In the blink of an eye, a millennium had passed. The old site of the Heavenly Court was no longer the desolate ruin left in the wake of the Lich War; row upon row of palaces now bathed in starlight, appearing solemn and majestic. Yet, life had still not fully returned, and it remained somewhat quiet and deserted.
Aside from the Middle Heaven North Pole Ziwei Enclosure, only some rogue cultivators and insignificant minor demons of the Primordial World had joined the Heavenly Court over the past thousand years. Early on, Yaochi had found a location in the Heavenly Court brimming with spiritual energy and planted the Flat Peach Tree, a spiritual root bestowed by Ancestor Hongjun.
To bring the Flat Peach Trees to scale as quickly as possible, Yaochi spared no expense of the spiritual root's origin, coaxing a total of 3,600 Flat Peach Trees into existence. The first 1,200 trees matured the fastest, taking three thousand years to bear fruit. Though their "flowers were subtle and fruits were small," consuming just one would allow a person to "attain immortality and Dao, leaving the body light and robust."
Chapter 164