Chapter 539 - 535: Secret Calculation, Achievement Gained
“This is the World Tree? It truly is majestic!”
A great power nearby exclaimed in admiration.
“Haha, Daoist Fellow Yu is mistaken, this is just the root, not the main body of the World Tree!”
Someone beside him chimed in with a laugh, provoking light laughter from the people around.
“Ah, is this lake the Unending Spring? It seems a bit peculiar!”
The speaker was a female immortal, her aura gentle and skin dewy, her form fluid like water, ever-ready to change unpredictably. Her aqua-bright eyes shimmered, giving her a particularly gentle appearance. However, upon closer inspection, her eyes seemed like deep pools with unfathomable depths, exuding a mystical sense.
Her eyes gazed at the imaged Unending Spring, vaguely sensing something, she cast a puzzled look towards Qin Feng, “Young friend, have you been to this place before, what do you know of this so-called Unending Spring?”
Qin Feng looked at the female immortal, slightly hesitant.
After all, he had originally contemplated having his sect take this spiritual spring under their control, or at least share in its bounty. Such an amount of True Water was a treasure of incalculable value wherever it might be.
If he were to reveal everything he knew, it would surely attract the covetousness of other sects.
Especially this female immortal, it was clear she was a great power who had proven her Dao with the Water Element Principle, and she would definitely not let such a divine item as the Unending Spring pass by.
Seeing where she sat, just behind Gongsun Cuo, Mountain Master of the Spring and Autumn Academy, it was clear her status was high and her power formidable. Such a being eyeing the Unending Spring meant that his own sect’s two ancestors, even if they joined forces, would likely be unable to compete.
Not far away, Gui Ling Ancestor saw Qin Feng’s hesitation and softly advised, “This lady is the Palace Master of the East Sea Divine Water Palace. Do not be disrespectful, just answer whatever the senior asks you.”
“Yes!”
Realizing her identity, Qin Feng understood; this female immortal was actually the Palace Master of the Divine Water Palace, a peerless talent of her generation along with Ghost Ancestor Cang Yang, thus explaining her position at the forefront, indeed, an Eternal Realm Peak great power!
Gui Ling Ancestor’s reminder was clearly meant for him not to hold back, sharing all he could, as there would surely be benefits later.
It was unclear if Gui Ling Ancestor intended to use this opportunity to foster ties with the Divine Water Palace or had other plans.
Qin Feng composed himself and respectfully addressed the Palace Master of the Divine Water Palace, “Responding to the senior, my cultivation is insignificant, I dare not get too close to such a place. However, through the exploration conducted by a Spiritual Beast I have tamed,
I have learned that the three great Divine Springs in that world each have their unique characteristics. The Unending Spring continuously flows, not only supporting the growth of the World Tree but also serving as the source of all rivers in the Mist Country.
The water from the Unending Spring evolves directly into twelve great rivers and numerous water systems, that’s why I believe the Unending Spring is indeed a Divine Spring that continuously produces True Water.”
“Hmm, that is indeed commendable, almost rivaling the two Divine Waters of my Divine Water Palace.”
The Palace Master of the Divine Water Palace nodded appreciatively, her words imbued with a sense of superiority that left Qin Feng envious.
Rumor had it that there were more than just two Divine Waters in the Divine Water Palace, numerous other springs and special treasures capable of producing True Water were also in abundance, most of which the Palace Master had seized from foreign foes during the Ancient Great Tribulation, had it not been for this, she would not have been able to create the ‘All Rivers Return to the Source,’ a Supreme Dao Technique of the Water Element.
The Palace Master, curious, continued to inquire, “What about the other two Divine Springs, what do you know of them?”
Qin Feng glanced at her, convinced that the Palace Master must have a particular penchant for collecting various True Waters, which was why she was so attentive.
However, this thought only flashed through his mind momentarily before being extinguished by his rationality.
In the presence of an Eternal Realm Great Power, it’s best not to criticize the other party secretly, lest it be noticed and lead to embarrassment.
“The other two, one is called the Wisdom Spring, located in the Giant Kingdom of the Midgard World, guarded by the Wisdom Giant Mimir. It is said that the King of All Gods, Odin, paid a great price and permanently lost his right eye just to qualify for drinking from the Wisdom Spring. From it, he gained the knowledge of that world and understood the origin of the universe.
However, endless knowledge also brought him heavy pressure; since then, Odin’s face never again showed a smile, perhaps because he learned of the Twilight of the Gods from the Wisdom Spring!”
“It seems that the King of Gods is not strong enough!”
The Mountain Master of the Spring and Autumn Academy, Gongsun Cuo, chuckled lightly, “In my view, the Wisdom Spring must be connected to the Heavenly Dao of that world, somewhat similar to my master’s Harmonization with the Dao, but not entirely in sync. It just allowed his Divine Soul to make some contact with the World Will, which enabled him to gain insight into all the secrets within to some extent!
Yet this contact also caused him to be influenced by the World Will, resulting in his becoming devoid of joy and sorrow.
Considering his past actions of creating life forms and shaping the sun and the moon using certain external objects, his strength must have touched the edge of Creation. However, he still can’t create from the void, and few ancestors have gone farther!
Moreover, swayed by the World Will, he fell into delusion. For many years, his Dao cultivation has made little to no progress, stagnant, and should not be difficult to deal with!”
“Correct!”
Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan glanced at Gongsun Cuo, nodding in approval, “You speak reasonably. That god, Odin, who has reached the position of the King of Gods, certainly had great Qi Fortune on his side. He originally had greater potential for progress, but unfortunately, he should not have coveted the Wisdom Spring.
As a result, in his greed for the knowledge of the world, not only did he lose an eye, making his Taoist Body incomplete, but he also compromised his own Dao path. Unless he can break through the confusion and extricate himself from the boundless knowledge, completely freeing himself from the influence of the World Will, his Dao cultivation was doomed not to advance from the moment he drank from the Wisdom Spring!
Hmm, very well, your ability to see through these matters suggests that your Dao cultivation is not far from Creation. With a successor like you, Daoist Fellow Spring and Autumn, my heart is greatly comforted!”
“Ancestor, your praise is appreciated.”
Gongsun Cuo, graceful and suave, gave a modest bow, not being overly humble, for indeed he was just a threshold away from the Realm of Creation!
Hearing these two ancestors dissect Odin’s strengths and weaknesses in a few words, Qin Feng felt an immediate clarity in his heart, gaining many insights.
He inwardly admired them immensely; Great Powers indeed had such profound understanding of matters, well beyond a junior like himself.
The other Great Powers also nodded in agreement, clearly concurring with the words of Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan and the Mountain Master of the Spring and Autumn Academy.
“And what about the last one?”
The Divine Water Palace Master was obviously more interested in the three divine springs, so as soon as the conversation between Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan and the others ended, she immediately continued to question Qin Feng.
“The last one is the Spring of Destiny, located in the Divine Country, overseen by the three daughters of the Wisdom Giant, known as the Three Fates: Urd, who governs the past; Verdandi, who governs the present; and Skuld, who controls the power of the future.
These three goddesses possess unique Divine Powers, capable of prophesying the destinies of all beings, including the gods.
However, their powers derive from the Spring of Destiny, so their own fates are also intimately tied to that very spring!”
“I see!”
The Divine Water Palace Master nodded lightly, “Wisdom, Destiny, Unending—truly remarkable. A high-ranking world is indeed a high-ranking world, not disappointing. To have given rise to such divine springs, hehe, excellent…”
Clearly, the master of the Eternal Realm once again had his heart set on those three divine springs.
In fact, the Divine Water Palace Master, much like a treasure-hoarding giant dragon, was filled with love and obsession for various True Waters, although dragons collected various shiny treasures, while she preferred collecting the True Waters from the Ten Thousand Worlds.
Not just the Divine Water Palace Master, among the seated cultivators of great power, many Sects specialized in or also practiced the Water Element Cultivation Technique..styleable. Eagerly, they too thought about how they could obtain and bring back these divine springs to their respective sects!
Other matters aside, just considering the fact that the three Divine Springs were capable of nourishing the World Tree’s growth was convincing proof of the might of the Divine Springs. Add to that Nidhogg, the Ancestor of Evil Dragons residing in the Unending Spring, and Mimir, the Wisdom Giant guarding the Wisdom Spring, both were beings of Great Power Realm and beyond.
Since they had achieved immortality by relying on the Divine Springs, if their Sect could seize the Divine Springs, they would also be able to cultivate a great power of their own.
Just like those immortal figures of great power in the Divine Water Palace who had all achieved Dao through some type of True Water, the interest of the Divine Water Palace Master in the three Divine Springs was obvious to anyone without asking; she clearly intended to obtain the Divine Springs for her palace, expecting to cultivate several great powers among her disciples and grand-disciples.
Of course, while some set their sights on the three Divine Springs, there were also those who turned their attentions to the World Tree.
Comparatively speaking, the three Divine Springs were merely springs derived within the world; although they were magical, they were after all just one type of treasure, and paled in comparison to the World Tree.
After all, the World Tree supported the entire high-rank world.
However, the World Tree was so enormous that even the great powers of the Immortal Realm gave up the thought of moving it back to their place rather quickly.
With their power, they were not capable of moving a Divine Tree capable of supporting an entire high-rank world.
They were not Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan, who could relocate an entire Biluo Great World from a distant Star Domain; a Divine Tree equivalent to a high-rank world would surely not be too difficult for him.
However, although the great powers present couldn’t move the Divine Tree, they didn’t give up on the World Tree.
Since the King of All Gods, Odin, could use the branches of the World Tree to forge Gang Ge Ni’er Eternal Spear, the most powerful divine artifact in the Divine Realm, these great powers could naturally refine similar Immortal Artifact Divine Weapons.
In terms of Artifact Refining Techniques, the Cultivation World was definitely not inferior to any other great world, and even excelled more.
After all, the power and versatility of Immortal Treasures were not something that ordinary worlds could possess!
After discussing the three Divine Springs, the great powers in the hall shifted their focus to the Imprint Jade Talisman, examining the images of the World Tree Root, the Unending Spring, and the evil dragons and poisonous snakes within the spring water, particularly paying close attention to the fleeting silhouette of Nidhogg, the greatest Evil Dragon of the Unending Spring.
Although they had never seen the silhouette of that powerful Evil Dragon, the instinctive response to the powerful, along with the surge of emotions among the many great powers, was enough for them to recognize that it was indeed Nidhogg, the greatest Evil Dragon of the Unending Spring!
Despite just a fleeting glimpse, those great powers proficient in divination quickly deduced the approximate strength of Nidhogg from that short imprint and also extrapolated the general strength and numbers of that clan based on the evil dragons and poisonous snakes that appeared in the Imprint Jade Talisman.
After discussing among themselves, Qin Feng then presented several other Imprint Jade Talismans, saying, “Apart from the Imprint Jade Talisman of the Mist Country, the junior also preserved some images in the Undead Realm and the Fire Kingdom with Imprint Jade Talismans.
Although the undead and Flame Giants in these Imprint Jade Talismans aren’t very strong, they should still provide some insight into those two kingdoms for the seniors.”
With that, Qin Feng released the remaining Imprint Jade Talismans, inviting the great powers from various sects to watch together.
With the formidable Divine Sense of these great powers, even if ten or a hundred times more Imprint Jade Talismans were released simultaneously, it would not pose a challenge for them.
Indeed, after they had viewed these as well and listened to Qin Feng talk about some secrets of the World Tree, the origins of the Flame Giant Ancestor Surtur, and other formidable beings, the great powers shared their thoughts and began discussing various strategies concerning that world.
At the same time, over a dozen of the most skilled diviners from the Five Domains gathered to jointly deduce the credibility of the information brought back by Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen.
Although they knew that these two disciples wouldn’t dare deceive them, this was, after all, cross-world warfare—significant matters where necessary caution couldn’t be ignored.
Given the overwhelming amount of information provided by the two, along with the fact that Qin Feng had creatures like Hellhounds and poisonous snakes—beings native to lower worlds—on him, and Li Miaozhen had a unique white horse from Asgard in her Spiritual Beast Bag, they soon verified the validity of their information when these Divines offered up these spiritual beasts for the great powers to use their Daoist techniques to trace back to the origin.
“According to our deductions, if we allow the Evil Dragon clan to slowly nibble away at the World Tree Root, it would take at least ten thousand years for them to completely sever it,” said the Palace Master of the East Domain Dayan Divine Palace, “**We cannot wait that long; it doesn’t align with our plans, so we probably have to ask Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan to use his ‘Deceiving Heaven Overpassing Sea’ great method to send a few Daoist fellows over.**
Having entered that world, whether secretly assisting or forming alliances to unite powerful rebels against the gods and sever the roots of the World Tree, cutting off the Divine Clan’s Qi Fortune, would all require us to take the initiative.
As soon as the roots were severed, the Divine Clan’s Qi Fortune quickly dissipated, leading to a catastrophe between the gods and the giants!
By then, regardless of who won or lost, it would be the best method for us to weaken the opposing side’s strength and occupy that world at the smallest cost.”
“This is no problem!”
Grandmaster Taixuan nodded slightly and asked, “So, what these two children have said is true, and all the information is accurate?”
“Indeed!”
Dayan God Monarch laughed, “Unless they possess the technique of ‘deceiving heaven to cross the sea,’ how could they possibly deceive us with their minor Dao Cultivation?”
“Ha-ha-ha… Well, well, a hero emerges from the youth!”
Ancestor Zhan Tian laughed heartily, nodding satisfactorily at Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen, “Truly impressive youths from the Southern Domain, managing to gather so much information in such a short time.
Hmm, especially this girl, who really suits my temperament. It’s a pity she joined the Beast Taming Sect; War God Palace would have been the perfect place for your cultivation!
Ha-ha… Gui Ling, why don’t you let this girl join the War God Palace? What do you think? I’ll exchange an Innate Spiritual Treasure for her!”
As soon as he spoke these words, the color of many great powers around them changed; they hadn’t expected Ancestor Zhan Tian to say such a thing.
They all looked up, wondering if Ancestor Zhan Tian was serious.
“The Elder is joking.”
Gui Ling Ancestor responded impassively, “Though my Beast Taming Sect may not be as strong as War God Palace, we are still capable of teaching our disciples and will not waste their talent.
Besides, Miaozhen has already established her Dao and cultivation path, even if she went to War God Palace, she wouldn’t change her path, so Elder, please do not mention this again!”
“Ha-ha, just kidding, Gui Ling, you don’t need to worry, surely I wouldn’t really compete with your Beast Taming Sect over a disciple, would I?”
Ancestor Zhan Tian said with a light-hearted laugh, but then added, “However, your Sect’s disciples do resort to some crafty tricks during bouts, lacking real robustness; if the girl ever finds it difficult to find worthy opponents, she might consider sparring with my War God Palace disciples, to really see what spiritual Martial Arts Cultivators and strong war capability is!”
Gui Ling Ancestor’s lips twitched slightly, muttering under his breath, thinking that Ancestor Zhan Tian was not as straightforward as he appeared, having quite a few tricks up his sleeve!
He even wants Li Miaozhen to have more contact with the disciples of War God Palace; I see you would like to have her marry into War God Palace?
Humph, trying such superficial tactics in front of me, are you unaware that my disciples from the Beast Taming Sect are well-versed in such strategies!
He looked subtly at the Spring and Autumn Academy’s Mountain Master Gongsun Cuo, contemplating whether or not to help Ma Xingkong secretly, as Tang Qiyun, solely based on cultivation potential, was definitely not inferior to Li Miaozhen, and in terms of talent, like Li Miaozhen’s war power, she was rare among her peers, a talented woman with boundless prospects wherever she went.
But he then decided against interfering; it wasn’t good for his face if the great powers of Spring and Autumn Academy found out.
However, if your War God Palace disciples dare to come flirt with my disciples, don’t blame me for being rude; I’ll find an opportunity to set up your War God Palace inheritors, making them all lose to Li Miaozhen, to see if you still have the face to covet the talents of my Beast Taming Sect disciples!
Unbeknownst to Ancestor Zhan Tian that Gui Ling Ancestor had already started scheming, he said with a smile, “These two disciples’ merits have been confirmed without error; I think they both can occupy two spots, not too much to ask, right?”
Saying this, Ancestor Zhan Tian looked around, his gaze sweeping over the assembly with an imposing aura, as if ready to fight anyone who refused to give him face.