A thunderous roar echoed out as all nine great trees were attacked simultaneously by Lin Chen's Nine Luminaries Sword Formation. Their strength had greatly declined, and with Bu Lianshi interfering, they had no time to defend themselves before being struck head-on by the Nine Luminaries.
Sword light raged, blooming like nine golden suns in the distant hall. When the light faded, all nine trees had vanished. The vines, branches, and leaves sprawling around everyone rapidly withered, turning to ash within a few breaths. The scene in the hall began to change—the forest disappeared, and a passage leading to the seventh coffin chamber appeared before them.
At the exact moment the nine trees were destroyed, nine faint specks of light, so dim they were almost invisible, spiraled over from afar and plunged directly into Lin Chuan's body.
"Hmm?" Lin Chuan's expression changed slightly. He discovered that he had no way to stop the nine specks of light. In the blink of an eye, they had all entered his dantian, then flowed into his Nascent Souls according to their respective attributes.
Buzz!
The nine Nascent Souls suddenly radiated light. At the same time, the phantom of a great tree appeared on each of them. The roots of the nine trees connected to one another, their crowns joining together. The Nine-Turn Nascent Souls, which had been completely separated before, unexpectedly began communicating with one another again through the trees' connections.
"This is..." Lin Chuan was deeply shocked. Though he did not know what was happening, he could almost certainly conclude that these nine trees were related to the Five Absolutes Immortal Emperor. They might even have been prepared specifically for the Nine-Turn Pill Splitting Canon.
Lin Chuan immediately circulated the spiritual energy within his body, only to discover in astonishment that the spiritual