The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

A tree, an enormous tree beyond description, stands on the horizon.

Its trunk is as wide as a curtain on the side of the sky, and it grows so long that you can't see the end.

Lisa tilted her head very high, but still couldn't see the tops of the trees. The starry sky and the Milky Way were so dazzling that they dyed the entire horizon gold.

Amidst the endless golden light, Lisa rubbed her reddened eyes. Looking up again, she realized that the brilliance in the sky wasn't stars, but the leaves of a large tree.

Could it be that this golden tree has grown all the way to the stars?

Lisa was startled by her own thoughts and took a few steps back before bumping into a warm embrace.

“It’s spectacular, isn’t it?” Ember helped Lisa, whose face was contorted in pain, to sit down on the ground. Hearing Ember’s words, Lisa nodded. She wanted to say something, but couldn’t utter a word.

“I was just like you at first.” Ember looked at the giant golden tree with nostalgia, then smiled and said, “But the first thing that came to my mind was how many people would be illuminated if this tree were burned down.”

"Burn it..." Lisa murmured a few times, "Did you burn it in the end?"

“Of course, not only that, I burned a little extra.” Yu Jin sat down as well. He took out the flowerpot containing the golden tree sapling, pointed to the golden tree in the distance, and said to the sapling:

"When will you grow to be as big as your old mother?"

Upon hearing this, the golden tree saplings, whose branches had stood tall upon seeing the large golden tree, wilted again.

Growing as big as the mother? Absolutely impossible! Of course, if Ember wanted to cosplay the Supreme Will, then maybe there would be a chance.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's already withered. You're no good. A person, no, a tree, must have ambition!" As he spoke, Yu Jin pretended to pat the green leaves of the golden tree sapling.

As a result, the sapling's branches became even more bent.

"Hahaha!" Seeing the lively performance of the two of them, Lisa felt a great deal of relief from the invisible pressure she felt.

"Do you understand what it is now?" Ember asked, noticing that Lisa's brow had relaxed.

To everyone's surprise, Lisa shook her head, gazing intently at the golden light shimmering beneath the starry sky. After a long while, she smiled and said:

"I don't know, it's too advanced. I can't understand it, and I can't comprehend it either."

"So, could you please enlighten me, unknown deity?"

Lisa found it strange, as she had always kept her distance from gods. However, even knowing that Ember was a god, Lisa felt no fear when facing him.

“That’s too formal.” Yu Jin shook his head and then said, “There’s no need to keep your distance from ‘gods.’ I don’t know about the others, but I climbed up step by step myself.”

"From the point where even stray dogs on the roadside could kill me, I climbed up step by step, one footprint at a time."

As he finished speaking, Yu Jin proudly put his hands on his hips. The memory of being chased around by a few stray dogs was still vivid in his mind.

It's made him a little afraid of dogs now.

"Pfft—" Lisa looked at Ember and suddenly burst out laughing, "But you still haven't answered my question, you silly boy~"

The answer is the same, but this time Ember was able to answer it.

He lifted the flowerpot, looked at the golden tree sapling, and slowly said, "Eternity and order! If your abyss represents madness and chaos, then the golden tree is the embodiment of eternity and order."

"The ultimate, eternal and orderly order that will never fade, like gold! It will predetermine everything in the world and continue to operate endlessly."

"The world governed by the Golden Law is absolutely unchanging, a world whose end can be seen at a glance. It is also absolutely eternal, a world that transcends time, has no end, and can be walked to the very end!"

“My children, I will plan everything. You only need to follow the law and you will prosper!”

In the end, even Ember himself felt that the Supreme Will was incredibly powerful. He certainly couldn't create any laws, and laws like the Golden Law, which brought everything together towards immutability, made his scalp tingle just from a glance.

“That was truly… a magical world.” Lisa fell silent for a moment. She couldn’t say whether that world was good or bad.

Actually, Ember himself doesn't dislike order, but the Supreme Will is a bit too extreme. As the old saying goes, everyone has three urgent needs, but He's even taken care of those three needs for you—how can you tolerate that?

Ember simply couldn't tolerate it. Not to mention that under this stable eternity, all changes would be obliterated, whether physical or spiritual.

"Then you still want this little guy to grow up?" Lisa looked at the golden tree sapling that was proudly raising its branches. Why did Ember want its sapling to grow up after burning the big golden tree?

"Because I'm here." Ember flicked the branch of the golden tree sapling. Even a golden tree can bloom in spring!

Chapter 130 A New Mission

2023-08-28

“Now you know why I’m not worried about this guy.” Ember once again held the crimson teardrop crystal in front of the golden tree sapling and kept feeding it onto its leaves.

“If that’s the case, then the little tree probably isn’t afraid at all.” Lisa sat cross-legged, stroking the green leaves of the golden tree sapling.

Perhaps it was because she felt encouraged by Lisa, or simply because she saw the glory of her own mother.

The golden tree sapling no longer hesitated; its branches began to radiate a golden light, and the veins on them began to flow.

The teardrops crystallized into specks of light, slowly seeping into the golden tree seedlings.

Then it began to tremble incessantly, seemingly because it was uncomfortable from absorbing such an unclean substance.

Fortunately, the Golden Tree was, after all, a creation of the supreme will used to transform the planet. It managed to swallow this entirely different power with difficulty.

The golden tree sapling shrank back in fear. This was the worst thing it had ever eaten in its life.

As Yu Jin watched the golden tree struggle to swallow a wisp of abyssal power, he could only sigh that it truly was a creation of an unparalleled will.

Even in another world, it can play such a significant role.

But this speed won't do; it's too slow. By the time it grows up, it'll be too late.

"It really ate it?" Lisa picked up the flowerpot in shock. Although she had expected it, she was still incredibly shocked to see the power of the abyss being devoured.

This is an abyss! An existence that is almost unsolvable in Lisa's understanding!

"Hehe, not bad, I didn't misjudge you." Yu Jin looked at the Golden Tree and nodded approvingly.

Then he pulled out a blue and white branch with new leaves sprouting from it—new shoots of ley lines, precious things formed after the death of powerful abyss mages.

“When you come to a new world, you have to learn to adapt. Do you think you can change?” Ember inserted the new shoot of the ley line into the flowerpot of the golden tree seedling, so that it could take a good look at the structure of this “kind”.

The power of the Golden Tree is not limited to what the supreme will bestowed upon it.

In the ancient times before the Golden Tree arrived at the border, the Furnace of Life dominated life in the border region.

Actually, Ember thinks it should be called the Crucible of Life. Because at that time, all life was melted down in the furnace of life, without distinction between them.

Later, the Forge of Life evolved and generated the initial Golden Tree, which was then a mix of gold and red.

Then the Elden meteor fell, and the power of gold gradually merged with the original golden tree. Its color also changed from golden-red to pure gold.

Therefore, the Golden Tree not only possesses the power bestowed upon it by the supreme will, but also the power of the Mother of All Things in the Borderland, the Furnace of Life.

However, this power was firmly suppressed by the Golden Tree during the Golden Law era. The Supreme Will dislikes change, and the power of the furnace that can give birth to all forms of life is naturally not favored by Him.

However, Ember still appreciates the power of the Forge. Come on, having wings on your back is pretty cool!

The golden tree's branches bent again, as if curious about this peculiar fellow. Then, it thoughtfully touched a green leaf, and a wisp of blue-white emerged from the golden light.

"Good, good, good, little guy, I knew I hadn't misjudged you!" Yu Jin was extremely excited to see how well the golden tree sapling was behaving.

Now we don't have to eat all that garbage in the soil ourselves. It's better to leave that kind of stuff for the golden tree.

Lisa looked at the blue and white aura emanating from the golden tree; she knew far more than the average person. The Witch's Guild had once invited her, but she hadn't gone because she found it too troublesome.

The World Tree, that's the scent of the World Tree.

"Do you have some kind of grudge against the Grass God?" Lisa stood up and looked at Ember, who was circling around holding the golden tree sapling, and asked with a serious expression.

"No, I don't even know who she is." Yu Jin balanced the flowerpot on his head and crossed his arms.

"Then why do you want to replace the World Tree!" Lisa's tone was somewhat urgent; this concerned the safety of the entire Teyvat continent. Although Lisa was usually lazy, she couldn't act rashly when faced with such a momentous event.

"When did I say I was going to replace the World Tree?" Yu Jin stroked his chin. So that big tree underground was called the World Tree.

I wonder what would happen if it were burned? Yu Jin always feels the urge to light something flammable. But seeing Lisa's somewhat agitated expression, he decided against it.

"Is...is that so?" Lisa sat down with a hint of doubt. She had just thought about it and realized that if Ember really wanted to do that, she really wouldn't have any way to stop him.

So Lisa simply let it go. She methodically tidied her hair and straightened her askew witch's hat. Her earlier movements had been a bit too abrupt, unbecoming of her ladylike demeanor.

"Then why did you turn the sapling into the shape of the World Tree?" Lisa asked, puzzled, as she saw Ember throw another tear of Dvalin onto the golden sapling above her head.

"Hehe, I just wanted it to grow faster." This time, the golden tree sapling absorbed the power from the dragon's tears much faster.

To thrive in a new world, one must adapt to its environment. And the World Tree is, of course, the best example of the Golden Tree.

"Growing even faster?" Lisa looked at the golden tree sapling above Ember's head, which seemed to be cheering with excitement. Indeed, the golden tree sapling's radiance was even brighter.

"Besides, there are many other things in your world. Wouldn't it be good to let it help you deal with them?" Yu Jin looked at the golden tree sapling, which had grown a bit more, and was secretly surprised.

This thing can really eat and grow really fast.

"What's this called? It's called using magic against magic. You come from outside this world, and I come from beyond that world." Ember shook his head a few times, thinking it was quite good.

“Magic isn’t that powerful.” Lisa shook her head; Ember was right. There were many things they could only seal away, not completely resolve.

She stood up, stretched, and said, "Where do you want to plant the sapling? If it grows any bigger, this flowerpot probably won't be able to support it."

“Uh…” Yu Jin was taken aback. This was indeed a big problem. The Golden Tree was so big; the land couldn’t be too small.

"Let's plant it on Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain." Lisa took the flowerpot off Ember's head and touched the leaves of the golden tree seedling.

“There are few people there, and a lot of powerful energy is contained there,” Lisa said, as if she had just realized something.

"Great place, not bad!" Upon hearing this, Yu Jin felt that Dragon Ridge Snow Mountain was indeed a good place to plant trees.

The snow-capped mountain not only contains things with immense power, such as giant nails and the corpse of a demonic dragon, but also another giant tree!

In this way, the golden tree has companions as it grows. Growing together with companions—what a wonderful thing!

Ember felt that the golden tree sapling had really struck gold by following him. Not only did it have no worries about food and drink, but it also had a companion. Could even the supreme will provide that?

"Snap!" Ember snapped his fingers, and then Lisa saw the scene in front of her gradually dissolve.

The noisy conversation and the familiar buildings came back to her.

Lisa touched the table and chairs with a sense of loss, feeling the same sensation as when she sat on the grass.

What, then, is the truth? Lisa covered her forehead, a deep doubt creeping into her heart for the first time.

"Here, this little guy likes you, so you'll be responsible for its growth from now on! After all, you're the one who made it sprout." Ember handed the flowerpot back to Lisa.

"Hmm? Oh! I will." Lisa snapped out of her reverie and absentmindedly took the flowerpot.

"Clang!" As if sensing Lisa's confusion, the green leaves of the golden tree sapling unfurled. With the swaying of the branches, the leaves rubbed together, producing a crisp metallic clang.

The sound reached Lisa's ears, and suddenly her mind was filled with a wealth of knowledge. It was something she had once longed for, but ultimately given up.