140: Meditation under the Bodhi tree

With Xiao Lei's current Soul Realm, if he was unwilling, even the Bodhi Ancient Tree would not be able to directly pull him into an illusion.

However, Xiao Lei was also somewhat curious about what the Bodhi Ancient Tree's illusion was like, so he simply gave up resisting and allowed the Bodhi Ancient Tree to pull him into the illusion.

After a dazzling flash of white light, Xiao Lei's vision recovered. At this moment, he was already in a vast square, and around the square, many stone pillars stood tall.

Connecting this with the descriptions in the original work, Xiao Lei guessed that this place should be the Alien Flame Square.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree could not possibly know about the Alien Flame Square, so undoubtedly, it must have examined his memories.

Looking at his hand, there was a powerful Medicinal Pill, which should be the embryonic emperor pill from Xiao Lei's memory.

In the next scene, Xiao Lei saw himself become a Dou Di, completely invincible on the continent, dominating the sky.

“Is this all the Bodhi Ancient Tree is capable of?”

“As for so-called desires, I can achieve them with my own hands; what need do I have for your illusion?”

Perhaps because of his own Soul Realm, Xiao Lei could clearly perceive his situation and knew that everything around him was merely an illusion. This way, there was no possibility of him falling into the illusion.

Seemingly a little disappointed, Xiao Lei was about to exit the illusion.

Suddenly, the scene before his eyes changed again, giving Xiao Lei a sense of “unfamiliar familiarity.”

“It's actually my past life!”

Xiao Lei had not expected that the Bodhi Ancient Tree would be able to construct an illusion for him based on his past life memories.

In the illusion, Xiao Lei returned to his past life, as if he had become an Incarnation of an urban fantasy protagonist, dominating various circles, which even piqued Xiao Lei's interest slightly.

However, in the end, Xiao Lei still withdrew, “The matters of my past life are long gone, merely fleeting clouds!”

The next moment, Xiao Lei's eyes cleared, and a towering ancient tree came into view, surrounded by people lying prostrate, deeply trapped in the illusion.

Without the help of the bodhi seed, these people were undoubtedly deeply mired in the illusion, unable to extricate themselves.

“Heh, the people of the Imperial Clan are all gathered! I just don't know if your forces will care about you all?”

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Lei immediately slapped the people of the Hun Clan and the Jiu Feng beside him to death.

Given Hun Tiandi's character, he could even use his clansmen as sacrifices. The idea of hostages was simply absurd. Killing them early would allow him to extract their Soul Origin, which could be considered making use of waste.

Yun Yun, who was beside him, seemed a little flustered, unsure of what to do next.

“Alright, you've worked hard on this journey. Help me look after these people. The real focus is yet to come.”

Xiao Lei had already noticed Shi Po and Shi Ye nearby and knew that the ancient jade should be in their hands, but Xiao Lei was not in a hurry. Since they were trapped in the illusion, they wouldn't be able to escape anytime soon.

“But after this, the Hun Clan will probably be targeting me!”

There were people from the Hun Clan present, and they had clearly known about Shi Po's whereabouts for a long time, so it was likely that the news had already been sent back to the Hun Clan.

Thinking this, Xiao Lei turned around and released his Aura directly at the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

His cultivation at the Peak of a Nine-star Dou Saint, infinitely close to the apex of this world!

“Bodhi Ancient Tree, I know that although you don't have complete sentience, you can understand my words, and I also know your current state...”

Before Xiao Lei could finish speaking, a ball of light suddenly appeared. Within the light ball, there was a familiar Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Suddenly, a Black-Clothed Dou Di rushed over quickly, directly attacking the Bodhi Ancient Tree without hesitation, intending to extract its energy. The Bodhi Ancient Tree was forced to retaliate, clashing with the Black-Clothed Dou Di. At a critical moment, a world-destroying attack flew in, instantly killing the Black-Clothed Dou Di.

The scene did not end there. The Black-Clothed Dou Di was not completely annihilated but transformed into a wisp of black smoke that entanglement around the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree had examined Xiao Lei's memories, but with its intelligence, it was completely unable to understand why Xiao Lei would have memories of it and know its situation. So, it simply displayed the Origin of its current state.

The Black-Clothed Dou Di's negative emotions had slowly eroded the Bodhi Ancient Tree's sentience over countless years, and now it had seized control of the illusion ability. This was why the Bodhi Ancient Tree had continuously attacked those who came seeking Opportunity over countless years.

The next moment, countless light clusters flew in, all encircling Xiao Lei. Upon closer inspection, they were twenty-four bodhi seeds.

Even for Xiao Lei, who now stood at the Peak of the continent, such a quantity of bodhi seeds would be futile to search for across the continent.

With Xiao Lei's strength and Alchemy mastery, refining bodhi seeds for the Bodhi Ancient Tree was undoubtedly a simple matter... So, in the time that followed, Xiao Lei continuously refined bodhi seeds. Supported by his powerful strength, this step was quickly completed.

Immediately, everyone also woke up.

“Xiao Lei! How is he here?”

The people from the Gu Clan and the other Four Clans were all extremely shocked to see Xiao Lei. After all, in a gathering entirely of Dou Venerates, a Dou Saint powerhouse had appeared, making everyone extremely uneasy.

“Master Xiao!”

Shi Ye saw Xiao Lei and was about to rush forward, but Shi Po grabbed her.

The latter merely stared at Xiao Lei with a wary gaze!

However, Xiao Lei was completely unconcerned about this, focusing only on observing the Bodhi Ancient Tree's next move.

“Quickly tear the space scrolls and have the Elders of the clan come to support us!”

At this moment, everyone finally reacted and immediately took out their space scrolls. However, it was all in vain; the torn space scrolls merely turned into scraps, quietly falling to the ground.

The entire space had already been sealed by Xiao Lei, not to mention the Bodhi Ancient Tree's additional layer of sealing outside. It was already too late to call for help at this point.

“Everyone stay where you are. Anyone who dares to move—dies!”

Yun Yun stood behind Xiao Lei, drawing a three-foot-long sword. Her Aura spread out, and beside her, dozens of Puppets stood erect. Clearly, if any of these people made any rash moves, they would be directly pulverized into meat paste.

At this moment, the Bodhi Ancient Tree suddenly extended countless branches, encircling Xiao Lei, then slowly lifted him and carried him before the ten-foot-tall emerald heart.

This was the next enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree!

Everyone present was extremely envious. This was the legendary enlightenment beneath the Bodhi Tree, said to be of great help even for a Breakthrough to Dou Di.

“It seems this trip will be in vain!”

Xiao Yan sighed. After traversing countless dangers with great difficulty, it ultimately amounted to nothing... Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the Ancient Wilderness Domain, the Hun Clan's army approached. Soul Demon led the team, intending to rush into the Ancient Wilderness Domain.

The moment his feet touched the land of the Ancient Wilderness Domain, a wild Aura surged forth, and an invisible pressure around his body made even Soul Demon's legs slightly bend.

“Ah!”

Gritting his teeth, his surrounding Aura erupted. Soul Demon roared, and fierce winds suddenly arose, shaking heaven and earth. Soul Demon was using his cultivation to resist the rules of the Ancient Wilderness Domain!

Countless blood Dao phantoms flew out, wantonly ravaging the Ancient Wilderness Domain, making the tremors between heaven and earth even more violent.

At this critical moment, countless green staff phantoms shot out, heading straight for Soul Demon.

“Soul Demon, are you trying to put the Geniuses of our Clans to death?!”

As he spoke, Gu Dao appeared, followed by the armies of the Four Clans...