Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

Jiang Bai had met the Great Compassion Tree King once before and immediately recognized this deity who looked exactly like Naxida.

Although Kong was somewhat puzzled as to why they looked exactly alike, he did not voice any further questions.

Keep going, and you'll find the answer eventually.

Chapter 751 The World Doesn't Need Two World Trees

As Elhesen gazed at the deity from afar, he immediately understood why the sages who had brought back the Little Lucky Grass King had so readily identified her as the newly born deity.

Shared power, identical appearance.

There must be an extraordinary connection between her and the Great Tree King.

Is it reincarnation?

Or something else?

Naxi Da walked forward step by step.

"You look exactly like me... You are the Great Tree King?"

This was also her first time seeing the Great Tree King. Before this, she had never imagined that she looked exactly like the Great Tree King.

There's so much information in this.

"Does this surprise you?"

Compared to Nasita's voice, the Great Tree King's voice is much more mature.

This is perhaps the most direct way to distinguish between the two.

"This place presents what the World Tree and the earth looked like back then, but it is ultimately just a space of consciousness. Because you and I are the same in essence, we also appear to be exactly the same."

Why are they essentially the same?

"Because you are me, and I am you."

Wow, that's a lot of information!

After the Great Tree King's explanation, the group understood why they were essentially the same.

They were both born from the World Tree. The Great Compassion Tree King is the embodiment of the World Tree, while Nasita is the purest branch broken off from the World Tree.

Even if a tree dies, the branches that have broken off will take root and grow again, transforming into a new tree.

Jiang Bai was very surprised that the Great Compassion Tree King was actually the incarnation of the World Tree.

He had always thought that connecting the World Tree was a power of the Grass God, and that this power mostly came from the heart of the god.

The result was completely different.

The Great Compassion Tree King = World Tree.

The Heart of God was merely an embellishment for the Great Tree King.

But it's different for Little Lucky Grass King.

She was just a branch that had not yet grown, just a small tree, with little power, and had to rely on the power of the Heart of God to come here.

Once she reaches a certain level of maturity, perhaps even the Heart of God will become useless to her.

Gaining the approval of the Great Tree King was a very happy thing for Nasita.

The person she once admired and longed for turned out to be another version of herself with a different fate, which gave her tremendous confidence.

"Can you tell me why you created me? And what exactly happened when you died?"

The existing Great Tree King is merely a remnant of consciousness that died many years ago, remaining here and waiting for the arrival of new seedlings.

Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to this.

Everyone present was curious about the answer.

What exactly happened? Why did the World Tree suffer such severe pollution?

The events that happened to the Great Compassion Tree King slowly unfolded, and the answers that Jiang Bai had asked Zhong Li out of curiosity but never received were spoken by the Great Compassion Tree King.

"On the day the catastrophe occurred, even the sky turned blood red..."

"The original seven gods were summoned to the kingdom of Kanria, but I had another, more important task: to protect the World Tree."

"The disaster came along with the contamination of forbidden knowledge. Almost at the same moment, I, whose consciousness was connected to the World Tree, sensed something was amiss."

"The mental anguish began to torment me, and by the time I reached the World Tree, it was already being corrupted by forbidden knowledge..."

Jiang Bai discovered that what the Great Compassion Tree King said differed slightly from the information he had previously obtained from the knowledge stored in the divine jar.

Isn't forbidden knowledge derived from the Red King?

Or did disaster and forbidden knowledge erupt together?

The forbidden knowledge that had been temporarily contained resonated with the disaster, erupting once more and severely damaging the World Tree.

If forbidden knowledge is a "virus" from outside the world, then is the source of this disaster also from a force outside the world?

The two viruses, with similar properties, compounded each other's poison, directly damaging the World Tree's "anti-virus system."

Jiang Bai thought this explanation was quite reasonable.

The Great Compassion Tree King's narration continues, proving the correctness of Jiang Bai's conjecture.

"...If I hadn't worked with the Crimson King a thousand years ago to purify the pollution of forbidden knowledge, I probably would have been completely helpless back then."

What exactly is taboo knowledge?

"It is knowledge that does not belong to this world, and it is a truth that cannot be understood. It came down from the bottom of the abyss, and even I cannot comprehend it. The world is rejecting it, but this has caused all sorts of unpleasant symptoms in the world."

Jiang Bai thought the term "Great Compassion Tree King" was too general and that "virus" was easier to understand.

The World Tree is like a supercomputer, and forbidden knowledge is like a virus invading it.

If forbidden knowledge is allowed to continue to pollute the World Tree, the entire Teyvat will likely fall apart.

The Great Tree King clearly realized that she was powerless to eradicate forbidden knowledge, so she created a device that unified human wisdom and named it the Void.

She combined the wisdom of the people and devoted all her strength to finally eradicate all the forbidden knowledge from the World Tree.

But this does not mean that taboo knowledge has been completely eradicated.

As an entity integrated with the World Tree, the Great Compassion Tree King has been corrupted by forbidden knowledge.

Even if she dies, her existence and everything related to her will be preserved as memories and knowledge in the World Tree, so that forbidden knowledge can never be eradicated.

This is the true meaning of "the world has forgotten me".

"So that's how it is..." Elhesen finally understood everything.

The reason why the Church Council has been doing useless work is because they went in the wrong direction from the beginning.

The key to healing the World Tree lies not in the World Healer itself, but in the Great Tree King.

Even if the Church of Christ creates a god, as long as that god cannot come here, the withering of the World Tree will continue.

Perhaps a miracle will occur, similar to the eradication of forbidden knowledge a thousand years ago, but the possibility of such a miracle is extremely slim.

Nasita clutched her chest; even though she already knew what was going to happen, she still felt an overwhelming heartache.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, the scalding tears dripping onto the ground.

"I don't want to forget you... Is there no other way?"

"That's all. Let my existence disappear completely; that's the only way to heal the world."

The Great Tree King stroked her cheek and wiped away her tears.

“I see in you a will that I did not possess back then. You may become a god greater than me.”

Naxi Da stared blankly at her, her tears flowing even more fiercely.

She had only just seen her sun, and although she had mentally prepared herself, it was still so painful when she actually had to put it into practice.

The Great Tree King held her in his arms, the two essentially identical individuals embracing tightly.

"The world does not need two World Trees. The death of the old tree will bring nutrients to the new sapling, and my existence will also disappear along with the old tree."

"Grow, the old tree has decayed, and the new tree will bear everything."

As she finished speaking, the sapling grew rapidly, sprouting new buds and branches. Its dense foliage gradually covered the sky, becoming lush, verdant, and full of life.

It took over the responsibility from that withered tree, and it also took over everything that it carried.

The figure of the Great Tree King vanished along with the withered tree, as if it had never existed.

Chapter 752 We Should Hold a Celebration

The new World Tree has replaced the old tree that had reached the end of the world.

Something that could affect the entire world happened quietly.

The emerald green leaves fluttered down, like a gentle rain showering down over the entire Sumeru.

The dead zone no longer appears, the Demon Scale Disease has completely disappeared, and the yellow sand and dust storms that used to rise from time to time have also stopped.

The entire Sumeru, freed from its stubborn ailment, seemed to be reborn, and even the air felt fresher.

Meanwhile, changes in memory are also happening silently.

The existence of the Great Tree King was erased from the world along with the death of the World Tree, and the memories and emotions of the world towards her were transferred to the newly born tree.

Nasita grew rapidly along with the sapling. Although her appearance did not change, the gift from the Great Tree King allowed this insecure sapling to firmly establish its roots.

Under the corrective influence of the World Tree, Nasita is no longer a weak and ignorant newborn deity, but a Little Auspicious Grass King who has existed since ancient times, undergone a cycle of reincarnation, and has been worshipped by the Sumeru people.

Even though he witnessed this scene firsthand, Al-Hysen's memory could not escape the result of being altered.

The Great Tree King no longer exists; the reason for the World Tree's withering lies in the forbidden knowledge that has never been completely eradicated.

Having exhausted all his power to protect the World Tree, the Little Auspicious Grass King, after undergoing a cycle of reincarnation, found a way to completely heal the World Tree, ending the predicament that had plagued Sumeru for countless years.

Several wise men imprisoned in jail suddenly burst into tears.

A silent sadness washed over me.

They seemed to have finally realized, albeit belatedly, that they had figured everything out.

The god they had always revered had been ignored by them for 500 years, and they even fantasized about creating a false god to replace Him.

Guilt, indebtedness, confusion, self-blame... all sorts of emotions lingered in my heart, eventually turning into deep regret.

They are guilty, and their crimes are unforgivable.

Nasita's tears didn't stop; she felt as if she had lost something very important, but she couldn't remember what it was.

She hugged her arms, a sudden, inexplicable sadness leaving a huge void in her heart.

Jiang Bai did not feel any correction from the world. As an outsider, most of Teyvat's laws did not apply to him.

The same applies to emptiness.

The whispers of the Great Tree King could no longer be heard; only the echoes of silence and emptiness remained.

"I feel that the pollution of the World Tree has disappeared."

"Of course, this newborn World Tree couldn't be healthier."

Jiang Bai felt that the World Tree in front of him was no different from the previous World Tree.

Perhaps due to the nature of their respective consciousness spaces, there was no difference in size between the two.

With the World Tree issue completely resolved, Jiang Bai and the others also left the World Tree's consciousness space.

Back at Jingshan Palace, Naxida remained silent.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Bai didn't know how to start the conversation.

"Are you ok?"

Nasita kept her head down, the shadow above her obscuring the expression in her eyes.

She looked up, revealing a face streaked with tears.

"I'm fine... I just don't understand. We just saved the World Tree, right? But why am I crying?"

Nasita placed her hand on her heart, "I don't know where this feeling comes from, but I just feel so sad..."