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"Destroyed? What a pity..."

"Perhaps such a divine object was never meant to appear in this world..."

"We were one step too late..."

The crowd discussed it fervently. Yet at that moment, the cracks in the heavens gradually closed, and the dark spiritual clouds slowly dispersed.

Pale moonlight fell from the sky. Before anyone realized it, night had already arrived.

The silvery radiance illuminated heaven and earth. Upon the devastated land, the remaining husk of the Ancient Bodhi Tree lay utterly still, as though it had lost all signs of life.

At one part of the Ancient Bodhi Tree's remaining husk, Liu Xi pressed his hand against it. A smile appeared on his handsome face as he said, "Congratulations, Bodhi. The spiritual tribulation destroyed your power, but it gave you a complete divine soul!"

"Yes!" A gentle, androgynous voice followed. This was no hallucination—the Ancient Bodhi Tree had truly responded to Liu Xi.

Countless specks of starlight lit up in the air like fireflies, then gathered toward the Ancient Bodhi Tree's charred remains.

A hazy phantom condensed within the Ancient Bodhi Tree's body. It had a humanoid shape, but its face seemed shrouded in holy light, making its true appearance impossible to see.

This sight was likewise noticed by the experts who had come from afar across the Western Heaven Continent, and excitement immediately appeared on every face.

"Look, the divine object is still here!"

"The divine object has gained sentience! If we subdue it, once it grows, wouldn't we have a Heaven Supreme guardian?"

"Perhaps we might even find an opportunity to break through to Heaven Supreme!"

"..."

As they spoke, everyone stepped forward together while warily watching one another. All those present were Earth Supreme experts, figures rarely seen in ordinary times, yet now they had gathered