The meteor fell upon Li Ye’s head.

The Spiritual Mechanism Vine compressed and reduced it in size, yet the bright halo inside, along with the countless Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants, remained visible.

That was Li Ye’s Cave Mansion.

At this moment.

All the creatures were offering their spiritual power.

Led by the beavers.

They held the Treasure Lotus Lamps, expressions devout and longing.

The spiritual power thus gathered into a river, flowing at their feet, pouring into the increasingly radiant lamp, transforming into a beam reaching skyward to pierce through the array of the mansion.

This triggered the mansion’s defense mechanism — without the owner’s permission, doing so would consume their lifebound spirit source.

— This rule was originally devised to prevent outside cultivators and spirit beasts from colluding to damage a cultivator’s dwelling, and even employed some extremely special prohibitions.

Even Su Xing couldn’t interfere, and could only watch with wide eyes.

Watching the light of the Treasure Lotus Lamp pierce through the mansion’s heavenly wall.

Watching those spirit beasts and spirit plants, suffering under the array’s warning pressure, yet steadfastly delivering their spiritual power.

Li Ye treated his spirit beasts and spirit plants exceedingly well.

And for reasons unknown, there seemed to be an incredibly mysterious connection between them, surprisingly prying open a crack, with the brilliant flame igniting along the long-awaiting body of the Spiritual Mechanism Vine.

Filtered and compressed within its body.

Finally transforming into drops of pure spiritual light.

Drop by drop, falling onto Li Ye’s head.

Each drop was the sincere offering from the lifebound spirit sources of thousands of creatures in Li Ye’s mansion and the vitality power of the Spiritual Mechanism Vine.

Its purity was beyond description.

Even the deities watching over this place sighed softly:

"True sincerity is what matters most."

"Treasure Lotus Lamp, it’s actually a Treasure Lotus Lamp."

"Do those beavers also possess the power of the Taiyi Suffering Celestial Lord?"

They truly were somewhat envious.

For such creatures, they genuinely desired.

Yet Su Xing’s expression was evidently sour, and they didn’t dare even ask, let alone take another glance.

Meanwhile.

Li Ye, striving to guide using vitality, suddenly sensed something, lifted his head, and saw the droplets slowly falling.

"Hmm?!"

He immediately understood what it was.

He could also imagine the situation outside.

"How foolish."

"Why so foolish!!"

Li Ye angrily pounded the ground with his fist.

He knew too well that anger was useless at this moment; the only thing to do was to hastily resolve the issue here to have time for other actions.

He quickly calmed himself.

Then used the power to swiftly separate the light from the panel.

Whether it was due to those spirit beasts and spirit plants having undergone panel treatment, the separation process was astonishingly fast this time.

A grain of "pearls and jades" fell into the Jianmu.

In barely half a tea’s time, the light enveloping the panel on the Golden Core dimmed completely, allowing Li Ye to exert the Emotion Song —

"Swish!"

The Immortal Ribbon of Emotion Song surged into the Golden Core like rivers flowing into the sea.

At this moment.

Li Ye sensed the "existence" of the panel.

Although he still couldn’t fully grasp it, the flowing light had begun to condense inside the Golden Core, transforming into divine techniques available to Li Ye.

The Emotion Song intertwined with it.

— Outside.

The Emotion Song extending behind Li Ye suddenly entwined with an extraordinarily splendid five-colored light, the light was described as five-colored but it was actually even more ornate, the five colors just visible.

Even more beautiful and splendid light was hidden within.

Infused onto the originally simple Immortal Ribbon of Emotion Song, transforming it into... something it no longer resembled.

Seeing this scene, Su Xing’s lips finally curled up.

Wonderful!

Completely converting the Emotion Song into one’s own power, this signified Li Ye’s understanding of "emotion" had surpassed him — grown from the blue and excelled beyond the blue, he almost wished to sing a song.

But when he saw the dim star, his expression darkened again.

In truth, the longer someone lived, the more they valued emotion.

The feelings remembered after endless experiences... are indeed too precious.

Just like Li Ye’s spirit pets, willing to offer their power for his progression, even disregarding death, is the most precious.

And as he lamented.

Li Ye had already opened his eyes.

Extending his hand, he held the dim star in his palm, gazing upon the wilted Spiritual Mechanism Vine, the exhausted beavers lying on the ground, and more... the countless creatures on the brink of death after exhausting their spiritual power.

His face looked incredibly sorrowful.

He said nothing, only opened his mouth and spit.

The Golden Core, surrounded by the five-color Immortal Ribbon, emerged.

Its boundless vitality began to infuse into the "star," and at the same time, into all the creatures inside... binding.

This was the divine technique wrought by Emotion Song invading the panel.

Now, Li Ye could ignore certain original restrictions, like how binding was originally limited only between two sides, now able to bind infinitely, benefiting an entire clan.

He sent the Golden Core into the star.

Spoke:

"I greatly appreciate your dedication."

"For the infinite future years in which you will remain by my side, I shall grant you a blessing — from this moment forth, you will share my Golden Core’s life span and spiritual power."

"Even in death, you can reform as a dan under the power of the Golden Core, reborn and descended, until my end."

From the Golden Core, the power swiftly cascaded into numerous immortal ribbons, carrying five-colored spiritual light, delivering pearls into the body of every spirit beast and spirit plant that contributed.

They began to revive at a visible speed.

After all, it’s a Golden Core!

Moreover, it’s a Golden Core fused with part of the panel’s power!

However.

Li Ye did not inject power into the Spiritual Mechanism Vine.

Staring at the barely living vine, he grasped it and raised his head towards the Ancestor Master watching from afar.

Slightly bowing: "Ancestor Master."

"I wish to request you to bestow a fugue upon it."

"It shall become the star in my mansion, when the mansion evolves into a Small Thousand World, it will be the world’s starry sky — I wish for it to become my Nine Songs."

Without waiting for the ancestor’s response, he began chanting:

"May you rise to the starry sky."

"May you be born with spirituality."

"Transform into an everlasting light of this world, an eternally shining star."

"Brilliantly radiant, bright as at first."

"May you... always remain by my side."

Accompanied by Li Ye’s voice, the starlight descended from the heavenly dome — the Ancestor Master beckoned the starlight with ever more benevolent smile.

Su Xing praised:

"Good, very good!"

"If it leads to seeking me because of this, I wish for infinite boundless future."