Chapter 1162 - Annual rings of the Black Tree (2/2)

Qin Mu frowned slightly. After Celestial Emperor Grand Creation defeated the masters of creation and Grand Emperor, he had worked with almost all the strong practitioners at that time to seal Ancestral Court. One of the goals was to seal the void beast.

Furthermore, Divine King Gong Yun was also Celestial Venerable Gong. Although she was a master of creation, she believed that the void beast should be sealed there and couldn’t be released.

Further, even the master of creation Divine King Gong Yun, who was also Celestial Venerable Gong, believed that the voice beast must remain sealed and must not be released.

Evidently, even if the masters of creation felt that the existence that created the void beasts had ill intentions.

What was the story behind this?

When Celestial Emperor Grand Creation sealed Ancestral Court, did he also plan to seal the ancient god that had been born?

After travelling north for more than ten days, they finally saw the black stump that the two ancient gods in Grand Extremes Mine had mentioned. Qin Mu raised his head to take a look, and his heart trembled. If the two ancient gods hadn’t said that this was a black stump, he wouldn’t have been able to see the true appearance of this place.

In front of them, there were countless black mountains that stood tall and proud. Looking from afar, the hundreds of thousands of mountains were lined up concentrically, forming many circular mountain ranges that was connected one after another. It was impossible to see that this was actually a tree stump!

This was indeed a stump left behind by an extremely old tree. The ring-shaped structure formed by the mountain ranges was actually the annual rings[1] of this black tree!

However, the incomparably large circular mountain ranges were few in number and it didn’t look like there were that many annual rings.

Qin Mu flew into the sky and counted. The mountains here only formed sixteen circular wheels, and so according to this, the age of the black tree should be only sixteen years old.

“How can a sixteen-year-old tree grow so big?” He couldn’t help but laugh and shake his head.

“The ancient gods said that this place is second only to the five great primordial mines. In that case, my territory shall be here!”

Qin Mu controlled the void beast to fly over the pitch-black mountains, heading straight for the core of the black wood. In the centre of the Hundred Thousand Mountains was a huge black peak that stood upright, but its peak was extremely flat.

Qin Mu controlled the void beast and flew over the pitch black mountain ranges, heading straight for the core of the black stump. In the centre of the hundreds and thousands of mountains was a huge black peak that stood proud: its peak was extremely flat.

Qin Mu took out the Glassy Sky Pagoda and stabbed it into the centre of the huge black peak. He shouted in a deep voice, “Rise!”

Buzz—

The Glassy Sky Pagoda opened its canopy layer by layer, and the heavens expanded outwards. Soon, they covered the black mountains, and the sixteen black mountain ranges completely covered the 28 heavens.

After protecting his territory, he immediately opened the vertical eye in the heart of his brows. Through the visualisation of the masters of creation, he created a palace.

At that moment, the dragon qilin’s voice rang out. “Cult Master, this black mountain also has annual rings!”

Qin Mu’s heart stirred, and he walked over. He saw Tiny Earth Count lying on the ground and counting the years on this big black peak. He had already counted to a few thousand years.

“These… are really annual rings!”

Qin Mu was astonished. Tiny Earth Count had already counted to three thousand, but he had only taken two steps.

Meanwhile, the entire black mountain was several hundred miles long and wide. It was unknown how long it would take to count it all!

Qin Mu’s heart trembled violently, and he looked at the markings of the black mountain in a daze. His mind was blown. “This black tree is only sixteen years old. What does one year mean in this case… How long is one year for this tree?”

The dragon qilin measured the length of Big Black Peak with each step and calculated how many rings there were in each step. He then multiplied the number of steps and said with a smile, “Cult Master, if this Big Black Peak is a tree, it should be thirty billion years old!”

The dragon qilin measured the length of this black peak with his steps and counted the number of rings within each step. He multiplied these two numbers together and said with a smile, “Cult Master, if this black peak is a tree, then it should be around thirty billion years old!”

[1] The annual rings of a tree can be seen when you cut the trunk. It reveals a pattern of differently coloured concentric circles. The reason for the colour difference is due to the difference in growth speed during summer and winter. As such, by counting the number of rings, you can accurately determine a tree’s age.