When Yu Sheng and the others finally remembered the nephew left behind by the Angel Giant Tree and hurriedly opened a gate to pick him up, he was still leisurely photosynthesizing by the tree roots, without even realizing he'd been left behind.
As it turns out, even though Zheng Zhi's spiritual resistance was high enough to remain unaffected by the Dark Angel's descent, his nerve endings, useful enough to act as a brake cable for Baili Qing's landing, facilitated his connection to the Tree Angel. Yu Sheng suspected that had he arrived half an hour later, Zheng Zhi would have dug a hole to bury himself in, because when he went to pick him up, Zheng Zhi was studying how to take root on the ground...
