Chapter 228

Chapter 228

Wen Qiao spent some time organizing the information that the little divine tree had infused into her sea of consciousness, which could also be called—inheriting.

This was the inheritance of the Divine Sound Treasure Tree.

Wen Qiao couldn't help but look at the little divine tree in front of her and said, "So you're the Divine Sound Treasure Tree."

The branches and leaves of the little divine tree rustled again, producing a crisp and melodious sound like beautiful string music—the most enchanting sound from nature, making everything around it feel entranced, even softening this dark space.

Wen Tutu and Wen Guangun stared at the little divine tree. Knowing it was the Divine Sound Treasure Tree, they didn't dare to reach out their claws anymore.

Did they want to be rejected again?

In comparison, Xiao Miaomiao was much better; not only did it not reject them, but it also liked them very much, always thinking of them whenever there was something good. Thinking about this, the two beasts clung even closer to Wen Qiao, deciding that no matter how good any other spirit plant or divine tree might be, they would never stray.

A smile spread across Wen Qiao's lips as she gently stroked the glowing leaves. The leaves were covered with a faint layer of light, the Divine Sound Light of the Divine Sound Treasure Tree, representing its vitality.

When she woke up earlier, the Divine Sound Treasure Tree had given her several points of Divine Sound Light.

Wen Qiao continued to organize the inheritance within her sea of consciousness.

Actually, this inheritance wasn't much. After all, it belonged to the Divine Sound Treasure Tree. If she hadn't possessed a demon body and received the Divine Sound Light from the tree earlier, she wouldn't have been able to accept its inheritance.

The Divine Sound Treasure Tree generously shared its inheritance with her for a simple reason: she had helped it break through the earth, nearly exhausting herself in the process. Additionally, the tree considered her one of its own kind and found that this little seedling didn't even have a complete inheritance, making it weak, pitiful, and helpless. Out of kinship, it generously shared some of its inheritance to prevent her from being clueless.

Wen Qiao didn't expect such an operation and was speechless.

"Thank you... really."

The Divine Sound Treasure Tree responded with another rustling sound.

Through the inheritance of the Divine Sound Treasure Tree, Wen Qiao learned about the origins of the Heavenly Plains and the purpose of the tree's guardianship.

The Heavenly Plains were ancient battlefields where the realms of humans, demons, and the netherworld were once connected, allowing travel between them. Later, for unknown reasons, a terrible war erupted, involving the human, netherworld, and demon races, leading to widespread devastation and nearly wiping out the legacies of the three realms.

After the war ended, the three realms were severely weakened, leaving countless battlefields behind.

These battlefields, due to the many lives lost, gave birth to numerous evil spirits and malevolent thoughts, which inherently desired destruction and sought to devour everything.

To protect the safety of the three realms, cultivators chose to seal these dangerous battlefields.

The Heavenly Plains was just one of those battlefields.

Countless beings from the three realms perished here, including powerful figures from the human, netherworld, and demon races, resulting in exceptionally strong evil spirits being sealed here. Only natural spiritual objects could suppress them, and the Divine Sound Treasure Tree and the Purifying Spirit Water Lotus were used by cultivators to do so.

From the moment the Divine Sound Treasure Tree gained sentience, it has guarded the Heavenly Plains.

At that time, cultivators not only used the Divine Sound Treasure Tree and the Purifying Spirit Water Lotus to suppress the evil spirits of the Heavenly Plains but also gathered powerful figures to seal the entire area.

However, the sealed evil spirits were not content. They constantly accumulated strength, seeking to break free from their seals and return to the world to destroy everything.

Over countless years, the evil spirits accumulated enough power in the inverted Heavenly Plains.

They finally broke through the seal, causing the Heavenly Plains to reappear before cultivators, drawing attention. They secretly plotted, attracting countless cultivators into the Heavenly Plains and absorbing the vitality of the living and the dead, converting it into their own power.

This is why certain areas of the Heavenly Plains appear lush yet lack vitality.

All beings in the Heavenly Plains met the same fate—being devoured by the evil spirits after death, becoming their source of strength.

To suppress these increasingly powerful evil spirits, the Divine Sound Treasure Tree had to continuously deplete its own strength and vitality.

As the evil spirits grew stronger, the Divine Sound Treasure Tree's vitality slowly diminished until it realized its strength was nearly depleted and could no longer suppress the evil spirits. Using its last bit of strength, it transmitted a message to the outside world and left behind a seed.

The sudden appearance of divine wood essence in the Flying Star Continent felt by the ancestors of the Primordial Emperor realm was the Divine Sound Treasure Tree warning the continent about the danger of the Heavenly Plains.

It left a seed, also leaving behind its inheritance.

Once its seed grew back into a divine tree, it would continue to suppress the Heavenly Plains, fulfilling its duty.

After the Divine Sound Treasure Tree's vitality was exhausted, the only remaining spiritual object in the Heavenly Plains was the Purifying Spirit Water Lotus in the Hellish Water Marsh.

The Hellish Water Marsh suppressed the Blood Miasma Wasteland, where the evil spirits were extremely powerful. The cultivators who sealed the Heavenly Plains were not confident and transplanted the Purifying Spirit Water Lotus to suppress it.

Unfortunately, the Purifying Spirit Water Lotus could not sustain itself for long.

When it bloomed and bore seeds, its roots were already completely polluted by the Blood Miasma Wasteland, eventually causing the wasteland to reappear in the Heavenly Plains.

When the Blood Miasma Wasteland reappeared, the evil spirits in the Heavenly Plains reached their peak strength. Their combined power formed a sea of blood, intending to engulf the Heavenly Plains and break free.

The reason the Heavenly Plains are inverted is that the cultivators of the past wanted to give the realms time to prepare. When the Heavenly Plains' orientation is corrected, it will mark the destruction of the Flying Star Continent.

Once the sea of blood engulfs the Heavenly Plains, all the evil spirits will be completely freed.

Then, the Flying Star Continent will face a bloody and catastrophic end.

Thus, the place where Ning Yuzhou and the others were located was the only remaining pure land in the Heavenly Plains. The sea of blood instinctively wanted to devour these cultivators and become its own power.

After organizing the inheritance given by the Divine Sound Treasure Tree, Wen Qiao couldn't help but look at the lifeless divine tree beside the little divine tree.

It stood silently in this dark space, guarding the continent without a word. The Flying Star Continent remained safe because of it.

Perhaps because the little divine tree had finally emerged, the leaves on the large tree began to fall from its branches, drifting down gently.

The fallen leaves soon turned into liquid, seeping into the ground, becoming nutrients for the little divine tree's growth.

This is why the little divine tree could grow so quickly.

The lifeless divine tree would use its own body to nourish the little divine tree, allowing it to grow faster and gain enough strength to suppress the evil spirits in the Heavenly Plains.

Wen Qiao looked at the withered and dead Divine Sound Treasure Tree and couldn't help but sigh.

She said to the little Divine Tree, "In the future, you must be more careful and never let those evil spirits corrupt you again."

The branches and leaves of the little Divine Tree rustled, as if in response.

Wen Qiao stayed in the Divine Sound Treasure Tree's absolute domain for a while but eventually became worried about the situation outside and wanted to leave. She wondered whether the sea of blood had receded, how the people outside the Hellish Water Marsh were faring, and if her husband was injured.

The Divine Sound Treasure Tree was reluctant to see Wen Qiao go, and its branches and leaves continued to rustle.

Wen Qiao said helplessly, "I can't stay here with you; I have my husband."

The Divine Sound Treasure Tree ignored her and kept rustling.

Wen Qiao felt she had encountered the same dilemma as when dealing with the big fluff ball, but unlike the fluff ball, the Divine Sound Tree couldn't come out to find her. Leaving would still be easy for her.

But having received gifts and inheritance from the tree, Wen Qiao couldn't be too heartless. She promised, "When I have time, I'll come back to see you! Grow well here, and if you manage to cultivate into a human form someday, we might meet again in the Upper Realm!"

The rustling stopped, indicating that the Divine Sound Treasure Tree had heard her words.

After bidding farewell to the Divine Sound Treasure Tree, Wen Qiao was about to leave when a creaking sound came from above. She nimbly jumped aside, narrowly avoiding being hit.

A piece of tree trunk landed beside her feet.

Wen Qiao looked at it in surprise, then understood from the rustling sound that this was a gift from the little Divine Tree.

A piece of divine wood!

What could divine wood be used for?

Divine wood had countless uses. Those cultivators who risked their lives entering the Heavenly Plains all sought divine wood. Yet, they often returned without even seeing a leaf, having faced near-death experiences.

Wen Qiao bent down to pick up the piece of divine wood, finding it extremely heavy. Fortunately, she had dodged in time; otherwise, she would have been severely injured.

She stored the divine wood in her storage bag and happily said, "Thank you! I'll keep this piece of divine wood and will come back to see you. You must grow well!"

The little Divine Tree continued to rustle.

Even after Wen Qiao left the absolute domain with Wen Tuto and Wen Guangun, she could still hear the continuous rustling.

She turned around and saw the small tree standing in the darkness, glowing like a treasure attracting all living beings.

Wen Qiao waved goodbye one last time.

Finally, she turned and walked towards the other side of the darkness.

From the inheritance given by the Divine Sound Treasure Tree, Wen Qiao knew that although it was located in the Heavenly Plains, it also existed on the fringes, a self-protective mechanism ensuring no living being disturbed it, silently guarding the Heavenly Plains.

Wen Qiao walked for a while before finally crossing the darkness and appearing in a valley.

Looking around, she found the valley very ordinary, and no one would think that the space where the Divine Tree resided was within this valley.

She marked the location, intending to return to see the Divine Sound Treasure Tree if she had the chance.

Then, Wen Qiao summoned her flying sword and flew towards the Hellish Water Marsh.

The sea of blood had receded, and the Heavenly Plains seemed to have returned to its usual tranquility.

As Wen Qiao flew over, she noticed that the Heavenly Plains had changed somewhat due to the erosion of the sea of blood. It looked even more desolate and lifeless, with only barren mountains remaining where there once were some semblances of life.

Passing by a battlefield, Wen Qiao stopped and examined the talisman stones standing there, noticing they were covered in spider-web-like cracks, barely containing the evil spirits within.

The sweep of the sea of blood had affected these talisman stones, which were crucial in weakening the power of the evil spirits, thus reducing the burden on the Divine Sound Treasure Tree.

It seemed that the Talisman Masters of the Flying Star Continent needed to redraw these talisman stones.

Wen Qiao suddenly understood why the art of talismans was so prominent on the Flying Star Continent—it might be related to the Heavenly Plains.

As she flew, Wen Qiao observed the state of the Heavenly Plains and also killed a white-haired zombie that had somehow appeared.

During the battle with the white-haired zombie, Wen Qiao realized her cultivation had suddenly reached the early stage of the Yuanling realm.

Initially stunned, she soon understood what had happened.

When she helped the seed of the Divine Sound Treasure Tree germinate, she had nearly died. In her unconscious state, she reverted to her demon form, which rooted itself beneath the little Divine Tree. Not only did she receive cleansing from the divine wood's pure qi, but she also received several points of divine sound light from the Divine Sound Treasure Tree.

Those divine sound lights acted like powerful nourishment, not only refining her body but also breaking through her cultivation to the Yuanling realm.

It was a fortunate turn of events.

With her increased cultivation, Wen Qiao could now kill the white-haired zombie, indicating her combat strength approached the Yuanzong realm.

Naturally, Wen Qiao was delighted. After rejoicing, she didn't forget to educate the two beasts: "Look, I'm already at the Yuanling realm, and you're still at the ninth stage. Your combat strength is lacking. You need to work harder in your cultivation, understand?"

The two beasts looked at her innocently, unwilling to compare themselves.

After killing the white-haired zombie, Wen Qiao flew forward for a while and saw a group of people approaching.

When they saw Wen Qiao, they were all stunned.

Wen Qiao scanned the crowd, her face lighting up with joy. "Husband!"

Her sweet voice was pleasant to the ear. As she flew over and embraced Ning Yuzhou, everyone watched them with blank faces.

Xiong Yan pushed through the crowd and called out, "Sis, are you okay?"

Wen Qiao lifted her head from Ning Yuzhou's embrace and replied, "I'm fine," then looked at the surrounding cultivators, noticing their exhausted faces. Clearly, the battle had been intense after she left, and only about three thousand people had survived.

Her mood couldn't help but feel somewhat heavy.

Qiao Leshan glanced at her, seeing that she was safe and sound, and in better condition than the rest of them cultivators. He then said, "Let's leave the Heavenly Plains first."

Everyone responded in agreement.

They continued to head out of the Heavenly Plains, their gazes subtly falling on Wen Qiao.

Wen Qiao ignored them and stayed with Ning Tongzhou. Around them were disciples from the Heavenly Talisman Sect, Feixian Island, and Linglong Fort, forming a protective circle around them.

The others present had many questions. They wanted to know where Wen Qiao had been earlier? Was the retreat of the Blood Sea related to her? How did Wen Qiao survive in the Blood Sea?

However, given that the battle had just ended and everyone had gone through life and death, they were all relieved to be alive and didn't want any more trouble before leaving the Heavenly Plains.

Wen Qiao held Ning Yuzhou's hand, checked his condition, and confirmed he wasn't injured, finally feeling at ease.

After ensuring her husband was fine, Wen Qiao took out the Bodhi Seed and returned it to Qiao Leshan, saying, "Senior Qiao, here is your property."

Qiao Leshan accepted it in front of everyone and asked gently, "Is Miss Wen unharmed?"

Wen Qiao replied, "I almost died earlier, but luckily I have a strong will to live."

Ning Yuzhou's expression tightened, and he gripped her hand more firmly, staring at her without blinking. She suddenly turned her head and winked at him.

Wen Qiao continued speaking seriously to Qiao Leshan and the others, "Senior Qiao, Young Master Su, we fulfilled our mission this time."

Su Wangling was still lying on Wu Qijie's back, pale and weak, but managed a smile. "Miss Wen, you've worked hard! This time, both you and Young Master Ning deserve great credit for repressing the evil spirits of the Heavenly Plains. You two are our saviors."

The cultivators present heard this and did not refute it, tacitly agreeing.

Regardless of what Wen Qiao did during the past month, they indeed relied on Ning Yuzhou's grand formation to hold on until the Blood Sea receded.