Kong Xian looked at him. "Then are you going to see for yourself?"
The Heavenly Human Emperor said, "Yes. Of course I am."
His divine-sense avatar rose from the Lotus Pedestal. Its form was as insubstantial as smoke as it drifted out of the hall of Holy Light.
"I want to see whether this young man can walk a different path from the one I walked back then!"
Kong Xian turned and headed for his next destination.
The Elf Race's Forbidden Grounds lay at the heart of the Tree of Life.
This was the Elf Race's most sacred place, where the heart of the Tree of Life resided.
Inside the enormous ancient tree was a separate space of emerald green. The air was rich with the scent of grass and wood, and rare spirit herbs and flowers grew across the ground, each giving off a soft glow.
At the center of the space floated an enormous heart.
The heart was green throughout, its surface covered in fine lines like the veins of the earth. With every beat, a pale green halo spread outward. It was the Life Essence of the Tree of Life.
Within the heart, a slender figure could be faintly seen.
She looked to be in her twenties, with breathtaking features and long silver hair that fell like a waterfall. She wore an emerald-green dress embroidered in silver thread with countless flowers, grasses, and trees, each lifelike.
She was the Elf Race's most ancient being, the Elf Emperor.
She had fought in the First Heaven-Extermination War and was the only one in the Elf Race's history to cultivate the Law of Life to its pinnacle.
During the Second Heaven-Extermination War, she had used the Tree of Life as a shield to protect countless elves. But a Heavenly Slave's