Today's second update: Chapter 2094! 2/3!
"Big Brother, such a huge ruin will probably take a long time to develop~" Erpang clicked his tongue.
Xu Kun smiled faintly and took out the Moonlit Night pouch. Curious, he asked, "How do you Wood Race members cultivate on Upside-Down Mountain?"
The main theme of Upside-Down Mountain was adapting to the immense gravity that increased with elevation.
Yet few of the Wood Race could move. Even those capable of growing vines—could they grow from the foot of Upside-Down Mountain all the way to its summit?
"Our Wood Race isn't particularly keen on cultivating on Upside-Down Mountain. Or rather, apart from below the twentieth floor, most of our cultivation takes place in the outside world."
"Those who truly enter the Haotian Pagoda to cultivate are either people like me, confident in their own strength, who use seed avatars to undergo all kinds of normal trials in their stead; or those with low strength, who are planted somewhere on the twentieth floor or higher of the Haotian Pagoda. They take root and sprout, and over time, become natives here."
Seed avatars possessed a portion of the original body's strength. Xu Kun knew that much. Aside from Xu Erpang, other Wood Race creatures could not move freely, or even if they could, they could not do so freely for long periods.
After all, people thrived when they moved, while trees died when transplanted. That was simply the natural order.
Using seed avatars or inhabiting certain creatures could indeed allow movement, but a seed avatar's strength was naturally far inferior to the original body.
As a result, the Wood Race generally had little presence in the struggles for dominance across the various floors of the Haotian Pagoda.
Likewise, few dared to invade the heartland of the