Chu Jiang murmured softly, then moved, tearing open space and plunging straight into the inner world of the Treasure Saint Tree.
This was a vast world within a tree, as boundless as a sea of stars. Its branches stood like pillars of heaven and its leaves shone like stars, yet grayish-black negative energy coiled everywhere, oppressive to the extreme.
The moment he stepped inside, a dazzling orb of memories flew straight toward him.
A massive flood of information surged into him. Chu Jiang closed his eyes to absorb it, instantly grasping every hidden secret.
Over the past ten thousand years, a terrifying evil creature that had awakened within the Ancient Mine of Myriad Sins had secretly sent a thread of malicious intent into the true body of the Treasure Saint Tree.
The two erupted into an earth-shattering battle. The evil creature corroded it with negative energy, gradually gnawing away at and taking control of the Saint Tree's body.
Afterward, the creature exploited the Treasure Saint Tree's ability to bear various sacred fruits, luring powerful cultivators from every side to come.
Then it magnified the greed, desires, killing intent, and resentment buried in their hearts.
Nearly every cultivator who entered this place met with disaster, ultimately being refined into living corpse puppets.
Chu Jiang guessed that this evil creature was the Lord of Myriad Sins.
The Lord of Myriad Sins was originally an aggregate of negative energies in heaven and earth—resentment, greed, slaughter, hatred, and more.
After being sealed by the Demon Quelling Celestial Venerable back then, it had been completely cut off from its source of energy.
That was why it had sought an opportunity to invade a supreme spiritual root of heaven and earth like the Treasure Saint Tree, using it as an energy transfer station to madly absorb