Time passed swiftly.
In the blink of an eye, a Jiazi Cycle had gone by.
Mortal Realm.
Demon Tree Ridge.
The Yao Mo Tree remained lush and verdant.
Beneath the tree trunk was a hidden underground cavern.
Countless roots of the Yao Mo Tree spread throughout the cavern, constantly boring into the massive Yao corpse in the middle.
The corpse resembled a giant hound with a human face. It was none other than Valley God Yao Venerable!
Compared with before, however, Valley God Yao Venerable's body seemed to have shrunk by a circle. Countless roots of the Yao Mo Tree spread from the exposed wounds, seemingly burrowing deep into his internal organs.
In the center of the cavern, vines had formed a throne.
Fang Xi sat cross-legged upon it. The Yao Mo Tree tattoo on his back swayed, while countless vines and aerial roots emerged, connecting him to the Ancestor Yao Mo Tree.
A moment later.
He ended his cultivation of the Longevity Technique and opened his eyes.
A flash of emerald green passed through Fang Xi's pupils.
"The Yi Wood Dharma Body has only transformed a little over one-third..."
Fang Xi let out a long sigh. "It seems the problem isn't the Fifth-grade Spirit Vein... but that this Mortal Realm is indeed too closed off."
For the past sixty years, besides cultivating the Heavenly Demon Slaughter Immortal Strategy, he had practiced the Longevity Technique every day.
Unfortunately, the results were far from satisfactory.
The progress of the Eternal Evergreen Body had come to a standstill, leaving Fang Xi deeply helpless.
He had once thought the problem lay with the Spirit Vein, so he had specially relocated the Yao Mo Tree to the Sacred Fire Cult's mountain gate.
After even that failed to resolve the issue, he had supplied the