Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 327 Eternal Life and the True and False World Trees
Chapter 326

Rosen's mind raced, and he decided to put the ancient stone chisel back in its original position.

So, how did we get here? And how are we leaving now?

If someone truly intends to use him to bring the ancient divine stone chisel out of the Heavenly Pillar, then the person behind the scenes certainly won't stand idly by and watch him leave.

As expected, he did not leave the spiritual realm inside the stone mural. A phantom figure had already appeared at the exit of the spiritual realm.

The figure was not wearing any clothes and stood in front of him without any embarrassment.

It's as if this is how it should be, and wearing clothes is the strange thing.

"It's nice to see you..."

The figure spoke with great pleasure, but its voice was devoid of any emotion, sounding like a robot.

"who are you?"

Rosen asked warily.

"I am the lingering remnant of the World Tree's eternal will, and I have sensed the miniature World Tree that you have hidden..."

The figure answered.

"Are you the World Tree who mastered the laws of the world and created primitive humans in the previous ancient god era?"

Rosen asked in astonishment.

If the figure wasn't lying, then he had indeed met a legendary figure this time.

You're wrong.

The figure denied it, saying, "I am the World Tree that created primitive humans, but the one you say controls the laws of the world is the Lesser World Tree."

"Are you implying that the true World Tree doesn't control the laws of the world?"

Rosen pressed on unexpectedly.

"Of course, the core of the Lesser World Tree is the World, and the core of the World Tree is the Stone Realm, the Stone of Rocks..."

Without the slightest hesitation, the figure replied, "You are currently inside the trunk of the World Tree."

Could you elaborate?

Upon hearing this, Rosen couldn't help but ask.

His intuition told him that this figure might know the true origins of the ancient gods and the main world.

When pressed by Rosen, he made no attempt to conceal the existence of the World Tree.

According to the figure, both the World Tree and the Ancient God are eternal beings born from the universe and possessing infinite power.

The ancient gods are beings of flesh and blood, while the World Tree is a stone tree that can grow continuously.

Before they met, both of them wandered the universe on the instincts of life.

Moreover, in the beginning, neither side even possessed any intelligence.

The reason is easy to understand. For example, if an ordinary person with exceptional intelligence is imprisoned in a dark room and no intelligent life interacts with them, then after thousands of years, this ordinary person will only become an idiot.

The encounter between the World Tree and the ancient gods gave them the opportunity to communicate with each other.

The exchange between two eternal lives sparked a flame of wisdom that gradually gave birth to intelligence.

Two lives that had been lonely for countless years began a long journey together.

The concept of friendship was born in this process.

However, when it comes to friends, too much familiarity can only lead to mutual annoyance.

After all, every life is born as an independent individual and cannot be exactly the same.

Disagreements may arise regarding each other's likes and dislikes, personalities, and so on.

The more familiar you are with a friend, the easier it is to discover flaws in the other person that you don't like.

One of them, in particular, gradually came to believe that he was better than the other.

Although both are eternal beings, the World Tree is actually more powerful than the Ancient Gods in terms of strength.

However, in terms of intellectual growth, the Ancient Gods are far superior to the World Tree.

Gradually, the ancient gods developed two emotions: arrogance and jealousy. They were arrogant because they believed that the World Tree was not as wise as themselves, and jealous because they believed that the World Tree, which was not as wise as themselves, did not deserve to possess such great power.

One day, the ancient gods proposed that they consume their essence to imitate each other and create new life.

The universe with just the two of them was too boring; they wanted to make the dead, dark universe lively from then on.

The World Tree liked the suggestion, so it imitated the ancient gods and used its own essence to successfully create primitive humans.

The ancient gods also imitated the World Tree and successfully created a miniature World Tree.

At that time, the World Tree was unaware that this was an ancient god's conspiracy.

The World Tree created primitive humans with all its might, without holding back, thus consuming a great deal of its essence.

The small World Tree created by the ancient gods was merely outwardly strong but inwardly weak, having consumed little of its original essence.

Because the World Tree consumed far more essence than the Ancient Gods, the balance of power between the two eternal beings was reversed.

The ancient god seized the opportunity and killed the World Tree when it was at its weakest.

The heartwood of the World Tree was crafted into the Ancient God Stone by the ancient gods.

The trunk of the World Tree was forged into weapons by the ancient gods.

Finally, the branches and leaves of the World Tree were used by the ancient gods to replenish the empty essence of the smaller World Trees.

Therefore, strictly speaking, both primitive humans and the small World Tree originated from the World Tree.

The ancient gods killed the World Tree not for the Ancient God Chisel and weapons, but for secondary gains. What the ancient gods truly needed was the World Tree's essence, but the World Tree's essence was not so easily digested.

Because it is an eternal being, the World Tree's will is eternal and indestructible, and it cannot be completely destroyed.

Therefore, the ancient gods used their talents to create worlds and began to raise smaller world trees and primitive humans in the main world.

As primitive humans multiplied and their genetic map changed, countless intelligent life forms emerged.

The smaller World Tree also gave rise to countless plants, making the entire main world vibrant with life.

As life continues to multiply, the World Tree's primordial power begins to dissipate, and the World Tree's eternal will within its primordial essence weakens more and more. When it becomes completely weak and negligible, the ancient gods will be able to exterminate all living beings and seize the World Tree's primordial essence.

When the ancient god killed the World Tree, he frankly told the World Tree why he wanted to kill it.

The reason is ridiculous: the increasingly intelligent ancient gods believed that the foolish World Tree was not worthy of being listed alongside them in terms of eternal life.

However, the ancient god was unaware of one thing: the villain died from talking too much.

The World Tree is not as intelligent as the Ancient Gods, but its power is undeniable.

Therefore, before dying, the World Tree seized the opportunity to create a curse that weakens intelligence and makes life stupid.

Before its death, the World Tree secretly injected this cursed power into the body of the ancient god.

When the ancient god transformed into the world, he discovered that his wisdom was being gradually eroded by the curse, and it was too late to stop it.

Finally, the ancient god was forced into a deep sleep to suppress the curse. At the same time, he used his body to integrate part of the curse into all life forms in the main world, causing some of the various races that were originally full of innate intelligence to begin to lose their intelligence.

Currently, all non-intelligent life forms in the main world bear, to varying degrees, the curse left by the World Tree.

Because the ancient gods fell into a deep sleep, they had no energy left to control the changes in the main world.

All we can do is create various rules to make the main world operate according to the rules left by the ancient gods.

Without the control of the ancient gods, the essence of the World Tree, which was scattered throughout the bodies of all living beings, gradually coalesced and successfully revived within a primitive human, thus being reborn as a primitive human.

Although the World Tree lost its peak power, its intelligence actually grew stronger as it transformed into primitive humans.

The ancient gods, who once prided themselves on their wisdom, grew increasingly foolish during their endless slumber.

At the end of the last Ancient God Era, after the World Tree regained its status as a great true god, it began to lead primitive humans in rebellion against the Ancient Gods, wanting to take advantage of the Ancient Gods' slumber to completely kill them.

However, at this time, the ancient gods had already plundered and merged with part of the World Tree's origin.

Ironically, despite the Ancient Gods becoming less intelligent, they are still more powerful than the World Tree at its peak.

Even before the ancient gods had awakened, their instinctive counterattack had already thwarted the World Tree.

Unwilling to accept defeat, the World Tree wiped out almost all life in the main world. Finally, at the end of the last Ancient God Era, it successfully recovered a portion of its origin. Then, while the Ancient Gods were asleep, it severely injured them and regained a portion of its origin.

The awakened ancient gods waged a battle against the World Tree that nearly destroyed the main world. The two giants depicted in the engraved murals, one wielding a towering stone pillar, is the ancient god; the other, unarmed, is the World Tree, reborn as primitive humans.

Neither side is as powerful as they were in their prime, but this time the World Tree is stronger than the Ancient God.

After the ancient gods were defeated, they abandoned the towering stone pillar and fled into the dark depths of the universe.

The World Tree lost track of the Ancient Gods and returned to the main world in an attempt to restore it to its original state.

Before they could even succeed, the ancient god descended from the depths of the universe's darkness with even greater power.

The World Tree was slain once again, and in its final moments, it fought with all its might, dragging the Ancient God down with it.

However, this time the World Tree was not so lucky. The ancient god somehow acquired an exceptionally powerful dark force, which almost completely annihilated the World Tree's eternal will, leaving only a tiny bit hiding inside the ancient god's stone chisel, where it fell into a deep slumber.

In contrast, although the ancient gods also perished, they successfully lived out a second life.

"So why did you lure me here through the Lesser World Tree?"

After hearing the story of the World Tree, Rosen calmly asked...

"I don't want to die, I need your help..."

For the first time, the World Tree's emotions fluctuated.

How would you like me to help you?

Rosen asked calmly.

"If I take the ancient god stone chisel and insert it into the heart of the Lesser World Tree, I can possess the Lesser World Tree and be resurrected..."

The World Tree hesitated for a moment before saying, "I know the Little World Tree is very important to you. The Ancient God Stone Chisel is compensation for you. I can also tell you how you can go further from being a Great True God and become an Eternal Life."

"I need to think about it."

Rosen said hesitantly.

In truth, he had no hesitation whatsoever; there was no way he could agree to the World Tree's conditions.

Putting aside the question of how much truth and falsehood this self-proclaimed World Tree is, don't even think about wanting his Little World Tree, because the Little World Tree is related to the Ancient God Realm, the several laws he has mastered, and even the Miracle Sequence.

Losing these ancient god stone chisels might seem like a huge profit, but in reality, it could mean losing everything.

The reason is simple: the Ancient God Stone Chisel is too advanced, so advanced that he simply cannot control it. Who knows if the World Tree and the Ancient Gods have the means to take it back? If the Lesser World Tree is gone and the Ancient God Stone Chisel is gone, he will have nowhere to cry.

Therefore, he could not agree to the World Tree's conditions, but he also did not want to let go of the Ancient God Stone Chisel.

"It's probably not possible right now..."

Rosen pondered for a moment and explained, "I am not even a god. The laws I currently possess all rely on the World Fruit of the Lesser World Tree. If I were to lose the Lesser World Tree and start over, let alone covet eternal life, I would probably find it difficult to even become a true god."

The World Tree fell silent upon hearing this, for the primitive humans before it were telling the truth.

If it were Him, He wouldn't hand over the Lesser World Tree either.

“I can wait, until you become a true god and no longer need the Lesser World Tree.”

The World Tree has taken a step back and offered new conditions.

"Then I will come back to you when I become a true god."

As Rosen spoke, he walked around the World Tree toward the exit of the Spirit Realm.

"Wait a moment."

The World Tree stopped Rosen and said, "Look at the darkness outside. Deep within the darkness lies the slumbering place of the ancient gods. This spiritual realm is almost completely swallowed up by the remaining light of darkness. I need you to take the Ancient God Stone Chisel away from here."

Rosen glanced at the darkness outside the spirit world and was about to agree when a thought suddenly occurred to him.

No matter what, he still wanted to leave with the ancient god stone chisel.

The idea that one can obtain a minor World Tree from him and then be resurrected is merely the claim of the entity that calls itself the World Tree.

You can know a person's face but not their heart. What if the World Tree's real purpose wasn't to possess the Lesser World Tree at all, but rather to make him leave this dark and mysterious realm with the Ancient God Stone Chisel? Wouldn't he have fallen into a trap?

The story told by the World Tree has one obvious problem that remains unexplained.

That's the ancient divine stone chisel. Why is it in Shi Yan's hands?
If this thing is truly made from the heart of the World Tree, then it must contain the essence of the World Tree. Why didn't the World Tree reclaim the essence of the Ancient God Stone Chisel? Why did the Ancient God allow the Ancient God Stone Chisel to remain scattered even when the Ancient God was driven to the brink of despair?

Rosen opened the hidden brass book in his sea of ​​consciousness, and began to record his experiences from this trip.

The fact that he recorded everything shows that what he knew were indeed secrets that could not be spoken of, known, or exist in the world. However, due to special reasons, he was able to know these secrets without being affected.

Could it be that everything the World Tree said is true, and that it wasn't a lie with nine parts truth and one part falsehood?

Rosen didn't believe it, because besides being nine parts true and one part false, there was also the possibility that one part of the truth was deliberately omitted and concealed. Such a story was not a lie, but if you believed it, you would inevitably die a terrible death because of the omitted part of the truth.

"I will become a true god before the Spirit Realm is destroyed."

As Rosen spoke, his body melted into pigment and vanished without a trace.

He would never let his true self take risks in unfamiliar places.

So it was the bronze dragon's clone that entered from the very beginning, while the real dragon always hid in the mysterious study.

Rosen stood by the window, looking at the World Tree through the Window of the World.

Without a trace of frustration or anger, the illusory figure of the World Tree walked toward the hollow stone sphere containing the corpse of Shi Yan and the ancient god's stone carving. A crack appeared in the hollow stone sphere, and the World Tree transformed into a stream of light and entered it. After that, the crack on the surface of the stone sphere disappeared again.

Rosen could clearly see that the World Tree could manipulate the rocks that its physical form had transformed into through the Ancient God Stone Chisel.

The entrance to the Spirit Realm is right there, but the World Tree would rather go back than go out.

Clearly, the World Tree was unable to take the Ancient God Stone Chisel out of this spiritual realm. The endless darkness at the edge of the space was probably the key. For countless years, the World Tree and the Ancient God Stone Chisel had been imprisoned in this spiritual realm by the darkness outside.

Ordinary people would probably be unable to cross the darkness and bring the ancient god stone chisel and the world tree out of the spirit realm.

But if the World Tree believes he can do it, then there must be something extraordinary about him.

Rosen's first thought was the Mysterious Study. Was it possible that the Mysterious Study could ignore the darkness's blockade? One of the World Tree's purposes was to use him to bring the Ancient God Stone Chisel into the Mysterious Study.

This means that the World Tree likely knows about the Mysterious Study, which is the real reason why the World Tree is targeting him.

Regardless of the truth, Rosen is far from reaching that level now.

The ancient god's stone chisel was something he couldn't control at all.

It's not too late to come back and see him after he becomes a true god. The World Tree showed no anger, perhaps because it knew that he would eventually be unable to resist taking the Ancient God Stone Chisel. It's easy to endure for a while, but it's impossible to endure for a lifetime.

The Grim Reaper clone, located in the consciousness of an ordinary person within the Floating City No. 63, changed its anchoring location by opening the door to the mysterious study.

Rosen only then felt absolutely safe, but he was not prepared to leave the Floating Empire just like that.

Since we're already here, we can't let this trip be a waste of several months.

If this towering stone pillar is indeed the main trunk of the World Tree of Eternal Life, stripped of its core, then it explains why the central stone is relatively fragile yet can still grow and heal, because although the World Tree is made of stone, it possesses growth characteristics similar to plants.

Inside the towering stone pillar, there might be something of value left behind by the ancient gods.

Even if there are no ancient gods, the origin of the World Tree must still exist.

The Tower of Babel is not only the birthplace of painters, but also the birthplace of sculptors.

The Sculptors' Guild is located in the Sky Empire, where the stone quarried is the most suitable for carving.

Inside the towering stone pillar, the sculptor can easily fight across sequence levels.

If it weren't for the mysterious power contained in the stone here, which would become ineffective once it leaves the Tower of Heaven, the Sculptor Sequence, relying on the stone here, would be enough to become the most terrifying extraordinary sequence under the World Government.

None of the five networks could penetrate the Floating Empire, but the Mysterious Study remained unaffected.

The avatar of Yinglong, far away in the Dragon Realm, purchased a sculptor's extraordinary source material at a high price through the main god's temple.

After opening the door to the mysterious study and entering the room, Rosen then opened the mysterious study in the Floating Empire, successfully overcoming the barrier of the towering stone pillar and obtaining the sculptor's extraordinary essence.

Rosen spent several days using the sculptor's extraordinary essence as God's paint to create a painting.

The face of the person in the painting is his, so this painting is also a clone.

He can grasp the sculptor's power through this painting, but this clone is not as capable of growth as the self-portrait clone. Basically, the strength shown in the painting is the strength shown, and it cannot share the extraordinary power he has mastered like the self-portrait clone.

Rosen's divine consciousness merged with the portrait, and he stepped out of the portrait to become familiar with the sculptor's extraordinary power.

This clone cannot share the power of the original body; he has never felt so weak before.

Even though he only mastered the power contained within the Sculptor's extraordinary source essence, he did not master the other powers that came with the Sculptor. Therefore, among the Sequence 1 Sculptors, he was only a half-baked expert. If he wanted to avoid being exposed by the Sculptor's General Association, he absolutely could not be careless.

(End of this chapter)