Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 448 The Meaning of Allies and the Treasure of the World Tree
Chapter 447

The Realm of Time, a special space where reality and illusion intertwine across different timelines.

The time-space domain that Rosen had built in the past was one that even he himself could not permanently reside in.

However, after mastering the Time Source Seed, the Time Territory has undergone a qualitative change.

These time realms are no different from the real world.

In fact, it's not just the Time Realm; all time-related abilities have been terrifyingly enhanced.

Moreover, this is not the limit, because Rosen has not yet been able to fully master the power of the Time Source Seed.

However, even under such circumstances, the World Tree was able to lock onto and trace him to a time territory located hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Unless the World Tree possesses the Time Source Seed, this is virtually impossible.

However, since the Time Source Seed is in his hands, the only possibility is that the World Tree possesses the most advanced eternal artifact of the Time category, or even a primordial-level artifact of the Time category. Otherwise, the World Tree could not have crossed hundreds of thousands of years of timeline to follow him.

In the blink of an eye, the desolate Time Territory had been transformed.

By projecting the thoughts in one's heart onto the canvas of the mind through the source of dreams, and then projecting them onto reality through the canvas of the mind, a palace of true god level has been permanently materialized with ease. Then, one goes to the lakeside pavilion and releases several celestial maidens to prepare tea and refreshments.

The World Tree passed through the misty fog at the edge of the Time Realm, and the void flickered as it arrived inside the waterside pavilion.

Looking at the confident Rosen, World Tree sat down opposite him with a sigh.

There was a time when He was so weak and vulnerable that even Rosen couldn't handle Him, but every time Rosen saw Him, he was always very cautious. Now, His confidence means that Rosen no longer has any awe for Him and truly stands on the same level as Him.

"You put on a great show."

Rosen said, making no attempt to hide his hostility.

"Now you're entitled to know the truth..."

The World Tree smiled nonchalantly and began to reveal their four true plans, one by one.

With just a few fragments of the Origin Seed, it was impossible to make immortal gods and demons eternal life. This could only fool the Immortal Dawn and him, who was unaware of the true extent of the deception at the time. It could only deceive their plans, and naturally could not deceive the ancient god's avatar.

Therefore, seizing and plundering the source species is real, but dividing and dividing the source species is fake.

If the World Tree can successfully seize the Plunder Source Seed, it will have a way to retrieve the compatible Source Seed that was taken away by the Ancient God. Things are different now. The Ancient God has broken ties with the Holy Temple. In order to fight against the Ancient God, the Holy Temple will help the World Tree return to its peak.

However, all of this is predicated on being able to hunt down the ancient god's avatar; if the hunt fails, there is no other way.

The World Tree, through a secret technique of creation, has integrated its eternal will with the will of the world.

This fusion was so powerful that it could even fool the ancient god's clones and the ancient god's brief awakening.

The ancient god's avatar believed that it had purified the world's will and erased its rebellious self. In reality, under the protection of the World Tree, the ancient god's avatar failed. The world's will in the ancient god's world is still the same world will that Rosen is familiar with.

Of course, the World Will's plan, which they had been plotting for many years, was not just about surviving after failing to hunt down the ancient god's avatar.

They also used themselves as bait, leveraging their past connections, to lure an eternal being from the Holy Temple.

In the past, the Ancient Gods and the Holy Temple were in a state of confrontation. The Ancient Gods wanted to destroy the universe, plunder its resources, and transcend eternity, even to transcend the universe like the primordial life. However, the eternal life of the Holy Temple was self-aware and knew that they had to stop the Ancient Gods from destroying the universe.

But even though the Holy Temple has over a hundred eternal lives, if it really comes down to a fight, who will fight the ancient gods to the death?

Even if the ancient gods were to fight to the death, the Holy Temple would still lose at least several dozen eternal beings.

The eternal beings who have survived to this day are those who do not want to die. Who would be so foolish as to risk their life against the ancient gods if they did not want to die?

The ancient god also knew that a complete breakdown in relations between the two sides would only severely damage his Holy Temple of Death.

Therefore, the ancient gods also exercised restraint, and the two sides have been in a standoff for countless years.

However, this time, the eternal life that perished in the world of the ancient gods broke the balance of power between the two sides.

Under normal circumstances, the ancient god's avatars will not go for the kill, because neither side wants to be the first to break off relations during a standoff.

The reason why the ancient god's avatar killed that eternal being was because the World Tree intervened in secret.

Although the World Tree was only restored to the level of an immortal god with the full help of the World Will and the Old Fisherman, it still managed to guide the ancient god's avatar to kill the eternal life of the Holy Temple without the ancient god's avatar noticing.

The balance of power was broken, and the eternal life of the Holy Temple was caught in a dilemma.

If we don't respond, it's tantamount to admitting defeat. What if the Ancient God kills one today and two tomorrow?
But what if responding leads to a complete breakdown in relations and a showdown?
According to the original plan, the World Tree would continue to guide the ancient god's avatars and the Holy Temple to conflict.

As a result, Rosen took the Time Source Seed from Blue Star, and the Immortal Star God became a resonance between Blue Star and Blue Star, which completely awakened the Ancient God. Although the process was full of twists and turns, the result was good. The Ancient God ordered his avatar to directly destroy the Burning Heaven Creation Furnace.

This further escalated the conflict between the two sides, leading to the Heavenly Fire Saint God taking up residence in the Burning Heaven Star Palace.

Through the old fisherman, the World Tree already knew that he had mastered the Time Source Species and the Space Source Species.

The World Tree also knows about Blue Star, a fact it didn't even tell the World Will.

Ever since they learned that he controlled the Time-Space Source Seed, the World Tree has been lurking in the Ancient God World, waiting for his return.

Because for the world, he is already a more suitable ally.

"You just dumped the world's will like that?"

Rosen sneered.

"Aren't allies just for betraying?"

The World Will, far from being ashamed, took pride in saying this.

"Well said, I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

Rosen, as if his expression had changed, raised his teacup and agreed with the statement about the will of the world.

The fundamental reason they formed an alliance was that the ancient gods were too powerful and they were too weak.

Alliances are formed not only to share risks, but also to maximize benefits.

But throughout history and across the universe, all allies, as long as they are alive, find it easy to share hardship but difficult to share wealth.

Everyone wants to maximize their own interests, but there's only so much of the pie; if some people get more, others will get less.

Therefore, even the closest allies will eventually turn into enemies.

This is why there have never been eternal allies throughout history.

The World Tree decided to abandon the World Wills simply because he, who controlled the Source Seed of Time and Space, was a more suitable ally for the World Tree. If a more suitable ally appeared, or if the Ancient Gods fell, allies could turn into enemies in an instant.

"Pleasant to work with."

World Will raised his teacup with satisfaction and drank it down with Rosen.

"If we're going to form an alliance, we have a common enemy, but what are our common interests?"

Rosen put down his teacup and asked solemnly.

The World Will was clearly prepared, and directly handed Rosen a stone tablet made from an Eternal Stone.

Clearly, this shared interest cannot be openly discussed in the world of ancient gods.

Rosen picked up the stone slab and examined it closely. His common interests with the world's will were mainly divided into three parts.

The first part is the legacy of the ancient gods, but this part is actually the smallest benefit.

Even setting aside the difficulty of eliminating the Old Gods, the legacy left by the Old Gods after their deaths is probably not as large as one might imagine.

The reason is simple: war doesn't always bring great rewards just because you defeat the enemy.

Wars often result in mutual destruction. If an ancient god is truly driven to the brink, he would rather destroy everything than leave a legacy for his enemy. In the end, the actual legacy he gains would not be much, so this portion of the benefits is insufficient to solidify an alliance between the two sides.

Although allies may eventually turn against each other, the prerequisite is that they have gone through the difficult times together.

Before the Old Gods die, unless a better ally appears, it is absolutely foolish to betray an ally.

While the promise of shared interests may seem like a pie in the sky, it can play a crucial role in solidifying the alliance.

Rosen looked at the second part, common interests, which turned out to be about Earth.

Although the Time Source Seed and one Space Source Seed fell into his hands, the Ancient God still had nine more, which could be used for distribution. Moreover, in the World Tree's view, the most valuable thing about Blue Star was not the Time and Space Source Seed, but Blue Star itself.

Because the time cycle of Blue Star, although it originated from the Time Source Species, has long surpassed the Time Source Species.

This realization dawned on Rosen after the Time Source Seed was taken away, when the shared spacetime cycle of the Immortal Star Gods proved unable to even crush or break through the spacetime cycle formed by the Time Source Seed. He then looked up at the World Tree in disbelief at the third part, "Common Interests."

The World Tree actually hides a primordial treasure deep within the universe.

The World Tree is willing to share this treasure with him.

The reason they didn't share the treasure with the old fishermen wasn't because they didn't trust them, but simply because they lacked the ability to obtain it.

He possesses the source of time and space, giving him a high chance of finding this treasure.

The World Tree wasn't worried about him turning his back and taking it all for himself, because that treasure was closely related to the World Tree. As long as he carried it on his person, no matter how he tried to hide it, the World Tree could sense it. If he dared to turn his back and take it all for himself, the World Tree would immediately awaken the ancient god and perish together with him.

"Detailed information about the treasure."

Rosen put away the stone slab and asked expectantly.

The treasures that the World Tree hid at its peak as a backup plan are undoubtedly of immense value.

Because the treasure does not involve the ancient gods, nor will it directly harm them, there is no restriction on not being able to speak of it in the world of the ancient gods.

With the World Tree's detailed description, Rosen quickly understood why the old fishermen and their companions were unable to retrieve the treasure.

The universe at the time of the birth of eternal life was not like it is now. Although the universe at that time was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, the primordial life still healed the universe as much as possible in order to create eternal life, and compressed the entire universe back into the primordial ocean of the universe.

Therefore, the current universe and starry sky were formed after the birth of eternal life and the subsequent expansion.

At that time, the primordial ocean of the universe was just like a dark, deep sea, and eternal life was at most just whales in the ocean.

Eternal life forms have little understanding of the deep sea than whales do of it.

This is why the World Tree and the Ancient Gods met, exchanged ideas, sparked wisdom, and truly gained intelligence.

During this period, the eternal life forms, as the first echelon, were undoubtedly at the forefront of exploring the primordial ocean of the universe.

The World Tree is even more exceptional, because by mastering the World Tree which is compatible with the source species, it can perfectly integrate into any environment and easily assimilate a portion of the primordial ocean of the universe, thus easily obtaining many things left behind by the original life forms.

Some of these items were used up, while others were collected by the World Tree.

There are some things among them that the World Tree still doesn't know the purpose of.

Taking advantage of this genuine alliance based on shared interests, Rosen seized the opportunity to learn about the true nature of eternal life from the World Tree. Although he could learn some things through the Book of Destiny and Creation, it was absolutely not as good as the World Tree's personal guidance.

Rosen knew that eternal life varied in strength, and he even divided the beings into tiers according to the strength of their source species.

However, this is actually a wrong classification, because the innate strength of the source species is only one of the core conditions that determine strength.

The strength of eternal life is truly determined by a combination of three aspects.

The first aspect is the source species. Dividing the source species into nine is definitely much more powerful than dividing it into six.

Moreover, many source species have mutual generation and restraint relationships; the Star Source Species will definitely restrain the Dawn Source Species.

The second aspect originates from the eternal relics, whose strength is a core element of the strength of eternal life.

The ancient gods were so powerful because they wielded the Heaven-Opening Axe.

Finally, it originates from the primordial power mastered by eternal life.

Immortal gods and demons can control the eternal will and source of eternal life. Does this mean that eternal life only has quantitative changes and no qualitative changes compared to immortal gods and demons? Of course, this is impossible. In reality, only eternal life that controls the power of the primordial is truly worthy of the name.

Rosen knew long ago that the World Tree was not a tree of wood, but a tree of stone.

The World Tree does not wield the power of the world, but rather the power of the Stone Realm, composed of stones.

The stone's composition and the power of the stone realm are the primordial power controlled by the World Tree.

There are origin species and laws in the universe, but these are all products created jointly by primordial life and the universe itself.

In the beginning of the universe, when primordial life first emerged, there were no source species and no laws.

Therefore, the primordial power naturally surpasses the source species and laws; this is the powerful force inherent in primordial life.

The primordial source seed created by the original life form is composed of primordial power as its core component.

Only those eternal beings who have mastered the primordial power are qualified to stand in the first tier as true eternal beings.

The World Tree and the Ancient Gods were the first eternal beings to master primordial power.

However, there are definitely more than just the two of them now. The hundreds of eternal beings who survived in the Holy Temple have not only fought life-and-death battles with other eternal beings time and time again, but have also gathered together and accumulated strength for so many years. Some of these eternal beings must have successfully mastered the primordial power.

While the Source Seed is indeed eternal and immortal, the Primal Power transcends eternity and immortality.

After sending the World Tree away, Rosen immediately informed the main body of the alliance.

Although the ancient god sealed off the ancient god world through the cycle of time and space, severing the connection between his true self and countless eternal avatars.

However, the direct connection between Rosen and his clones could not be severed, because his connection with his clones was not only strengthened by the clones' source seeds, but also because the life source seeds carried by the root clones were too deeply connected with the root source seeds of the original body.

Inside an inconspicuous room of the Burning Heaven Star Palace, Rosen himself opened his eyes in the mysterious study.

During his years of seclusion, he merged the empty shell of the Heavenly Sound World and the Soul-Binding World within the belly of the Burning Heaven Sacred Serpent into the Mysterious Study, which was fused with his sea of ​​consciousness. In the end, he even went so far as to completely integrate the Ancient God True World into the Mysterious Study.

Moreover, he incorporated cause and effect, time and space, and dream source seeds into the mysterious study.

Under the triple tempering of the Heavenly Sacred Fire, the Heavenly Soul Fire, and the Heavenly Divine Fire, the mysterious study has been sublimated and transformed into an eternal world.

【The Mysterious Study: A World of Miracles】

[Level: Eternal]

[Miracle Attribute: Able to vanish into the void, ceasing to exist in this world and avoiding cause and effect]

[Miracle Traits: Time-Space Portal, Time-Space Window, Eternity, Omniscient Bookshelf, Ancient God Realm]

Now, having vanished into the mysterious study, even eternal life cannot detect it.

Moreover, the ability of the interdimensional portal has been greatly enhanced, making it much more difficult for eternal beings to detect it.

Through the window of time and space, one can easily monitor any corner of the universe.

The Ancient God True Realm, which merges the Dream Source Seed and the Soul-Binding World, is an eternal world attached to the Mysterious Study. In the future, it will only need to continuously merge with cosmic matter to expand the Ancient God True Realm, and its eternal will, as the world will of the Ancient God True Realm, will grow in sync.

From then on, the growth of the Ancient God Realm led to the growth of the divine essence, and the growth of the immortal divine body led to the growth of the life essence.

Rosen has laid the most basic foundation for his future ascension to eternal life.

After carefully reading the information sent by the Root Avatar, he went to the window and activated the Time-Space Window.

The location of the treasure, as indicated by the World Tree, was immediately displayed above the window.

This treasure is not in the primordial ocean of the universe, but on the edge of the third star ring at the end of the universe.

The universe is constantly expanding, and the source becomes thinner the further out it goes.

Expanding to the first star ring means that the universe has reached its limit of expansion and can no longer expand.

It has now expanded to the third star ring, and the cosmic space can only support a maximum of Sequence 7 extraordinary life forms. If even a Sequence 6 appears here, it can cause the cosmic space to collapse on a large scale, which shows how fragile the cosmic space of the third star ring is.

The World Tree anchored the treasure at the edge of the universe, allowing it to constantly change position as the universe expanded.

The easiest way to unlock the treasure is for the World Tree to go there in person.

However, the World Tree was restricted by the ancient gods through some means, and even in death it could not leave the world of the ancient gods.

In this situation, normal methods simply cannot open the treasure.

Moreover, the World Tree didn't even leave behind anything like a key, because it never intended for anyone else to open the treasure.

The World Tree never imagined that it would one day fall into misfortune.

Even if a compatible source species can reduce the difficulty of forcibly opening the treasure, it would still require an extremely strong force. However, a force exceeding Sequence 7 would shatter the universe and the treasure would fall into the Origin Dark Sea before it could be opened.

The commotion caused at that time will attract the attention of those eternal beings in the primordial ocean of the universe in no time.

Therefore, even the old fishermen were unable to open this treasure.

However, this was not a difficult task for Rosen, because the Time-Space Origin Seed and Time-Space Reincarnation that He controlled could imprison and strengthen time and space to ensure that no matter how strong the power was, it would not shatter the universe and cause a great disturbance, nor would it allow the treasure space to fall into the Origin Dark Sea and attract eternal life.

(End of this chapter)