Originally, Demon Lord Luo Hou had hunted him down time and again. Though his Dao heart had never been broken, dust had still settled upon it. It was not cowardice, yet it had ultimately left its mark. Now, however, he had finally slain Demon Lord Luo Hou, and all of it had turned into the driving force pushing him forward.
Moreover, he had glimpsed the possibility of breaking into the Ninth Stage. Though it was merely the faintest sliver of a possibility, it was no longer like before, when there had been virtually no chance at all of breaking through.
As long as there was a possibility, it could become reality. Cultivation itself meant defying the heavens and forging miracles.
After seizing Demon Lord Luo Hou's body and throwing it into his Inner World to nourish the World Tree, Ye Xiwen finally let out a small sigh of relief.
Then he charged directly into that great formation and collected the ninety-nine energy spheres.
Although the ninety-nine energy spheres had suffered some depletion during the assault on the Absolute Heaven Saint Palace, they still amounted to an immeasurable, heaven-shaking fortune.
With these ninety-nine energy spheres, Ye Xiwen could continuously use the Creation Universe Palm. His combat power would undoubtedly rise once more.
Yet it was still not enough if he wanted to contend against a Half-Step Chief Sovereign.
Ye Xiwen looked into his Inner World. The World Tree Fruit was still slowly gestating. As he watered it with more and more Celestial Venerables' essence blood, the World Tree was growing at breathtaking speed, because it was actually the World Tree that absorbed most of that essence blood.
Thus, the World Tree Fruit matured ever more slowly and required increasingly more Celestial Venerables' essence blood. Of course, although it had yet to