The Feng Zun Journey
Mysterious Tree

Hah~

Feng Zun inhaled and exhaled turbid air, his gaze then observing the battleground. 

In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly, and reluctantly began to collect the spoils of war himself.

"I look so poor now, that these things look so precious."

When he finished collecting the spoils of war, Feng Zun walked towards the large ritual altar, and sat down cross-legged.

Then he took out enough spiritual herbs to make some pills and potions.

As he consumed and refined spiritual medicine to recover his soul power, he stared at the Blue Thunder Sword.

The blade is broken and reddened by rust.

At its peak of glory, this was a top-tier Dao Sword for a peak Immortal God cultivator. 

However, it was now severely damaged and its strength was likely only equivalent to Han Mei's Heart Sword.

The reason why Liyan Yun and the others were unable to conquer this sword, was because this sword had yet to lose its spirituality, and possessed an extremely powerful soul force.

Moreover, if this sword was inside a large ritual altar, it could use a power that sealed the bronze gate, which made it able to stop even Immortal God cultivators' footsteps, though, moreover, it was only to stop people like Liyan Yun and the others.

"Fortunately, the quality and spiritual material are very good. When I step into the peak of the Immortal God Realm, I will fuse it with the Fantian Emperor Sword."

An hour later.

When Feng Zun had fully recovered his true essence and soul power, he focused his gaze on the tightly shut bronze gate in the distance.

When he examined it with his spiritual senses and divine eyes, Feng Zun could clearly see that the power of the spatial barrier had condensed above the gate, it fused perfectly with the complicated runes and diagrams carved on its surface, to create an extremely frightening forbidden power.

Only an Immortal God cultivator could put up a seal with such strength!

Feng Zun could at a glance guess that it was made by Emperor Mo Tianyuan.

Otherwise, why would his sword, the Blue Thunder, still continue to guard this place until now?

"I just don't know what exactly happened at that moment, which even made Emperor Mo Tianyuan not hesitate to part with his sword, either, just to guard this gate and prevent outsiders from approaching…"

As Feng Zun pondered, he turned his hand, and spat out golden blood once more, and calmly sensed it.

The golden blood trembled, and the Dao Charm within it surged with overflowing life force.

It seemed rather agitated, as if it was trying to break free and wanted to rush towards the bronze gate immediately.

"Just like I thought! This divine object of golden blood, must be behind that gate."

"In that case, could it be that Emperor Mo Tianyuan struggled to seal this place, not only to distance outsiders, but also to prevent the Divine Object within from escaping?"

Feng Zun pondered this. 

He dared to say that an unexpected danger was waiting behind the tightly shut bronze gate.

Even before descending into this underground world, he had already guessed that the extreme Yin Energy that enveloped the entire tunnel, still had something to do with this Divine Object of golden blood.

However, Feng Zun was still unable to deduce just how great the danger behind the bronze gate was.

"Bloody mist, star corpses, countless graves, sealed gates, divine golden blood, I'm worried that this variable will be much more complicated than the Darkness Ancient Guard Energy."

Feng Zun's musings stopped here. Without hesitation, he brought the Blue Thunder Sword to the tightly shut gate.

Swosh~

As he threw the sword into the seal that enveloped the bronze gate, energy ripples appeared around the gate. Countless mysterious and indistinct Dao runes suddenly trembled.

In the end, the gate gradually opened.

Feng Zun walked over and entered it.

It was as if he was walking into a time tunnel, with a view of the sky filled with rotating stars.

When his field of vision returned to its original clearness, the first thing he saw was a large tree.

The size of the tree was staggering, soaring through the clouds, its branches sticking out into space. Its trunk was like a giant pillar that sustained heaven and earth. 

Even if one were to pick that tree branch at random, then that branch would be the same size as the vast ancient mountain range!

Feng Zun's eyes were focused. 

"What's this?"

The tree was full of star corpses!

Each star died like a fragment of a continent, and each one of them was enveloped by the aura of the mysterious and unfathomable Ancient Dividing Energy. 

For an unknown reason, this scene seemed familiar to Feng Zun.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly recalled something.

He flipped his hand and took out a black-colored bell.

Thunder Punishment Bells.

It is a very powerful artifact, but it has long been badly damaged. His mother, Lin Hua, brought him from the Tian Clan Realm. In his battle in the Zhou Dynasty back then, Changyi Tian had managed to snatch it.

Only after Feng Zun defeated Changyi Tian did he finally regain this artifact.

At the time of wanting to return the artifact, his mother refused and asked Feng Zun to keep it.

Just then, Feng Zun discovered runes and secret diagrams on the inside of the bell.

The diagram depicts a very strange large tree. It soared high into the sky and into the void of the starry sky. Its branches were filled with fragmented star corpses.

Above the diagram is a line of text written in very ancient writing.

"Vena Luo, the nine highest secrets."

'Vena Luo' naturally refers to the source or core of Mainland Luo. Myths say that fifty thousand years ago, the Ancient Dividing Energy originated from the Luo Vein.

As for the 'nine supreme secrets'? Feng Zun did not understand. 

All he could guess was that these black bells were from another world, and the first person to bring him was likely to search for things related to these 'nine supreme secrets.

But that person might have already perished under the power of the Darkness Ancient Guard Energy.

This naturally removed all further clues from him. 

Now, however, behind the sealed gate that existed in the underground world of Lotus Mountain, Feng Zun saw a tree that was the same as the tree that was in the black bell secret diagram!

"Could it be that this tree is connected to the Luo Vein? Did it also hide the clues about the nine highest secrets?"

Feng Zun thought hard.

He came here to look for clues about the Darkness Ancient Guard Energy. He never expected that he would see something like this!

It seems. It's getting interesting.

Feng Zun put aside his disturbing thoughts and looked around. To his surprise, this entire stretch of heaven and earth seemed to be stuck in the void of outer space. Except for a large hunk of land under his feet, there was nothing else but boundless darkness from all sides. 

"It seems that the sealed bronze gate was a spatial tunnel, this was definitely not the underground world under Lotus Mountain. The fact is. I may not be on the Eternal Lotus Island at all…"

Feng Zun furrowed his brows and looked back.

The bronze gate was still there, but it seemed to be hidden in the air, and was only faintly visible. 

"The view convinced him. Fortunately with that gate, I was still able to calm down. Otherwise, I don't know how to find my way back."

He thought for a moment, then darted straight ahead. He was planning to examine a giant tree filled with falling star shards from up close.

The tree is unique and very strange. Its size was enormous, and various celestial bodies hung on its branches. Furthermore, it was also enveloped by a wisp of Darkness Ancient Guard Energy power.

Even Feng Zun had read many knowledge books, but he had never seen such a strange tree before.

Fifteen minutes passed, then half an hour.

Only after flying for an entire hour would Feng Zun finally be able to see it clearly, under his feet, the tree roots connected directly towards space!

Each root is like a great path through the void. The numbers were numerous and dense, and it was unclear where they were headed. Everything was enveloped by the mysterious and elusive power of the Ancient Guardians Energy.

Furthermore, as he got closer to the tree, the aura of the Ancient Dividing Energy grew increasingly dense, like a dark mist. It was enough to make one's heart tremble.

This terrifying power was a taboo force that enveloped the Luo Mainland for fifty thousand years, causing countless ancient orthodoxies to disappear in the river of history!

No matter how powerful the orthodoxy that Immortal God possessed, they were all suppressed and could only fight to survive!

At the same time, Feng Zun's gaze suddenly focused on one grave.

A corpse sat in front of the grave.