Simon drew the Myriad Venom Heartroot out of the floating row.
The Nether Ice Origin Crystal and Void Origin Marrow followed. After a final look at the books, he brought the Abyssal Soul Fortress beside them.
"These four."
The remaining cases drifted farther away.
His gaze lingered on the dark-red herb.
The Poison Empress had searched desperately for a Myriad Venom Heartroot and never found one. Without it, the creation she had been so certain of remained unfinished.
Simon had found the missing herb in another world, among treasures whose owners probably knew nothing about her.
Leaving it here would be foolish.
He might find another useful technique elsewhere. He might never encounter a second Heartroot.
With the Ice Corpse Flower and Hydra's Blood Essence already in his possession, he was close enough to completing the preparations that the possibility no longer felt distant.
He moved the long case closer to his side.
