Under the Enlightenment Tree, Stripping Away the Hypocritical Immortal Ascension Contract

The shattered remnants of the Immortal Brush of Fate managed by the Hall of the Scribe bobbed in the pale ocean of the Land of Origin like rotten deadwood. Yet deep within that collapsed palace of white bone, an even purer, even more ancient immortal aura was like a sleeping behemoth, suddenly opening its eyes at that moment.

At the center of the ruins, a colossal tree, translucent from trunk to crown, its leaves pulsing like stars, slowly rose from the ground.

"The Causal Enlightenment Tree."

Chu Qing stood barefoot on the Dark Gold-tinged deck of the Black Diamond Dragon Ship, his voice hoarse, yet carrying a weight that made the void tremble.

This tree was the foundation of the entire Chaos Sea cultivation system, and also the "hook" the Scribe used to fish for geniuses from ten thousand worlds and reap the foundations of civilizations. Among its luxuriant branches and leaves, hanging in dense clusters, were not fruits, but sheet after sheet of "Immortal Ascension Contracts" radiating tempting Golden Light.

"Chu Qing... you have broken the rules."

From the shadows of the Bone Palace, three "Scribe Elders" whose auras were deep as the sea walked out slowly. They were no longer those faceless Ghostwriters, but true old monsters who had lived for countless epochs. One of them pointed a withered finger into the air, and the tens of millions of contracts on the Enlightenment Tree transformed into a golden downpour, sweeping toward Stone Ridge Mountain.

[Judgment: The people of Stone Ridge Mountain possess lowly foundations and are unworthy of entering the immortal ranks.]

[Setting: Only those who sign this contract may live; those who violate this contract shall have their souls fall at once and turn into sludge.]

Those contracts unfurled in midair, every sheet densely filled with the