Once, I wanted to be a good person

Meanwhile, Fang Ze had no idea that the Flower God, whom he'd just scammed not long ago, was now scamming him in return.

At this moment, he was in the Late-Night Investigation Room, examining Little Grass's condition with surprise.

Five minutes earlier.

After arriving at the Late-Night Investigation Room, Fang Ze wasted no time heading straight to the Demigod Prison.

Upon reaching Cell "Zi," Little Grass had indeed been re-incarcerated there as expected.

Perhaps because she had been forewarned by Fang Ze, Little Grass didn't exhibit much unease or panic upon her return to the cell.

However... her condition was far from good.

Perhaps due to absorbing too much power, Little Grass's belly had swollen alarmingly, round and distended as though harboring a watermelon inside.

When Fang Ze first saw it, he was startled and thought she was implicated in some serious trouble that warranted at least three years' worth of drama.

But then, after he had rushed the visibly pained Little Grass back to the Late-Night Investigation Room and interrogated her, he learnt the whole story from her.

It turned out... things weren't quite as Fang Ze had anticipated.

His original plan was, in order to prevent the Advent of the Flower God and ensure she couldn't make a come-back to threaten both him and Little Grass's safety, and to significantly enhance Little Grass's strength,

to go along with the Flower God's act, allowing her to channel the accumulated energy gathered over the years from the six holy maidens into Little Grass. Then, at the moment the Flower God attempted to initiate the Fusion with Little Grass, he would Transfer her away.

All his plans seemed reasonable.

Armed with fifty years of the Flower God's accumulated energy, Little Grass should've been able to absorb this power easily due to their shared origin; thus breaking through the Fusion stage to reach the Spirit Ascension stage, and perhaps because of the surplus energy, directly achieving Yang Transformation.

The result... despite all his calculations, he had failed to anticipate that Little Grass was cultivated by the Flower God's blessing.

Including both her cultivation and abilities, which were literally piled onto her by the Flower God.

So, Little Grass had no idea how to cultivate at all.

And there was simply too much energy. She was utterly unable to absorb it.

Thus, it kept accumulating within her body, causing intense swelling and pain.

Having figured all this out, Fang Ze was somewhat anxious and worried.

After all, his entire scheme had been for the sake of bringing a brighter future to the pitiful Little Grass. Yet now he realized it had actually harmed her.

With this in mind, Fang Ze's mind started racing, searching for a way to alleviate her predicament.

Teach Little Grass to cultivate?

Fang Ze felt there wasn't enough time. Given that Little Grass hadn't even started the basics and despite using "Credit World" to boost her cultivation experience, she was so naive and mired in pain that it likely wouldn't have an effect.

To have her disperse all that energy?

Fang Ze thought it would be a waste of energy, but it was worth a try.

Yet, upon experimenting, Fang Ze discovered that Little Grass expelled the power too slowly.

The energy represented fifty years of the Flower God's crystallized Power of Faith, mixed with Divine Power "Swapped" from the Flower God, intertwined and settling within Little Grass—not so easily expelled.

And so, after two or three minutes of laborious effort, Little Grass only managed to release a tiny amount. It was exactly this small quantity that allowed the Flower God in the Real World to treasure it, absorbing and nourishing her Divine Soul.

Seeing that neither method was effective, Fang Ze paced anxiously beside Little Grass, contemplating other means of assistance.

"Power of Faith, Divine Power..."

Muttering about the powers now embedded within Little Grass, an idea suddenly sparked in Fang Ze's mind.

If Little Grass could expel energy outward, then she should also be able to channel energy outward, right?

He looked at Little Grass and then asked, "Little Grass, theoretically, since you've been subjected to 'Personal Deprivation' by me, you should be my possession."

"So, if we... were to connect, you should be able to channel the Power of Faith into my body, right?"

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, Little Grass blinked her eyes.

Although she didn't respond, it was plainly obvious: Are you asking me such a profound question? Isn't that a bit too challenging for Little Grass...?

Noticing her reaction, Fang Ze realized that Little Grass was completely clueless.

Thus, he simply placed his hand on her swollen belly and instructed, "Try to 'spit' the Power of Faith into my body."

That command was clear, and with a couple of understanding 'ya ya' sounds, Little Grass began trying according to Fang Ze's suggestion.

After about seven or eight minutes of trying different positions, they finally found one that worked: hand to hand, foot to foot, sitting opposite each other.

Only in this position, and with Fang Ze using "Personal Deprivation" to control the energy within Little Grass, did the power within both of them seem to start connecting.

But, as before, though Little Grass could indeed channel energy, the speed... remained incredibly slow.

However, Fang Ze had achieved the effect he wanted.

Because he never intended to rely solely on Little Grass to channel energy: He was thinking more radically!

While pacing earlier, Fang Ze suddenly had a bold thought: Little Grass's body was filled with fifty years of the Flower God's accumulated Power of Faith and Divine Power.

And the process to move forward with the Fusion into Spirit Ascension required a vast amount of Power of Faith.

He didn't know how long it would take to gather that himself, bit by bit.

So... why not use the Flower God's fifty years of accumulated power to directly facilitate his own Spirit Ascension?!

If even the Flower God's fifty years of the Power of Faith couldn't help his Physical Body to Spirit Ascend, then... it might indicate this path was likely impassable, and maybe human effort could not achieve it.