Published at 12th of March 2026 7:22 am

Chapter 2108: The Trap of the Metamorphosis Method

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"Senior, we’re here again, and this time, we’ve brought a large quantity of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, hoping to exchange for a batch of Peak Stage Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Leaves from you."

Fei Hong stepped forward and spoke with cupped hands.

"Present your treasures!" The surface of the Dao Monarch Tea Tree’s trunk coalesced into a wrinkled human face, its deep blue eyes filled with wisdom swept over Ye Feng without leaving a trace.

"The aura of a kindred spirit!"

The Dao Monarch Tea Tree thought to itself, feeling the aura of a Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree from Ye Feng’s brow, also at its peak but only at a transformation stage.

This made It very happy.

After all, kindred spirits are hard to come by.

At the edge of the mist, the domain pressure of the Dao Monarch Tea Tree gradually retracted, allowing everyone to move freely. They quickly took out various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, such as Divine Dragon Blood, Primordial Vicious Beast Crystal Core, Essence of All Things, Divine Medicine Essence, each worth over a million Origin Stones.

Half a moment later.

The various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures piled up at the scene formed a small mountain, with a total value exceeding tens of billions of Origin Stones. On average, each genius took out treasures worth seven or eight billion Origin Stones, showing true wealth.

"These people have truly profound foundations!"

Ye Feng couldn’t help but think to himself.

He also took out Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures worth billions, pretending to act, but in reality, he was contemplating how he should communicate with the Dao Monarch Tea Tree to learn the Metamorphosis Method.

"Bring these Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures over, I’ll allow you to pick the tea leaves personally, but remember, ten thousand Origin Stones are needed for one tea leaf."

The Dao Monarch Tea Tree said.

"Thank you, senior!"

The geniuses rejoiced.

Fei Hong looked surprised. Previously, when picking tea leaves, the Dao Monarch Tea Tree would shake off a certain number of leaves itself, never allowing them to approach the tree, but now they could.

He didn’t know this was because of Ye Feng.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The geniuses sacrificed the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, the Dao Monarch Tea Tree’s trunk shook, and multiple vortices appeared on the trunk, devouring the treasures.

The next moment, everyone felt dizzy.

When they regained consciousness, they found themselves standing beneath the enormous Dao Monarch Tea Tree and quickly began picking tea leaves according to the value of their sacrificed treasures.

"Wow, this is amazing!"

"A Leaf worth ten thousand Origin Stones, I sacrificed treasures worth one billion Origin Stones, that means I can pick one hundred thousand tea leaves, which is enough for a long time."

"I sacrificed less, but I can take eighty thousand tea leaves."

The geniuses were extremely excited, speeding up their picking. With this batch, they could harvest over ten million leaves, but this tree was so large that ten million leaves amounted to less than one percent of all its leaves.

At the base of the trunk.

Ye Feng arrived here without picking any leaves.

He gently touched the trunk with his hand.

Buzz!

Ye Feng’s consciousness was drawn into a magical seven-colored space, where he saw an ancient tea tree towering above, staring at him solemnly.

"Young man, are you a cultivator of the universe within?"

"Yes." Ye Feng nodded, "It seems, senior, you’ve sensed the aura of the Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree I deliberately released."

"Yes, which is why I allowed you to come pick the tea leaves, offering you a chance to get close." The Dao Monarch Tea Tree admitted freely.

"My Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree is currently only undergoing one transformation, I wish to ask you, how can I initiate the second transformation?" Ye Feng got straight to the point.

"It’s simple, nurture high-level intelligence, and become a grass and wood cultivator like myself." The Dao Monarch Tea Tree spoke, appearing calm.

"Just like that?" Ye Feng was surprised, "But what kind of treasure do I need to prepare to enable this transformation?"

"Let it meet with me so I can check its specific state and provide detailed diagnosis results."

"Alright."

Ye Feng activated his consciousness, a giant rift appeared behind him, revealing the grand visage of the Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree within the Three Realms Universe.

Rustle, rustle, rustle...

Ye Feng’s tea tree extended a branch into the consciousness space created by the Dao Monarch Tea Tree, releasing a gentle fragrance, and its surface became increasingly brilliant with seven-colored light.

The Dao Monarch Tea Tree began sensing.

"The foundation is extremely robust, after the first transformation, there are hardly any side effects, very good, you’ve taken great care of my kindred spirit, excellent."

"The Origin Substance within is also very rich, just needs to absorb several dozen kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to successfully transform into a plant cultivator."

"Good, very good!"

"I wonder if assimilating and devouring it could enable my third transformation!"

The eerie voice echoed.

This made Ye Feng’s pupils constrict.

"This is a trap!"

Ye Feng understood instantly, breaking free from the consciousness space, returning to his body, and standing under the Dao Monarch Tea Tree, trying to withdraw his hand from the trunk.

However, he found he couldn’t move it.

His palm seemed to be tightly adhered to the trunk of the Dao Monarch Tea Tree, unable to move.

"Young man, stop struggling, I am at the early stage of Dao Monarch, suppressing a mere cultivator of the universe within is a simple matter. Once I devour your universe within and refine the origin of my kindred spirit, I should be able to undertake a third transformation. By then, I should also advance to the mid-stage of Dao Monarch, haha..."

The thunderous voice resounded in Ye Feng’s mind.

"Run, this is a trap!"

Ye Feng shouted loudly, simultaneously activating his Holy Divine Form, optimizing maximum power. Although it couldn’t render him immune to attacks from the Dao Monarch, it could weaken it by ninety percent.

Boom!

Ye Feng mobilized all his power, shaking violently, finally withdrawing his hand, but his palm had eerie tree vines growing, burrowing inward.

"Hmph!"

Ye Feng resolutely severed his arm, causing those tree vines to fly backward, pinning themselves on the trunk of the Dao Monarch Tea Tree.

"Eh, you little rascal, quite impressive!"

The Dao Monarch Tea Tree was surprised. It hadn’t expected to be unable to invade a mere universe within, and even now, It didn’t know the specific coordinates of Ye Feng’s universe within, unable to continue searching.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!"

Ye Feng dared not stay here any longer, not expecting this to be a trap, he hastily retreated.

"No one will leave!"

The Dao Monarch Tea Tree became furious, its body trembling, emitting terrifying pressure, causing Zhou Yan, Tian Qi, Fei Hong, and over a hundred geniuses to fly backward, spitting out blood.

"What happened?"

Everyone was bewildered.

Yet, despite not knowing the cause, they realized the Dao Monarch Tea Tree intended to kill everyone present, so they retreated following Ye Feng, not daring to look back.

"Stay and become nourishment, helping me undertake the third transformation!" The Dao Monarch Tea Tree roared.

Snap!

Numerous green vines appeared, spanning a myriad of void, binding Ye Feng, Tian Qi, Fei Hong, Zhou Yan, Lin Daotong, and other top geniuses, pulling them back.

"Father, save me!"

"Master, save me!"

"Grandfather, save me!"

"Wife, save me!"

"Sister, save me!"

Different geniuses shouted different slogans, asking their Dao Monarch-level backers to save them. At the same time, their foreheads cracked open, divine light bursting forth and releasing the pressure of the Dao Monarch Realm. However, due to being suppressed by the purple mist, they could only exert force at the peak of Nine-Turn Heavenly Venerable.

Fortunately, there is strength in numbers.

Over a hundred Dao Monarchs activated their backup power, and the combined pressure successfully severed the green vines, allowing everyone to escape and quickly run towards the edge of the Forbidden Area.

"None of you are leaving, ah!"

The Dao Monarch Tea Tree was furious, with two gigantic branches seeming to transform into huge palms, anchoring on the ground as the entire tree was uprooted from the earth. Countless roots swiftly began to move, causing the Dao Monarch Tea Tree to rush towards everyone.

"Oh my god!"

A genius turned back and saw this horrific scene, his face pale in fright. The other geniuses who saw this ran even faster.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Ye Feng and the rest were swift, entering the purple mist at the moment the Dao Monarch Tea Tree almost caught up. The tea tree collided with the purple mist, bouncing back, able only to move around the expansive green grassland, evidently restricted.

"Damn it!"

"If I weren’t trapped here, I would devour you today, aiding my third metamorphosis."

The Dao Monarch Tea Tree cursed angrily.

Crackling!

Suddenly, lightning emerged from the purple mist, transforming into a long whip that struck down, causing the Dao Monarch Tea Tree to tremble and retreat. Numerous branches connected with leaves fell off, scattering everywhere.

"Ahhh, this damned seal!"

The Dao Monarch Tea Tree swore out loud.

Then, more purple lightning whips extended from the purple mist, continually striking the Dao Monarch Tea Tree, causing it to let out heart-wrenching screams. It quickly retreated to the center of the green grassland, burrowed into a tree pit, and reverted to looking like a calm and ancient Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree.

Geniuses stood at the mist’s edge, in a safe zone where they were not afraid of being attacked by the Dao Monarch Tea Tree.

"So, the purple mist is a seal meant to suppress this Dao Monarch-level Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree."

"Whose handiwork is this?"

"This mist is impressive. Internally it can seal a Dao Monarch-level Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree, and externally it can ward off Dao Venerables from entering. At least it must be set up by a Peak Dao Venerable or even a Grand Dao Venerable-level powerhouse."

The geniuses whispered among themselves.

At this moment, Ye Feng looked at the scattered branches of the Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree and deliberately changed the subject, "Look everyone, there are many tea leaves on the ground, hurry and collect them!"

With a wave of his hand, an illusory hand reached towards the grassland area, scooping up many branches still connected with tens of thousands of tea leaves, their fragrance overflowing.

"Yes, yes, quickly gather the spoils!"

The geniuses finally realized.

They began to act, collecting the branches of the Dao Monarch Tea Tree knocked to the ground, accumulating nearly a billion sheets of Seven-Colored Tea Leaves.

"Haha, made a fortune!"

A genius was quite pleased.

No one suspected Ye Feng. Everyone merely thought the Dao Monarch Tea Tree itself was a trap, seeing so many geniuses gathered, it intended to capture them all and complete its metamorphosis, thereby enhancing its power to break through the seal.

"Let’s go, this place isn’t suitable for lingering. I didn’t expect the Dao Monarch Tea Tree to be a trap. Today’s events will be reported to my father, and he’ll decide." Fei Hong said seriously.

"You are not to blame. The blame is on the Dao Monarch Tea Tree for being too treacherous, deliberately letting us approach it just to seize the opportunity for an attack, attempting to devour all of us. Fortunately, we all have Dao Monarch-level support, and combined, we managed to escape safely." Lin Daotong remarked.

"Thank you all for understanding," Fei Hong said, embarrassed, feeling guilty that he nearly endangered everyone.

"Let’s go!"

The geniuses left loaded with their spoils, traversing the mist.

"Hey, Ye Feng, where’s your old servant? Why isn’t he with you?" Someone finally realized that the Radiant Daoist wasn’t present and casually asked.

"He’s around, right? He was just here, oh, he’s up ahead, I see him now." Ye Feng pointed forward.

Everyone looked, indeed seeing a vague figure flying within the mist ahead.

"Oh, turns out he’s scouting ahead."

Everyone nodded.

Soon, they reached the outskirts of the purple mist area, where the Radiant Daoist jumped down from a large tree, mingling in the crowd, creating the illusion he had been with them all along.

"Just now was really too thrilling. If it weren’t for everyone having Dao Monarch backup, we couldn’t have escaped." A genius felt a sense of post-crisis survival.

Fei Hong gazed into the depths of the mist: "One day, we’ll surely take revenge and cut down that tree."

"Yes, revenge is a must."

The geniuses clenched their fists, decided to attend the upcoming event, then continue rigorous cultivation. When their Cultivation Levels reach the peak of Nine-Turn Heavenly Venerable, gathering a hundred geniuses might allow them to subdue the Dao Monarch Tea Tree across realms.

"Everyone, we can do it." Zhou Yan assured, pounding his chest, "I’m a Chaos Sacred Body. Once I advance to Nine-Turn Heavenly Venerable peak, I can face a Dao Monarch early stage."

"I should be able to as well," Tian Qi said.

"I can do it too," Fei Hong laughed.

"I’m also capable," Ye Feng grinned.

"Haha, the Forbidden Area’s forces can only limit Dao Monarch abilities from entering, but once we advance to the peak of Nine-Turn Heavenly Venerable with strength approaching or rivaling a Dao Monarch, we can enter and take revenge."

"Yes, cut down the Dao Monarch Tea Tree!"

The geniuses were not to be trifled with; indeed, anyone participating in Fei Hong’s tea gathering had their combat power reaching at least ten times that of an Ordinary Invincible Supreme Venerable. Most had combat power reaching over tenfold, capable of battling across ranks, being truly fierce.

One day in the future, once they reached the peak of Nine-Turn Heavenly Venerable, they could jointly suppress the Dao Monarch without issue.

"Today was really frustrating. I definitely want to chop down this tree, use the leaves to make tea, the trunk to make furniture, and the bark for firewood, making it furious!"

A genius huffed.

"Haha, when we all breakthrough to Eight-Turn Nine-Turn Heavenly Venerable, teaming up will certainly suppress it."

"Let’s go, let’s go!"

The geniuses were not disappointed. This time, each person acquired hundreds of thousands of leaves on average, enough to last a long time. They were all quite pleased.

Half a day later.

Over a hundred geniuses finally returned to Soaring Sky City, preparing to attend the event happening in two days.

True Dragon Commerce Association’s Residence.

This is a residential area with over a hundred independent courtyards, specially prepared by the True Dragon Commerce Association for esteemed guests to stay for extended periods.

Courtyard number nine.

Ye Feng, Tian Qi, Zhou Yan, Radiant Daoist, Lan Die, Chu Tianlan, and others temporarily resided here.

"I’ll go into seclusion for a while."

Ye Feng returned to the secret chamber, produced a branch of the Dao Monarch Tea Tree, and entered the Three Realms Universe, handing it over to the Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree for analysis.

Half a day later.

"Master, the Dao Monarch Tea Tree was right. I need to evolve into a plant-type cultivator to undergo a second metamorphosis. Then, I’ll gain strong cultivation but probably won’t be as high as the initial Dao Monarch stage, more likely just Heavenly Venerable Realm."

The Seven-Colored Enlightenment Tea Tree responded.

"Okay, let me know what Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures you need to evolve into a plant-type cultivator. Conveniently, the event is in two days, I will purchase them for you."

"Thank you, Master!"

[PS: This Chapter has over 4100 words, good morning!]

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