Looking at the room he had been assigned—the exquisite murals, luxurious furniture, magnificent tapestries, and the various gemstone ornaments scattered everywhere—Yun Ming felt a sense of awe. Should he say it was exactly what one would expect from the territory of the Dragon Clan, a race of natural-born collectors? They certainly knew how to enjoy themselves!
Yun Ming had no interest in the jewelry, ornaments, or antiques, but there was one thing in the room that caught his attention: the exquisite mural.
It depicted a grand war between gods and divine beasts. The mural was littered with corpses; there were Giant Dragons, Kui Ox, Phoenixes, Nine-Headed Xiangliu, and various other legendary divine beasts, along with many human-like divine beings. Coupled with broken battle flags, weapons, and chariots, the entire scroll vividly portrayed the brutality of this war.
Yun Ming felt a sense of familiarity. Right, it looked somewhat similar to the one he had seen on the Fallen God Stone Wall last time. Discovering this, Yun Ming raised his hand and summoned a stone wall with rough lines—the very same one from the Fallen God. When the Fallen God was defeated back then, this object had fallen into his hands.
He channeled his Soul Power into the Fallen God Stone Wall, and a resentful, fierce blood qi began to permeate the air. Strands of blood-colored light patterns slowly emerged, connecting and combining with the rough lines, causing the hidden image to reappear in the world.
Comparing the two, Yun Ming found that the themes, styles, and techniques of the two paintings were quite similar. Moreover, a war of this magnitude should be extremely rare, so he deduced that these were likely two local battlefield depictions of the same conflict. However, after watching for a while, he put the stone wall away. These two paintings were truly just paintings; other than proving that the beautiful Silver Dragon he had just met might, like the Fallen God, be a witness to that great war, he found no special meaning in them. Seeing them was enough.
He walked to the cushion, sat cross-legged, and began to circulate his Soul Core to recover his Soul Power.
On the other side, inside the temple, Gu Yuena sensed the source of the resentment in Yun Ming's room and opened her eyes.
Di Tian spoke up to inquire.
"Lord, what is that human doing? Do you need me to go and resolve it?"
Gu Yuena refused.
"It is nothing, ignore him. Let us discuss serious matters."
She glanced at Di Tian and the other six great Beasts standing below and said.
"This time, I will accompany that human to the Dead Realm to sleep and heal my wounds. If there are no accidents, it should only take five hundred years for my injuries to fully recover. During this period, Di Tian will oversee the overall situation in Star Dou."
Hearing that their Lord's injuries would take five hundred years to recover, the Beasts were quite happy. After all, compared to the initial estimate, it was nineteen thousand five hundred years less. However, the prospect of her leaving the human world for five hundred years still made them very uneasy.
Di Tian stepped forward, bowed to Gu Yuena, and advised.
"Lord, humans are often treacherous. You staying in the human world for five hundred years—is this not too dangerous? I implore you to reconsider!"
The other Beasts echoed the sentiment.
"We implore you to reconsider!" x6
Gu Yuena looked at the group bowing and pleading, her cold eyes showing no fluctuation as she said calmly.
"Staying in the human world for five hundred years indeed carries variables, but are there no variables in staying within this lake space?"
"Twenty thousand years translates to over fifty years in the God Realm. Adding the ten thousand years I spent healing previously, that is equivalent to giving the God Realm eighty years to find my whereabouts. This time is too long, and the variables are too great."
"Can we guarantee that we will not be discovered in the future?"
The gods were idle and had plenty of time to search for Gu Yuena.
The several Beasts looked at each other, speechless. No one could guarantee that.
Zi Ji spoke up to share her thoughts.
"But Lord, humans are greedy. Furthermore, you are under the nose of a human powerhouse with the potential to become a god. He might turn against you for your Spirit Ring!"
"And even if he cannot take your Spirit Ring now, if he becomes a god in the future, he might still strike for the sake of his descendants."
Gu Yuena looked at Zi Ji, who was worried for her, and felt a warmth in her heart. She joked, which was rare for her.
"I understand your concerns, but I also trust my own judgment. I see that Yun Ming is unparalleled in talent. Such a hero would never stoop to such base actions."
However, Zi Ji took Gu Yuena's joke seriously, thinking that she was actually going to entrust her life to the trust of another, and said in alarm.
"Lord, the human heart is a bottomless abyss!"
She had always been inclined to attribute the worst malice to humans because they constantly refreshed the lower limits of her moral cognition.
Looking at the anxious Zi Ji, Gu Yuena smiled faintly.
"Little Zi Ji, you really cannot take a joke."
"Rest assured! He would not dare, otherwise, I would have the entire Douluo Star destroyed!"
Gu Yuena's words just now were not entirely a joke. For reasons she did not fully understand herself, she did indeed trust Yun Ming somewhat. However, she would not place her own safety entirely on the trust of a stranger.
Once she entered the Life Core, what she could achieve would naturally be understood by Yun Ming when he witnessed with his own eyes how she helped the world recover. Yun Ming would not want to gamble with his own world and the lives of his loved ones.
Di Tian, Zi Ji, and the other Beasts heard that Gu Yuena's solution was to threaten the destruction of Douluo Star, and they had a thought they didn't know whether to voice or not. They lived on Douluo Star too! Boss, are you aware of that?!!
Gu Yuena looked at the strange expressions on the faces of the several Beasts and offered words of comfort.
"Rest assured, if that day truly comes, I will send you all away."
The simple-minded Xiong Jun replied.
"Lord is joking. Dedicating everything to the Lord is Old Xiong's honor."
Gu Yuena shook her head; the acting was too obvious. If Xiong Jun had restrained the smile on his face, she might have believed him.
"Enough, it is settled. Next matter!"
"With the Golden Tree here, I no longer have any need for that Ice Silkworm. You all should divide and consume him to improve your cultivation as much as possible."
No one had any objections to this and agreed immediately. It was just a pity for our Brother Tian Meng; although he had discovered Yun Ming, under Gu Yuena's nose, he dared not make any moves and still failed to find an opportunity to escape.
An hour later, Yun Ming opened his eyes. He had restored his Soul Power to an appropriate level.
'Come over! It is time for us to leave.'
Just as he woke up, Gu Yuena's Divine Sense transmission already echoed in Yun Ming's mind.
Yun Ming stood up to open the door and saw Di Tian already waiting outside. Di Tian said coldly.
"Let's go."
Yun Ming nodded in acknowledgment. The two followed the path they had taken earlier and arrived back inside the temple.
After Di Tian brought Yun Ming to the destination, he withdrew directly, leaving the space to the two of them. Gu Yuena watched and said indifferently.
"Begin!"
Yun Ming asked about the specific procedure.
"How do I need to cooperate?"
Gu Yuena said.
"No cooperation needed, just open the space gate within your body."
Hearing that it was so simple, Yun Ming did as he was told. Under the rapid transformation of the hand seals in Yun Ming's hands, the Ukiyo-e patterns on his body changed once again, and a vortex-shaped gate was generated.
Seeing that the time had come, Gu Yuena transformed into silver light, escaped into the gate, and merged with the Golden Tree inside his body.
Yun Ming saw the golden light of the Golden Tree brighten, then the tree patterns were quickly covered by silver light, before returning to gold once more. A moment later, a familiar divine sense was transmitted.
"It's done, let's leave."
Yun Ming: "So fast!"
Gu Yuena: "It's just subduing a tree with a muddled mind, how much effort could it take."
Yun Ming: ".Impressive."
Afterward, Gu Yuena mobilized the power of the Golden Tree, operated the laws of space, and opened a Space Gate leading directly to Heaven Dou City. Just like before, she easily suppressed the influence of the spatial fluctuations on Yun Ming and brought him home directly.
Yun Ming was amazed by Gu Yuena's natural and instinctive control over space. If it weren't for the fact that looking at Gu Yuena's face made it feel inappropriate—a bit like turning the world upside down—he would have wanted to ask for her guidance.
Yun Ming walked out of the Space Gate, looked at the Dead Realm that had come back into view, entered it directly, and released the Golden Ancient Tree.
The Golden Tree sensed the dead and silent aura around it, and the entire tree danced its branches in excitement. Heaven knows how much it had suffered over the past few years. As an ambitious tree with Golden Tree resin flowing through its bones, seeing the continent fall into trouble while being unable to help treat it had been agonizing. Now that its wish had been granted, it was extremely excited.
All the tree roots grew rapidly, entered the turbid dead water, and extended downward, wanting to take root in this dilapidated and dead world. However, as it tried to save the world, the established, harsh environment seemed to sense the arrival of a rich source of Life and began to fight back crazily.
The dead water began to slowly erode the life force contained in the Golden Tree's roots, greatly affecting their growth. The sky full of thunder, carrying the aura of Destruction, fell continuously, constantly colliding with the light power of the Golden Tree. The Void Astral Wind also poured power into this 'vent' with the Great Void's lingering attachment, blowing the Golden Tree's bark until it constantly cracked and recovered.
The clash between Life and Death was materialized at this moment, displayed in a particularly vivid way.
Yun Ming, having exited his Spirit Avatar state, flashed to the edge of the Dead Realm. Watching the struggle between the Golden Tree and the Dead Realm, brilliance swirled in his eyes. The tree form of the Golden Tree and the substantive carriers of wind, thunder, and death began to slowly fade from his eyes as time passed. However, the two other chains of laws became increasingly radiant. Later on, the two chains of laws continuously enriched, gradually solidified, and transformed into two great dragons—one white and one black—tearing at each other.
Gu Yuena, inside the Golden Tree, sensed the anomaly on Yun Ming's side. She glanced over and discovered that he had fallen into an epiphany due to this life-and-death battle of the world, and she sighed inwardly.
To be able to understand the path of Creation and Destruction at this moment, what a remarkable comprehension!
Excluding the Dragon God who was born at the right moment, Yun Ming was definitely the most perceptive normal cultivator she had ever seen. Borrowing the power of the Golden Tree, Gu Yuena cast a layer of Soul Power protection on Yun Ming and then ignored everything else, beginning to internally assist in mobilizing power to accelerate the process of the Golden Tree taking root in the Dead Realm. She controlled the Creation Godhead of the Dragon God; if she were to recover to her peak cultivation, she would even have the ability to open up a continent. Now, playing with a tiny place like the Dead Realm—it was only because she currently lacked power, otherwise, why would it be so troublesome and take decades?
The sudden movement in the Dead Realm also attracted the attention of Heaven Dou City. Once bitten, twice shy; not to mention that less than half a year had passed since the last Fallen God incident, how could they dare not pay attention? If another ambitious person or something else came along, it would be too dangerous.
The forces of the Heaven Dou 'Imperial Family', the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Martial Soul Hall soon arrived at the Dead Realm. Seeing the towering tree that had suddenly appeared, they were all quite surprised. They hadn't heard any reports in the last two days about such a giant tree being transported to Heaven Dou City! What was the situation now? Moreover, this tree seemed to be rejected by the Dead Realm, being attacked without a moment's rest.
The leader of the Martial Soul Hall side, Spirit Hall Holy Temple Bishop Salas, asked the person with the highest cultivation here, Bone Douluo Gu Rong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, for advice.
"Corona, I wonder if you know the species and origin of this tree."
Gu Rong looked carefully for a while, examining the special patterns on the tree very closely, but there was no result. He shook his head in response.
"I don't recognize it, I've never seen it."
Hearing this, Salas looked at his own people from the Heaven Dou 'Imperial Family', and that person also shook his head, indicating he didn't know.
There was no other way; when things were abnormal, one had to investigate first. The three teams began to circle the Dead Realm to check for anomalies. While circling, Gu Rong discovered Yun Ming, who was in a state of epiphany at the edge of the Dead Realm. Gu Rong had a realization.
Spatial ability? It seems this change should be another thing caused by this kid.
Not just Gu Rong, but soon, the other two parties also discovered the other variable in this place besides the Golden Tree. Seeing that people were gathering around and the tranquility of this place had been disturbed, Gu Rong waved his hand to drive them away, fearing it would affect Yun Ming's epiphany.
"Alright, there is no foreign enemy invading this place. This tree should have been brought here by Little Friend Yun."
"You all go back! Leave this place to me."
Hearing Gu Rong's tone that brooked no refusal, and since there were indeed no other problems, Salas and the other person led their teams away.
After Gu Rong arranged for his subordinates from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to send word to the Breaking Clan and report back to the sect, he ordered everyone except for the necessary guards to leave as well.
Gu Rong sat down cross-legged. Watching the Golden Tree constantly fighting against the heaven and earth of the Dead Realm inside, a trace of excitement appeared in his eyes. Under the contrast of the Golden Tree, he saw some evolution of the rules of death and destruction; perhaps this would be the opportunity for his breakthrough.
He raised his hand to summon the phantom of his own Martial Soul. A miniature Bone Dragon began to dance its body according to the turmoil of heaven and earth within the Dead Realm, sometimes extending its claws, sometimes flicking its tail. The entire bone dragon danced a set of strange movements, yet they carried a peculiar charm.
The subordinates of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect didn't understand what the Supreme Elder was doing, why he had suddenly started playing with a dragon, but they weren't stupid. Knowing it must be related to cultivation, they began to learn by following the movements of the bone dragon.
Gu Yuena, inside the Golden Tree, saw that another group had come to learn, and among them was a possessor of a Bone Dragon Martial Soul. She felt a bit uncomfortable and wanted to drive them away. However, thinking that there might be many such situations of being watched in the future, she endured it and shifted her attention to repairing the Dead Realm.
Everyone was meditating and learning, leaving only the incessant roaring of the collisions between the Golden Tree and the heaven and earth of the Dead Realm.
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