Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

The battle on the coastline did not last long. The soldiers who were almost cornered by the tree people went out to sea in the strong wind and waves, leaving only a pile of blood, body parts, and organs on the beach...

This so-called battle, under the personal command of the sacred tree, was more like a brutal massacre.

Soon, a tide came and submerged all the broken limbs. When the tide receded, the beach was empty without a trace of blood.

If it weren't for the two barges still standing on the shore, it would be as if the previous battle had never happened.

The few remnants of the army who managed to escape rode in simple speedboats, braving the waves of the storm.

Some were drowned in the waves, while others were washed to the warships outside and were rescued.

Some were blown into the vast ocean, some starved to death, and some survived by a narrow escape.

Those who were rescued told their superiors about their terrible experiences. The failure to land on the island, coupled with the storms and waves surrounding Nason Island, caused the outside military to suspend military operations on Nason Island.

Some actions, once suspended, would be difficult to restart. In addition, with the efforts of many alien forces outside the island to dissuade them, the military outside the island carefully considered the pros and cons.

Originally, they thought that the army could easily take over Nasen Island by relying on firepower suppression and the help of a small team of aliens, just like they had conquered Shenzhou back then.

But now, let alone taking Nason Island, it is difficult to even get on the island under the violent waves.

Moreover, according to current intelligence, the natives of Nasen Island are quite devout to the sacred tree. If they attack by force, they will encounter unprecedented resistance.

The most important thing is that if you conquer Shenzhou, you will get huge benefits, and Shenzhou is on the mainland, but this is not necessarily the case if you conquer Nasen Island.

Sending a large army to fight a small island in the Pacific for uncertain interests is really not worth it.

In the end, this grand plan to conquer the alien forces on Nason Island came to a halt.

Nasen Island returned to peace, and the dead Nasen guards were replaced. The sacred tree still stood behind the temple, looking no different from before, but only the sacred tree itself knew how much power of faith it had lost.

Zhang Zhiwei and his group did not stay on Nason Island for too long.

After all, several Nasen guards were killed when they entered the island. Although King Nasen and other Nasen guards did not dare to have any opinions because of the sacred tree, everyone felt very uncomfortable.

Moreover, Isaac was about to leave. He caught his best friend who had been doing bad things outside, although he caught him through Zhang Zhiwei.

He wanted to take his best friend back to the academy and hand him over to the Ministry of Magic.

When they learned of the result, apart from Lu Jin, the two protective guys, Lu Ci and Tian Jinzhong, were very confused. Aren't they close friends? Why was he being brought back for trial?

They also knew some of what Gellert had done, and if he was taken back, he would be executed.

Then Isaac gave them a long speech about what justice is.

Lu Jin could hear the blood boiling, this was exactly what Shenzhou lacked right now.

Lu Ci and Tian Jinzhong were secretly thinking, if their brothers (fellow disciples) did something unjust, would they be able to sacrifice their own brothers for the sake of justice like Isaac?
Lu Ci quickly came up with the answer. If it was an unrelated outsider, he could stick to his position, but if it involved relatives and friends, he would be a person who protected his shortcomings.

Tian Jinzhong had roughly the same idea.

When they thought about it, they immediately stood in awe of Isaac. It was difficult for them to do it, but that did not stop them from admiring those who could do it.

Zhang Zhiwei could understand Isaac's thoughts to some extent. Just as aliens are a minority, wizards are also a minority, and pure-blood wizards are even more so.

Therefore, in the wizarding world, as long as one is not killed in battle, no matter how serious the crime is, as long as the trial process begins, it is unlikely that one will be executed, and the most that can be done is imprisoned forever.

Given Gellert's ambitions and actions, Isaac thought it might be better to lock him up.

After defeating Gellert, Zhang Zhiwei seized the Elder Wand of the Deathly Hallows from him. Zhang Zhiwei does not use magic, so this thing has little effect on him.

Moreover, he majored in life and did not like to rely on external objects, nor did he intend to get involved in alchemy and refining. This thing was like a fire poker in his hand, so he threw it to Isaac casually.

Isaac took the Elder Wand solemnly, without any polite delay, because he really needed it.

"Zhang, between friends, I won't say thank you. If you have any problems in the future, just let me know. No matter how far, no matter how difficult, I will do my best!" Isaac said solemnly.

Zhang Zhiwei waved his hand and said, "If there is something wrong, I will definitely not be polite to you!"

"That should be the case. By the way, when I came here, I left a portkey on a reef not far from Nathan Island. Do you want to leave with me?"

After saying that, Isaac was afraid that Zhang Zhiwei and others didn't understand, so he explained: "The functions of the portkey and the floo powder are similar. They can transport wizards from one place to another in a short period of time. Because I considered capturing Gellert when I came here, I placed a portkey that can transport multiple people."

"That's great. It's not close from here to Shenzhou!" said Zhang Zhiwei.

Although it wouldn't take him much time to open the lightning channel and transform into lightning, it would consume a lot of energy. He couldn't do it with his own Qi, but needed to use the power of faith in the hall.

Generally speaking, Zhang Zhiwei doesn't like to draw the power of faith in the hall, because a lot of it has to be distributed to the immortals in the hall, and he can't owe debts.

With the power of faith obtained by the Tiantong Hall, normally a lot of it would remain after being distributed to the immortals, but who can blame the Tiantong Sect Master for being so generous?

The power of faith that other halls distributed to the immortals was mixed with impure thoughts, but the power that Zhang Zhiwei distributed was purified by his Three Flavors True Fire.

During the purification process, a lot of impurities will be filtered out, the quality will be improved, and the quantity will naturally be reduced.

In addition, he also needs to use part of it to nourish Tianpeng Zhenjun, and a lot of it was also used in this battle with the sacred tree, so he has to keep part of it as a reserve, so he can save a little bit, and the most important thing is that it is very easy to travel using the door key.

Afterwards, the group came to the seashore on the south side of Nason Island. There was no beach here, only a towering cliff with many reefs in the forest below the cliff.

"Right there!" said Isaac, pointing to a reef in the distance.

"Where is it? Why can't I see it?" Lu Jin's eyes widened, but he couldn't find anything that looked like a door key.

Zhang Zhiwei saw it at a glance. The so-called door key was actually a tattered boot on the reef. He felt an energy fluctuation from it that was similar to the fire of the Huode Sect.

"Lu, you'll know soon!"

As Isaac spoke, he waved his wand and a flying carpet appeared in front of them. Everyone stood on it and rode the carpet to the reef.

Lu Jin stood on the reef and looked around. He only saw a broken boot. He frowned, pointed at the broken boot, and said in disbelief:

"Isaac, could this be the portkey you mentioned?"

Isaac smiled and said, "That's right. The portkey is a teleportation point. It's normal to make them into something inconspicuous to avoid being destroyed or used by others."

"That's true, but..." Lu Jin said with a difficult expression: "Isn't this door key made of your worn-out boots?" "Lu, you are really smart, but there is no reward!" Isaac said.

"I don't want this reward even if it's available!" Lu Jin said.

Isaac smiled and said, "To leave by the portkey, we need to sit together and touch the portkey at the same time. Just like that, just extend a finger..."

Isaac was explaining to everyone when a giant golden tree slowly appeared in Zhang Zhiwei's consciousness. It was the sacred tree that came to see him off.

"Be good, I will keep my promise!" said Zhang Zhiwei.

In this regard, he indeed did not lie to the sacred tree. In the plot, the sacred tree had already escaped. In that case, it would make no difference whether he let it go or not in the future.

"I'm not worried about your promise, I'm worried about you!" said the sacred tree.

"Worried about me?" Zhang Zhiwei said, "What are you worried about? Dying midway?"

"I'm not worried about this. There are not many beings that can kill you!" said the sacred tree.

"Then what are you worried about?" Zhang Zhiwei asked.

The sacred tree said: "In the past, I had a close relationship with Wang Yuwei, but do you know why I never communicate with Wang Yuwei now?"

"I'd like to hear the details!" said Zhang Zhiwei.

The sacred tree said: "Because I have seen too much. Instead of communicating with them, instructing them, and guiding them, it is better to give them a set path that will never go astray. In this way, there is naturally no need to communicate with them."

Zhang Zhiwei said: "You gave them a path, but in a sense, you also wiped out their path!"

"Yes, there is always a choice between a safe path and an unknown path!"

The sacred tree said, "I can sense that you are somewhat dissatisfied with their plight. You think I am a cruel dictator who has woven a prison for them that they can never escape from, and you greedily absorb nutrients from them."

Zhang Zhiwei did not deny it. Frankly speaking, his hall was actually similar to the kingdom of the sacred tree, but his hall had a high degree of freedom.

Not to mention controlling the members' thoughts, he didn't even restrict the members' entry and exit. If they didn't want to hang out with him anymore, they just needed to inform the branch leader and they could leave the hall.

The sacred tree continued, "You think my kingdom of God lacks humanity, but in fact, your church is more dangerous. At the same time, you are a hundred times more dangerous than me."

"Now, you are still very enthusiastic about everything because there are still many things you care about, but these things will gradually become less one day."

"The world you are familiar with will fade away, and you will be the only one left. Your life will be very long, and you will become very strong, and will become stronger and stronger. What will you do then?"

Zhang Zhiwei still did not respond. The length of his two lives combined was not even a fraction of that of the sacred tree. There was no need to discuss this topic.

The sacred tree continued, "When your sex and destiny reach a certain level, your life level will change. You call this becoming an immortal. At that time, you will feel a sense of separation from ordinary life."

"You may feel that your consciousness is as solid as a rock and will not be affected by any evil thoughts."

"But the only constant in this world is change."

“Time is like the tide. It brings everything and takes everything away.”

"Over the course of time, even the strongest rock will be worn away."

“In order to practice our own way, we are constantly giving up, constantly losing, and slowly losing our sense of life and emotions.”

"You despise me now for my lack of empathy, but sooner or later you will be worn out. Only your subjectivity, which has been polished to the extreme, will remain, coexisting with objectivity, and will be eternal."

"So, what is your subjectivity? Will the part of your subjectivity that remains be the complete you?"

"My subjectivity is reproduction and growth. This is my eternal and unchanging way as a tree."

"I have no intention of hurting anyone. It's just that my growth has blocked out the sunlight for others and attracted the chopping down of trees. But what about you?"

"You can now fight violence with violence in front of me, act like a warrior defeating a dictator, enjoy the praise of victory, and criticize my cruelty."

"But you just haven't gotten tired of it yet, and you haven't been worn out yet. But sooner or later, all of this will lose its meaning to you."

"By then, what will you become of the you who kills decisively, doesn't follow the rules, and likes to fight violence with violence?"

"In Western terms, you will become a tyrant as terrible as a natural disaster."

"In Eastern terms, he will be a saint who treats the people as straw dogs."

"And then, what will become of the loose church you left behind?"

"You say, is he more dangerous than me?"

"I understand what you mean!" Zhang Zhiwei nodded. Although some things were not explicitly stated in the words of the sacred tree, they actually contained a lot of things, and Zhang Zhiwei understood them.

Isn’t Feng Baobao the existence mentioned by the sacred tree?
A person who has no feelings for life or emotions. She can kill bandits like cutting grass. She can also watch indifferently when Xu Xiang's father died in front of her. She is not moved at all. She lacks empathy as a human being...

Of course, there is also a difference, that is, Feng Baobao does not have her own way, so she can be influenced.

And if Feng Baobao has her own way, she will be a person who is determined to pursue her own goals, and anyone who stands in her way will die.

As for the sect that the sacred tree mentioned, Zhang Zhiwei inexplicably thought of Quan Xing left behind by the sage Yang Zhu.

With this thought in mind, Zhang Zhiwei bowed to the sacred tree and said, "Thank you for the reminder!"

"What do you understand?" asked the sacred tree.

It has been on Nasen Island for nearly two thousand years, but has rarely issued oracles to the gods and people of Nasen Island, nor does it have a deep relationship with its disciples like the spirit mediums.

It just practices its own way like a ruthless reproduction machine, equally sowing the seeds that bring supernatural powers on the heads of every one of the gods' people.

Even if they made such a plan today, they were only forced to do so because they were trapped in the potted plant of Nason Island, which made it impossible for it to continue to practice the way of reproduction and survival.

During this process, it has always been lonely and silent, but the appearance of Zhang Zhiwei gave it an existence with which it could communicate on an equal footing.

The most important thing is that no matter how different their paths are, at least in the next hundred years, they will be fellow travelers, so it is willing to say more.

In response to the question about the sacred tree, Zhang Zhiwei answered with four words:
"All the nature is preserved!" (End of this chapter)