NOVPUB"Spirit Tree Realm."
Li Fan and Tianyang stood tall in the sky, their spirit consciousnesses slowly sweeping across this small world.
They couldn’t help but marvel at the wonder of creation.
This was a small world without cultivators or humans.
It was inhabited only by Tree People born from the Spirit Tree.
In fact, according to information later declassified by the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals after the 115th generation,
this Spirit Tree Realm had been a desolate world devoid of living beings thousands of years earlier.
But as a Spirit Tree took root and sprouted here,
the small world also gradually became vibrant with life.
Li Fan gazed at the giant tree rising a thousand feet into the air and the Tree People who lived and settled upon its branches, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.
"It’s just a pity that this tree is already bound to this small world and cannot be transplanted. Otherwise, by simply chopping down its branches and planting them in other small worlds, the problem of lacking Spiritual Energy could be solved once and for all."
It seemed that the Tree-Person Clan Chief’s brazen, undisguised malice had attracted the attention of the giant tree.
The massive tree, a thousand feet tall, rustled without wind.
Among the moving branches, thousands upon thousands of Tree People, like a swarm of locusts, flew blackly towards Li Fan.
Li Fan snorted coldly, "They’re truly courting death!"
"Tianyang!"
The listless Tianyang, upon hearing his senior brother’s call, didn’t understand his intention and looked at him puzzledly.
Li Fan’s face twitched.
Then, seeing the innocent look on Tianyang’s face, he could only gesture towards the incoming army of Tree People.
Only then did Tianyang react.
With a roar, his body instantly swelled to the size of the Spirit Tree.
His body emitted black flames that instantly turned any Tree People brave enough to approach into ash.
"Take it easy, don’t harm our little saplings!"
Li Fan urgently transmitted his voice.
This battle could almost be said to have no suspense at all.
The Tree People of the Spirit Tree Realm were mostly equivalent to those at the Refining Energy stage of cultivation.
Tree People at the Foundation Establishment stage were one in ten thousand.
Gold Core Tree People were already considered elder-level existences amongst the Tree-Person tribe.
The strongest among the Tree People, the Tree-Person Clan Chief, could communicate spiritually with the Spirit Tree itself. In this realm, it was an almost invincible presence.
Yet, its combat power was only at the Nascent Soul level.
Faced with Tianyang at the late stage of God Transformation, it had not the slightest power to resist.
After almost half of the Tree People were damaged, they had no choice but to surrender.
The Tree-Person Clan Chief had quite a delicate appearance, distinctly different from the other Tree People’s rough appearances.
"Senior Immortal, please show mercy!"
Her voice sounded somewhat pitiful, and it was even female.
Li Fan, however, remained resolutely unmoved, "Submit! Or die!"
The Tree-Person Clan Chief bowed down, "We are willing to submit."
"Hand over the Heart of the Spirit Tree and I will ensure the safety of your tribe. Do not make me act personally, or this realm will once again become scorched earth," Li Fan spoke coldly.
The Tree-Person Clan Chief’s body trembled slightly.
She didn’t understand why this cultivator, who was clearly visiting for the first time, already knew of the existence of the "Heart of the Spirit Tree."
But there was no more choice to be had at this point.
She opened her mouth and spat out a ball of green light, which floated slowly towards Li Fan’s hand.
Instantly refining it, Li Fan felt vaguely that the Spirit Trees in this world had become part of his own body.
And the fate of these Tree People born of the Spirit Trees lay within a thought of his.
The Spirit Tree Realm, henceforth, belonged to Li Fan.
The strike of combat power from across levels was not something the mere Tree People could resist.
At that moment, Li Fan had already arrived in the center of the Spirit Tree.
There existed a massive hollow space there.
Countless roots from all over the Spirit Tree Realm converged here.
And all the numerous branches of the Spirit Tree stemmed from this hollow as well.
Branches and roots, like the Spirit Tree’s tentacles and eyes,
allowed it to sense anything that happened in the Small World.
However, due to the Heart of the Spirit Tree changing masters,
all these functions had been transferred to Li Fan.
With the help of the Spirit Tree, he perceived every little detail of the Small World.
A familiar feeling surged in Li Fan’s heart.
"It’s the same principle as when Little Black occupied the Heavenly Path of the Beast Races," he mused.
"However, this world is able to recover its vitality, and the Spirit Tree has made a significant contribution. So, compared with that, it is a bit simpler."
"This is a good chance to try out the [Celestial Transformation] Divine Ability."
A thought crossed Li Fan’s mind.
As his thoughts dictated, startlingly, mountains and rivers began to emerge on the ground of the Spirit Tree Realm.
Li Fan freely transformed the world to his liking, just as Mr. Bai had done in his own Cave Heaven before.
Yet, barely half a day had passed when Li Fan’s world-transforming actions were forcibly halted.
It turned out that the power of the Spirit Tree itself couldn’t sustain such profligate use by Li Fan. It needed to rest and adjust.
"How boring," he said softly, shaking his head slightly as his figure flickered, taking him to the very top of the Spirit Tree.
Gazing down at the Spirit Tree Realm, a grand and massive Array emerged before his eyes.
It merged perfectly with the world itself, without a single flaw.
Moreover, this Array was evolving and improving every moment.
"Infinite Method," he whispered, squinting his eyes.
In the brief instant just now, relying on the immense calculating power of the [Disk of The End], he had instantly designed an Array in his Spirit Consciousness, tailor-made for the Spirit Tree Realm.
The core concept, however, was derived from Zhang Zhiliang’s Infinite Method, the foremost Array Master from Misthaven Ocean.
With the existence of the [Final Separation Disk], the Infinite Method he envisioned had finally completed the last piece of the puzzle.
An Array that was forever evolving, with no limits —
it would be the nightmare of all Array Masters.
"If the Great Array is completed, all ordinary methods of breaking Arrays would be useless."
"One would only be able to rely on brute force to forcefully decipher it."
"Considering the scale needed to cover the Spirit Tree Realm with the Infinite Array, unless five or six Unity-Path practitioners came at once, it would be unthinkable to succeed."
"If one were to use some heavenly and earthly treasures to further strengthen the Array, and at the key Array nodes, deploy Unity-Path combat power —"
"not even the Immortal Sovereign could break it unless they personally came!"
The fictional Array diagrams in Li Fan’s eyes slowly disappeared.
"As a Protective Array for the headquarters of the United Federation of All Realms, it certainly has a strong presence."
"What’s lacking now are the resources to construct the Array," he concluded.
Li Fan’s first thought was of the Five Elders Organization.
At this point in time, the Five Elders Organization still harbored various designs towards the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
They were itching to act.
And Li Fan had many pieces of information in his hands that they would be interested in, which could be used for mutual exchange.
The only thing to consider was, this time around, who to contact.
Zhou Qingang’s superior, or Tianyang Wangpo?
Or perhaps...
A succession of figures flashed through Li Fan’s mind.
Information that was absolutely secret in others’ eyes, had all become bargaining chips that could be traded in Li Fan’s view.
Gradually, Li Fan formed some ideas.
In the many Reincarnations he had experienced before, despite being considered evenly matched, the performance of the Five Elders Organization was truly lackluster.
"Let me give you a boost with all my strength," he decided.
"Let’s see just how deep the foundation of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals really is."
Li Fan’s eyes were deep and inscrutable.
In this life, he would sit back and watch the tigers fight!
