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In the blink of an eye, another twenty days had passed. On Jiuye Mountain, a group of cultivators, led by the Spirit Beast Sect''s San Ye Hermit, had come to a massive white fir Spirit Tree.

The enormous branches of the Spirit Tree formed a vast area of shade.

Up close, the sight was even more stunning.

Naturally, the cultivators remembered the day the white fir Spirit Tree''s branches turned into the sea, fresh in their memory and full of awe.

San Ye Hermit then cast a Spirit Talisman, which disappeared into the void.

The next moment, a bright light appeared in the seemingly empty space, followed by ripples that spread out like those on a lake, revealing a light gate about three meters high.

"Let''s go. Remember not to wander off. A formation has already been setup here and remember what this old man told you before. Even if the Jiuye Daoist is in seclusion, you won''t be able to withstand his wrath!"

"As for the rest, I will say no more. You, being the elite disciples of various sects and tribes, should naturally understand!" San Ye Hermit cautioned the nine people once again.

Lin Shiming and his group nodded hastily as well.

Jiuye Daoist naturally refers to the Zi Xuan Wood Demon, which is actually a white fir Spirit Tree; to respect Bai Shan True Person, disciples of the Spirit Beast Sect reverently refer to the Wood Demon as San Ye Hermit.

As they entered through the light gate, the nine were startled. Before their eyes was not an expansive scene, but countless white fir Spirit Trees, much larger than the ordinary ones, with innumerable roots densely packed and burrowing into the ground, extending as far as the eye could see.

Only the most central white fir Tree emanated a terrifying spiritual pressure.

San Ye Hermit continued to lead from the front, while Lin Shiming and the other eight followed carefully.

This time, among those who came to seek Dao Enlightenment, Lin Shiming had four acquaintances: Xu Hao, Ye Changyuan, and Wan Qing.

The remaining five were pre-selected: three cultivators from the Spirit Beast Sect, one from the Spirit Talisman Sect, and one from the Qingxuan Sect.

Soon, they arrived at the true base of the white fir tree, where one could see with the naked eye a gigantic tree face with closed eyes.

San Ye Hermit gestured with his hand as if to greet it.

Then, nine branches fell down, each entwining one of the nine people, lifting them into the air.

Each person was set upon one of the nine vast leaves, which were the foundational Spirit Leaves of the white fir tree, as well as the platforms for Dao Enlightenment.

Lin Shiming calmed down and began to understand each vision, organize them, and classify the same types of deductions together.

Then he began to look beyond the visions, where he saw root-like tendrils, slightly transparent. They were so fine that one wouldn''t notice them without close inspection.

In that moment, Lin Shiming had a slight epiphany: all things have roots from which they do not stray, and all things have their own laws of growth.

Behind the root tendrils were the core life leaves, also connected to the entire Dao Enlightenment Spirit Platform.

Yet in the next moment, Lin Shiming discovered that he was seeing the entire White Pine Spirit Tree, the nine Spirit Leaves, the nine Dao Enlightenment Spirit Platforms.

He saw Wan Qing gaining insights into a sword technique called ''Thousand Swords Unification,'' from a hundred swords to a thousand, and finally to the unification of ten thousand!

He saw Xu Hao gaining insights into a complex Spirit Talisman, so intricate that it made him dizzy!

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At that moment, he could see the processes of Dao enlightenment of the other eight cultivators clearly.

However, what shocked him was that, at some point, a huge face had appeared beside him.

That face was the spitting image of the one Lin Shiming had seen on the main body of the White Pine Spirit Tree.

Instantly, Lin Shiming felt an urge to beg for mercy and exit, imagining the wrath he would face.

But in the next moment, he realized that nothing had happened. He looked again, more carefully, and saw that the tree face was furrowing its brows, with the temples bulging, clearly in a state of closed-door meditation.

Of course, the most terrifying aspect was that part of the tree face''s head seemed to have been chopped off by a demonic mace, with mists of demonic energy continuously emerging.

Lin Shiming recalled the scream from the great battle that day and guessed that the attack must have been left by those two Purple Mansion Late Stage Demon Cultivators.

The White Pine Spirit Tree, a tree demon, was in closed-door meditation to suppress its injury.

Appearing next to it was simply an instinctive drive to enlighten and transmit the Dao.

At this moment, Lin Shiming also began to believe what the Thousand Demons Hermit had said standing there. The White Pine Spirit Tree could indeed absorb the Dao.

The roots evolved all things and also absorbed all things.

This was also why the Spirit Root of the White Pine Spirit Tree''s main body was not merely about entwining strength, but also capable of producing swords, spears, and manifesting wind and rain!

It was able to slay two Demon Cultivators with its own strength. If not for being distracted by the Dao Enlightenment Token, it might have killed all the dozen or so Purple Mansion Demon Cultivators on the spot!