Xiao Fei struck the giant Immortal Wood tree trunk three times in a row with the Purple Thunder Pearl, and it snapped in two.
Even Xiao Fei himself hadn't expected the Immortal Wood to be so fragile within, to be so easily pierced and broken.
Yi Mu Immortal Lord did not die. Xiao Fei looked at the green sphere in his hand; it still contained Yi Mu Immortal Lord's aura, though his life force was weak and slowly fading.
He extended his immortal sense into the green sphere and could still sense a consciousness within.
The moment he touched this consciousness, a vast memory surged into his mind.
Under the impact of this immense memory, Xiao Fei's consciousness plunged into confusion.
He felt as if he had transformed into a small sapling, growing in a vast field.
Many Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit trees grew here, like a colossal family, bathing together in sunlight and absorbing the rich immortal energy.
He was merely the weakest among the many immortal trees, the thinnest.
But as he grew, the immortal energy in the field grew increasingly sparse.
Many strong, large trees around him, unable to absorb enough immortal energy for extended periods, gradually withered and died.
After countless tens of thousands of years, he was the only tree left standing alone in this field.
He had once felt inferior due to his own weakness and slow absorption of immortal energy. Unexpectedly, as the immortal energy concentration decreased, his weakness became his strength, allowing him to survive.
After countless more tens of thousands of years, the immortal energy in the field became ever thinner, until finally, even he found survival difficult.
Just as he was about to give up and die, an immortal discovered him and transplanted him to the back mountain of the Jade Void Palace.
The immortal energy here was much richer than in that field, and he was finally able to live again.
He took root in the Jade Void Palace, and several million more years passed.
Over these millions of years, he comprehended and cultivated a spirit body, reaching the Immortal Lord realm in his cultivation.
His status in the Jade Void Palace was equal to that of other Immortal Lords. Because his true form was the Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit tree, his status was even slightly higher than other Immortal Lords.
However, in the last million years or so, due to the decline of immortal energy throughout the Immortal Realm.
Although the Jun Tian Realm, where the Jade Void Palace was located, could draw immortal energy from the Immortal Realm through formations, many areas had been depleted into barren deserts.
As a result, the immortal energy on Mu Peak where he resided declined. Although his true form still had lush branches and leaves, its interior had become hollow and decayed.
He knew his end was near, and this time, no one could save him.
After hundreds of thousands of years of contemplation, he could only do his best to split off a part of himself and cultivate it into a seed.
In the future, when this seed encountered suitable conditions, it could take root and sprout, serving as the last hope for the Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit species.
To ensure this seed could adapt to an environment with sparse immortal energy in the future, he also distributed much of his own origin, infusing it into the seed.
This caused his cultivation to become an empty shell. On the surface, he still appeared to be an Immortal Lord.
In reality, coupled with his impending demise, his true strength was not even comparable to a Heavenly Immortal.
As he gradually approached death, his thoughts were entirely focused on nurturing the seed.
He conceived a plan: to lure some True Immortals in, absorb their origin, and store it in the seed.
When the seed sprouted in the future, with this origin, it could persist for a long time without dying, even in a barren desert devoid of immortal energy.
It was just that his luck was poor; at the last moment, he provoked a calamity.
In the final moments of his ancient memory, he still conveyed a lingering obsession to Xiao Fei.
He wished to pour all his remaining life force and origin into that seed, to become nourishment for the seed's future growth.
In a short period, Xiao Fei relived millions of years of Yi Mu Immortal Lord's memories.
When he regained his senses, an air of vicissitude inevitably appeared in his eyes, as if he himself had experienced millions of years.
Through Yi Mu Immortal Lord's memories, he now finally understood that the green sphere he had obtained earlier was the seed meticulously cultivated by Yi Mu Immortal Lord.
By obtaining the seed of the Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit, his objective for this trip had been achieved.
Although the immortal energy in the space was not very dense, it was suitable for the growth of all kinds of flowers and trees.
All crops would live simply by being planted.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, after a period of waiting, he would obtain the Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit.
Xiao Fei cast several runes with his hands, sealing and putting away Yi Mu Immortal Lord's green tree heart.
His three consecutive strikes had broken the only remaining Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit tree in the Immortal Realm.
The immense canopy fell to the ground, its impact akin to mountains collapsing and the earth cracking.
Such a massive disturbance had long since attracted the attention of others in the Jade Void Palace. Several Immortal Lord-level powerhouses were already flying towards Mu Peak.
However, Mu Peak was Yi Mu Immortal Lord's territory. After his strength declined, he had set up nine great formations around the perimeter of Mu Peak over the years to protect himself.
Without a token or rune issued by Yi Mu Immortal Lord, even Immortal Lord-level powerhouses would not be able to break through the formations easily.
They could only find the gatekeeper disciples on each level to open the grand formations, which bought Xiao Fei a dozen or so breaths of time.
Otherwise, at this level of power, being within the same Jade Void Palace, they could appear before Xiao Fei with a single thought and obliterate him in the next instant.
Xiao Fei put away the wood heart, having already sensed several terrifying auras rapidly approaching him.
These Immortal Lords were genuine, not like Yi Mu, who was strong on the outside but weak within.
Even if he had now advanced to the Heavenly Immortal realm, they could still kill him with a single palm strike.
Xiao Fei was now faced with only two paths.
One was to collect all his portable treasures into his space and leave his clone here to await death.
He had already obtained the seed of the Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit, and in the future, he might be able to heal his soul injury and create more clones.
The second path was to hide himself within the space, but this would expose the Creation Jade Disk and carry risks.
Xiao Fei's thoughts flickered for only a moment before he chose the second path.
Immediately, white light emanated from his body, spatial ripples spreading outwards. His figure rapidly shrank, eventually becoming as small as dust.
With a flash, the dust-sized body completely vanished.
Upon returning to the space, his main soul, merged with the Creation Jade Disk, began to control the disk, severing its connection with this realm, and then quickly moving away from the location.
When a group of Immortal Lords finally broke through the nine great formations and reached the scene of the incident, they only saw the broken Qian Yuan Immortal Fruit tree. No one else was present.
"Senior Brother Yi Mu!"
"Old Yi Mu!"
Several people called out for a while, receiving no response. Their immortal senses probed the fallen tree; its vitality had long since been extinguished.
"Senior Brother Yi Mu is dead!"