Chapter 410: Hongjun"s Action
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Though the Restricting Power was divided into hundreds of parts, it could easily kill an expert at the Half Step to the Supreme Realm. Its power was able to reach the Supreme Realm, so even a small part of it would have horrible power that could easily kill a cultivator at the Late or Peak Stage of the Fate Realm.
The part that Minghe was confronting was the largest. Just now, in order to mislead the Restricting Power of the Star Tree of the Origin that many cultivators had attacked, Hongjun used the Law of Fate to lead the aura, which was the remaining vital force here when all the cultivators were picking the Fruits of Stars of the Origin. Therefore, the Restricting Power fought back against all the cultivators around. Minghe had picked 11, so he had left behind the most aura. In his Karma, he would face the largest part of the Restricting Power.
Even though it had been divided into hundreds of parts, each one was horrible. Even the power of the weakest part was at the Peak Stage of the Fate Realm. Minghe had to face the power that was at least at the Half Step to the Supreme Realm, or even at the Peak Stage of the Half Step to the Supreme Realm, which Minghe could not resist.
Just for a second, the Starry Sky was full of a b.l.o.o.d.y mist. A continuous sound of explosions shocked Heaven and Earth. Magic Weapons started exploding and creatures were destroyed. But the initiator was safe and standing in the Starry Sky. He looked at the scene of destruction without any expression on his face, as if all that was not his doing. He left in silence when he felt no vital force of any Creatures.
However...
"Heaven and Earth are supreme. The s.p.a.ces are connected...
"Karma and reincarnation can distort everything..."
Two slight sounds rang out among the explosions, but were immediately covered up by the roaring of another explosion. When everything was done, there was nothing in this Starry Sky. Everything was gone, including the huge star and Star Tree of the Origin. If not for the remnants of horrible Evil Spirit that remained, n.o.body could tell a b.l.o.o.d.y war had taken place there.
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In a splendid palace in the High Layer of the Battlefield of G.o.ds and Demons, a handsome man opened his eyes with a starry light inside them. He took on a playful smile and murmured, "Oh? Interesting. Someone could cut off a part of that tree. Interesting... someone even dared to take action. Interesting... what a tricky technique. I never thought that someone like this could stay in the Medium Layer. Do I have a chance to meet you here?"
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On a star in the Starry Sky Region, Hongjun was standing facing the wind and figured out something using his fingers. It seemed that he was predicting something. The wave of the Law of Fate was shining in his hands. After a while, Hongjun stopped, frowned again, and then relaxed. He sighed and said, "Is fate not wretched? Alas!"
Hongjun turned back to the huge palace behind him, whose plaque read "Zixiao Palace". But it was different from the one on the Holy Heaven Peak. This Zixiao Palace was a Mid-Grade Spiritual Treasure of Chaos and full of the Tao. Some mysterious Talisman Symbols were engraved on it and something seemed to be hiding inside.
Inside the main hall, there stood a young sapling that was swallowing and breathing in the Power of Stars. It grew slowly and plenty of treasures with abundant Power of Stars were placed around it. This had to be Hongjun"s arrangement. He arranged a tactical formation with plenty of treasures with the Power of Stars to support the growth of the Star Tree of the Origin sapling.
Furthermore, there was a miraculous power running around the sapling. If Minghe was there, he could immediately tell it was the Power of Time. The fading speed of time around the sapling was 10 times faster than in the outside world. This was why after only 1,000 years since that horrible battle, the branch that Hongjun had gotten could already grow into a young sapling. Usually, it would take 10,000 years to grow like this.
Sitting cross-legged on the platform where he used to do his teaching, Hongjun did not seem happy. He sighed again when looking at the sapling of the Star Tree of the Origin. "Alas, what a pity about those Fruits of Stars. If I had them, my young sapling could grow faster, and so could its Origin."
In order to foster his own Star Tree of the Origin, Hongjun had cut off a branch of the main tree in the last battle, which contained a little Origin of the Star Tree of the Origin. Because of this, it was able to grow so quickly.
Having used up plenty of treasures, Hongjun finally cultivated it into a sapling. Fortunately, he got something in return. However, due to getting this branch of the Star Tree of the Origin, he had given up the chance to pick any Fruits of Stars of the Origin, so the tree had not been infected with Hongjun"s vital force. Otherwise, he might have been attacked by the tree and gotten irreversibly hurt.
By the time he cut off the branch, the Star Tree of the Origin only felt a weak piece of his vital force. If he went to pick the Fruits of Stars like the others did, he would not have been able to resist the Restricting Power with a Highest Grade Spiritual Treasure of Chaos. Of course, the reason why Hongjun did not get hurt was that he used his chessboard to defend that attack.
It seemed to be a loss to trade a Highest Grade Spiritual Treasure of Chaos for the Star Tree of the Origin sapling, but actually, Hongjun had gained a lot. By the time this sapling had grown into a Star Tree of the Origin and blossomed fruits, he could foster more and more Star Trees of the Origin. Though it would take a long time for the tree to blossom, time was nothing for Hongjun as his cultivation got higher and higher.
Though the sapling of the Star Tree of the Origin was young, its speed of swallowing and breathing in the power of cosmic stars was astonishing. Furthermore, it could even directly attract the Power of Stars from the Void to support its growth, which was not the power from the Starry Sky Region, but the power of the cosmic stars from the High Layer of the Battlefield of G.o.ds and Demons. Though it was not much, the power was amazing.
Therefore, the Star Tree of the Origin had to have an inseparable connection with the High Layer of the Battlefield of G.o.ds and Demons, while the Fruits of Stars of the Origin were nourished by the power of the cosmic stars from the High Layer. Now, the sapling of the Star Tree of the Origin was young, and those powers of cosmic stars became the nutrients for its Origin to grow.
Fortunately, due to the time fading, a lot of time to grow this young sapling would be saved. Observing the 10-times-faster speed of time fading, Hongjun felt a little bit helpless. In order to cut off a branch of the Star Tree of the Origin, Hongjun had activated infinitely great time fading directly to consume the Restricting Power of that branch.
But he also paid a lot—even nearly exceeding what he could afford. For only that time, Hongjun not only wasted quite a lot of rare resources, but also hurt his own Origin. Up until now, Hongjun still had not yet recovered and it might take him 10 to 20,000 years more to completely recover.
For being at such a high level, each Closed Door Meditation would cost Hongjun a million years. If he wanted to make further progress, it would take an even longer time. Fortunately, Hongjun mastered the Law of Time, which could accelerate the fading speed of time. It saved him much time for cultivating. Maybe he could completely recover in 10,000 years.
It seemed to be a little bit unworthy to pay that heavy in exchange for such a small sapling. But in Hongjun"s eyes, this sapling would be greatly beneficial. When it grew into a Star Tree of the Origin, it would help him and deliver power to him in the Medium Layer of the Battlefield of G.o.ds and Demons. When he got to the High Layer, it would play a great role. Therefore, it was a long-term investment.
The power of cosmic stars from the High Layer of the Battlefield of G.o.ds and Demons was the best nutrient for Star Tree of the Origin to blossom. But what if this tree was fostered in the High Layer? It could swallow 10 million times more power of cosmic stars than it could in the Medium Layer. And at that time, the Fruits of Stars of the Origin that blossomed on this tree would be incredible treasures.
In fact, Hongjun had the same question that Minghe had. Who had put such a precious Fruit of Stars of the Origin in the Medium Layer and arranged that horrible limit on it? Besides, this tree would show up nearly every 3.65 million years in different places.
After that horrible battle, the tree disappeared along with that planet. Actually, there was a super Transmitting Formation arranged on this planet. When all the fruits had been picked, the entire planet would be transferred and no one could stop it. Otherwise, that planet where the chaotic Spiritual Roots were located had to become an encampment of some sky-level forces.
The successful cultivation of the sapling of the Star Tree of the Origin naturally made Hongjun feel happy, but he was full of confusion and helplessness. A sudden Karma fell down on him. When he traced it back, he discovered that the Karma came from a higher layer. What was higher than the Medium Layer? That was the High Layer of the Battlefield of G.o.ds and Demons.
What made him really confused was that he did not get that Karma when he cut off the branch of the Star Tree of the Origin, but when he was on his way back, the Karma suddenly fell down on him. If he really had formed Karma with someone in the High Layer, it was not just a joke. The High Layer of the Battlefield of G.o.ds and Demons was a place that was full of Supreme Realm experts. This Star Tree of the Origin had been living in the Starry Sky Region for many years. The one who had seeded this tree had to have reached the Supreme Realm. If he met with that High Layer expert, no one knew that what would happen.