"Firmament Tree?"

Lu Yang’s eyes bulged out in disbelief as he stared at the wooden charm.

"Isn’t that the Time Immortal’s true form?"

Most people do not recognize immortal objects, often assigning the term "immortal" to various rarities. For instance, people often refer to the Little Medicinal Kings as "Immortal Herbs," and call peerless treasures swords as "Immortal Swords," and name incomprehensible methods as "Immortal Methods."

But in reality, whether it’s the Little Medicinal Kings or the peerless treasure sword, neither reaches the level of "immortal."

The Firmament Tree is different, it’s definitely an immortal object, there’s no room for dispute.

"I knew this thing looked familiar! It’s definitely a part of Yingtian Immortal, it’s just a bit too small, or else I would have recognized it right away!"

When it comes to familiarity with the Time Immortal, Fairy Eternity is second to none.

Lu Yang looked taken aback, and asked again: "So how did this little piece of Firmament Tree come about? Did the Time Immortal peel it off from his foot skin?"

Who could hew a piece of wood from the invincible body of a Time Immortal?

Fairy Eternity glanced at Lu Yang disdainfully: "How could that be possible, an immortal being has a flawless body, it wouldn’t have foot skin-like thing that mortals have."

"So how did this little piece of Firmament Tree..."

"Maybe it was blown off by me."

Lu Yang: "..."

"It could also have been hit by Yingtian Immortal and the others. After all, the Time Immortal said he would definitely become an Immortal before he became one. He angered many when he said that none of you would be able to become immortals. After becoming an Immortal, Yingtian Immortal and the others attacked him in the dark many times."

"But this piece of wood is too small, I can’t tell who hit it."

"If I remember correctly, wasn’t it you, Fairy Eternity, who originally told Yingtian Immortal and the others when the Time Immortal only told you that?"

Fairy Eternity waved her hand, instructing Lu Yang: "The result was about the same, you shouldn’t worry about so much. You should learn more from me in that aspect."

"Also, ask this little girl if she has more Firmament Tree."

If Sister Shangguan could give Lu Yang a piece of the small Firmament Tree, then there must be more pieces on her side.

"Sister Shangguan, can I ask you what this is, as I’ve never seen anything like it before?" Lu Yang asked politely.

"You haven’t seen it before, right? This is just a small piece. The larger part is under the Wood Vein, it’s a piece of charred gigantic tree. The vitality of the Wood Vein comes from this gigantic tree, our Sect’s ancestor was quite surprised when he discovered the gigantic tree under the Wood Vein."

"The vigor of the gigantic tree has sustained the Wood Vein for a hundred thousand years without deterioration, which demonstrates the strength of this tree."

"Our ancestor also discovered this point, the vitality contained in the gigantic tree is unimaginably strong, surpassing what we in the Cultivation World can understand. None of the spirit trees recorded in the ancient books match this."

"So, our ancestor made a bold guess. This is not anything else, but a part of the body of the Wood Immortal!"

Nowadays, in the Cultivation World, they don’t know the real name of the Time Immortal, they only know that it has transformed from a tree, so they habitually called it the Wood Immortal."

"Wood Immortal?!" All the people exclaimed in surprise, even Bai Ming who had never heard about this before, had no idea that the vitality of the Wood Vein was actually due to a gigantic tree.

"Sister Shangguan."

"Sister Shangguan."

As soon as they heard that the piece in Lu Yang’s hand was a part of the legendary Wood Immortal, everyone started calling Sister Shangguan one after the other, even Bai Ming started to join in.

"It’s too late to call now," Shangguan Yu turned her head to hide, so that they wouldn’t see her smiling.

Then she turned back around, speaking seriously: "You’ll have to call me that a few more times."

The echoing chorus of "Sister Shangguan" put a big smile on Shangguan Yu’s face.

"Come on, one piece for each person, it can keep you safe. You can have one too, Little Bai Ming."

Shangguan Yu took out five small wooden charms and distributed them to everyone.

"Protect safety?" Lu Yang remembered when Meng Jingzhou was suffering from causality backlash, Fairy Eternity said that the Time Immortal has the ability to drive away evil, which could spare Meng Jingzhou from the causality backlash.

If the Time Immortal’s body was truly effective in ensuring safety, then why did Qiu Jin’an go to borrow the power of the State Destiny from the Governor of the Wild State?

He entered his spiritual space, just as he was about to ask Fairy Eternity, he saw her make a decision and start to spread her divine consciousness.

Initially, Fairy Eternity wondered if doing so would offend the Five Elements Sect, but Shangguan Yu’s reminder made her see reason, so she didn’t mind it anymore.

She immediately spread her divine consciousness to scan the Wood Vein, and sure enough, she found the piece of gigantic tree that Shangguan Yu had mentioned.

The gigantic tree was unfathomably large, traversing the entire Wood Vein. The fact that Lu Yang and the others could easily tour the Five Veins and get around quickly was because they were moving near the junction of the Five Veins, where distances are much shorter.

In reality, the Five Elements Sect is only a bit smaller than the Seek Dao Sect, covering an area of eighty thousand miles, and the Five Veins are the backbone of the Five Elements Sect. One can imagine how vast the Wood Vein is, and how long a tree that can traverse the Wood Vein must be.

However, this tree, compared to the Firmament Tree that Fairy Eternity remembered, which had reached through the heavens and pierced the earth, was quite a lot shorter, even small, by comparison.

Fairy Eternity concentrated in the spiritual space and projected what the gigantic tree looked like.

The gigantic tree was charred black all over, showing signs of fire and lightning damage. Many layers of its old bark had fallen off, and it even looked as if some attacks had gone straight through its heart.

"What’s going on?" Lu Yang was shocked. Even as a layman, he could feel what kind of attack this tree must have suffered. The term severe would be an understatement.

Fairy Eternity was silent for a while before finally speaking in a sober demeanor, that contrasted with her previous laughing tone: "Time Immortal was attacked and the attacker used the most common forms of attack to conceal their identity."

"At first, I thought that when I self-destructed, Time Immortal employed techniques like the Withered Wood Meeting Spring and the Golden Cicada Shedding Skin, leaving behind a doppelganger while the true form escaped. But that doesn’t make sense. Yingtian Immortal had said that we shouldn’t leave our doppelgangers in the world, as they could be a boon or bane for the world.

Therefore, there should not be a Time Immortal doppelganger here."

"Now that I see this piece of the Firmament Tree, I can be sure that it’s Time Immortal’s true form and a significant part of it has been reduced to nothingness."

Fairy Eternity did not remember any battle of such magnitude taking place when she was alive.

This was a battle of immortal calamity-level.

"After my demise, Time Immortal had once embarked on a grand battle, and the opponent was extremely powerful."

Time Immortal holds the Time Dao Fruit, allowing him to observe the past, predict the future, and restore his body to a state before it was injured. The fact that he was still left in such a state indicates the intensity and terror of his opponent.

Lu Yang trembled in his heart: "Did... Did Time Immortal... die?"

Fairy Eternity slowly shook her head: "I can’t be sure. An immortal’s vitality is more robust than you can imagine. Even without his physical body, he may still survive. But if Time Immortal is in this state, even if he is still alive but lost his physical body, his condition is probably not good."

"Time Immortal and I are different. With the Eternity Dao Fruit available, I could create a physical body to accommodate my immortal soul at will, but Time Immortal can’t do that. The body of an immortal is crucial to an immortal being, and it’s tough to find anything in the world that can replace or rebuild an immortal body."

If the Time Immortal’s body has been reduced to this state, with his life and death unknown, what hope is there for blessings and protection?