Fatal Flaw

Life Tree Branch!

The Hongyi Woman's words immediately made Ye Tian understand.

If the branch in True Lord Treading Wind's possession truly came from the Life Tree, then it meant that a Life Tree existed within the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm. That also explained why the Rogue Cultivators here had stubbornly held to their position.

How precious was the Life Tree?

It could be said that with it present in the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm, any cultivator residing here could gain considerable benefits—benefits that improved their bodies at the root.

No wonder the Rogue Cultivators of the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm had been unwilling to reach an agreement and instead insisted on marking off forbidden territory for outsiders.

Their purpose was to guard the Life Tree.

That was also why, when the Hongyi Woman had previously offered the protection of the Yang Family Ancestor outside, True Lord Bixie had shown such disdain. After all, remaining in the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm meant they could continuously draw upon the Life Tree.

Compared with the slaughter and strife of the outside world, the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm could be called heaven without exaggeration!

Now, Ye Tian could understand why cultivators who had remained in the Heavenly Spirit Secret Realm for years had all become Deity Transformation Stage experts. Only youngsters like Chu Huaiying, whose cultivation time had been shorter, remained at the Nascent Soul peak.

However, Ye Tian had also noticed earlier that Chu Huaiying was only fifteen or sixteen years old.

At that age, even geniuses outside would only have just entered the Nascent Soul stage, or perhaps reached the Core Formation Stage peak. As for the Nascent Soul peak, they could only dream of it.

Ye Tian considered his own encounters and luck fairly good. First, there had been Ye