Chapter 51: The Tree Core

The warriors from the eight sects noticed that Qu Yi had once again entered the Spirit Sky Tree alone without warning. Thinking he must have received some special favor, they hurriedly took to the air one after another.

“Qu Yi, what hint have you gotten? Tell us quickly!”

“Qu Yi, what secrets lie within the Spirit Sky Tree? You must tell us!”

“Qu Yi, don’t think you can reap the benefits alone this time. The eight sects will deal with you together!”

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As they soared into the air, the warriors from the eight sects shouted angrily, eager to rush to Qu Yi’s side and attack him fiercely.

Yet before they could strike, a sword-shaped lower-grade immortal artifact hanging on the Spirit Sky Tree suddenly began to vibrate. Immediately, the ten thousand spiritual artifacts surrounding it also shook, causing extreme turmoil in the pentagonal energies of the entire space.

It turned out that once a cultivator entered the Spirit Sky Tree, they would be attacked by nearly a dozen lower-grade immortal artifacts.

The lower-grade immortal artifact near Qu Yi was a metal-type artifact, and the ten thousand artifacts around it were also metal-type, so all the energies mobilized in that area were of the metal element.

Suddenly, that lower-grade immortal artifact shot through the air and headed straight for Qu Yi, unleashing a beam of metal elemental primordial energy at him.

Qu Yi was prepared. A divine formula card appeared on his body, used to block the incoming metal elemental primordial energy.

Boom!!!

A deep, resonant sound filled the entire space. Qu Yi’s body crashed like a stone against the trunk of the Spirit Sky Tree.

The metal elemental energy was blocked by the divine formula card and failed to penetrate his body, so his body wasn’t damaged. Nevertheless, he still endured tremendous force, suffering severe pain before sticking to the tree trunk.

All of this was within Qu Yi’s plan. He intended to use the attacking power of the lower-grade immortal artifacts to reach the core of the Spirit Sky Tree as quickly as possible. Although he would suffer some injuries—just minor cuts on his skin—they wouldn’t affect his strength at all. Thus, the cost was worth it.

Qu Yi immediately circulated his vital energy, restoring his body in an instant. Then he took out the divine formula card and swung it against the tree trunk.

A crack appeared on the trunk, which soon turned into a large hole. Once it was large enough to accommodate two people, the hole began to shrink, as if the Spirit Sky Tree itself was healing itself.

Qu Yi seized this opportunity and immediately entered the Lingkong Tree. Using the Divine Formula Card as a weapon, he began to move around inside the tree. The powerful warriors from the eight major sects initially thought Qu Yi was going to retrieve a lower-grade immortal artifact. Only when they saw him under simultaneous attacks from both lower-grade immortal artifacts and spiritual weapons did they realize that obtaining such artifacts required enduring immense attack power. In an instant, those warriors who wanted to attack Qu Yi stopped in mid-air and did not enter the tree. As long as they stayed outside the leaf-covered area of the Lingkong Tree, the lower-grade immortal artifacts would not attack them. “How is it possible? Qu Yi is being attacked by the energy of the Metal element yet he isn’t dying!” “Just now, Qu Yi seemed to use some magical artifact. If I’m guessing correctly, it must be the Five Elements and Three Flowers Divine Formula Card.” “It definitely is. Besides the Xingluo Ding for protection, Qu Yi also has a Divine Formula Card. He’s quite lucky.” “But what does Qu Yi intend to do? How did he get inside the trunk of this Lingkong Tree?” “Could there be some even more powerful magical artifacts inside the trunk? Qu Yi must have received special guidance from Emperor Hao; otherwise, how would he think of entering the trunk?” … More exclamations of frustration came from the warriors of the eight sects. Despite their anger, if they wanted to leave this world of magical artifacts, they still needed to rely on their own strength to acquire a lower-grade immortal artifact. Soon, the warriors calmed down and gathered into eight groups in the air, with the spiritual consciousnesses of each sect’s members exchanging ideas rapidly. Each group brought some treasures with them. Although these lower-grade immortal artifacts were powerful, the warriors of the eight sects still had the ability to resist them; they were simply discussing the best strategy. In a short while, the warriors flew to eight different locations in the air, each choosing a lower-grade immortal artifact as their target. The four members of the Taiyuan Sect planned to obtain a Metal-element lower-grade immortal artifact. The three members of the Qingyun Sect planned to get a Wood-element lower-grade immortal artifact. The three members of the Yingtian Sect planned to seize a Earth-element lower-grade immortal artifact. The three members of the Jinyang Sect planned to acquire a Metal-element lower-grade immortal artifact. The three members of the Cangyang Valley planned to get an Earth-element lower-grade immortal artifact. The three demon cultivators from the Bai Shou Peak planned to obtain a Wood-element lower-grade immortal artifact. The three demon cultivators from the Xian Yue Ya planned to get an Earth-element lower-grade immortal artifact. The three demon cultivators from the Jiugong Island planned to acquire a Water-element lower-grade immortal artifact.

In an instant, the four members of Taiyuan Gate connected their vital energies to form a blade of vital energy. The four of them hid inside the blade and flew toward the selected low-grade gold-colored immortal artifact. Meanwhile, Tai Ming already had a treasure ready in his hand to defend against the attack of the low-grade immortal artifact.

As long as they could withstand the attack, the four from Taiyuan Gate could use the blade of vital energy to cut away the energy-providing leaves and seize the low-grade immortal artifact.

The powerful warriors from the other seven sects had the same idea: they would use their own treasures to resist the combined attacks of the low-grade immortal artifact and ten thousand spirit weapons, then seize the artifact.

Eight blades of vital energy flew simultaneously toward eight different locations on the Lingkong Tree.

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At this time, Qu Yi, who had entered the Lingkong Tree, held a divine formula card in his right hand and kept waving it, hollowing out the tree trunks in his path to create a passage.

The Artifact God had already told Qu Yi that the interior of the Lingkong Tree consisted of one space after another. The tree trunk fragments he dug out contained infinite spaces and abundant energy. Inside these trunks lay the most crucial component of the Lingkong Tree—the tree core.

By digging passages inside the tree, Qu Yi was searching for the tree core. Once he controlled it, he would be able to take control of the entire Lingkong Tree and retrieve all the magical treasures within.

Of course, the Lingkong Tree was aware that Qu Yi had entered it and naturally wanted to stop him. Despite unleashing various energies, none of them had any effect.

It turned out that whenever Qu Yi waved his divine formula card, a large passage would immediately form inside the tree trunk. By the time the trunk healed, Qu Yi would have already left through that passage.

Thus, as various energies frantically chased after Qu Yi, he still flew freely inside the tree. Qu Yi only needed to fly through the trunks, while the task of searching for the tree core with his spiritual awareness was left to the mysterious expert, the Artifact God.

Soon, the voice of the Artifact God came through: “Qu Yi, fly upward at an angle of a thousand meters, and you’ll find the tree core.”

Hearing this, Qu Yi became filled with excitement. He quickly waved his divine formula card, creating a hundred-meter-long passage in no time.

Of course, now that he was close to finding his target, Qu Yi redoubled his efforts.

Soon, Qu Yi arrived in a strange space. It seemed as large as a planet, far exceeding the size of the Lingkong Tree’s trunk.

Qu Yi was stunned, still unable to understand this phenomenon—how could the space containing the tree core inside the trunk be larger than the trunk itself?
The Artifact God seemed to know Qu Yi’s confusion and laughed, “Stop doubting. The mysteries of this space are beyond your current understanding. Only after you ascend to the Immortal Realm can you comprehend them. For now, you can imagine it this way to make it easier to grasp. This space is still inside the trunk, but your own body has shrunk countless times, so you perceive it as extremely large.”
With the Artifact God’s guidance, Qu Yi quickly understood.
At that moment, in this space, there floated a misty ball the size of a satellite, filled with clear water, in the center.
“Qu Yi, that floating ball is the tree core. You can use the Star Luo Ding to capture it,” the Artifact God’s voice rang out again at just the right time.
At that instant, Qu Yi realized that the energy level of that mist was beyond what his body could handle. Thinking of the treasures in his body, only the Star Luo Ding and the Dimension Ball could be used to capture something. But to use the Dimension Ball to capture the tree core, his spiritual consciousness needed to connect with it first. The tree core’s grade was too high—reaching the level of a mid-tier Immortal Artifact. How could Qu Yi’s pitifully weak spiritual consciousness in the middle stage of tribulation make the tree core submit?
Therefore, Qu Yi had no choice but to use the Star Luo Ding.
Holding the Star Luo Ding, Qu Yi immediately used the Planet-Shifting Technique to rush toward the tree core. It wasn’t long before he arrived and covered the tree core with the Star Luo Ding.
The tree core tried to resist at first but soon realized it couldn’t break through the Star Luo Ding. Once inside, it discovered countless parallel spaces. The more it struggled, the deeper it fell into the Star Luo Ding.
Qu Yi’s spiritual consciousness remained connected to the Star Luo Ding, constantly monitoring the tree core’s movements.
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The tree core was the heart of the Spirit Void Tree. Once it entered the Star Luo Ding, the entire tree lost its command center. The Immortal Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts on the tree began frantically absorbing energy from its leaves and launching chaotic attacks.
Although the tree core was gone, the tree’s energy supply didn’t cease.
The warriors from the eight major sects, who had already used their treasures to resist the attacks of lower-tier Immortal Artifacts and were about to unleash their True Essence Swords, suddenly sensed the energy in the surrounding space becoming chaotic. Those lower-tier Immortal Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts suddenly launched another attack, forcing the warriors to use their True Essence Swords to retreat rapidly and leave the area covered by the Spirit Void Tree.