113: Ancient plum trees in the world, ancient places in time

Cloud Mist Mountain, Taiji Hall!

“Ding! Family Mansion upgrade successful!”

“Family Mansion: Covering a radius of 100,000 li, a top-tier Divine Emperor Mansion, Laws are at Perfection. All major halls within the Clan have reached the Rank of top-tier Divine Emperor Armaments. The Clan Chief’s Hall has reached a First-Rank Saint Armament. The Family’s grand array has been upgraded to a top-tier Divine Emperor Array, capable of shielding Saint perception, and at full power, can kill a Half-Saint expert!”

“Construction Authority: The power of the South Heaven Gate has increased; those below Mystic Sovereign must ascend step by step. The Hall of Hundred Arts, Treasure Pavilion, and Scripture Pavilion are open to the first seven floors, allowing Clan members to exchange for various treasures and collections below Saint-Grade. Divine Armament Peak is open to the first three thousand zhang.”

“New Functions: Cross-realm travel. As long as there are coordinates, Cloud Mist Mountain can travel to all the myriad realms. Starry Sky Crossing: Capable of withstanding small-scale stellar storms and traversing the starry sky.”

“New Buildings: Ancient Time Land, a strand of World Tree Origin!”

“Note: The current Family Mansion lacks high-grade Divine Veins and Divine Crystal ore veins, preventing it from unleashing its true power. Please, Host, find and complete them as soon as possible! Currently, the grand array can only exert Mystic Sovereign-level power!”

Seven days passed in a flash, and the Family Mansion was finally upgraded successfully.

Looking at the newly added buildings, Xu Qing curiously checked them out.

“Ancient Time Land: An ancient land, the dwelling place of the Time Clan, a Chaos Race, during the Chaos Era. After countless years, it evolved into a treasure. It can adjust the flow of time within it. Suppressed by heaven and earth, it can accelerate or decelerate time by ten times. Its core area allows for the comprehension of the Time Great Dao.”

“Note: The time lost in the Ancient Time Land will be permanently lost.”

“With this Ancient Time Land, wouldn’t it greatly shorten Cultivation time?”

Xu Qing immediately became interested, suppressing his impulse, and then looked at another building, the World Tree.

“World Tree Origin: In the Eternal Era, the first Eternal Pangu, after creating the Eternal Realm, the first Divine Tree was born. Entrusted by Pangu, it maintained the space of the Eternal Realm. Later, during the great war that erupted in the Mythological Era, it was attacked by several Innate Gods and Devils and collapsed. Nine strands of World Tree Origin escaped into Chaos and went into hiding.”

“Note: The Host can find a spiritual plant to bear the World Tree Origin and Cultivate it into a World Tree remnant. By gathering all nine strands of World Tree Origin, it can be transformed into a true World Tree.”

Seeing this, Xu Qing’s first thought was of the Ancient Plum in the back hall.

Soon, Xu Qing arrived beneath the Ancient Plum tree.

“Today, I shall bestow upon you an Opportunity!”

Xu Qing patted the Ancient Plum’s thick trunk, then infused the strand of World Tree Origin into the Ancient Plum.

“Boom!”

The Ancient Plum’s entire body was enveloped by a mysterious Dao charm, and its strength surged at this moment. In a short while, it surpassed the Venerable Realm.

“World Ancient Plum Tree: Originally a thousand-year-old Ancient Plum, it obtained a strand of World Tree Origin and successfully transformed into a World Ancient Plum Tree. Its Cultivation is at Royal Sealing Perfection and it has independently evolved nine Secret Realms, possessing the potential to grow into a Small World.”

“It blossoms every thousand years, and its plum blossoms contain a wisp of Space Law. When used to brew tea, one can comprehend the Space Law within. It bears fruit every thousand years, maturing after a thousand years, yielding three hundred fruits. Each fruit contains a complete Space Law.”

Xu Qing looked at the plum blossoms on the tree, lost in thought!

“Buzz!!!”

The entire tree shook. Under the control of a mysterious power, the teapot in the pavilion filled with Spiritual Spring water, then boiled. Subsequently, eighty-one plum blossoms drifted down from the tree and fell into the teapot.

In an instant, a strange fragrance diffused.

The teapot floated up, pouring tea into a teacup, then manipulated the teacup to Xu Qing’s front.

Xu Qing was momentarily stunned, then looked at the Ancient Plum and smiled, “You’re thoughtful!”

The Ancient Plum, through this creation, had developed sentience. In due time, it would be able to condense a physical form.

“Buzz!”

The tree swayed, and Xu Qing could feel a sense of joy emanating from it.

Xu Qing took the teacup, and a strange fragrance assailed his nose, giving him a feeling of refreshment.

He took a small sip.

“Boom!”

The Space Law, which was originally not yet at Perfection, instantly reached the Perfection Realm. And with the cooperation of that Space Law, Xu Qing stepped into the Space Law Domain, making it the first Law he mastered.

Xu Qing was shocked, not expecting the tea to have such a miraculous effect.

Good stuff!

In the future, if he had guests, he could use this tea to entertain them. As for selling it, he hadn't considered it, because Xu Qing wasn't short of money. In the System Mall, the cheapest items were energy stones like Yuan Crystals and Divine Crystals.

Moreover, if there wasn't any, he could just go and plunder it. Martial Artists inherently contend for destiny; if you're weak, you deserve to be plundered.

A moment later, Xu Qing looked at the trunk of the Ancient Plum tree. Hanging on it were nine glowing orbs emitting spatial Qi. These were the Secret Realms, possessing the potential to grow into Small Worlds.

Worlds also have Ranks. First are Secret Realms, which can be as small as tens of li or as large as tens of thousands of li. The Small Worlds of Royal Dao experts are at this stage. After Secret Realms are Great Worlds, which can be as small as 100,000 li or as large as a million li.

After Great Worlds are Small Worlds. This Rank is already indistinguishable from a normal world; all kinds of matter and Laws are perfected, fully capable of giving birth to Saint Realm existences. The only thing that might not compare to a normal world is that the Dao is not at Perfection, making it impossible for Emperor Realm existences to be born.

And after Small Worlds are Great Worlds. The Eternal Continent, where Xu Qing was, was a Great World. As for what was above it, Xu Qing was unsure.

Xu Qing transformed into a streak of light and entered the first orb.

The next second, he appeared within an unfamiliar world. The surroundings were desolate, without even a sun, moon, or stars. All that existed was a towering Ancient Plum that pierced the sky, emitting a soft light. This was perhaps the only Life in this realm.

This Ancient Plum was formed from a strand of the World Ancient Plum’s Origin. This was also a Cultivation method for the World Ancient Plum, equivalent to Cultivating with a Clone. As the Clone’s Cultivation improved, it would also feed back a portion of its Cultivation to the main body.

At this moment, Xu Qing stood atop the crown of this Ancient Plum. His Divine Thought swept out, covering an area of 10,000 li.

Since that’s the case, I’ll lend you a hand.

“System, manifest the Ancient Time Land!”

“Buzz!!!”

Ripples of space spread across the sky, followed by an ancient, Eternal Qi emanating from within. Subsequently, dense Qi flowed out of the space, causing the entire Secret Realm to tremble, and space to subtly collapse.

“Chaos Qi!”

Xu Qing was first surprised, but then he reacted. The Time Clan was a Chaos Race, so it was normal for Chaos Qi to be involved if it was related to the word “Chaos.”

But in that moment of distraction, the sky above had already turned dark. An ancient land quietly emerged from the sky, covering an area of a hundred li.

It quickly merged into the earth beneath Xu Qing’s feet. Subsequently, what Xu Qing saw was no longer the barren scene from before, but a boundless complex of ancient palaces.

Each palace was over a thousand zhang tall, with the tallest reaching even ten thousand zhang. Its scope was comparable to a large city, covered in ancient patterns, emitting a brilliant light, and exuding an ancient and mysterious Dao charm.

Each pattern seemed to have witnessed countless years of change, giving off an extremely heavy sense of majesty.

And there were over a thousand such palaces.

“What kind of existence would live in such a massive palace complex?”

Looking at all this, Xu Qing was a bit speechless. Fortunately, he was now standing on the crown of the Ancient Plum, and all these palaces were beneath his feet.

“However, this place is indeed suitable for my Cultivation!”

Possessing the Chaos Dao Body, Xu Qing’s Cultivation here would be twice the result with half the effort, because Chaos Qi existed here.

Chaos Qi, even Saint Realm experts couldn't absorb it, but Xu Qing was different. For him, Cultivating with Chaos Qi was much faster than absorbing Yuan Crystals or Divine Crystals.

Of course, more importantly, it was for comprehending the Chaos Great Dao in the future, because with the System, improving Cultivation wasn't the most important thing.

It was a pity that he hadn't seen Chaotic Spiritual Energy; otherwise, he would have made a huge profit.

It is worth mentioning that the integration of the Ancient Time Land into this Secret Realm brought immense fortune to this Secret Realm. What was originally just a Small Secret Realm was directly assimilated and transformed into a Small World due to the Ancient Time Land.

Xu Qing spent some time exploring the Ancient Time Land. The area of this world reached 900 million li. Indeed, anything with the word “Chaos” in it was extraordinary.

This world was filled with huge mountains, rivers, and lakes, and there were also many palace complexes, each meeting the thousand-zhang standard.

In short, everything was simply vast. Even the sun, moon, and stars in the sky were several times larger than those outside.

The only drawback was the absence of living beings.

Originally, Xu Qing wanted to ask the System, but was told that his authority was insufficient. Clearly, what Xu Qing asked about involved secrets from countless eons ago.