Chapter 2222: Spirit Tree(4) After a moment of silence, Zhao Juechen muttered in a low voice, "So what...?" "SO WHAT IF THE EVIL GOD IS ALIVE?!" he suddenly roared. "It doesn’t change anything! As long as we’re stuck in this world, the Spirit Tree is necessary to us, and we’ll do anything to acquire it!" Xiao Cangming sneered, "Even if you somehow manage to acquire the Spirit Tree, it’s not something you can manage. Do you truly think the Spirit Tree is a treasure with limitless power? How naive. Once the Spirit Tree runs out of power, you will return to being deprived of spiritual energy." "T-That’s—!" Zhao Juechen couldn’t refute Xiao Cangming’s words. In fact, he never really thought about the Spirit Tree running out of power. After all, the Spirit Tree has supplied the Asura Clan with seemingly limitless spiritual energy for millions of years without any issue. Of course, nobody but the Asura Clan was aware that to keep the Spirit Tree alive, Xiao Cangming had to feed it his cultivation. "Zhao Juechen, I will give you and everyone here one last opportunity to turn around and forget about the Spirit Tree. Otherwise, I will have to cut you down," Xiao Cangming said. He turned to look at Xiao Meilin, who was still slaughtering everyone around her like a madman, and added, "The longer you take to decide, the more casualties you will have." Zhao Juechen gritted his teeth and trembled. After a moment of silence, he responded, "I will not yield! Today, I will either acquire the Spirit Tree or perish trying!" Xiao Cangming shook his head in a disappointed manner. "What a stubborn and foolish decision. If you wish to die so badly, allow me to grant your wish." Without another word, Xiao Cangming resumed their battle, attacking first with God of War’s Astral Arts. Meanwhile, inside the Asura Clan’s world, Yuan finished forming the blood contract with the Spirit Tree. After forming the contract, the massive Spirit Tree had disappeared from the Asura Clan’s world and somehow entered Yuan’s Dantian. "Y-Young Master! What is this?! The Spirit Tree has taken root inside your Dantian!" Feng Yuxiang exclaimed in shock. "I formed a blood contract with it... But I didn’t expect it to move into my Dantian," he said as he looked inside his Dantian to see Feng Yuxiang and Lan Yingying gazing at the Spirit Tree with intrigue. Although the effects of the Spirit Tree seemed extremely good at a glance and could easily turn an ordinary cultivator into a prodigy, it wasn’t very beneficial to Yuan, who already had a ridiculously fast cultivation speed. As for increasing his Dantian’s size, it definitely helped a little, but it wasn’t anything game-changing. "There must be another use for the Spirit Tree..." Yuan refused to believe that he had made Xiao Cangming sacrifice so much of his time and effort for something so insignificant and believed that he had yet to see the Spirit Tree’s true prowess. Unfortunately, he didn’t have the time to study the Spirit Tree, as Xiao Cangming and the others were still dealing with the intruders. However, just as Yuan prepared to leave to group up with the others, he halted his movements when he noticed a figure approaching him from a distance. The approaching figure was a beautiful young woman who appeared to have only just reached adulthood, yet within her eyes lingered an unfathomable depth of experience. "Xiao Hua...?" Yuan muttered as his eyes fell upon her. He should’ve felt joy at seeing her awake, but instead, unease gripped his heart. Something was wrong. Her gaze burned with unmistakable fury, and the killing intent radiating from her was so intense it felt almost tangible, all of it directed straight at him. "What’s wrong, Xiao Hua?" Yuan called out to her in a soft voice. "Are you hurt somewhere?" As Xiao Hua slowly approached, a look of pure disdain twisted her beautiful facial features. Her voice dripped with venom as she snapped, "Don’t you dare act so familiar with me, you bastard!" "..." Yuan was speechless, but he had an idea what was going on. Meanwhile, Xiao Hua quickened her pace, her aura flaring violently as she began to release her cultivation. Although her cultivation had reverted to the first level of Spirit Apprentice upon obtaining her new vessel, the divine nature of her new body—combined with the dense spiritual energy saturating the air—caused her cultivation to soar uncontrollably, and with every step she took, her cultivation leapt by several levels. "My father may have forgiven you," Xiao Hua continued, her voice trembling with fury, "but I will never forgive you for killing my mother!" Sure enough, just as Xiao Cangming had warned, Xiao Hua’s memories had regressed, returning to the Primordial Era, to a time before she had forgiven Tian Xian for killing her mother. "Calm down for a minute, Xiao Hua. Your memories are a bit messed up right now, but they should return to normal—" "Shut up!" Xiao Hua suddenly summoned a sword and leaped forward, striking Yuan without warning. Yuan calmly caught her blade with his fingers and sighed, "If it’ll make you feel better, you can strike at me as much as you want." Yuan decided to let Xiao Hua do as she pleased until she calmed down and immediately loosened his fingers, releasing the sword. Without a word, Xiao Hua struck again with zero hesitation, this time with more power. Yuan didn’t even bother to block her sword and allowed her to strike his body. Even though her attacks had no effect on Yuan, Xiao Hua refused to stop, striking at him again and again—like a child throwing a tantrum in her fury. "I swear I will kill you!" Xiao Hua roared as her cultivation soared again, entering Spirit Enlightenment.