358: life and death

After the momentum was doused by Yan Feng's cold water, Qin Wuliang also stopped sharing the specific details of the battle between Wuliang Heaven and the Black Demon God Clan, turning directly to the main matter.

"During that encounter with the Black Demon God Clan, our Wuliang Heaven accidentally broke through a world passage. After repelling the Black Demon God Clan, some of us stepped into that passage to explore the world at its end."

"In the world at the end of that passage, we discovered... traces of the heavenly god tree!"

"What!?"

"The heavenly god tree!?"

"You mean the heavenly god tree, one of the Three Reincarnation Divine Trees from the legends of the Universe!?"

Many people were surprised upon hearing this. The legend of the divine tree might be a secret that ordinary Cultivators could never touch in their lifetimes.

But for the Immortal Kings of the Nine Heavens, it was clearly no secret.

Even so, they were still greatly shocked at this moment.

Because they had only heard of the three divine trees; no one had ever seen them with their own eyes!

"The heavenly god tree..."

Even the high-ranking Dao Venerable Taia showed a look of astonishment upon hearing this.

Clearly, this news was equally explosive for an existence like him.

Legend has it that the three divine trees all fell from Reincarnation, each containing the supreme Divine Power of the past, present, and future.

Among them, the heavenly god tree represents the supreme power of the present world.

Rumors say that a single fruit from the heavenly god tree can allow an ordinary being to achieve transcendence, instantly becoming an Immortal King!

If one could obtain the entire divine tree, it would be unimaginable!

Who knows to what level it could evolve.

Even the Giant Realm might not be able to stop it!

However,

In ancient history, the heavenly god tree was never truly obtained by anyone.

Even the fruits on the tree have only vague records.

But,

The leaves that fell from the heavenly god tree have real documented evidence:

An ancient Immortal Emperor once obtained a leaf of the heavenly god tree by chance. To verify the legendary Divine Power of the heavenly god tree, he soaked the leaf in water to brew tea, then transformed it into rain that fell upon a small Mortal city.

In the end, the entire city's people ascended, transforming from Mortals into Immortals, astonishing the Ancient Emperor!

Shocked, the Ancient Emperor took all the city's people under his wing and observed them secretly.

Later, the emperor noticed something unusual: although the Mortals could ascend with the power of the divine leaf, after ascending, their Dao power progressed extremely slowly, and in the end, none of them advanced!

The emperor recorded this in the history books: legends are nine parts true and one part false; the heavenly god tree should have the power of transcendence, but the Karma is unknown, and there may be unforeseen costs, so it should be used with caution... Many speculate that those people, having ascended by luck with the power of the divine leaf, had unchanged potential, which is why they couldn't advance in the Ancient Emperor's subsequent observations.

In other words, the leaves of the heavenly god tree can only forcibly elevate a being's Realm, unable to fundamentally change a person's innate talent.

Of course, this wasn't the focus for later generations.

The key point is that the words left by that Ancient Emperor in the history books made it clear: the heavenly god tree's ability to help people achieve transcendence should be real, and this is what truly excited everyone.

A few leaves could create a batch of Immortals, a single fruit could produce an Immortal King... this is simply maddening!

If obtained, the future Nine Heavens would inevitably produce more Peak experts because of it!

Given time, it wouldn't be impossible for the number of top experts in the Nine Heavens to surpass that of the Eerie Clan!

Just thinking about it makes one's breath quicken.

The appearance of the heavenly god tree is absolutely enough to make the Nine Heavens unite and take action!!

"God King Wuliang, is there something wrong with the world where you discovered traces of the heavenly god tree? With your Wuliang Heaven's strength as number one in the Nine Heavens, why didn't you go and take it yourselves?"

Just as everyone was excited, there were still very calm and composed people who spoke up to ask Qin Wuliang.

Many people paused upon hearing this, immediately turning their gazes toward Qin Wuliang.

Right, the heavenly god tree is a legendary divine tree, its value immeasurable.

Although the Nine Heavens are united against external threats, they are still different heavens, each with their own formations.

Now that Wuliang Heaven has the strength to single-handedly repel the Black Demon God Clan, if they discovered a world where the heavenly god tree exists, why wouldn't they take it themselves, instead kindly convening the Nine Heavens Alliance Meeting to tell them this news?

"Heh, to be honest, that world does have some problems."

Qin Wuliang smiled, quite candidly.

There was no choice but to be candid, because their Wuliang Heaven had indeed tried to occupy the heavenly god tree alone at first, but ended up returning in defeat.

Some people sneered upon hearing this, knowing that Wuliang Heaven wasn't that kind-hearted.

Ignoring the subtle sneers, Qin Wuliang continued nonchalantly: "According to our investigation, that world is extremely strange, with rules different from any known world so far. The Great Venerable called it the 'Life and Death Time Realm'."

"Life and Death Time Realm?"

Some people raised their eyebrows. The Great Venerable naming a Realm has deep meaning, and this name sounds like no benevolent place.

"Yes."

Qin Wuliang nodded, "Inside the Life and Death Time Realm, the Laws of time and space are completely different from the outside. The Great Venerable once tried to break through it, but instead accidentally triggered that world's Order Blockade."

"Under the Order Blockade, beings with a Life Wheel exceeding one hundred thousand years cannot enter!"

"Beings over one hundred thousand years old cannot enter?!"

Many people frowned upon hearing this.

Because, for long-lived Immortal Kings, a single seclusion might last millions of years. Most Immortal Kings present here have Life Wheels far exceeding one hundred thousand years.

"What if we force our way in?" asked an old Immortal King who had lived since the previous era.

"I advise everyone to give up that thought as soon as possible!"

Qin Wuliang glanced at that old king, looked at everyone, and said solemnly: "The Life and Death Order there is unusually powerful, suspected to be empowered by the heavenly god tree's strength. If forced, one would be directly erased by the Life and Death Order. We paid a heavy price for this, and even the Great Venerable was nearly injured by the order's power."

"What!? Even the Great Venerable of Wuliang Heaven was nearly injured by the order!?" Everyone was shocked.

"That's right."

Qin Wuliang nodded, "The order there is empowered by the heavenly god tree's strength, extremely dangerous. The Great Venerable cannot risk entering by force."

"But the heavenly god tree is a rare divine object in the Universe, one of the powerful trump cards against the Eerie Clan, and must not be abandoned!"

"That's why we gathered everyone here this time: to select a group of top experts under one hundred thousand years old from the Nine Heavens to enter the Life and Death Time Realm together, cooperate to find the heavenly god tree, and bring it back to the Nine Heavens!"

Hearing this, everyone finally understood the purpose of Wuliang Heaven initiating this Nine Heavens Alliance Meeting.

Then, someone asked: "How many people does Wuliang Heaven plan to recruit from the Nine Heavens?"

"Quality over quantity!" Qin Wuliang said.

"The Great Venerable calculated: minimum cultivation Heavenly Immortal Great Perfection, each of the other eight heavens sends ten people, Wuliang Heaven sends twenty people, a hundred is enough!"