Outside the Mortal Realm, near the crown of the Creation Divine Tree.
The void here was utterly still.
Though the Gods' wills had descended here, they all remained deathly silent.
Until the figure of the Wood God, Lingwei, manifested in this void.
He had a square face, high cheekbones, piercing eyes, and a majestic bearing. His body towered over eight hundred zhang tall. Not only were wooden vines wound all around him, but twenty-four divine beasts, Hooked Snakes, also coiled about his body.
They all lowered their heads, flicking their tongues as they looked down at the human youth below.
The Wood God Lingwei, however, gazed into the distant starry sky, toward the Heavenly Candle Star.
He was looking at the Blood Pine Tree on the Heavenly Candle Star, the Wooden Sword Immortal who had temporarily rooted himself there.
Chu Xisheng's preparations had actually been very thorough.
So they could never have succeeded from the outset, could never have killed Chu Xisheng beneath the Creation Divine Tree.
That Wooden Sword Immortal had been gathering his strength all along, ready to intercept their power at any moment.
The Wooden Sword Immortal's strength alone naturally could not rival that of any Pangu Sovereign.
But it was enough to intercept their attacks within the Ninefold Clouds, preventing their power from descending into the Mortal Realm.
This Wooden Sword Immortal had occupied the Heavenly Candle Star for less than four years, yet already possessed the power of a middle-ranking God, along with powerful Heavenly Orders that were troublesome to deal with.
He was not only a Sage of the Way of Severing Heaven, but also a True Spirit of such Heavenly Orders as Cosmic Heaven, Heaven-Executing, and Heaven-Slaying.
His overall combat strength was already approaching that of a God-Emperor!
He was indeed worthy of