Chapter 1577: A Grand Return (1/2)

The Nether River flew out of the Nether Realm and headed directly towards the Floragrims’ main realm, followed by the five mountainous statues.

Barbara and the other Netherspirits chased the Nether River into the starry river, but found that it was leaving at a speed beyond their imagination.

No matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t catch up to it. They could only watch it fly farther and farther away.

“Nie Tian!” Barbara roared madly in the starry river outside the Nether Realm.

Inside the Nether Realm.

Numerous Phantasms had a feeling of being driven into a dead end watching the Nether River leave along with the five statues that they had worshiped for countless years.

Deeply confused, the old female Phantasm cast her gaze down. “Why did this happen?

“Aren’t the Netherspirits supposed to take us over? Isn’t the Nether River in the Nether Realm only a branch of the Nether River in the Void World? If that’s true, why did it suddenly fly away after their arrival?

“And it didn’t seem to be leaving the Spirit World.”

She couldn’t think of an answer.

Some Phantasms flew into the starry river after Barbara and the Netherspirits with her, and whispered among themselves.

They also wanted to figure out what had just happened.

Barbara was an important figure of the Netherspirits. She had clearly attempted to draw power and strong spirits from the Nether River. However, it seemed to... have completely ignored her.

Not just that, but it had unprecedentedly left the Nether Realm and flown seemingly towards the Floragrims’ domain, as if it had been channeled by some force.

It was very strange that it would do that instead of returning to its origin in the Void World.

After pondering for a long while, the old female Phantasm said, “Barbara was calling Nie Tian’s name. Grand Monarch Unholy Wind died at Nie Tian’s hands, and I heard that he made a branch of the Nether River appear in the Seven Stars Realm Sea. Our lost treasure, the Spirit Pearl, is also in his possession. And those evil gods appeared to have developed fleshly bodies because of him...”

“That Nie Tian has a profound connection to us somehow!” another Phantasm exclaimed softly.

The old female Phantasm nodded. “Strangely, yes. Possessing the Spirit Pearl, commanding the evil gods, and being able to channel the Nether River... This is all very unusual. I also heard that he seized the Netherspirits’ precious treasure. Don’t tell me the Nether River’s leaving is actually his doing.”

...

In the Floragrims’ main realm.

Nie Tian’s true form was cleansing and refining his wood domain over and over with the power of the Tree of Life.

After absorbing a large amount of the wood power bestowed upon him by the Tree of Life, his wood domain had gone through incredible changes, as if it had become a brand new piece of land.

Other than the Godspirit Tree and the seventy-two ancient trees, a wide array of flowers and plants were now blooming in many areas of the land, as if they had been spawned by the terrifyingly strong wood power.

Rivers of rich wood power also flowed across the land like rivers.

The Floragrims’ forbidden land, however, was quickly withering. However, just before the ancient sky-reaching trees died, their seeds seemed to be transplanted into Nie Tian’s wood domain with the power of the Tree of Life.

Gradually, his domain grew into a magical land that was very similar to the Floragrims’ main realm in its glory.

Furthermore, his domain seemed to grow more and more materialized as these changes took place.

Nie Tian’s wood power sub-soul sensed the subtle changes, and muttered, “This domain of mine was forged from the pure spiritual Qi of heaven and earth, wood power, and soul power. Other cultivators may also need to gather and fuse various spiritual materials of a certain attribute into their domains in order to forge them.

“But since I have the Godspirit Tree, I was able to skip that troublesome step.

“Once my saint domain transforms into a god domain, it’ll be able to morph infinitely and assume the form of a dharma idol, yet it’ll still be different from an actual realm.

“What will my dharma idol be like...?”