Jiang Ming woke, and Meng Tianzheng and the four old acquaintances in the distance all looked over. Jiang Ming nodded to them without saying much, then vanished on the spot with Phoenix Maiden and Ancient Female Double Pupils.
The five looked at the willow tree that had originally been wreathed in black Undying lightning, and all were overjoyed. It had new shoots. Though there were only three, that still meant the Dao had given birth to three.
When those became three thousand branches and endless willow tendrils, she would be an Immortal King. Willow God had returned.
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
Jiang Ming brought the two women into the mysterious Heavenly Beast Mountains. There was a strange tree here.
The ancient tree towered like a mountain. From a distance, it resembled a bare black mountain, without a blade of grass growing on it. Not a single leaf remained on its branches. It had already withered, its bark dark and lifeless.
A closer look revealed a horrifying sight: desiccated corpses hung all over it. There was no shortage of ancient monks at the Supreme level, and there were even three corpses of True Immortal ancient monks.
"I can detect Immortal King Dao Traces on this tree. Incredible. There really is an opportunity here."
Ancient Female Double Pupils spoke excitedly.
"The Immortal Monk King once sat beneath this tree and became an Immortal King, so it is the sacred tree of the Ancient Monk Lineage. According to my inherited memories, the Ancient Monk Lineage had already cultivated it into a Quasi-World Tree. That means combat strength at the Quasi-Immortal King level."
Phoenix Maiden also spoke in wonder.
"But why did it turn out like this? There isn't a trace of holiness to it. Instead, it feels like a dark, deathly Blood Bodhi Tree."
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