Where the spirit fruit had grown before, the mist had now vanished. In that field of broken stones, even the strange spirit fruit tree was gone.
There were no withered branches, nor any scraps of vegetation, as if no spirit fruit had ever grown there at all.
He Xuán could not have mistaken the location. Yet the current state clearly indicated that once the spirit fruits had fully matured, the spirit tree had withered and decayed on its own.
Spirit trees like this were not uncommon in the Cultivation World.
Some spirit trees infused all their own nutrients into the spirit fruits they nurtured. When the fruits fully matured, the spirit trees withered and perished.
The spirit tree that had produced three heaven-defying spirit fruits was undoubtedly such an existence.
The lack of fruit pits or seeds left behind did not surprise He Xuán. The tree must have required special conditions to grow. Perhaps, like the Emerald Palm Vine, it had evolved after a certain spirit tree fused with Myriad Buddha Blossom Pollen.
The origins of a spirit fruit capable of giving birth to Heaven and Earth spirit patterns were truly difficult to explain. Any possibility one could imagine might well be the truth.
He Xuán paid no attention to the spirit fruit tree. With a flash of his figure, he moved toward where Jin Shi had stopped.
Jin Shi's immense aura swept through heaven and earth, shrouding an area hundreds of miles wide. Even the Profound Tier Nether Soul Ghostly Creatures all retreated and fled into the distance.
The reason He Xuán had been able to seclude himself for so long without suffering a Nether Soul attack was precisely Jin Shi's aura.
By now, He Xuán felt completely at ease. He was certain that although he and Jin Shi