"Because it also came from the ancestral land. It was an old friend of the First Sacrificial Spirit Vermilion Bird and the Sacred Emperor, and together they conquered the Fire Kingdom's vast territory."
Huo Yueling explained, telling Di Yi the origins of that divine Sacrificial Spirit tree. It was the Fire God Tree, which had once attained godhood and was far from ordinary.
"Once a god? What does that mean?" Di Yi asked.
"Just what it says. In ancient times, saints fought for supremacy and divine beings waged war. It was both glorious and chaotic," Huo Yueling explained to Di Yi, elaborating further.
In ancient times, the Fire God Tree and the First Sacrificial Spirit Vermilion Bird had come from the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land. They were close in strength, both gods who had attained the Dao, incomparably mighty and above all living beings.
When the Fire Kingdom was first founded, it had accompanied the kingdom's ancient Sacred Emperor on campaigns in every direction, rendering tremendous service. Along with the First Sacrificial Spirit Vermilion Bird, it had formed an indispensable foundation safeguarding the Fire Kingdom.
But in that age, mighty figures emerged one after another, and heaven's chosen blazed across the skies. It had suffered a calamity in that era of saints contending for supremacy and divine beings waging war. The divine flame it had kindled was shattered, and it fell from its divine pedestal.
It would originally have perished, but the First Sacrificial Spirit Vermilion Bird and the ancient Sacred Emperor had extended its life with their great magical power, allowing it to survive.
Yet it had suffered a calamity all the same. Although it survived, its former will, divine flame, and everything else had dissipated, and it became an ordinary tree.
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