On Cloud Summit Peak in the Spirit-Taming World, Tian Heng watched Fang Qianyuan suddenly reach into the boundless sea of stars reflected in the Star Map and seize something from within.
It was an ice crystal the size of a fist, with dense space-time power congealed inside its translucent form. A miniature towering tree stood frozen within, like an insect trapped in amber.
Held in Fang Qianyuan's grasp, it seemed as though heaven and earth rested in his hand. This entire pocket of space-time had been frozen.
Fang Qianyuan silently examined it for a while, then opened his palm and let the ice crystal fly out.
Dazzling light immediately flashed. Amid the sound of shattering ice, the enormous dark-red tree abruptly appeared before everyone.
In an instant, it burst through the roof, its incomparably savage aura pouring out in every direction like raging fire.
Yet Fang Qianyuan and Tian Heng remained seated without moving. Before them, countless elite experts, retainers, and guards spread spirit essence force fields to withstand the onslaught of its ferocity.
Fang Qianyuan looked up at the crown stretching more than a hundred feet beyond the shattered roof and marveled, "What an extraordinary thing. Nothing like this has ever existed in the Spirit-Taming World!"
Tian Heng was visibly moved as well. "This appears to be the Red Demon Tree mentioned in Middle Antiquity Tales and Anecdotes."
Fang Qianyuan asked, "The Red Demon Tree?"
Tian Heng said, "It is a Wood Dao spirit monster that can only arise in certain places with unusual spirit essence. It possesses a low level of intelligence resembling that of sentient beings, but has no emotions. It is usually regarded as a bloodthirsty demon. As the ages changed, however, this species gradually vanished, and its extinction in our world has been confirmed."
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