The Interval (1)

Not to mention how precious this purified spiritual energy was to cultivators—cultivating around the tree could greatly reduce the risk of qi deviation. Even the wild beasts in the forest, after remaining in areas shrouded in spiritual energy year-round, found it easier than those outside to awaken their intelligence, and might even shed their mortal bodies to become spirit beasts.

These astonishing effects were conclusions reached only after generations of Profound Heaven Sect elders had poured centuries of painstaking effort into research.

The first sect master who found the Twin-Life Tree had merely been drawn to the pure spiritual energy flowing through its trunk. Sensing that this tree was no ordinary thing, he boldly bound the sect's fate to it. From then on, they prospered together and suffered together.

It was precisely because that gamble had paid off that the Profound Heaven Sect grew ever more prosperous, while the Twin-Life Tree grew wildly alongside it. By now, its crown had long since pierced the clouds, and no one knew just how tall it truly was. Its roots wound and spread underground, enveloping more than half of the Profound Heaven Sect. Even the spirit veins deep within the sect intertwined with its roots, forming a one-of-a-kind cycle of spiritual energy.

That was what led to the later spectacle: even Profound Heaven Sect disciples whose talents were no different from disciples elsewhere cultivated far faster under the nourishment of such pure spiritual energy. For disciples to break through to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul realms at such young ages, it was not merely talent they relied on, but these uniquely blessed and irreplaceable resources as well.

That was why, at every Heavenly Mystery Assembly, so many people fought until their heads bled for a chance to enter the Profound Heaven Sect.