Once they had discussed everything, Nine Radiance and Su Wan remained behind to guard the Starry Tree and the Fourth Layer Dao cultivator, while Lu Ye left behind another Talent Tree Clone to hold the fort.
The remaining six split into three teams and began hunting Dao Bones in all directions.
Lu Ye went alone, Purple Extreme took Phantom Shadow with him, while Chong Yue led Shuixian and Chen Li.
With everyone acting separately, their efficiency in hunting Dao Bones naturally far surpassed Lu Ye's previous solitary efforts. At first, the Dao Bones obtained by Purple Extreme and Chong Yue were prioritized for building up their own strength.
Only after each of them had exceeded two hundred did they begin feeding the Starry Tree.
During this time, all the Dao Bones Lu Ye acquired had been sent back through Void Spirit Patterns. Nine Radiance's Dao Power accumulation had long since broken through two hundred, with quite a bit to spare.
The Fourth Layer Dao cultivator had said that feeding the Starry Tree this way might take three to five months to ripen the Starry Fruits, but in truth, three to five months was nowhere near enough.
It was not that he had lied.
Rather, three people in the group needed to accumulate their own Dao Power in preparation for consuming the Starry Fruits, slowing the process down.
Eight months later, the eight-person team gathered beneath the Starry Tree once more.
At this moment, the Starry Tree had changed tremendously compared to eight months ago. The entire tree had become incredibly translucent, as though it might vanish at any moment.
On the contrary, the starlight on the three fruits hanging from its branches had become ever more dazzling and dense.
It looked as though the Starry Fruits had devoured all the