He must have eaten too much, content and satisfied, and guarding the tree became too tedious; Chi dozed off, gradually falling asleep. After he slept, a group of people arrived.
"An aeon of agony, an aeon of torment, he was our master. Are a few tree branches really worth torturing us like this?"
"You're right, since he is not merciful, we need not be dutiful."
"We too have contributed to this Domain!"
"Can we really kill him? The old man is too powerful."
"This Creation Tree is the most powerful Divine Artifact; if we join forces and launch a sneak attack, we can surely kill him!"
Hao's disciples' faces twisted with ferocity. They began to cut down the Creation Tree, refining it into a peerless Divine Artifact and ambushed Hao!
Engulfed in meditation, Hao was suddenly jolted awake. He couldn't believe that his disciples, creatures he had created and taught, who owed him a great debt, were actually trying to kill him, and the Creation Tree had been cut down!