Douluo Continent: The Sky Revealed, What the Hell is Honkai Academy?

Chapter 95 Second place on the Opportunity Ranking: The Tree of Life in Honkai Impact 3rd Academy!

Across the mainland, countless Soul Douluos who had been stuck at their bottlenecks for many years, and even some reclusive Title Douluos, emerged from their secluded cultivation grounds.

Their eyes were burning with intensity, and their aura was fierce. For this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they were willing to transform into Asuras, ready to compete with all the heroes in the world and fight to the death with those ten strange beasts in the Tomb of the Gods!

A rogue cultivator known as the "Blood Slaughter Douluo" declared in the tavern, his voice echoing far and wide: "I've been stuck at level 93 for thirty years! This is a godsend! I don't care about ten or a hundred titles, anyone who dares to stand in my way to becoming a god, I'll slaughter them!"

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Star Forest, Lake of Life.

Gu Yuena's silver hair moved without wind, her purple eyes staring at the scene of the divine tomb in the sky, a cold and mocking smile curving her lips.

"The Tomb of the Gods... Ha, the collective graveyard of the lackeys of the God Realm? It saves me the trouble of digging up their graves one by one when I conquer the God Realm in the future."

Her cold voice carried undisguised disgust and a hint of pleasure.

Di Tian lowered his massive dragon head, his voice booming: "My lord, the ranks of the [God of Destruction] and the [God of Elements] seem to contain primal powers familiar to us. Perhaps…"

Gu Yuena waved her hand slightly: "The divine position is a shackle. If I inherit it, it means I agree with the rules of the divine realm. We soul beasts pursue the ultimate in bloodline and the origin of the world. How can we degenerate and serve the scraps of the divine realm?"

Her gaze swept over the eager Xiong Jun, the Demon King, and other ferocious beasts, and her tone turned cold: "However, if any human is fortunate enough to obtain these divine positions, they will surely become our race's greatest enemies in the future. Xiong Jun, Demon King!"

"Yes!" the two ferocious beasts responded immediately.

"Once the coordinates of the Divine Tomb are revealed, you two can each lead a contingent of elite troops to loiter near the coordinates."

"No need to go deep. If we encounter any human groups, especially those who have inherited divine positions... kill them without mercy! We can weaken humanity's future potential, and that will be a victory."

"By the way, let's also weigh the capabilities of those so-called ten-headed beasts and see if they can be of use to us."

"I will obey the Lord's orders!"

The bear roared excitedly, its dark gold claws sparking dazzlingly.

……

The appearance of the Divine Tomb instantly ignited the ambitions of Soul Masters across the continent.

Greed, ambition, despair, hope... all sorts of emotions intertwined and converged into a mad torrent that swept across the entire continent.

Countless forces and powerful individuals, for those five elusive yet seemingly within-reach divine positions, began to gather their strength and hone their skills at any cost.

Prepare to head to the ultimate battlefield where hope and death coexist—the Tomb of God—in the near future!
A struggle far more brutal and massive than any imperial war or sectarian feud is about to begin, with a bloody prelude!

The instigator of all this—the Heavenly Ranking—still hangs high in the sky, coldly watching the vast mortal world below that has been stirred up by it.

Quietly awaiting the unveiling of the next opportunity, one that would move even the divine realm. ...

Soon, the light of the Golden List in the Sky became warmer and more magnificent than ever before, and the desolate and lifeless atmosphere of the divine tomb was completely dispelled by a vigorous vitality that nourishes all things!

What appeared in the sky was no longer a dangerous place or ruins, but a huge ancient tree rooted in the core of the Honkai Academy, with a canopy large enough to cover the mountains and a trunk that seemed to connect heaven and earth!

Its leaves are not simply emerald green, but flow with seven-colored rosy light, each leaf seemingly containing a small world of life's cycle.

The branches and trunks resemble writhing dragons, winding with profound and mysterious patterns of laws. The roots penetrate deep into the earth, even transcending the boundaries of physics, seemingly drawing upon the very essence of the spiritual veins of the entire Douluo Star.

A few fruits hung from the tree, each one like a small sun, radiating a light that soothed the soul and invigorated life. Simply sensing their aura through the light barrier made one feel several years younger, and even quickened the flow of soul power!

[Second Place on the Opportunity Ranking – Tree of Life]

[Location of the opportunity: Core area of ​​Honkai Academy, deeply bound to the academy's barrier and the essence of Dean Zhang Yi, and protected by the academy's highest level of protection.]

[Opportunity Description: This tree is not native to Douluo Star, but a supreme divine seed obtained by Dean Zhang Yi from a mysterious extraterrestrial source! Its essence transcends the mortal realm; it is a cosmic-level immortal herb, one of the manifestations of the source of all life!]

It can gently absorb the planet's energy and the life force of all things, transforming it into the purest life essence, continuously nourishing its own growth, and in turn nourishing all living beings within its range!
Cultivating within this range increases the speed of soul power growth several times, loosens bottlenecks, prolongs life, and even those severely injured and on the verge of death can be nourished by life energy to extend their lives!
Its aura possesses unparalleled nourishing and controlling power over plant-type soul beasts and all immortal herbs! It can greatly accelerate their growth, purify their essence, and even promote the evolution of low-level plants!
The quality of the immortal herbs within the Yin-Yang Well has undergone a qualitative leap under its influence!

Its leaves, when steeped in tea, can enlighten the mind and cleanse the soul of impurities; its branches and trunks can be used to forge divine artifact embryos containing the laws of life.

Its spiritual fruit is a masterpiece of nature; a single fruit can extend one's lifespan by a thousand years, rebuild one's foundation, and even grant mortals the potential to reach godhood!

In the Douluo Continent, the lifespan of mortals is no more than a hundred years, while that of Soul Masters increases with their strength. Titled Douluos generally only have a lifespan of three to five hundred years.

A single Fruit of Life can easily surpass the lifespan of a Title Douluo; its value is immeasurable!

[Celestial Reward: Heaven, moved by this miracle of life that transcends boundaries, bestows upon us a divine blessing of ascension:]

Life Tide Outbreak: The Tree of Life will enter a brief period of "Life Tide" activity, lasting seven days. During this time, its nourishing effect will be increased tenfold, and "spiritual rain" containing pure life essence will fall within the affected area, with a very low probability of small "life crystals" naturally condensing.

A precious treasure descends—【Tree of Life Heart Dew】: Three drops of emerald green, liquid jade-like tree heart dew condense between the core branches of the Tree of Life.

This dew contains the most primal creative power of the Tree of Life; a single drop is enough to revive the dead and heal the wounded, and can even forcibly pull back the soul if it has not completely dissipated!
It can also serve as a catalyst, awakening intelligence and prompting plant-type soul beasts or immortal herbs to embark on a higher level of evolution, and even... there's a slight possibility of giving birth to new tree spirits with intelligence!

……

"boom--!!!"

If the Tomb of the Gods brought about a frenzied greed, then the appearance of the Tree of Life brought about a complete shock and a desire stemming from the instinct of life!

In particular, the effect of "extending life by a thousand years" was like dropping a nuclear bomb on the hearts of all living beings with limited lifespans!
"Extend...extend lifespan by a thousand years?! A Title Douluo might live for three hundred years at most, right? This Tree of Life can grant you over a thousand years of lifespan with just one fruit? Are you kidding me!"

(End of this chapter)