Yuan Ming didn't know how much time had passed when the illusions before his eyes rapidly faded, and his vision returned to clarity.

He slightly lowered his head and discovered that the Undying Tree he had transformed into had now got half of its trunk turned into the color of the World Tree.

The entire Undying Tree was shrouded in a faint ancient aura, as if it had become half a World Tree.

The roots of the Undying Tree had also noticeably changed, becoming more robust and resilient compared to before.

"Indeed, to let the World Tree grow rapidly, one must find other fragments of the World Tree." Yuan Ming thought to himself.

As he was observing the changes in the Undying Tree, he suddenly discovered that inside the World Tree, fifteen strands of green light from the Ten Thousand Wood Origin had been born; along with the two strands produced when he broke through to the Dharma manifestation stage, he now had seventeen strands of Ten Thousand Wood Origin light in his hand.

Yuan Ming was overjoyed and then pondered deeply.

Now that his Mana vortex was stable, he didn't need these Ten Thousand Wood Origin lights, and saving them would do no good, so it would be better to use them.

Thinking of this, Yuan Ming disbanded the Undying Tree transformation and channeled these strands of Ten Thousand Wood Origin light into his body.

The seventeen strands of Ten Thousand Wood Origin light surged forth, rushing into his body along the connection between Yuan Ming's body and the Undying Tree.

In an instant, Yuan Ming felt his Mana and Qi-Blood power being constantly condensed and compacted by the rushing Tend of Ten Thousand Wood Origin force.

It wasn't his first time using the Ten Thousand Wood Origin force, but using seventeen strands in one go was unprecedented, making his body quite overwhelmed, and he started cultivating to refine it.

After a whole hour, his internal Mana and Qi-Blood power finally calmed down.

Upon sensing the state of his Mana, it was now refined to an unbelievable level, almost surpassing the level expected of the Dharma manifestation stage, and it operated several times faster than before.

Although he hadn't attempted yet, he could feel that using his current Mana to wield magic power would significantly enhance its strength.

The Mana vortex in his Dantian was more stable, its operation becoming smoother and more fluid.

Not only was his Mana refined, but his Qi-Blood was also exceedingly refined, even surpassing his Mana, reaching a certain extreme state.

As Yuan Ming activated his Qi-Blood power, an intense sense of hunger permeated his Divine Soul, almost overwhelming his will, frantically craving the cleansing and irrigation of the Power of the Sun.

"What's happening? Is the Qi-Blood over-refined?" Yuan Ming frowned and transformed again into the Undying Tree.

A series of green-grey roots spread outward, piercing through the void, drawing in the Power of the Sun from the void.

However, this bit of the Power of the Sun was too little, not even enough to fill the gaps in his teeth.

Driven by hunger, the roots of the Undying Tree spread out instinctively, rapidly burrowing underground, rushing toward the location of the Supreme Yang Spirit Vein.

A few breaths later, the roots of the Undying Tree again reached the top of the Supreme Yang Spirit Vein, and without hesitation, they stabbed towards the Sun-like flowing power within the vein.

As expected, the Forbidden space restriction reappeared, and a hazy light-yellow mist instantly appeared before the roots, attempting to block them.

However, with more than half of its trunk transformed into the World Tree, the ability of the roots of the Undying Tree to pierce the void had greatly improved, advancing forward without hesitation.

The previously indestructible Space Restriction was like tofu before the roots of the current Undying Tree, unable to withstand even a moment.

The Undying Tree roots made contact with the Supreme Yang Spirit Vein, greedily absorbing the surging Power of the Sun within, with warm sunlight-like power flowing into Yuan Ming's body, swiftly alleviating the hunger pangs, continuously refining and transforming his body and Qi-Blood power.

Yuan Ming was intoxicated both physically and mentally, unable to resist indulging in it.

"Hmm?"

However, at that moment, a soft hum of doubt suddenly emanated from the center of the Supreme Yang Spirit Vein's Fierce Sun Pond.

The next moment, a turbulent Divine Sense spread out from the Fierce Sun Pond, quickly discovering the roots of the Undying Tree stealing the Power of the Sun.

Soon after, several brilliant golden spirit lights rose from the Fierce Sun Pond, condensing into a gigantic Golden Light Dharma manifestation in the air, surrounded by ten Spirit Light Magic Swords of various designs, rotating like a halo continuously.

A formidable Spiritual Pressure emanated from the Dharma manifestation, striking terror in the heart.

The Dharma manifestation looked at the roots of the Undying Tree and waved its hand, instantly sending out three Spirit Light Magic Swords from its back, slicing towards the roots, striking right at the ends.

However, this attack utterly failed to breach the defense of the roots; it couldn't even cut off a single fragment, and the Spirit Light Magic Swords shattered instead, vanishing into thin air.

The Undying Tree suddenly received a blow, but even without its defense broken, it still startled Yuan Ming awake.

Having been nourished by the Power of the Sun, his consciousness immediately cleared as well.

Yuan Ming's heart throbbed wildly, and with a thought, he quickly withdrew the Undying Tree along with its roots entirely, leaving no trace behind.

It wasn't until his trace was entirely gone that a figure slowly ascended from the Fierce Sun Pond, coming to the place where the roots had just been—it was Jin Chen, the son of the White Emperor City Lord.

His gaze swept over the marks of battle left nearby, and his expression became increasingly grave.

"Chen E'r, what happened? Why did you attack so suddenly?" At this moment, Jin Mu, the White Emperor City Lord, appeared in a flash and asked in a deep voice.

"Someone secretly entered the Spirit Vein, trying to steal the Power of the Sun within it while I was cultivating." Jin Chen briefly explained what had just happened.

"You couldn't even inflict a wound on them? Did you hold back?" Jin Mu immediately frowned.

"I didn't. The situation was sudden, and I thought enemies were attacking, even using the Dharma manifestation." Jin Chen shook his head slightly.

"To endure an attack from you, that demon must be of the Dharma manifestation Stage as well. However, the demon energy left here... seems completely different from the Giant Tree King." Jin Mu looked around.

"Hmm, perhaps not from the Demon King of Ten Thousand Demon Country, but regardless of its origin, since it dared to take the risk to infiltrate the city, its intentions must be significant." Jin Chen nodded slightly.

"But if that's the case, today's incident is rather peculiar. Exposing its identity just to steal some Power of the Sun is quite unreasonable." Jin Mu frowned slightly.

"Father, why ponder so hard? Don't forget we have the Demon Seeking Sky Mirror. We just need to gather the demon energy, use the Treasure Mirror to find where the demon is, and capture it for questioning." Jin Chen smiled confidently, immediately raising his hand to take out a small bronze bottle carved with intricate patterns.

Then, he opened the bottle cap, performed a spell, and the small bottle instantly flew out of his hand, stopping mid-air, releasing an invisible suction force from the bottle mouth that absorbed all the residual demon energy nearby.

Afterward, Jin Chen put away the small bottle, and along with Jin Mu, left the Supreme Yang Spirit Vein, entering a secret chamber at the center of the City Lord Mansion.

In the middle of the secret chamber, a bronze round mirror the size of a millstone was placed. Its frame was engraved with numerous vivid and lifelike images of rare birds and Exotic Beasts, as if they would jump off the mirror at any moment.

Both Jin Mu and Jin Chen walked to the mirror, but strangely, the mirror did not reflect their images at all.

They were not surprised. First, they placed the bronze bottle with collected demon energy in front of the mirror, then stood on either side of the mirror, simultaneously performed spells, and cast several spirit light spells onto the round mirror.

In the next instant, the bronze round mirror suddenly began to tremble, a pale white spirit light surged from the surface of the mirror, shining on the small bottle with demon energy.

Immediately, an invisible wave of Spiritual Energy erupted from the mirror, swiftly sweeping past Jin Chen and Jin Mu, spreading through the entire White Emperor City.

...

On the other side, Yuan Ming put away the undying tree avatar but still felt uncertain, and after pondering for a moment, he released a soul crow outside while he quickly entered Shura Palace, summoned the Stealing Heaven Tripod, and entered it.

At that moment, an invisible wave swept past the soul crow Yuan Ming left outside.

This strange sensation made Yuan Ming's heart skip a beat, thankfully the wave did not linger but continued to surge outward.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming sighed in relief but did not fully relax, instead stayed in the Stealing Heaven Tripod to check his current condition.

After part of the tree body transformed into the World Tree, the life force and durability of the Undying Tree increased greatly, having just endured a Dharma manifestation attack, only a white mark appeared on the roots, with no major harm.

Yuan Ming sighed in relief, then his expression froze.

Although he had only absorbed the Power of the Sun from the Supreme Yang Spirit Vein for a short time, his Physical Body Realm had significantly improved, reaching the late-stage Wanxiang Body, subtly showing signs of transforming towards an Undying Body.

Yuan Ming estimated that as long as he could absorb sufficient Power of the Sun, he could attempt a breakthrough, completely advancing his physical body to the level of Undying Power.

However, having been spotted at the Supreme Yang Spirit Vein, it was impossible for him to return and steal the Power of the Sun again, he could only cultivate calmly and wait for other opportunities.

While Yuan Ming examined himself, in the City Lord Mansion, Jin Mu and Jin Chen watched the Demon Seeking Sky Mirror that showed no images, their expressions somewhat unpleasant.

"It seems this demon indeed has some tricks, to evade the Demon Seeking Sky Mirror, it's no wonder they managed to infiltrate the city without being noticed." Jin Mu sighed, opening his mouth slowly.

"Father, in your opinion, what should we do next? I'm worried that this creature infiltrating the city may have other plots." Jin Chen said with a serious expression.

"First, we should secretly increase our vigilance, this demon has just suffered a setback, it probably won't act again soon. In any case, as long as it dares to show itself, it will certainly be unable to hide its tracks." Jin Mu said sternly.

Upon hearing this, Jin Chen could only nod, turned around and left to arrange the necessary vigilance measures.

After this incident, the monitoring of the Underground Yang Spirit Vein in White Emperor City became even tighter.

Yuan Ming did not risk trying to directly absorb the Power of the Sun from the Supreme Yang Spirit Vein again, nor did he leave Wulu's Cave Mansion to go outside, continuing to calmly cultivate within the cave.

During this period of stable cultivation, White Emperor City became increasingly lively.

Due to the appearance of the Heavenly Fire, more and more cultivators arrived in White Emperor City from all directions, the pressure on city defense increased several times, the checks on people coming and going through the city gates and Transmission Array became several times stricter.

During this time, several incidents of devil cultivators attempting to infiltrate the city were caught, yet they did not cause major disturbances, and were quietly suppressed swiftly.

Outside the city, turmoil also flared up, several groups of cultivators started conflicts due to hunting demons outside, resulting in massive fights with casualties exceeding those from being counterattacked by demons.

Compared to the chaos outside, the city was more stable, with almost all inns and temporary Cave Mansions fully occupied, various businesses hosting auctions, aiming to profit greatly from this event.

Private exchanges among cultivators also became more frequent, some hidden meetings were held across the city, showcasing various Magic Treasures, Immortal Elixirs, spiritual materials, and exotic items.

Since Nan Shangfeng arrived in White Emperor City, he seemed to change, no longer lingering in the quarters of women, and reduced his dissipated behavior, the only thing unchanged was his lavish spending, throwing money extravagantly.

He frequently attended various auctions and exchange meetings, besides purchasing some rare materials, most times he competed fiercely with others for some high-level Spirit Wood, often leading to bloody battles.

Supported by vast financial resources, he indeed achieved numerous gains.

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