Chapter 298: Half-Mature Spirit Tree
“Sect Master, are you busy?” Guan Zexiao’s voice came through the communication magical artifact.
Qin Chuan immediately replied, “I just finished my work. Why? Is something the matter?”
Guan Zexiao said, “Sect Master, the Space Parasite Beasts are becoming active again.
“We also discovered a problem.
“Due to the nuclear pollution, we examined some plants and animals.
“Their radiation levels are very high, and there are some mutations.
“After observing for a few days, such mutations are happening very quickly and spreading very quickly as well.
“According to calculations, all plants and animals in the world would mutate within two years.
“So, even if nuclear pollution in the environment is resolved, the mutation in plants and animals is irreversible.
“When that happens, the source of food for humans will not be safe. This is also a very troublesome problem.”
Qin Chuan nodded his head. This was indeed very bad, but they weren’t without a solution.
When the [Spirit Tree] matured, it would generate spiritual energy continuously.
By then, the world would be filled with spiritual energy.
Once those mutated plants and animals absorb the spiritual energy, the radiation and harmful substances inside them would slowly be removed. This way, they could be safely consumed.
However, the current [Spirit Tree] was still a small sapling, far from maturity.
Qin Chuan thought for a moment. Since the Space Parasite Beasts were out to cause trouble again, he would deal with them in one go.
He could then use their corpses as fertilizer for the [Spirit Tree].
Qin Chuan released his divine consciousness, instantly enveloping the entire world.
After looking around, he found that other than the level-six Space Parasite Beasts that were sealed away by the barrier—all the others had escaped.
Now, after the battle with Aatrox’s team, the military strength of the various countries was greatly weakened. They were not enough to deal with these Space Parasite Beasts and could only watch them cause destruction.
What was already a terrible world was made worse.
But fortunately, the people were currently living in shelters, and their lives would not be in danger for the time being.
However, if they allow these Space Parasite Beasts to continue wreaking havoc, these shelters would not be able to guarantee the safety of the people.
Therefore, he had to get rid of these Space Parasite Beasts.
Hence, Qin Chuan immediately headed to various places all around the world.
Given Qin Chuan’s current strength, the Space Parasite Beasts were like nobodies to him. Killing them was as easy as crushing an ant.
In less than three days, all the space parasites that came out to destroy him were destroyed.
Qin Chuan spent a day or two draining the blood of these Space Parasite Beasts and collecting them.
The blood he collected was handed over to the Alchemy disciples to be refined into spirit pills.
The remaining corpses were used as fertilizer for the [Spirit Tree].
It was indeed effective.
Qin Chuan cast the Law of Time on the [Spirit Tree]. Unfortunately, it took half a month to absorb all the corpses of the Space Parasite Beasts.
During the absorption period, the [Spirit Tree] grew at speed visible to the naked eye.
From a small sapling, it grew into a towering tree that was almost a hundred meters tall.
The tree trunk was so thick that it exceeded the combined arm lengths of dozens of people.
During this period of time, the sect also sent good news.
After Qina and completely successfully developed the conversion device, the Weapon Forging disciples began to make their moves.
Hearing the good news, Qin Chuan felt very gratified.
After experiencing the apocalypse-like battle, everyone felt greater responsibility than ever.
Looking at the [Spirit Tree] in front of him, Qin Chuan was filled with confidence towards the future.
“Since everyone is working so hard, I naturally cannot be a burden.”
Qin Chuan looked at the growth progress bar of the [Spirit Tree]. It had only reached 13%.
All the corpses of the Space Parasite Beasts below level-six were fed to the [Spirit Tree].
However, it had only reached 13%. That was too slow.
From this, one could see how difficult it was to completely mature the [Spirit Tree].
However, no matter how difficult it might be, it had to be completed. Otherwise, humans would not be able to live normally.
In addition, this was also a part of getting all the people to cultivate.
In order to mature the [Spirit Tree] as soon as possible, Qin Chuan went to Devil Sea to remove the seal on the level-six Space Parasite Beasts.
These beasts were still not awake.
However, judging from their auras, they would probably wake up in the next two years.
The strength of these level-six space parasites was equivalent to a cultivator at the mid-upper level of the Soul Transformation realm. Some others were at the peak stage of the Soul Transformation realm, and perhaps even some at Soul Splitting.
The will of the Heavenly Dao of this world was still extremely weak. If they were to awaken with their immense strength, the Heavenly Dao would definitely not be able to withstand it. If that were to happen, the Heavenly Dao would collapse, and this world would be destroyed as well.
This was why Qin Chuan wanted to seal away these unawakened level-six Space Parasite Beasts.
During the sealing period, he would nurture the [Spirit Tree] and strengthen the Heavenly Dao.
Still, he never expected to experience so many accidents during this period.
But Qin Chuan also benefited from this misfortune, obtaining the legacy of a great expert like Elder Raven.
He used his own power to repair the damaged Heavenly Dao. Although it was not completely restored, the current world could now bear the power of Soul Splitting and above.
In order to speed up the growth of the [Spirit Tree], it was time for these level-six Space Parasite Beasts to show their value.
“It just so happens that all of you haven’t awakened yet. You won’t feel anything through this way of death. It saves you from all the pain.”
After speaking, Qin Chuan raised his hand, and white light shot out from his fingertips, piercing through the heads of these level-six Space Parasite Beasts.
Their massive bodies shuddered, and they didn’t even open their eyes or cry out. Just like that, they lost all signs of life.
Qin Chuan collected their corpses and returned them to the [Spirit Tree].
This time, Qin Chuan did not extract their blood. Instead, he gave them completely to the [Spirit Tree] as fertilizer.
The [Spirit Tree] didn’t absorb them quickly.
It took around ten days to absorb one.
While it took some time, this method was quite effective.
One boosted the progress of the tree by about 3%.
There were about ten level-six Space Parasite Beasts in total. If it were to absorb all of them, together with the earlier 13%, the progress would reach 50%.
Just like that, the [Spirit Tree] absorbed the level-six Space Parasite Beasts one after another. Its body grew bigger and taller.
Qin Chuan kept guard beside the [Spirit Tree], witnessing its growth.
During this period of time, the Weapon Forging disciples in the sect sent multiple pieces of good news in succession.
After countless failures, they finally succeeded in forging the conversion device.
After that, the disciples continued to improve their forging techniques.
Finally, they came up with a set of forging techniques that had an 80% success rate.
Now, the conversion device could be mass-produced.
Qin Chuan returned to the sect to take a look and, at the same time, applied the Law of Time again.
He was very satisfied with the performance of these disciples.
Qin Chuan had given them a promise that once the mission was completed, they would be rewarded handsomely.
These disciples weren’t here for the rewards, but Qin Chuan’s offer had given them a lot of motivation.
Qin Chuan looked at the speed at which his disciples were forging and felt that they would be able to complete the task ahead of time.
Just like that, half a year passed.
The [Spirit Tree] completed its absorption. The progress bar was at 55%. It was halfway to maturity.
Right now, the spirit tree was extremely huge, several thousand meters tall.
With this height, it had probably surpassed many mountain ranges in the world.
As for the crown of the [Spirit Tree], it covered an area of tens of square kilometers and could be described as covering all the sky.
The small Cloud Mountain could no longer contain the [Spirit Tree] and was completely occupied by it.
Qin Chuan had already relocated the buildings that were built in the mountains.
Currently, the progress of the [Spirit Tree] was half done. Meanwhile, the disciples of the sect sent news that one hundred thousand pieces of the conversion devices had been completed ahead of time.