That crimson force of corrosion, like a festering ulcer clinging to the bone, had become thoroughly entangled with every inch of the Golden Tree's veins.
Such sinister power was bizarre and hard to guard against. It excelled at corrosion, pollution, and assimilation; had it been an ordinary Cultivator facing attacks from within and without, their soul would likely have fallen and perished long ago.
Fortunately, the ability Jiang Xuan had solidified for the Golden Divine Fruit was adaptation.
His Golden Divine Tree had long evolved the inherent nature of "Immovable and Unchanging" through repeated tempering, granting it immense resistance to the power of the Eerie Blood Moon.
"Wuu..."
Even though it had erupted from within, that almost instinctive adaptive power still held back the most dangerous first wave of Blood Moon Power pollution.
The next moment, "Clatter..." accompanied by a crisp yet heavy rattle of chains, the Discipline Chains that Jiang Xuan had completely bound to himself and turned golden suddenly appeared within his sea of consciousness.
Immediately afterward, the chains rose like dragons and snakes taking to land, coiling upward and binding the entire Golden Divine Tree round after round.
"Clatter..."
With the chains upon it, the power of the Eerie Blood Moon became increasingly sluggish, as though trapped within a prison of bronze walls and iron ramparts.
Yet there was also something that made Jiang Xuan raise his brow.
The battle against Cloud Marsh Heavenly Palace had allowed the Blood Moon Sword to drink deeply of the negative emotions of many Cultivators, increasing its might and causing the Blood Moon Power Jiang Xuan now devoured to be even more immense than expected.
Another problem lay in the essence of the Feast Ritual and the Weird-Eater Rite—both were methods of completely merging Blood Moon Power into his body.
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