I'm modifying myself into the ultimate demon.

Chapter 224 The Ascension Tree, Bai Yujing's Sword!
Just before he made his move, Chen Mo sensed that the Other Shore Flower Curse he had left inside Empress Xiao's body was still in effect.

Whether it works or not, let's try it first.

Moreover, Chen Mo didn't intend to harm Empress Dowager Xiao with his actions. It was merely a test.

Since this is a test, we must try our best to find out as much as possible about Empress Xiao's true character, otherwise our lives will be wasted.

boom!
In an instant, Chen Mo pushed the Other Shore Flower Curse to its limit, attempting to cause Empress Xiao's blood and qi to reverse and cause her to suffer a hemorrhage.

Even though the other party's cultivation level has risen, Chen Mo himself is a Corpse Ancestor of the Nine-Pattern Great Perfection level, and with the Nine-Chapter Ghost Emperor Great Perfection level... the Other Shore Curse he unleashes is enough to easily kill Corpse Ancestors and Ghost Emperors of the same level.

However, after the blood curse erupted... Empress Xiao didn't react at all, still maintaining a ferocious smile, looking at him with a mocking expression.

Ok?
No reaction at all?
Is it that the immortal demonic body is immune to blood curses, or is it that the other party's cultivation level is simply too high?
Chen Mo had no idea what was going on. Instinctively, he quickly distanced himself from Empress Dowager Xiao and retreated from the ancestral hall. Just as he was about to continue retreating—

Click!

In the courtyard behind, a sapling suddenly sprouted from the flat ground. It quickly grew into a towering tree, blocking out the sun. Its black branches swayed continuously, like thick tentacles, sweeping and coiling towards Chen Mo.

Upon seeing this, Chen Mo was slightly surprised, but his movements were swift as he dodged and weaved to avoid being entangled by the branches.

Even though Chen Mo's dodging speed was already very fast, there were just too many branches wrapping around him, and the big tree was still growing taller, extending more and more branches and tentacles.

The dense tentacles came crashing down, leaving Chen Mo with less and less space to dodge.

puff!

As the space to maneuver continued to shrink, Chen Mo could no longer dodge all the branches and tentacles. He was careless and a branch pierced his arm, leaving a conspicuous wound. Zombie blood flowed continuously.

It also carried a burning pain.

hiss!
Chen Mo quickly created some distance and immediately glanced at the wound on his arm. He was horrified to find that the wound had not healed immediately, even when he activated the zombie's undead power.

The burning sensation continued to scorch the wound, and blood kept flowing down.

"What exactly is this tree? It can ignore my zombie immortality and prevent my wounds from healing. It's really bizarre."

While Chen Mo was still in a daze, the black tree had grown to a height of 100 meters, like a small mountain pressing down on Chen Mo's head, with thousands of branches extending and intertwining over him.

It's completely impossible to dodge now.

Click.

Chen Mo spread his hands apart, and the red moonlight within his body erupted, slowly revealing a red mirror between his brows.

It was the Red Moon Mirror.

Chen Mo was about to step into the surface of the Red Moon Mirror.

The Red Moon Mirror connects to the world within the mirror; running in and dodging shouldn't be a problem.

However, just as Chen Mo was about to enter the Red Moon Mirror, he suddenly discovered that the large tree above him was blocking the moonlight, and the Red Moon Mirror had become pitch black and dim.

It had become an ordinary mirror, and no matter how hard Chen Mo tried, he couldn't get inside.

The Red Moon Mirror has failed for the first time!

Such a strange situation made Chen Mo feel somewhat uneasy.

However, Chen Mo did not hesitate. He immediately put away the Crimson Moon Mirror and dodged by stepping on the ground. In his mind, however, he was urgently thinking: This tree is strange; it can actually disable the Crimson Moon Mirror. This tree must be one of Xiao Nanfeng's ultimate techniques.

It's important to know that the Crimson Moon Mirror is Chen Mo's trump card, second only to his cheat ability, and it has never failed before.

Phew!

In an instant, Chen Mo couldn't dodge the piercing branch, and a bloody hole was punched in his chest. He was also thrown more than ten meters away by the enormous force, crashing heavily to the ground and coughing up blood.

A burning sensation emanated from the bloody hole in his chest; the wound refused to heal, and zombie blood continued to flow down its surface.

Before Chen Mo could even catch his breath, hundreds and thousands of tree branches and tentacles surged forth once more.

There are just too many.

Chen Mo rolled and dodged on the ground, but was eventually pierced through the chest by a tree branch, and zombie blood gushed out continuously.

The black tree has now grown to 150 meters tall, with a larger canopy and more branches.

There were hundreds or even thousands of branches that had gotten entangled with it.
With the Red Moon Mirror malfunctioning, Chen Mo had no way to dodge.

The Ghost Emperor's powerful spiritual force couldn't affect the tree at all. The power of the zombie patterns and the corpse poison were also useless against the tree. What's even more absurd is that... even his own domain was ineffective here.

This situation is utterly despairing.

puff puff!

Two more tree branches pierced his chest and limbs, causing burning pain and gushing blood.

"This won't do. The more zombie blood I lose, the weaker my zombie runes become. What exactly is this tree? How can it possibly subdue all the supernatural abilities of a martial arts grandmaster?"

Despite the intense pain, Chen Mo ran around frantically, his eyes fixed intently on the large tree.

He was not afraid of death.

I just want to gather as much information as possible about Empress Xiao.

In preparation for future battles.

Now that he knows Empress Xiao is the Twin Demon, and that she has completed her thirty-six incarnations and entered the stage of corpse liberation and ascension to immortality, coupled with this mysterious tree… this information is already extremely valuable to Chen Mo.

If I hadn't come here, I wouldn't have been able to find out even this information.

"Hahaha. Xiao Nanfeng, you bastard, is this all the tricks you have? I thought you were something special after achieving immortality through corpse liberation. But it seems you're nothing special after all." Chen Mo spat out blood while viciously provoking Xiao Nanfeng.

They were trying to force the woman to reveal more of her cards.

Since we're all going to die sooner or later anyway, we might as well make the most of it.

Xiao Nanfeng, dressed in a golden phoenix robe, stood quietly at the entrance of the ancestral hall, looking at Chen Mo with a mocking expression. "What's your hurry? This tree is enough to make you die without a burial place. But you're not bad, Jiang Hongyue actually gave you such a good thing as the Red Moon Mirror. It's clear that Jiang Hongyue really cares about you. It's a pity that Jiang Hongyue still lost miserably in the end."

Chen Mo shouted, "Is this all the tricks you've got? It's truly disappointing. You have no backbone at all..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Mo was horrified to discover that the black tree had grown to two hundred meters tall and was still growing at a visible rate.

More and more tentacles are emerging.

puff puff!

Chen Mo had several more holes in his body.

Fortunately, Empress Dowager Xiao did not attack Chen Mo, which gave Chen Mo the opportunity to leave the ancestral hall. He tapped his toes twice on the roof beams and dashed out of the ancestral hall like lightning, heading towards the main hall of Shou Kang Palace.

"That vile Empress Dowager Xiao didn't even chase after us? Aren't you afraid I'll really run away?"

Chen Mo turned around and saw Empress Xiao still standing at the entrance of the ancestral hall, watching him from afar, showing no intention of chasing after him.

This puzzled Chen Mo somewhat.

Then Chen Mo thought for a moment and realized that it would be good if he could just run away, since he would save an avatar.

With all this information I've gathered, it's not a bad deal.

It was the fact that his second brother had suffered that made Chen Mo feel extremely uneasy.

Should we go back and continue probing?

After a moment's thought, Chen Mo dismissed the idea.

No need.

With my current strength, I'm no longer able to probe for more information.

Chen Mo quickly realized something was wrong:

No matter how far he ran, the shadow of the tree always loomed over him. Chen Mo thought he had run two miles, but when he suddenly looked up... he discovered that the tree had grown to five or six hundred meters tall. Like a ferocious beast, it stretched across the sky above the palace.

"What on earth is this tree? How can it grow so tall? It's outrageous!"

Chen Mo believed he had been in this world for several years and had seen and heard quite a lot along the way. But he had never seen a tree that could grow so tall.

He didn't dare stop and continued running forward.

Unconsciously, I ran towards the direction of the Cold Palace, a straight-line distance of three miles from the Shou Kang Palace. But the shadow overhead kept following me.

Looking up again, I saw that the tree had grown to be seven or eight hundred meters tall.

The entire palace seemed a bit too small under this big tree.

Chen Mo finally stopped and stared blankly at the big tree above his head.

He finally realized it.

There's no escaping it.

Why not stay and study the characteristics and origin of this big tree properly?

Thinking of this, Chen Mo gritted his teeth and, instead of retreating, ran towards the tree trunk.

With the strength of the Corpse Ancestor who could not be melted, Chen Mo's body could remain suspended in the air for a long time. In an instant, he transformed into a blur and rushed to the tree trunk, then sped along the trunk towards the treetop.

puff puff!

During the climb, their bodies were constantly pierced by tree branches and tentacles, leaving conspicuous bloody holes.

Blood was flowing from the corner of Chen Mo's mouth, but he couldn't care less about his injuries.

soon--

Boom!

Although Chen Mo was climbing very quickly, the tree was growing even faster. In just a few breaths, it had grown to a height of over a thousand meters.

This is not a tree at all.

Even the tallest continent in my previous life couldn't compare to the height of this tree.

There's definitely something wrong with this tree; it might just be Xiao Nanfeng's trump card.

Chen Mo really wanted to climb to the top of the tree to see what was going on.

Unfortunately, this tree is growing too fast.

The process of catching up was truly unpleasant.

At that moment, the tree stopped growing.

Chen Mo then quickly climbed to the treetop.

Standing on a branch at the top of a tree, Chen Mo looked around at the surrounding palace and was surprised to see that even the huge palace city seemed somewhat small.

"It's truly amazing that such a terrifying tree exists in this world. It's even more terrifying than a mountain. The canopy covers an area of ​​twenty or thirty miles. It's simply unbelievable."

Chen Mo was utterly shocked.

Just then, Chen Mo suddenly sensed a golden figure behind him. He turned around abruptly and was shocked to find Xiao Nanfeng standing on the leaves behind him, looking at him with a mocking expression.

Ok?
When did this woman come up?

If she has such supernatural powers, why doesn't she just kill herself?
Why did they have to make such a big tree?
Isn't that redundant?
Xiao Nanfeng spoke up at this moment: "Why aren't you running anymore?"

Chen Mo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Your Majesty, why be so sarcastic?"

Xiao Nanfeng said calmly, "You probably think I created such a large tree just to create a mystery. But you're wrong. The reason I did this is to prevent the demonic fetus within you from escaping. Killing you is as easy as crushing an ant; there's nothing to say about it. But if you die, the demonic fetus within you might escape. I'm using this elder tree to completely send you and the demonic fetus within you down the Yellow Springs, once and for all."

This strange tree... is it actually an elderberry?
Chen Mo had seen elderberry in Jiang Hongyue's memories before, but it was nowhere near as exaggerated as this.

Xiao Nanfeng laughed heartily, "Ordinary elder trees naturally wouldn't grow this big. But this elder tree is different. I had it grow in the palace, nourished by the national fortune of the Great Qian Dynasty. So it naturally grew this big. Elder trees are also called the Corpse-Dissolving Ascension Tree. This is an Ascension Tree."

The Tree of Ascension...

Chen Mo suddenly raised his head and looked at the full moon in the sky above. He vaguely realized something.

No wonder Xiao Nanfeng could reach heights that the Twin Demons couldn't, no wonder she wanted to rule from behind the curtain... It wasn't that she couldn't let go of the supreme imperial power of the secular world. Rather, she wanted to use the national fortune of the Great Qian Dynasty to nourish the Ascension Tree.

So... this Ascension Tree is Xiao Nanfeng's ultimate trump card.

Although Chen Mo knew he couldn't escape, the fact that he had obtained so much information made the trip worthwhile.

"Alright, it's about time. Chen Mo, go to the Yellow Springs!" Xiao Nanfeng didn't hesitate any longer and waved his hand.

Boom!

Suddenly, the entire tree began to shake violently, and thousands of branches transformed into indestructible tentacles, piercing towards Chen Mo from all directions.

Chen Mo knew he had no way out and felt a sense of desolation.

This life is yours.

puff puff!

Countless branches pierced Chen Mo's body with a deafening roar, instantly leaving him riddled with hundreds of sharp thorns, causing excruciating pain. At the same time, the bean-sized demonic fetus within his body also began to violently throb.

They tried to struggle and resist, but ultimately could not withstand the overwhelming power of the Ascension Tree.

Eventually, it slowly faded away.

Ho ho!

Chen Mo spat out mouthfuls of blood, his life force rapidly draining away. The tree branches were slowly draining his life essence and even stealing his soul.

pain!
A pain that cuts to the bone.

But Chen Mo knew...

All this struggle is pointless.

Xiao Nanfeng laughed: "It's over, it's all over. In this Great Qian world, only I alone can decide the fate of heaven and earth."

Just then——

Wow!

A flash of white light suddenly appeared from afar, appearing in the treetops in an instant. The white light enveloped Chen Mo's body, and sharp sword light severed all the branches and tentacles around him.

Immediately afterward, Chen Mo saw a familiar yet unfamiliar woman appear beside him.

Clad in white like snow, with long flowing hair, she held a sword in one hand, seemingly becoming the only ray of light in the darkness.

Chen Mo turned his head with difficulty and said to the woman, "Xiao Ye, what are you doing here?!"

I came here with a plan; losing one's life is no big deal.

But if Xiaoye runs over there, she'll just be throwing her life away.

This made Chen Mo, who was already prepared to die, feel a sense of urgency.

The woman in white ignored Chen Mo, walked up to him, and patted him on the shoulder.

hum!
A powerful life force flowed into Chen Mo's body, forcing out countless tree branch fragments. Chen Mo, who was originally on the verge of death, became much more energetic.

The woman in white then said, "I have my reasons for coming!"

(End of this chapter)