TL: Etude
“Father!”
When Ye Xingchen saw his father, Ye Tian, he quickly stood up and called out.
“Xingchen, what’s going on here? How did you suddenly co to possess the Dark Forbidden Power?” Ye Tian asked.
Ye Xingchen hurriedly explained, “Father, I ca to this planet and accidentally discovered this treasure land. When I ca in, I rembered your warnings about Forbidden Treasure Lands, but I couldn’t find a way out imdiately, so I started exploring here.
Then I saw this tree—it bore a single black fruit.
I figured it must be so kind of treasure, so I reached out to pluck it. But as soon as I did, the fruit rged into my body. I guess I had to refine it. As a result, I not only gained the Dark Forbidden Power but also broke through to the Grand Dao Realm, becoming a True Ancestor!”
“So that’s what happened!” Ye Tian seed sowhat surprised.
He looked over at the giant tree, which no longer bore any fruit—it was clear that had been the only one.
“Xingchen, have you fully explored this entire space?” Ye Tian asked.
“Father, I haven’t had the chance yet. I saw this giant tree and ca straight here,” Ye Xingchen replied.
“Stay here and be careful. Don’t move—I’ll take a look around,” Ye Tian instructed, before setting off to search the surroundings.
The space was vast, but perhaps because it hadn’t fully ford, there were very few forbidden wondrous objects here. After searching for a long ti, Ye Tian found only a few, and they were all low-tier forbidden items—not of much value.
“It seems the most valuable thing here is still this giant tree.”
Returning to the base of the tree, Ye Tian couldn’t help but marvel at his son’s extraordinary luck to encounter such a rare opportunity.
He had once hoped his own children and wife could wield the Dark Forbidden Power, but it hadn’t been possible, as they lacked the Copy Talent necessary for body duplication.
Furthermore, he hadn’t been able to acquire forbidden treasures such as fragnts of the Forbidden Divine Tree.
Yet, unexpectedly, his son had his own fortune and had co to master the Dark Forbidden Power.
“A tree capable of bearing such a fruit must be extraordinary—it can’t have no other purpose!” Ye Tian murmured.
He attempted to probe the forbidden tree with his spiritual sense, only to find it blocked by a mysterious force, making it impossible to penetrate even slightly.
Even his Copy Talent couldn’t discern the tree’s abilities; it was unclear if the tree wasn’t a living being or if so special rule concealed its nature from the Copy Talent.
“Xingchen, step aside!” Ye Tian instructed.
“All right!”
Ye Xingchen quickly moved away, distancing himself from the area.
Then, wielding his Forbidden Spear, Ye Tian fiercely thrust it toward the tree.
Boom! A thin barrier of rules blocked the spear, confirming Ye Tian’s suspicions.
This tree was indeed remarkable, infused with a unique rule that lded with the world, making it impossible even for his Copy Talent to analyze.
However, this didn’t an his Copy Talent was useless; as long as he could break through this rule barrier, the talent should be able to access the tree’s information.
“Break!”
Ye Tian unleashed a full-force strike, shattering the rule barrier.
Rumble! The giant tree trembled, and cracks spread across the rule barrier.
After several attacks, the rule barrier finally disintegrated.
At that mont, Ye Tian’s Copy Talent began analyzing the giant tree’s properties.
Type: Heaven-Forbidden Tree
Defensive Origin Talent: Super-God level
Devouring Origin Talent: Super-God level
Healing Origin Talent: Super-God level
Description: A descendant of the Forbidden Divine Tree, with a small chance of maturing into a Forbidden Divine Tree in the future. It takes ten trillion years to produce a single Heaven-Forbidden Fruit. The Heaven-Forbidden Fruit allows a living being to gain mastery over the Dark Forbidden Power. Within it lies the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart, which, when refined, bestows mastery over the Dark Forbidden Power and can break through a being’s limitations, surpassing previous boundaries. A single Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart may be used by up to six individuals.
Note: Once the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart is removed, the Heaven-Forbidden Tree becos an ordinary tree.
“So, it’s called the Heaven-Forbidden Tree!”
From this description, Ye Tian gained a thorough understanding of the tree.
In short, it was indeed a weakened version of the Forbidden Divine Tree. After all, since it was born in this Forbidden Treasure Land, it couldn’t possibly be as overwhelmingly powerful as a true Forbidden Supre Treasure.
In the hierarchy of cultivators, this Heaven-Forbidden Tree likely didn’t qualify as a true Forbidden Supre Treasure. It could only be considered a top-tier forbidden wondrous object. However, due to its imnse utility, it was comparable to a Forbidden Supre Treasure.
For a Pinnacle Dao Ancestor, this Heaven-Forbidden Tree was entirely useless. But for others, this tree was a supre treasure.
“One Heaven-Forbidden Fruit every ten trillion years—if one has the patience to wait, countless Heaven-Forbidden Fruits could be cultivated. But for such a long period, I don’t have the patience to wait. Directly extracting the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart would be sowhat of a loss, far less than a steady yield of Heaven-Forbidden Fruits, but it would allow to quickly cultivate a few True Ancestors who wield the Dark Forbidden Power.” Ye Tian pondered.
He also worried that if this Forbidden Treasure Land were exposed, countless True Ancestors might descend upon it in a frenzy, and even the Dao Ancestors from major forces would likely erge to seize ownership of this Heaven-Forbidden Tree.
At that point, how would he have the opportunity to cultivate the tree at his leisure? Directly taking the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart was undoubtedly one of the best options.
Furthermore, the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart had the ability to break the shackles of living beings and transcend previous limits; it might even aid him in achieving Supre True Ancestor combat strength.
“Forgive !” Ye Tian launched a fierce assault on the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart.
One Dao technique after another struck the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart. As strong as the Heaven-Forbidden Tree’s defenses were, they couldn’t withstand Ye Tian’s relentless attacks.
Before long, cracks appeared in the Heaven-Forbidden Tree.
After a full hour of assaults, Ye Tian finally carved out a massive channel through the tree.
He then entered the trunk of the Heaven-Forbidden Tree and located its heart.
Just as he was about to seize the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart, the tree made its final stand.
Rumble! Chains of rules surged forth, binding him as if to prevent him from taking the heart.
The Heaven-Forbidden Tree itself had no intelligence, but under the protection of its inherent rules, it exhibited a form of defensive capability.
However, this resistance was no match for Ye Tian.
“Great Desolate Dao Body!”
Using a Middle Thousand Dao Technique near perfection, he shielded himself. The chains of rules, despite their power, couldn’t harm or restrain him.
As Ye Tian persisted in extracting the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart, the leaves of the tree began to wither, the bark dried and cracked, and its life force seed to slowly fade away.
Moreover, the aura of the Heaven-Forbidden Tree steadily declined, becoming… utterly ordinary.
Crack! With a brittle sound, the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart was finally pried free, marking the tree’s transformation into an ordinary giant tree, its foundation entirely severed, with no hope of further advancent.
Ye Tian gazed at the massive tree heart, over ten ters long, and nodded in satisfaction before storing it away with a wave of his hand.
“Father!” Ye Xingchen flew over.
“Let’s go. This Forbidden Treasure Land holds little value now, though we could station people here. If any treasures appear in the future, we’ll be the first to know,” Ye Tian said.
“Yes, Father!” Ye Xingchen nodded.
Ye Tian then tore open the void barrier of the Forbidden Treasure Land, returning to the outside world.
While the spatial barrier might have been unbreakable for Xingchen, it posed no obstacle to Ye Tian.
Forbidden Treasure Lands were difficult to locate, but exiting from within wasn’t particularly hard.
Soon, Ye Tian returned with his son Ye Xingchen to the human territories.
First thing, he summoned his wife, Xiao Yue, his sister, Ye Yu, and his daughter, Ye Xingyue, and brought out the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart, explaining its purpose to them.
The three of them were instantly stunned.
They were well aware of how precious such a supre treasure was. The news of its existence would incite Dao Ancestors to battle to the death! Without hesitation, each took a portion of the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart and began refining it in Ye Tian’s palace to prevent any unforeseen disturbances.
Ye Tian personally guarded them as they secluded themselves in cultivation.
As ti passed, the three gradually refined the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart, gaining mastery over the Dark Forbidden Power, with a substantial boost to their foundations, and breaking through the inherent limitations of life by the power of the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart.
In other words, their chances of achieving Supre True Ancestor status in the future now far exceeded those of others.
However, even with these limitations removed, their chances of reaching Supre True Ancestor status would still depend on opportunity and luck.
Many True Ancestors, even without the bottleneck between Invincible True Ancestor and Supre True Ancestor, would be unable to break through. After all, they couldn’t reach the pinnacle of Invincible True Ancestor, lacking even the qualification to attempt the leap to Supre True Ancestor.
When Xiao Yue, Ye Yu, and Ye Xingyue had each mastered the Dark Forbidden Power, Ye Tian began refining a portion of the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart himself.
He was eager to see what changes would occur after refining the Heaven-Forbidden Tree Heart.
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