As Zhang Yu settled there with a turn of his mind, he immediately discovered that it was also a World Rift. This matched his prediction.
This World Rift was highly unusual. It employed the methods by which Ipal's interspatial firmament operated, shifting its location from time to time, making it extremely difficult for anyone to find.
Even if someone could locate this place, they could only be one of the Ipal Gods.
After some thought, he gathered up the things within the Golden Palace. Then he transformed into a streak of clear light and returned to the Upper Layer, seeking out the place where the divine tree had lodged its existence. By the time he descended into the Inner Layer once more, he had already arrived within that World Rift.
The moment he entered, he saw an enormous ancient tree—or rather, a broken section of trunk.
The tree's roots and crown had vanished without a trace. Only a relatively large fragment of its trunk remained, slanting into the earth and barely managing to stay upright by relying on its thick, sturdy body.
After taking possession of the divine tree, he had seen through the retrograde tracing of its divine power that, in its prime, this tree had connected the worlds of the Inner and Outer Layers. Its branches had spread across every land ruled by Ipal. Now, however, it was utterly incomparable to what it had once been.
As his gaze swept over the area, he spotted four petrified giants beneath the trunk. Though enormous in stature, they still appeared tiny beside the divine tree. Moreover, the divine power upon them had faded away, making them easy to overlook.
Judging by their appearance, the four were undoubtedly Ipal Gods. Each stood in a different direction, both hands extended toward the