ethereal Lumina Tree, so she marked those places on the map. I convinced them all to find and harvest these treasures, so at this point, our contribution alone makes up for fifty percent. Then Illumina, Handsome Fatty Bjorn, and I formed a team, obtaining eight World Hegemon Grade Treasures."

"My avatar and Jaiyan collected six."

"Fairy Qiyra Darkstar harvested six World Hegemon Grade Treasures all by herself, and so did Fairy Glacia Frigidveil, who collected five."

Davis sucked in a cold breath, "Can you believe it? We managed to harvest twenty-five out of the thirty-four World Hegemon Grade Treasures. The rest of it was already taken, eaten, or protected by powers that painstakingly nurtured them. We didn’t make a move on those for the most part, but as I said before, I did sell some treasure maps and obtained Exalt Grade Treasures from it, increasing our previous Exalt Grade Treasure collection by a good margin."

"Wonderful~" Zenova nodded, "So Fairy Qiyra Darkstar and the other three disciples took one World Hegemon Grade Treasure each?"

"Yes, since they said they only required one, I let them have the dibs on the entire collection. We still have twenty left, another one going to the Heavenly Blight Hall."

"I see." Zenova calculated in her mind, "It seems like they took the matured treasures, right?"

"Yeah," Davis pursed his lips, "Fairy Qiyra Darkstar took the Voidheart Astral Orchid. Fairy Glacia Frigidveil took the Profound Yin Moonseed Crystal. Jaiyan and Laphria took two more mature treasures that luckily fit their attributes, so it was clear they needed them. This leaves us with three mature treasures, namely the Dark Eon Illusory Dream Flower, Abyssal Hydra Bloodfruit, and Boundless Sea Dragon Marrow. Out of the twenty World Hegemon Grade Treasures, only these three are mature, and the rest still need to be nurtured, but well, it wouldn’t take long. Just leave it to Everlight and me. I can take care of their growth, and as for Everlight, she could grow them as long as she evolves and enters the Exalt Beast Stage."

Davis patted his chest, reassuring Zenova and the others.

He then told them about the names of the other treasures and their attributes. It wasn’t released publicly yet. Only those who were rearranging the Treasury, like Iesha or Mingzhi, were in the know.

Zenova’s eyes had brightened when she heard the name of one treasure, "Can I have the Realmblaze Kirin Emberfruit? Naturally, I will work towards gaining the contribution points needed for it, even exchange it with the treasures I have if that’s possible."

"Why? It was always yours from the moment I got it, and it wasn’t chosen by those disciples, my lovely Zenova."

Davis raised his hand and caressed Zenova’s cheek with soft caresses.

Zenova held her breath.

This feeling... made her cheeks turn warm, even making her heart skip a beat.

’Is this... is this it? The feeling of being secure and being taken care of even while I’m vulnerable with a child in my womb...?’ Zenova’s lips quivered.

She shot him a faint smile, moving in to embrace him as though she had found a new sensation in their relationship, trying to clench it close to her heart.

Myria and the others smiled at each other as they witnessed this scene. Sure enough, Zenova was also head over heels for their husband, no matter how she portrayed herself as an empress beyond scrutiny.