After the Skyfall

Chapter 793 All Gathered
Li Yi looked at the tree with the human face in front of him but did not make any rash moves. Instead, he tried to talk to it to determine its attitude and level of intelligence. If the tree had ulterior motives, he would not mind using his golden flames to burn it down.

“My bloodline descendant, you need not be afraid, I will not harm you,” the human face on the tree trunk spoke again.

Li Yi asked, "Who are you?"

“I am your ancestor, a god, but I have been dead for too long. My remaining will wanders in this valley, sometimes angry, sometimes sorrowful, sometimes regretful. It was only when this strange fruit tree gathered my remaining will that I came to my senses,” said the human face on the tree trunk.

Li Yi thought to himself, "Just as I suspected."

The golden apple tree absorbed too much divine power, causing the remnant consciousness of this deity to awaken.

The face on the tree trunk continued, "In all the countless years my consciousness has wandered, I have never felt any descendants of my bloodline come to this place. I thought my lineage had long since died out. I never expected you to appear here today, child. Tell me your name."

“My name is Da Yi,” Li Yi said.

"Da Yi? Good child, I can sense that the divine blood within you is extremely powerful, enough to pass this power on to your offspring." The human face on the tree trunk was very kind to Li Yi and also very pleased.

After all, in his view, Li Yi was his only bloodline descendant.

"Your arrival here must be guided by your bloodline. It's just a pity that our ancestors are no longer as powerful as they once were. Only their remaining consciousness resides within this great tree, which cannot help you much. The only thing I can give you is this fruit that contains my divine power."

The face on the tree trunk suddenly looked up, then shook its body, vibrating the trunk, and the silver apple fell down.

Seeing this, Li Yi didn't stand on ceremony and immediately put the silver apple into the Five Elements Bracelet.

"Thank you for the gifts from our ancestors," he said with a hint of reverence.

It seems that the will of this deity has not been corrupted by the evil god. From the conversation, it can be seen that it is very rational and cares a lot about Li Yi, its bloodline descendant.

"Protecting your descendants is what every ancestor should do. Although you are already excellent enough, you have not yet become a god. When you truly become a god, you can come here to take away the ancestor's weapon. That weapon was buried in the valley along with the ancestor's remains. I hope that one day it will see the light of day again and fight alongside you."

The human face on the tree trunk sighed again, while also revealing a startling piece of news.

Here lies a divine weapon used by a god.

Li Yi was somewhat astonished upon hearing this, not expecting that he had such a great opportunity. He then became curious about what kind of divine weapon required him to become a god before he was qualified to use it.

Judging from the appearance, the god who died back then was of extraordinary strength. To him, even a god was only qualified to use his weapon.

"Rest assured, ancestor, once I become a god, I will definitely establish a divine bloodline family and restore the glory of the divine bloodline." Li Yi shamelessly acknowledged this ancestor without hesitation.

After all, no matter what, the blood of this god does flow in his veins, and he has even received the inheritance of divine arts, which is an indelible fact.

"Good child, your ancestors believe you can do it." The human face on the tree trunk smiled with satisfaction.

However, Li Yi did not intend to stay here with the tree. He said, "Ancestor, I cannot stay here for long. I must go out to fight. I will come to pay my respects to you next time I pass by."

"Go, as a warrior of divine blood, show your strength to your enemies. Do not be afraid of failure; the power of your ancestors will protect you," said the human face on the tree trunk.

Li Yi nodded, said no more, and immediately got up and left.

When he left the Valley of the Gods and returned to the Immortal Warship, Xiang Xiangzi couldn't help but ask, "Taiyi, are you alright? What exactly is that tree in the valley? I can sense that it possesses unimaginable and terrifying power."

“The will of a deity has been revived through the Golden Apple Tree of the Dark World, and has undergone a transformation,” Li Yi said. “This deity is an ancestor of my bloodline. Fairy Maiden is now a Great Perfection cultivator; could she also sense the danger?”

Xiang Xiangzi nodded slightly: "The entire valley is shrouded in a terrifying power. Although it is not manifested, if I were to force my way in, it would surely cause a cataclysmic upheaval. No wonder that sword immortal from the Xuanxian Continent has never picked that fruit. It must be because he fears this power."

Li Yi was somewhat surprised, not expecting that the tree still retained such powerful energy.

"But don't worry, I am connected to that god by blood, so he shouldn't harm me. We've finished what we needed to do here, let's go."

He set off again.

The immortal warship started up, crossed the two realms, and arrived on Earth smoothly.

"Hong Ji, go to Base Number Eight." Li Yi still needs to gather more cultivation experts; these dozen or so people alone are not enough.

The Immortal Path warship immediately flew towards Base No. 8.

Because Hong Ji had contacted Base 8 in advance, the arrival of the Immortal Battleship over Base 8 did not trigger an alarm, and the evolved beings inside Base 8 knew that the sci-fi battleship was a friend, not a foe.

After all, Earth's enemies don't pilot warships.

Li Yi immediately tried to contact the cultivation experts in Base No. 8. Soon, a cultivator named Baihe Daoren rushed over. Baihe Daoren had recovered his cultivation and was a master of the First Flower Realm.

"This old Daoist greets Taiyi," said Master Baihe respectfully. He then saw Xiang Xiangzi, Xuan Yuezi, and Yun Feizi beside Taiyi and hurriedly bowed as well. After all, in the world of Dharma decline, the immortal maidens of the Heavenly Dao Sect were of high status, far beyond what people from small sects like theirs could compare to.

"Senior, I need to gather the experts who crossed over from other realms back then. I would appreciate your help in making the contact," Li Yi said directly.

"Don't worry, Master Baihe, I'll make the contact right away." Master Baihe immediately took out a smartphone and sent a message to everyone, asking them to come and meet at the base.

As the message was sent out, cultivators from within the base arrived one after another, and some experts also flew in from outside the base.

About an hour later, all twenty-odd Taoist masters finally gathered.

"Distinguished seniors, let's gather aboard the warship." Li Yi invited everyone to the warship.

With the arrival of these people, apart from Fei Yunzi from the Incense World, and Wu Laodao, Bald Daoist, Liu Guzi, Cang Erzi, and a few others scattered across Earth, almost all the experts who had gathered in the End-of-Day Cultivation World back then have now gathered here.

These people greeted each other familiarly as they gathered together.

Not long after, everyone had fully recovered their cultivation and were no longer the same as before.

Li Yi arrived at a conference room inside the warship. With a wave of his hand, auspicious clouds gathered and transformed into futons floating in the air, gesturing for everyone to take their seats.

Without further ado, he said directly, "I have gathered you all here for one purpose only: to ask for your help in reclaiming my homeland and driving away my powerful enemies. If you are willing to help me, I will give you two Crimson Gold Dao Artifacts."

As he spoke, he took out more than a hundred different kinds of red gold artifacts and let the twenty-odd cultivators choose from them.

"Of course, if you seniors refuse, that's fine too, I won't make things difficult for you."

Li Yi did not force them, giving them the option to choose.

However, these twenty-odd cultivators were also very pragmatic. They were all shrewd people who had cultivated for hundreds of years, and they naturally understood that when Li Yi led them across realms to restore their strength, he needed them to risk their lives.

Now, two more pieces of pure gold artifacts have been bestowed upon him.

If you still refuse to risk your life for them, then you are simply ungrateful and would be beaten to death without a second thought.

Therefore, these twenty-odd cultivators did not hesitate at all and immediately expressed their willingness to follow Li Yi into battle. They also readily accepted the two crimson gold Dao artifacts.

After all, the price of two crimson gold Dao artifacts is enough to make a Three-Flower Realm expert risk their life, even in the cultivation world.

“Very good. Seniors, please rest for half an hour, and then we will set off for the Earth Defense Line,” Li Yi said immediately.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately accepted the order and dispersed. They had been at Base No. 8 for some time and all had some personal matters to attend to, so Li Yi's arrangement was quite humane.

Half an hour passed quickly.

These cultivation masters packed their belongings and gathered once again inside the immortal warship.

During this time, Li Yi also learned about the situation at Base 8. He discovered that almost all the experts at Base 8 had been conscripted to the Earth Defense Line, and Su Mu, Li Yugang, and others were no longer there.

The reason these cultivators were not conscripted is because they are not evolved beings on Earth, and the orders from the Earth defense line do not fall on them. Moreover, their presence at Base 8 is also beneficial to this place, at least ensuring its safety.

"It seems the situation on Earth's defense line is not optimistic," Li Yi thought to himself. He had a premonition that the battle on Earth's defense line had escalated.

However, we'll have to see for ourselves to know the specifics.

"Red Princess, depart for the Earth defense line." He took a deep breath and gave the order again.

"Earth's defense line?"

Upon hearing this, Daoist Baihe and the others all tensed up.

They had spent quite a while at Base 8, so they naturally knew what kind of place it was.

Enemies from all realms have gathered there, and war is raging. Even immortals have perished, all in an effort to defeat the evolved beings on Earth and take over this world.

However, after their strength was restored, and with the two crimson gold artifacts on their bodies, they were not afraid of this.

With over forty experts mobilized, their strength was enough to sweep across a great realm. They didn't believe any force could stop this warship, especially since there were even Great Perfection experts among them.

Once they appear on Earth's defense line, they are like a fierce tiger, and the enemy should be wary of them.

(End of this chapter)