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"I heard that the kings once debated how to deal with this World Mountain, after all, it was a peerless treasure that would tempt any king."
Tianhuangji then spoke up, "However, for some reason, this World Mountain remained on the World Tree, and no one dared to touch it."
"Because it already possessed a faint spirituality back then, if it had remained on the World Tree, after the change of eras, it might have become sentient and transformed into a living being."
"At that time, it will be the most supreme innate being. After its birth, it can become our fellow Daoist."
"So we ultimately decided to let it continue to grow alongside the World Tree until the day it becomes sentient and takes human form."
Liu Shen whispered, recounting some events from back then and recalling the scene from that time.
All the kings were vying for this world mountain, and apart from a few, no one wanted to give up such a peerless treasure.
Ultimately, it could only be left on the World Tree.
"It already has sentience?" Little Tower was even more conflicted. If this world mountain were placed in the chaotic era, it would be his kin.
Yunhua's eyes held a hint of nostalgia. Back in the ancient Immortal Era, he had once secluded himself in a cave on this mountain, where the kings had preached under the World Tree.
He once broke through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level here. This mountain was imbued with his Dao essence and thus became spiritually connected. Unfortunately, no one remembers him, including Willow God. The Gate of the Other Shore blocked his information.
Only those at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level can remember him. Perhaps when Liu Shen breaks through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level and recalls it, Yun Hua will be the emperor who cleaved open a corner of the alien realm with one sword and swept away the turmoil in the Boundary Sea with another.
"Didn't you preach to him and nurture his spirit later?" Yunhua asked Liu Shen.
"The Tao follows nature, arising naturally from the heavens, and is the most extraordinary." Willow God shook his head.
"At the time, we thought that this mountain was spiritually connected, and it would only take one or two eras at most. We could afford to wait."
"Who knew..." Who knew a major battle would suddenly break out!
Chapter 1169 A Promising Future
Yunhua remained silent. According to the Celestial King's view of time, waiting for one or two eras was indeed feasible.
If the birth of a Celestial King can be guaranteed within one or two eras, that would be an immense blessing.
Under normal circumstances, a single Immortal King might not be born in a great world for one or two eras.
But who knew that human plans couldn't keep up with fate? Even with a Celestial King continuously preaching to it, it was impossible for the World Mountain to appear in a short time; it would take a long time.
It will at most be shortened to within one era. Then it will be interrupted by the sudden ancient war between immortals.
Furthermore, Yunhua estimated that no Celestial King specifically gave him a sermon, likely to avoid any appearance of impropriety.
After all, during the process of preaching, the World Stone will inevitably become naturally friendly to a certain Celestial King, becoming a natural ally.
Who wouldn't want a Celestial King as an ally? Although the ancient Celestial Kings were very united, they were ultimately individuals with different interests and their own demands.
Reaching a consensus to abandon this world mountain together is already a remarkable demonstration of unity.
This is a natural-born divine artifact for a celestial king!
"Willow God, you should put this World Mountain away," Little Tower said from the side, clearly reluctant.
If he can digest this World Mountain, he won't even need to find the other tower bodies; he can regrow new tower bodies and return to his peak.
Strictly speaking, this thing belongs to the ancient and earlier eras, up to the time when the last World Tree was just born; it was the property of the kings.
In fact, excluding those immortal kings who died, the immortal kings spanning that time period are probably just the ancient immortal kings.
Although Xiaota really wanted to restore it, such a precious treasure still had an owner, and its owner was Liu Shen. Xiaota really couldn't risk it being stolen.
Furthermore, if he were to devour this World Mountain, he would completely obliterate its spirituality and sever its path.
The cause and effect were too great. This could barely be considered part of his clan. Therefore, Xiaota decided to give up.
Willow God nodded, walked to the World Mountain, and the runes in his hand glowed, slowly floating into the body of the World Mountain.
The world trembled slightly, and even the canopy of the Sun Tree seemed to shake along with it.
One can imagine the sheer size of this world mountain.
To put it simply, even if this World Mountain were placed in the Eight Regions, no one in the Eight Regions could take it away.
Symbols of the Great Dao kept pouring into the world's mountains, carrying the energy of the Willow God.
The world mountain lit up, especially its center, which was dazzling, with something like water flowing within it.
"Ancestor...Sacrifice...Spirit...Great...Lord..."
A vague consciousness emanated from within this world mountain, intermittent and expressed very slowly.
World Mountain's performance surprised everyone.
"It already possesses a vague will?" Yun Hua stepped forward, carefully examining the World Mountain.
This is different from what Liu Shen said, that it already possessed a trace of spirituality.
What does it mean to have a trace of spirituality? All things have a spirituality. Let's put it this way, this is the most basic thing.
However, the world is too advanced, and even the spirituality of all things takes a long time to develop.
But now, the ability to express thoughts and convey vague will is not merely a manifestation of a trace of spirituality.
This already indicates a very rudimentary level of intelligence.
Liu Shen's eyes narrowed as she carefully examined the World Mountain, eventually discovering a trace.
“The essence of the World Tree…” Willow God sighed softly, realizing something.
Yunhua and the others understood as well.
No wonder a mountain flew away when the World Tree was destroyed; it turns out that the World Tree had foreseen its doom and thus infused its essence into the World Mountain.
Then, when it was destroyed, it sent World Mountain away.
First came the World Tree, then the World Mountain; the latter is like the child of the former. They share the same origin.
Having absorbed the essence of the World Tree, the spiritual power of the World Mountain has been greatly enhanced.
It essentially inherited the mantle of the World Tree, which is no different from it communicating with spirits on its own.
Because what helped it was the World Tree, something that was one with it. It was even more suitable for it than the Celestial King preaching.
Yunhua's Dharma Eyes flickered, indicating that the most difficult and slow stage had already been passed by World Mountain.
What follows is the process of this intelligence gradually growing and maturing.
Creating something from scratch is the hardest part, but once you have it, it becomes much easier to improve it.
If Yunhua and the others provide some assistance to World Mountain later, there is a great possibility that World Mountain will take human form in this era.
This adds a Celestial King to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. It's practically like getting a Celestial King for free! The future looks incredibly promising.
However, Yunhua couldn't help but look at the Chaos Ancient Palace next to her.
The fact that the World Mountain gained sentience so quickly is due to the essence of the World Tree.
Have you been influenced by this ancient temple? This ancient temple, shrouded in chaos, is simple and natural, yet profound and extraordinary. It exudes chaotic energy, making the entire temple seem as if it came from the chaotic era.
In terms of origin, this Chaos Ancient Palace is undoubtedly the most ancient and astonishing thing here.
If the spirit communication at World Mountain is related to the Chaos Ancient Palace, Yunhua believes it.
Meanwhile, Liu Shen was communicating with World Mountain the whole time.
To be precise, it can't really be called communication, since the World Mountain's current intelligence is limited to recognizing the aura that Willow God deliberately revealed and calling out Willow God's name.
It's practically impossible to get any information from it.
Once upon a time, this world mountain received the blessings of the ancient immortal kings, and all of them left their marks upon it.
To protect its immortality and accelerate its spiritual connection. At the same time, to prevent this world mountain from growing skewed or undergoing some accident, turning it into a world mountain that hates the entire world.
It had naturally sensed the aura of the Willow Goddess.
Finally, Liu Shen took a few steps back and made a decision. "It will stay here."
The Sun Tree is already a quasi-World Tree, perfectly complementing this World Mountain.
At the same time, the World Mountain can also influence the Sun Tree, strengthening its foundation.
"You can decide for me." Yun Hua nodded. If he could maintain his peak condition, then the World Mountain would naturally benefit the most from staying by his side. Unfortunately, he was currently just a novice in the True God Realm.
"So, this little flower also grew under the influence of World Mountain?" Little Tower's thoughts pointed to a flower on the summit of World Mountain.
A branch of the Sun Tree stretched out in a crooked curve, reaching right up to the summit of World Mountain.
On that branch, a flower grew. The flower was not yet in full bloom, but it was golden and dazzling, like flowing gold.
Yunhua and the others had noticed the flower earlier, but obviously, the World Mountain was more important, so they temporarily ignored it.
Each branch of the Sun Tree supports a hazy world, or is adorned with stars.
But this one branch was a little unusual; it wasn't particularly large, and the flower was the same, only about the size of a millstone.
Of course, a flower the size of a millstone is also quite large.
Chapter 1170 Creatures Among Flowers
But this is on the Tree of the Sun, and compared to the things around it, it looks rather small.
“This flower…” Liu Shen pondered, the flower gave her a very strange feeling.
"It doesn't seem like a simple flower." It is indeed a divine object, but this flower seems to have another function.
“A quasi-world tree, a world mountain, could there be a world inside this flower too? Is it a world flower?” Little Tower said with a smile.
At this moment, a petal of the divine flower swayed slightly, and golden liquid flowed out, eventually gathering together to form three drops of golden divine liquid, which fell down.
Yunhua stared at the three drops of divine liquid. If things had proceeded as expected, the moment these three drops of divine liquid appeared...
These outsiders seeking treasure should now begin their battle, fighting and scrambling for these three drops of divine liquid.
Unfortunately, the atmosphere at the scene was peaceful.
"This flower can even lay eggs." Little Tower grabbed the three drops of divine liquid and examined them.
This golden divine liquid was simply the spontaneous condensation of some of the extremely concentrated solar energy gathered by this divine flower, which was not absorbed by it, and transformed into liquid.
At most, because it was tainted with the aura of the divine flower, it possessed a few more supernatural abilities than the sun god alone.
However, because this Sun God Flower is of a very high grade, this divine liquid is also extraordinary.
Even a single drop of this would be a priceless treasure in the Eight Realms.
"Do you want it? If not, I'll take it back to Little One." Little Tower handed the three drops of golden divine liquid to Yunhua.
Yunhua, quite disdainfully, told Xiaota to take the three drops of golden divine liquid further away.
This Sun God Flower possesses extraordinary properties, and Yunhua also knows the truth about this flower, let alone just this level of divine liquid.
Even if it were the Supreme Divine Liquid, Yunhua wouldn't want it.
Because the Sun God Flower is actually a "house," what's inside the house?
Of course there's someone there! The golden elixir flowing from someone's house...
Although this divine liquid is essentially a polymer of the divine energy of heaven and earth, and it only condenses on the outer petals of the divine flower, it has never entered the house.
But it still feels strange. Besides, this thing is completely useless to Yunhua.
Yunhua walked up to the Sun God Flower and tapped it. "Fellow Daoist, are you awake?"
Yunhua's actions left Xiaota and the others stunned.
"This flower, is it a living thing?" Qin Changsheng asked, somewhat surprised. A living flower?
“Flowers are not living beings, but there are living beings inside flowers,” Yunhua replied.
However, the flower did not respond to his knocking and inquiries.
But Yunhua already had a good idea of what was going on inside the flower.
"You know him?" Liu Shen asked.
“I don’t know her, but I’ve met people from her side,” Yunhua replied.
In the past of the future, and in the future of the past, we meet on the battlefield, traversing the river of time.
"Pop!" Suddenly, as soon as Yun Hua finished speaking, a strange sound rang out in the world.
Before Yunhua, the divine flower emitted a dazzling golden light. Then, its petals slowly unfurled, revealing an even more radiant golden glow within. It was holy and dazzling, yet not scorching.