World Tree Seedling. Unknown Dao Domain.
At one corner of the World Tree's trunk cross-section, Luo Chen slowly rose to his feet. With a single step, he reappeared beside the World Tree's ancestral root.
His gaze traveled over the ancestral root, the one most brimming with creation and vitality.
This ancestral root stretched for countless billions of kilometers, rooted in the void. As Luo Chen approached, its surface shimmered with spiritual radiance, and an azure sphere the size of an adult drifted toward him.
Luo Chen raised his eyes. At the center of the sphere was a remarkably mystical sapling rooted within.
The World Tree Seedling—the creation left behind after this ancestral tree's Nirvana.
It stood no taller than a person, worlds apart from the mature ancestral tree that spanned the heavens.
The azure sphere seemed to be a complete chaotic world, abundant with spiritual charm. The World Tree Seedling took root within it, its slender trunk gleaming with a warm primordial azure-gold hue. Its bark was soft and etched with tiny Primordial Dao patterns that had yet to fully take shape.
It did not yet possess the mighty power to support a world, but its potential was unimaginably immense.
Luo Chen extended his hand, and the person-tall azure sphere slowly shrank before landing in his palm.
As Luo Chen accepted the World Tree Seedling, the ancestral root trembled faintly. The spiritual light of creation contained within it grew ever dimmer, until it was nearly imperceptible.
Condensing this World Tree Seedling and leaving behind its seed had utterly exhausted all the life force of this ancestral tree.
As the ancestral root "withered," the entire Dao Domain space resonated. The myriad Daos of heaven and earth wailed mournfully, as though grieving for the World Tree.
Luo Chen noticed that the surrounding