Ant Lord in the Star Realm-Chapter 583 - 552: I am extraordinary by nature, different from the common spiders.

The Divine-Grade Fruits of the Wan Country and Ten-thousand Tribes Continents—other than the Divine-Grade Six Paths Fruit—everything Dragon Cypress knew, he told the Snow Velvet Spider King one by one.

There weren't many.

The ability 'Wind Wings' attached to the Winged Gourd was saved for last in the introduction.

In the end, Dragon Cypress explained, "Right now, our overall level of evolution is still too low. We only have trade connections with five Spider King Caravans, and the Divine-Grade products they control are extremely limited. Our connections are also limited."

Dragon Cypress said, "Ink Orchid and I also haven't really gone to the caravans to ask around. There must be far more Divine-Grade items on the Ten-thousand Tribes and Wan Country Continents than these—we only know a small fraction of them."

Dragon Cypress then eagerly asked, "Snow Velvet Spider King, you must know a lot of Divine-Grade Fruits, right? Since you specialize in trading Divine-Grade products, you must control a huge share of the Divine-Grade Fruit trade."

"But of course!"

The Snow Velvet Spider King replied without any modesty, "On Zhibai and Wanglan Continents, I know of a total of 84 Divine-Grades. I have a fixed trade quota for 25 of them, and as for the other 59, if needed, I can basically help you get ahold of them, too."

"!!!"

Dragon Cypress, Ink Orchid, and Black Birch were all shocked.

No wonder it only does Divine-Grade business!

This Spider King is rolling in it!

The Snow Velvet Spider King sighed, "That's just how boring the life of an insect can be. In terms of wealth, I've had more than I could ever spend for ages. Ever since my Evolution Spider King days, I stopped actually trying to earn more Source Stones, yet more and more insects came to me seeking trade. I gave up on the regular Origin Force Food trade and left it for other kin to handle, but my income just kept increasing. It can't be helped—the ancestral teachings of the Flame Spider Roving Merchants say trade profits mustn't be below 20%, can't break the rules. One Divine-Grade Fruit starts at a million Source Stones, four to five million isn't unusual, profits in the hundreds of thousands, even millions. Every year I just do a few simple trades and it's millions in income."

"..."

Dragon Cypress, Ink Orchid, and Black Birch were speechless.

This spider really knows how to show off...

Compared to it, Ink Orchid is just peanuts...

But… wait a minute,

It became financially free as soon as it hit Evolution King Level?

How does that make any sense?

Dragon Cypress tested the waters, asking, "Snow Velvet Spider King, your elders must have been some truly impressive senior spiders…"

The Snow Velvet Spider King sighed, "Cypress Ant King, there's a real bond between us. Just like you, I was born in the wild, with no seniors, didn't mentor any juniors, no caravan, no kin by blood or lineage. I'm on my own, roaming alone."

"???"

Dragon Cypress, Ink Orchid, and Black Birch were totally confused, eyes full of doubt.

No guidance from elders, no financial support, no insect vein connections—shouldn't a Flame Spider Roving Merchant like this have died poor?

The Snow Velvet Spider King had guessed everyone would be curious and explained right away, "My birth is honestly a mystery. Normally, regular Flame Spiders fear the cold and can only survive in northern tropics, but when I gained awareness, I was all alone in the snow-covered southern temperate region of Zhibai Continent in the middle of winter. You probably won't believe this, but I, an ordinary Flame Spider, survived alone in the wild mountains and forests for three years, making it through three icy winters—and somehow didn't freeze to death."

"This…"

Dragon Cypress was once again stunned—completely incredulous.

Ink Orchid: "Why does this sound even rougher than what Dragon Cypress went through growing up…"

Black Birch waved his tentacles and shouted, "Snow Velvet Spider King is just like the Great King, born extraordinary!"

The Snow Velvet Spider King agreed, "Exactly, I was born different, not your average spider, specially favored by the Natural True God. Right after my first molting and awakening, when my Life Level leaped up and I evolved into a 1st Age Flame Spider Warrior, I needed to find a grass seed as my Life Seed. Just as I stepped out of my cave, there it was—a Snow Velvet Flower Seed sitting mature right at the entrance, and I sensed an Origin Force Fluctuation…"

Ink Orchid instantly exclaimed, "A Divine-Given Seed!"

The Snow Velvet Spider King: "That's right. At the time, I'd only just awakened a bit of Inherited Memory, knew nothing, just felt naturally close to it, and without even thinking gathered it into my Life Pouch to cultivate as my Life Seed."

This is a spider with stories!

And such fantastical, delightful stories at that.

Dragon Cypress lifted the Dominating Throne upward, breezing over the sea and gliding at low altitude, moving side by side with the Snow Velvet Spider King.

Ink Orchid's eyes sparkled with curiosity as he asked, "Snow Velvet Spider King, Flame Spider Roving Merchants' Life Seeds can't bloom or bear fruit, right? But what if it's a Divine-Given Seed?"

The Snow Velvet Spider King: "Still won't work. Flame Spider Roving Merchants using a Divine-Given Seed as their Life Seed does have benefits: the plant grows tougher and more lush, absorbs sunlight and Origin Force more efficiently, and provides more physical strength, nutrients, and Primordial Energy for the merchant."

The Snow Velvet Spider King: "But, my seed wasn't just any Divine-Given Seed—it was... a Divine-Grade Snow Velvet Flower Divine-Given Seed!"

"!!!" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Dragon Cypress, Ink Orchid, and Black Birch all perked up their tentacles, waiting eagerly.

The Snow Velvet Spider King continued, "At first I had no idea how incredible my Life Seed really was. By day I'd spit it out, plant it, let it sunbathe, and it would provide me with physical strength, nutrients, and pure ice-and-snow Primordial Energy. Before long, I'd undergone Molting Evolution to 2nd Age Flame Spider Warrior. With a bit of strength, as autumn arrived in the south and the weather cooled, I just followed the commerce route trampled by the Flame Spider Caravans and crawled desperately north."

The Snow Velvet Spider King: "Sleeping by day and traveling at night, I crawled and crawled, until, by luck, I ran into a caravan of the Round Purple Flame Spider Tribe—at least we were the same kind, so they took me back to the Flame Spider Kingdom. Since I was wild, with no relatives or connections, I was, as per routine, handed over to the Steward Old Spider King of the Ancestral Land to look after."

The Snow Velvet Spider King: "Soon after, an experienced Old Spider King discovered with shock that my Life Seed was a Divine-Grade Snow Velvet Divine-Given Seed. That's a rarity in ten thousand years! The Spider Kings allocated resources from the Kingdom Treasury, gave me the best Divine-Given Origin Force Food, and helped me rapidly grow and evolve, breaking through to Mountain Lord."