322: The True God and the Cage

Chapter 322: True God and Cage

At that time, Yao Xueer's Netherworld Yaksha series could be arranged in the Eighteenth Layer of Hell.

Afterward, he and Shifu Jie tallied the current Domain Materials.

The main Materials were almost complete, but many auxiliary Materials were still missing. This could be left to the subordinates to collect.

After a brief preparation, they headed to the Pansi Cave Outpost.

Second Sister-in-law Kun Youniang's Pansi Cave was still as thriving as ever.

Upon learning that Wu Xian was still going to the Green Desert, Kun Youniang was visibly startled.

Only after subsequently learning that it was an invitation from the Azure Tree King did she relax.

Soon after, under Kun Youniang's guidance, they appeared in the familiar Green Desert.

The Plant type monsters in the Green Desert, upon seeing him, welcomed him warmly as if he were one of their own.

Kun Youniang couldn't help but marvel at the sight.

The Azure Tree King immediately sensed Wu Xian's arrival, and a tender green branch shot through the air, leading the two of them before him.

The surrounding magnificent scenery was clearly different from other places; the power of heaven and earth was rich and stable, and everything appeared vibrant with life.

The place they were currently in resembled a Plant type palace on a giant tree.

“Is this Senior’s Dao field?”

Wu Xian curiously gazed at the Plant type world outside the palace, lush and boundless.

The Azure Tree King nodded slightly, “It is a Dao field, and also a cage.”

“A cage?” Wu Xian and Kun Youniang asked, puzzled and surprised.

The Azure Tree King sighed and explained, “You can think of the Dao field as a painting, and I am a character within this painting.”

Wu Xian listened, marveling, feeling as if it were a case of “spinning a cocoon around oneself.”

“You mean that after attaining the Dao, you are instead bound within your own territory?” Kun Youniang asked, incredulously.

“It can’t really be called a binding; it’s more a kind of helplessness,” the Azure Tree King sighed. “The power of a True God is too immense. Only a Divine-Grade Domain Dao field can withstand our power.

Once we leave, it’s possible to trigger a systemic dimensional collapse. At most, we can only manifest a simple Incarnation to go out.”

Wu Xian and the other realized, suddenly feeling that becoming a god wasn't necessarily a good thing.

“Why does this happen?” Kun Youniang asked, confused. “Logically, it shouldn’t, right?”

“Yes, they’ve attained the Dao and become gods, yet there are still things they can’t do.” Wu Xian was equally puzzled.

“...” The Azure Tree King sighed faintly, “This involves some historical issues. The current operation and existence of various realms are not perfect, like a machine forcibly pieced together, barely running under specific circumstances.

A slight oversight could cause it to fall apart.”

Hearing this, Wu Xian and the other were somewhat bewildered.

“Historical issues?” Wu Xian couldn’t help but think of something.

The Azure Tree King nodded, “A thousand years ago, the dimensional Fusion erupted, and all realms suffered. Human powerhouses and the first generation powerhouses of various realms united to build the initial peace and order, which has continued to this day.

A set of bloated, decaying order that should have long been abandoned by the times.”

“The Upper Realm?” Wu Xian guessed.

The Azure Tree King did not deny it, sneering mockingly, “The current Upper Realm is nothing but a bunch of parasites.”

At this point, Wu Xian roughly understood the historical context of the current world.

The reason the Upper Realm was so formidable was because the current world order was constructed by the Upper Realm.

However, with the passage of time and the development of the era, many things had deteriorated.

“Strange, why didn’t the Upper Realm build a more perfect order back then, instead leaving behind such a mess?” Wu Xian asked, puzzled.

“It’s not that they didn’t want to, but that they didn’t have the ability,” the Azure Tree King shook his head. “Back then, there was no Divine-Grade power. Your human scroll System was still in the exploratory stage, and the growth and development of us alien beings were also in a primitive, chaotic stage.

If not for the eventual emergence of that batch of quasi-Divine-Grade and semi-Divine-Grade existences, even this current order might not have been established.”

“Alright.” Wu Xian was speechless. “Looking at it this way, the Upper Realm is quite great.”

“The first generation creators of the Upper Realm were indeed great,” the Azure Tree King smiled bitterly, “But it was precisely such a group of great creators who ultimately became nourishment for those parasites.”

Hearing this, Wu Xian and Kun Youniang's moods instantly became heavy.

No wonder the current Upper Realm was so disgusting.

Was it taken over by a cuckoo in the end?

How did that saying go?

Nobility is the epitaph of the noble; baseness is the pass of the base.

Throughout history, the sacrifices of the noble are often usurped by the base.

But the spirit of the noble lives on! Their monument stands eternal!

“So, you and the other Three True Gods want to create a new order of heaven and earth?” Wu Xian asked.

“Of course,” the Azure Tree King said without hesitation, “But the strength of just a few of us is far from enough. The current world has already been riddled with holes by those parasites.”

Wu Xian understood and continued to ask, “If I’m not mistaken, some of your current actions should be aimed at restricting and targeting the Upper Realm, right?”

“You're quite perceptive, little one,” the Azure Tree King squinted and smiled, “But these are not matters for you to worry about yet. Focus on your studies, Cultivate diligently. I can feel that in the future, your presence will be indispensable in this world.”

Wu Xian curled his lips into a smile and said nothing more.

The Azure Tree King was clearly cherishing him, thinking he was still too young and inexperienced.

But in Wu Xian's view, with his inherent System, he was already capable of handling some of these matters.

For example, regarding human souls, once the Underworld Outpost is perfected, it will certainly play a huge role.

Of course, such matters were not yet convenient to reveal to anyone.

“Alright, let me first meet my old friend.” The Azure Tree King changed the subject, his luminous eyes unable to hide his anticipation.

“Perhaps we should find a more open space,” Wu Xian suggested.

The Azure Tree King’s eyes flickered, “Right, right, it was my oversight.”

This also intensified the anticipation in the Azure Tree King’s eyes, because he knew that his old friend, like himself, was a colossal giant that touched the sky.

Although he didn’t know what Wu Xian had restored and shaped his old friend into, at least the size was right.

Space twisted, and under the Azure Tree King’s guidance, the two stably appeared above a vast green expanse.

Wu Xian didn't waste words; with a slight movement of his mind, the Jianmu took root, rising from the ground and reaching straight into the sky.

The immense pressure of the plants instantly made countless Plant type great demons in the Green Desert submit and worship.

Kun Youniang, beside him, was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

In front of that towering Divine Tree, even if she released her giant spider true form, she would still be as tiny as an ant.

“This, this, this...” Kun Youniang was incoherent.

Who would have thought that Wu Xian had actually conceived of the Azure Tree King’s old friend, and it only took him a few days?

Looking at the Azure Tree King beside him, he was already shedding tears of old age.

“Old friend, is it really you, old friend?”

The Azure Tree King murmured. He could feel that this was the aura of his old friend, even more complete and perfect than it had been back then.