Ten Thousand Trees Return to the Origin, Life Without End

The oppressive silence that had shrouded Chaos Bone Ridge was torn apart!

"Kill!"

At Chu Bai's signal, two hundred guards who had long been poised to strike surged from the shadows on every side like a flood breaking through a dam.

"Government troops! They're from the Demon-Suppression Office!"

"Damn it, how did they sneak in? Where are the sentries?"

Cries of alarm, the hum of activated artifacts, and battle shouts tangled together.

Here in the Wasteland, beyond the reach of the Law Net, these Rogue Cultivators who usually did whatever they pleased felt the cold killing edge of Great Zhou's iron laws for the first time.

"There he is! Kill him!"

Deep within the camp, a dense surge of dark green demonic energy erupted from a dry well.

An old man with a gaunt face shot skyward, clad in a black sheepskin robe. His eyes were narrow, their pupils flickering green like ghostly flames. He was Black Sheep, the True Spirit Society's leader here.

The moment Black Sheep appeared, he spotted Chu Bai standing at the edge of the camp, watching him coldly.

He also saw the lifeless sentry lying in the snow. New grievances and old hatred surged through him at once.

"You brat! How dare you ruin my plans!"

Black Sheep roared, unleashing the full pressure of his Qi Refining Ninth Layer Perfection cultivation. The dead trees around him burst apart.

He flung up his withered hands, dark green light blazing in his palms.

"Wood Wraith Soul-Eater, go!"

At his furious command, the dead grass on the ground grew wildly in an instant, turning into dozens of dark green vines as thick as bowls, bristling with hooked, venomous thorns.

The vines tunneled through the earth like giant pythons, sending soil and stone flying. In a heartbeat, they sealed