Chapter 479.1: The Only Hope
Su Jingzhen stared intently at the single point of light.
His feet moved subconsciously.
Although he was standing on the top of the mountain, he could see farther.
Even though the environment in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss was unusual, he could still see far.
This proved that the light point wasn’t actually that far away from him.
At the same time, Su Jingzhen noticed something else.
The black wind leopard and phantom beast, which had been following him, vanished back into the mist the moment the light appeared.
Even when he spread his divine consciousness, he could no longer sense their location.
“I know, you must have come to find me,” Su Jingzhen muttered to himself. “No matter who or what you are, please give me your instructions.”
Soon, he arrived at the location of the faint light source.It was another small hillock.
This time, there was no illusion of distance.
As he approached, Su Jingzhen finally saw what the light source was.
“A… tree branch…”
He couldn’t help but be stunned.
Yes, the light source was nothing more than a tree branch!
It was faintly pulsing with life.
However, despite the life force, the branch gave Su Jingzhen a feeling of decay.
It seemed to be a small piece broken off from a towering tree.
Only a single leaf remained.
The branches were withered and dry, looking barely thicker than a finger.
In Su Jingzhen’s eyes, the life force seemed to be fading fast.
After observing it carefully for a while, Su Jingzhen discovered that the patterns on the remaining leaf seemed to contain a natural Dao essence.
He almost couldn’t tear his eyes away.
It was only because the energy on it was too weak that Su Jingzhen couldn’t properly observe and comprehend the spirit patterns.
At this moment, the branch was stuck in the hillock, its leaf faintly flickering.
Su Jingzhen subconsciously released the divine consciousness in his body and connected it to the tree branch.
The moment his divine consciousness touched it, he clearly sensed no resistance from the branch.
The mysterious energy on it instantly connected with him.
In this instant, Su Jingzhen abruptly closed his eyes.
But his mind was filled with images.
The scenes that flashed through his mind depicted a magnificent, multi-colored world.
Here, various races stood side by side, and the energy system was incredibly complete.
Its martial arts and cultivation system seemed even more powerful than the cultivation world he currently inhabited.
Within these scenes, Su Jingzhen saw all the mysterious fantasies he had about those fantasy novels from his past life.
This place seemed to be the Xianxia world he had always imagined.
Of course, these scenes were fleeting.
In these images, he, Su Jingzhen, was like a passerby through time.
The scenes flickered, and the next moment, his consciousness arrived at the peak of a mountain.
This place seemed to be the center of the high martial arts and Xianxia world that had been shown before.
It was the highest point.
And on this peak stood a giant tree, resplendent in five colors!
It seemed that this tree was the backbone of this world.
World Tree!
At this moment, two words suddenly appeared in Su Jingzhen’s mind.
The moment he saw the tree, he understood that this tree must be the beginning of this world!
It nurtured everything and evolved everything.
However, within the images flowing through his mind, the aura of this towering giant tree, although majestic and sacred to the extreme, even made Su Jingzhen’s mind tremble.
But this aura was exactly the same as the one emanating from the withered branch in front of him.
At this moment, Su Jingzhen’s heart skipped a beat again.
He didn’t need to look any further; he already understood.
The images transmitted from the branch continued to flow through his mind.
The World Tree, when it grew to its ultimate form, the entire world, brilliant to its peak, collapsed in an instant.
The World Tree itself shattered into pieces.
The clear sky turned dim.
Everything ceased to exist.
But Su Jingzhen didn’t know the reason behind this scene.
But the impact on his heart was immeasurable.
The image ended in darkness.
Su Jingzhen stood there, stunned, unable to recover for a long time.
After a long while, he muttered to himself, “This… I… Was the space I just saw, the world of dazzling brilliance, the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss?”
He murmured, asking this question to himself.
But he already had the answer in his heart.
When he had sensed the deathly silence in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, devoid of any life force, he had thought of a possibility.
He had initially thought it was an ancient battlefield, but now it seemed that the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss should be a relic of that shattered, brilliant world.
Or perhaps a fragment.
Su Jingzhen was stunned again.
If the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss was truly a fragment of a once-great world, then what about the black brick?
A realization dawned on him, and Su Jingzhen’s body began to tremble slightly.
It was only now that he no longer envied his fellow transmigrators.
Because although Su Jingzhen started late, once he got going, he felt unstoppable.
He had only wanted to buy a slightly better weapon at first.
Who would have thought that with minimal effort, he could exchange it for a fragment of a world from Feng Qingya?
Of course, the origin of the black brick was all speculation at this point.
But everything he had encountered in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss today, all the images he had seen from that branch…
It seemed to be guiding him in this direction.
But when he came to his senses, he saw that the light on the branch in front of him had dimmed considerably.
Presenting him with these images must have consumed a lot of the branch’s energy.
Su Jingzhen’s heart sank again.
So far, the only things he had found in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss that possessed life force, besides the few reborn beasts, were this branch.
And it seemed that this branch was the only native inhabitant of this place.
“How can I help you?”
Su Jingzhen directly addressed the branch.
He believed that since the other party was so mysterious, it must have its own consciousness.
Therefore, it must be able to understand his words.
At this moment, Su Jingzhen’s tone was anxious, with a hint of nervousness.
If he had only seen those scenes that seemed to come from another world, and had only a superficial guess about the black brick and the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, but nothing concrete, then it would be fine.
But to let this branch completely lose its vitality, that would be a loss.
The branch in front of him originated from the world tree he had seen before.
So it might also be the root of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
If it completely perished, would the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss also collapse?
As soon as Su Jingzhen’s words fell, he suddenly felt a wave coming from the branch.
It was like a wisp of thought.
A wisp of thought representing desire.
Before Su Jingzhen could ask more, another familiar aura emerged from the wave.
A flash of crimson suddenly appeared before his eyes.
It was the smell of blood!
And the aura of blood on this branch at this moment was exactly the same as his.
Su Jingzhen suddenly remembered that when he opened the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the Dan Holy City last night, the black brick had indeed absorbed a lot of his blood.
“This… do you need my blood?”
When he asked this question, Su Jingzhen already had the answer in his heart.
But he was dumbfounded again.
Although his current cultivation level was considered good.
At least in the Qingzhou region, with the cultivation level of Flesh Body Nascent Embryo second-stage, he could be considered a master.
But compared to the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, which seemed to be a fragment of the world, it was simply worlds apart.
Oh no, to say it was worlds apart was to flatter him, Su Jingzhen.
If compared to the entire world, then a Nascent Soul cultivator was really nothing.
So he couldn’t understand why this branch, which seemed to come from the world tree, needed his blood.
Or rather, why did his blood become the nourishment for this world tree?
Could it be just because he possessed the system?