Originally, he had only come to the Bodhi Ancient Academy for a casual stroll. He did not think that he had a chance to obtain any treasures. After all, countless people had already come to the Ancient Academy, and it was not his turn to have treasures.

However, without any hope, he miraculously opened a mysterious ancient cave to explore unknown opportunities due to the Demon Ancestor Tree Heart.

The fortunes of the world are always so miraculous.

He knew that he had already gone underground and had walked for almost a day. He couldn’t help but secretly wonder, “Isn’t this tunnel too deep?”

In this place, the pressure had already reached an extremely terrifying level. Fortunately, he had the Demon Ancestor Tree Heart. Otherwise, with his strength, he would never have been able to reach such a place.

He had once tried to put away the tree heart, wanting to see how much pressure there was. However, he immediately felt a mountain-like pressure pounding down on his face, almost crushing him. He was so scared that he took out the tree heart again. Only then did he return to normal.

The ancient cave was long, as if it had no end. After walking for an unknown amount of time, something different finally appeared in front of him.

This was a stone room filled with all kinds of books.

Seeing that there were only some books in the stone room, Li Qing was a little disappointed. He thought that he could find some amazing treasures.

“Eh, there’s a door over there. This stone room doesn’t seem to be the end!”

Li Qing raised his head and saw that there was actually a stone door on the other side of the stone room. Clearly, it led to a deeper place.

This rekindled hope in his heart. Could it be that there were more important treasures behind him?

He flipped through the books that were placed here and discovered that these were all cultivation techniques and secret manuals that the Subhuti Ancient Academy had cultivated back then. They didn’t seem to be very precious, they were just ordinary cultivation techniques.

The Subhuti Ancient Academy was not a big inheritance. It was just a small sect, so there probably wouldn’t be any powerful peerless techniques left behind.

Li Qing flipped through the books for a while. The books he read were all ordinary. He did not read them carefully and hurriedly put them away, wanting to enter the next stone door to see the scene behind.

He arrived before the stone door and pushed it hard, only to find that the stone door did not move at all.

“What a sturdy stone door!”

Fortunately, Li Qing had already gained experience and immediately used the Demon Ancestor Tree Heart to shine. In the end, something unexpected happened to him, but the stone door was still motionless.

The Demon Ancestor Tree Heart had failed!

“Eh? That doesn’t make sense. How can it be useless?” Li Qing was shocked, “It seems that this stone gate has nothing to do with this tree heart.”

He guessed that the green light shields and the pressure on his face all originated from something terrifying deep underground. The Demon Ancestor Tree Heart was connected to that thing, so it was able to flow unimpeded.

This stone door was obviously set up by someone, so using the Demon Ancestor Tree Heart was useless.

“If an ordinary person comes to this stone gate, they might be helpless. However, the thing I’m least afraid of is this kind of barrier that can be solved with brute force.”

Li Qing smiled, then took out his Heavenly Saber and slashed at the stone door.

“Boom!” A loud explosion rang out. This saber strike unexpectedly triggered a violent tremor. Its momentum was terrifying. The runes on the stone door flashed, as if there was a large formation guarding it.

However, in front of Heavenly Saber, the grand formation was also useless. The runes flashed for a while, as if they were struggling. Soon, they were destroyed, and a huge crack appeared on the door.

Li Qing continued to brandish his Heavenly Saber and slashed onto the stone door. Soon, he broke open the stone door and walked into it.

It was a bottomless passageway.

“It’s still a passageway! Such a deep passageway, what the hell!” Li Qing frowned and walked forward patiently without being discouraged.

Not long after, he encountered another stone room. There was actually a light inside.

“Where did you get the lights?” Li Qing was shocked.

Entering the stone room, it was very simple. There were stone tables, stone beds, stone stools, and so on. They should be human dwellings.

At the entrance was an ancient bronze lamp on the stone table. The wick of the lamp was unexpectedly unextinguished, and a flame lit up.

“So it’s the light emitted from this ancient lamp!”

Curious, Li Qing walked forward and grabbed the ancient bronze lamp.

The bronze lamp was ordinary and simple in style, but its hands were warm and moist. It did not have the cold and hard feeling of metal, but rather seemed to be holding onto a piece of warm jade. Surprisingly, the stone room was filled with dust, but the ancient bronze lamp was spotless, as if it could isolate dust.

After so many years, the ancient lamp was still bright. Li Qing had to feel surprised. Could it be that it had been bright since the ancient times until now?

It was difficult for him to discern the grade and origin of this ancient lamp. He felt that this item must be extraordinary, so he put it into his spatial ring and waited until he had time to slowly study it in the future.

Apart from this ancient lamp, there were other things.

A stone statue was placed on the stone platform in front of him. This was the appearance of a Taoist, floating like an immortal. He held a whisk in his left hand and a jade ruyi in his right.

The statue was vivid and lifelike. Looking at each other, the statue seemed to have come to life, as if it was looking at each other through time and space, shocking.

“Could this be the Patriarch of the Subhuti Ancient Academy?” Li Qing guessed.

In front of the statue, there was a string of Buddhist beads, and there was a prayer mat beneath it.

“This statue is a Taoist. Why is there a string of Buddhist beads? It’s really strange.”

Li Qing picked up the Buddha Pearl and found that the pearls on it weren’t sandalwood pearls. Instead, they were like walnuts. The colors were gray and ordinary, without light or lustre, and the luster was dim.

There were some strange patterns intersecting on it, and there was a faint sense of heaven and earth, simple and natural.

Holding it in his hand, Li Qing immediately entered an inexplicable state. He felt that his state of mind was ethereal and he was stunned on the spot for a moment.

After a long time, he finally regained his senses and looked at the string of Buddha beads, his gaze already filled with shock.

“These Buddha beads are all Bodhi Seeds! How is that possible?” Li Qing cried out.

Forging a string of Buddhist beads from Bodhi Seed was a terrifying thing. One had to know that the Bodhi Seed was extremely precious and could only be obtained once a thousand years. However, this string of Buddhist beads in front of them was so extravagant that they were all made up of Bodhi Seeds!

Moreover, these Bodhi seeds were obviously of excellent quality. Each of them were large and plump, and they had the patterns of the Grand Dao on them, forming a kind of heaven and earth principle that allowed people to comprehend the Dao.

This was the Bodhi Seed that had been chosen after thousands of trials and tribulations!

“Now I’m rich! A rare treasure!” Li Qing was very excited. Even though he was accustomed to seeing the world, and had several Dao Artifacts in his hand, his expression was filled with excitement.

“This Subhuti Institute has so many amazing things. Although it is a small family, it cannot be underestimated.” Li Qing revealed a satisfied smile.

He put away the things inside, the Buddha statue, the ancient bronze lamp, the Buddhist Pearl of Subhuti, and the prayer mat on the ground into his spatial ring. Although he didn’t know if these things were useful or not, it was always right to take them away! So as not to miss anything.

After harvesting so many treasures, he was delighted in his heart. He should have left contentedly, but he inadvertently saw that there was actually a stone door on the other side of the stone room.

“Afterwards, there were still passageways? Why are there so many?”

Under Li Qing’s curiosity, another Heavenly Saber chopped open the stone door and entered.

It was still a bottomless passageway.

However, the situation this time was somewhat different. The passageway ahead was clearly carefully constructed, and the walls were smooth. The passageway in front of him was extremely rough, and the further he went, the larger the passageway became.

The passageway descended and was still turning, seemingly spiraling downwards.

Li Qing quickened his pace. After walking for a while, he suddenly realized that his vision was suddenly enlightened. When he came out from the end of the corridor, he saw an astonishing scene in front of him.

What appeared in front of him was an incomparably gigantic grotto, as if it was a vast world without the sun, moon, and sky.

Within the belly of the Heavenspan Mountain, there was actually a heavenly cave! Seeing the scene inside, Ren Li Qing was dumbfounded no matter how imaginative he was.

This Paradise was simply too big to see the end at a glance. This made people wonder if the entire Heavenspan Mountain had been hollowed out?

In the center of the Paradise, there stood a huge wooden pillar that was tall and upright, unable to see the top. It looked like it was directly connected to the peak of the mountain, and its height was more than a thousand feet, like a mountain hidden within a mountain!

What shocked Li Qing even more was that only a small portion of this huge wooden pillar was exposed, and most of the rest was buried in the soil.

Although it was hidden inside the mountain, this huge wooden pillar clearly gave off a feeling of strength that could support the entire world.

Looking at the gigantic wooden pillar that looked like a pillar, he felt the shocking power contained within it. Even with Li Qing’s firm will, he felt a little dizzy at the moment.

What exactly was this? It was actually so huge! Under the aura of this huge wooden pillar, Li Qing only felt how insignificant he was.

‘”So the legend is true. The Heavenspan Mountain really evolved from the trunk of a World Tree! It was covered with a thick layer of soil that made it an ancient divine mountain!” Li Qing muttered to himself.

He didn’t need to think too much before he could guess the origin of this giant tree. Apart from the trunk of the World Tree, what other tree in the world could be so huge?

Perhaps the largest tree he had ever seen was the Eternal Green Pine on the Eight Desolate Mountains, but compared to the tree trunk in front of him, it was simply like a firefly glowing in comparison to the sun and moon. It was not on the same level at all.

Among the Seven Divine Trees, the most powerful was the Divine Tree of Life, but it was still inferior to the World Tree.

“So, the World Tree really exists! That rumor is true! This is too shocking.” Li Qing’s gaze was complicated.

Originally, there was no direct evidence to prove that the World Tree existed, but now that he saw this trunk, Li Qing no longer had any doubts.

This is hard evidence.

“Unfortunately, no matter how powerful the World Tree is, it is already dead. Its dead body is still able to protect the Heavenspan Mountain, making it impossible for Dao Realm experts to break through. How powerful is it?” Li Qing couldn’t help but wonder how powerful the World Tree would be before it died! Perhaps it was the most invincible existence since ancient times?