While thinking this, Yuan Ming suddenly felt something poking his back and instinctively thought it was Xi Ying.

"What's..." Yuan Ming turned around to ask, but his words suddenly halted.

He stared blankly behind him, where there was neither Xi Ying nor anyone else, but a segment of black root suspended in mid-air, its tip pointing directly at his chest.

The black root dangled in the air with no base, as if it had sprouted from thin air.

Yuan Ming, showing a look of curiosity, raised his finger and poked the root, feeling a clear sensation as if he were poking himself.

After a brief moment of being dazed, a look of excitement appeared on his face.

This suddenly emerging black root was part of the Undying Tree Roots, and the Undying Tree Roots could actually pierce the void!

"The Undying Tree is the closest to the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Trees, the World Tree, in terms of its spirit kind. Its greatest Divine Skill is absorbing and refining various kinds of nature's spiritual energy, which, for the most part, is transferred through the Void Turbulence, thus the Undying Tree Roots can pierce the void," Xi Ying explained.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming nodded and controlled more roots, probing into the void.

After some experimentation, he quickly grasped the full picture of how the roots pierced the void.

Just as Xi Ying had said, the Undying Tree Roots could root deeply in the void, drawing various types of nature's spiritual energy from the Void Turbulence.

However, the spiritual energy in the Void Turbulence was too violent, and the black Undying Tree was still very weak, making the absorption inefficient. A better method would be to use the ability of the Undying Tree Roots to pierce the void to draw spiritual energy from elsewhere.

Unfortunately, the black Undying Tree Roots were weak and could only spread out about ten feet. Even with the Divine Skill to pierce the void, they could only extend the range of the roots to about a hundred feet or so, which was still insufficient.

Fortunately, this range would extend as the strength of the black Undying Tree increased.

With the strength of the Undying Tree Demon in the soluble cave, the range of the roots should have encompassed the entire Three Immortals Island.

"No wonder the Undying Tree Demon stays within the Round Moon in mid-air, yet can send Tree-man Puppets all over the Three Immortals Island," Yuan Ming thought to himself.

Controlling the Undying Tree Roots to pierce the void was very draining on Yuan Ming's Divine Sense, and after some experiments, he was already exhausted.

Yuan Ming immediately absorbed a considerable amount of Desire Power to replenish himself, and quickly recovered.

"Since it can pierce the void, why not try to see if it can pierce through the spatial barriers?" he thought, taking a short rest while suddenly coming up with an idea.

The black Undying Tree was now growing inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space and couldn't leave. If he could extend its roots outside, many things would become much more convenient.

With this thought, he immediately concentrated his Divine Power and fully controlled a strand of the Undying Tree Roots, continuously stabbing toward the space outside the Stealing Heaven Tripod, trying to extend it to the outside world.

However, as the root thread entered the void, the Divine Thought Yuan Ming attached to it was as if entering a chaotic region, where he could perceive nothing at all.

The root thread also continuously explored in the chaotic void, but never made it to the outside world.

After what seemed like forever, and just as Yuan Ming's Divine Power was about to run out, that root thread still couldn't pierce through the barrier to reach the outside world.

It was as if the space between the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space and the outside world was blocked by insurmountable distances, something a mere root could not break through.

Seeing that it was infeasible, Yuan Ming decisively gave up continuing the attempt. However, his mind did not stop, but instead worked even more actively.

"Since direct piercing through the space won't work, I wonder if doing it indirectly might?" Yuan Ming pondered.

With this thought in mind, Yuan Ming immediately started controlling the Array on the altar, to try it out.

Outside the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space, Old Man Hei Zhu, having just slain a Tree-man Puppet and about to pursue another, suddenly felt a sensation and looked aside.

He saw gold and silver lights shining out of nowhere beside him, and a Light Gate emerged into existence.

Old Man Hei Zhu, seeing the Light Gate that would only open when Lord Nether Moon God's Treasure was activated, instinctively went to bow, but instead he saw a black root thread slowly emerging from the open Light Gate.

"Undying Tree!" Old Man Hei Zhu was instantly shocked.

Just as he was about to shout out, Lord Nether Moon God's voice echoed in his Sea of Consciousness, "Do not make a big fuss, the control over this Undying Tree Root is now mine. Keep quiet about it."

"Lord Nether Moon God, you have control over the Undying Tree Root? You truly possess vast Divine Skills." Old Man Hei Zhu immediately suppressed the thought to shout, genuinely admiring in his heart.

"Just do what you need to do, don't worry about it," came Lord Nether Moon God's command once again.

Old Man Hei Zhu immediately complied, continuing to pursue those Tree-man Puppets.

Yuan Ming just needed Old Man Hei Zhu as an anchor point to open the spatial channel; seeing him leave, he then controlled three black roots to extend outward, searching for targets.

Seeing a Nascent Soul stage Undead Tree Puppet lying on the ground, its head half-severed by someone, Yuan Ming immediately controlled the Undying Tree Root to extend towards it and pierced into its body.

The moment the roots pierced in, the corpse of the puppet quickly shrunk, soon turning into a withered, emaciated husk.

With the Undying Tree Heart, the absorption speed had clearly accelerated considerably.

In the space of the Stealing Heaven Tripod, the black Undying Tree continued to grow taller under the supply of this power.

Seeing this scene, Yuan Ming nodded in satisfaction and immediately controlled the three roots of the Undying Tree, extending them toward more Tree-man Puppets.

The next instant, Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows, revealing a hint of surprise.

When he connected the roots to the external Tree-man Puppets, he unexpectedly sensed that inside these puppets, there lingered shreds of dissipating Undying Tree Souls.

It was not unusual for the Undead Tree Demon, which controlled puppets with its tree soul, to have Residual Souls remaining after its death.

However, these Residual Souls were not silent like dead water; instead, they faintly converged towards a broken section of the trunk.

Could it be, that the very heart of the Undead Tree Demon's body resided there?

With this thought, Yuan Ming was about to send a message to Old Man Hei Zhu, asking him to approach the trunk so he too could control the black Undying Tree's roots to absorb the trunk.

But before he could speak, he suddenly saw Qi Ye's figure blur, appearing directly next to that section of roots.

Qi Ye swept his gaze over the trunk, his expression unchanged, but a black long sword had appeared in his hand.

Yuan Ming instantly recognized that this long sword was also forged from Nine Nether Iron. Remembering its properties, Yuan Ming was momentarily uncertain.

Having summoned the long sword, Qi Ye did not hesitate at all, lifted his hand and thrust forward, the tip of the sword pierced the tree bark, heading straight for the Undying Tree Heart.

However, in the next instant, before the Nether Iron long sword could strike the tree heart, a black soul shadow emerged from within the tree heart and instantly appeared before Qi Ye, grabbing his neck.

"Hmph, you wouldn't think that I'm without the power to fight back now, would you?" the soul shadow sneered.

With his neck squeezed, Qi Ye couldn't speak for the moment and could only emit a rasping sound, trying to resist, yet a black light from the soul shadow's hand penetrated his body, making him rigid and immobile.

Yuan Ming watched this unfold, and although he did not recognize the face of the soul shadow, from its words, it definitely was the divine soul of the Undying Tree Demon.

Above the Nascent Soul Stage, a Magic Practitioner's Divine Soul merges into the Nascent Soul and cannot appear externally, but as a demon beast, the Undying Tree Demon possessed an Innate Divine Ability, making the manifestation of its divine soul a possibility.

Realizing this, Yuan Ming immediately messaged Hua Zhi.

At this moment, Hua Zhi and the others were still in the excitement of their narrow escape, not noticing the abnormality at the trunk of the Undying Tree Demon.

Hearing Yuan Ming's message, Hua Zhi's expression changed immediately, raising her hand and pointing towards the trunk: "Look quickly, everyone, the Undying Tree Demon's divine soul is still here, hiding within the trunk. Quick, let's strike together, we must eradicate it and not allow it to rise again!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked and turned their gaze towards the trunk. At the same time, the Undying Tree Soul also turned its head to look at them, a mocking smile appearing on the corner of its mouth.

Seeing this, everyone felt a chill in their hearts and immediately attacked.

Jin Chao and the Green-clothed man were the first to cast their spells. With a flick of their robes, masses of Fireballs and Wind Blades swept out like a dense net in a rain curtain, heading towards the Undying Tree Soul.

Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Bow was drawn again, a golden arrow made of Spiritual Power manifested in between the bow, and in the next instant, it sped out with endless blazing flames, directly aimed at the head of the Undying Tree Soul.

Following them, the other people also launched their Magic and Magic Treasures without holding back.

However, as soon as they acted, the scattered remains of the Undying Tree suddenly flew up, as if pulled by threads, converging into five spots, and in just a moment, aggregated into five small tree-men.

The faces of these five tree-men were identical to the Undying Tree Demon, and the aura emanating from their bodies almost reached the Returning Void stage.

Facing the attack of the people, four of the tree-men raised their hands and shook their arms, scattering leaf-blades that collided with the Fireballs, Wind Blades, and the Magic and Magic Treasures unleashed by the people, exploding into countless sparks and smoke in mid-air.

Behind them, another tree-man used the cover of flying leaves to step forward boldly, growing many roots and vines from its body, forming a wall-like thick and towering giant shield. With a slam downward, dust flew up and the ground trembled fiercely.

The next instant, a golden arrow fiercely collided with the giant shield, making a sound like a giant bell, and the terrible force and scorching flames together struck the shield surface, pushing both the shield embedded into the ground and the shield-bearing tree-man backward, leaving a deep trench in the ground.

Although the robust giant shield seemed unassailable, it ultimately could not withstand the arrow shot from Hou Yi's Sun-Shooting Bow. However, the subsequent powerless arrow, after piercing through the giant shield, could no longer continue forward, burning the shield-bearing tree-man half black before regrettably dissipating into spiritual light.

Despite seeming severely injured, the shield-bearing tree-man's aura remained completely unaffected. After a slight shake, new roots sprouted on its body, quickly restoring it to its original state.

Seeing this, everyone's expressions turned grave. Just then, countless roots emerged around the five tree-men, connecting them to each other, and their branches and vines on the surface rapidly burst into growth. In the blink of an eye, they grew back into a towering giant tree, with no less imposing than before.

The next moment, countless roots burst forth from the black giant tree, plunging straight into the void.

Everyone was horrified, feeling a chill crawling up their spines.

The Undead Demon Tree was not dead, or rather, it had revived!

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