Chapter 698: The Spiritual Wisdom of the Chaos Tree

Xiao Feng began to multitask, cultivating the Origin Book to raise his cultivation on one hand, while contemplating the Ninefold Heavenly Dao and researching the later part of the All Beings Dao on the other.

While cultivating, holding the Heavenly Dao Duster in hand or placing it on the leg grants the bonus effect of this perfect God King weapon.

For each hour of cultivation, Xiao Feng's cultivation increases by 2100 points, a rapid growth rate.

He has already consumed the Spirit Cultivation Pill, the honor reward obtained from this inheritance, but he still lacks over 1.8 million cultivation points to level up.

At the current rate of gaining 2100 cultivation points per hour, he would need about 857 hours; without running cultivation dungeons, the leveling speed is still too slow.

To maintain his level advantage, Xiao Feng needs to clear all cultivation dungeons of every level in the Shen Jie realm every thirty game days.

Clearing dungeons from level 250 to 475, if all can be completed, yields at least fifty million cultivation points in one round, equivalent to sitting and cultivating for twenty to thirty thousand hours, roughly three years……

Hmm… that sounds absurd, but in reality he probably can't obtain that much, as he cannot clear many of those dungeons.

Because higher-level dungeons have more mechanics, they cannot be cleared solo; cooperation with teammates is required.

Even if he were invincible, if his teammates cannot hold up, he cannot win.

The cultivation process is somewhat boring, but now his willpower is strong, allowing him to multitask and contemplate the first two layers of the Ninefold Heavenly Dao, making the experience still acceptable.

Compared to playing a support role with the All Beings Dao, Xiao Feng is more interested in the Five Elements Heavenly Dao from traditional culture.

The three initial skills of the second layer of the Five Elements Dao are quite good—one for attack, one for defense, one for support.

Skill One【Five Elements Earth Shield】: creates several physical earth shields; each shield consumes 20 points of Divine Origin Power and can absorb 2000 points of Divine Origin Power damage, with a maximum of thirty-one shields existing simultaneously (shield count = own level divided by ten, rounded down).

The effect of this earth shield reminds Xiao Feng of his former strongest life-saving skill, the Great Earth Divine Power Shield.

However, the Great Earth Divine Power Shield exists as only a single layer, and its defense value is based on his own HP.

Meanwhile, this earth shield relies mainly on quantity to prevail.

With the Ten Thousand Times Talent effect active, a single layer of his earth shield can absorb twenty million Divine Origin Power, enough to withstand a normal strike from a chief god.

With all thirty-one shields stacked, that amounts to 620 million Divine Origin Power of resistance, estimated to block even a chief god's ultimate move.

The downside is that this skill's damage absorption is a fixed value, becoming less useful in later stages.

Skill Two【Five Elements Wood Bind】: instantly summons vegetation to form a prison, trapping the target; the stronger the divine power consumed, the better the control effect.

This support skill is a fairly strong hard control, superior to dizziness, slow, and freeze

effects; it directly uses physical collision to pin a person in place, unable to move, very overbearing!

Skill Three【Great Five Elements Annihilation Array】: a tier-three secret art, consuming 35,000 Divine Origin Power, releasing Five Elements power to cover a radius of 1500 meters (including height and depth), dealing massive damage to enemies within.

This annihilation array is the ultimate skill of the Five Elements Dao; although its radius is only 1500 meters and it does not benefit from the Weather Mage's "Weather Control" enhancement, its destructive power is surely greater than that of an apocalyptic heavenly disaster!

The Five Elements Dao, these three skills only cover two of the five elements—metal, fire, and water are absent.

To wield the power of those three missing elements, one must study and comprehend them personally.

Xiao Feng earnestly studies the Five Elements Path, practicing the skills.

The Five Elements Path shares many aspects with magical elements, making it not too difficult to comprehend.

A day passed quickly, unnoticed.

When the Chaos Tree's charge cooldown refreshed, Xiao Feng was already able to preliminarily use the Five Elements Earth Shield.

He also, by extension, reproduced his formerly most familiar Earth Element Shield, gaining two defensive skills at once.

With a thought, a thin elemental shield guards his body surface.

At the same time, six solidified earth-yellow shields form a ring around him, slowly rotating, protecting him within.

The size and shape of these Five Elements Earth Shields can be freely controlled; the optimal volume is about a one-meter-radius circle, and larger ones become slightly fragile, prone to penetration by single-target skills.

Shrinking them does not increase toughness; instead, it reduces the protected area.

If all thirty-one shields are deployed at once, they can envelop him completely, forming an airtight substantial isolation barrier; the defensive means are still acceptable.

Most importantly, this shield can be used not only for himself but also to block skills for his teammates!

"Hmm, the effect is not bad." Xiao Feng nodded in satisfaction.

He immediately rose and flew toward the forest where the Primeval Relics are located.

The spatial coordinates of the Chaos Immortal Realm largely overlap with that forest; elsewhere it won't work, and even opening a transmission channel may not reach the Chaos Immortal Realm.

Xiao Feng went alone; upon arrival, he scattered four million Divine Stones on the ground and then placed the Chaos Tree Sapling to let it absorb them.

The Chaos Tree Sapling grows steadily, consuming four million Divine Stones per day, a huge cost, yet the progress is quite considerable.

Soon, the four million Divine Stones were completely drained by the sapling.

However, the anticipated spatial channel did not appear!

Leaving the Chaos Immortal Realm is easy, but entering it is difficult.

After absorbing energy, the Chaos Tree Sapling floated in place, motionless.

Xiao Feng stepped forward and caught it.

At that moment, the air trembled slightly; he sensed a faint fluctuation of consciousness transmitted into his mind.

"Breakthrough…… Growth Stage……"

Then it fell silent.

Again, it was such fragmented, brief consciousness communication.

However, this time Xiao Feng understood what it meant to convey!

"You mean, as long as you enter the Growth Stage, you can freely open the Chaos Immortal Realm's passage, allowing me to come and go at will?" Xiao Feng asked the sapling.

The sapling did not answer him.

Yet under his gaze, a leaf trembled slightly, as if nodding.

"You truly possess wisdom!" Xiao Feng was extremely astonished.

This little sapling actually possesses wisdom, rather than being merely a piece of high-end equipment!

The tiny leaves swayed slightly, responding to his words.

Although they cannot communicate via language, this feeling still made Xiao Feng very pleased.

The Chaos Tree truly is a Supreme Treasure, this thing is so powerful!

He Er Na gave him a seed, it's literally opening another world for him!

To fully witness the Chaos Tree's effects and to lead friends in obtaining the ancient legacy of the Chaos Immortal Realm, he must cultivate the Chaos Tree's energy to full each day, never ceasing to nurture it!

Xiao Feng gathered the sapling and flew back to Wind Rest Town.

He was about to leave soon; before departing, he needed to say goodbye to He Er Na and her daughter, as well as Mi Nie Ya.

Dai Ni Si, the little girl, hasn't done a mission in a long time; I also gave her a mission to let her grab some Divine Stone for a small boost.

Originally Xiao Feng wanted to leave an Immortal Guard Puppet on Wind Spirit Island.

But now he has no Immortal Crystal to power it, the Immortal Guard Puppet is useless; not only does it not help, it might even bring disaster.

So he didn't do that.

As he was about to leave, Xiao Feng was still thinking that he seemed to be lacking quite a lot of things!

The Immortal Guard Puppet's Immortal Crystal is a problem, the demand is huge!

Repairing the Supreme Treasure 【Immortal Gold Soft Armor】 requires 【True Yang Mystic Fire】 and 【Immortal Gold Silkworm Silk】!

Repairing the weapon 【Damaged Heavenly Path Whisk】 requires 【Established Tree Fragments】 and 【Chaos Holy Water】!

Just these things are enough to keep him busy for a while.

Moreover, the two treasure maps in his backpack also need time to excavate.

He really wishes he could split himself into two to act separately!

(End of chapter)