Chapter 118 The previous generation of sacred trees!
When the news of the fight between the two demigods was posted online, it immediately caused an uproar on the Internet.

Forums, Tieba, chat groups, Moments, Weibo...

Everyone is talking about this matter, and the popularity has completely overshadowed the sacred tree!

But at the same time, the sacred tree has spread more widely and become known to more people.

And all this has nothing to do with Zhang Fan for the time being.

He was still immersed in hallucinations.

In the illusion world, he returned to his previous life, returned to the company, and returned to the embrace of the 996 blessing...

Zhang Fan knew that this was an illusion and that all this was fake.

But I just can’t get out!
No matter how he struggled, he was always trapped in the illusion and couldn't extricate himself.

It’s like having a nightmare, but you know it’s a dream and it’s fake.

As long as I wake up, the nightmare will end, but I just can’t wake up!
Zhang Fan gradually woke up only after the medicinal effect of the corpse-scented konjac wore off.

Zhang Fan opened his eyes and looked at the familiar training room. An indescribable joy and relief surged in his heart.

came back!
finally come back!
God knows how desperate he was when he was trapped in the hallucination just now?

That kind of powerlessness!

That kind of depression!

That kind of panic!

It's really despairing!

"Face your inner fears! It really is facing your inner fears!"

Zhang Fan murmured to himself that what he feared most was not returning to his previous life, but losing everything he had now.

That means all his efforts over the years have been in vain!

"Come down when you wake up!" The old man's voice sounded in my ears.

"grandfather?"

Zhang Fan was slightly stunned. Why did the old man come to his house?

Zhang Fan was confused, but he didn't dare to delay and got up and went downstairs.

"grandfather!"

"Come and sit!"

Zhang Xuanling waved his hand.

Zhang Fan sat down next to the old man, and saw that the old man had a serious expression on his face: "Xiao Fan, tell me again how you got this tree!"

Zhang Fan nodded and told the details of their trip to the Taklamakan Desert.

Zhang Hongcheng and Yang Ling were standing by, also listening quietly.

When Zhang Fan finished speaking, Zhang Xuanling let out a long breath:
"I didn't expect that after tens of thousands of years, Jianmu still exists. It is indeed the sacred tree of the previous generation!"

"The previous generation of sacred trees?"

Zhang Fan was stunned, and Zhang Hongcheng and Yang Ling also looked surprised.

"Dad, what do you mean? What about the previous generation of sacred trees?"

Zhang Hongcheng asked.

Zhang Xuanling glanced at his son and said, "I have explored many prehistoric ruins and know a lot of secrets!"

Zhang Fan and his family of three immediately pricked up their ears and listened quietly.

The secrets that the old man mentioned are definitely beyond their reach!
The old man looked deep in his eyes and said slowly: "Ten thousand years ago, a sacred tree suddenly appeared on the earth!"

"After the appearance of the sacred tree, it also brought innate energy to the earth!"

"The progress of the earth and human civilization has also undergone tremendous changes, just like the great catastrophe 50 years ago!"

"Humans, who were originally in a primitive society of eating raw meat and drinking blood, have suddenly entered a civilization of cultivation!"

Zhang Fan and the other two looked at each other. Why did this script look so familiar?

Isn’t the Earth today experiencing the same thing that happened ten thousand years ago?

“This is how the gods and beasts such as Fuxi, Nuwa, dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns in myths and legends were born!”

"The gods and strange beasts recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas also appeared during that period!"

Zhang Xuanling said slowly: "The whole process is almost the same as the Earth after the catastrophe!"

"And all of this was caused by the sacred tree of the previous generation!"

Zhang Fan reacted and said in disbelief: "So, Grandpa, Jianmu is the sacred tree of the previous generation?"

"Yes! The sacred tree!"

Zhang Xuanling nodded: "It is precisely because of the existence of the sacred tree Jianmu that the Titan Warriors can appear!"

"Since Jianmu is a sacred tree, why did Zhuanxu cut it down?"

Zhang Fan asked doubtfully, "This won't do him any good, right?"

"I don't know the specific reason!" Zhang Xuanling shook his head: "But I guess it should be related to the war of gods!"

"God War?"

Zhang Fan was stunned.

"Yes, God War!"

Zhang Xuanling nodded: "In that era, humans began to practice cultivation, and a large number of demigods and gods were born!"

"And in that era, humans lived on the earth in the form of tribes and clans!"

"These tribes attacked, fought, slaughtered, and annexed each other, and the fighting continued until they were finally unified!"

"Because of this, human civilization has gone through several eras!"

"There was the era of Fuxi, the era of Nuwa, the era of Yandi Kuiwei, the era of Yandi Shennong, and finally the era of Huangdi Xuanyuan!"

"You should understand that the change of dynasties is often accompanied by war, bloodshed, sacrifice, and death!"

“It was the same in that era!”

"Kuiwei overthrew Nuwa, Yandi Shennong overthrew Yandi Kuiwei, and Xuanyuan overthrew Shennong!"

"Every change of dynasty is accompanied by countless wars between gods!"

"The Battle of Banquan and the Battle of Zhulu are the two most famous and representative wars between gods!"

"After the Yellow Emperor, the throne will be passed on to the eldest son Shaohao!"

"After Shaohao died, Huangdi's grandson Zhuanxu came to power, which made many gods unhappy, and Gonggong was one of them!"

"Gong Gong is a descendant of Yan Emperor Shennong, and the son of old Zhurong!"

"He refused to obey Zhuanxu and led his tribe to launch a war of gods, trying to overthrow the rule of Xuanyuan and Zhuanxu!"

"The two tribes fought a great battle, Gonggong was defeated, and died after striking Mount Buzhou in anger!"

At this point, Zhang Xuanling paused for a moment and said, "I guess Gonggong didn't hit Mount Buzhou, but Mount Jianmu!"

"Perhaps, there is no such thing as Mount Buzhou, but only Mount Jianmu!"

"Gonggong broke Mount Buzhou, but he actually broke Jianmu!"

"Buzhou Mountain is Jianmu?"

Zhang Fan and his family looked at each other.

Zhang Xuanling nodded slightly: "Myths and legends often become completely unrecognizable during the process of transmission, and are very different from real events."

"Don't trust everything!"

"The myth says that Zhuanxu ordered people to cut down Jianmu, but this is obviously untenable. What good would it do Zhuanxu to cut down Jianmu? It would just cut off his own foundation!"

"Zhuanxu is not stupid, how could he do such a stupid thing!"

"So I guess that Jianmu must have been broken by Gonggong!"

"Makes sense!"

Zhang Fan nodded and asked, "What happened after Jianmu was hit?"

"After Jianmu was hit, it died completely. The innate Qi on Earth gradually became thinner and eventually dried up!"

"Without the innate Qi, the Titan Warriors eventually disappeared in the long river of history, and Earth civilization returned to normalcy!"

Zhang Fan nodded silently. People who understand ancient history often have a very obvious feeling.

The older the time, the richer the mythology.

As we get closer to modern times, the sense of mythology becomes less and less.

Before the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, all kinds of great gods and talented people emerged one after another.

Pangu created the world, Nuwa repaired the sky, Huangdi fought against Chiyou...

After the Pre-Qin period, the mythological color had become very weak.

Zhang Fan originally thought that this was because human civilization continued to progress and the means of recording became more and more advanced.

Now it seems that it is mostly caused by the depletion of the innate Qi!
The innate Qi is the origin and foundation of the Titan warriors. Without the innate Qi, all gods will be doomed!
"Since then, the Titan Warriors have completely perished, until today, ten thousand years later, when the Sacred Tree descended upon Earth!"

Zhang Xuanling sighed: "The Titan warriors are rising again on Earth, and the humans on Earth are entering the cultivation civilization again!"

"It can be said that the reason why the Earth was able to enter the cultivation civilization twice was due to the two sacred trees!"

"So I call Jianmu the sacred tree of the previous generation!"

"Dad, in your opinion, is there any connection between these two sacred trees?" Zhang Hongcheng suddenly asked.

"Of course!"

Zhang Xuanling looked at his son and said calmly, "The two sacred trees descended on Earth at exactly the same time, ten thousand years apart. Don't you think it's a coincidence?"

"What a coincidence!"

Zhang Hongcheng nodded repeatedly, then whispered, "Could it be man-made?"

(End of this chapter)