Deep within a primordial mountain range of Profound Origin Cave Heaven.
A white-robed figure flitted like Gui Mei through the towering ancient trees, his steps light and soundless. It was Mo Lin, who had left the main group on his own.
He was in no hurry to venture into the core region. Instead, he wandered seemingly aimlessly around the outskirts. A faint gleam flowed through the Immortal Eye as it scanned every subtle detail of this land with perception beyond all reason.
Resource sites that ordinary disciples needed jade slips to locate were as clear to him as lights in the night. But he had little interest in ordinary Essence of Profound Origin. He was searching for something more unusual—strange places that might contain deeper Origin Power, or be connected to supreme laws such as time, space, and reincarnation.
When he reached a valley, an unusual fluctuation of metal-element energy filled the air within, utterly at odds with the vitality of the surrounding wood element. Mo Lin halted, his gaze settling upon an especially conspicuous ancient tree at the center of the valley.
It was no ordinary plant, but a strange ancient tree entirely dark bronze in color! Its gnarled trunk seemed cast from bronze and gleamed with a metallic luster, while its leaves were an eerie dark green, brimming with vigorous life. Two utterly different attributes had fused perfectly within a single plant.
"Hm?" Mo Lin raised an eyebrow slightly, feeling that the tree looked familiar. "I seem to have seen a similar record in some miscellaneous ancient text from the sect... What was it called? Mysterious Bronze... Insect Tree?"
He tried hard to recall it, but the details were vague. The sect's archives were as vast as the sea, and he had only skimmed through them at the