Withered Wood Mountain—rather than a mountain, it was more accurately a towering, colossal dead tree that pierced the clouds.
Its name was Ancient Wood.
Ancient Wood had an exceptionally long lifespan. This particular tree had already existed for over a million years. From the era of Savage Demon Venerable to Mortal Demon Venerable, then Immortal Venerable Yuan Lian, Heavenly Thief Demon Venerable, Ju Yang Immortal Venerable, You Hun Demon Venerable, and Paradise Immortal Venerable. Even after Paradise Immortal Venerable fell, it still remained alive.
When its branches had been luxuriant and its leaves lush, its dense green canopy had blotted out the sky and covered the earth, bearing countless fresh fruits. Its thick branches could even be developed into unique tree fields.
During its splendid and glorious years, it had usually been occupied by Northern Plains' strongest Gu Immortals or most powerful forces.
But as the River of Time ceaselessly washed over it, that deep verdant green gradually withered, while its sturdy tree bark slowly became mottled. Its glory dispersed, its elegance sank into silence.
Ancient Wood, once a rare treasure that had caused countless great experts to battle until their heads bled, even falling in the process, had ultimately entered its lonely twilight years. Its dry, bare trunk seemed able to savor the prosperity and splendor of the past only through the shadow it cast over the land.
By now, Ancient Wood's main trunk had long since withered to death. Only a small portion of its branches still retained traces of life.
From a wondrous treasure fought over by all, it had become an ancient relic that people almost visited in reverence. Like a hunched giant, it bent at the waist and sat honestly upon the ground, awaiting the final limit of its lifespan.
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