It was not that Douluo Continent needed the Golden Ancient Tree, nor that Shrek Academy needed the Golden Ancient Tree. Rather, Tang San needed a Douluo Continent that had been drastically weakened, where almost no one could become a god on their own. That was why this Golden Ancient Tree existed.
After Ascending to the God Realm, Tang San had perhaps gone to great lengths before finally finding, in the Divine Beast Forest, a Divine Tree that met all his requirements. Only then did he bring it down and plant it in Shrek Academy.
Using the vitality of the mortal world to nourish a divine plant came at an enormous cost, but that was precisely the price Tang San wanted. Otherwise, would it not have been better to plant it in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, or leave it in the Divine Beast Forest of the God Realm?
As for how he intended to use all that stolen vitality, Chen Ping guessed that Tang San had not figured it out either. That was why he had merged his own mother back into the Golden Ancient Tree.
This way, the vitality the Golden Ancient Tree had stolen during its ten thousand years of natural growth would ultimately remain in Tang San's hands, ready for him to use as he pleased.
"This is the real ten-thousand-year plan."
After sorting everything out, Chen Ping spoke with a bitter smile.
Lowering the odds of becoming a god, sealing off the path to godhood, and weakening the upper limit of later Soul Masters from the very foundation—Tang San had truly put in tremendous effort to turn Douluo Continent into the Tang Family's backyard for all eternity.
It was only because he had the Elf, which could help him trace back a glimpse of