The Bodhi Ancient Tree, Ten Thousand Zhang Tall, Exposed by the Sky Screen

Early the next morning, Hun Tiandi took Qian Renxue back to the Central Plains.

Their destination lay deep within the Shennong Mountain Range, in the far south of the Central Plains.

This had originally been the location of the Medicine Realm, belonging to the Yao Clan, one of the Ancient Eight Clans. After Hun Tiandi annihilated the Yao Clan, he refined the Shennong Mountain Range together with this world, creating a new small world.

As soon as she entered, Qian Renxue was shocked by the abundant life energy within this space.

She could feel the natural energy of this world entering her body of its own accord, improving her physique with pure life force.

With a thought, Qian Renxue easily took that final step into the Two-Star Dou Zong realm.

Not only that, but there were faint signs that she was advancing toward three stars.

But with life energy this rich, Qian Renxue had absorbed too much to digest, leaving her wanting to sink into a deep sleep right then and there.

Hun Tiandi sent a stream of Dou Qi into her forehead, and Qian Renxue immediately woke up.

"We're here."

Hun Tiandi spoke as he looked in a certain direction.

Qian Renxue followed his gaze and saw an ancient tree with an immense canopy standing at the very center of the dense forest, dozens of miles away.

A clear Qi surrounded the ancient tree, making it seem wondrous and unfathomable.

As she gazed at the ancient tree from afar, Qian Renxue's heart suddenly began to pound violently.

"Master, what is that?"

"The Bodhi Ancient Tree."

Hun Tiandi explained, "This fellow could be considered the oldest existence on the Dou Qi Continent."

"Could this great tree really have the ability to let your disciple begin a new cycle of reincarnation?" Qian Renxue asked curiously.

"That's right. In a sense, it was thanks to the Bodhi Ancient Tree that I was able to create the first part of the Samsara Scripture."

"Come on, let's go have a talk with this old thing."

With that, Hun Tiandi flew toward the Bodhi Ancient Tree with Qian Renxue.

Only when they drew close did Qian Renxue truly see how enormous the ancient tree was. The two of them were like grains of millet beneath it.

The instant Hun Tiandi and Qian Renxue approached, the Bodhi Ancient Tree seemed to come alive. Countless thick branches shattered the void and shot straight at Hun Tiandi's head.

Qian Renxue jumped in fright at the sight.

Hun Tiandi, however, remained unhurried. He calmly extended a finger, and an invisible barrier formed before them.

The branches immediately came to a halt one zhang in front of the pair, unable to advance an inch.

Hun Tiandi tilted his head slightly and looked at the trunk of the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Smiling, he said, "Hey, old friend, is this how you welcome me?"

The next second, an ethereal voice came from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, sounding like that of an old man. "Hun Tiandi, stop trying to cozy up to me. Who's your old friend?"

Qian Renxue: !!!

What's going on? How did the tree start talking?

To the people of the Douluo Continent, this scene overturned everything they knew.

[Unknown Soul Master A: What's going on? That tree actually spoke?]

[Unknown Soul Master B: One thing at a time. Aren't you curious how that tree grew so big? Its canopy alone is probably comparable to a city, right?]

[Unknown Soul Master C: Didn't that mighty expert say it? This tree is the oldest thing on the Dou Qi Continent. Growing that big... is still really hard to understand!]

Everyone had something to say, and all of them marveled at the Bodhi Ancient Tree's magnificent presence.

The experts of the major sects were equally unable to understand. A tree that could talk was just too absurd, wasn't it?

However, some of the top figures who had encountered hundred-thousand-year soul beasts could understand it.

Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, for example.

They knew that soul beasts, whether plant or animal, could all speak human language once they reached a hundred thousand years.

But the impression the Bodhi Ancient Tree gave them was simply too shocking. Even the legendary million-year soul beasts probably couldn't come close to comparing with it, could they?

The Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian looked at the Bodhi Ancient Tree and the life energy radiating from it, so envious that tears were practically flowing from his mouth.

With life energy at that level, if he could take one big gulp of it, wouldn't he ascend to a million years of cultivation on the spot?

Bi Ji, beside him, coveted the Bodhi Ancient Tree far more than Di Tian did. Her true form was an Emerald Swan, and she had an incomparable craving for life energy of this level.

As she watched the image on the sky screen, she could barely suppress the urge to rush up and take a huge gulp.

"Di Tian, nothing like that even exists!"

"You just want it, that's all. Relax, I want it too!"

Yet as the ferocious beasts drooled over the Bodhi Ancient Tree, a pair of vertical purple pupils suddenly opened in the deepest part of the Lake of Life.

The next second, a terrifying presence quietly awakened, its pressure reaching into the depths of the ferocious beasts' bloodlines.

Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts sensed it and hurriedly knelt. "Greetings, my lord!"

Before long, a young woman slowly rose from the deepest part of the lake's center.

Silver dragon scales covered the key parts of her body. She had silver hair, purple eyes, and an ethereal bearing.

Gu Yuena stared in disbelief at the world on the sky screen and couldn't help murmuring, "Is that... a God Star?"

A moment later, she turned her gaze to Di Tian. "Di Tian, what is going on?"

Di Tian hurriedly reported, "My lord, this thing is called the sky screen. It only appeared on the Douluo Continent in the past few days."

"The sky screen lets us see images of another world."

"That place isn't a God Star either, but a world called the Dou Qi Continent."

After hearing Di Tian's explanation, Gu Yuena quickly gained a general understanding and became interested in that world as well.

The Dou Qi Continent.

Faced with the Bodhi Ancient Tree's scolding, Hun Tiandi wasn't angry in the least. Instead, he teased, "You old thing, didn't I just take a little something from you? Is there any need to be so fired up?"

"Aren't you afraid you'll catch fire and set yourself alight?"

At these words, the Bodhi Ancient Tree immediately began to shake violently, and a pressure comparable to that of a Dou Di erupted.

"Hun Tiandi! You brat, you've got some nerve saying that!"

"Your disciple wanted enlightenment, and I gave it to him, didn't I? He wanted a Bodhi Heart, and I gave him that too, didn't I?"

"Then you bastard, you stripped me of every Bodhi Seed I'd accumulated over a hundred thousand years, and now you tell me you only took a little something?"

"Where's your shame, brat?"

Hun Tiandi kept smiling. "That's right, I only took a hundred million, that's all."

Then he changed tack. "Besides, didn't I refine this world for you to live in? With such a fine world as this, taking your Bodhi Seeds wasn't too much, was it?"

The Bodhi Ancient Tree was left speechless.

After pondering for a moment, it finally noticed the human beside Hun Tiandi, as tiny as an ant, and immediately had an ominous premonition.

"Brat, one thing at a time. First, tell me what you've come here for this time."