System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

With the little tower personally taking action and radiating strange divine light to protect him, Chen Xuan felt the oppressive and repulsive feeling he had been experiencing from an invisible force disappear.

Then Chen Xuan witnessed the most shocking scene of his life: nearly 10,000 meters underground, there was a huge light shield formed by various flickering and jumping Dao patterns that looked like tadpoles.

"Such a grand formation... Is this a formation that surpasses the level of a True Immortal?" Chen Xuan stared blankly at everything in sight, all of which were moving tadpole-like runes. Just one glance was enough to give him a splitting headache.

"If you don't want to die, don't look around. Close your eyes," Xiaota hissed.

"Hmm." Chen Xuan immediately closed his eyes, and then felt himself rushing uncontrollably toward the super formation.

Incitement —

It seemed to be a layer of viscous water mist, or a thick barrier formed by jelly. In short, it felt very strange when passing through the formation.

"All right."

After Xiaota's voice rang out, Chen Xuan slowly opened his eyes.

When Chen Xuan saw this scene, he couldn't help but gasp.

The space here isn't very large, only about a hundred miles in radius.

However, the entire space was occupied by nine huge black chains, with tadpoles jumping all over them, matching the outer array and connecting with each other.

Right in the center of these crisscrossing black chains, a small, bare sapling was trapped and unable to move.

Chen Xuan immediately released his divine sense and saw that the small sapling was the Enlightenment Tree.

"Only a few inches tall? Wasn't it over twenty feet tall just now?" Chen Xuan exclaimed in surprise.

"Hmph, that was just a slightly loosened state of the rune chains; this is its true form." The little tower whispered, "Kid, remember that ancient immortal spiritual roots are quite arrogant. Whether this transplant will be a perfect match depends on your own fate. Although you can forcibly take away its primordial spirit using the secret technique I gave you, if it truly follows you, your ability to assist it will be even stronger."

Chen Xuan nodded upon hearing this, and then flew towards the sapling in the center of the chains.

As he flew through the crisscrossing chains around him, Chen Xuan felt a sense of danger, as if he were dancing on the edge of a knife. He felt that if he weren't protected by the small tower itself, even the slightest fluctuation from these runic chains could obliterate him, leaving not a trace.

The overwhelming sense of crisis dealt a severe blow to Chen Xuan's Dao heart. Fortunately, he persevered and slowly made his way towards the core area.

"Boy, try the secret method I gave you first, try to communicate with it. If that doesn't work, then you'll have to forcibly absorb its primordial spirit."

"Thank you." Chen Xuan knew that the little tower would protect him at all times, so he didn't need to worry about the huge chains around him. So Chen Xuan immediately recited the secret incantation in his mind, then pointed his sword finger and shot out a gentle stream of air that extended towards the sapling.

This stream of energy wasn't a particularly powerful technique; it was simply a manifestation of Chen Xuan's aura.

As expected, Chen Xuan's aura bypassed the chains' detection when it came into contact with the Enlightenment Tree.

Whoosh whoosh ——

Then, waves of boundless resentment and rage quietly permeated the space, with a whooshing sound—

One toothpick-like branch after another split into three, then six... and rushed towards Chen Xuan at incredible speed.

"Disturbing my peaceful cultivation, kill! Kill! Kill!"

"You beast!" Seeing the sapling's ferocity, Little Tower feared it had been imprisoned and lost its mind, so it hissed, "Have you forgotten me?"

As the little tower rebuked him, all the extending branches were frozen in place.

Chen Xuan did not want to use coercion to make the Enlightenment Tree submit to him. He simply watched the Enlightenment Tree's miserable state and calmly transmitted his voice, "I have the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, the innate dual-attribute spiritual liquid, and the Creation Green Lotus nurtured by the Creation Green Lotus Pool."