In the Divine Land, beside the Jianmu Relic Seed, spatial ripples flickered as wave after wave spread outward. A group of people suddenly appeared in midair, then drifted lightly to the ground. They were none other than Meng Zhao and his party, who had just undergone an experience both wondrous and perilous.
After making some preparations, each of them carried a makeshift bundle or two. Clearly, Meng Zhao had made good on his promise: everyone had gained something in the Jianmu Grotto-Heaven.
Yet after landing, they discovered that the surroundings near the Jianmu Relic Seed had changed beyond recognition from before they entered. Dense Deathly Qi and Yin Qi filled the air. The verdant mountains and clear waters, the towering pines and emerald cypresses, the blooming flowers and green grass—all had turned to ashen ruins.
Lei Wanche and the others, who had just emerged, were greatly shocked. Lei Wanche in particular had not come to the Jianmu Grotto-Heaven for the first time. He naturally knew what the place had looked like before, and what it looked like now.
"How... how did this happen?"
Lei Wanche was somewhat dazed. Could these changes have been caused by the turmoil in the Thunder Marsh minor world and the Poisonous Cave Land?
At that moment, he bitterly regretted not having stationed people here beforehand to gather every change and report it all to him.
But there had been no helping it. Without the Grotto-Heaven Secret Key, this giant tree, suspected to be the Jianmu Relic Seed, was no different from any ordinary great tree. Stationing subordinates to guard it would instead have seemed abnormal and easily drawn the prying eyes of others. It would have been like a thief protesting his innocence.
In truth, even if Lei Wanche had stationed people here to guard