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Chapter 379 The Way of the Divine Tree: The Sacred Tree of Wisdom [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

The strongest "angel," Alfonso Henriquez, also made his move, using the light magic inherited from his family. He could use light magic to construct various magic circles and domains, exerting a wide range of effects.

Attack, defense, speed boost, healing, light...

Elena also used her ability—to soothe and reduce everyone's fear and despair towards Chen Hong, calming their emotions and enhancing their peace of mind.

Chen Hong quickly analyzed the countless combinations of light magic, magic circles, and runes, constantly innovating and soon his level far surpassed that of Alfonso and Guna.

Nathan, an ordinary person with no fighting abilities, possessed the highest authority of the Divine Tree and directly bestowed blessings upon the Guardians of the Gods.

Unfortunately, even with the blessing of the divine tree, the difference in strength was still too great. The guards attacked for a long time but could not break through Chen Hong's defense and had to admit defeat.

Chen Hong was able to get close to the divine tree, analyze it, and study it.

Research results were quickly obtained.

The sacred tree is a product of ancient witchcraft applied to trees. It is essentially a symbiotic entity of tree and magic, maintaining its existence by absorbing the power of faith and the energy of otherworldly beings. Its roots are spread throughout the island, becoming one with the land of Nathan Island.

Its power originates from the power of faith, which is attached to the tree through witchcraft rituals, forming a closed-loop energy circulation system.

The sacred tree embodies the will of successive Nathan kings and their ancestors, becoming the "collective consciousness" of Nathan Island. The new king must inherit the mission of protection accumulated over thousands of years, and it is essentially a vessel for the spirit of sacrifice.

The Divine Tree selects individuals with the "sacrifice trait," granting them abilities while binding them with a mission to protect others, and they become nourishment after death.

Those who break the golden branch can challenge for the throne; the winner becomes the new king, and the loser is absorbed by the divine tree.

The essence of the sacred tree is actually a way of civilization of our ancestors, selecting a king with the strongest potential and the spirit of sacrifice.

This king was granted supreme power to rule over all people, to lead them in development and progress, to establish a power system and order, and to resist foreign invasions and natural and man-made disasters.

This king, however, possessed the noblest spirit of sacrifice, willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of all people.

This is simply the most perfect and supreme way!

Unfortunately, the long course of history has proven the failure of the Divine Tree Path.

Otherwise, Nathan Island wouldn't be in its current state, with the cat barely surviving on a small island and facing the threat of Behemoth, with the last embers of its life constantly at risk of being extinguished.

As for why they failed, Chen Hong looked at the white bones beneath the divine tree. They were the failed kings and guards of past dynasties, who failed in the transfer of power and turned into nourishment for the divine tree.

Looking again at the core of the divine tree, at the already defiled power of faith, Chen Hong immediately understood.

What kind of absolutely selfless and perfect king is there?

It's all fantasy, all illusion.

Perhaps, when one breaks off a golden branch to challenge the old king and becomes the new king, one is indeed driven by ideals and still has hot blood.

But after he has tasted the poison of power for decades and enjoyed everything, when it is his turn to sacrifice and be challenged and killed by those who come after him, can he still be willing to dedicate everything for his people and die for them?

The answer is obvious.

No one can truly commit to sacrificing their entire life.

Shouldn't one enjoy life now that they're getting old?
Amidst endless desires and internal strife, the seemingly perfect path of the divine tree not only failed to lead the tribe to expand and survive, but also caused its territory to shrink, eventually turning into a small island where it became isolated, indulging in self-indulgence, and was eventually eliminated by the rolling tides of time.

The path of seeking survival through sacrifice is destined to fail.

A civilization that relies on a single king to carry it on is destined to go nowhere.

Although he looked down on the Dao of the Divine Tree, Chen Hong was still very interested in its abilities.

The Divine Tree can transform ordinary islanders into superhumans with a success rate of nearly 100%, and is the foundation of Nathan Island's "Kingdom of Superhumans".

This ability is far more perfect than Ma Xianhong's Body Cultivation Furnace.

Chen Hong analyzed this ability, which was related to the Qi system. After some deduction, he instantly perfected the design of the Body Cultivation Furnace, which could refine a perfect Body Cultivation Furnace, allowing thousands of ordinary people to transform into extraordinary beings.

Although Chen Hong would not easily release this cultivation furnace, instantly creating an era where everyone was extraordinary.

The development of the times must proceed gradually, especially for a cultivation system like Under One Person that emphasizes both physical and mental cultivation, and requires even greater caution.

The divine tree also possesses the ability to teleport.

King Nathan and his guards can teleport anywhere on the island, achieving a near-instantaneous teleportation effect.

The Divine Tree's aura perception is also very powerful. Within the Divine Tree's range, Wang can accurately locate all people on the island, similar to the all-area perception of Feng Hou Qi Men.

Chen Hong analyzed these abilities, further enhancing his understanding and capabilities regarding spatial laws, fields, and auras.

The divine tree can also select "sacrifices" by bewitching people's hearts, making the chosen ones (kings, guards, challengers) willingly dedicate themselves to the divine tree. In essence, it is a spiritual bond based on loyalty. It's somewhat like summoning spirits and commanding generals.

Chen Hong learned the methods of the divine tree to bewitch people and control their minds, and improved his own methods of binding spirits and commanding generals and dual-wielding techniques, making his enslaved servants more willing to make sacrifices.

If the core of the Divine Tree remains intact, it can resurrect indefinitely. Physical damage (such as an explosion) only damages the tree's structure; if the core remains intact, it can regenerate.

Chen Hong directly refined and controlled the core of the divine tree.

He was not entirely satisfied with the Dao of the Divine Tree, so he took matters into his own hands and modified the Dao at its core. He removed all the messy distractions and impure faith and willpower, throwing them all away, and casually burned them into nothingness with a burst of Samadhi True Fire.

Then Chen Hong modified the Dao of the Divine Tree, changing the sacrificial Kingly Dao into the pure Dao of Wisdom.

In Chen Hong's view, the most precious things in all the heavens and myriad worlds are undoubtedly the dazzling wisdom, knowledge, and civilization.

Especially in a world like Under One Person where the combat power is relatively low, it's difficult to catch up with the other Chen Hong worlds that are destined to become stronger and stronger.

We must break free from constraints and develop a more brilliant path to civilization.

Whether it's technology, the cultivation system of Qi, or superpowers and magic, all require wisdom.

Wisdom and knowledge are endless and remain useful even in the higher world.

Let's tear down the ceiling of this one-person world, and head towards the stars and the universe.

Who says the Celestial Master is the pinnacle?

Break it!

Chen Hong's strength has now surpassed that of the Old Celestial Master, placing him at the pinnacle of his one-man world.

He needs more wisdom and more inspiration to break free from the shackles of the world, forge his own true path, and create a more perfect and stronger path of cultivation.

Chen Hong never pinned his hopes on the illusory ascension. Who knows whether the so-called ascension predecessors in the world of supernatural beings are actually dead, lost in the void passage, or locked in a dark room?

Who knows if there really is a celestial realm up there? Even if there is, is the so-called celestial realm really stronger than this universe?
Without clear records and factual basis, Chen Hong never placed his hopes on vague legends.

If you threw an immortal into the sun or black hole in the universe, they would probably be burned to ashes and crushed into a small pancake.

Of course, immortals probably have plenty of ways to avoid harm, since the game in a one-person world is all about mechanics.

By transcending the world and observing from a higher dimension, the Great Luo Cave Observation is likely sufficient to avoid many dangers.

In conclusion, Chen Hong favors the wisdom path of the all-purpose remedy over the path of the divine tree.

Therefore, Chen Hong modified the core of the Divine Tree, wrote the Path of Wisdom into it, and incorporated most of his own knowledge into it.

How vast is Chen Hong's knowledge?
It is a culmination of the wisdom of almost the entire Earth's civilization, plus a wealth of strange abilities and knowledge from various other worlds.

The original, hazy spiritual consciousness of the divine tree couldn't withstand such a fundamental surgery performed by Chen Hong and simply dissipated.

Instead, it was Chen Hong's consciousness that took its place.

With the drastic transformation, Chen Hong directly turned the divine tree into his own alter ego.

After Chen Hong initially designed the framework and concept of the Way of Wisdom and incorporated all the knowledge into it, the Divine Tree also began a dramatic self-transformation.

Then, the sacred tree whose roots covered the entire island of Nathan began to radiate light, and began to transform itself from its very core.

A sense of wisdom and vicissitude permeates the air, making one feel as if endless knowledge and formulas are flooding into their brain at a glance. Ordinary people would feel dizzy and overloaded after just one look, and dare not look at it for long.

My brain would explode if I looked at it for even one more time.

That was an even more terrifying amount of knowledge and information being written than in high school.

A pure light of wisdom emanates from this sacred tree, making it clear to anyone who glances at it that it is a holy tree of wisdom, capable of inspiring intelligence, accelerating the speed of thought, and increasing the chances of flashes of inspiration and flashes of brilliance.

For this sacred tree to reveal its true power and grow, it needs a great deal of pure faith to supply it, turning it into firewood and revealing its miracles.

This is the sacred tree of wisdom that Chen Hong obtained by simulating the original divine tree's pattern and changing its path.

Moreover, it retains the ability to allow those bound to the Sacred Tree to travel freely within the island, as well as the ability to transform ordinary people into superhumans 100%.

This is a sacred tree that is capable of changing the times.

Chen Hong plans to use Nathan Island as a base to attract top scientists and extraordinary individuals from around the world, transforming it into a new era research center for science, supernatural abilities, Qi, magic, magical artifacts, and alchemy, placing it at the forefront of the times.

Absorb the wisdom of countless geniuses and the world's most advanced technologies, transforming them all into nourishment to aid in self-cultivation, leading to a bright future, reaching the stars, and venturing into the universe.

This will be a pilot project for me to gather global wisdom and accumulate experience for myself.

In the future, this place will also be a global hub for exchange among extraordinary individuals, sparking endless inspiration and creating all sorts of new things.

However, ideals are beautiful, but reality is harsh. Here comes the test.

The enormous commotion caused by the divine tree was detected by various forces.

At sea, in the command center of an aircraft carrier.

Ron Keller, a director of the American company Behemoth, was watching the surveillance footage on the screen and talking to Big G, the manager of the island's market.

"Okay, I understand. Keep an eye on it and figure out the cause of the anomalies on the island as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, I will keep my promise and won't let you and this broken island sink to the bottom of the sea to feed the sharks."

(End of this chapter)