Many spirit plants had been planted throughout Qingli City. Beneath the great tree's canopy, all of them became brimming with vitality.
The spirit plants within Changle Palace, especially, had already begun to grow wildly.
Myriad Spirits Ancestor flew in from outside, his face bearing a complicated mixture of joy, sorrow, and nostalgia.
"After more than a hundred thousand years, I never thought I would see Azure Wood's bearing again."
Wang Daoyuan asked, "Myriad Spirits Ancestor, you said Azure Wood Divine Venerable's Violet Mansion Phenomenon was a jade-green sapling.
"Do you have some misunderstanding about the word 'sapling'? A sapling this large is truly rather rare."
Myriad Spirits Ancestor looked at the towering tree and smiled. "Violet Mansion Phenomena will gradually change, so there is no need for you to worry.
"It is only that Ming Xian's talent is far too formidable. The commotion from opening his Violet Mansion is much greater than Azure Wood Divine Venerable's was.
"If Azure Wood Divine Venerable had not died in battle, cultivating to become an Earth Immortal would have been as certain as holding the winning ticket.
"Ming Xian's talent is clearly even greater than his, and he has a ready-made cultivation art as well.
"Unlike Azure Wood Divine Venerable, who spent vast amounts of time deducing his cultivation art, reaching the Earth Immortal realm should not be difficult."
Before he had even finished speaking, the Spiritual Qi Vortex around the jade-green tree grew increasingly powerful. Rather than continuing to grow, the jade-green tree instead became smaller and smaller.
Several dozen breaths later, the tree had shrunk to just over five inches tall.
Afterward, it gradually turned translucent and became a sapling-shaped mark, engraved upon Wang Mingxian's Violet Mansion.
Meanwhile, a patch of emerald bamboo within Changle Palace had forcibly grown more than three