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The door is open; the Grand Bazaar is right across the street.

Slice through the world, Yama-no-Tsurugi!

Opposite is the Crimson King's Mausoleum. Baoshang Street and the Grand Bazaar are at least within the city of Sumeru. How can opening a door downwards lead to the Crimson King's Mausoleum, which is far away in the desert?

Slash, cleave, Casazale Palace! Slash, cleave, Papal Court! Damn, I saw the Great Sage drooling and sleeping, what bad luck!

Cut, cleave...

Li Yue kept the door open in the Jing Shan Palace for a full two hours. He controlled his spiritual pressure output, gradually increasing it to control the distance of the portals he opened, trying to keep them within the range of Sumeru as much as possible.

As a result, after two hours of spiritual pressure output, Li Yue opened up most of the Sumeru area, but he still couldn't open a portal to the space where the World Tree was located.

"That shouldn't be the case. I've already opened the portal to the port leading to Fontaine, so why hasn't it reached the destination yet?"

They explored almost the entire Sumeru region, even excavating most of its hollowed-out underground area, but still couldn't find the World Tree.

"Li Yuejun, is there any possibility?"

Aizen, who was collecting grass elements and watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but speak up. He felt that Li Yue was wasting too much time and he wanted to give her some hints.

"The World Tree that controls all information in the world is not in this world, just like my world's present world, Soul Society, and Hueco Mundo. Although they are in the same world, they are in different [worlds]."

In Aizen's view, how could something as important as the World Tree be placed in this superficial world? It must be placed in another world, just like the Seireitei, which is in Soul Society but still manages the human world.

"That's it! That must be it! I know what to do."

Li Yue understood and immediately unleashed her spiritual pressure.

"Swastika!"

The Shikai of Enma can only open a portal within the same world, while the Bankai can open portals across worlds. In the past, when Li Yue opened the portal to the world of Saekano and Bleach, it was because he was thinking about going to the target world. But this time, Li Yue was thinking about going to the space where the World Tree is located.

As for the connection between Li Yue and the space where the World Tree is located, isn't there Naxi Da?

The dark blue portal opened again, but this time, it was no longer any place in Sumeru, but a space filled with mist, along with a sentence.

"The world... has forgotten me..."

42. The Demonic Great Tree King

"The world... has forgotten me..."

"The world... has forgotten me..."

"The world... has forgotten me..."

"The world... has forgotten me..."

Inside the World Tree's space, Aizen looked at the tall, translucent tree before him, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Li Yuejun, who is this?"

"Ah, that sound."

Li Yue felt a little embarrassed. He heard the sound when he opened the door, and he could still hear it after entering the space. It wasn't that the sound was unpleasant, after all, it was the voice of the Great Compassion Tree King. But the problem was that the sound kept repeating, like a video that was stuck. No matter how pleasant the sound was, if you played it 24 hours a day without stopping and from any angle, it would become annoying. Especially with such constant playback, it felt rather bizarre.

"The owner of this voice is our target this time, the former Grass God, the current Grass God's mother, the manager of the World Tree, the Great Compassion Tree King."

It's not like that when playing the game, it only shouts once, so why does it keep shouting in real life?

Oh no, it seems like it was the Great Tree King repeating the same phrase over and over again. Back in version 3.0, you could hear that phrase repeatedly at the Statue of the Seven. A lot of people were speculating about what was going on, and various faction enthusiasts were making videos to analyze and deduce what was happening.

So, the Great Tree King is actually just repeating itself inside the World Tree? That's a bit bizarre, isn't it?

"Could you tell me about this former manager of the World Tree?"

Aizen stopped frowning and instead carefully examined the enormous tree in front of him before asking Li Yue a question.

"The Great Tree King is one of the first seven gods. Unlike other demon gods who need to participate in wars to seize their divine positions, the position of the Great Tree King is basically appointed by the will of Heaven. He is essentially designated by the will of Heaven as the god of Mount Sumeru."

"But Sumeru at that time did not only have the Great Tree King. In addition to the Great Tree King, Sumeru also had the Red King and the Flower Goddess. One of them was a liar and the other was a sycophant. The Flower Goddess was a super liar, and the Red King was her sycophant. In addition, there was the Grass Dragon King Apep. Among them, the Flower Goddess died the first. After her death, the Red King built her a super luxurious tomb. In addition, the Red King went to the outside world and introduced forbidden knowledge from the outside world."

"Forbidden knowledge?"

Another new term. Aizen is curious!

Li Yue, who was being stared at by Aizen, immediately began to explain the facts.

"This world is not as harmonious as it appears on the surface. It has always been on the verge of destruction. While the Seven Gods stabilize the human nations on the continent, the maintainers of the natural order stabilize the entire world and resist outsiders. Beyond this world lies an endless abyss, a highly corrosive force that constantly erodes this world. Forbidden knowledge is a product of the abyss. Forbidden knowledge can grant people power, but it can also directly lead them to depravity and make them minions of the abyss. The Red King is a demon god renowned for his technology. He developed incredibly futuristic technology on the continent of Teyvat, but the forbidden knowledge he brought back caused immense suffering to the entire Sumeru. In the end, to protect Sumeru, he chose to sacrifice himself. The Great Tree King helped him purify the remaining forbidden knowledge, but at the cost of weakening the Great Tree King's own power."

"Afterwards, due to humanity's recklessness, the Second Abyss impacted the entire continent of Teyvat, and the World Tree was also corrupted. The corruption of the World Tree meant that the entire world of Teyvat would be affected. So the Great Tree King sacrificed himself, sealing his remnant soul within the World Tree as a vessel for forbidden knowledge, and then awaited the arrival of a new Grass God to purify it. By sacrificing himself and the forbidden knowledge together, the World Tree could be completely purified. This was also the mission of the current Grass God, Narcida."

"But you know the current situation of the Grass God."

Li Yue shrugged after she finished speaking.

"Ah, I understand."

Aizen nodded slightly.

"So, Li Yuejun, do you intend to rescue this Great Tree King who sacrificed himself to protect the world?"

"That's right, this is my daughter's mother, my wife whom I've never met. It would be an injustice if I didn't rescue her!"

Li Yueyi's righteous and stern words caused Aizen's eyes to twitch slightly.

"Then, please begin. I will perfectly contain your soul the moment you separate it."

If it were just about separating the Great Tree King's soul from the World Tree, Li Yue could do it alone. However, to contain and re-implant the separated soul, they would need Aizen, an expert in soul research.

Li Yue gripped the Yama Blade, its tip pointing towards the World Tree.

"Yama-no-Tsurugi, be careful. You can't hurt the World Tree or the Great Tree King."

"You don't even need to tell me, the Great Compassion Tree King is also my wife!"

[The required intensity might be a bit high. The amount of information within the World Tree is enormous. A high spiritual pressure output is needed to unleash Bankai directly!]

"No problem, Bankai!"

Having received a prompt from Enma, Li Yue immediately activated his Bankai, and the surge of spiritual pressure instantly filled the entire World Tree space.

Li Yue was already familiar with using the spatial gate, but separating the soul was a first for him. So he simply let his Zanpakuto help him. Enma, who, like Li Yue, loved beautiful girls, naturally did her best to help. Especially after the Great Tree King's soul merged into Li Yue's inner world, it ended up living in the same place as Enma, which made Enma overjoyed.

The gleaming blade touched the World Tree and sank directly into it. It didn't cut through the World Tree, but rather penetrated into it. The powerful spiritual pressure gathered into the light, which flowed along the blade and penetrated deep into the interior of the World Tree.

"found it!"

Having found his target, Li Yue immediately gripped the sword hilt with both hands and forcefully flicked upwards with the back of the blade, bringing out a green orb of light from within the World Tree with the Yama Blade.

"The world...forgot me..."

"The world...forgot me..."

"The world...forgot me..."

Good heavens, he's still repeating his studies after being brought out. Great Tree King, you're too absurd!

Li Yue glanced at Aizen beside her, speechless.

"Already prepared."

Aizen took out a jet-black bead from his sleeve, aimed it at the green orb of light, and the green orb instantly turned into specks of light and was absorbed into it.

"Absorption is complete."

After the green light spots were completely absorbed by the bead, the entire World Tree space began to change.

The space, which had been somewhat dim, suddenly became bright. Not only that, new leaves immediately sprouted from the few withered branches of the World Tree, and the entire World Tree radiated the brilliance of life.

"It seems that you, Li Yuejun, have cured the World Tree."

According to Li Yue's previous statement, forbidden knowledge still remained on the World Tree, causing some problems for the World Tree and even affecting Teyvat. Now, the forbidden knowledge, along with the soul of the Great Tree King, has been stripped from the World Tree by Li Yue, so the problem of forbidden knowledge is naturally gone.

"Yes, it should be cured. The remaining forbidden knowledge has been stripped away along with the Great Tree King, and the World Tree is now in a completely pure state."

"Forbidden knowledge."

Aizen looked at the bead in his hand.

"This must be the Hogyoku."

"That's right, this is the Hogyoku I created, which can be used to store souls and implant souls."

Aizen then tossed the Hogyoku to Li Yue.

"Li Yuejun, what you need to do next is to absorb the soul that was just absorbed into the Hōgyoku, absorb that soul into your inner world, and then make her submit to you. Her power will then be at your disposal."

"Of course, if possible, Li Yuejun, when you are absorbing a soul, please leave behind the forbidden knowledge carried by that soul."

Li Yue was not surprised at all by Aizen's words.

"Godfather, do you want forbidden knowledge? That stuff is highly corrosive. Do you really want to study it?"

"I am aware of Li Yuejun's warning, but as a researcher, it would be too sad if I couldn't study the knowledge I have acquired."

Aizen adjusted his glasses.

"Moreover, Li Yuejun, you also said that the thing is highly corrosive, but you didn't say that it's completely untouchable, right? Knowing my personality, you should understand that for me, it's absolutely impossible to give up researching something like this."

“That’s right, this is something that my godfather would absolutely never give up researching.”

Li Yue smiled and nodded.

"Since you still want to study it, then I'll leave the forbidden knowledge behind. You'd better be careful, I don't want to change godfathers so soon."

"Ah, if I could be so easily corrupted by something like this, it would mean that I, Aizen Sousuke, am nothing more than this."

Amid Aizen's smile, Li Yue gripped the Hogyoku in her hand and began absorbing the soul of the Great Tree King within.

When the Hogyoku absorbs a soul, it absorbs everything within the soul completely. However, when it is stored in the Hogyoku, everything within the soul is stored separately and mixed together. In other words, when the Great Tree King's soul entered the Hogyoku, it was separated from the forbidden knowledge within the soul.

"Then, let's begin!"

Li Yue held the Bengyu and closed her eyes. When she opened them again, she saw a clear blue sky.

43. Wife X Neighbor Wang √

With a gray and white inner world, Li Yue, now dressed in a Shinigami outfit, looked around while asking the kimono-clad girl behind him a question.

"Xiao Dao, where's my wife?"

"Hey kid, who are you calling Little Knife?"

"Of course I'm calling you, or would I call you Yama?"

"That's definitely Yama, what kind of lousy name is 'Little Knife'?"