Today's first update: Chapter 2385! 1/4!
Your honey was my poison.
Xu Kun immediately felt an enormous weight on his shoulders. He could practically see the Wood Race Ancestral Gods staring straight at him with the eyes of predators watching prey.
Brother Jie... no!
Given the limitations of Xu Kun's current realm, the life-burning method was utterly useless on himself. At least for now, he could not see how it would benefit him at all. It was little more than a tasteless morsel, but to the Wood Race's Ancestral Gods, this ability was exactly what they needed—something they would not trade for anything.
He did not want to become the cultivation cheat code of a bunch of old tree stumps. But having learned about the Wood Race's history, Xu Kun knew exactly how tempting attaining the Dao was to them.
If they set their sights on him, then things would be fine if he agreed to serve them. He would gain the protection of the foremost royal race, and humanity would gain a powerful ally.
But he would lose his freedom!
Defy them?
That would mean making enemies of a great power. Given the Wood Race's foundations and their obsession with attaining the Dao, Xu Kun did not dare imagine what might happen.
They would definitely do everything in their power to force him into submission.
"Stay calm... Things may not be as bad as I imagined."
One thing was certain: the Wood Race's research into withering and flourishing had begun after the Fusang Divine Tree attained the Dao. It was also possible that the Fusang Divine Tree itself had revealed the secrets of withering and flourishing to the Wood Race after attaining the Dao, or before its death.
But although the Wood Race craved such a heaven-and-earth treasure,