At Ge Long’s reminder, the truth of the situation suddenly dawned on Lu Yun.

The Dao Tree wasn’t a treasure without an owner. There was a group of crimson long-haired monsters protecting the third layer and stopping immortals from plucking their origin dao fruits. For that very reason, the path of immortality stopped at the origin dao realm.   

The tree’s core that these immortals were fighting over was most likely a fake. Lu Yun smelled foul play at work here. With that in mind, he slowly backed away, ready to leave. Noting his intentions, those keeping watch relaxed inwardly.

After all, the prevailing rumor in the outside world was that the immortal emperor had chosen Lu Yun as his heir and that this tree was a...