Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Jun Wuxie stood beneath the Tree of Divine Blessing, lost in thought for a moment.

Then, he stepped forward and plucked all six Divine Blessing Fruits from the tree.

Afterward, he took Yue Yao's hand and left the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, he and Yue Yao gazed at the summit, their eyes flashing with the runes of their pupils' abilities.

Soon, an incredible scene unfolded before them.

They saw a tender green light flowing in certain parts of the Tree of Divine Blessing, much brighter than the emerald light elsewhere.

In those places where the tender green light flowed, buds were sprouting at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Immediately afterward, the buds bloomed, were pollinated, and bore fruit, all in one breath.

These processes were completed in mere moments.

Even Jun Wuxie was surprised by such a sight, let alone Yue Yao.

She found it incredible that such a thing could happen, something she had never seen or even heard of.

Divine fruits could not possibly grow at such an exaggerated rate.

Even though the Tree of Divine Blessing had degenerated into a first-grade divine tree, its flowering and fruiting cycle should still be measured in centuries, or even longer.

"It seems this mountain is extraordinary, and there should be a secret within it."

Jun Wuxie pondered for a moment.

For divine fruits to flower and bear fruit at such a speed, they would need to be nourished by an extremely special energy from heaven and earth, or by some other special means.

The nourishment of special natural energy could be ruled out.

Regardless of whether Changsheng Valley possessed such energy back then, it would not have been used to cultivate the Tree of Divine Blessing.

Because that kind of energy was too precious and had miraculous effects, using it in other areas would definitely yield much higher returns than cultivating the Tree of Divine Blessing.

The other possibility would be that someone with a special constitution or who cultivated a special technique, possessing a special power, willingly condensed themselves to nourish the Tree of Divine Blessing.

In this case, the person who sacrificed themselves would have to pay the price of their life, and their cultivation realm would have to be much higher than the grade of the Tree of Divine Blessing.

Since a first-grade divine tree corresponds to the demigod realm, then for a first-grade divine Tree of Divine Blessing to achieve such an effect, the person who sacrificed themselves would have to reach at least the Ancestral God realm.

Which Ancestral God realm expert would be willing to turn themselves into fertilizer?

However, Jun Wuxie still felt that if this were the real reason, then the realm of the person who sacrificed themselves was likely even higher than the Ancestral God realm.

Because back then, this Tree of Divine Blessing was not a first-grade divine tree.

It had degenerated over the long years due to the changing environment within this God Burial Site, eventually becoming a first-grade divine tree.

Therefore, the person who was willing to become fertilizer back then should have been at least in the Supreme God realm, or even the Primordial God realm!

"Yue'er, wait for me at the foot of the mountain."

Jun Wuxie left these words and quickly ascended to the summit, picking the fruits a second time.

This time, there were even more fruits than the first time, a total of nine.

Each of the nine Divine Blessing Fruits was as large as a flat peach, flowing with emerald light, like a work of art carved from divine-grade green jade.

The fruits emitted a fragrance that was extremely enticing, making one's mouth water and greatly increasing one's appetite, wanting to take a big bite and savor the sweetness of the flesh.

After picking the fruits, he quickly descended the mountain again.

Soon, he and Yue Yao once again saw the brilliant tender green light flowing on the Tree of Divine Blessing, and those places blossomed and bore fruit once more.

This time, there were even more, a total of twelve.

"This..."

Yue Yao was stunned. Even as the Divine Maiden of the Divine Moon City, born into an immortal guardian power, well-informed and possessing a vast reserve of knowledge about the cultivation world, she could not understand this situation.

Jun Wuxie immediately told her his speculation, which made her marvel. Could such a thing really be possible?

She had always thought that her knowledge of cultivation was vast, but now she realized that there were too many secrets in the cultivation world.

Even someone like her, born in Divine Moon City, had many things she did not understand.

Certain forces might know secrets that other forces did not.

For example, Changsheng Valley actually knew this secret method to cultivate the Tree of Divine Blessing, but the Divine Moon City, which was a top-tier immortal power, might not necessarily know about it.

At least, she had not seen any relevant records in the ancient books of her clan.

To confirm his speculation, Jun Wuxie repeatedly ascended the mountain, several times in total. Each time he picked the fruits, they quickly grew back.

However, when the number of fruits reached eighteen, it stopped increasing.

He already had dozens of Divine Blessing Fruits on his person.

He did not continue picking the fruits, but instead tried to use the Eight-Nine Profound Palace to take the entire mountain into it.

As a result, the mountain remained motionless, unable to be shaken.

His current realm was too low after all, and there might be a special energy transformed from a Supreme God realm or higher expert buried within this mountain, or even their remains.

Seeing this, Yue Yao immediately took action, easily uprooting the entire mountain and suspending it in the air.

At this time, Jun Wuxie activated the Eight-Nine Profound Palace and successfully took it inside.

"Now it seems that the Tree of Divine Blessing may have degenerated not only because of the environment, but also because of some other accident back then.

Otherwise, with such a powerful expert as fertilizer, maintaining its grade should not have been a problem.

I'll slowly study it when I have time, and carefully examine it to see what exactly went wrong with the Tree of Divine Blessing that caused it to degenerate to the first grade.

If it can be gradually restored to its original grade, it will be of great use in the future.

This kind of fruit is quite effective for breaking through realms within the Divine realm, and it is something that people in the cultivation world seek but cannot obtain.

The people of Changsheng Valley cultivate mainly the way of medicine, and their combat effectiveness is relatively weak.

This method is also slightly weaker in terms of breaking through realm bottlenecks.

It seems that the Tree of Divine Blessing can just make up for the shortcomings of this sect.

The Changsheng Valley of that era must have been far more powerful than the current Changsheng Valley, otherwise, it would have been difficult for Changsheng Valley to continue after encountering this calamity back then.

With the current strength of Changsheng Valley, facing such curse methods, there would be a risk of annihilation.

Perhaps it was because the Tree of Divine Blessing was lost that made it much more difficult for their people to break through realms than before.

As time passed, the number of experts in their sect naturally lagged behind other forces."

Jun Wuxie could not help but feel a little emotional.

One incident caused a very powerful force to gradually decline.

Of course, Changsheng Valley is still powerful now.

Under the vast starry sky of the God-Ancient World, among the endless sects, Changsheng Valley is still a major force.

However, they are no longer at the immortal level.

The current Changsheng Valley is only a world-renowned sect, similar to the Overlord level in the Lower Realm.

They continued to move forward, crossing plains and traversing high mountains.

As they went deeper, the territory was no longer so vast, gradually narrowing.

Finally, it became a landform similar to a canyon.

At the deepest part of the canyon, they saw a deep, dark cave.

An extremely cold aura emanated from it, making people feel palpitations, as if the blood in their bodies had frozen.

The closer they got to the cave entrance, the stronger the feeling became.

"The evil and violence come from inside!"

Jun Wuxie looked at the dark cave in front of him. He couldn't see anything inside, as if it were a dark abyss, and light couldn't shine into it.

Not to mention ordinary light, even when the light from his pupils' abilities was projected into the cave, he couldn't see clearly.

The cave entrance was not small, more than ten meters high, and the left-right diameter was also about ten meters.

He and Yue Yao stepped into the cave and were immediately swallowed by darkness.

A sense of coldness swept over them like a tide, seeping into their bodies and impacting their minds.

It was only him and Yue Yao. If anyone else came, they would probably collapse directly.

The impact of this feeling on the mind was too strong. Ordinary people really couldn't bear it. Those with weak wills might collapse directly.

It was so terrifying inside, and Jun Wuxie couldn't help but feel a haze in his heart.

In the outer area, he and Yue Yao did not find Wan'er, but at the entrance of the cave, they vaguely sensed the aura left by Wan'er.

This meant that Wan'er had entered the God Burial Site for the second time, and it was very likely that she had entered this cave.

She didn't plan to enter the cave before she came in, obviously something happened.

Jun Wuxie asked Wan'er's true soul to sense it.

But even after arriving here, Wan'er's true soul still couldn't sense where her true body was.

Her true soul even lost any sense of her true body, and couldn't even sense whether she was still alive.

The cave was too dark.

Jun Wuxie's body bloomed with chaotic golden light.

However, the chaotic golden light could only illuminate the area a few meters around his body, and any further was swallowed by darkness.

The cave was very dry, the road under his feet was a bit rugged, and the cave walls on both sides were also like this.

After going deep for an unknown distance, skeletons began to appear on the ground and on both sides of the cave.

The skeletons were gray-black and had decayed over time.

Many cracks could be seen on those skeletons, in irregular shapes.

Obviously, they were broken by someone before they died.

In addition to the cracks, some skeletons also had finger marks, or even pinholes, especially the eyebrows. The eyebrow areas of many skeletons were covered with dense pinholes.

"They should have been killed by the people of Changsheng Valley back then."

Yue Yao said, knowing that Changsheng Valley was good at using divine needles, whether for healing or fighting.

Not only were weapons divine needles, but even the techniques they cultivated would condense into various needles to attack during battle.

Gradually, forks appeared in front of them. At the beginning, there were only a few forks. When they chose one of the forks and continued to go deeper, they encountered many more forks.

The terrain inside was like a honeycomb, like a maze, winding and winding, with an astonishing number of cave passages.

In a certain cave passage, they saw a stone door.

A very dangerous aura permeated from the cracks in the stone door, as if there was a fierce beast lurking inside.

The stone door was very heavy, possessing an inner divine power, and Jun Wuxie tried several times but couldn't push it open.

Yue Yao took action and managed to open it.

The aura of time rushed towards them, as if opening a sealed space-time.

At the same time, a chilling baleful aura swept out like a mountain torrent, instantly making Jun Wuxie feel icy cold all over, and his body stiffened for a moment.

The space inside the stone door was not very large, only a few dozen meters in radius.

Inside, the area where light could spread was slightly larger.

Under the illumination of his Chaos Golden Light, he could basically see the entire space, but it was somewhat hazy.

Faintly, he saw a figure in the corner.

However, the figure was motionless, like a corpse that had been dead for a long time.

That baleful aura emanated from the corpse.

Yue Yao released divine principles from her body, forming an invisible field, and she and Jun Wuxie walked towards the corpse.

Getting closer, they could see it clearly this time.

The corpse was wearing ancient talisman master robes, with a dripping blood ghost face embroidered on the chest.

The corpse was leaning against the stone wall, its chest sunken, with a rusty divine needle piercing through its forehead.

On its shriveled face, it maintained a bizarre smile, making it look very eerie.

"Wuxie gege, do you think he was one of the people from the force that planted the curse on the Changsheng Valley people back then?"

"The corpse appeared here, and was killed by the means of Changsheng Valley, so it's highly likely."

He carefully observed it for a moment, then shook his head, "It's a pity, the usable energy has long been lost, leaving only the fierce baleful aura in the body."

What kind of force was it, and why did they have to deal with a sect like Changsheng Valley, which was detached from the world and only emerged during chaotic times?