The elder priestess shook her head and sighed. "The Divine Tree was born of heaven and earth, and it possessed a wondrous sensitivity to the changes in the aura between heaven and earth."
"Since the era of our ancestors, it had been discovered that whenever a Saint Position fell and all of a Saint Ruler's terrifying cultivation returned to heaven and earth, the Divine Tree would sense it."
"But as for which Saint Ruler had fallen, or in what region it happened, that remained unknown."
Another priestess thought for a moment before adding, "In truth, many of our forebears raised objections. They claimed that this strange behavior of the Divine Tree was not sorrow or pity for the fall of a saint, but rather a tantrum over being unable to absorb the energy that returned to heaven and earth after a Saint Ruler's death."
"But the death of a Saint Ruler is an indisputable fact."
"The skies outside are likely about to change."
As Lu Feng listened to the priests' grave words, his expression turned exceedingly ugly. His relatives and friends were all on the front lines resisting the Blood Clan. If the skies changed, they would surely be the first to be swept into it.
At that moment, he wished he could appear on that battlefield at once and face life and death alongside his brothers.
But he also knew that, with his current strength, he could not change anything at all.
Not to mention existences at the Half Saint level—even soul masters at Heaven Soul Realm Eight Breaths or Nine Breaths could crush him to death with ease.
I have to become stronger!
Lu Feng's eyes suddenly changed. With resolute determination, he looked toward the pool of Northern Essence Water within the forbidden grounds.
This was where his