World Tree! A Method to Cultivate It with a Remnant Corpse!

A pitch-black, ancient seed floated quietly in the void. It appeared utterly ordinary, without dazzling radiance or domineering might, so plain that it was almost unnoticeable.

Yet the instant Li Changsheng's divine sense fully entered the seed, his body jolted, and utter disbelief surged into his eyes.

A vast, boundless, ancient life force lay dormant within that tiny seed like a slumbering ocean of chaos—deep, heavy, and endless!

What made his soul tremble even more was the faint, supreme pressure of status seeping from the depths of the seed, lightly shrouding him.

"How is this possible?!"

A stormy sea churned in Li Changsheng's heart, filling him with shock and confusion.

He was the reincarnation of the origin of the Creation Green Lotus, born with a supreme Dao foundation and ranked among the greatest innate spiritual roots of the primordial world.

Looking across the entire primordial world, there were only a handful of existences that could rival the Creation Green Lotus in terms of origin, status, and Dao foundation—certainly no more than five!

Yet now, this nameless seed, which had slumbered for hundreds of millions of years, was faintly suppressing him in terms of origin and status!

Such hierarchical pressure from the very source of the Great Dao was absolutely not something an ordinary innate treasure or chaos wonder could possess!

Li Changsheng focused and held his breath, rapidly searching through the remnants of chaos memories deep in his mind and comparing the traits of various chaos treasures and supreme spiritual roots.

Several breaths later, a supreme name that had resounded through the chaos since ancient times abruptly surfaced in his mind!

"Could this be... a World Tree seed?"

The moment that thought emerged, it became impossible to suppress and instantly occupied all his thoughts!

When chaos first opened and all living beings arose, two supreme spiritual roots capable of stabilizing the world were born. They had endured since time immemorial, suppressing the origin of chaos.

One was the Primordial Chaos Lotus that had nurtured him, governing birth and destruction, evolving creation, transforming into countless Daos, and giving rise to endless vitality.

The other was the World Tree!

Towering above the heavens and overlooking eternity, it was the only supreme spiritual root in chaos capable of standing against the Primordial Chaos Lotus!

Legend had it that the World Tree possessed immeasurable mysteries and was unimaginably heaven-defying.

Each of its leaves could bear a great world; its countless branches spread in every direction, containing immeasurable worlds and endless heavens within!

It was a supreme chaos spiritual root that truly carried worlds with its trunk and anchored heaven and earth with its roots!

However, ever since the creation of heaven and earth, the World Tree had vanished without a trace. It had been extinct from the primordial world for hundreds of millions of years. No one had ever seen its true form, and it remained only in ancient chaos legends.

Li Changsheng had never imagined that the seed of this supreme chaos spiritual root, known only through ancient secrets, had been hidden within the core of the Creation Demon God's corpse, lying dormant for endless ages!

After the brief shock came overwhelming ecstasy!

With the Dao body and inheritance of the Creation Green Lotus, along with a World Tree seed, he possessed the foundation of two supreme chaos spiritual roots. His future was boundless!

Even amid his wild joy, Li Changsheng remained exceptionally clear-headed.

As a supreme chaos spiritual root, the World Tree was unparalleled and heaven-defying. Fully activating it and allowing it to take root and sprout would be unimaginably difficult.

Ordinary spiritual qi of heaven and earth and innate spiritual liquid would not even catch its attention. They were not even qualified to awaken the life force slumbering within the seed.

Its failure to sprout after hundreds of millions of years was the best proof.

To make this supreme tree seed break through the soil and grow, it needed supreme foundations, peerless nutrients, and nourishment from the highest Dao aura.

Li Changsheng's gaze shifted, slowly settling on the enormous half-corpse of the Creation Demon God beside him, which stretched across heaven and earth.

The next moment, his eyes lit up as a brilliant opportunity instantly arose in his heart!

This remnant body of the Creation Demon God before him was the most perfect seedbed in the world!

The physical origin of a chaos Demon God was supreme. Its remaining flesh, Dao aura, life force, and chaos essence were all peerless divine materials for nourishing the World Tree.

The creation Dao aura accumulated over hundreds of millions of years and the residual origin of creation itself perfectly met the harsh conditions required for the World Tree seed to sprout!

"It will be you!"

Li Changsheng no longer hesitated and made up his mind.

He raised a hand to support the pitch-black World Tree seed, stepped forward slowly, and gently placed it at the core of the Demon God corpse's chest and abdomen, where life force was richest and Dao aura purest, right beside the newly formed Demon God embryo.

Then, spiritual light flashed at his fingertips as two of the primordial world's finest divine waters slowly emerged.

The clear, sweet Chaos Spirit Spring Water, which contained the origin of chaos, and the Three Radiances Divine Water, which contained the essence of the sun, moon, and stars and nourished all living beings of the Dao, layered around the tree seed.

The two supreme divine waters slowly soaked, washed over, and nourished it, gradually dissolving the sealed barrier on the seed's surface that had lain dormant for hundreds of millions of years.

At the same time, all the power of creation around Li Changsheng poured forth, transforming into countless threads of azure Dao light that tightly wrapped around the World Tree seed.

Using his own supreme Dao of creation as a guide, he gently drew upon the vast life force that had slumbered within the seed for endless years, forcibly prying open its origin!

Time slowly passed.

Under the endless nourishment of the two divine waters, the ultimate guidance of the Dao of creation, and the source-warming of the Demon God's remnant body—

Crack—!

A faint, crisp sound quietly echoed through the deathly silent secret realm.

The shell of the World Tree seed, which had lain dormant in chaos and sealed away for hundreds of millions of years, finally split open with a tiny crack!

A trace of incomparably tender, emerald-green vitality, containing endless Dao aura, quietly seeped from the crack.

Fine white roots slowly emerged and followed the texture of the Demon God's corpse, plunging directly into the remnant body of that ancient God and Devil!

Buzz—!

The instant the roots entered the body, the entire remnant corpse of the Demon God suddenly trembled.

The formerly dormant and solidified Demon God origin, its remaining chaos essence, and its endless creation life force were instantly devoured madly by the World Tree's roots!

At a visible rate, the enormous, ancient, indestructible Demon God body rapidly withered.

Its flesh, once full and vibrant with flowing azure-green radiance, quickly dimmed, shriveled, and collapsed.

The foundation accumulated over hundreds of millions of years, the residual origin left behind from the creation of heaven and earth, and the creation Dao aura amassed within the secret realm all streamed endlessly into the tender World Tree sapling.

Though it absorbed terrifying energy enough to burst countless innate mighty beings apart, the newborn World Tree sapling did not grow wildly or swell with unstable power.

It was refined to the extreme, pure to the extreme. It compressed, fused, and purified the vast origin of the chaos Demon God. Every trace of growth absorbed endless foundations. Though it seemed to grow slowly, every inch of branch and every tender leaf contained unimaginable reserves.

To others, sacrificing such a massive supply for the growth of a tiny sapling would seem utterly wasteful.

But Li Changsheng knew very well that the more refined the foundation of a supreme chaos spiritual root, the higher its future limit of growth!

Ordinary vegetation would have long since exploded from the excess, but only a supreme spiritual root like the World Tree could devour such vast origins and refine an unparalleled foundation in this manner.

Day after day, time quietly flew by.

The massive half-corpse of the Creation Demon God gradually went from vibrant and indestructible, with Dao aura soaring to the heavens, to withered, dim, and devoid of spirituality.

Finally, at a certain moment, the last trace of chaos origin and the final wisp of creation Dao aura within the Demon God corpse were completely drained.

The enormous body that stretched across heaven and earth lost all life force and spirituality, becoming an ordinary dry, ruined husk devoid of any Dao aura. Not a trace of its former God and Devil might remained.

Thus, the Creation Demon God's foundation of hundreds of millions of years was entirely transformed into nourishment!

By then, the World Tree sapling had grown as tall as a person.

Its tender green branches stood upright and translucent, while layers of fresh leaves glistened with emerald light. Fine chaos Dao patterns flowed across every leaf, and endless heaven-and-earth Dao aura lingered around it. A mysterious aura of miniature universes and worlds contained within spread faintly outward.

Standing before it, one could clearly sense the supreme rhythm of the Great Dao unique to the World Tree.

What delighted Li Changsheng even more was that while near the World Tree sapling, his speed of comprehending the Dao, understanding laws, and accumulating cultivation had all received an invisible boost!

The spiritual qi of heaven and earth and the profound truths of the Great Dao around him became increasingly clear and easy to understand. The shackles on his cultivation faintly loosened, and his efficiency in comprehending the Dao far surpassed what it had been before!

"What an incredible harvest!"

Joy surged in Li Changsheng's eyes, and his heart brimmed with delight.

This journey into the East Sea Demon God Secret Realm had yielded rewards so abundant that they were horrifying.

The core origin of the Creation Demon God, a heaven-defying newborn Demon God embryo, and the World Tree sapling, a supreme chaos spiritual root—three peerless opportunities rarely seen even across eternity had all fallen into his hands!

His foundation, Dao base, potential, and trump cards had all soared across the board!

Li Changsheng looked calmly upon the deathly silent secret realm.

Countless fierce and baleful auras still lingered within it, and a few baleful beasts remained hidden, not yet fully dispersed.

But he had no interest in clearing them out.

This place was naturally sealed by heaven and earth and possessed its own eroding force. There was no need for him to deal with the remaining Sha Qi and baleful beasts.

Given enough time, they would eventually be completely worn away by the inexorable tide of heaven and earth, without requiring him to expend any magic power or effort.

With that thought, Li Changsheng no longer lingered.

With a casual wave of his hand, azure lotus light swept up the person-tall World Tree sapling, the pure origin of creation, and the jade-green Demon God embryo, drawing them all into his own origin secret realm for careful nourishment and safekeeping.

After finishing everything, he turned and stepped forward. His body transformed into a streak of azure light that tore directly through the void of the Demon God secret realm and pierced the canopy of the East Sea.

His East Sea training journey had come to a perfect end, and he returned laden with rewards!

Next, he needed to return to the Zhou Mountain Daoist Sanctuary and enter seclusion to consolidate all the opportunities he had gained, refine the origin of creation, nurture the two heaven-defying wonders, and completely turn this harvest into real cultivation and combat power!