The gathering had been arranged beneath the Sacred Tree Covering the Sky Banyan, near the Slumber Secret Realm.
When Jiang Ding arrived, he looked the divine tree over from top to bottom—its roots spread across the entire planet, its branches and leaves pierced the atmosphere and stretched into the starry sky.
In the past, when he had been young, he had thought it was a great tree, an Ancient Desolation Exotic Species obtained by chance by the Immortal Sect Sages.
Now, however, he understood clearly. This was not a great tree, nor was it life. It was an enormous, terrifying bionic robot—a plant-like robot forged by countless Immortal Sect geniuses and outstanding figures using innumerable Natural Treasures, the mainframe vessel of the Central Array Spirit Computer.
Every leaf and every branch of this tree among the stars was a quasi-magical artifact personally refined by the Immortal Sect Sages. Beneath the outward appearance of bark, trunk, and leaves lay circuit spiritual-energy components, formation runes, and formation patterns.
If someone could split open a single leaf, they would see those mysteries and discover the circuit spiritual-energy components within.
This was no Ancient Desolation Exotic Species!
It was a superproject created through the immeasurable painstaking effort of countless Immortal Sect talents and sages, benefiting generations yet to come!
The reason this super bionic robot took the form of a great tree was that such a form was best suited for Absorbing Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, transforming void-chaos, and drawing in the starlight of the universe.
Jiang Ding stood there in a daze, sinking into countless thoughts.
An Siyan and Jin Lingfeng were used to it. Each took one of his arms and dragged him toward the crowd.
"Oh, you're here!"
True Lord Gulin greeted them with a smile, looking at the