Chapter 3018

These primordial spiritual roots were nurtured by heaven and earth at the earliest inception of the world, boasting effects surpassing even celestial herbs. While celestial herbs benefited true immortals, spiritual roots had effects on royal celestials. Eliza managed a spiritual root known as the Saturna Peach Tree. It took nine thousand years to grow, nine thousand years to bloom, and another nine thousand to mature—which means that one had to wait a staggering thirty-six thousand years to enjoy a single Saturna Peach! Just a sip could extend a mortal's life by a millennium, while a practitioner who consumed it would instantly ascend to immortality. For true immortals, a single bite could elevate them to royal celestial status. When the world became fragmented, all ten spiritual roots had fractured. Eliza, as the garden's overseer, took a fragment of the Saturna Peach Tree's spiritual root. In the post-celestial realm era, Eliza was the sole practitioner of ancient methods who continued to advance along that path. Severin set down the jade plaque and swiftly retrieved the jade box nearby and took it out of the spatial ring. The box grew to the size of a millstone upon emerging, and the elements coalesced together with a formidable momentum. Within it emerged a small sapling about seven feet tall and about as thick as a thumb. Its leaves tinged with the faint glow of law despite being a little wilted. Severin was surprised when he saw the peach tree. "Isn't this the Celestial Peach within my Inner World?" he exclaimed, wondering if the celestial peach tree he had was a fragment of the Saturna Peach Tree. Severin immediately transported the sapling into his Small Thousand Worlds, and the divine radiance from both peach trees illuminated Heaven Pillar Mountain. Profound fluctuations in the realm's laws occurred, causing large-scale occurrences of strange phenomena. Then, Severin noticed the two trees merging with each other in the bright divine light. Chaotic energy appeared around them, and a ten-foot-tall tree emerged with its branches adorned with new buds. Each bud emitted a gray divine light as the three thousand rules seemed to hover above them and manifest as patterns on the trunk. Severin could not contain his excitement when he saw that. "It is the Saturna Peach Tree!" he marveled. He had not expected that the peach seed he acquired from the Dragon Palace treasure room was a fragment of the Bleu Celestial Realm's Saturna Peach Tree—one of ten spiritual roots from the Bleu Celestial Realm. With the fragments finally reunited, the Saturna Peach Tree was once again reborn! Such a top-tier herb was effective even for royal celestials, and it filled Severin with much elation. He could already sense a burgeoning power within the Saturna Peaches as he gazed upon them adorning the tree. They were, however, as-yet unripe, which evoked a tinge of regret. "It takes nine thousand years to bloom, nine thousand years to bear fruit, and another nine thousand years to mature... It will take a lot of time before we will be able to enjoy such a delicacy," he mused. Severin's joy far outweighed the regret he felt. He could not have been any happier to receive something of such value. The spiritual root would most certainly ensure a smooth ascension to royal celestial status in the future.