Chapter 685: Xie Junhao's Warning
Added 2026-02-04 15:55:01 +0000 UTCComments
I kinda like it as is though, it allows for a somber interpretation of the line, but not a gut punch. And that works because we already knew it was a tragedy, it will always be and seeing it sent it home how easily the lives of those practicing his technique can fall apart. However this is a tale and fate of a senior, and one that can be guarded against with proper aid this young man never had, he’s giving Ke Yin the boon of a cautionary film basically. And we already knew that most realm stabilizing trees are young cultivators who lacked proper guidance to avoid the pitfalls and trap of the technique. The surprise was seeing the process and how quickly and brutally it happens.
Rina
2026-02-04 21:51:31 +0000 UTCI think you should cut out “well, beautiful in the way a grave marker was beautiful”. I think having just “it was beautiful” or “it was beautiful” and then a contrasting “it was (insert ominous thing here” would be more impactful.
Carter Swafford
2026-02-04 21:22:41 +0000 UTCThe entire point of the tree is to prevent main world cultivation stagnation, with the time dilation, let's say he cultivates for a year, it will be what? A week? Maybe less? The tree forcing main cultivation to be higher will force the main cultivation world story to move along
ariel maoz
2026-02-04 19:08:03 +0000 UTCXie Junhao had silver veins in his trunk after first coverting to an RST. Sect Master Yuan's inner monologue revealed his master's karma string had turned silver when he disappeared. Is this a sign that the previous sectmaster converted to a tree somewhere? Another recent mention of silver is the other-wordly entity who first appeared as a ball of silver light before morphing into different shapes (including a tree) before taking on a humanoid shape.
Anonymous
2026-02-04 18:54:20 +0000 UTCYeah, this arc really is frustrating. I hate the sword of damicles trope. The enemy is from within, I really hope this direction of the Genesis Seed being the looming threat doesn't last long. I love the whole world hopping stuff too much for us to be afraid of the very thing the mc is relying on.
TheCommensuratePup
2026-02-04 17:32:41 +0000 UTCSmall sect, they couldn't afford to hold onto him with their rising star turned into a tree.
Codered999
2026-02-04 16:48:13 +0000 UTCAnd then his sect sold him off, and he ended up with the cultivator who created the Realm of the Chosen, and he had to watch as he was slowly corrupted, huh?
Summer Coff
2026-02-04 16:25:28 +0000 UTC
