"It’s not just powerful. Anyone who comes here, be it human or beast, is doomed to die within three days. If not dead, they will end up like me..." the person stated truthfully.

"Why did you become like this?" Mo Jiuli asked, looking at the person.

"I’m different from you. You probably stumbled in here by accident! I came here seeking my good friend, who mysteriously disappeared in the Yunhai Mountain Range. After some inquiries, I learned the last place my friend appeared was nearby. That’s why I came here. When I saw the mist at night, my curiosity was piqued just like yours. So, I ventured in with a few people who knew Array formation..." The person glanced at Mo Jiuli and the others, and slowly explained.

Mo Jiuli and the others then realized that people were aware of this place, but because the Cloud Underworld is vast, even if someone knows about it, there are many similar places here, and it isn’t anything sensational. In fact, places like this eerie Poison Forest are quite numerous in the Yunhai Mountain Range, and people generally don’t pay attention...

Thus, when people and beasts kept disappearing here, the clans of the missing people came to search, but upon realizing the danger, they refrained from further risk. The man embedded in the tree was named Ding Dabao; he was an orphan who grew up with his good friend Wangcai...

The two had a great bond, although Ding Dabao was more of a homebody, preferring to go into seclusion for cultivation, while his friend Wangcai was impulsive, a man of blood, who loved going on adventures and training, always bringing back Spiritual Fruits to share with Ding Dabao...

Thirty years ago, Wangcai, who usually went out for no more than half a year, didn’t return for more than a year. Ding Dabao, who finished closed-door cultivation, began to worry because Wangcai would always return within half a year, even if Ding Dabao hadn’t finished cultivation, Wangcai would leave a note indicating his return...

Ding Dabao finished closed-door cultivation and found Wangcai hadn’t returned, growing increasingly anxious, he came to the Yunhai Mountain Range searching for his friend Wangcai, probing for years until he finally learned Wangcai disappeared here. According to people at the time, Wangcai saw the White Mist and out of curiosity, followed several others inside. Some companions of those people were afraid and didn’t go in, revealing the dread of the White Mist Forest... 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Ding Dabao learned Wangcai went in and never emerged, waiting outside for a long time to see if anyone would come out and tell him if they had seen Wangcai. Alas, he waited but saw only many searching for family members. Ding Dabao then realized the danger of the White Mist Forest, which intensified his worry about his friend’s peril. Serendipitously, a few who knew Array formations wanted to enter; Ding Dabao went along with them...

Before they even reached this place, two days had passed since those he was with weren’t adept at Array formations, breaking the array slowly. On the first day, they managed to narrowly avert danger, but on the second day, they were consumed...

Ding Dabao doesn’t recall how he became like this, only remembering a voice in his soul sea asking him whether he wanted to die or live. Instinctively, he chose to live, for he hadn’t found his friend and didn’t want to die...

Unexpectedly, the result of wanting to live was waking up in this form, unable to move or leave, akin to a tree demon, forever halted here...