The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor Chapter 1776 - 1773: The World Tree Emerges
Previously on The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor...
Ye Xuan sensed the stare from the Thousand Absolute Saint Heir and shot a distant glance his way.
This individual forged a duel pact with his mother many years prior.
His mother seldom brought it up, so he never delved deeper.
Yet the subtle murderous aura in that recent look was unmistakably caught by Ye Xuan.
Might this fellow harbor enmity toward his mother?
Still, doesn't this guy belong to the Primordial Hall?
Slightly baffled, Ye Xuan turned to his cousin Jiang Ya nearby and questioned her about the Thousand Absolute Saint Heir.
Hearing the inquiry, Jiang Ya recounted some events from that era to Ye Xuan.
Once he heard it all, Ye Xuan pieced together the rough sequence of those past happenings.
"Forget it, let Dad handle this sort of fellow himself."
Ye Xuan mulled it over briefly and chose not to act against the Thousand Absolute Saint Heir.
To put it bluntly, this man served as his father's romantic competitor.
What truly caught Ye Xuan off guard was his father's no-show this time around.
From Jiang Ya, he discovered his dad's name was absent from the Mystic Yellow List.
This revelation left Ye Xuan deeply astonished.
By all reason, his dad remained youthful, just in his forties.
At that age, he'd stand out as one of the youngest figures in the Cultivation World.
It defies logic that he wouldn't appear on the Mystic Yellow List.
After some reflection, a faint frown appeared on Ye Xuan's face.
Was it because his dad once entered a lengthy dream, ventured into the Dou Tian Divine Domain, and the cultivation he acquired was valid only there, not in the Xuanhuang Great World?
This seemed the only plausible reason.
Rumble!
While Ye Xuan pondered deeply, the fierce beasts erupted into frenzy, unleashing thunderous roars or slamming the ground with overwhelming might!
The ground quaked ferociously.
The Azure Luan acted first.
With wings unfurled, the Azure Luan flapped them abruptly.
Countless wind blades erupted instantly, slicing like deadly steel razors!
Striking without mercy or target.
All present—cultivators and beasts alike—found themselves engulfed in the assault!
"Damn!"
The Azure Luan's unexpected onslaught twisted the faces of countless onlookers.
Sects like the Ruyi Sect, far from elite status and boasting merely a handful of Great Sage Realm guardians, fared worst.
Faced with this barrage, they stood no chance!
Thankfully, backed by the Yuhua Immortal Sect, which unleashed Great Saint Dao Weapons and Great Emperor Immortal Soldiers, they barely endured.
Members of elite factions countered swiftly, deploying Divine Skills to repel the wind blade frenzy.
Undeniably fearsome, this Azure Luan wielded Wind Dao at its zenith with a single casual flap!
Yet this provocation ignited outrage among the other savage beasts.
The Earth Demon Bull bellowed wrathfully at the heavens, its iron hooves battering the earth without cease, gouging deep furrows.
From amid its horns surged waves of arcane magnetic force, culminating in a blinding light beam that lanced forth.
The ray zeroed in on the Azure Luan without delay!
Its pace was blindingly swift, virtually instantaneous!
Even so, the Azure Luan's velocity stunned the crowd.
It appeared struck at first glance, but observers quickly saw it was only an afterimage; the beam streaked skyward, dissolving silently into the veiled Sky Dome.
The genuine Azure Luan had evaded ages ago.
In retaliation, the Azure Luan locked onto the Earth Demon Bull, sparking a cataclysmic showdown between the colossal beasts!
This clash only fueled the surrounding beasts' frenzy.
The pure-silver One-eyed Giant Spirit let out a mighty roar, hoisting its Mystic Iron Divine Stick before hurling it savagely at the facing black Big Python!
Icy killing intent gleamed in the black Big Python's eyes as its Divine Dragon Tail whipped out, slamming hard against the Mystic Iron Divine Stick.
Boom————
A collision that rocked the world!
This black Big Python proved monstrous, its tail matching the Mystic Iron Divine Stick blow for blow!
Soon after, the Destructive Flood Dragon, Holy Fire Qilin, and more plunged into wild brawls!
Moments later, a million-mile radius devolved into a zone of pure peril!
Every powerful expert who dared enter felt profound dread toward the Great Ruins' ferocious beasts.
"It seems an Immortal Treasure is about to emerge!"
Arms folded, excitement danced in the Chi Yan Divine Son's gaze.
Fellow prodigies betrayed flashes of thrill as well.
For it was an Immortal Treasure—craved by one and all!
They had braved the Great Ruins solely to witness this very moment.
All burned with anticipation, waiting in tense silence.
Ye Xuan remained standing, hands tucked into his pockets, expression serene, as his Emperor Soul swept across the expansive terrain, probing for that distinctive aura.
Rumble!
The ground's quakes intensified, turning ever more frightening.
On the verge of sprawling over billions of miles!
Engulfing the whole Great Ruins!
The horrifying vibrations struck the battling ferocious beasts too, but they refused to halt, clashing with heightened savagery, desperate to claim victory before the treasure surfaced!
Just the cunning, stingy Heavenly Swallowing Toad lurked off to the side, staying hidden and biding its time for the right instant.
Shortly after, a flicker ignited in Ye Xuan’s gaze.
He could now verify that the treasure buried below was truly the legendary tree he'd chased across years—the World Tree!
Back in ancient times, he'd hunted relentlessly for this tree.
But it always escaped him.
Still, the World Tree's aura was profoundly familiar to him.
For his monstrous physique harbored the World Tree's aura.
When forging that monstrous body, the Emperor Burial Lord had probably incorporated the World Tree.
This formed a major reason for Ye Xuan's pursuit of the World Tree.
After scouring through countless eras in vain, he had finally discovered it!
A sensation like unearthing a Taoist Body welled up.
Questing across ages, only to awaken and grasp that he himself embodied the Taoist Body!
Rumble————
The very next instant, the ground was violently thrust apart.
A colossal tree erupted skyward in a rush!
Piercing through the Great Ruins' earth, it banished even the shadows cloaking the Sky Dome!
What manner of Divine Tree stood before them?
It eclipsed the heavens and blotted the sun!
Its leaves resembled massive stars, every one etched with bizarre patterns like those amid the cosmos, a lone leaf concealing what seemed an archaic universe.
Slender branches inscribed with Dao Patterns, surging with World Power akin to a limitless sea!
The trunk resembled an boundless starry void, evoking an eternal vastness.
And in that instant.
Be it the savage beasts or the geniuses from the Mystic Yellow List, all were flung across a single leaf.
From afar, they remained utterly invisible.
All appeared to tumble into an infinite cosmos, reduced to dust-like specks, completely insignificant!
Right then, everyone found themselves scattered.
Ye Xuan got carried away too by a World Leaf into a primordial universe, plummeting without end.
Encircled by enormous blazing stars.
Ye Xuan arrested his fall, peering upward as if to pierce any deceptions.
Yet none of it proved illusory; all was genuine!
This marked the World Tree's authentic manifestation!
One leaf equaled a immense, limitless Great World!
Boundless World Power streamed forth ceaselessly right then.
