Bloodline Plant Lord: Rise of the World Sovereign

Inside the file was detailed information about the Bloodline Plant Lord Evolution Pathway, covering everything from Stage 1 to Stage 5.

The explanations for Stages 1 to 4 were similar to what he had already read in the school mail — but far more detailed and precise. They explained things that were not included in the basic public knowledge: timing windows, integration warnings, foundation traps that ruined careless cultivators in their second decade.

Ren read carefully.

At Stage 3, both the Bloodline Pathway and the Plant Pathway required cultivators to make an important decision.

They had to choose the direction of their specialization.

For the Bloodline Pathway, cultivators had to decide whether to focus on:

Speed.

Strength.

Defense.

Or attempt a balanced full-body strengthening route — much harder, and only viable for cultivators with rare full-spectrum talent.

This choice depended on the type of genetic materials they fused with. Using the bloodline of a wind-type beast would favor speed, while other creatures could enhance strength or defense. Pick wrong, and the wrong choice followed you for the rest of your career.

For the Plant Pathway, the choices were different. Cultivators could specialize in:

Wood / Nature Route.

Elemental Plant Route.

Poisonous or Toxic Route.

Again, everything depended on the type of plant-based or special materials they used during evolution.

Ren nodded slowly.

”So... Stage 3 is where the real path is decided.”

He continued reading.

Then his eyes moved to the section about Stage 5.

A few seconds passed.

Then—

Ren took a sharp breath.

”F***!”

The word slipped out of his mouth before he could stop himself.

”...Okay. Okay.”

After a moment, he sat back and began thinking seriously.

”I knew the Bloodline Plant Lord Pathway was stronger than the other two...”

”But I didn’t think the gap would be this big.”

From Stage 5 onward, the Bloodline Plant Lord Pathway became completely different from the other two pathways.

The gap became enormous.

Unlike the Bloodline Pathway and the Plant Pathway, which continued strengthening the body or expanding personal energy reserves, the Bloodline Plant Lord Pathway took a completely different direction.

At this stage—

They created a world.

A real, functioning inner world within themselves.

Because of this, Stage 5 was known as the World Creation Stage.

At this level, the cultivator used their Bloodline Plant as the core to form the foundation of the inner world. This core could take many forms — a tree, a vine, a flower, or any evolved plant form depending on their pathway and earlier choices.

The size of the inner world depended entirely on the cultivator’s foundation. Factors included the number of genetic materials fused, the quality of the resources used, and the cultivator’s overall talent and pathway development.

Because of this, inner worlds varied enormously when first created. Some were only as large as a small village. The largest recorded inner world ever achieved at first formation had reached 305 square miles — roughly comparable to a major city.

Ren’s eyes widened slightly.

But that wasn’t the most shocking part.

At Stage 5, cultivators began absorbing a higher form of energy.

Planar Energy.

This energy originated from the Boundless Ocean of Planes — the place where all worlds were born, existed, and eventually perished.

Every plane naturally absorbed this energy to grow and evolve. However, that process was extremely slow. To accelerate it, lifeforms within a plane had to evolve and increase their Lifeform Tier.

But a Bloodline Plant Lord at Stage 5 was different.

By creating their own inner world, they gained the ability to directly absorb Planar Energy themselves.

This allowed their inner world to grow, evolve, and strengthen independently — a private engine of progression that did not depend on the planet they happened to be standing on.

And this inner world was not just empty space.

It was a complete, functioning world. It contained energy for pathway systems, air, natural elements, and everything required to support life.

— • —

At Stage 5, Ren finally understood why this pathway was called the Bloodline Plant Lord Pathway.

The word ”Lord” was not just a title.

It represented true authority.

At this stage, a Bloodline Plant Lord was no longer simply cultivating for personal strength. They had stepped onto the path of becoming the ruler of a world.

The information explained that after creating their inner world, a Bloodline Plant Lord could choose Bloodline Pathway users and Plant Pathway users to become their subjects.

These subjects would then be connected to the cultivator’s World Core Plant — the central plant that served as the foundation of the inner world.

This core plant could take many forms depending on the cultivator’s evolution path. It could be a World Tree, a Heaven Vine, a Blood Lotus, a Devouring Flower, or any other supreme evolved plant form.

Once Bloodline Pathway or Plant Pathway cultivators were accepted and linked to the World Core Plant, they officially became part of the Bloodline Plant Lord’s world.

And this was where the true meaning of the word ”Lord” revealed itself.

The number of subjects a Bloodline Plant Lord could accept was not fixed. It depended entirely on their foundation, talent, and potential.

Some Bloodline Plant Lords could only support five subjects. More talented ones could support ten. Geniuses could support twenty. And according to the records in the file, the highest number ever recorded was twenty-five.

Twenty-five.

Ren stared at that number for a few moments.

Because these were not just followers in name.

Each subject would form a deep connection with the cultivator’s World Core Plant. Through this connection, the subjects would receive immense benefits. Their cultivation speed would increase. Their bodies would be nourished by the world’s energy. Their growth would become faster and smoother than that of ordinary cultivators.

And the stronger the subjects became, the stronger the inner world would become in return.

This was a true lord-subject relationship.

The Bloodline Plant Lord did not merely grow stronger alone. They grew stronger by nurturing others.

But that was not all.

The file stated that upon entering Stage 5, all three pathways experienced a qualitative evolution. At this level, cultivators officially evolved into Tier 2 Lifeforms.

However, what happened next was very different depending on the pathway.

For ordinary Bloodline Pathway and Plant Pathway cultivators, reaching Stage 5 gave them a 10% chance to awaken a new talent. It was a low chance, but enough to completely change a person’s future if they succeeded.

But for a Bloodline Plant Lord, things were different.

Their chance of awakening a normal additional talent remained the same as the other pathways. However, they would also awaken an extra special talent.

A World Talent.

And unlike normal additional talents, a World Talent had a 100% chance of awakening for every Bloodline Plant Lord who successfully entered Stage 5.

Ren’s eyes widened as he read that part.

A guaranteed extra talent.

That alone was already monstrous.

But the explanation only became more absurd from there.

The World Talent was an auxiliary-type talent tied directly to the cultivator’s inner world and the subjects connected to it. This talent did not mainly strengthen the Bloodline Plant Lord directly in battle. Instead, it strengthened the world itself and the subjects bound to that world.

For example, a World Talent could increase plant growth speed, enhance the cultivation speed of connected subjects, expand the energy reserves of Bloodline Pathway or Plant Pathway users within the world, improve environmental conditions inside the world, or provide other supportive and world-enhancing effects.

However, these effects only applied to Bloodline Pathway users and Plant Pathway users who were connected to the Bloodline Plant Lord as subjects.

This meant a Bloodline Plant Lord could create a true cultivation domain — a world where their chosen subjects could grow faster and stronger under their rule.

Ren slowly exhaled.

This was the framework of a faction. A kingdom. Even a civilization — like the kingdom-building games he had played in his previous life, except with real people, real laws, and real consequences.

And Stage 5 itself was only the beginning.

The file continued.

To advance from the World Creation Stage to the next stage — known as the Planet Lord Stage — the cultivator had to meet terrifying requirements.

First, they had to expand their inner world until it reached the size of three full continents of Edius.

(Author note: One continent of Edius is equal to roughly ten times the combined size of all continents on Earth.)

Ren went silent for a moment after reading that.

Three such continents...

”This is insane.”

And size alone was not enough.

To break through into the Planet Lord Stage — Stage 6 of the pathway — the cultivator also needed elemental comprehension.

They had to comprehend:

5% Fire.

5% Earth.

5% Water.

5% Air.

In addition, they needed:

1% Light.

1% Darkness.

1% Life.

1% Death.

And finally:

0.5% Space.

0.5% Time.

Ren read the requirements twice.

Then a third time.

His scalp tingled.

”...What kind of monster pathway is this?”

The more he read, the more absurd it became.

Other pathways focused on body tempering or energy accumulation. But the Bloodline Plant Lord Pathway demanded world creation, subject management, guaranteed world-talent awakening, and even comprehension of the fundamental laws of existence itself.

Ren leaned back slowly, his mind buzzing.

”I knew this pathway was stronger than the other two...”

”But this...”

”This isn’t just stronger.”

”This is on a completely different level.”

At that moment, Ren finally understood.

The Bloodline Plant Lord Pathway did not simply create powerful cultivators.

It created rulers.

Beings who cultivated not only themselves, but also a world, its laws, and the people within it.

He sat back from the desk for a long moment, looking at the ceiling without really seeing it.

’A faction. A kingdom. A civilization,’ he thought slowly. ’And the school is going to put me in a class with thirty other awakeners next term as if I am just one more student among them.’

’No. I am not.’

He closed the file and saved it to a private encrypted folder. Then, for safety, he saved a second copy to a different location, under a different name.

Outside, the city of Orien hummed quietly through the late afternoon.

Inside, Ren reopened his cultivation manual and began reading again — slower this time, with the file’s deeper context in mind. Every paragraph that had seemed simple an hour ago now read like the first sentence of a much longer book.