Fights Break Sphere: Purple Thunder Emperor

Chapter 451 Ancient Bodhi Tree
In another treacherous mountain range of the desolate ancient domain, two figures shrouded in thick black mist moved about like ghosts.

The leader was dressed in a black robe and had a cold expression. If Xiao Bai saw the two of them, he would definitely recognize them as the Great Heavenly Venerable of the Soul Palace, with the Second Heavenly Venerable, Gu You, following behind him.

Suddenly, the Great Celestial Venerable stopped abruptly, and with a flick of his wrist, a jade slip of emerald green appeared in his palm.

At this moment, the jade slip was emitting an unprecedentedly brilliant light, and even trembled slightly, pointing in a clear direction!

"Such a strong reaction!"

Even the Great Celestial Venerable's eternally indifferent face couldn't help but reveal a hint of wild joy at this moment.
"Second brother, it seems we've found it! The Bodhi Tree must be just ahead!"

The Second Heavenly Venerable looked at the jade slip that was shining brightly, his eyes filled with excitement:
"Brother, there's no time to lose! If other ancient races find out, it could cause serious problems!"

"go!"

The two held nothing back, their powerful battle qi erupting and their speed suddenly increasing, transforming into two black streaks of light that tore through space as they hurtled toward the direction indicated by the jade slip.

The ferocious magical beasts that sensed the aura and tried to stop them were crushed into bloody foam by the terrifying pressure released by the two before they could even get close.

Before long, they emerged from a thick miasma and found themselves in a relatively flat wasteland.

Upon arriving here, the emerald jade slips in their hands shone brightly, hummed incessantly, and even floated up on their own, pointing towards the center of the wasteland!

"right here!"

The Great Celestial Venerable's eyes burned with fervor as he landed at the same time as the Second Celestial Venerable, his gaze urgently scanning the surroundings.

However, as time passed, the anticipated phenomenon of the ancient Bodhi tree appearing in the world did not materialize.

The wasteland was deserted except for jagged rocks and a few withered ancient trees.

Only the jade slips in their hands, constantly humming and gleaming, proved that this place was extraordinary.

"what happened?"

The Second Celestial Venerable frowned, his soul power spreading out like a tide, carefully examining every inch of the land, but still finding nothing.
"The jade slip reacted so strongly, the Bodhi Tree must be nearby, so why is it nowhere to be seen?"

The Great Celestial Venerable's expression also darkened. He repeatedly scanned the Bodhi Ancient Tree with his soul power, and even used some secret techniques of the Soul Clan, but he still could not sense the unique and magnificent vitality of the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

This desolate wasteland, apart from the jade slips in their hands "enjoying themselves," was eerily calm.

Search! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, find it for me!

The Great Celestial Venerable's voice was icy, carrying an unquestionable command. He refused to believe that the sensing jade slip, painstakingly crafted by his clan, could be erroneous.

The two immediately split up and began a thorough search of the small wasteland, leaving no spot unchecked.

……

Just as the two were searching around like headless flies, in a void dozens of miles away from the wasteland, subtle ripples appeared, and Xiao Bai's figure was perfectly hidden in them. His aura blended into the surrounding environment, and even the soul perception of the Great Celestial Venerable, a two-star Dou Sheng, could not detect him in the slightest.

He quietly observed the movements of the two people in the distance, watching their expressions change from ecstasy to confusion, and then to anxiety, his eyes remaining calm and unwavering.

At the same time, the Bodhi seed in his sleeve was emitting a bright green light that was in no way inferior to the jade slip of the other party, and it was trembling more and more violently. The clear sense of summoning was almost a tangible sound that echoed in his perception.

It was as if urging him to go to a specific coordinate point.

"You were waiting specifically for me?"

Xiao Bai's eyes flashed rapidly with thoughts. Considering the fact that the two people from the Soul Palace below had gained nothing, an idea surfaced in his mind.
"Does this mean the ancient Bodhi tree won't appear in the world if I don't go there?"

This thought made him frown slightly.

This is quite different from what he knew about the ancient Bodhi tree.

Even if the ancient tree's intelligence truly needed his help to resolve the Dou Di's resentment, it shouldn't have acted so impatiently, almost as if...

A stage was specially set up, just waiting for him to take the stage.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
A slight sense of unease rose in Xiao Bai's heart. He felt that the ancient Bodhi tree's "interest" in him seemed a little too intense.

Feeling the intense trembling of the bodhi seed in his hand, almost as if it were about to leap out of his grasp, and hearing the increasingly urgent call in his mind, Xiao Bai's eyes sharpened.

"Let me see what's going on with you!"

With a thought, the mysterious vertical line between his brows, which had always been tightly closed, suddenly opened!

It lacked any earth-shattering momentum, but within those vertical eyes, there seemed to be a chaotic void, a power of insight that transcended ordinary spiritual perception, silently spreading out.

He first turned his gaze to the restless Bodhi seed in his hand.

However, the instant his third eye opened and his gaze fell upon the Bodhi seed—

"boom!!!"

A sudden change occurred!

On the seemingly peaceful wasteland below, directly beneath where Xiao Bai was hiding, without warning, a dazzling cyan beam of light, ten thousand feet thick, suddenly burst through the earth and shot straight into the sky!
The beam of light was incredibly solid, containing the purest life force, instantly turning this world into a vibrant green!
That immense surge even dispersed the clouds high in the sky, causing the energy within a radius of a thousand miles to boil and surge violently!
This sudden and astonishing phenomenon caused the Great Celestial Venerable and the Second Celestial Venerable of the Soul Palace, who were engrossed in their search, to look up in shock.

"An ancient Bodhi tree has appeared in the world?!"

The two were deeply shocked, and a surge of joy welled up in their hearts once again.

The aura emanating from this pillar of light is exactly the same as that of the ancient Bodhi tree described in the records!
The two figures flashed almost reflexively, instantly appearing in front of the enormous cyan pillar of light that connected heaven and earth.

However, when they saw what was inside the beam of light, their ecstasy froze instantly, turning into unbelievable shock!
"Xiao Bai?! What are you doing here?!"

The Great Celestial Venerable roared in shock and anger, completely unaware of when Xiao Bai had appeared.

At the center of that dazzling cyan pillar of light, a figure in black robes stood, his garments fluttering in the wind—none other than Xiao Bai!

"Brother, we can't let him leave alive! The news of the Bodhi Tree must not leak out from him!"

The two Heavenly Venerables reacted extremely quickly, their eyes blazing with murderous intent.

Although it was unclear why Xiao Bai had appeared at the center of this strange phenomenon, which seemed to be the manifestation of the Bodhi Tree, before them, silencing him was the only option!

"Do it!"

Without any hesitation, the two Soul Hall experts attacked almost simultaneously!

The Great Celestial Venerable unleashed a palm strike, a colossal black palm that blotted out the sky and was surrounded by countless shrill, screaming phantoms of souls. Carrying the overwhelming power of a two-star Dou Sheng, it slammed down fiercely towards the pillar of light!

The Second Heavenly Venerable waved his sleeve, and countless black chains shot out like venomous snakes. The tips of the chains shimmered with a ghostly light that devoured souls, piercing Xiao Bai in the pillar of light from all directions!
Either of these attacks would be enough to easily kill a powerhouse below the Dou Sheng level!
However, what happened next caused the two Heavenly Venerables of the Soul Palace to shrink their pupils and their faces to be filled with disbelief.

The massive black hand, powerful enough to shatter mountains, melted and disintegrated silently the moment it touched the cyan pillar of light, like ice meeting boiling oil. The soul power attached to it was completely purified by the pure energy, leaving not even a ripple!
The countless hideous black chains, after piercing the beam of light, suddenly slowed down, as if sinking into an invisible quagmire. Finally, when they were still several feet away from Xiao Bai's body, they broke apart inch by inch, as if all their power had been drained away, and vanished into nothingness.

"Tsk tsk. That's it?"

Xiao Bai, standing within the pillar of light, stroked his chin with a playful expression. "Damn it!"

The Great Celestial Venerable trembled with rage, his fighting spirit condensing wildly once more as he attempted to launch an even stronger attack.

The two Heavenly Venerables also looked extremely grim, as the defensive power of this cyan light pillar far exceeded their expectations.

But at that moment, the towering blue pillar of light connecting heaven and earth suddenly trembled!
Immediately, under the astonished gazes of the two Heavenly Venerables of the Soul Palace, the enormous pillar of light began to shrink and thin rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!
"not good!"

The Great Celestial Venerable instantly realized what was happening, and his expression changed drastically.

"This isn't a strange phenomenon caused by the Bodhi Tree appearing in the world; it's a teleportation array! He's about to be teleported away!"

The two figures shot out like eagles pouncing on their prey, trying to rush in before the pillar of light completely disappeared, or to intercept Xiao Bai.

However, the blue light contracted at an unimaginable speed.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the pillar of light that was originally tens of thousands of feet thick and illuminated the heavens and the earth shrank into a stream of light that was only a few feet thick.

The Great Celestial Venerable's palm, carrying a sharp gust of wind, reached out to grab the center of the dissipating light, but only grasped at nothingness.

"call out--"

With a final, faint sound of air being torn apart, the last few feet of azure light vanished completely into the world, as if it had never existed.

Xiao Bai, who was inside the pillar of light, also disappeared along with it.

The Great Celestial Venerable's figure froze in mid-air, maintaining his forward-leaning posture.

He looked at his empty palms, then at the empty space where Xiao Bai had disappeared. His face first flushed red, then turned into an extreme ashen and gloomy color. His chest heaved violently, clearly furious to the extreme.

"Big brother..."

The Second Celestial Venerable flashed to his side, his face equally grim. The emerald jade slip in his hand had completely dimmed and returned to its normal appearance.

The connection to the ancient Bodhi tree has disappeared.

"Immediately report the situation here to the Palace Master!"

The Great Celestial Venerable practically spat out these words through clenched teeth, his voice hoarse and filled with intense resentment and violence.

He suddenly waved his hand, and a terrifying force slammed into a distant mountaintop, instantly leveling it to the ground.

"Xiao Bai... you have thwarted my clan's plans time and time again. You will pay the price!"

The chilling words echoed across the desolate wasteland, now restored to deathly silence.

On the other side, as the dazzling blue light enveloped his entire body, Xiao Bai felt an irresistible spatial force enveloping him, and the surrounding scenery instantly became blurry and distorted.

A moment later, the azure light surrounding him slowly dissipated, and the spatial fluctuations subsided.

Xiao Bai opened his eyes and warily surveyed his surroundings.

There were no sun, moon, or stars overhead, but a soft and bright light permeated the air, like the pale white of dawn, pure and warm. Beneath one's feet was not ordinary soil, but a stream of air shrouded in a faint bluish glow, flowing gently.

"here……"

As I glanced around, a strange sense of familiarity washed over me.

He pondered for a moment, then remembered.

Yes, the blurry scene I 'saw' for the first time through the Bodhi seed was exactly the same as this place.

This must be the true hidden place of the Bodhi Ancient Tree for millions of years, a strange and mysterious realm outside the main space of the continent.

If not for the Bodhi Tree's active guidance, even a peak Dou Sheng expert would likely have difficulty finding its trace.

His gaze finally settled on the absolute center of this strange space.

There, an ancient tree, enormous beyond imagination, stands silently.

The tree trunk was so thick that it resembled an ancient mountain connecting heaven and earth, its diameter probably large enough to accommodate several cities standing side by side. Standing before it, Xiao Bai felt as insignificant as a speck of dust.

The bark has a grayish-white color that has gone through countless cycles, rough and deep, covered with mysterious and complex natural patterns.

Looking up along the tree trunk that seems to lead to the endless sky, you see a canopy so large it's immeasurable.

The lush foliage spreads out, blocking out the sun and turning the "sky" of this space into a flowing blue ocean.

The pure energy, refined to its utmost, cascaded down from the branches and leaves like a waterfall, then transformed into specks of light in mid-air, sprinkling onto the chaotic ground and nourishing everything.

"Is this the ancient Bodhi tree?"

Standing beneath this ancient tree that reaches the sky, Xiao Bai was deeply moved. He felt as if his soul had been cleansed, becoming more ethereal and serene than ever before.

"what?"

Just as he was immersed in the awe and tranquility brought by the divine tree, the mysterious vertical eye between his brows, which was not yet fully closed, trembled slightly, conveying a very subtle tremor.

He used his vertical gaze to focus intently, carefully looking into the core of the incomparably majestic tree trunk.

Through the boundless, holy light and vitality on the surface, deep within the heart of the tree, he "saw" a tangled, twisted, and incomparably profound darkness!

But the moment his gaze fell there, the darkness tumbled slightly, sending a chill down Xiao Bai's spine.

At the same time, a dense blue light descended from within the Bodhi Tree, suppressing the darkness. Xiao Bai's vision became blurry, and the core of the Bodhi Tree became a chaotic mess, no longer clearly visible.

Xiao Bai's eyes flickered; this space was very strange.

He had just tried to open the Heavenly Tomb, but found that there was no response at all. He then tried to use spatial power to leave, but the space seemed to be imprisoned and it was completely ineffective.

Seeing that he couldn't leave, Xiao Bai took a deep breath, his eyes regained their calm and still state, and his vertical eye between his brows began to close.

rustling...

Walking on the soil that felt like air currents, Xiao Bai gradually arrived at the base of the ancient Bodhi tree, its massive trunk resembling a colossal wall blocking his way.

"Om..."

Suddenly, the branches and leaves on the massive tree canopy trembled, and a refreshing mist cascaded down like a waterfall, enveloping Xiao Bai.

This sudden scene startled Xiao Bai. The instant the clear light fell on him, he felt his fighting spirit suddenly vanish, just like when he came in.

"Again!"

(End of this chapter)