The Golden Ancient Tree is said to be the core of the entire Douluo World.
Su Yu is unsure if this was personally gathered by the Divine King using Douluo's fortune and primordial energy to nurture, or if this Golden Ancient Tree already existed and was transplanted to Shrek by him.
But regardless, the Golden Ancient Tree being the core of Douluo World should not be a lie.
Gathering primordial energy and enhancing cultivation efficiency; these abilities are just the basic mysteries. It's said that within the Golden Ancient Tree there is also the ability to aid in deep meditation.
The tree branch in Mirror Hongchen's hand is one that fell off from the main trunk of the Golden Ancient Tree. It was taken out by Qian Duoduo years ago just to meet his nephew.
After all, it's just a tree branch with the ability to gather primordial energy. However, the effect is not powerful enough to benefit many people.
Moreover, the ability to speed up cultivation efficiency is hardly noticeable for Soul Masters above the level of Soul Saint.
Thus, this branch in Mirror Hongchen's hand is mostly symbolic.
Su Yu asked for it, and Mirror Hongchen did not refuse, directly handing the branch to Su Yu.
Upon receiving the Golden Ancient Tree branch, Su Yu bid farewell and left.
...
Back in the dormitory, Su Yu carefully examined every corner of the Golden Ancient Tree branch using Spiritual Power to sense its effects.
In the Sea of Spirit, the runes "凝" [Condense] and "聚" [Converge] have further developed.
According to Su Yu's estimate, these two runes have reached a level equivalent to a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
The characteristic of this level seems to be that runes can finally be completely released externally.
The sign of a rune leaving the body is not born from spirituality, but reaching a certain level, like a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring requiring Soul Shock, runes of Ten-Thousand-Year level also possess the initial ability to not dissipate in the world.
Su Yu even tried to sever the spiritual power attack of the rune, but its structure showed no signs of collapse.
It was as if this rune had already fully developed, no longer a mere combination of energy but a true rune.
The two runes became more perfect. After a brief familiarization with the new abilities of the two runes, Su Yu retracted them into the Sea of Spirit.
"The branch of the Golden Ancient Tree itself is no longer significant, but the Golden Ancient Tree represents the foundation of Douluo Star; it is a plant-type life form itself. I wonder if the Life God's ability could do anything with this branch."
Su Yu sought this branch also to aid the transformation of his Nine Deaths Reincarnation Grass.
But a simple branch alone is certainly not enough; however, even extracting a trace of the Golden Ancient Tree's essence from this branch would be greatly beneficial to Su Yu's Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass, which is about to "resurrect" successfully.
Furthermore, not only that, connecting with the true Golden Ancient Tree through this branch, plans could be made for the future...
Su Yu studied the branch and stored it in the Storage Soul-guiding Device.
"Everything depends on this Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass fully reviving, completing its first rebirth."
Su Yu has high hopes for the Holy Soul Grass. Nine deaths and reincarnations signify nine deaths and rebirths.
One cycle of ten thousand years.
Now, under Su Yu's rich nourishment of life force, this Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass has grown to approximately sixty thousand years.
The initial contract and Sea of All Rivers Soul Skill have boosted Su Yu's cultivation progress of this Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass.
Unfortunately, the higher the cultivation of the Dead Spirit Holy Soul Grass, the more consumption there is to continue enhancing it.
Each year's cultivation improvement becomes more difficult than before.
Fortunately, Su Yu has the vast life force of the Blade of Living Beings as reliance.
"Completing the Nine Deaths Reincarnation Grass requires reaching ninety thousand years of cultivation. The life force reserve from the Gold of the Living may not be adequate, so some strategy is needed."
Moreover, ninety thousand years signifies nine Celestial Tribulations in itself.
The ninth Celestial Tribulation is expected to be extremely terrifying. Whether Su Yu can maintain the Nine Deaths Reincarnation Grass and help it safely through this crisis, if he does not convert it into a Soul Spirit, he'll be stuck at Level 80.
But if this Nine Deaths Reincarnation Grass is absorbed as a Soul Spirit, what tribulation will it need to undergo?
The purpose of crossing the tribulation is not refinement, but destruction.
By using the destruction of the Celestial Tribulation to let the Reincarnation Grass be reborn, repeating the process nine times, it aligns more with Su Yu's positioning for his Eighth Soul Ring.
"It's almost there. With full nurturing, it should mature before the Soul Fighting Competition ends."
Upon reaching rebirth alongside achieving one hundred thousand years of cultivation, it would signify Su Yu's success in creating new life.
By then, Su Yu would have an opportunity to receive Life God's guidance, having prepared this Golden Ancient Tree branch.
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On the third day of the cycle tournament, the Sun and Moon Royal Team had no matches.
While observing in the resting area, Su Yu saw a new combat force from Shrek participating, validating his previous thoughts.
Tang Town, Martial Soul Haotian Hammer, Soul Power reaching Level 63!
His strength is naturally impressive.
Besides, Su Yu conducted a simple assessment of the strengths of various teams in the cycle tournament. Among the six other teams in his group, he selected teams that seem suitable for Xiao Ping and Zhou Xinghao, intending to have them take on seven opponents in succession.
Observing matches was not the main objective; Su Yu's primary reason for coming here was to cultivate the Power of Destiny.
The more people present, the more lively it is, the cultivation of the Power of Destiny seems more effortless, and the insight is clearer. Su Yu speculates this might be because the entanglement of destiny here is more abundant, and the Power of Destiny is more active.