Sealed

"Could that... be the legendary Jianmu?"

Ling seemed to remember something and burst out laughing.

"I knew I was blessed with extraordinary luck! To think I'd stumble upon a divine treasure like this! Hahahaha!"

Feng Xu watched Ling grow increasingly unhinged, then looked up at the enormous tree.

It stretched straight into the sky. Even with an Earth Immortal's eyesight, he couldn't see its end. It very well might be Jianmu.

But if something this huge was here, claiming the mighty figures of the Primordial World had never found it would be absurd.

After the world was created and the great gods were born, they roamed the Primordial World, claiming any opportunity they came across.

"This treasure is fated to be mine" was just another way of saying you were strong enough to take it. As for treasures one was born alongside, that was simply a matter of being first in line.

In the Primordial World, no opportunity was destined for anyone from birth. It belonged to whoever could seize it.

This was a savage age, with opportunities everywhere.

People only came up with grand-sounding justifications afterward, to make their claims seem rightful and secure.

So the tree was probably still here because the karmic burden was too great. No one could take it away, and no one could claim it.

It was one of the three great divine trees, after all.

Too bad one of my descendants will chop it down someday.

Feng Xu had just risen when two more figures burst out of the spatial rift: Wu and Iron Pillar.

"The Mountain God came after us. I was no match for him, so..."

Wu dropped to one knee and asked Ling to forgive him.

"It's fine. Better that you came in. That Mountain God only throws his weight