Chapter 64: Absorbing the Heaven-Reaching Divine Tree

Ancestral Dragon Village

Hearing this name, Lan Nuo instinctively glanced at the two youths beside them, a flash of realization appearing in their eyes.

"It seems this is the origin of Fellow Daoist Feng and Fellow Daoist Xiao; could it be some hidden place in the Nine Provinces?"

"Fellow Daoist Feng previously said he came from a small village by the Yellow River; that must refer to Ancestral Dragon Village!"

"And also the seal of the Nine Provinces he mentioned."

"Indeed, the Nine Provinces are far more complicated than they appear on the surface!"

"However, Ancestral Dragon"

Silently chanting this profoundly meaningful name in their heart, Lan Nuo unconsciously looked around at the surroundings; thinking of this place's name, they suddenly felt a strange sensation.

"Ancestral Dragon Village, Dragon Island"

"What a coincidence!"

As Lan Nuo's thoughts turned, Feng Yi came to his senses, quickly shaking his head in his mind to dispel this absurd notion.

Fuxi is the progenitor of humanity; how could the image of a charlatan be found in Their status and concept?

"Coincidence!"

"It must be a coincidence!"

"Yes!"

"It is a coincidence!"

After silently convincing himself, Feng Yi gazed deeply at Xiao Chen beside him, feeling that a great calamity was approaching; this 'protagonist's' cultivation progress was still too slow, needing more tribulations to temper, and he would find an opportunity to arrange that in the future.

"Huh?"

Xiao Chen, who had been delighted at the prospect of returning to the mortal realm, suddenly felt a chill; their tempered, illness-resistant body shivered, and they instinctively looked around.

"What's going on?"

"Could someone be trying to harm me?"

Thinking this, seeing the slender figure beside them, Xiao Chen relaxed again.

"With Brother Feng here, who could hurt me!"

As their thoughts turned, Xiao Chen glanced at the black mountain range ahead and asked curiously, "Brother Feng, you previously said this half-trunk giant tree, as large as a mountain range, is the Dragon Clan's sacred tree, right?"

"Hmm."

Feng Yi nodded, stroked the silver-white ring on his finger, with information flowing in his eyes, then identified a direction and walked toward the divine tree ahead, as massive as a mountain range.

The reason Feng Yi came to this place and met Xiao Chen was precisely because he felt his own opportunity upon the ancient heaven-reaching tree before them.

Or rather, it was an opportunity related to the primordial dragon's qi he contained.

While walking toward the direction he sensed the opportunity, he said: "In legend, to resolve the curse, the ancient dragon clan transplanted a heaven-reaching divine tree, planting it on Dragon Island, nurtured by the myriad dragons' qi, hoping to slowly dissolve the curse within their own bloodline using the sacred aura contained in the divine tree."

Hearing Feng Yi mention another ancient secret of heaven and earth, Lan Nuo and Xiao Chen hurried to keep up, their eyes showing interest.

Whoosh

Not far away, the little beast Keke, who had been playing with two young dragons, instantly turned into a streak of white light, landing on Feng Yi's shoulder and emitting a discontented 'ee-ee-ya-ya' sound.

The two young dragons, seeing this, also stopped fighting and followed Feng Yi's figure.

"Hehe."

Stroking Keke's little head, Feng Yi smiled and said, "It's my fault; next time before leaving, I'll definitely tell you first."

At the moment the words fell, the ring on Feng Yi's finger lit up, and a medicinal herb rich in fragrance appeared in his hand, which he handed to the little beast.

"Ee-ya"

Keke's big eyes lit up; their little claws tightly grasped the medicinal herb, and they happily began eating it, forgetting their discontent.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but chuckle.

Carefree and innocent, truly the nature of this little beast!

After doing all this, Feng Yi continued: "In the end, the heaven-reaching divine tree absorbed the dragon qi accumulated over countless years on Dragon Island, growing into a towering tree that reached the clouds, the Dragon Clan's sacred tree, and directly gave birth to an innate primordial dragon."

Saying this, Feng Yi paused, and Lan Nuo and Xiao Chen unconsciously turned their gazes to the carefree little beast Keke happily eating the medicinal herb.

Noticing their gazes, Feng Yi nodded, confirming their guess, and then softly said: "The dragon clan originally thought that by breeding an innate primordial dragon this way they could avoid the curse that ancestral dragons must not meet each other, but unfortunately, they failed."

"However, although the plan to lift the curse failed, the heaven-reaching divine tree became the Dragon Clan's sacred tree, namely this very tree before us."

"Later, due to certain special reasons, the trunk of the heaven-reaching divine tree was used to forge a powerful treasure ship, the Ancestral Dragon Ship; this is the remaining part."

As the words fell, Feng Yi and the others arrived at the roots of the heaven-reaching divine tree.

Gazing at the stump thousands of meters high, taller than mountain peaks, yet its top sliced cleanly flat as if cut by a blade, Lan Nuo and Xiao Chen recalled Feng Yi's words, unable to help but marvel at the might of those who forged the so-called Ancestral Dragon Ship.

Arriving at the central area of the stump, what met everyone's eyes was a pile of broken eggshells, crystal clear and translucent like seven-colored divine jade.

"Ee-ya hehe."

Seeing the eggshell fragments, the little beast Keke's big eyes lit up; they instantly flew over, rolling continuously on the fragments, emitting a tender, joyful laugh.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen and the others immediately realized that the little beast Keke was likely hatched from this seven-colored divine jade-like eggshell.

It truly is egg-born!

Indeed, a little primordial dragon!

Meanwhile, Feng Yi paid no attention to Keke's actions, instead gazing blankly at the remaining root system of the Dragon Clan's sacred tree, the heaven-reaching divine tree.

After a moment, countless streams of information flowed in his eyes; he sat cross-legged and instinctively circulated his inner mysterious technique.

Seeing Feng Yi's action, Lan Nuo and Xiao Chen's eyes showed a hint of doubt.

Hum

But before the two could react, a majestic and sacred dragon roar suddenly erupted from within Feng Yi's body, shaking heaven and earth, echoing across the entire Dragon Island.

At the same time, an immense dragon might surged from his body, carrying a confident, uplifting spirit, opening up everything, breaking through chaos, and in an instant sweeping across the whole world.

In a daze, Lan Nuo and Xiao Chen seemed to see a golden giant dragon breaking free from the Great Dao's bonds, ancient and vast.

But the next moment, they vaguely felt that it was not just a dragon, but also a supreme will of self-reliance and self-confidence.

The resonant dragon roar accompanied the vast dragon might as it swept across the entire Dragon Island; everywhere on the island, huge giant dragons instinctively raised their heads, fervently gazing into the distance, and from their mouths came roar after roar, as if instinctively echoing this dragon roar that swept heaven and earth.

Above the entire Dragon Island, all fierce birds and beasts lay prostrate on the ground, trembling as they looked into the distance.

On the Holy Mountain of Dragon Island.

Skin and bones, as gaunt as a skeletal dragon, the old ancestor dragon gazed at the distant heaven and earth, heard the dragon roar that echoed through heaven and earth, felt the vast dragon might sweeping heaven and earth, a hint of contemplation flashed in its eyes, then it sighed: "Indeed, it is the might of the primordial ancestor dragon; it seems my earlier deduction was not wrong, this most mysterious forefather god truly is connected to the primordial ancestor dragon—is this the future vitality of the dragon clan?"

On the Sky-Reaching Divine Tree.

As the dragon roar within his body sounded, the Sky-Reaching Divine Tree beneath Feng Yi also seemed to be affected by his internal qi mechanism, undergoing a tremendous change.

At this moment, the Sky-Reaching Divine Tree reduced to just a stump and root system seemed to come alive, and Xiao Chen, in a daze, felt as if he were standing on a huge black giant dragon.

Hum

The next moment, Feng Yi's qi mechanism merged with the Sky-Reaching Divine Tree beneath him, and his mind seemed to sink into a sea-like expanse of information fragments.

In a daze, he seemed to transform into a divine tree, taking root on Dragon Island, drawing upon the myriad dragon qi accumulated over countless ages on the island, continually growing and transforming.

He "saw" the growth of the divine tree drawing upon the myriad dragon qi, "saw" the divine tree giving birth to a natural-born primordial dragon, and "saw" a blurry figure chop down the divine tree and take away the trunk.

As he comprehended this information, the primordial ancestor dragon qi contained within Feng Yi seemed to gain some important support, merging completely with him, causing his whole body to undergo tremendous change.

Hum

In the midst of heaven and earth, amid the astonished gazes of Lan Nuo and Xiao Chen, a phantom of the Sky-Reaching Divine Tree that supports heaven and earth directly appeared behind Feng Yi.

The divine tree did not look very tall, but its roots seemed to reach deep into the earth's depths, its crown appeared to directly penetrate the Nine Heavens above, surrounded by clouds and mist.

Moreover, upon the sturdy, ancient trunk of the Sky-Reaching Divine Tree coiled a vast giant dragon that defied description.

The dragon's head probed into the treetop, obscured by clouds and mist, impossible to see clearly, and each scale on its body seemed to contain the supreme principle of the Great Dao.

(End of Chapter)