"So this is... the Dou Di whose corruption has plagued you for countless ages?!"
Lin Ming knew something of the Bodhi Ancient Tree's past from his Original Work Memory. Yet now, through the strange resonance of this Bodhi Seed from the same source, he was seeing it with his own eyes.
The images sealed within the orb of light seemed to cross Space-Time and unfold before him. The shock and horror they stirred in the depths of his soul crashed over his mind like a tidal wave, and his eyes filled with disbelief.
A Dou Di!
On the Dou Qi Continent of today, those two words had become almost a thing of myth: the end of the path of cultivation, a supreme being above all else.
He had seen the power of a Dou Sheng, a terrifying force capable of reshaping the world. But a Dou Di... that was an entirely different order of life and power!
Within the orb, the black-robed figure made the towering Bodhi Ancient Tree seem small with nothing more than his back and a trace of his aura. He showed, more clearly than words ever could, what it meant to be a Dou Di!
He was a supreme being who could toy with the laws of heaven and earth and decide the life or death of all things with a single thought!
In answer to Lin Ming's horrified question, the small emerald-green Bodhi Ancient Tree before him rustled its leaves again, urgently and distinctly. It sounded like an elder worn by the ages, lamenting and telling his story, yet also giving Lin Ming an answer.
Through the Bodhi Seed's resonance, the pain, fear, and endless grievance in that sound reached Lin Ming's heart with perfect clarity.
The hovering orb did not vanish. Instead, its images