The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

Despite being eroded by forbidden knowledge, the World Tree instinctively began to fight back.

The tranquil white light began to ripple, and all the information from the past and present of the entire continent of Teyvat was transformed into sharp blades. They may not be sharp, but they could shatter anyone's heart.

The World Tree's reaction was even greater than it had been five hundred years ago; last time, it was its avatar, its consciousness, that was corrupted.

This time, it might be all of it.

This is the first time the World Tree has been invaded by an external entity. Five hundred years ago, it was more that its own avatars "brought" forbidden knowledge in, rather than forbidden knowledge actively rushing into the World Tree.

The World Tree sensed the increasingly powerful aura beneath its roots and tried its best to eliminate it.

The World Tree's instincts told it—what lies below can replace it!

Countless streams of information swirled through the roots of the golden tree, and the place where the earth's veins converged was now completely transformed into an ocean of information.

The golden tree is like a reef in the sea; the waves of information wash over its surface but cannot penetrate its core.

However, the World Tree ultimately controls all information in Teyvat, and even the surface layer alone is enough to overwhelm the newly grown Golden Tree.

"It hurts..." The golden light of the golden tree, which never faded, began to dim.

A deluge of information surged through the tree's outer layer into its core. Human joy and sorrow; the changes of the earth, the flow of rivers…

The Golden Tree was filled with countless scenes, both familiar and unfamiliar. It was trying its best to process this information according to the instincts in its blood.

But it's too small; it's been less than a month since it sprouted. In the end, it was prematurely matured by embers, not a truly towering giant that has risen from the ground over countless years.

Therefore, Yu Jin naturally has to take responsibility.

"Damn it, you're not following the doctor's orders, are you! Xiao Huang, give me all this junk! You focus on smashing this damn tree to pieces!"

"If your father in that border region knew you looked like this, he'd probably laugh at me! Don't let it really defeat you!"

A familiar voice came, and a warm sensation instantly enveloped the entire body of the golden tree.

It was as if a black hole had appeared in the Golden Tree's consciousness, sucking away all the flickering, headache-inducing images, which disappeared without a trace.

All that remains for it is a clear and peaceful world.

The golden light shone even brighter. This time, it not only broke through the flowing ocean of information, but its light also pierced through the dense roots of the World Tree and reached the red and white crown of the World Tree!

The aura of the other tree below was growing stronger, and the World Tree could feel its roots being tightly bound by the roots of the Golden Tree.

If you look further away, you will see a very peculiar scene.

Two symmetrical, massive root systems are constantly intertwining, with a golden root network extending from the pure white ocean below, climbing towards the roots of the World Tree.

The World Tree can only continuously stimulate the information of the earth's veins, washing over the ever-growing roots of the golden tree.

Unfortunately, those memories, powerful enough to drive even the gods mad, impacted the Golden Tree, preventing it from losing even a fraction of its golden hue.

The roots of the golden tree seemed to have turned into a black box at this moment; no amount of information hitting them could cause any ripples.

Golden roots began to entwine around the pure white roots, and a suffocating feeling began to appear on the World Tree.

That's the feeling you get when you're being climbed by thick vines. The World Tree isn't a tree in the ordinary sense, but at this moment it felt just like any other tree.

That is the feeling of being strangled to death and suffocating.

……

In Jingshan Palace, a white-haired girl lies fast asleep on what appears to be a cradle woven from emerald green vines.

Suddenly, the girl's brows furrowed, and her breathing became rapid.

Her fair hands unconsciously rested on her chest, as if something were gripping her collar.

Nasita opened her eyes.

A pure white tree, a crimson sky. This was a place both familiar and strange to her—the World Tree, the thing she guarded.

Although her duty is to look after the World Tree, Nasita hasn't been here for a long time.

Ever since her divine heart was taken by the sages to run the Void Terminal, her own power has become so weak that it's unbearable to look at.

Nasita now stands on a branch of the World Tree, below which lies an endless white ocean.

That is one of the foundations of Teyvat, an ocean of information woven from the ley lines of the entire continent.

The World Tree is a pure white tree nurtured by this vast ocean.

Nasita looked down, and then her pupils shrank to the size of pinholes.

She once thought that the ocean of the ley lines was bottomless and devoid of life except for the World Tree.

But now, Nasita sees a vast golden forest growing from the ocean of ley lines.

Chapter 211 The Naive God

2023-10-04

Countless enormous golden trees emerged from the white mist swirling beneath the World Tree; these were the roots of the Golden Tree.

To the Golden Tree and the World Tree, these roots were merely tiny hairs on their bodies, but to Nasita, they were clearly towering giant trees.

"What...what happened?" The golden light reflected in Nasita's eyes, and panic quickly spread across the young god's face.

As a newly born grass deity, Nasita grew up in the glory of the Great Tree King. Sages would lament what would happen if the Great Tree King were still alive, and the people of Sumeru would sincerely praise the Great Tree King's achievements.

This caused Nasita, who was still very naive in the eyes of the gods, to fall into self-doubt and longing for the Great Tree King.

She felt that she could not reach the heights of the Great Tree King, so she hoped that the sages who had once followed the Great Tree King could recreate their former glory.

Therefore, Nasita would hand over her divine heart and stay quietly in the Pure Goodness Palace without going out.

The sages can manage Sumeru, and she can just obediently do as she pleases.

Nasita kept comforting herself, saying that once she had learned enough knowledge, perhaps she could truly take on the responsibilities of a god.

Despite these thoughts, Nasita would often find herself consumed by endless unease and self-pity late at night.

She was worried about the hidden dangers within the World Tree, a problem that even the Great Tree King had failed to solve, and now it had fallen on her shoulders.

She lamented her own incompetence, for despite being the successor to the Great Tree King, she possessed not a single power.

Fortunately, Nasita's life had two lights.

One is a child's innocent and joyful dream, which can make Naxida forget her identity and transform into a child herself.

The other is the call of the great tree, which allows Nasita to listen to the duties of the gods while nestled in the embrace of its branches.

Now, one of the lights seems to be about to dissipate.

“World Tree… what’s wrong… tell me…” Nasita hurriedly ran from the branch to the trunk of the World Tree.

She patted the trunk of the World Tree, hoping its motherly whispers would once again guide her.

Soon, that familiar voice appeared in Nasita's ears again, which made the panicked girl breathe a slight sigh of relief.

“Nasita… the Heart of God… destroyed… the World Tree… will be replaced…”

A faint, ethereal female voice echoed in Nasita's heart; the voice was so familiar to her.

In the embrace of countless branches, it was this voice that made her understand the duties and obligations of the gods.

But now, she has allowed herself to destroy the heart of God, to destroy the symbol of God.

To be honest, Narcida didn't care about the Heart of God, since she had entrusted it to the sages in the distant past.

Nasida now only cares about the World Tree.

"What happened? Don't go..." Before she knew it, tears were streaming down the girl's face.

The thought that the World Tree might be replaced and that the voice would disappear from the world brought tears streaming down Nasita's face.

"Seriously? It's just treatment, why are you making such a fuss?" A third voice suddenly rang out in what seemed like an infinitely vast, pure white space.

"Who?!" Nasita woke up immediately upon hearing the voice. She began to look around, hoping to find the source of the voice.

Nasita tried to circulate the elemental power within her body, and her body began to emit a faint green glow.

Is he the culprit behind all this? Since he wants to replace the World Tree, he must first step over her corpse.

Narcida completely forgot the World Tree's instructions to her. In this respect, Narcida was somewhat impulsive and unfit to fulfill the duties of the goddess of wisdom.

"Don't look around, look down." That voice echoed around Naxida again, but this time it carried a hint of helplessness.

Shouldn't the first thing to do when encountering something like this be to look down at the World Tree? Why is this little guy still looking around?

What Yu Jin didn't know was that Nasita had never dealt with any difficult problems since birth. The Pure Land Palace not only isolated her from the outside world, but also kept danger away from her.

"Below!" Nasita realized then that this was the only variable in this space. So she hurriedly ran to the edge of the World Tree's branches and looked down at the vast, pure white ocean.

Then she saw the roots of the golden tree swaying constantly.

"hello."

"A bud...a tree bud! So...so tiny!"

In addition to the male voice from before, there was also a child's voice this time.

"Hiss—, Little Huang, I've noticed you're being a bit too talkative?"

"Then...then I won't say anything."

After a conversation that Nasita couldn't understand, the golden forest below swayed even more wildly.

It's hard to imagine that those seemingly solid, golden trees could sway in such a supple manner.

"What...what are you doing?" The golden light flickered on Nasita's face, and the golden forest below looked like the stage lights used for dancing in the Sumeru Tavern.

It flickered between light and darkness, leaping incessantly.

"Say hello! How about it? Can you feel our enthusiasm?"

"Loosen... loosen the roots, the roots... have been stretched for too long, they need to... need to relax."

Golden Tree completely forgot what Ember had just said and revealed the truth again.

"..."

Nasita fell silent, wiping away her dried tears, wondering if she was dreaming.

She had just thought that the World Tree was going to be replaced, and the entire continent would be plunged into a huge crisis of disordered ley lines.

But now it seems that she and the World Tree were overthinking things?