The Undying Tree Soul coughed twice, just recovering from the sneak attack of the thunder, only to look up and see Old Man Hei Zhu flying towards it recklessly, almost landing in front of it.

Anger flashed in its eyes, and it promptly spurred its main body to thrust roots at Old Man Hei Zhu. But at that moment, a giant black hand formed from Soul Power shot out in front of Old Man Hei Zhu, striking the Undying Tree Soul hard. It was the Great Black Sky God Palm.

Caught off guard, the Undying Tree Soul was struck directly by the palm, scattering its Divine Soul that had just stabilized.

After being heavily injured twice, the Undying Tree Soul's control over its main body was also affected. The tree-man puppets that had stood motionless began to tremble uncontrollably, emitting groans that overlapped one after another, and the roots that had been entangled around Hou Yi's Sun Shooting Bow became loose one by one.

Seizing this opportunity, golden light suddenly shone on the body of Hou Yi's Sun Shooting Bow, which then forcefully broke free of its restraints and regained its freedom.

At the moment of its release, a golden light flashed before it, and a red arrow many times thicker than usual materialized out of thin air. It was the Golden Crow Divine Arrow that Yuan Ming had retrieved from the Li Palace upon Qi Ye's command.

Although it had absorbed the Power of the Sun from the Golden Crow Divine Arrow during the breakthrough to the Tongqiao Body, the Divine Arrow had not been destroyed.

A few dozen yards away, Old Man Hei Zhu emotionlessly withdrew his hand.

Seeing this, Hou Yi's Sun Shooting Bow was overjoyed and hastily grabbed the huge Golden Crow Arrow, mounting it to the bow. The bowstring was pulled back with tremendous speed, and under the brilliant glare of the golden light, a rainbow shot through the sky, whistling as it aimed for the main body of the Undead Demon Tree.

The golden rainbow, like a meteor chasing the moon, instantly pierced the main body of the Undead Demon Tree with roaring golden flames, cutting it in half again, and continued on its unstoppable path, plunging straight into the stone wall behind, before once again striking the broken white Barrier.

Amidst the thunderous roar, a proud sun reappeared, leaving a second hundred-yard-wide hole in the white Barrier.

With its main body suffering such a heavy blow, the situation of the Undying Tree Soul became even more dire. Soul Power shaping its soul body was rapidly dissipating, and its soul body already had several gaping wounds.

Focusing solely on self-preservation, it once again dove back into the tree heart to avoid the collapse of its soul body.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Ming immediately used the Nightmare Divine Ability.

The Undying Tree Soul had just burrowed into the heart of the tree and was about to regain control of its body and the tree-man puppets when the scenery before its eyes suddenly changed from the pitch-black gloom of the soluble cave to a sunny garden.

Its once towering form had also diminished to something tiny and frail, much like a freshly sprouted seedling, while in front of it, a white silhouette was holding a watering can, seemingly pouring Spiritual Nectar.

The Undead Demon Tree trembled at the sight of the silhouette.

"No, it's not possible, you are..."

While the Undead Demon Tree was trapped in the Nightmare Illusion Realm, all of the tree-man puppets completely lost control and collapsed powerlessly.

Yuan Ming hurriedly released all the roots of the black Undying Tree from the Stealing Heaven Tripod, even bypassing the tree-man puppets and plunging directly into the main body of the Undead Demon Tree.

Despite several significant injuries, the Origin Power within the Undead Demon Tree remained incredibly abundant. Yuan Ming relentlessly drew power from it, injecting it into the black Undying Tree he had cultivated.

As streams of Origin Power flowed into it, the black Undying Tree within the Stealing Heaven Tripod grew higher and higher, its demonic power surged at an unbelievable rate, and the Ju Mang Spirit Technique rapidly improved.

Before long, the demonic power of the black Undying Tree reached the Third-level Peak, just a step away from a breakthrough.

Yuan Ming was delighted and ran the Ju Mang Spirit Technique to its full capacity, aiding the black Undying Tree in absorbing the demonic power of the Undead Demon Tree.

As if there was a soft "bang" the black Undying Tree suddenly grew further, its branches and leaves excitedly flailing about, finally surmounting the Level 4 barrier.

Around Yuan Ming's Nascent Soul, seven different colors of radiance appeared, emanating Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Yin, Yang – seven kinds of breath that merged into the Nascent Soul.

Reaching Level 4, the Ju Mang Spirit Technique also finally achieved the Perfect Realm.

The Nascent Soul briefly connected with the seven-colored lights, and the natural powers of the seven elements swiftly gathered, more responsive than ever, dramatically easing the effort compared to before.

"At last, perfected. Is this what the Heavenly Spirit Root feels like? Truly wondrous," Yuan Ming channeled the surrounding nature's spiritual energy, displaying a satisfied expression.

With such a Spirit Root, even without elixirs, his Cultivation would not slow.

Yuan Ming calmed his mind and executed the final step of the Ju Mang Spirit Technique: severing the connection with his Lifebound Spirit Plant, attempting to extract himself from the black Undying Tree.

At that moment, the dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power within the Stealing Heaven Tripod surged like a furious wave, all converging onto the black Undying Tree while its form shrunk rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it burrowed back into Yuan Ming's body, lying quietly in the Dantian next to the Nascent Soul.

Yuan Ming's eyes widened at this sight.

What was happening? The black Undying Tree didn't want to disconnect from him? It had voluntarily shrunk and stayed within his body.

The Ju Mang Spirit Technique did not record such a scenario. Was it because there was a problem with his use of the Ju Mang Spirit Technique from the start, or was it because he had let a clone reside in the heart of the Undying Tree?

While Yuan Ming was stunned, his Physical Body also repaired itself swiftly, quickly allowing him to escape the odd half-tree, half-human form, reverting to a human again.

However, Yuan Ming had previously touched the White Jade Lotus Platform with a branch of the black Undying Tree, and now, with its sudden shrinkage, he lost contact with the White Jade Lotus Platform. Caught off guard, his Soul Power ceased to flow, interrupting the Nightmare Divine Ability.

Within the soluble cave, the Undead Demon Tree jolted awake from the illusion, sensing the countless roots piercing its body, it immediately realized the situation and became furious.

The Undead Demon Tree bellowed in anger and instantly retracted its demonic power, gathering it at the heart of the tree where it swirled into a vortex of demon energy.

As the vortex spun, a powerful suction force instead grabbed hold of the roots Yuan Ming had extended, not only snatching back the Origin Power it had lost, but even began to extract the Primordial Qi of the Undying Tree from within Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming's heart chilled, and he immediately tried to pull back his roots. However, as the thought emanated, the roots trembled and seemed to be yanked by brute force, unable to retract in the slightest.

"It seems the one who refined the clone I left at the entrance to Time Cave is you! Utterly reckless! Although I don't know how you did it, if you think, by relying on this forcibly matured clone, you can overcome my true self, then you are greatly underestimating me!"

The mocking voice of the Undead Demon Tree came from the roots, and Yong Ming completely lost control over them in this moment.

"Since the boy dares to steal the Origin Power from my true self, then leave your life behind!"

As soon as the Undead Demon Tree finished speaking, Yuan Ming immediately felt the devouring force within the roots double in strength. The Origin Power of the Undying Tree inside his body rapidly drained, and he was on the verge of falling below the Level 4 Realm.

Yuan Ming felt the Qi-Blood and strength being drawn from his entire body, his expression becoming extremely grave. Thought after thought flickered through his mind as he desperately sought a solution to the present crisis.

Now, he and the Undead Demon Tree were like two participants in a tug-of-war, with the connecting roots acting merely as the rope, and it didn't matter who controlled them.

What truly mattered was the force at the ends of the rope: who was stronger and who was weaker. That was the decisive factor for the flow of Origin Power.

Realizing this, Yuan Ming had an epiphany, as if he had thought of something.

In the next instant, his Divine Soul left his body, sitting upon the White Jade Lotus Platform, and at the same time, he opened his mouth and spat out the Soul Destroying Sword that had been nurtured within him.

Immediately, he raised the Soul Destroying Sword, forming a spell with his hands. Spiritual Power and Soul Power surged towards the blade, as the runes representing the word "Curse" lit up instantly.

In an instant, a torrent of Curse Power burst forth, heading straight for the main body of the Undead Demon Tree.

The Undead Demon Tree, sensing the arrival of an unknown force from the void, was rather disdainful.

Having cultivated for more than a thousand years, its demonic power was beyond what ordinary people could imagine. Even individuals like Qi Ye, who were also at the Returning Void level, were nothing more than playthings at its mercy. The recent affliction was merely due to the cumulative effects of severe injuries. Now, as it absorbed Power from the clone, although not fully healed, its condition had stabilized, posing no further risk of deterioration.

Therefore, no matter what means the thief who had stolen its clone used, it would not lose control over the roots or cease extracting Origin Power from its enemy.

However, confident as it was, the Undead Demon Tree did not become complacent. It still mobilized a trace of demonic power, attempting to counteract the strange power falling from the sky.

To its surprise, though the strange power entered its body, it had no effect.

The Undead Demon Tree was startled, and then its expression abruptly changed to one of extreme terror.

"How could you possibly harness the power of the Evil King Mirror! This is impossible..."

It roared in anger, but was utterly unable to prevent that strange power from piercing its body and pouring into the black mirror.

The black mirror was already filled with a large amount of Curse Power, forcibly suppressed by the Undead Demon Tree's demonic power. Now, a different yet similar Curse Power surged in from outside. It was like a ferocious wolf entering the tiger's territory, immediately provoking the power within the mirror to explode violently outwards.

The curse power, like boiling water, pierced through the demonic energy barrier set by the Undead Demon Tree and spread at a much faster rate than usual, corroding and corrupting everything in its path.

Though the Undead Demon Tree was now severed in two, the lower half still had a connection with its upper half. The uncontrolled, severe damage to the lower half also affected the upper half.

Its inner vortex of demonic power completely collapsed amidst the outbreak of the Curse Power, unable to absorb the Origin Power of the Undying Tree within Yuan Ming any longer.

At this point, the Undead Demon Tree could not worry about these issues, choosing instead to forcibly channel the chaotic demonic power across the void to the lower half of its body, lunging towards the Curse Power erupting from the black mirror, fully intent on suppressing the backlash.

Yuan Ming thereby gained the opportunity to retract his roots. However, the situation had now reversed, with Yuan Ming being the one reluctant to break the connection.

Even as the Undead Demon Tree was preoccupied with suppressing the backlash, it, in its awakened state, had an origin that was solid as rock, and Yuan Ming could not easily extract from it.

In the blink of an eye, Yuan Ming had a plan. Seated on the Jade Lotus Platform, his soul swiftly performed the Divine Soul Technique, summoning the All Living Beings Dream Rune before him.

"Go!"

With a wave of his hand, Yuan Ming sent the All Living Beings Dream Rune through space, striking the Undead Demon Tree squarely.

The Undead Demon Tree's Divine Soul shook as if an immobilization spell had been cast on it, halting in its actions, while the forcibly controlled demonic power, now unrestrained, became chaotic once again.

But soon, the soul inside the Undead Tree stewed with Soul Power, trying to break through the confinement of the All Living Beings Dream Rune. However, Yuan Ming wouldn't give it the chance, immediately using the Nightmare Divine Ability to trap the Undead Tree Soul in an illusion once more.

As the Undead Tree Soul fell into the Nightmare Illusion Realm, the Origin Power that had been firmly in its grasp was once again opened to Yuan Ming. He did not hesitate to extract the Origin Power from the Undead Demon Tree through his roots.

This time, however, he was cautious. While extracting the Origin Power, he cast his Divine Sense back into the Soluble Cave.

"Gentlemen, the Undead Demon Tree is now ensnared. Act immediately to eradicate all Tree-man Puppets under its command; you may kill or spare them, just ensure they are no longer under its control. Additionally, do not lay hands on the Undead Demon Tree itself; otherwise, it may find an opportunity to escape its bonds!" The thunderous voice of Ming Yue echoed throughout the Soluble Cave.

Shi Yanshi and the others immediately acknowledged the command and set about their task, slaying the Tree-man Puppets that lay scattered on the ground.

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