Golden Ancient Tree

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Golden Ancient Tree (黄金古树)
Alias(es)	Golden Tree; Life Ancient Tree 10 83
Species/Race	Sentient ancient tree; described as a divine-level existence comparable to a god 51 145
Affiliation	Formerly housed at Shrek Academy; allied with Huang Jinxu and later Electrolux 40 145 146
Occupation/Role	Foundation of Shrek Academy’s cultivation environment; Sea God’s Land of Inheritance; intended vessel for the Blue Silver Emperor 145 157
Status	Freed from the Sea God’s restraints and concealed in Electrolux’s Undead Demiplane 145 146
First Appearance	Mentioned when Di Tian asks Huang Jinxu to investigate whether its consciousness survives 10

Background / History

Shrek Academy and the Sea God’s Restraints

The Golden Ancient Tree stood at Shrek Academy for ten thousand years. Its influence increased the density of Soul Power and elemental energy throughout the surrounding area, including parts of the Outer Court, making the academy a cultivation sanctuary 145.

Tang San placed shackles throughout its true body, binding both its physical form and consciousness. Although the tree possessed power beyond the Douluo Plane’s limits, these restraints prevented it from resisting. Tang San intended its body to become a vessel for his mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, and also established it as his Land of Inheritance 40 157.

The souls of 256 former Shrek deans clung to the tree as unconscious parasites. They consumed its source power and used that stolen energy to reinforce its seal, preparing to assist a future takeover. Of the academy’s 260 deans, only Flender, Mu En, and two who died elsewhere were absent from this arrangement 40.

Alliance with Huang Jinxu

The tree began observing Huang Jinxu after his Martial Soul’s Second Awakening, but initially remained unsure of his intentions. It chose to invest in him after he contacted it on behalf of Di Tian, interpreting his willingness to help the black dragon as evidence that he differed from Shrek’s other Soul Masters 50.

Huang approached the Golden Tree Hollow under the pretext of consolidating his cultivation. After discovering the tree’s imprisonment, he received a seed that merged into his Sea of Consciousness. In exchange, the tree asked him to find somewhere the seed could sprout, allowing it to escape with part of its power and grow anew. Huang instead began preparing to rescue the existing tree 36 40.

The seed concealed Huang during Tang San’s descent through Mu En, preventing the Sea God’s divine consciousness from exposing him. Huang promised that no one would take over the tree’s body while he could intervene; if he failed, he would give it all his Demon Star power as a final weapon 40.

Suppression and Continued Support

The Sea God’s Descent further suppressed the tree’s Spiritual Power. Before entering a prolonged sleep, it gave Huang two branches and the extracted soul-energy of a former dean. One branch provided protective life force, while the other contained divine power for his research 50.

The tree continued responding to Huang even while asleep. When he returned from the Far North with rare herbs, it explained that its source power could help some become Immortal Herbs, but that their transformation would require at least four or five hundred years 83.

Liberation and Relocation

After Xuan Zi devoured Tang San’s Divine Sense, the tree recognized that he had also seized part of the Sea God’s Authority. It asked Huang to persuade Xuan Zi to break its restraints so it could escape into Electrolux’s Undead Demiplane. Xuan Zi subsequently moved against the shackles within it 138 143.

Huang secured Electrolux’s assistance through a magic contract, insisting that the refuge remain secret even from Huo Yuhao. With the Sea God’s restraints removed, the tree accepted the demiplane despite its harsh environment. Before departing, it gave Huang more than thirty purified streams of Soul Origin from the former deans 144 145.

Through the tree’s cooperation and Huang and Electrolux’s combined efforts, it vanished from Shrek Academy. In the Undead Demiplane, it later reached an agreement with Electrolux that could restore him to life with a body of his own; Huang was central to that arrangement 145 146.

Appearance

• Enormous tree body: Tang San explicitly remarks on the disappearance of such a large tree 157.
• Hollow trunk: The Golden Tree Hollow served as a cultivation space, a place to sustain Wang Dong, and storage for many of Shrek’s treasures 36 41 151.
• Roots: The parasitic Soul Origins of former deans attached themselves to its roots and consumed its vital essence 145.
• Aged voice: It communicates directly into Huang’s mind; before its prolonged sleep, its voice sounds weak and exhausted 50.

Personality

The Golden Ancient Tree is cautious in choosing allies. It watched Huang before approaching him and only committed after his actions suggested that he might help it. Its gifts are deliberate investments in someone capable of securing its freedom, rather than indiscriminate generosity 50.

It is also candid with Huang about its condition, motives, and knowledge. It explains why it trusted him, warns him of its impending sleep, and corrects his assumption that abundant energy alone can quickly produce Immortal Herbs. Once freed, it rewards him with purified Soul Origins before accepting the refuge he arranged 50 83 145.

Abilities & Skills

Life Force and Cultivation Support

The tree possesses exceptional life force and creates a highly favorable cultivation environment 15 145.

• Sustained Mu En’s life after the White Dragon Core’s baleful energy left him severely injured 15.
• Preserved his final spark of vitality after he exhausted himself activating Sea God’s Light 17.
• Helped maintain his cultivation realm despite his deliberate depletion of Martial Soul Origin 86.
• Supplied life force through its hollow to sustain unconscious Wang Dong 41.
• Enriched nearby fruit with Soul Power, making regular consumption beneficial to cultivation 64.
• Limit: Mu En could draw only its basic life force, not its source power, so it could not directly cure his underlying injuries 15.

Golden Ancient Tree Seed

The seed merges with Huang’s Sea of Consciousness, nourishing his Spiritual Power and concealing his presence 40.

• Raised his Spiritual Power to a level comparable to a rank-99 Limit Douluo 42.
• Hid him from Tang San’s descending divine consciousness and from Di Tian’s detection 40 120.
• Concealed Huang’s meeting with Electrolux from Tang San 118.
• Offered protection against the soul-eroding cold of the Profound Ice Cave 59.
• Released overwhelming pressure that shattered the Ten-Grade Ginseng Emperor’s traps and prevented resistance 83.
• Later held a wisp of Electrolux’s Soul Origin as part of the tree’s agreement with him 146.
• Limit: Its concealment would not prevent Tang San from detecting Huang if he descended onto the Douluo Plane in person 40 145.

Divine Power and Protection

The tree is comparable to a god, but its original shackles prevented it from freely exercising its strength 40 51.

• Helped Huang withstand god-level power during his confrontation with Tai Tan 48.
• Assisted his recovery afterward, alongside the Gold of Life 50.
• Supplied a branch containing divine power for comparison with Tai Tan’s power 50.
• Tempered another branch with divine power and abundant life force, giving Huang protection intended to save him in a crisis 50.

Soul Extraction and Purification

The tree can extract the souls feeding on it and prepare their energy for use by others 50 145.

• Spent years extracting a single parasitic dean’s soul while imprisoned 50.
• Explained that removing the soul’s imprint could make its energy useful for condensing god-level Spiritual Power 50.
• After liberation, purified more than thirty streams of Soul Origin, leaving no memories or former owners’ imprints 145.
• One purified mass increased Huang’s Spiritual Power by roughly one tenth and strengthened his soul’s foundation 148.
• Its origin power and a former dean’s Soul Origin later contributed to Huang’s creation of a Radiant Sacred Dragon Soul 153.

Plant Nourishment and Herbal Knowledge

The tree’s source power can support the transformation of suitable herbs into Immortal Herbs 83.

• Identified transformation potential in Quasi-Immortal Herbs and some ten-thousand-year Spirit Herbs 83.
• Explained that Immortal Herbs are distinguished by medicinal properties and special substances, not simply age or stored energy 83.
• Knew that the former Sunset Forest contained Immortal Herbs because it had once sensed the area 83.
• Limits: Herb transformation requires at least four or five centuries; its perception no longer reaches Sunset Forest 83.
• Huang planned to plant the Ten-Grade Ginseng Emperor’s seed within it, but initially postponed extracting the seed to preserve the emperor’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone for use 82 83.

Relationships

• Huang Jinxu — Principal ally and rescuer. The tree grants him concealment, power, and research materials; he arranges its escape and promises to prevent its body from being taken over 40 50 145.
• Di Tian — Concerned intermediary. He pays Huang to confirm that the tree remains conscious and is visibly relieved when Huang reports that it survives, though in poor condition 10 52.
• Tang San / Sea God — Jailer. He binds the tree, prepares it as his mother’s vessel, and uses it as a Land of Inheritance 40 157.
• Blue Silver Emperor — Intended future occupant of its body under Tang San’s plan; the takeover does not occur before the tree escapes 40 145.
• Mu En — Long-term recipient of its life support. The tree sustains him through severe injury and helps preserve his realm as he sacrifices his Martial Soul Origin 15 17 86.
• Xuan Zi — Crucial to its liberation. His stolen Sea God Authority provides the opportunity to break the restraints, although Huang earlier feared that his uncontrolled hunger might make the tree a target for devouring 119 138 143.
• Electrolux — Provides the Undead Demiplane as a secret refuge and helps relocate the tree. They later negotiate an arrangement connected to his resurrection 144 145 146.

Impact of Its Departure

Affected party	Consequence
Shrek Academy	Lost its cultivation sanctuary and many treasures stored in the hollow. Restored buildings could not replace those foundations, and students and influential families began withdrawing 145 151.
Shrek leadership	Mistook the disappearance for punishment from the Sea God and blamed Mu En and Xuan Zi 145.
Tang San	Lost his mother’s intended vessel and his Land of Inheritance. Descending to the continent became more troublesome, and he could no longer locate the Sea God’s Light 157 158.
Huang Jinxu	Received purified Soul Origins and gained access to resources removed with the tree, supporting his Spiritual Power research and Dragon Soul creation 145 151 153.

Notable Quotes

“When you helped that black dragon of the Star Dou Great Forest ask about me, I knew you weren't like the others at Shrek Academy. That was when I decided to invest in you.” 50

“Immortal Herbs are called immortal not because of how much energy they contain, but because of their medicinal properties and certain special substances within them.” 83