It was not that the Douluo Continent needed the Golden Ancient Tree, nor that Shrek Academy needed it. Rather, Tang San needed a drastically weakened Douluo Continent where almost no one could become a god on their own, and that was why this Golden Ancient Tree existed.
After ascending to the Divine Realm, Tang San might truly have gone to considerable trouble before finally finding a divine tree in the Divine Beast Forest that met his requirements in every respect, bringing it down, and planting it at Shrek Academy.
Nourishing a divine plant with the mortal world's life force came at an enormous cost, but that cost was precisely what Tang San wanted. Otherwise, would it not have been better to plant it at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or leave it in the Divine Realm's Divine Beast Forest?
As for how to use all that plundered life force, Chen Ping reckoned Tang San had not figured that out either, which was why he had merged his own mother back into the Golden Ancient Tree.
That way, all the life force the Golden Ancient Tree had plundered as it grew on its own over ten thousand years would ultimately remain in Tang San's hands, available for him to use as he pleased.
"Now that's a fucking ten-thousand-year master plan."
After sorting everything out, Chen Ping spoke with a bitter smile.
Reducing the chances of becoming a god, sealing off the path to godhood, and weakening the upper limit of future Soul Masters' combat strength at its roots-Tang San had truly put in tremendous effort to turn the Douluo Continent into the Tang family's backyard for all eternity.
It was only thanks to Elf, who could help him look back at a corner of the world ten thousand years