Da Xuan Martial Saint - Chapter 769 426: God Realm

Chen Mu’s gaze swept across the entire tree cavity without lingering too long on any one spot, focusing instead on the central spiritual pool.

Contained within this spiritual pool was the accumulation of a thousand years of the Xunmu Cave Heaven, so rich and potent that even Chen Mu couldn’t help but marvel; more eye-catching still was the faint trace of gold at the deepest part of the spiritual pool. Chen Mu didn’t know what it was, but it was certainly even more precious than the Wood Spirit Liquid.

Chen Mu did not pause further and immediately strode towards the spiritual pool.

Almost as soon as Chen Mu approached the edge of the spiritual pool—

Sudden turmoil erupted!

Within the entire tree cavity, the various shattered formation keystones suddenly began to extend beams of spiritual light, which instantly intertwined into a web-like structure that trapped Chen Mu in the center.

Meanwhile on the side of the spiritual pool, the previously lifeless Ling Ji suddenly opened a pair of blood-red eyes, slightly lifting his lowered head; his body was still covered in cracks, but now those cracks were emanating beams of spiritual light that resembled the patterns of heaven and earth, connecting with the formation keystones throughout the tree cavity.

The core of this convergence of spiritual light, too, was precisely that particular spiritual pool!

“Please, Sacred Tree, slay this foe!”

Ling Ji let out a hoarse roar, the sound seeming to further rip open the wounds on his body, fresh blood gushing from his mouth and nose, his eyes regarding Chen Mu with deep-seated hatred.

If it weren’t for Chen Mu, they wouldn’t have suffered such heavy losses during this extraterrestrial invasion, if it weren’t for Chen Mu, Ling Huan would have had more time to coach him in cultivation, passing on all his knowledge before his lifespan reached its limit.

But now, everything was gone.

Ling Huan was dead.

He too was soon to die, unable to survive much longer.

Without a figure of the Spirit Ancestor’s caliber, maybe this century the extraterrestrial beings might fail to accomplish more, and some of the Spirit People Race might safely endure, but come the next century, without another Spirit Ancestor emerging, this Xunmu Cave Heaven would undoubtedly fall completely, falling under control of the invaders, no longer a sanctuary of their own.

His heart was filled with deep hatred.

Even at the cost of his own life, he intended to bring down Chen Mu with him!

Swish!

Chen Mu’s movements and reactions were extremely quick. Though he seemed unguarded as he approached the spiritual pool, he was actually on constant alert. The instant Ling Ji erupted, Chen Mu instantly recoiled backward.

But the spiritual lines spreading nearby were too fast, forming in the blink of an eye and entangling around his body. While these lines did not inflict any damage nor were they able to fully suppress him, they still slightly slowed his movements, preventing him from immediately leaving the tree cavity.

Almost the next moment, Chen Mu’s pupils contracted slightly.

He sensed a will pervasive throughout heaven and earth as if awakening from slumber, causing the world he perceived to suddenly ‘come alive’, rendering his Qiankun Domain momentarily ineffective and unable to compete for the control of The Power of Heaven and Earth.

This will didn’t seem like a truly living entity, or rather it didn’t appear as sentient and intelligent as he was; it seemed very sluggish and crude, like an object lacking self-awareness, but its origin was indubitably—

Xunmu itself!

This was the will of Xunmu!

Chen Mu, before even entering the Forbidden Land, had meticulously investigated Xunmu’s essence. He was also concerned that such a powerful being could possess self-awareness and intelligence like a ‘demon’, which would be truly terrifying, probably far surpassing Da Xuan’s Tenth Rank Heavenly Demon and incalculable whether it would be Eleventh Rank or Twelfth Rank.

However, after thorough investigation, he perceived no actively lively will from Xunmu, which is why he had entered.

But now, it seemed, this towering Xunmu did possess a will, albeit not so active, or rather, it had always been in slumber and had not awoken for who knows how long.

Yet in this moment, Ling Ji, by some means and at some cost, had forcibly communicated with and guided it, causing its will to suddenly surge, focusing upon Chen Mu, giving him a sense of oppression too intense to describe with words!

It was as if,

He were standing atop Yunni Sky Peak, looking up at the vast sky, feeling his own insignificance!

This surge of will from Xunmu swept over Chen Mu’s entire body, putting him on high alert, his very spirit tensed to its limit, and his Vigorous strength fully mobilized, ready to confront any terrifying attack that might come at any moment.

“Die, die…”

Ling Ji was bloody all over, now unable to stand, just sitting there rigidly, blood continuously seeping from the cracks in his body, looking utterly dreadful. His life force was like a flickering candle in the wind, about to extinguish at any moment.

And the look he gave Chen Mu was filled with vengeful pleasure.

No one could withstand the power of the Sacred Tree.

Even existences at the level of the Spirit Ancestor were like mere ants in front of the Sacred Tree, the very pillar that upheld the heavens and the earth.

He remembered Ling Huan telling him that the Xunmu Sacred Tree possessed a consciousness, although it was always asleep, he had been amazed for a long time because he had never detected this, even after reaching the level of Spirit Ancestor.

But Ling Huan also told him, unless absolutely necessary, one must never attempt to stir Xunmu’s will into awakening, because Xunmu’s will had been slumbering for a thousand years, and even Ling Huan didn’t know what would happen if Xunmu were awakened.

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