Reincarnated as a Ginkgo Tree: I Create an Eternal Divine Kingdom - Chapter 104

The Kunlun Plateau is the highest plateau in the world. With an average altitude of 30,000 feet, it stretches approximately 80,000 miles from east to west and 60,000 miles from north to south, covering a total area of about 48 million square miles, equivalent to an area of 4 million square miles.

This makes the Kunlun Plateau over forty times larger than the Ancient Wilderness Mountains. The Ancient Wilderness Mountains lie between the Kunlun Plateau and the Great Xia Empire’s Qingzhou region.

Although the Kunlun Plateau is part of the Great Xia Empire’s territory, it is the only place in the empire that has not been designated as a state. After the plateau was annexed by the empire, it was allowed to remain autonomous due to its harsh environment, which made governance difficult.

“We saw a flood dragon at the border between the Ancient Wilderness Mountains and Kunlun!”

Huang Shuling’s voice was filled with shock.

“A flood dragon?”

Su Mu’s mind became alert. Flood dragons were the stuff of legends, and he hadn’t expected there to be one in Kunlun.

“How powerful is this flood dragon?” he asked Huang Shuling.

“We don’t know for sure, but it’s definitely stronger than tier-three,” she replied. “We didn’t dare to get too close, so we stopped thirty miles away from it.”

“You made the right choice,” Su Mu said. “For now, don’t provoke the flood dragon. The priority is to further consolidate control within the Ancient Wilderness Mountains and stabilize the order there.”

“Yes,” Huang Shuling acknowledged.

Su Mu then turned his attention back to his status panel. With the massive amount of lifespan energy he had recently acquired, it was time to further enhance his strength.

On one hand, he had now antagonized the Great Xia Empire. On the other hand, the presence of a flood dragon in Kunlun was another factor that compelled Su Mu to remain vigilant. He knew that only with sufficient strength could he remain unafraid of any challenge.

He surveyed his numerous abilities. The Earth Fiend Transformation had reached the sixth-tier, and the Power of Mist had reached the seventh level. These two abilities were currently his most significant assets. After some consideration, Su Mu decided to first enhance the Power of Mist.

Upgrading the Power of Mist would not only strengthen him personally but also fortify the entire Misty Forbidden Zone. Su Mu had a strong premonition that advancing this ability to the eighth level would result in another profound phenomenon, as it seemed to have touched upon the very rules of heaven and earth.

“Power of Mist, upgrade!” Su Mu didn’t hesitate. Fifty thousand years of lifespan energy vanished instantly, making Su Mu feel as though he was bleeding. The amount of lifespan required for this upgrade was truly staggering.

Whoosh!

The Power of Mist upgraded to the eighth-tier, and as Su Mu had expected, the transformation was monumental. When the Power of Mist reached the seventh-tier, it had given rise to Mist Flowers and transformed the Mist Skeletons into Mist People. Now, at the eighth level, the changes were even more fundamental.

Su Mu felt as if his consciousness had completely merged with the mist. He had become the absolute ruler within the mist—a veritable embodiment of the “Dao” within this foggy realm. Wherever the mist extended, it truly became an independent world.

Su City.

On the top floor of the tallest building, Wangjiang Tower, several newly minted noble scions of Su City stood, gazing out at the beautiful Sui River. One of the young noblewomen suddenly widened her eyes in shock.

“What’s wrong?” someone beside her asked, surprised.

“The Misty Forbidden Zone…” the noblewoman stammered.

The others quickly looked toward the Misty Forbidden Zone, and they too were stunned. Above the zone, an immense mass of mist was swirling, gradually forming into the shape of a colossal dragon made entirely of mist. It was a five-clawed dragon, 10,000 feet long, coiled in the sky above the center of the Misty Forbidden Zone, exuding an overwhelming and terrifying aura.

Before long, more and more people noticed this phenomenon.

“Oh my God…”

“What is that?”

“A massive dragon made of mist, stretching for miles!”

Countless people were at a loss to comprehend what they were witnessing.

Green Hills Mansion.

In the center of the Seven Stars Array, the guardians observed the colossal mist dragon over the Misty Forbidden Zone through the array.

“What’s happening?”

The guardians were shocked.

“The Forbidden Zone is clearly demonstrating its power to Green Hills Mansion,” someone said.

“What is that mist dragon? Could the true forbidden power of the Misty Forbidden Zone be not the ancient ginkgo tree, but a mist dragon?”

Soon, the higher-ups of Green Hills Mansion gathered, all looking extremely grim. Li Tianming turned to the array guardians.

“Can you monitor the spiritual energy levels in the Misty Forbidden Zone?” he asked.

The guardians shook their heads. “The Heavenly Pivot Array in Nanjing City was destroyed and hasn’t been repaired yet. Although we’re using other arrays to monitor the zone, it’s been difficult to accurately measure the spiritual energy levels there.”

Li Tianming could only sigh and said gravely, “Report this to the court. Let the officials decide.”

This news quickly reached the Imperial Observatory in Taikang City.

“The Misty Forbidden Zone is growing more terrifying,”

“The Qingzhou Sword is lost. Should we request the empire to deploy another national treasure?”

The members of the Imperial Observatory Division were deeply concerned.

Misty Forbidden Zone.

Su Mu paid no attention to the reactions of the human race. He knew that upgrading the Power of Mist to the eighth level would trigger celestial phenomena, but he no longer cared about keeping a low profile.

Ever since he had fended off the attack from the Qingzhou Sword, Su Mu knew he could no longer stay under the radar. Since that was the case, there was no need to hide.

The enormous dragon in the sky was, in fact, a manifestation of the eighth-level Power of Mist. It was the true spirit of the mist, a Mist Spirit born from the Power of Mist. However, this spirit didn’t possess an independent consciousness but existed entirely through Su Mu’s will, much like the rules of the Dao. It was the core of the Power of Mist and could maintain the operation of the mist in Su Mu’s stead.

What was most terrifying was that with the existence of the Mist Spirit, the area covered by the Power of Mist would now become a world of its own. Moreover, Su Mu was no longer bound by the previous limitations of the Power of Mist’s expansion.

Previously, each level of advancement in the Power of Mist resulted in an expansion of the mist’s coverage. But now, as long as Su Mu’s will was strong enough, the Power of Mist could expand infinitely.

Without hesitation, Su Mu willed the Power of Mist to spread towards the Ancient Wilderness Mountains. The core area within an 80-mile radius remained the most concentrated, while the mist in other regions, under Su Mu’s control, became less dense, resembling ordinary mountain fog.

The mist spread rapidly, and within a quarter of an hour, it had expanded over 400 miles, reaching the edge of the Ancient Wilderness Mountains and the front of the Kunlun Plateau, where Huang Shuling had mentioned.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, Su Mu sensed something. The mist surged, forming a pair of misty eyes that gazed forward. Almost simultaneously, the clouds above the Kunlun Plateau began to swirl, revealing a pair of golden eyes.

The two pairs of eyes, separated by twenty miles, stared at each other.