Exploring The World Tree - 506

Chen Jie's words confirmed a lot about Zhou Fan's absence. It was possible that some others from back then had survived, such as Yao Mun who could theoretically repeat the same process as before when he was revived.

However, it was extremely unlikely. After thinking for a while, Zhu Yi decided on the next location. He wanted to visit the Sword Sect.

"The Sword Sect exists in the most populated area of the World Tree, World Tree city. I'll take you there now."

They once again followed Chen Jie through many teleportation arrays until they reached some city gates. Not much could be said about World Tree city. It seemed like a small mortal city, but Zhou Fan could sense the power of some of the people inside. There were more than a few True Gods.

The city gates were wide open and Chen Jie freely walked through it with them following. After all, this was the World Tree. Nobody would ever even imagine sneaking in with evil intentions.

Chen Jie led all of them down a large street and stopped at one of the buildings at the side. On a glass door were the words, "The Sword Sect".

It looked like it was some sort of small mortal dojo that taught basic self-defense. However, this was the greatest place to practice swords in the universe.

Chen Jie walked in without knocking. 

As soon as they entered, Zhou Fan heard shouts of effort. In the middle of a matted floor, a few young cultivators were practicing the sword. Although young, each of them was at the Void Traversing realm or higher.

In addition, each of them were clearly displaying powerful techniques in this small area. Perhaps with some array, the attacks were extremely small and did no damage to the surroundings.

They all waited an hour until the session was up. As the students were dismissed, the person who had been teaching them came up and saw Zhu Yi.

"You must be Zhu Yi, winner of the Void Traversing realm competition. It's good to meet you. I heard this year was especially tough."

Zhu Yi thanked him. "It is nice to meet you as well. Who are you?"

The person introduced himself. "I am an elder of the Sword Sect. I'm at the god realm and usually teach those at the Void Traversing realm and the Space Shattering realm."

Zhu Yi. "It's nice to meet you."

The elder nodded and looked at Chen Jie. "Why are you here, sir?"

Clearly, Chen Jie had a high status.

"I'm a tour guide for now."

The elder seemed confused, but nodded. 

They soon left. Zhu Yi would likely end up staying in this city and attending the Sword Sect in the future. It depended on how long it took Zhou Fan to fully regain his cultivation.

The next place Zhu Yi chose to visit was the Elf Kingdom. He had heard that Elves took care of the World Tree, and he wanted to see them.

Chen Jie brought them over. Zhu Yi wasn't too amazed by the Elves. There weren't many strong one's. What he was most interested in was their method of taking care of the World Tree. They often used life Qi, and other less mainstream Qi's such as grass Qi and Tree Qi to take care of the World Tree's health. Though unnecessary, it was more like a form of worship than anything else.

Perhaps nobody but Zhou Fan knew that Elves had faith in trees even before Cultivation itself.

Next, Zhu Yi asked Chen Jie about places to see. Chen Jie mentioned the home of the destruction race. Once enemies of all life, they now had a ceasefire with the righteous faction in order to defeat Chaos Beasts. 

After all, the Chaos Beasts wish to destroy even destruction. They did not stay on the world tree, but a bit closer to the main battlefield.

Zhu Yi heard about the city of Celestials, Fiendcelestials, Heavenborns, Demons, and many other races. Humans main location was at the World Tree city.

Zhu Yi also heard about many beast clans and supreme beast clans. There were a lot of things to hear about, and Zhu Yi only visited a few.

Nearing the end of the day, Chen Jie led them to where they would stay for now. White Palace City. Although only the disciples of Chen Jie lived here, an imposing White Palace stood in the center of it.

"As someone extremely talented, they gave me some land and told me to build a home. Here it is." Chen Jie explained.

It was nearly identical to the White Palace City that Zhu Yi knew. After all, the White Palace city on his world was protected and preserved over time.

Zhu Yi explored it and even found the assassination guild headquarters, though it was empty without anything like it was in the past.

Unlike in the past, Zhu Yi was allowed to enter the White Palace. It was where he was staying.

The White Palace was as intimidating as usual. In fact, it was far more intimidating since it could affect him even with his current strength.

He felt invincible within the same realm after winning the tournament, but compared to Chen Jie, he felt lacking. No matter what, Chen Jie was a unique genius throughout the entire universe, perhaps even the greatest genius of this era.

The inside of the White Palace was extravagant, but nothing too crazy. It was just as comfortable as possible.

Although they did not need to sleep at all, Chen Jie rested on a couch while watching TV. 

A big battle was coming soon, and relaxation would help anyone.

The next day, news spread through the entire World Tree. The Origin God had returned. An attack would be led on the Chaos Beasts.

The effect of this news was far beyond any one person's comprehension. Just a single announcement completely changed the atmosphere of the entire World Tree. Every single corner heard this news, and sleeping ancients awoke.

Under a building in World Tree city were three cryopods. Zhou Fan had casually given them to Pangu long ago.

They would extend the lifespan of a true god by ten thousand times, or to 10 sextillion years.