Chapter 1 In Some Remote World Legends

——In some remote world legends, during the ancient and barbaric era, there were divine beasts called Zhuzhou that walked the earth, causing changes in celestial phenomena and the replacement of all things.

And when their claws and scales fell off, they would fall into the soil, absorbing the fragmented souls that had not yet entered the underworld, or were unable to be reincarnated, and transforming into strange plants and life.

Of course, there is another saying that as long as you sacrifice souls full of resentment and malice to the land where Zhuzhou once walked, then life harboring the power of Zhuzhou will be conceived in the land, becoming the power of the sacrificer.

That is a ferocious plant and a gentle spirit. Like the two ends of yin and yang, good and evil, yet complementing each other as a whole.

This is not strange.

In the depths of the profound hell, beings called demons are formed by the aggregation of numerous broken soul fragments, so they are crazy, chaotic, and always in anxiety and manic-depression.

And the legend of the Dragon Tooth Soldiers has endured for a long time. The sharp teeth of a divine dragon can originally transform into life.

But the plants and spirits called Emu and Qiling are different from demons and Dragon Tooth Soldiers: Emu itself is formed by absolute resentment and malice, while what is left for Qiling is pure kindness.

So they are also very sensitive to malice and kindness. If it is someone who has not committed any great sins, passing by the spirit of Emu will not have any impact, and may even receive some small blessings from Qiling, but if it is… no one has ever seen an evil person survive from the Emu Forest.

——After all, it was only born two days ago, so of course no one survived.

"…Yala, did you hear a voice just now?"

At this moment, Su Zhou's will paused.

The young man, who was just checking the specific situation of his two types of dependents, spoke with a hint of doubt as he looked around the entire personal space: "Indeed, someone was talking just now, right?"

——Talking? To be precise, this is not talking, it’s called soul sound. Trees can't make sounds, and most of the time I don't speak when communicating with others.

"Stop it, I heard it."

Letting out a long sigh, Yala helplessly looked around the entire personal space and said in annoyance, "Come out, Tree of the Great Path. You're definitely here! After all, there's never a shortage of plants and trees in this place, so there are definitely ten thousand ways for you to enter."

"What are you waiting for? Show yourself!"

——Obviously, Chaos has already noticed the existence of the divine tree. This is only natural, after all, the divine tree has not been hiding at all.

So, in a hazy blue radiance, starlight emerged from the countless plants and trees in the personal space.

The starlight gathered from all directions, eventually forming a blurry totem in mid-air, with a geometric figure resembling a regular dodecagon rotating—this totem looked perfect, ancient, and seemed to be a fruit, or perhaps a leaf, but what remained unchanged was the everlasting aura that had existed until now.

Faintly, there was the chanting of long, sacred words.

——Wisdom is the source, life is the root!

——Time is the crown, the world is the leaf!

——The Great Path revolves, eternally indestructible!

——Praise the Divine Tree, the cause of all fruits!

And within such sacred praise, within the aura, there was quite peculiar information, different from all soul communication, all languages, naturally emerging from the bottom of the heart.

It was like narration, like background music, its existence taken for granted, making people unaware that this was communication.

But now, with the appearance of the fruit and leaf totem, this voice seemed to have a source.

[Just to be clear, I did not do any active interference. The reason why Emu belongs to the Divine Tree lineage is only because it was planted by the Tree of Wisdom, and has nothing to do with me.]

A slow, gentle, and calm voice came from it, with a rather humorous tone: [Existence is reasonable. Su Zhou originally has a great karma with the Divine Tree. It is not strange that his dependents have such a form.]

"I'd rather ask, what exactly is strange to you and the World Tree?"

The crimson snake spirit lay on the upside-down branches of the Tree of Wisdom, communicating with the totem that was clearly derived from the 'Great Existence - Tree of the Great Path'. It snorted, "Also, don't sing your own praises next time. Aren't you embarrassed?"

[After all, I'm not like you, having already half escaped from the Great Seal. Now I am only relying on the resonance between divine trees to transmit totem influence, and cannot substantially transmit power.]

In Su Zhou's astonished voice of 'Wait, did the Tree of the Great Path recite that praise just now?!', that slow, gentle voice came from the totem, unhurriedly: [As for the praise, it is only reasonable for me to recite the praise written for me by my dear believers more often, isn't it?]

"It's strange to the extreme!" The crimson snake spirit loudly retorted, "Who recites that kind of thing themselves? Doesn't Old Bark feel ashamed?!"

[After all, it is you, Chaos, so it is not strange for you to question me… hmm, it seems that you have just returned from Perfection? Just right, it's the perfect time.]

The Tree of the Great Path responded to Yala's complaints without any care, and then slightly swayed, releasing a gentle aura, seemingly to appease the snake spirit.

At this moment.

Su Zhou's will was gazing at that verdant totem in mid-air.

Divine Tree - Tree of the Great Path.

The first different world Su Zhou went to, the great existence behind the Divine Tree World, and strictly speaking, also the first great existence he saw besides Yala.

But perhaps because his strength was not strong at that time, the Tree of the Great Path only communicated with Yala for a while, and did not show him its greatness like the Lonely Master, Perfection, and the Pioneer.

And now it seems, putting aside other things… this great existence is probably really easy-going.

The feeling it gives is like the old tree in front of the old house, familiar and kind…

As expected of 'existence is reasonable, continuation is correct', being able to hold this kind of correctness and temperament, then it should indeed be considered the most tolerant of all great existences.

[Actually, it's not that tolerant.]

As if sensing Su Zhou's thoughts, the totem slowly turned.

The imprint representing the Tree of the Great Path peacefully spoke to Su Zhou's will, its tone like that of an old friend who had known each other for a long time: [Plants, in order to survive, will take away the nutrients of other plants. Life, in order to exist, will also take away the lives of other lives.]

[What exists is reasonable, this is not strange.]

When speaking to this point, the tone of the Tree of the Great Path became exceptionally calm, as if it regarded all things that exist as equal, without good or evil, only existence is the norm.

However, after that, His tone returned to normal: [Contractor of Chaos… I never thought you would be able to reach this point, but thinking about it carefully, being able to experience so many trials and walk your own path, it is not strange for you to have your current achievements.]

His tone was full of praise.

However, at the first moment, Su Zhou did not hear the praise of the Tree of the Great Path.

When he heard the other party's previous sentence, he nodded thoughtfully.

"Indeed… thinking about it carefully, the Demon Emperor, as a dependent of the Tree of the Great Path, perfectly fits the idea that existence is reasonable, and continuation is correct…"

"Even if it kills all of its own people as nutrients, even if it views people as fertilizer of flesh and blood… even if it exists and continues by any means, that is existence and continuation, and it is true and real…"

Muttering to himself like this, Su Zhou finally understood the path of the 'Divine Tree lineage' more clearly. He suddenly nodded and said in a deep voice: "But life should not merely exist for the sake of existing… Yes, I know that existence is the foundation of everything, but it shouldn't only need the foundation!"

His first words to the Tree of the Great Path were to argue against the other party's path.

As soon as he spoke, Su Zhou realized that his attitude did not seem polite.

Although the other party's correctness did indeed have problems, it was not something to be brought up now. His understanding of the power of the Tree of the Great Path was not deep, and speaking rashly would only be a laughingstock.

However, just as Su Zhou opened his mouth, intending to explain his clear thoughts, he could see the verdant fruit totem tremble slightly, emitting a voice of agreement: [Hmm, very good, you're right!]

Su Zhou: "?"

Yala: "Sigh… I knew this would be the result… I'm too lazy to talk to Him."

"No, wait…"

Su Zhou did not react at first. Then, his brows furrowed, and he said, "Of course I can't be considered right—my ideas definitely need to be verified before they can move further towards correctness. How can this be considered right?"

"And I haven't finished speaking yet, how can you tell that it's right just from this?!"

Su Zhou had intended to say something more, but the gentle voice interrupted him.

[But you are right.]

The Tree of the Great Path obviously had its own thoughts, and its calm and gentle voice leisurely said: [Because you exist, and your path is also continuing.]

[Therefore, everything you say, everything you do, everything you think, is all correct.]

Without waiting for the stunned Su Zhou to reply, the verdant totem slightly turned, aiming at Yala, who was too lazy to even argue, and was just lazily swaying on the branches: [Chaos—as long as you live long enough, you will definitely encounter things you cannot predict, that is right.]

[Destiny? Everyone will have times when they encounter a fate they cannot fulfill with their own will, He is also right.]

[Pioneer—will there really be beings that completely abandon external exploration and communication? If there really are such beings, we wouldn't know, so it would be the same as not existing, right? He is right.]

[Perfection, without a doubt, is right. He is quite good, Chaos. I think you two are both right, why bother fighting all day long? See, the result of this exchange is pretty good, isn't it?]

After saying a lot, the tone of the Tree of the Great Path at this time was simply like that of a peaceful mediator. He laughed and said: [Needless to say, Reincarnation is also right. Similarly, Termination, Creation, Unification, Transcendence, Miracle, Balance… everyone is right, and what they say is very reasonable.]

"Then what about Twilight?"

Suddenly, Yala opened his eyes and said lazily, "Is He right?"

Just like detonating a liquid nitrogen bomb in a hot room, the atmosphere suddenly dropped to near absolute zero.

The crisp totem was motionless, and then, there was silence.

The Tree of the Great Path, which had originally had a rather eloquent momentum, instantly closed his mouth and seemed to have become autistic.

[Um…]

After a long time, this great existence pondered for a long time before slowly and cautiously said: [He… He is quite strange. In infinite time, He is the only such twisted and difficult person to communicate with that I have ever seen.]

[However, coincidentally—this time, I specifically projected myself here for matters related to Twilight.]