No matter how excruciating the pain was, Liu Wuxie gritted his teeth and held on. He continued to channel the Divine Thunder Physique's cultivation technique, while the Desolate Devouring Art ran automatically within him.0

Each time his body took damage, traces of the Heavenly Tree's essence seeped out, knitting his wounds with its restorative power. Yet, after every cycle of healing, Liu Wuxie could feel his physique growing stronger.0

However, it came at a price, as the heavenly tree's essence diminished with each healing. He estimated that he would exhaust all of its energy by the time he made his breakthrough.0

Time passed slowly, and the search for Liu Wuxie's whereabouts grew increasingly frenzied. They all wanted to kill him before the sacred ground closed.0

As the world's laws were gradually being completed, some people successfully made a breakthrough to the Earth Profound Realm—the number of individuals attempting to make a breakthrough increased.0

Those who succeeded in their breakthrough began to rally their companions to hunt others. And so, a bloody slaughter unfolded in this world....0