At this moment, deep within Tree World lay the forbidden ground of the Treant Race.
All ordinary treants had left. Only Grand Elder Cecil, Elder Rich, several other core elders, and Xia Ping remained.
"Alright, Rich. Tell us why Xia can save the Sacred Tree."
Grand Elder Cecil had now learned Xia Ping's name as well.
Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Rich finally spoke. "Because Lord Xia has already signed a contract with The Lord. He is The Lord walking through the universe."
"What? You truly found The Lord?"
"The Lord actually signed a contract with a human? How is that possible?"
"Rich, this is no joking matter. Is this true or not?"
Grand Elder Cecil and the others were fiercely shaken by this news. They stared at Xia Ping and Rich in disbelief, and the way they looked at Xia Ping changed completely.
If this were true, then it was earth-shattering news for the Treant Race.
"Of course it's true. I saw it with my own eyes," Elder Rich said seriously.
"The Lord? Are you talking about the World Tree?"
With a wave of Xia Ping's hand, a branch of the World Tree immediately stretched out from the depths of the void, as though it had torn apart this space. It radiated an aura of greatness, immortality, vastness, and more.
The moment this aura appeared, it blanketed the entire Tree World.
Especially Cecil and the others standing near the World Tree—they immediately felt like prostrating themselves on the ground, as if this aura carried an innate pressure over the Treant Race.
This power contained the most primordial energy of the Treant Race, as though it could be traced back to the birth of the universe itself. It stirred the bloodlines within their bodies so intensely that they