According to Old Turtle's description, the Heavenly Thunder Umbrella in its complete state could directly block all Heavenly Thunder, including the final Great Heavenly Thunder.
This was exactly why Li Chang'an wanted to obtain the umbrella.
However, something strange occurred.
He was clearly walking forward, yet the previous-generation Vermillion Bird's corpse was growing farther and farther away from him.
"Strange."
Li Chang'an frowned slightly and continued forward.
He vaguely sensed that he himself was gradually becoming tiny.
The ground beneath his feet kept stretching out in every direction, and the space above his head became ever broader.
Before he knew it, he had walked out of that narrow passage and into an unfamiliar world where the sky was high and the earth was wide!
"An illusion?"
Li Chang'an's steps halted. He remained on guard and looked around.
Whether it was Old Vermillion Bird's corpse or the passage he had originally been in, both had vanished.
The entire world was flat, with no end in sight, and everywhere were lush flowers, grasses, and trees.
He was just about to continue forward when he unexpectedly discovered that, at some unknown point, he himself had become a little sapling rooted in the earth.
"How bizarre."
Li Chang'an carefully sensed his own state.
Right now, he could do nothing. His mana, Spiritual Sense, and the like seemed to have disappeared, and he could only quietly sense the changes around him in the form of a sapling.
"The Hexagram Image showed 'auspicious.' I shouldn't encounter too much danger."
He kept calm and quietly waited for a turn for the better to appear.
Time slowly flowed by.
One year, two years, three years...
Who knew how much time had passed, but he had already become a giant tree, no longer that thin and weak sapling from