Successful Forced Growth, Xuanwu's Grievance

Leaving Zhen Yuanzi aside for the moment, after Dao Xuan departed Longevity Mountain, he considered things and decided not to rush off to find Dijun and Taiyi for a Fusang Tree branch.

Instead, he planned to first see whether he could truly nurture the Ginseng Fruit Tree branch into life.

Thus, he casually found a place, set up a temporary cave abode and an array, then with a flash, Dao Xuan entered his Inner World.

Inside the Inner World.

After Dao Xuan appeared, he took out the Ginseng Fruit Tree branch. After some thought, he tossed it westward and planted it in the Western Extremity.

Not only that, Dao Xuan directly took out a gourd of Three Lights Divine Water and poured it over the branch.

The Eye of Heavenly Dao also appeared, shooting a dense beam of green light that fell upon the Ginseng Fruit Tree branch.

In an instant, the branch shone brilliantly. Before long, it transformed into a tiny sapling.

Dao Xuan had truly succeeded, nurturing a new Ginseng Fruit Tree.

Although this Ginseng Fruit Tree was far inferior to the one on Longevity Mountain, it was still an Innate Spiritual Root.

Of course, this Ginseng Fruit Tree was currently only a Lower-Grade Innate Spiritual Root. Only through continued growth could it transform and advance to a higher grade.

Dao Xuan smiled as he looked at the spiritual root.

He had paid quite a price for this Ginseng Fruit Tree. Not only had he visited Zhen Yuanzi at Longevity Mountain and requested a branch,

but to nurture that branch into a new Ginseng Fruit Tree, aside from the gourd of Three Lights Divine Water, the beam of green light emitted by the Eye of Heavenly Dao was anything but simple.

That green light contained a strand of the World Tree's origin. The World Tree was the ancestor of all trees. Its origin could be called the purest innate Jia Wood Origin.

Its quality surpassed even the ten great spiritual roots by a great deal. Its preciousness went without saying.

Moreover, the green light also contained a portion of the Inner World's origin power, which had likewise been infused into the Ginseng Fruit Tree branch.

That was the key to why this branch could take root and survive!

Still, no matter what, he had succeeded. And with the birth of this Ginseng Fruit Tree spiritual root, the entire Inner World would benefit greatly.

In the future, the little Ginseng Fruit Tree would continuously absorb and exhale spiritual energy according to its instincts, nourishing the world's origin in return.

In particular, as the Ginseng Fruit Tree grew, it would help the world perfect the Earth Law among the Five Elements Laws at a faster pace.

Of course, aside from the Earth Law, as a spiritual root, the Ginseng Fruit Tree also possessed the Wood Law.

But Dao Xuan's world already had the World Tree, the ancestor of all trees. The Wood Law there was far more complete than the other four Five Elements Laws.

And just at that moment, when the Ginseng Fruit Tree branch transformed into this little Ginseng Fruit Tree,

the White Tiger, who had been lazily lying nearby asleep, suddenly twitched his nose. His eyes flew open in delight, and he ran straight to the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

Looking at the tiny Ginseng Fruit Tree, the White Tiger immediately roared in excitement.

This was because the Ginseng Fruit Tree possessed the earth attribute, while the earth of the Five Elements had originally been evolved from his Four Symbols territory.

As this spiritual root absorbed and exhaled spiritual energy, producing Earth-Essence Essence, it was also of great benefit to his strength.

But as the White Tiger watched the little Ginseng Fruit Tree, each breath it took in and released contained so little spiritual energy, and the Earth Essence it produced was only a tiny amount.

After waiting so long just to get a mouthful, he could not even taste it properly. Gradually, he became impatient.

With another roar, he opened his mouth and spat a beam of yellow light toward the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

That yellow light was Earth Element. Once he spat it onto the Ginseng Fruit Tree, the tree suddenly seemed as if it had consumed a great tonic, rapidly absorbing the Earth Element.

Dao Xuan could sense that at this moment, the Ginseng Fruit Tree's growth had clearly accelerated.

In just a short while, it had grown noticeably taller. After growing, the amount of Earth Essence formed as it absorbed and exhaled spiritual energy also increased significantly.

After the White Tiger took a deep breath, the excitement on his face grew even more intense. Seeing that the Ginseng Fruit Tree was about to absorb the entire mass of Earth Element, he opened his mouth again and spat out an even denser mass of Earth Element.

With this Ginseng Fruit Tree, the White Tiger seemed to have obtained an incomparably precious treasure, letting out an excited howl every now and then.

This made Black Tortoise, another of the Four Divine Beasts, rather anxious.

The largest of the Four Divine Beasts emerged from the Northern Extremity and let out a great roar toward Dao Xuan in the sky.

That roar was not hostile toward Dao Xuan. Rather, it carried flattery and grievance.

It turned out that the four divine beasts did not all possess equal strength.

Among the Four Divine Beasts, Azure Dragon was the strongest. But why was that?

It was because of the World Tree.

As mentioned before, what was the World Tree? It was a Chaos Spiritual Root and the ancestor of all trees! Its innate Jia Wood Origin was far purer and of higher quality than even the ten great spiritual roots.

And among the Four Divine Beasts, who benefited most from the wood of the Five Elements?

Naturally, it was the Azure Dragon of the east! Azure Dragon corresponded to wind among the Four Symbols, and the wind of the Four Symbols in turn corresponded to wood among the Five Elements.

Thus, the existence of the World Tree benefited Azure Dragon the most.

Normally, if Azure Dragon was not in the Eastern Extremity helping the Inner World cleave chaos and expand the void, he would be on the World Tree, absorbing and exhaling the Jia Wood essence released by it.

Naturally, day after day, his strength had become the greatest among the Four Divine Beasts.

Second only to Azure Dragon was Vermilion Bird. As for why, that too was because of the World Tree.

Aside from benefiting Azure Dragon, the World Tree's Jia Wood essence also greatly benefited the fire-attributed Vermilion Bird, for wood generated fire.

Therefore, Vermilion Bird's strength also surpassed that of the other two divine beasts, White Tiger and Black Tortoise.

He was merely a little weaker than Azure Dragon.

White Tiger and Black Tortoise had originally been evenly matched, but now that White Tiger had gained this Ginseng Fruit Tree, Black Tortoise could see that as White Tiger absorbed the Earth Essence it exhaled, his strength would gradually surpass Black Tortoise's.

Black Tortoise could no longer bear it and voiced his grievance to Dao Xuan, hoping Dao Xuan could also find him an Innate Spiritual Root suited to his attribute.

But this gave Dao Xuan a difficult problem. An Innate Spiritual Root suited to Black Tortoise's attribute—would that not be the Immortal Peach Tree?

That tree was still with Hongjun. How was he supposed to obtain it?

Yet seeing Black Tortoise's aggrieved expression, Dao Xuan could not bear it. As the creator god of this world, the Four Divine Beasts were like his own children.