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Chapter 374 The Living World Tree!

Hongjun looked down at the desolate sword that had pierced through his chest and frowned slightly.

That sword strike was incredibly powerful!
He could attribute the power of this sword strike to the strength of the Desolate Sword itself, or even to the Chaos Demon God Array and the Cauldron of All Things Mother Qi.

However, the one who wielded this sword was Fang Xun!
Apart from him, no one else has been able to integrate more than a dozen powerful forces into one that do not conflict with each other.

Apart from him, no one else could unify the existence of all heavens and the non-existence of all paths into one body, and achieve the mutual generation of the Great Dao.

The fact that the power of all heavens, the power of existence and non-existence, and even the power of the primordial chaos can coexist so perfectly within one person is itself an incredible thing.

This was an undeniable strength of his opponent.

So how long will it take him to reach the state of Wuji Wuji? What will it be like when he truly stands at this level?!
In many instances, Hongjun Daoren only focused on the identity of his opponent, the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree, since Fang Xun's cultivation level was still insufficient for him.

but now……

A storm seemed to be forming in Hongjun Daoren's eyes.

Rumble!
Within absolute nothingness, the divine thunder of nothingness exploded out of thin air, sounding in Fang Xun's ears as if it were a real sound!

clang!
The Chaos Bell flew out from Fang Xun's body, but it couldn't stop the lightning at all. In the end, it was the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron that landed on Fang Xun's head, and the Desolate Sword once again burst forth with sword light, which saved Fang Xun!

boom!
Fang Xun felt his primordial spirit wavering, with the illusion that it was about to turn into ashes and cease to exist.

His face turned pale instantly, his spirit weakened, and his body almost collapsed.

But he still managed to hold on!
He did not die from the lightning bolt struck by Hongjun Daoist!
"Hoo!" Fang Xun exhaled a breath of turbid air, which even carried wisps of flickering lightning.

"You lost." Fang Xun curled the corners of his mouth, looked at Hong Jun, and said softly.

Hongjun Daoist slowly retreated, and the desolate sword was slowly pulled out of his chest. During this process, Hongjun Daoist's body gradually became ethereal and began to collapse.

He was merely a soul imprint that had arrived here, and that sword strike had already destroyed that imprint; he could no longer remain here.

Hongjun looked around at himself. The soul imprints of the other gods in the mythological world had been destroyed by the aftershocks of the battle just now.

“That was quite unexpected.” Hongjun Daoist nodded slightly. “I didn’t expect you to be able to locate the original sites of other mythological worlds.”

"It's not too late to know now." Fang Xun naturally couldn't pinpoint the original locations of more mythical worlds, but he could still bluff the enemy.

It remains to be seen whether these mythological worlds have the courage to gamble with the resources they have acquired so far.

Perhaps we can trick them into going to other worlds?

Fang Xun knew that the crisis in this world had been resolved, and he was now thinking about the future.

"..." Hongjun Daoist remained silent, gave Fang Xun a deep look, and then his body gradually dissipated.

The resources he had previously acquired were only enough to make a few moves, and now they were all gone, his soul imprint had been destroyed, and there was no need for him to return.

Fang Xun watched him dissipate, persisted for three breaths, but finally couldn't hold on any longer and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood containing the essence of his primordial spirit.

"It's a bit of a loss, but it's also a way to vent my anger!" Fang Xun shook his head and then looked at a world not far away.

This is the original site of the World Tree civilization, retaining the aura left by the World Tree. It has also evolved into a multiverse, where the way of plants and trees taking human form is prevalent.

"It's a pretty good world." Fang Xun even saw a dazed Grand Luo Immortal.

He saw the Chaos Demon God Formation, Fang Xun's sword strike, and even Hongjun's Boundless Divine Thunder, which shook him to his core.

Fang Xun smiled slightly at this fellow Daoist and sent out a seed of the Heavenly Dao Tree to take root in this world.

Then he led all the Primordial Golden Immortals back to the Primordial World.

hum!
The primordial essence of Heaven poured down, enveloping Fang Xun's body and primordial spirit, rapidly restoring him to his original state.

That's the good thing about being in harmony with the Dao; as long as it's within the primordial world, it won't perish as long as the origin of the Heavenly Dao remains.

In the depths of chaos, mythical gods dwell.

"What happened?" Michael suddenly asked, realizing that his soul imprint had been destroyed.

The others did the same, but they all shook their heads slightly; they hadn't even had time to react before they were erased.

"It was Xuan Su. He was able to locate the world of the World Tree civilization and arrived there earlier than us, setting up an ambush," Hongjun Daoist explained.

"What?" The other gods were all surprised and uncertain.

"What about the other worlds?" asked Indra, the King of Gods, frowning.

"..." Everyone fell silent; Fang Xun's move had caught them completely off guard.

"The Tree of All Heavens! Hmph!" Michael snorted lightly. "The absolute void and the myriad worlds are so vast, at most he can only locate the worlds that are related to us."

He clearly supported going to other worlds, and the others had no objections.

"Then let's give it a try." Master Hongjun nodded.

Michael once again activated the remaining branches of the Tree of All Heavens, but his face quickly darkened.

"A ruin!"

The gods all frowned. Michael traveled again to a new coordinate, but after a few breaths, his face darkened further, and then the cycle repeated itself.

After more than ten attempts, Michael's complexion improved, and he finally found a living world!

The gods are different from Fang Xun. For him, trees can be planted in the ruins of a dead world, but not for the gods. What they need is a living world.

However, Michael's expression didn't last long before he started breathing rapidly.

The vice-king of the Heavenly Kingdom seemed somewhat annoyed.

"A very small, single world, where the strongest being is none other than a Primordial True Immortal!"

The gods looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

"Hiss!" Fang Xun was getting annoyed by the constant jumping around of the gods he sensed.

But he also found it somewhat amusing; these guys had been thoroughly beaten up by all the heavens and myriad realms!

"We'll have to put the plan of sniping them on hold for now..." Fang Xun let out a soft breath and turned his attention to another world.

He planted a Tree of All Heavens at the original site of the World Tree Civilization, but this act also brought him unexpected gains.

The Spirit Realm—that's the name of that world. In this world, the spirits that take the form of plants and trees are called the spirits of nature or the spirits close to the Dao. There isn't even a human being here!

"No human beings exist?" Fang Xun looked at this world in surprise. Then why is there such a thing as human transformation in this world?
The Primordial Golden Immortal he saw was clearly in human form! Fang Xun soon met the Primordial Golden Immortal. This fellow Daoist was very cautious and even somewhat fearful when he saw Fang Xun, and respectfully bowed according to the etiquette of this world.

"Greetings, Spirit Lord."

Spirit Lord is the title of respect given to powerful plant spirits in this world.

"Fellow Daoist, there's no need for such formalities." Fang Xun stepped forward and greeted the fellow Daoist.

This fellow Daoist is different from Fang Xun; he was actually a spiritual herb that transformed into human form and has reached this point.

Fang Xun also exclaimed in admiration, "How powerful must one's talent be to transform a spiritual herb into a Primordial Golden Immortal?"

"May I ask, Venerable Spirit, where do you come from? Are you here as the Tree Ancestor?" the Grass Venerable inquired, seemingly somewhat anxious.

Hmm? Fang Xun was slightly surprised, sensing something unusual.

I didn't think much of it before, but after spending a lot of time with this Grass Lord, I actually felt a strange sense of familiarity with him.

"The Tree Ancestor?" Fang Xun raised an eyebrow, as if he had realized something.

“Yes,” Cao Zun glanced at the Myriad Heavens Dao Tree that Fang Xun had planted earlier, his expression becoming even more affectionate.

"Are you the inheritor of the Tree Ancestor?" These words struck Fang Xun like a thunderclap!

He suddenly looked in one direction, his gaze piercing through all obstacles and landing directly on the very foundation of the world!

Fang Xun used a time-space teleportation technique to arrive at a place that was neither empty nor existent.

What appeared before Fang Xun was a World Tree that was very similar to his original form, but smaller!
“The World Tree… So it wasn’t destroyed in the immeasurable calamity?” Fang Xun stepped forward and placed his hand on the tree trunk.

“Something’s not right,” Fang Xun quickly realized that the tree didn’t seem as ancient and powerful as he had imagined.

"The World Tree that originally supported the Aesir was destroyed, but its roots remained and grew back to this size!"

Fang Xun finally confirmed the origin of this World Tree, and a feeling of joy arose within him.

He also learned the origin of the grass spirit he had just encountered; he was the first plant spirit to take human form on this World Tree.

The reason he transformed into human form was because he saw the memories on this World Tree.

Memories of the World Tree civilization.

The marks left by those powerful gods on the World Tree are so profound that they have even influenced the world today.

"Okay." Fang Xun couldn't help but nod.

The World Tree is an avatar of the Tree of Heavenly Dao, one of its aspects. Therefore, theoretically, this World Tree can also be considered an avatar of Fang Xun, and he can take over it at any time.

It's not that Fang Xun is so happy about just an avatar of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal. The most important thing is that this tree has the Dao traces of the previous Heavenly Dao Tree!

Fang Xun can see the path of the previous Heavenly Dao Tree most directly from this World Tree, and follow the path of his predecessor all the way!
He even thought of the half-dead tree stump in his hand, and that he could finally make use of the great opportunity that Pangu had left him!

There were quite a few remnants left by the previous Tree of All Heavens, but none of them could compare to the World Tree before us, because it was a truly living entity!
"Thank you, Hongjun, for giving me this opportunity!" Fang Xun couldn't help but exclaim.

If it weren't for Hongjun and others taking action against the myriad worlds, he would never have thought of coming here to find this "World Tree" that was already certain to be dead.

"Spirit Lord?" The voice of the Grass Lord rang out again. He looked at Fang Xun and asked with some uncertainty.

“I am indeed the successor of your tree ancestor.” Fang Xun looked at the grass lord with an even more cordial attitude.

If we consider this World Tree as his avatar, then this Grass Lord is half his disciple.

"Are you interested in going to a higher world to cultivate higher levels of power?" Fang Xun suddenly asked.

"Is this the world you came from?" Cao Zun suddenly remembered the group of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian from before, and Hongjun Daoren, who was clearly superior to Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian.

“Yes, there are guides to higher realms there.” Fang Xun said something that no cultivator could refuse.

"I am willing to go!" The grass deity agreed without hesitation.

"Alright." Fang Xun directly opened a portal to the heavens and sent the Grass Venerable to the Primordial World.

Then, he looked at the World Tree, sat down on the ground, and the tree stump appeared in front of him.

hum!
The World Tree trembled violently, as if sensing something, and a branch slowly extended, gently touching the stump.

A strange thing happened: the tree stump seemed to sense something, and the Daoist aura emanating from it trembled slightly.

Fang Xun's eyes lit up, and he formed a hand seal. Behind him, the illusory image of the Heavenly Dao Tree appeared.

His current physical form is fundamentally different from the previous Heavenly Dao Trees, having also cultivated the Path of Nothingness. However, this World Tree is perfectly compatible with this tree stump, and can interfere with the Dao rhythm within it.

Why interfere?
This tree stump is the product of the ultimate showdown between the strongest on the path of "existence" and the strongest on the path of "non-existence"!

The fact that this tree stump has existed in this state of being neither dead nor alive for countless years indicates that the Daoist energy on it has basically reached a balance.

However, Fang Xun interfered with the "existence" within it by using the World Tree, causing it to change, which was equivalent to reigniting the war between the two Daoist philosophies!
This is the ultimate battle between Pangu and the Dao Tree of All Heavens!
boom!
Fang Xun experienced phantom pain again, feeling as if he had been struck by the Heaven-Opening Axe and his body was shattering.

It's just phantom pain, not real pain; what's deadly is the fear.

That fear was deeply ingrained in Fang Xun's heart, but wasn't it also a tremendous opportunity?

Who can witness Pangu wielding the axe that splits the heavens and earth countless times? Who can withstand the blows of the axe that splits the heavens and earth countless times?!
Each axe stroke is the ultimate interpretation of the path of nothingness, revealing the mystery of the realm of limitlessness.

In the previous war between the prehistoric world and the mythological world, the battle between Pangu and Zeus caused the group of Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortals to collectively fall into the realm of enlightenment. Now, as Fang Xun observes the battle, his understanding of "existence" and "non-existence" has also made rapid progress!

In just a few hundred yuan, Fang Xun made a real breakthrough in his path of nothingness.

"The path leading to the void of all paths is truly Pangu..."

"Or rather, the ultimate goal of all paths to nothingness is Pangu?"

A perfect radiance suddenly rose behind Fang Xun's head, with brilliance and darkness alternating, and the power of existence and non-existence resonating within the void.

The Great Dao revolves, existence and non-existence ceaselessly, thus forming a profound and mysterious realm.

Many who were trying to comprehend the mystery again opened their eyes and looked at Fang Xun. Their eyes lit up when they saw the radiant light behind his head.

"Such a perfect balance of existence and non-existence, Fellow Daoist Xuan Su's future is promising!" This was Gu Chensha's assessment. This invincible individual had been cultivating here for some time.

"Fellow Daoist, you flatter me." Fang Xun showed neither joy nor sorrow, and the perfect light behind his head gradually faded.

He truly took a step forward on both the path of existence and non-existence, moving towards that critical state.

With so many perfected origins of Primordial Chaos Golden Immortals, it won't take him too long to enter the critical state before the final Tribulation of Return to Nothingness arrives!
At that time, he was probably only one step away from truly achieving selflessness and boundlessness!
(End of this chapter)