After a single touch, Chen Cuo drifted back.
Ahead of him,
withered yellow leaves rustled down.
The towering ancient tree, lush with foliage only moments before, turned yellow and gaunt in the blink of an eye, withering into ruin!
Then broken twigs joined the falling leaves, followed by branches as thick as bowls.
Within a few breaths, nearly all its dense foliage had fallen away. Only three branches remained, bare of a single leaf.
An indescribable mood rippled outward and reflected in their hearts.
Bleakness, solitude, desolation...
"Hm?"
At the sight, an ominous premonition suddenly rose in Brahma Tathagata's heart!
But before he could think it through...
Crack!
The three remaining branches snapped. One fell straight to the ground, turned to ash on impact, and scattered in the wind!
Chen Cuo watched, feeling a strange sensation take shape deep in his heart. He understood.
Peach Blossom Fairy was a branch of the Primordial Chaos Tree. Even if she wasn't the Primordial Chaos Fruit itself, the Primordial Chaos energy within her could temporarily transform the River Domain into what was almost a brand-new Beyond-Mundane Heaven! Though I planted the Peachwood Sword in my Dreamscape, Primordial Chaos energy is involved in its cycles of flourishing and decay. I can gain something from it too!
The flourishing and withering of plants spoke of Rise and Fall, and held life, death, and Reincarnation within them!
With that thought, Chen Cuo wasted no more time. He gathered his thoughts and watched intently as the last two branches finally fell.
The remaining trunk grew ever more shriveled, but its middle swelled rapidly, as though it were ten months pregnant!
Crack!
With a sharp snap, a pale hand reached out from within.
The hand was white as jade, yet held a hint of peach pink beneath its