The Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree, Unspeakable Calculations, Fight! Backlash!

"Blood Moving Secret Treasury?"

After a brief moment of alarm, Ming Yi quickly realized that Lu Qingyun did not possess the traits a Cave Heaven Secret Treasury cultivator should have.

In other words, the man before him was merely a prodigy of the Blood Moving Secret Treasury.

The fact that he could withstand the power of Ming Yi's violet bowl without harm while still in the Blood Moving Secret Treasury—

—meant that the number of layers in his secret treasury was certainly not low. At the very least, it had reached a million layers, placing him among the ranks of top-tier prodigies!

But... so what if he was a top-tier prodigy? Without entering the Cave Heaven realm, he was ultimately like an ant trying to shake a great tree!

"Which family are you from? What, are you planning to stand up for these ants?"

"But with just you?"

Ming Yi's face was full of mockery as he opened all of his Cave Heavens right in front of Lu Qingyun!

Six Cave Heavens, each one zhang wide, opened and closed, swallowing and exhaling the spiritual essence between heaven and earth. With every breath, they resembled the low murmurs of six terrifying colossal beasts.

Within the tribe, the survivors' fear deepened even further at the sight.

Some even fell to their knees on the spot and kowtowed, begging for forgiveness.

Lu Qingyun did not attack immediately. Instead, he cleared his throat.

"Cough, cough!"

After successfully drawing most people's attention, he casually displayed his handsome, dignified features.

Then, he pointed with a single finger. It transformed into a pillar that held up the heavens and descended from the sky, instantly turning the area where Ming Yi stood into a bottomless pit!

Before he could even let out a scream, Ming Yi's flesh and blood had mixed with the soil at the bottom of the pit, indistinguishable from it.

After doing all this, Lu Qingyun swept his gaze slightly across the surrounding crowd.

He made sure that his face had been deeply etched into their minds.

Later, if someone came to investigate, Soul Searching them would surely reveal his true appearance.

If it had merely been a simple matter of killing Ming Yi, why would he have needed to put on such a show?

From ten thousand miles away, a single finger would have been enough to crush him with ease.

"The demon is finally dead! Heaven has shown us mercy!"

"We've finally lived to see this day! We no longer have to live in constant fear!"

"Thank you, my lord!!"

After a moment of silence, the emotions at the scene instantly erupted!

Everyone cheered and celebrated, weeping tears of joy as they continuously knelt and kowtowed toward Lu Qingyun!

In their hearts, Lu Qingyun was the one Heaven had sent to save them—noble, powerful, and invincible!

Though from beginning to end, this godlike figure had not spoken a single word to them.

Great Wilderness, Lin Family.

Between heaven and earth stood an ancient tree whose canopy pierced the sky and stretched for hundreds of thousands of miles. Its countless branches were covered in verdant leaves, brimming with life.

This was the Lin Family's guardian Divine Tree, known as the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree!

It had stood here since ancient times, its strength unfathomable!

On one of the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree's thickest branches, Lin Chensheng sat cross-legged. Dao intent circulated around him, as though all the truths of heaven and earth had gathered into his body—profound and boundlessly mysterious. Before him stood a jade-green plant, gleaming with a faint green radiance. Strands of chaotic energy hung from its branches, enhancing Lin Chensheng's cultivation.

A withered yellow leaf drifted down soundlessly, as if drawn by some unseen force. It slowly floated over and landed before Lin Chensheng.

The instant it touched the jade-green plant, it shuddered and turned to ash.

Yet it also affected the jade-green plant, causing its radiance to withdraw and its divine wonder to vanish.

Lin Chensheng emerged from his cultivation state. As his eyes opened and closed, visions of heaven and earth first being born and the Jianmu Tree reaching the skies flickered within them.

"Divine Tree."

Lin Chensheng spoke, a hint of urgency in his expression.

The Divine Tree of his clan was incomparably powerful. Even though he had now stepped into the supreme realm, he still could not fathom its might.

Yet at this moment, a withered leaf had appeared. This was truly the greatest change in nearly ten thousand years!

A thread of divine sense entered Lin Chensheng's mind, and an aged voice slowly rang out.

"It is nothing. This old man is unharmed."

"Just now, my mind stirred, and I wished to glimpse the future scenes of this great age. It is only a minor backlash; a period of recuperation will suffice."

"Compared to what I glimpsed within the Heavenly Dao, this is not worth mentioning!"

Hearing the faint excitement contained in that voice, Lin Chensheng's heart leapt with joy.

Something capable of moving even the Divine Tree must surely be something shocking enough to astonish the world!

"May I ask what the Divine Tree has glimpsed? And how should my Lin Family act in this age?"

"Strive."

With that one word entering his ears, there was no further sound.

No matter how Lin Chensheng called, the Sacred Tree gave no response.

If he had not been able to clearly sense that the Sacred Tree was in good condition, he might have thought his own Sacred Tree had done something utterly suicidal and been forcibly erased by the Heavenly Dao.

Looking at it this way, it was not that it would not speak, but that... it could not speak.

"Strive... This junior understands."

Lin Chensheng was no mediocre man. On the contrary, the fact that he had attained supremacy proved that his talent and gifts stood at the very pinnacle of the world!

Thus, he quickly grasped the meaning.

In this life, there would likely be a world-shaking upheaval, and what that upheaval demanded was... contention!

"Then it seems the alliance between my Lin Family and the Ming Family must become closer. It is only... because we did not act earlier, the Ming Family lost one supreme being. It seems we will have to pay a price to mend this relationship."

Lin Chensheng's eyes shifted slightly, but there was no regret in them.

The one who had fallen was not a supreme being of his Lin Family. The fall of a supreme being from another clan could only benefit the Lin Family.

Even if that clan was allied with the Lin Family, it was still the same!

"Ordinary things likely will not suffice. Only by showing our stance can we do so."

"At present, the Ming Family seems to have locked horns with the Ling and Lu Families. The juniors are probably beating each other's brains out already. Strive... the contention of those in this era will likely be exceptionally important in this great age. In that case..."

"The juniors of my Lin Family should also take the initiative to join these stormy tides."

Lin Chensheng curled his fingers slightly and flicked out a streak of azure spiritual light, sending it into the distance.

Just as he summoned a verdant plant and prepared to resume cultivation, his movements stiffened slightly. After putting the verdant plant away—

The Lin Family's Tenth Elder appeared before him, his expression respectful.

"Ancestor, there is a rather unusual piece of news that requires your decision."

The Tenth Elder's words immediately piqued Lin Chensheng's interest.

Every elder had matters under their charge, and what the Tenth Elder oversaw was precisely the training and experience of the Lin Family's juniors.

It could be said that this was the most leisurely duty, and the one with the fewest matters to handle.

In his recollection, the number of times the Tenth Elder had come looking for him could be counted on one hand!

That made him curious as to what exactly had happened.

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"Ancestor, it is news from Lone Moon Pavilion. According to them, they have already passed this news to every major clan and great power, as though they are in a hurry to clear themselves of responsibility."

"Oh? Clearing themselves of responsibility? Even the dignified Lone Moon Pavilion has a day when it fears being implicated? So what news is it? Speak."

The Tenth Elder's expression suddenly became somewhat strange, as though he could not make heads or tails of it.

"They said that the Lu Family's Thirteenth Sequence asked them for the detailed whereabouts of every prodigy. Then... they told us to be careful. They did not say anything else."

"How baffling."

Lin Chensheng frowned slightly and gave his assessment.

He had thought it would be something interesting. This was it?

"It truly is difficult to understand. This matter alone seems far from worthy of Lone Moon Pavilion being so cautious."

The Tenth Elder deeply understood Lin Chensheng's reaction and voiced his own doubts as well.

"Could it be... that the Lu Family's Thirteenth Sequence is exceptionally powerful, confident of being invincible among his peers, and poses an enormous threat to the prodigies of our Lin Family? Is that why Lone Moon Pavilion issued this warning?"

"The Lu Family's Thirteenth Sequence? Heh—"

Lin Chensheng had heard a little about him a few years ago. At the age of six, the Lu Family's Thirteenth Sequence had, on a whim, ordered the extermination of a True God clan.

His conduct was vicious to the extreme; he could practically be regarded as a demonic child descended into the world!

But to say that his strength was so great that he was invincible among his peers, enough that the prodigies of every clan and power needed to avoid his edge—

That was simply utter nonsense!

Unless the Lu Family's Thirteenth Sequence possessed the legendary Destruction Sword Body, what gave him such strength?

"You are overthinking it. Lone Moon Pavilion simply does not want to be affected by such a minor matter. The fall of that supreme being some days ago truly frightened them out of their wits."

Lin Chensheng pondered for a while before finally reaching his conclusion.

The Lin Family's Tenth Elder likewise nodded, agreeing with Lin Chensheng's view.

But just as the Tenth Elder was preparing to bow and take his leave, the Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree unexpectedly inserted itself into their conversation.

"A junior of the Lu Family? Heh, Savage Lu's descendant is worth this old man making a calculation or two."

The Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree's branches swayed, brilliance pouring down like rain, dazzling beyond compare.

Beneath its canopy, stars arranged themselves in orderly formation, combining into an exceptionally mysterious shape.

Beneath the mighty power of the Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree, the power of the stars gathered, forcibly calculating a person's future!

Calculating beneath heavenly might, the Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree had originally thought it would encounter some resistance. It had even prepared to lose more divine power once again.

Yet to its surprise, this calculation went unexpectedly smoothly!

Scene after scene surfaced within the Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree's consciousness as it continuously commented, "Lu Family Thirteenth Sequence... Lu Qingyun. He broke through with the foundation of three million layers of the Blood Moving Secret Treasury, achieved Nirvana in ten years, and broke through to True God in twenty. That pace... is somewhat too eager for quick success."

"Afterward, he tempered himself in the True God realm for a hundred years and advanced to Sovereign, only to halt before the Sacred Dao, unable to advance another inch. In the end, his lifespan ran dry, and he died."

The Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree let out a cold laugh before delivering its final assessment.

"Nothing more than a sacrifice. A man forced to abandon his path for the sake of short-term combat power. Savage Lu is truly regressing with age, to let his own clansman take such a road."

"Enough, there is no need to concern ourselves with this. Little Chensheng, you must remember..."

Its voice abruptly cut off once more. Lin Chensheng knew that his Sacred Tree had been silenced again.

Some earth-shattering secrets could not be spoken of, or a great calamity would descend.

Lin Chensheng paid it no mind. After dismissing Lin Family Elder Ten, he prepared to cultivate once more.

Yet just as he entered his cultivation state, an accident struck again!

It forcibly dragged him out of cultivation!

"What... happened?"

It was as though the heavens had collapsed and a world-ending calamity had descended!

Overhead, withered yellow leaves fluttered through the air, turning to ash and vanishing before they even fell!

Thick branches, like the bodies of true dragons, snapped apart and withered, their vital essence scattering away.

Great swathes of majestic palaces built upon the Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree collapsed and plunged downward!

Had powerful experts not acted in time to protect the clan members with lower cultivation—

The number of casualties would have been horrifying!

Wails, cries, and the sounds of breaking filled Lin Chensheng's mind. The sight of decay and ruin before him left him briefly lost in a daze.

Unlike when the Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree had been silenced before, this time he clearly felt the decline of its aura!

It was so weak it was nearly fallen!

"This is... a Heavenly Dao backlash!!"

"But how could this be... Nothing happened just now. Could it be... that after that, the Sacred Tree tried to transmit information by some other means?"

Lin Chensheng fell silent.

Based on his understanding of his own Sacred Tree, that seemed... highly possible!

But in truth, the Sky-Reaching Sacred Tree was also utterly baffled!

It did not even know what it had done. The moment it realized it could not speak, it had kept its mouth tightly shut.

Yet this Heavenly Dao backlash simply refused to reason!

It came directly for it, surging in like a raging tide before it could even react!

It had taken half its life in an instant!

"Seal off heaven and earth. We absolutely cannot let news of the Sacred Tree being grievously wounded and near death spread!"

Lin Chensheng's expression was incomparably grim as he issued orders swiftly and calmly.

At the same time, he could not help feeling somewhat resentful toward his own Sacred Tree.

How had it still not fixed this habit of courting death, from the ancient era all the way until now?

Well, now it was fine. The Sacred Tree had suffered severe damage, the Lin Family's strength had been greatly diminished, and they would have to hold back in many matters.

"Looks like we old fellows can no longer compete. We can only look to the younger generation."

[Detected that someone is calculating the host. One hundred million Energy Points may be spent to fabricate a future life and severely injure the calculator. Would you like to pay?]

[Three hundred million Energy Points paid. Triple severe injury applied!]

Amid a pool of blood, the system's notification sounded.

Lu Qingyun was somewhat surprised. The system was actually so considerate—it even had an anti-peeping function.

But surprise aside, he generously tossed in three hundred million without hesitation.

One hundred million for one severe injury, three hundred million for three—perfectly reasonable!

He had no idea that these three hundred million Energy Points had nearly killed a Forbidden Existence.

He only knew that someone wanted to target him, so he would retaliate directly!

"Why are most of the people around here Lin Family prodigies? Good thing I moved fast enough—I've nearly cleared the map already."

Lu Qingyun muttered before continuing his search for others.

But before he could make a move—

From high above, a pitch-black sphere of light, as though formed from all the darkness in the world, came crashing down toward him in an instant!

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