Ah Tong, how can I live without you? ! Hunyuan Daluo Realm!

The Tree God guarding the Chaos Origin Tree had a tender face flushed with anger.

She was seething with rage; it was too infuriating.

Being restrained by that unknown entity, she could bear it, as it was a master.

But what was happening now?

Being trampled underfoot by a mere Heavenly Immortal, she felt incredibly wronged.

Yet, she couldn't resist. She could only feel her cultivation being suppressed. Normally, if she just glared, the entire Chaos would tremble.

The immense disparity deepened the resentment in her heart.

Xiao Fan saw her angry expression and couldn't help but reveal a playful look, finding it interesting.

He wasn't in a hurry; he'd just keep her underfoot for now.

Seeing that the Tree God refused to yield, the System directly increased its pressure. Vast and endless majesty descended from the sky, heavily pressing on every inch of her divine body.

Gradually, a look of pain appeared on her face, her angry flush turning pale, and muffled groans of agony escaped her lips.

"Stop, stop it."

"I'm willing to listen to her and submit to you."

She said it almost through gritted teeth.

After hearing her, Xiao Fan gently lifted his foot, standing to the side, looking at her with a half-smile.

"If you had surrendered earlier, you wouldn't have had to suffer this humiliation."

"You!" she exclaimed.

But just as she thought about getting angry at Xiao Fan, she felt a chill down her spine, as if someone was constantly watching her from behind.

"Submitting to him will be the most correct choice you make in this life."

Xiao Fan was deeply moved. ATong, you are too considerate.

ATong, how can I live without you?!

Looking at the Tree God standing before him with an unwilling expression, Xiao Fan said coldly, "If you're unwilling to submit, I don't mind letting you go."

Her expression changed, and she said, "Really?"

"Of course not," Xiao Fan said.

Her expression froze. This guy was toying with her, but she dared not speak of her anger.

Without waiting for her to speak, Xiao Fan simply asked, "How many fruits are left on this tree?"

She shook her head and said, "I don't know. This tree extends throughout the myriad worlds of the heavens. Their number is as vast as the sands of the Ganges, too many to count."

"Especially the low-level Mortal Realm fruits; any single branch can bear hundreds of millions of Realm fruits."

"Immortal Realm fruits are fewer, but that's only in comparison to Mortal Realm fruits. In reality, their number is still countless."

"That many?" Xiao Fan asked in surprise.

Perhaps wanting to send Xiao Fan away quickly, she put aside her temper and answered every question:

"In Chaos, new worlds are born and old worlds are destroyed every moment. The people of these new worlds receive blessings from the Chaos Origin Tree, and the fruits on the tree drift towards the new worlds to spread the Dao."

"As for whether they can comprehend the Immortal Dao, that depends on the fortune of that new world."

So that's how it is, there's this connection.

Xiao Fan then said, "What about Saint fruits? Give me ten. No, give me twenty."

He would eat one himself, and the rest he would take back for his women, one for each!

Upon hearing this, the Tree God felt dizzy.

No, he's asking for twenty right away?

She couldn't help but laugh in exasperation and said, "Mortal Realm fruits and Immortal Realm fruits are indeed as many as you want, and their numbers are infinite."

"However, from Grand Luo Golden Immortal fruits onwards, then Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal fruits, and Saint fruits, their numbers are all limited."

"Every single one is extremely precious!"

"It's just that, relatively speaking, the number of Saint fruits is even rarer!"

Xiao Fan didn't listen to her nonsense and said directly, "Give me as many as you have; I want them all."

The Tree God replied, "Currently, there isn't a single ripe Saint fruit. The other two types of Realm fruits, however, happen to be ripe."

"Not a single ripe Saint fruit? You didn't secretly eat them, did you?" Xiao Fan questioned.

"Eating this doesn't increase my cultivation or improve my Realm, so what use is it to me?" she retorted.

At this point, she even shouted loudly:

"I'm just a Tree God who watches the tree. My duty is to guard this tree; nothing else is my concern."

"Do you know how difficult it is for me to guard this Divine Tree? Many people try to steal the fruits.

This tree is boundless, and I can't reach everywhere, only protecting a few areas.

All I can do is ensure this tree isn't cut down."

Xiao Fan noticed something amiss.

"What do you mean by 'cut down'?"

The Tree God replied, "The literal meaning."

"The Chaos Origin Tree has no consciousness. It is merely the link that maintains the Origin Universe, the cornerstone of the Origin Universe, somewhat similar to the Immortal Veins in your Immortal Realm, only exhaling Immortal Qi for people to use."

"Oh, and the Spiritual Veins and Immortal Veins you speak of are things that fell from this tree."

So there's this Origin.

She continued, "Human desires are endless. Mortals wish they could achieve Immortal Ascension, and once they do, they can live forever.

Immortals wish they could achieve Grand Luo, and once they achieve Grand Luo, they can transcend the Three Realms and be outside the Five Elements, no longer suffering the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations.

Grand Luo then wish they could become Saints, and Saints transcend the Heavenly Dao, opening up a new world."

"Ultimately, desire is insatiable!"

At this point, she paused, sighed, and said, "Even Saints are no exception. After transcending the Heavenly Dao, will there be an even higher Realm?"

"So, these Saints began to search for ways to climb higher."

"They set out into Chaos, attempting to find a path to a higher Realm. In this process, they discovered the Divine Tree at the Origin of Chaos."

"Upon learning that the Immortal Dao and Saintly Way both originated from the Source Divine Tree, they focused their efforts on the Foundation of the Source Divine Tree.

They believed that the Foundation of the Source Divine Tree contained higher Laws, and by extracting the Foundation and comprehending its Laws, they could enter a higher Realm."

"The Source Divine Tree is boundless, so it's not easily cut down. This is an advantage, but also a disadvantage.

After all, the scope is too vast; even I can't look after it all. All I can do is protect the Foundation and guard the main trunk to prevent it from falling."

As she spoke, she gently raised her jade hand, and a spatial rift appeared before her. Reaching in, she pulled out an elven girl in a verdant green dress.

Upon seeing her, the girl immediately bowed and saluted, "Tree God sister, what can I do for you?"

She asked, "Has anyone trespassed recently?"

"No, ever since you drove those people away last time, they haven't come back."

"However, I heard that there seem to be suspicious individuals appearing in the Barren Star Domain. Not long ago, they even cut down a patch of tender branches, and by the time we arrived, the cut branches had already been dragged away by them."

"Understood. You may return."

The elven girl smiled, "Goodbye, Tree God sister."

With that, she jumped into the rift she had just created and returned to her original position.

"See? This is the current situation."

"Those Saints hidden in Chaos, it's not an exaggeration to call them bandits. As soon as a Saint flower blooms, they pick it even before it bears fruit."

"I haven't seen a ripe Saint fruit in billions of years."

Picked even before bearing fruit.

Newly sprouted tender branches also cut off.

Without someone guarding it, they'd even dig up the roots.

After listening, Xiao Fan felt his blood boil.

What the hell? They dare to steal my fruits, cut my tree, and even dig up the Foundation of my tree!

Xiao Fan was so angry that he felt uncomfortable all over. His Physical Body trembled along with his Soul, and faint coldness emanated from his eyes.

So angry, I'm shaking, I'm cold!

The Tree God looked at Xiao Fan's furious expression, feeling a bit bewildered.

"I'm not even angry, why are you angry?"

"My tree is being cut, my fruits are being stolen, how can I not be angry?" Xiao Fan said furiously.

Tree God: ???

Your tree? Your sense of territory and property is quite strong.

But anger doesn't solve problems.

Xiao Fan was just angry for a moment out of anger.

"When will the next batch of Saint fruits ripen?" Xiao Fan asked.

"The fastest to ripen will still take over three hundred twenty-seven million years, and there will only be one."

"Over three hundred million years? That's too long."

"After Immortal Ascension, life is endless. What are a few hundred million years?" the Tree God said.

"You don't understand," Xiao Fan said.

In three hundred million years, if he were to have one woman a year, no, even if it were one woman every ten years, he could have intimate relationships with thirty million women.

Too slow!

"Bring me the Grand Luo Golden Immortal fruits and the Primordial Great Luo fruits. Pick as many as you can," Xiao Fan commanded.

"Bring the Taiyi Golden Immortal Fruits too. Bring them all; I'll take anything."

"We do have those," the Tree God said.

After all, to those people, these fruits didn't pique their interest, allowing them to remain.

The Tree God immediately left to pick the fruits according to Xiao Fan's command, returning shortly after.

She returned with three baskets. One had only a few fruits, another had a dozen or so, and the largest basket contained no more than a hundred.

"Only this much?" Xiao Fan asked, puzzled.

"Do you think Grand Luo Golden Immortal fruits and Primordial Great Luo fruits are like weeds that grow everywhere?" the Tree God said irritably.

"These are from the branch closest to here. If I were to go further out to the next branch, it would take at least a hundred years."

"I was just afraid you'd wait too long, think I was tricking you, and get angry and complain to that guy," she explained.

"Actually, even if you go further out, you might not necessarily find anything, because if ripe fruits aren't picked, they'll naturally fall and transform into various Opportunities, drifting throughout the myriad worlds and blessing all living beings."

Xiao Fan could understand, as the System's description also stated this.

Forget it, he'd take this small amount for now.

Afterward, to prevent ripe fruits from naturally falling, Xiao Fan commanded, "From now on, you should go out more often. When you see ripe fruits, pick them and preserve them. I will come regularly to collect them."

"Don't pick those of too low a Realm. I only need Immortal Realm fruits of Taiyi Golden Immortal Fruit and above."

The Tree God refused, "How can that be? The Chaos Origin Tree is the source of Opportunities for all worlds. If I pick them all, wouldn't that be monopolizing it?"

"Get this straight: this tree now belongs to me. I'm not monopolizing it; I'm just protecting what's mine."

"Not just this tree, but you too belong to me, understand?" Xiao Fan said solemnly.

Protecting world property? Incorrect!

Protecting my property. Correct!

"You!"

The Tree God was speechless. What a selfish person.

Selfish? A little.

Humans are inherently selfish. Let whoever wants to be generous be generous.

Anyway, I, Xiao Fan, like to eat alone.

All precious things go into my pocket.

All beautiful women go into my harem.

Mine, mine, all mine.

If I had a hundred million, I would donate it all to charity without hesitation.

But if you ask me to donate a thousand, that's definitely not happening.

Because I really do have a thousand!

"Considering how vast this tree is and how difficult it is to pick, I'll give you a more reasonable number.

Each year, pick 10 Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal fruits and 30 Grand Luo Golden Immortal fruits for me.

As for Taiyi Golden Immortal Fruits, just pick 10,000 a year. No need for too many."

"My appetite is quite small," Xiao Fan nodded and said.

The Tree God grumbled:

"Although the ripening period for these types of fruits isn't as long as for Saint fruits, they still take tens of millions of years to blossom and bear fruit.

While their numbers are relatively higher than Saint fruits, they are still ultimately limited."

"You want 10 Primordial Great Luo fruits and 30 Grand Luo Golden Immortal fruits a year. That's simply unrealistic," the Tree God stated with certainty.

Xiao Fan: "Then how about this: in 100 years, pick 10 Primordial Great Luo fruits, 30 Grand Luo Golden Immortal fruits, and 10,000 Taiyi Golden Immortal Fruits. That should be fine, right?"

The Tree God raised a jade finger and said,

"10,000 years. I can only provide 10 Primordial Great Luo fruits, 30 Grand Luo Golden Immortal fruits, and 10,000 Taiyi Golden Immortal Fruits every 10,000 years."

"10,000 years? What's the point then!" Xiao Fan was displeased.

"I'll come once every 100 years. If you can't manage it by then, you can just compensate me with your Physical Body."

"You!" The Tree God's pretty face flushed, whether from anger or shyness, it was hard to tell.

"It's decided then."

The Tree God dismissed his words as idle chatter. Without Saint fruits, you won't become a Saint. If you can't become a Saint, how can you break my defenses?

Heh, 'Physical Body compensation,' you're completely powerless!

Xiao Fan continued, "Which Saints are coming to steal the fruits?"

He wanted to know who they were, so he could eliminate them and prevent them from harming his fruit tree again.

"Too many to count. Anyone who became a Saint by relying on a Saint fruit can find this place through the connection between the Saint fruit and the Chaos Origin Tree."

"It just depends on whether they want to come here or not."

Understood, so that's how it is.

Those who obtain the Opportunity of a Saint fruit are, more often than not, Qi Luck Children.

After they grow up, they will certainly not be satisfied with the status quo and will continue to seek paths to Breakthrough. The Chaos Origin Tree is one of their targets.

Xiao Fan understood. All this trouble was caused by Qi Luck Children. Only by eliminating the Qi Luck Children could the problem of stolen fruits be fundamentally solved.

He now had even more motivation to kill Qi Luck Children.

Xiao Fan counted. The fruits the Tree God brought over included eight Primordial Great Luo fruits and nineteen Grand Luo Golden Immortal fruits, totaling twenty-seven.

The Taiyi Golden Immortal Fruits were more numerous, over a hundred.

He naturally was the first to consume them.

Without the slightest hesitation, he picked up a Primordial Great Luo fruit and ate it.

He was preparing to directly advance to Primordial Great Luo!

Advancing to Primordial Great Luo in the Eternal Immortal Domain would cause immense commotion.

But in Chaos, it was quite unremarkable.

"Guard me. I'm going to consume the fruit and directly advance to Primordial Great Luo."