In his ethereal state, Su Ming did not think about any complicated questions. In fact, he did not even think about the world of Ancient Zang. Instead, in this state, he quietly allowed time to pass while his mind was still in a state of peace.
If he had to say that he was thinking, then perhaps he was thinking about what sort of path he wanted to pursue.
With that thought in mind, he immersed himself in the ethereal state, the growth of the Tree of Dao Verification, and the changes in the world. This sort of feeling was something that no cultivator had ever experienced since ancient times.
Be it in Ancient Zang or the world in the past, there had never been a cultivator who could sense the changes in the world like Su Ming did. He had fused with the Tree of Dao Verification's will and personally experienced everything.
The Tree of Dao Verification was born to verify Dao, and at that moment, Su Ming … had also verified his Dao!
Time passed. Spring and autumn passed year by year. When the world's seawater regained its former glory, the Tree of Dao Verification grew from a height of ten thousand feet to a million feet. Its trunk occupied a small part of the ocean, and it stood at the center …
However, as the crown of the tree spread, it gradually covered the entire sea, causing the tree to reach the sky.
The nine continents surrounding the seawater gradually gained some green life force. It filled the air, and the mountain ranges on the nine continents gradually became complete. Gradually, rivers appeared, and more life appeared.
Su Ming personally experienced all of this. It was just as Hao Hao had said … if you help me, I will help you. Over the years, Hao Hao had used his actions to explain his words.
To Su Ming, this sort of serendipity had already surpassed the limits of what a cultivator could obtain. The preciousness and rarity of this sort of feeling was something that no one had ever experienced in the past, and Su Ming was certain that in the future, it would be difficult for anyone to obtain this sort of serendipity.
He saw the changes in the world and the Tree of Dao Verification grow from a seed to reach the sky and cover the entire world. This sort of experience was the greatest serendipity Su Ming had ever received in his life.
As Su Ming sensed it, he gradually gained an epiphany. When that epiphany became clearer, another one hundred years passed. Su Ming had been in the world for one thousand and seven hundred years … In his ethereal state, the eighth overlapping Dao Paragon in his third eye gradually became clear from its indistinct state. It began to gather together and take form …
As it took form, the power of cultivation base Hao Hao had given Su Ming slowly fused with his body. In truth, Su Ming's level of cultivation had risen to his current Realm because of the Phala, but more so because of what Hao Hao had done in the past.
It was all the life force in the Tree of Dao Verification. The strength of that power was enough to change Su Ming's level of cultivation, and when he witnessed the tree continuously growing from a seed to its current state, the epiphany caused Su Ming's level of cultivation to go through a metamorphosis.
After one thousand something years of fusion, the eighth overlapping Dao Paragon turned into Su Ming. Su Ming did not open his eyes, but the eighth overlapping Dao Paragon in his third eye had already reached its peak. With just one more fusion, Su Ming's level of cultivation would break through Dao Immortal Realm and he would step into the ranks of Great Dao Paragons.
However, this fusion was no simple task. If any mishap were to occur, then everything would be for naught. Su Ming did not pay any attention to it, and neither did he care about it. He just continued meditating quietly.
The world in the world outside changed every year. As the mountains and rivers recovered and as green filled the nine continents, during the one hundred years after Su Ming's second one thousand years in the world passed, the nine continents returned to their former glory.
When Su Ming looked over, he found that the ground was filled with spiritual aura, and the seawater was filled with life. Besides the lack of life in the world, it was completely different from before.
The roots of the Tree of Dao Verification had already filled half of the ocean. The area of the tree crown had long since surpassed the ocean and covered a small portion of the nine continents.
It was nearly one million feet tall. When Su Ming looked over, he could not see the sky. He could only see the endless Tree of Dao Verification.
Su Ming sat in the depths of the Tree of Dao Verification's roots, but there was always a path before him that stretched into the distant world. From the distance, that path looked like a crack. It was a path left for Su Ming by the Tree of Dao Verification.
When three hundred years of the third one thousand years passed, the sky in the world outside could no longer be seen. The only thing that could be seen was the sky replaced by the Tree of Dao Verification's tree crown!
The sky was no longer blue, but green. The green sky … was the color that belonged to the world! The area of the tree's crown was no longer just a small part of the nine continents. Instead, it had completely covered the entire area of the nine continents with the Central Sea at its center over the past 1,000 years. It had spread to the ends of the world.
The nine continents and the world seemed to be protected, and they existed under the Tree of Dao Verification's tree crown …
This scene allowed Su Ming to gain even more epiphanies. A vast presence appeared faintly on his body as he meditated. When that presence spread out, Su Ming gradually opened his eyes. However, there was an empty look in his eyes, as if when he opened them, he did not see the area around him, but the world outside. When he closed his eyes once again, the epiphany remained in his heart.
This was the world that had shocked the Emperor of Ancient Zang's heart the first time he stepped into this place after he reached Boundless Dao Realm and tore through space.
It was also the reason why he valued the Tree of Dao Verification so much. It was … a guardian tree that could protect a world!
Starting from the third hundred years of the third one thousand years, when the Tree of Dao Verification completely replaced the sky and protected the nine continents, life gradually appeared.
Those lives gradually multiplied. Trees appeared, and eventually, living beings appeared … All of it was like a cycle of a world. Su Ming saw it from the beginning to the end, and seven hundred years went by during the third one thousand years.
From the moment Su Ming stepped into the world until then, two thousand and seven hundred years had passed. To a mortal, this period of time might be equivalent to several kingdoms being replaced or hundreds of years going through dozens of cycles of life and death. But even cultivators could sense how ancient it was.
At that moment, Su Ming opened his eyes. After remaining silent for a long time, he slowly stood up. This was the first time he did not meditate in the two thousand years he had been in this place. Instead, when he stood up, he walked forward. Step by step, he walked down the path left behind by the Tree of Dao Verification. When he walked forward, the tree behind him gradually closed up, causing the path to disappear.
When Su Ming walked out of the roots of the Tree of Dao Verification and the seawater to the sky, he stood in midair. When he cast his gaze over the area, he saw that the green sky was the tree crown, and the blue beneath him was the sea. The nine continents around him were filled with an exuberant life force. The world … had already been completely changed.
The glory of the past had returned to its foundation, but whether it could bloom into brilliant flowers would depend on the living beings who were born in this place to personally create them in the future.
A smile appeared on Su Ming's face. When he swept his gaze past the land, his third eye at the center of his brow opened to reveal … Su Ming's eighth overlapping Great Dao Paragon!
It was white light that filled Su Ming's third eye, causing others to be unable to see the Great Dao Paragon contained in it. They could only see an endless amount of white.
When he swept his gaze past the land, Su Ming saw Di Tian's city and the few figures around him. At that moment, the smile on Di Tian's face was one that Su Ming had never seen before.
After staring at it for a long time, Su Ming averted his gaze and saw Lei Chen, Dark Mountain, and the tribe at the foot of Dark Mountain. They were filled with cheers and laughter, and they were filled with happiness.
Be it Di Tian or Lei Chen, they chose this place and chose to be lost, but no matter what, since they were lost, they were naturally affected by the changes in the world.
However, they could not see the effects themselves. It was just like how Lin Dong Dong, who was on the sixth continent with bloodshot eyes and messy hair, was still searching for Su Ming's real body in his world. He believed that as long as he killed Su Ming's real body, he could snatch away his kismet and return to Ancient Zang.
After a long while, Su Ming closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he looked at the Tree of Dao Verification. It had given him a great amount of power and a serendipity that allowed him to see the world change.
This serendipity caused Su Ming to wrap his fist in his palm and bow deeply towards the Tree of Dao Verification.
With it, the Tree of Dao Verification let out a loud rumble. As it trembled, a gap appeared in the green sky above the tree crown. The gap spread out, allowing sunlight from the world outside to spill in and bathe the area around Su Ming.
When Su Ming lifted his head, he stared at the gap in the green sky. He knew that Hao Hao … had opened a path for him to return to Ancient Zang.
In silence, Su Ming cast a glance at the area around him again and engraved everything in his heart. He turned into a long arc and charged towards the gap in the sky. Once he shot through it, he saw a huge vortex in the sky beyond the tree crown. At the center of it was a black hole. At that moment, there was a great suction force enveloping Su Ming's body, causing him to continuously approach it. His expression was calm. When he got close to the black hole, he lowered his head and saw a boy of about five or six years old on the tree crown beneath him. He was staring at him with an innocent smile on his face … and waving at him.
"Big brother, goodbye … You have to remember me …"
Su Ming stared at the boy, and a gentle smile appeared on his face. He stared at him and waved at him until his body disappeared into the black hole …
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