"Dao Qiongchang, how should one fight the Seven Trees Emperor? I mean, if, just like this time, it could only escape with a portion of its power."
"A Half-Saint fighting a Holy Emperor... no matter the method, it would be difficult."
"There's always a chance, isn't there?"
"Rao... sigh, let me put it this way. The Seven Trees Emperor is one who cultivated the power of guidance to its ultimate limit. The people it finds easiest to deal with are spirit cultivators like you."
"Oh? How so?"
"The Seven Trees Emperor's true body is the Blood Tree, one of the Nine Ancestral Trees. Unlike the Firmament Divine Tree, which condenses its power into fruits and disperses them to form Heavenly Fire, it is unique."
"I know that."
"No, you only know the broad strokes. Even your understanding of the Blood Tree should still be limited to the Blood Tree Yin Branch's abilities."
"Isn't it just stimulating potential?"
"No. The Seven Trees Emperor's greatest strength is guidance, not exploitation. Just like Xu Xiaoshou right now—he seems to have gained a strengthening ability similar to the Blood Tree Yin Branch, with his offense, defense, and speed surging as even his reason undergoes aberration."
"But that isn't actually the case?"
"Correct. This is merely the Seven Trees Emperor's first layer of power: hunger!"
"Hunger?"
"Yes. Amplifying the 'hunger' within a person is, in truth, guidance."
"Xu Xiaoshou's hunger... is his thirst for power, his hatred of us? Then what comes next? There are still six layers. With his combat power already like this, can he receive even more enhancement?"
"The Seven Trees Emperor's power of guidance is a road of no return. Once one sets foot upon it, if one's will cannot endure, one will never regain clarity."
"So Xu Xiaoshou's combat power