Douluo, my clone Groudon

Chapter 205 The Tree Elder, A Huge Harvest
Upon entering the meditation room, the gnarled roots of the golden tree intertwine on the dome, and a pale golden glow flows like liquid on the stone walls.

Gula ran his fingertips over the stone wall engraved with spatial runes, and the sensation similar to the turbulent flow of spacetime stirred his mind.

He could feel the tremors coming from deep within the earth's veins; it was the energy resonance generated by the superposition of more than thirty protective magic arrays.

Gula lightly tapped the crystal floor with his finger, and as the ripples spread, he saw the silver soul beast skeleton floating and sinking in the depths of the ripples.

This room actually uses special technology to preserve the remains of special soul beasts. The bones solidified in amber are all the remains of soul beasts with spacetime attributes.

A hundred-thousand-year-old Thorn Dragon Emperor, a hundred-thousand-year-old Time-Devouring Worm, a Time-Frozen Soul Bone...

"A grand gesture! As expected of Shrek Academy!"

If one room is like this, then one hundred and eight rooms—Gula could imagine that this place represented seventy percent of Shrek Academy's resources, and all of them were priceless treasures.

"I thought Shrek Academy wouldn't be able to get their hands on time-related treasures, but who would have thought they would directly use soul beast skeletons and 100,000-year-old soul bones as energy crystals."

Gura was overjoyed and had Celebi's phantom appear behind her, its emerald wings sweeping away stardust-like phosphorescent powder.

He actively activated the power of time to resist the pressure of the 100,000-year-old time-space soul beast, and at the same time, he drew upon the accumulated power of time and space to temper his soul rings, especially the third and fourth soul rings.

If possible, who wouldn't want to master soul skills with the attributes of space and time? But even Gula, relying on the divine beast and the golden tree spirit, can only grasp the superficial aspects of the power of space and time. Most of the time, he just goes with the flow. He hopes to gain some initiative.

Inside the room, ripples of spacetime overlapped, soul power surged, and more than thirty layers of protective arrays were activated, confining the energy fluctuations within the room.

After a long while, Groudon's condition stabilized. Shera's affinity for the Time-Space type was extraordinary, no less than that of a true Time-Space type legendary Pokémon. However, it was not good at attacking and was more inclined to be functional.

As Gula was refining his soul rings, intending to break through the bottleneck of the Golden Tree's soul spirit and surpass its 100,000-year lifespan, dark green ripples suddenly appeared in Gula's spiritual world. A hunched old man appeared, and the phantom of the Golden Tree behind him actually lowered its branches, weaving a nearly withered cocoon of light around the old man.

The old man's beard touched the ground, and he said in a gentle voice, "Hello, Your Excellency, Child of Nature from Another World."

Gula was taken aback, but remained completely calm.

"Who are you? Do you know I come from another world?"

The old man nodded. "The chosen one of nature on Douluo Star is someone else. You are probably from another planet."

Gula was speechless. He thought Gula was so amazing, but his imagination was terrible. However, most people wouldn't guess that he was from a parallel universe, especially since he was a child of nature who actively promoted the development of the plane's consciousness and asked for it. There must be a difference between him and the plane spirits that were born later.

Gula remained calm and said, "Golden Tree Spirit, the life core of Douluo Continent, what business do you have with me?"

The old man frowned slightly, his smile bitter: "My dying body dares not be a burden to you any longer. I only hope that you can help me replant the seed of life and revive the natural world of Douluo Star."

After speaking, he explained his current situation: "The Sea God promised me that he would elevate Douluo Star to a super plane, and in return, he would place the soul of his mother, the Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin, at the core of the plane to allow her to undergo a leap in her life essence..."

"The temptation of advancing to another plane was too great. At that time, I could not resist a god-king, so I had no choice but to agree."

"Who would have thought that the way the Sea God helped the plane advance was by attracting the Abyss Plane? After five thousand years of invasion, I was already too weak to continue, while the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, backfired on the Golden Tree Core and gradually replaced me as the new core of the plane..."

"The Abyss Plane is merely nourishment; I can no longer sustain it."

The old man's withered fingers lightly tapped the void, and a projection of the core of Douluo Star appeared.

Gula saw that the deep purple abyssal energy was being injected into the Blue Silver Emperor's body through the roots of the Golden Tree. The impurities inside were being absorbed and dissolved by the "old" plane core. As the energy dissipated, the core was already covered with spiderweb-like cracks.

The old man's aged appearance is a symbol of the plane's core approaching "death." Otherwise, as the plane's core, his status is equivalent to a second-level god, and he should be immortal as long as the plane remains intact. Tang San's plan allowed Ah Yin to smoothly inherit the plane's core status without damaging much of Douluo Star's energy, demonstrating his masterful skill.

Gula took a deep breath. Whether it was the identity of Celebi, the Forest God, or the Child of Nature, it filled him with deep sorrow. He looked at the old man and asked, "What do you need me to do?"

The old man shook his head: "Things have come to this point, and I am powerless to change anything. Unless a god-king with life attributes sacrifices himself, I am no match for the Blue Silver Emperor, who has already become a formidable force."

He took out a jade-colored illusory seed and controlled it to float towards Gula: "This is the Seed of Nature of Douluo Star. I hope that after you resolve the invasion of the Abyss, you can help nature recover on the new Douluo Star."

Gula nodded solemnly. He knew that the core of the plane was already determined to die, but as the core of the plane, he would not cause damage to Douluo Star to retaliate against the Sea God.

"I will."

The old man sensed Gula's sincerity and nodded with satisfaction, "In return, let me lend you a hand!"

The golden tree released a dazzling light, gathering countless primordial energies of heaven and earth, which were then poured into Gula's body. Mixed in with the golden tree's essence was the substance that the golden tree's soul lacked most, and it greedily absorbed the golden tree's essence.

In less than ten seconds, the golden ancient tree successfully broke through from 99,000 years old to 100,000 years old.

Four crimson rings rose beneath Gula's feet, each ring's surface shimmering with emerald-like patterns.

As the edge of the spirit ring began to burn with green-gold flames, it resonated perfectly with the energy streams flowing across the surface of the spirit ring, transforming the spirit ring into a pure green-gold color, just like his hair, noble yet natural.

Qiluo and other plant-like ferocious beasts emerged from within the soul ring, bowed slightly to the old man, and transformed into their true forms, cultivating amidst the energy tides.

The old man stared at the many medicinal herbs for a moment, then seemed to be deep in thought.

He raised his hand and pointed, his spiritual thoughts entering the immortal herb's body.

"Are you all willing to merge with it?"

The immortal herbs were taken aback at first, then nodded repeatedly with great joy.

The next moment, the seven immortal herbs were offered up together, and seven golden beams of light were about to shoot into the sky, but the old man blocked them in the room with a wave of his hand, without revealing the slightest aura.

The spirit of the ancient golden tree swayed in the energy tides, its origin constantly growing stronger.

The immortal herbs were not sacrificed to Gula, but to the spirit of the Golden Ancient Tree. Or rather, it was not a sacrifice, but rather a way to create a symbiotic relationship between the immortal herbs and the Golden Ancient Tree, making them a spirit with multiple souls within one body.

The spirit of the ancient golden tree stretched its branches within the cocoon, and the back of each newly sprouted golden leaf was imprinted with the original runes of the immortal herb.

"In this way, you will only need to cultivate this one soul spirit to obtain the most suitable soul ring for yourself. As for these immortal herbs, I will help you condense them into immortal herb essence, which can be used to find the consciousness of an immortal herb and integrate it into your first martial soul to become a soul spirit."

After the old man explained, Gula understood how the plane core operated.

Ordinary soul spirits, even those that are 100,000 years old, can only provide a maximum of five soul rings. If the soul beast has an ordinary bloodline, it may not even be able to provide suitable soul skills.

However, as a lower-level ancient tree of life, the Golden Tree already has the ability to evolve into countless plants. Furthermore, it has fused with the essence of seven different immortal herbs, which will further enhance its ability to evolve soul skills in the future.

Furthermore, the spirit of the Golden Tree can continuously provide him with spirits until he becomes a god!

(End of this chapter)