"Is that damned tree going to wipe out all life on the continent?" The Northdipper Swordsage didn't understand what was going on.

"Did the tree decide to do this or did someone cause it to? It couldn't have been us, right?"

The death of billions was such a horrifying catastrophe that even the Northdipper Swordsage couldn't properly wrap his mind around it. It used to be that he had wanted to obtain the saplings no matter what, but now all his plans had been ruined. Right now, he didn't care about being the leader of the Myriad Solar Sects anymore. He felt nothing but fear and awe toward the divine tree.

"Their deaths have nothing to do with me!" He took a deep breath, only to suddenly recall something....