160: Chapter 160 An Unusual Emperor-Level Soul

As he walked forward, a rustling sound echoed from the Bodhi Ancient Tree; dense, intertwined branches hung down from the canopy, and as they touched the ground, they slowly split open, revealing five expressionless figures that walked out from within.

As the five figures emerged, the space in this world immediately fluctuated violently, and a powerful Aura was released from their bodies.

However, Xiao Yan's expression remained unchanged; his footsteps on the ground were unhurried, creating a soft rustling sound.

As Xiao Yan passed by these five figures emitting terrifying pressure, their pressure instantly vanished; they then bent their knees, faced Xiao Yan, and knelt with their heads bowed.

Looking up, he saw the tree trunk a hundred zhang above the ground, suffused with circles of light that radiated an astonishing vitality.

Upon arriving at the base of the tree, the light a hundred zhang above suddenly flared, transforming into a beam that enveloped Xiao Yan before shrinking and drawing him into the tree trunk.

Everything in sight was a vast, blinding whiteness.

Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow as he looked at the circle of light not far ahead; without hesitation, he stepped inside.

The world within the circle of light was a lush grassland, still resembling the scene of the Desolate Ancient Domain, but Xiao Yan knew clearly that this was merely an illusion.

Xiao Yan did not forcibly destroy the illusion; instead, he took out the bodhi seed. As the bodhi seed appeared, the world twisted violently and eventually shattered like a broken mirror.

The scene shifted to a space filled with emerald hues, containing an ancient tree about a dozen zhang tall. The ancient tree was emerald green, resembling jade, and emitted a vast life force.

Xiao Yan remained silent, but the ancient tree swayed, manifesting a ball of light. Inside this light, a ten-thousand-zhang Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared, and in the air before it stood a figure in black.

An Aura that felt like a Supreme of heaven and earth slowly spread from the black-clothed figure's body; even that ten-thousand-zhang Bodhi Ancient Tree appeared extremely small beneath his Aura.

"So this is a Dou Di..." Xiao Yan murmured as he watched the figure within the light, carefully sensing the Aura.

Even though it was merely an image, it still released an Aura that shook the Soul.

Inside the light, the black-clothed Dou Di stood in mid-air and launched an attack at the Bodhi Ancient Tree, which refused to be outdone, releasing waves of monstrous energy to clash with him.

The clash did not last long; a destructive force swept in from outside the light, fiercely striking the black-clothed Dou Di and shattering this world into nothingness along with him.

After the black-clothed Dou Di fell, wisps of black energy appeared in that area and quickly seeped into the Bodhi Ancient Tree; as this energy poured in, the Bodhi Ancient Tree's Aura became noticeably colder.

"Puff!"

The light slowly dimmed and condensed into an invisible object that entered Xiao Yan's mind, transforming into a strange stream of information.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree before him possessed no intelligence, much like the Nine Profound Golden Lightning from before; its strength was too overwhelming, making it extremely difficult to gather sentience in this world.

Even though this ancient tree had existed for countless years and possessed the strength to battle a Dou Di, it only retained the basic consciousness common to many spiritual objects.

The black-clothed Dou Di had been severely injured and needed treatment, so he attempted to extract the Bodhi Ancient Tree's life force to recover, but he was evidently killed by another Dou Di during the process.

That black energy was the black-clothed Dou Di's negative emotions; these emotions had entered the severely damaged Bodhi Ancient Tree, eroding it for countless years and gradually causing it to evolve toward an evil nature.

This continued until it lost its reason, and it was only due to the bodhi seed that its sentience was temporarily awakened this time.

"You have two distinct consciousnesses within you. I can help you disperse those negative emotions, but in return, I need you to assist me in my cultivation," Xiao Yan said, looking at the emerald ancient tree before him.

Of the three Bodhi treasures—the bodhi seed, the bodhi heart, and a meditation beneath the Bodhi tree—what Xiao Yan needed most was that meditation.

"Swish!"

At Xiao Yan's words, the ancient tree immediately swayed as if nodding; subsequently, green specks of light drifted out from within its body, all of which were bodhi seeds.

Xiao Yan nodded slightly at this and took out dozens of bottles of Medicinal Pill emitting a rich Aura; these Medicinal Pill had all been specially refined by him to help the Bodhi Ancient Tree dispel its negative emotions.

Upon seeing these dozens of bottles, the emerald Bodhi Ancient Tree's branches immediately shook violently; the Medicinal Pill and spiritual liquid shot out from the jade bottles and entered the ancient tree.

As the Medicinal Pill and spiritual liquid entered the Bodhi Ancient Tree, its trunk trembled, and a wisp of extremely faint black energy seeped out, ultimately turning into nothingness and dissipating.

Seeing that the negative emotions had not been completely dispelled, Xiao Yan frowned slightly; he raised his hand to collect dozens of bodhi seeds, and white flames emerged in his palms, which he used to refine and burn them until they formed a large mass of emerald liquid that seeped into the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

As this liquid entered, the tree's trunk trembled even more violently, and waves of black energy surged forth, expelled from within.

With the disappearance of the last wisp of black energy, the emerald ancient tree suddenly emitted a humming sound; a brilliant green light erupted, and dazzling beams of light mist shot forth, permeating the space.

"Swish!"

A branch of the ancient tree slowly extended and finally stroked Xiao Yan's head like a human hand; from this branch, Xiao Yan could feel a sense of joy, clearly indicating that the negative emotions within the ancient tree had been dispelled.

A green ball of light was released from the tree, forming an emerald-green cushion beside it; it then guided Xiao Yan to take a seat, emitting a strange sound as it did so.

After Xiao Yan took his seat, the Bodhi Ancient Tree pulled him into its trunk, where he sat cross-legged in the center, his form resembling a sculpture.

The Bodhi Ancient Tree, known as the Wisdom Reincarnation Tree, possessed the miraculous ability to subject one to a Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation; those who underwent such training possessed the potential to step into the Dou Di Realm.

A Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation passed within, and one month later, Xiao Yan slowly awoke.

"Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation, Soul training..."

Xiao Yan's eyes were filled with the vicissitudes of life as he awoke, and his voice was low; a thick, aged Aura radiated from him, as if he had been tempered by countless years.

Xiao Yan murmured softly, and his Soul Power passed through the space, manifesting a colossal figure tens of thousands of zhang tall above the thousand-zhang ancient tree on the plain outside.

The figure loomed over the world, generating a massive fluctuation that formed invisible ripples.

The invisible ripples instantly swept across the Desolate Ancient Domain and the entire Central Plains, spreading in all directions; they passed through Jia Nan Academy, the tiny Wutan City, and across the southeastern, northwestern, and northern continents until they had covered the entire Fighting Qi Continent, only then coming to a halt.

Countless experts across the continent seemed to sense this immense, invisible power and looked up in succession; this power was omnipresent, enveloping every corner of the Fighting Qi Continent and releasing a faint pressure.

Yet, it was this faint pressure that made them tremble from the depths of their hearts.

Unlike these ordinary experts, the vast majority of those who had reached the Dou Sheng Realm were struck by an intense Soul shock, falling into a momentary daze!

Hun Tiandi, far away in the Soul Realm, even spat out a mouthful of blood, which splattered onto the clan-protecting formation before him.

"How is this possible!"

A look of mortal terror appeared in Hun Tiandi's eyes.