East Sea.
North of Golden Ao Island.
A towering Willow Tree suddenly expanded in size.
In an instant, it blotted out the sky and sun.
Countless willow branches, tougher than gold and stone, swayed in the wind.
Those branches were terrifyingly powerful. When they lashed through the void, they actually shattered it.
The sight made Haotian on the beach shudder in horror.
What exactly was the origin of this Willow Tree?
It had clearly not yet fully stepped into the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, yet it erupted with such terrifying might. Even ordinary One-Corpse-Severed Quasi-Saints found it difficult to shatter the heavens and earth of the Primordial Wilderness.
Yet this Willow Tree, in its crazed state, lashed about wildly.
It actually whipped the void into rift after rift!!
What made Haotian even more wary, even fearful, was the dense and ferocious aura of a Chaos Demon God emanating from the Willow Tree.
That aura was like killing intent condensed into substance after countless massacres.
The moment its monstrous demonic flames surged into the heavens—
Even he, a cultivator at the Peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, felt fear, as though he stood no chance at all against this tree.
"Senior, it... it seems to have encountered some trouble while breaking through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm."
After observing carefully, Haotian's expression became especially grim.
This Willow Tree possessed sufficient foundation, origins, and Daoxing to enter the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, yet it was now stuck at the threshold and unable to advance.
The reason was that something had gone wrong while it was gathering its Past Body, Present Body, and Future Body within the River of Time.
A powerful existence was preventing it from entering the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
It had even crossed the