Yin Li ultimately accepted the fact that she had no affinity with the fateful opportunities in the Void Divine Realm.

Mu Jinyu did not comfort her much, instead focusing his Essence and Qi, starting to introspect his own situation.

Through introspection, Mu Jinyu could see the flow of True Yuan within the meridians of his body, rushing continuously like a mighty river. The Hedao Realm Golden Core in his Dantian also became more full and solid, as if it had truly become a Golden Core.

His cultivation had indeed reached the Ninth Layer Hedao Realm.

Mu Jinyu felt no excitement about this; the century-long experience in the Void Divine Realm had almost worn away all his youthful ambition.

It left him with an aura of an elder approaching twilight.

Mu Jinyu then introspected his Sea of Consciousness.

Within the Sea of Consciousness, golden light was dazzling, and Mu Jinyu saw that his soul had nearly recovered to its original state, probably still at the Half-Step Breaking Void Realm.

What saddened Mu Jinyu a little was that he saw a dim and shriveled seed next to his soul!

It was the Mystical Little Tree that, after he had absorbed all its Essence Qi, automatically regressed to a sapling seed.

When Mu Jinyu lost his cultivation before, he always wanted to check the condition of the Mystical Little Tree, but without Divine Sense, he couldn't introspect his Sea of Consciousness, making it impossible to see.

Now that he saw it, Mu Jinyu realized what a price the Mystical Little Tree had endured for him when he was Protecting with Soul the Bell.

"Come!"

Mu Jinyu uttered softly, then took the seed of the Mystical Little Tree from his Sea of Consciousness.

Afterward, he gripped the seed tightly in his hand, beginning to wildly inject Life Source Energy into the seed using the Green Emperor Wood Emperor Scripture.

"This seed..."

Yin Li saw the seed Mu Jinyu took out, her eyes flickered for a moment, then she recognized that it was the seed that the small tree he had taken out with him when Protecting the Bell with Soul had regressed to after being ravaged.

"Is this tree a Divine Plant?" Yin Li murmured softly, her big eyes sparkling with cleverness.

Mu Jinyu didn't pay attention to Yin Li, instead continuously injecting Life Source Energy into the shriveled and dim seed in his hand.

Hours passed.

Mu Jinyu almost poured all of his Life Source Energy into the seed, but it showed no sign of sprouting.

"Why is this happening?"

Mu Jinyu felt a sense of unwillingness.

He remembered that when he once made this seed sprout, it had been extracted of more than half of its Essence Qi by the Dan Pavilion, and he had only managed to make it sprout successfully using Life Source Energy.

And at that time, his cultivation was only at the fourth or fifth layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm.

But now, his cultivation had reached the Ninth Layer of the Hedao Realm, almost the peak battle power of Earth.

The Life Source Energy in his body was countless times more pure and abundant than it was then.

Yet even so, he had nearly exhausted the Life Source Energy that had just recovered in his body, and he still couldn't make this seed take root and sprout again.

Could it be...

Has the Mystical Little Tree truly died?

Mu Jinyu felt anxiety and unwillingness, then he sat cross-legged on the ground, beginning to absorb the Heaven and Earth Vital Energy, refining it into Life Source Energy.

It didn't take long for Mu Jinyu to completely replenish his True Yuan.

He then resumed his cultivation technique, once again pouring Life Source Energy into the tree seed in his hand.

For three consecutive days, he repeated this cycle.

Mu Jinyu didn't know how much Life Source Energy he had poured into this seed, but he felt that if it were a corpse in front of him, after receiving so much Life Source Energy, it would probably be alive and kicking, right?

Unfortunately, the seed remained shriveled and dim, without a trace of vitality.

Yin Li advised, "There's no need to waste your efforts any longer; the seed is very likely completely dead. No matter how much Life Source Energy you give, it's useless."

Mu Jinyu also stopped the futile effort, his expression calm as he said, "No, it's not necessarily dead. It could also be that it's too severely damaged. My Life Source Energy is quite decent here on Earth, but for its current level of damage, it's not enough. It needs a higher-grade Source of Life!"

"That might be possible." Yin Li nodded in agreement.

Mu Jinyu then returned the seed of the Mystical Little Tree, which had regressed, to his Sea of Consciousness, and began to direct the Life Source Energy into the Three-Leaf Youlian in his Dantian, which was on the brink of withering.

As expected, after pouring in a large portion of his Life Source Energy, the Essence, Qi, and Spirit of the Three-Leaf Youlian strengthened significantly, although its depleted Primordial Essence had not yet been restored immediately, it was in much better shape than before.

This made Mu Jinyu understand that as long as he could find a more advanced Source of Life in the future, he should still be able to awaken the little tree seed!

Mu Jinyu felt considerably relieved.

"Alright, should we get going? Why stay here any longer?"

Seeing Mu Jinyu show a relaxed expression, Yin Li urged.

"Hm, alright..."

Mu Jinyu agreed, then stepped forward and flew off, leaving the dark subterranean tunnel in an instant.

Yin Li soon followed him out.

Standing at the bottom of the cliff, the two looked back again into the subterranean tunnel below, finding it devoid of the dark and mysterious depth it used to possess.

Presumably, this was due to Mu Jinyu inheriting the Divine Dragon's legacy from the Void Divine Realm.

"Let's fill it back up!"

Mu Jinyu did not just walk away; this was likely a resting place for a Divine Dragon. Since he received benefits here, he naturally should also re-bury the Divine Dragon's tomb.

"Boom boom!!"

As Mu Jinyu manipulated the Heaven and Earth Laws, the immense subterranean tunnel in front of him was filled up completely.

"Let's go, I wonder if that boy Lin Yun has left yet..."

Mu Jinyu withdrew his gaze from the filled earth, then looked toward the cliff face above, speaking softly.

He had jumped into that subterranean tunnel, following Yin Li's words, remained unconscious for a day, then once he regained consciousness, spent another three or four days attempting to save the Mystical Little Tree. Though he failed, nearly five days had passed.

Under normal circumstances, having instructed Lin Yun, Lin Yun should have left the small town where he lived and headed back to the Heavenly Sword Faction.

After all, Lin Yun was still relatively weak, and if living here, once Chen Shiluan's Dead Warriors noticed he was absent, Lin Yun would be in great danger.

But if Lin Yun couldn't bear to leave...

Mu Jinyu thought for a moment and decided to go and have a look.

Soon, Mu Jinyu and Yin Li left the bottom of the cliff, returning to the airspace above the small town.

Standing high in the sky, Mu Jinyu released his Divine Sense, searching the small town below.

He couldn't find Lin Yun.

Not feeling at ease, Mu Jinyu then used his Divine Sense to invade their Seas of Consciousness to perform a Soul Search, checking on Lin Yun's situation.

Ultimately from the memories of everyone, Mu Jinyu saw that Lin Yun had returned to the town four days earlier, then left again, with no further news since.

Though he didn't get a definite message, as long as Lin Yun wasn't harmed, it's good news overall.

"Where are we going now? Returning?" Yin Li asked curiously as Mu Jinyu stopped searching souls.

Mu Jinyu chuckled and said, "Have you forgotten how I persuaded you to come along? Let's go, let's take a look at the Extremely Cold Hell."

"Yay..." Yin Li's face broke into a broad grin, delighted at the prospect.

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