The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

49. Tree of the World

 

Translator: Ning LL

 

Did Feng Xi strive to be strong ever since then?

No way, unless the sun rises from the west.

He was unable to bear the loneliness in the cultivation room within one day. As a result, the moment he ran out of the room, he bumped into King of the Netherworld.

The King lifted Feng Xi’s chin and said gently, “You want to go out again.”

Feng Xi blushed right away, feeling ashamed under the gaze of the King. He knew the King would find out if he lied, so he had to tell the truth, “My body is stuffed. I really can’t take anything in.”

The King checked the boy’s body, finding the latter’s veins filled with Spiritual Energy indeed. Those veins of Feng Xi which used to be very narrow had expanded to its limit after being washed by the Spiritual Energy. What was more, the Spiritual Energy in Feng Xi’s body had also been compressed to a maximum degree, and even his cells were full of the compressed Spiritual Energy. If he continued cultivating his Spiritual Energy without reaching the next grade, he would explode.

No wonder Feng Xi felt himself stuffed and restless all the time as if something had filled his stomach, but not the meal.

If the King let things continue in this way, Feng Xi might be the first one that was stuffed to death by Spiritual Energy in the Three Worlds.

Nonetheless, with his abundant Spiritual Energy, Feng Xi might also be able to advance in cultivation by leaps and bounds and even reach the ninth grade of the Profound Heaven realm directly.

Due to the remaining golden light from the Way of Heaven inside of Feng Xi’s body, his Spiritual Energy was also different from others’ by being purer, denser and  giving off light golden light. If one could sense the inflow of the Way of Heaven, he would have a strong impulse to make progress in his cultivation.

“Follow me.”

King of the Netherworld stopped examining Feng Xi’s body. Since the boy’s Spiritual Energy had been compressed to this level, it was time for him to reach another grade.

Feng Xi was willing to go anywhere as long as he didn’t need to sit in the cultivation room. So as soon as he heard that his leader was going to take him out, he followed the King right away without any hesitation.

While they were walking on the road, Feng Xi found himself quite unfamiliar with the scenery around him. He had thought that he already knew the Heaven Peak Palace well enough. It never occurred to him that there would be such a wonderful place. Now he only felt that he had walked into a dreamland.

The green willows swung gently in the breeze. The twigs which dabbed Feng Xi’s cheek felt so real and were super tender like the silk. One smell of the tree would bring him a great pleasure and even made him feel less stuffed right now.

This was a green world. As they walked on the winding road, they heard the rustling sound of the leaves and the rippling sound of water which came from nowhere. The green leaves under their feet gradually extended far as they walked. Feng Xi could even hear the creaking sound when they stepped on the leaves.

When King of the Netherworld led Feng Xi to a narrow path, the scene around them suddenly changed.

The green scenery turned into a world with only the black and white color. As the black color slowly spread to the front, the King and Feng Xi were like walking in a wash painting, with the scene around them seeming misty and illusory.

Feng Xi who was supposed to be drawn in the beautiful scenery actually kept extremely sober. After he still hadn’t seen their destination after a long while, he couldn’t help but ask,

“My leader, have we arrived or not?”

However, the next second after he had said that, there were ceaseless echoes sounding in all directions and overwhelming Feng Xi’s ears.

As he couldn’t take this anymore, a black and huge gate appeared in front of them.

The lofty gate represented the everlasting stateliness, seeming awe-inspiring due to its grandness. As the gate slowly opened, the world around Feng Xi changed abruptly. The road under his feet went backwards rapidly while the narrow black path gradually faded away and turned into a black spot at last.

Feng Xi had no time to pay attention to those things because he was completely attracted by the scene behind the gate.

A towering tree stood tall and upright on the peak like a magnificent castle. The thick trunk with many twisted roots and gnarled branches reached straightly the clouds as if it had pierced the sky, seeming quite indistinct being surrounded by the clouds. Although Feng Xi was far away from the tree, he still found it very splendid.

“This tree is called Tree of the World. The fruit between each two leaves is the essence of the Tree of the World, which is also called Fruit of the World. One of the fruit’s functions is helping people reaching another grade, which is very suitable for your condition.”

The King looked at the ancient Tree of the World from a distance.

Right now, the tree was sending out waves of power in the form of ripples. Feng Xi felt like there was an ancient bell ringing by his ears, which made him get dizzy and even want to fall asleep.

The waves of the Tree of the World seemed to resonate with the golden light in Feng Xi’s body. As the golden light became stronger, the speculative waves drew back right away as if they had run into their natural enemy. After that, the tree recovered its calm and quiet state as if what had happened was merely Feng Xi’s illusion.

“My leader, you want to pick up the fruit for me to eat?”

“Yes.” King of the Netherworld answered briefly while staring at the Tree of the World with an indifferent look, seeming to be thinking of something.

Feng Xi didn’t know how hard it was to find this tree which kept moving all the time. The King had forced Feng Xi to cultivate his Spiritual Energy and put aside breaking through to the next grade first because he wanted Feng Xi to absorb the energy of the Fruit of the World as much as he could. The energy of the Fruit of the World could effectively upgrade all the golden Spiritual Energy in Feng Xi’s body. By then, it wouldn’t be a problem for Feng Xi to reach the Heaven God realm directly.

Tree of the World moved hundreds of millions of times in one second. Due to the terribly high frequency, no one had managed to stop the tree until now, let alone picking the fruit on the tree.