Chapter 1 A Small Goal: First, Cultivate Fifty Billion Units of Spiritual Power

After considering this, Su Zhou took out the Extinction Blade from his personal space. He rose, sat on a chair beside the hot spring, and stared at the originally floating power of wishes on the long blade.

The faint golden radiance coiling around the black blade was the power of the entire world, accumulated over a hundred years, from countless legends of the Extinction Blade, the divine blade that ended the Demon Dynasty and brought peace to the world.

In the Divine Wood World, the name of the Extinction Blade was far more resounding than any divine weapon on Earth, and the meaning represented by its name was equated with 'hero,' 'victory,' 'ending immortality,' and 'divine weapon.'

It could even be said that the fame of the Extinction Blade was greater than that of Kunlun Martial Sage Su Zhou, or even Zhou Buyi, the first chairman of Tianzheng who was still alive—after all, children might remember the name of a weapon, but they were unlikely to remember the name of a national leader.

Originally, because the Extinction Blade accompanied Su Zhou on his travels in the Earth world, it was unable to receive the power of wishes from the Divine Wood World, and therefore could not obtain complete strengthening. But now, it had returned to the world that sung its praises, like a wanderer returning home, a dragon entering the sea.

Thus, endless power of wishes transformed into golden radiance, coiling around it, becoming the power with which it slew enemies.

"Exorcising evil, slaying immortality... Is this the power you were given by legend?"

Staring at the blade, Su Zhou couldn't help but laugh: "The Extinction Blade of the past could exorcise evil and slay immortality mainly because it housed the power of heavenly lightning and earthly fire. Oh, right, and the relic of a high monk as a central regulator to apply the intent of nirvana. In other words, it could indeed slay immortality, but only undead beings like undead spirits and Divine Wood眷族(Juan Shu) clansmen."

"But now, endless power of wishes can replace all the divine wonders, directly bestowing this kind of attribute upon this blade... In that case, regardless of the source of immortality, as long as there are monsters with extremely high regenerative abilities, nearly immortal, all of them will be countered by this blade. And when facing 'Demon King' type villains who threaten the vast majority of the populace, its power can be doubled, unleashing unprecedented effects."

Without even considering levels, its special attack range was a whole circle larger than before, and Su Zhou was very satisfied.

Although the power of the Extinction Blade had not yet stabilized, it already showed signs of evolution. Su Zhou stroked its black blade, pondered for a moment, and then, without any warning, cut a gash in his arm.

Immediately, under Shao Qiming's astonished gaze, Su Zhou's blood dripped into a small bottle that he had prepared long ago.

Did he think the blood would be wasted? What a joke! Where did the spiritual materials for the amulets Su Zhou gave his parents come from? They were all self-produced and self-sold!

Naturally, this time, the wound inflicted by the Extinction Blade did not heal as quickly as before. Bluish-purple spiritual blood dripped slowly from the wound on his arm, then solidified at the bottom of the bottle into an almost gemstone-like solid.

This was a sign of the improvement of the essence of life with the advancement of transcendent levels.

Having advanced to the Commander rank, Su Zhou's blood was actually vastly different from that of ordinary people. The temperature inside his body would soar to over 800 degrees Celsius during battle, and even in a normal state, it was over 80 degrees. His blood was also a special transcendent substance, almost like mercury, which would solidify into crystals below 70 degrees. After processing, it could be directly used as raw materials for magic arrays and talismans. Everyone who had used it said it was good.

Although, currently, the only person who had used it was Su Zhou himself.

Reaching back to the wound, Su Zhou sensed that a force of wishes had spontaneously transformed into a power that could hinder self-healing and prevent the wound from closing, resisting his own power—this power was not strong, but it was continuous and extremely difficult to deal with. Even if dispersed, it would reassemble at the wound, never extinguished.

Of course, due to the difference in levels, the power of the Extinction Blade, which had not yet fully transformed, was still completely expelled by Su Zhou within ten seconds. However, after it sublimated into a Commander-rank divine weapon, Su Zhou felt that, to be conservative, if he wanted to heal the wounds it caused, he would have to spend at least ten or twenty times as long as before! If it were any other undead species, they might be directly annihilated by this power.

It sounded like even twenty times the time was less than five minutes, but five minutes of not being able to heal a wound, in the midst of a fierce battle between two transcendent beings of similar strength, could completely allow one side to accumulate enough advantage.

"If this thing strikes down, if it were the Demon Emperor of the past, he would probably be directly cut down and turned into ashes. He wouldn't even have time to surrender... Not bad, I'm very satisfied!"

Subconsciously insulting the Demon Emperor of the past, Su Zhou couldn't help but shake his head and tsk, tsk: "That's about it. In a few days, after the Extinction Blade completes its transformation, I'll go communicate with the Panrong Undying Tree again, and all the goals of returning to the Divine Wood World will be achieved."

Satisfied, he returned his weapon to his personal space. Su Zhou turned his head and said to Shao Qiming, quite pleased with himself: "How about it, this world? Isn't vacationing here more comfortable than on Earth?"

"If you're talking about the hot springs, then it's indeed not bad."

Relying on Zhou Buyi's name to directly book a hot spring hotel for vacation was naturally more comfortable than soaking with a group of people. Shao Qiming honestly replied, "But when it comes to food, probably because of the devastation caused by the Demon Dynasty at the end of the An Dynasty, many inheritances were lost, so there's really very little good food in this world... Of course, there are also some unique cuisines that don't exist on Earth."

"A Zhou, next time you come over, you can totally bring some recipes—inter-world exchange doesn't have to focus only on cultivation and technology. The exchange of folk crafts can actually greatly improve the quality of life."

Hearing this, Su Zhou's eyes also lit up: "Next time, definitely next time!"

That was about it. Su Zhou originally planned to continue leisurely vacationing in the other world for a few more days to relax.

However, before two days had passed, while Su Zhou was wondering whether to go to the Kunlun Mountains of this world to check out the situation, his thoughts were interrupted by Shao Qiming, who rushed over with Divine Wood power cultivation materials.

"What's wrong?" Su Zhou was quite surprised, because recently, Shao Qiming had been quietly studying Zhou Buyi's Divine Wood cultivation method and his research on the Panrong Undying Tree, so he hadn't bothered him, but he didn't expect the other party to come to him on his own initiative: "What's the emergency?"

"It doesn't have anything to do with us, but it's a major event for your old friend from this world."

Shao Qiming's reply was also concise: "This world can't accommodate multiple Divine Woods."

He slapped a secret manuscript recording relevant cultivation materials on Su Zhou's table, then pointed to a series of information on it and analyzed and explained: "You told me that you initially made a contract with the Panrong Undying Tree, causing it to give up expanding on the surface. In reality, it simply turned its attention to its roots, occupying the spiritual power of the entire planet's underground—and precisely because of this, after more than a hundred years, the entire Divine Wood World has been affected by its essence, transformed into an environment dominated by wood energy."

"In other words, the current Divine Wood World, the entire planet itself, is the 'earth' where the Panrong Undying Tree is rooted. And when its roots have developed to a complete point, it will break through the earth and transform into a 'Heaven and Earth Tree' that is one with the planet."

Speaking of this, Shao Qiming's expression was full of longing. He shook his head and analyzed, "This Heaven and Earth Tree can even be said to be a planet-level 'spaceship' that can move freely in outer space. Even, this level of Divine Wood is just a seed for the next stage—it will throw its planet-level body into the sun, and then 'take root' in the sun, growing into a 'Dyson Sphere Tree' that envelops the sun, or even a true star-level giant tree!"

"Although it's a bit far-fetched, all of this is possible!"

"I'm very clear about this. I considered it carefully before signing the contract with it."

To this, Su Zhou scratched his head, quite puzzled: "Isn't that how exaggerated Divine Woods are? That's why you see the Pan Tao Tree and Jianmu, or the Nine Worlds Tree and Fusang, and all the other Divine Woods on Earth, each of them is controlled by immortals and gods, even suppressed in growth... This isn't a bad thing. As far as I know, this process requires tens of thousands of years to calculate, not to mention the later Starry Woods, that would take at least tens of millions of years. By then, humans will probably have already migrated to other star systems and rushed out of the Milky Way."

"The problem is, if a second Divine Wood appears in the territory of one Divine Wood, then for the second Divine Wood, it's very dangerous."

Knowing that Su Zhou didn't cultivate wood-based techniques and didn't have an in-depth understanding of this aspect, Shao Qiming could only continue to patiently explain: "And your friend, Zhou Buyi, as the second guy in this world to cultivate Divine Wood power, is actually equivalent to a second Divine Wood—but because he lags behind the Panrong Undying Tree by hundreds of years in development time, he is actually destined to be unable to grow to a complete form in this world, or even worse."

"Beneath a large tree, there is naturally no wind or rain, so weeds, shrubs, or even mushrooms can exist. But because there is no sunlight, and the roots of the large tree have taken away most of the nutrients, there will not be another slightly shorter large tree beneath a large tree that has already grown."

"I looked at Zhou Buyi's cultivation manual and, while marveling at his truly amazing talent, I also discovered that if he continues to progress, he will actually startle the Panrong Undying Tree—no matter how gentle or indifferent the Panrong Undying Tree is, that's only when facing insignificant people who pose no threat to it. The competition between Divine Woods is indeed a zero-sum game, and it will undoubtedly completely eradicate Zhou Buyi, this 'Continuing Wood,' before it grows up!"

"...So that's how it is. In that case, Zhou Buyi's current problem is really not just on the Tianzheng Alliance's side."

Hearing this, Su Zhou immediately frowned. He believed Shao Qiming wouldn't ask something like, "Really?"

"Sure enough, in the Divine Wood World, no matter what happens, it's destined to be related to the Divine Wood,"

Letting out a breath, the young man stood up and stretched his arms and legs: "Alright, it seems I have to end my vacation early and go ask the Panrong Undying Tree and Zhou Buyi about the situation, and also look for a solution to this problem."

"Alas, I'm truly born to be a busybody."