fifth form

Chapter 3109 Subspecies
When Zhang Xuezhou took over Donghua and got rid of the giant tree, the giant tree was dilapidated.

The enormous tree was continuously fragmented, leaving only a chair-shaped structure made from a branch as its core. The broken branches, used to aid in traversing the tree, carried a damaged flower house, as if they had endured countless storms.

The giant tree was so badly damaged that both its trunk and soul were destroyed, leaving it writhing on the ground like a snake that had been killed.

Although Zhang Xuezhou and others believed that the giant tree still had vitality, they never believed that the giant tree was completely intact.

As Zhang Xuezhou traveled through the darkness again, he saw a tree branch emerging from the endless darkness, with a wooden flower bud hanging from it.

The flower bud slowly unfolds, revealing the empty space inside that serves as a refuge for the soul.

The method of travel remained the same; Zhang Xuezhou still needed to rely on the greenhouse to reach the core tree chair for transformation. However, the giant tree spirit that carried his divine soul through the journey had changed.

The previous dilapidated state has disappeared, and everything is perfectly intact without any flaws.

"It's really awake!"

Zhang Xuezhou felt his soul taking deep breaths and forced himself to calm down.

"This is definitely not entirely due to the cultivation method!"

Zhang Xuezhou didn't believe that his nurturing of the spirit wood staff could stimulate any changes. He could only say that it was all a coincidence, and that the awakening and changes of the giant tree had other reasons.

"Where exactly are you hiding, and who is using you? How much stuff have you stuffed into the Three Realms?"

As he pondered, Zhang Xuezhou felt a thunderous sound pass over his head.

A rainbow of light swept down, followed by a burst of blue light rising up.

Zhang Xuezhou's soul was then pulled into the greenhouse.

Like a fish diving into deep water, a fleeting movement can lead to a completely different location.

"Don't take advantage of that little bit of spatial teleportation ability to act recklessly..."

The sound lingered in my ears before being swiftly cut off and rendered inaudible.

"It seems to be the voice of Hongjun. He seems to be paying attention to that world at all times. How could the cultivators of the Outer Heavens be so idle!"

Zhang Xuezhou had heard about the Outer Heaven from Xu Lu. He felt that the social order there was more primitive, and the social structure had not developed the concept of a nation. At most, it was just an alternative world.

Zhang Xuezhou hadn't figured out either of the two worlds he belonged to, so he wasn't particularly curious about the outer world.

But he was indeed very curious about Hongjun's state.

Ultimately, the Void Furnace is like Rong Tianding of Chengdu; its scope of knowledge is limited, far from touching the core of the outer world. Much of its content is only what its eyes can see, plus hearsay, resulting in incomplete understanding.

Perhaps the Outer Heavens are not as simple as Zhang Xuezhou imagined, filled with numerous powerful factions and a simple law of the jungle, but may also involve the worlds they inhabit.

"You...you know his real name?"

Zhang Xuezhou had the idea of ​​observing the changes in the giant tree, and his journey did not disappear in the blink of an eye.

They moved through the darkness, and a bluish light began to appear in the greenhouse.

An ancient tree appeared within the blue light, its leaves trembling slightly, emitting spiritual information that Zhang Xuezhou could perceive.

"A giant tree?"

Looking at the bluish light in the greenhouse, Zhang Xuezhou felt his soul pounding violently.

Compared to the conflict that erupted when Zhang Xuezhou and Donghua met, the giant tree in front of them seemed harmless.

However, Zhang Xuezhou vaguely sensed that the giant tree in front of him seemed different from the planetary world he had observed, and that it did not seem to be as powerful as he had imagined.

As with his previous experiences, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he was not bound or controlled by the giant technique.

"You've witnessed that poor child's life and forged a close connection with its subspecies, so you should be able to guess that I am also just a subspecies!" "You are... are you the one undergoing the transformation?"

"Not bad!"

The ancient tree, bathed in the blue light, trembled its leaves and acknowledged its origin.

This made Zhang Xuezhou marvel, feeling that tree-like life was indeed incredible.

But just thinking about how countless great cultivators had toiled like worker ants on that branch, ultimately leaving behind the myriad complaints the Emperor had spoken of, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but become vigilant, wary of becoming one of them.

"You seem very interested in Hongjun?" Zhang Xuezhou asked cautiously.

"To be precise, I'm only interested in the world beyond the darkness," the ancient tree replied, its leaves trembling. "Unfortunately, his attitude was very unfriendly, and he couldn't communicate with me, making it difficult for me to imagine that world I've never touched!"

“There are many cultivators from the Outer Heavens world. In that region, there is a cultivator named Montesbatton who originated from the Outer Heavens, and another cultivator named Nagos who may also have originated from the Outer Heavens. In the Qinmeng region, there are also Hu Hao, Hu Yu, Xu Lu, Qi Zhu, and others. They are very likely to have come from the Outer Heavens!”

Zhang Xuezhou originally wanted to shift the blame to Hongjun, but Gu Shu was extremely cautious and seemed unwilling to contact Hongjun personally, which made Zhang Xuezhou quickly change his approach.

"All living things should grow upwards, so why are they turning downwards?" the ancient tree asked.

“Perhaps there are nutrients below, or perhaps the outer heavens don’t have the nutrients they can obtain,” Zhang Xuezhou said.

What you said doesn't sound pleasant to me!

The ancient tree trembled its leaves, and waves of spiritual energy continuously transmitted information.

It seemed to ponder Zhang Xuezhou's words for a long time before it began to emit bursts of blue light and mental fluctuations again.

"Can you see the endless darkness all around us? All of us living beings are trapped in darkness, with only a few burning embers illuminating the way. Every living being longs to break through the darkness and welcome the light!"

The journey through the darkness suddenly stopped, the petals of the greenhouse unfolded, and a lush green planet appeared before Zhang Xuezhou's eyes.

From a distance, the planet appears to have emerald green, pale blue oceans, vast landmasses, and what also seems to be traces of buildings.

When the greenhouse turned around again, a huge star came into view.

Even though they knew the star was still countless miles away, the flames that occupied their senses kept exploding, and the countless surging giant fire serpents made them feel small and suffocated.

“The life-bearing planets you perceive are all seeds in the darkness,” the ancient tree said. “Every life-bearing planet has the potential to give birth to intelligent life, until it pierces through the darkness and welcomes eternal light. How could light not be beautiful?”

“If light is so good, why don’t the beings already in the light lead all life-bearing planets to transform and be reborn?” Zhang Xuezhou said, “Just like Hongjun, whom I know, he went to the world of the outer heavens, but he did not help other humans leave the Three Realms in an endless stream. The same logic can be applied to other beings that have already transformed and grown!”

Ancient Tree's worldview is different from Zhang Xuezhou's. The planet that nurtures countless living beings is just a seed waiting to grow in the other's eyes, while the star is just a spark burning in the darkness.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that this concept was too exaggerated. He compared planets to dust, saying that they were too insignificant to even become a spark of light, let alone be viewed like ancient trees.

If you don't want to be led astray by this idea, then you have to act as a contrarian and constantly refute the ancient tree's ideas.

Before him, far too many cultivators had been buried in the ancient tree, and Donghua's escape was further proof of that.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't know what Gu Shu wanted to do, but he didn't want to become one of those people who had been through similar experiences.

“When you break through upwards, you can’t even see the figures of those creatures that have already grown. Have they welcomed the light, or have they sunk into eternal darkness?” Zhang Xuezhou said, “Just like that spirit tree that used up all its vitality to promote growth, after welcoming the light it was only forced to grow into a gourd, and then even its trunk was completely devoured, until it turned into a spark and burned itself out!”

Theories of light and darkness are mutually opposed.

There has been intense online discussion about contact with extraterrestrials. Some believe that contact with extraterrestrials can bring goodwill and countless technological advancements, while others believe that contact will be the beginning of death, with anything of value being taken by the powerful extraterrestrials, and living beings becoming slaves or facing collective death.

The ancient tree yearns for light, while Zhang Xuezhou speaks of darkness.

Many statements can be transformed into opposing views simply by taking past summaries and rearranging them.

Initially, many people believed in the theory of light, but after continuous debate, the theory of darkness was eventually accepted by the majority.

Zhang Xuezhou spoke eloquently, but Gu Shu's emotional fluctuations seemed to have gained a touch of melancholy.