The sky shifted into night as time passed quickly.
The two rooms prepared for Arlecchino and Lynette were ready, and after returning to the House of the Hearth, he had also told Lyney and Freminet that Lynette had become his lover.
Lyney was somewhat displeased — after all, his adorable sister had been taken away by Nolan!
But since it was his sister's own choice, he could only respect her wishes.
Besides, Nolan truly had the ability to give her happiness.
After returning to the Wonderland Space, Raiden Ei and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata also brought back Mikoshi Chiyo and the Goddess of Flowers, so two more rooms were prepared.
By this time, the other girls had returned from work as well, making it a good opportunity for everyone to get acquainted.
Taking advantage of the time, Nolan went again to the Sea of Quanta to search for world bubbles. He found three in total and fused them into the "Assembled Continent" world bubble.
All three world bubbles contained life. Two only had beasts without intelligence, while one had intelligent life.
However, the population was small — only a few million — so it had little effect on the cultivation progress gained per second.
Now the spatial size of the "Assembled Continent" world bubble was already larger than a planet like Earth, and the population was about 1.6 billion — not a small number.
He had also reached Level 151, and the required EXP for the next level had risen to 610 million.
The progress gained per second had slightly decreased to 20,000 per second.
At this rate, it would take roughly eight or nine hours to level up again — probably about right after a night's sleep.
After exploring several world bubbles, the knowledge obtained nourished the Wisdom Tree Diagram and successfully grew the final branch of "Entangling Affection."
The derived additional ability was also related to affection. After carefully examining it, Nolan felt very satisfied.
Its effect was an Affection Field with a fixed radius of five meters. Within this range, it became easier to gain favor from women.
Naturally, Nolan liked such a derived ability.
At the same time, after completing the planting of the innate talent "Entangling Affection," perhaps due to beginner's luck or a lucky start—
the Wisdom Tree Diagram also bore a "Wisdom Fruit," which could "summarize and integrate" abilities of the same type into a more comprehensive one.
Simply put, it fused similar abilities into a more complete ability.
The Wisdom Fruit could also be used on others, but since Nolan needed it himself, he used it first.
He could give it to the girls next time depending on who needed it more.
Checking his character panel, he found there weren't many abilities suitable for integration. Only a few skills existed, and merging them wasn't necessary.
"Lumine's Musou" was swordsmanship — now evolved into a more comprehensive ability. "Flowing Sky Archery" was archery, and "Star Abyss Power" was an energy manipulation method.
They were fundamentally different types and couldn't be merged.
Moreover, "Lumine's Musou" itself already had fusion capabilities, easily integrating different types, so using the Wisdom Fruit on skills would be wasteful.
That left titles and specialties.
Among specialties: "Beloved by Maidens" and "Devour All Things" were physique-related; "Threads of the Northern Wind" and "Heroic Spirit Affinity" were soul/mental related.
Others like "Spirituality," "Imaginary Internal Energy," "Drifter of the Imaginary Sea," and the newly mastered "Distance Between Stars" were ability-type powers or divine techniques.
Like swordsmanship and archery, their mechanisms differed and couldn't be summarized together.
The physique and soul categories only had two each — merging them would merely stack effects, reducing two specialties into one, which seemed unnecessary.
Titles, however, numbered seven, and their effects were mostly similar. Fusing them together so they complemented each other should be quite good.
Having decided, Nolan summoned the Wisdom Fruit from the Wisdom Tree Diagram. It was turquoise, semi-transparent and slightly illusory, looking almost intangible.
Yet it could be held in his hand.
He took a bite. Before he could taste anything, it turned into energy and entered his mouth.
Then, following his intent, the titles slowly fused:
[Honorary Knight + Distinguished Citizen of Liyue + Legendary Adventurer + Honorary General of Watatsumi Island + Sumeru Sage + Prince of Fontaine + Deputy to the Raiden Shogun → Adventurer Beyond Legend]
Looking at the prompt on the character panel, Nolan opened the new title and checked its effects:
[Adventurer Beyond Legend: A legend among legendary adventurers. Any lifeform has a better first impression of you and is more likely to develop favorability; when adventuring in a team, EXP gained from defeating strong enemies is increased by 100%, allies defeating strong enemies grant you an additional 50% EXP, gain 1% of all teammates' attributes, you and teammates receive 20% damage reduction and deal 20% increased damage. You may establish laws — all life within a one-kilometer radius of you and your teammates must obey. Only beings whose power exceeds the combined strength of the lawmaker and all teammates can break the law.]
Looking at the long list of effects, it was essentially all previous titles combined and slightly enhanced.
Overall, it was quite good.
Especially since "teammates" had no restriction — anyone he designated could count, meaning even random people on the street.
If he selected everyone in Teyvat as his teammates, he'd gain 1% of all their attributes, and his laws would apply across all Teyvat.
With his strength alone, no one in Teyvat could break those laws — let alone combined with everyone's power.
It was just somewhat troublesome to implement.
Later when he had time, he could visit old friends like Venti, Zhongli, several Adepti, Bennett, Albedo, Diluc and others.
Selecting them as teammates would already be enough — their 1% attributes were stronger than countless ordinary people combined.
There was no need to select everyone, and Nolan had no intention of ruling Teyvat anyway, so the laws themselves weren't very important.
After finishing the title fusion and seeing how late it was, Nolan stopped searching for world bubbles and prepared to continue tomorrow.
After returning from the Sea of Quanta, Nolan took a shower and quietly slipped into Lynette's room. Amid her shy reactions, he once again embraced her soft body and began their cultivation.
Time quickly reached morning. As expected, Nolan smoothly advanced to Level 152, now two levels higher than Phantylia.
The progress gained per second dropped slightly again, from 20,000 to 10,000 per second:
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Name: Nolan Walker
Level: Lv152 (12351242 — 10000+/620 Million)
Race: Human
Title: Adventurer Beyond Legend
Innate Talent: Entangling Affection
Skills:
- Lumine's Musou · World Lv.10 ( Void Starsea Manifestation)
- Flowing Sky Shot: Arcane Level Lv.10 (Frostglow Arrow)
- Star Abyss Power Lv.10 (Transcendence)
Specialties:
- Beloved by Maidens (Exclusive)
- Unmoving Gospel of the World Tree (Exclusive)
- Threads of the Northern Wind (Exclusive)
- Spiritual Core (Exclusive)
- Imaginary Energy
- Drifter of the Imaginary Sea
- Devour All Things
- Heroic Spirit Affinity
- Distance Between Stars
Adventure EXP: 14,752,812
---
To level up again, he would need to find more world bubbles containing intelligent life.
But there was no rush — today was the day he had arranged to pick up clothes from Chiori, so he would handle that first.
And perhaps gain some affection during their time together.
After breakfast, Nolan returned to Fontaine with Arlecchino and Lynette. Arlecchino planned to return to Snezhnaya to hand the Hydro Gnosis to the Tsaritsa.
Meanwhile, Lynette had a magic performance with her brother today, so as the assistant she had preparations to do.
After parting ways with them, Nolan went alone to Chiori's Boutique. Unexpectedly, he ran into Navia — apparently she was a regular here.
"Hey, Nolan, are you here to have Chiori tailor clothes for you?"
Inside the shop, Navia waved happily upon seeing him.
"Mm, more or less — I'm here to pick them up. How's Poisson been developing recently?" Nolan nodded and asked about the town she managed.
"Thanks to you, tons of tourists are coming now — both domestic and international!"
Navia became visibly excited at the topic.
After the town was lifted from underground to the surface, its unique terrain became a feature. Following Nolan's suggestion, they transformed it into a specialty tourist town.
The Spina di Rosula also promoted it through videos and livestreams on the Akasha Network — and unsurprisingly, it became hugely popular.
Large numbers of visitors arrived daily, almost overwhelming the organization and greatly easing their financial pressure.
Thinking of this, Navia developed a bit more affection for Nolan:
[Navia Has Developed Good Feelings Toward You. Obtained 840 Affection Points. Current Affection Level Lv.8 (300/800)]
"Haha, just a few suggestions. The credit belongs to you and everyone at the Spina di Rosula."
Nolan looked at the notification, slightly surprised.
Gaining affection so easily — and over 800 points — the Affection Field and fused title effects were really impressive.
"By the way, Navia, are you also here to buy clothes?" he asked curiously.
"I was just passing by and came to visit a friend. Actually, this outfit I'm wearing was designed by her — isn't it pretty?"
Navia looked at her strapless dress, its hem slanted from front to back, edged with yellow matching her golden hair.
She looked like a blooming yellow rose — beautiful and charming.
Nolan nodded and generously praised her:
"Indeed. It suits you perfectly. I can't imagine any outfit more fitting."
"Haha, as expected of you — you're good with words!" Navia laughed and casually draped an arm over his shoulder. "So, did you pay for your clothes? If not, let me do it!"
A faint fragrance drifted to his nose. Nolan smiled:
"No need. Miss Chiori gave them to me — free of charge."
"What a pity," Navia said regretfully.
"If you insist on paying, I won't stop you," Chiori said as she walked out from the back, holding a set of clothes.
"Ah, Chiori! Long time no see. Since it's a gift from you, I won't interfere."
Navia released Nolan and walked over, and he followed as well.
"Stop grinning like an idiot," Chiori sighed, then handed the clothes to Nolan.
"Try them on and see how they look."
"Alright."
He nodded, went to the fitting room, and changed.
Looking at himself in the full-body mirror—
A black formal suit with intricate sleeve patterns yet overall simple and elegant, suitable for banquets or formal events.
He usually wore casual clothes, comfortable and neat, so he happened to lack formal attire.
After examining it from all angles, he showed a satisfied expression.
Walking out, he asked Chiori and Navia:
"What do you think? I feel it's quite good."
"Wow, very handsome! I'm a little moved!"
Navia gave the highest praise from a girl's perspective.
"Mm, very good. No adjustments needed."
Chiori circled him once and found nothing mismatched.
"Take it off. I'll pack it for you."
"Alright, thank you."
He changed back into his usual short-sleeve shirt and pants and handed the suit over.
Watching Chiori package the clothes, Nolan remembered the upcoming "World Fashion Design" and other international competitions Ningguang and the others had decided to host.
They had already begun coordinating with Natlan and Snezhnaya, inviting each nation to form an organization responsible for the events.
So he explained it to Chiori and asked if she wanted to join the organization to help set judging standards for fashion design competitions.
"No. Participating in setting the standards would make it seem biased toward myself. Even if I know I wouldn't be, if I won good rankings later, people would talk."
Chiori replied calmly and handed him the packaged suit.
(End of Chapter)
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