Chapter 2148

Under the nourishment of the Establishing Tree's life energy, the Primordial World quickly became vibrant again.

The clans whose descendants had withered flourished once more, the earth covered in lush grass, thriving trees and flowers, gradually recovering.

White bones were slowly buried by yellow earth, the undecaying corpses became opportunities for latercomers, many gifted beings absorbed the power granted by the Establishing Tree, gradually growing up and becoming a new generation of powerhouses.

After thousands of years passed, the earth was already a scene of prosperity.

From then on, the Establishing Tree stopped nourishing the world, and everything returned to its former state.

"This tree is truly amazing……"

Xiao Feng swiftly witnessed tens of thousands of years of history, feeling deeply moved.

The Establishing Tree can both absorb the vitality of all things to repair its own damage and spread its own vitality to nourish all things.

One in, one out, it is a change of withering and flourishing, and also a cycle of energy.

This perhaps is where the profundity of the Law Secret Technique lies.

Dreaming back to the Primordial, it has not yet ended.

Xiao Feng was still flying forward, while the flow of time continued to change.

This feeling was somewhat different from when Chen Jie brought him to browse the Book of Ages; lacking a guide, what one could sense from it depended on one's comprehension and fate.

Soon, another great battle broke out.

In the Primordial Era, the major clans fought every day without end, not knowing rest.

The World Tree was like an elder, watching the children fight; after the battle, it would either scold both of them or give each a piece of candy to comfort them.

It seemed to be conscious, able to control itself to undergo some changes.

Yet it also seemed unconscious, for it showed no bias toward any side, having no selfish desire whatsoever.

Xiao Feng observed the various changes of the World Tree from the perspective of an onlooker, regarding

What the Law Secret Technique wanted to bring to me became increasingly clear.

This ancient high-level secret technique is the Way of Withering and Flourishing.

Of course, this was not the natural withering and flourishing change caused by the passage of time and seasons, but rather concerned the transfer and acquisition of energy and vitality.

By nourishing all things with oneself, one self withers while all things flourish.

By drawing the vitality of all things to oneself, all things wither while one self flourishes.

Mastering this method allows one to control life and death.

Because "drawing" can be limitless!

The World Tree is benevolent; it loves all beings, so it will not blindly plunder the vitality of all things, but only maintain balance.

But cultivators are not the World Tree; humans have selfish desires and purposes!

Humans with selfish desires perhaps cannot be as mighty as the World Tree, unable to balance heaven and earth with their own bodies.

But as long as one fully comprehends this method, dominating the withering and flourishing, life and death of both sides in small-scale combat should not be difficult!

"No wonder there is no second World Tree in the world; all later cultivators and mighty beings, to some extent, harbor some selfishness. With selfishness, natural law will not allow them to become overly tyrannical, lest they destroy the balance of heaven and earth and become world-destroyers."

"Selflessness is an essential factor for the World Tree's such great strength, yet precisely because of its selflessness, it will ultimately be destroyed by external forces……"

Xiao Feng roughly understood the significance of the World Tree's demise.

After a period of time, the Primordial Apocalyptic Battle indeed arrived.

The four mighty ones began their great battle in Chaos City, and the fighting spread throughout the Primordial World.

They fought beyond the Nine Heavens, to the edges of the universe, and then back onto the earth.

The World Tree's branches were cut off by the Holy Ape Demon Emperor's spear, and its trunk was slapped by Emperor Jiang's huge hand, forming a huge depression of millions of kilometers

depression, covered with cracks.

Baiyan Emperor's fist shattered the large branches and huge leaves near the treetop.

They did not intend to target the World Tree, but the power that leaked during the battle remained extremely strong, still causing massive destruction.

Later in the battle, a strong one stepped forward to try to stop them from continuing to fight.

But it was unsuccessful; instead, they too were drawn into the fray.

Those trying to mediate joined in, and the spectators also joined.

The battle grew fiercer and fiercer, eventually becoming a scene Xiao Feng had seen in the Book of Ages.

Many venerables fell, and the World Tree was covered in wounds.

The four who struck first endured until the end.

Originally, the human powerhouse, the Chaos Immortal Emperor, was about to win.

But at the final moment, a huge black shadow descended from the sky, directly injuring that emperor severely.

That black shadow was immensely strong, the power of the Dao Ancestor!

Chaos City collapsed, the World Tree was blasted apart in its upper half, and even the earth split open.

Emperor Jiang seized the moment and slayed the Chaos Immortal Emperor.

At that moment, the void happened to be breaking, and the other three primordial human powerhouses used their last strength to send a corner of Chaos City into the void, evolving into the later Chaos Immortal Realm.

The World Tree, on the brink of death, condensed four seeds, one of which also entered the Chaos Immortal Realm.

The other three seeds were seized, falling respectively into the hands of the Holy Ape Demon Emperor, Emperor Jiang, and the Baiyan Emperor.

After the battle ended, all clans suffered heavy losses, many venerables died, and the earth fragmented, making it difficult to reunite into a whole.

Many fragments were devoured by the void, and many drifted outward into the heavens.

And the remaining half of the World Tree, after the battle, poured out all its remaining vitality, nourishing the world that had given it life but now lay shattered.

Under Xiao Feng's gaze, the ancient

the World Tree, section by section, became shorter and shrank, gradually disappearing.

Its reciprocation was thorough, turning its own holy body into energy, continuously improving the shattered earth.

After many years of giving back, the Establishing Tree finally completely disappeared from heaven and earth, including its broken branches and crown, all vanished.

Meanwhile, at the center of the shattered world, the place where it had taken root settled down again, space became stable, taking on the appearance of the later Myriad Heavens Battlefield.

The immense vitality made the new world's environment not inferior to that of the primordial world; everything seemed to return to its former state.

The difference is, without the Establishing Tree's balancing, if a great war breaks out between heaven and earth, that destruction will be harder to recover.

Just like the era of the Triumphant Emperor, which has already passed hundreds of thousands of years, the place where the War Ancient State lies has not yet recovered its former prosperous appearance to this day.

Heaven and earth losing the Establishing Tree is like a family losing its patriarch; they can no longer become one.

The scene Xiao Feng saw finally lingered at the moment when the Myriad Heavens Battlefield was first formed.

He had flown for so long yet never reached the front of the Establishing Tree, feeling somewhat regretful.

At this moment he sat silently in midair, his mind replaying every move the Establishing Tree had made over countless years.

A clear understanding arose in his heart; regarding the Way of Withering and Flourishing, he had gained something.

「I have selfish desires, so I cannot become the Establishing Tree... 」

「But this dharma gate can still be used. 」

「To swallow the vital essence of all things for one's own use differs from the gluttonous devouring method; it is purer and more thorough, able to plunder life, plunder fate, and even will. 」

「This is a complete great Dao. 」

Xiao Feng comprehended.

The Establishing Tree is the plant civilization Dao ancestor mold.

Created, the first-generation living being, its original form is also a Dao ancestor, who masters the Way of Withering and Flourishing.

And now, he has learned some of that Dao ancestor's techniques.