Zhang Chen, who had mastered Wood Authority, could sense that the Pan Peach Tree possessed spirituality, but its spirituality seemed flawed.
The Pan Peach Tree's soul was enormous, yet it possessed only instinctive awareness and no self-conscious thought.
That makes sense. The Pan Peach Tree is a spiritual root of the same rank as Sage Zhun Ti and Zhen Yuanzi in the novels. It can be considered an Innate Sacred Being, so having such an immense soul is hardly surprising. Unfortunately, it encountered the Queen Mother of the West. She has continuously suppressed its spirituality, preventing it from developing self-awareness. Thus, no matter how enormous its soul or how astonishing its spirituality, it will never have a chance to take form. Zhang Chen felt a trace of regret. The Pan Peach Tree had already birthed a soul. Even if that soul was blank as a sheet, it was not something he could shake.
This was the foundation of a top-tier demon god. How could a minor figure whose Immortal Dao had yet to be achieved possibly shake it?
After wandering around the Pan Peach Garden once, Zhang Chen realized that aside from eating Pan Peaches, there was nothing else he could do.
*Come to think of it, if one wants to refine an Innate Spiritual Root, it must be when the root has only just taken root and sprouted, before it develops spirituality. But at that time, heaven and earth had only just been opened. Who would have had the chance to refine an Innate Spiritual Root? Once the Innate Spiritual Root matured, the various demon gods would have taken form as well, and the opportunity to refine it would be lost. Otherwise, the Queen Mother of the West would have long since refined the Pan Peach Tree. How could