The Embers of King's Teyvat Journey

The surging wind stirred up the surrounding air, and the doctor threw a punch, but the Great Tree King dodged it thanks to its small size.

But the doctor's commotion couldn't possibly be just from throwing a punch. As he jumped and ran, the Great Tree King felt his stamina being depleted at an abnormal rate.

Not only that, she felt her body getting heavier and heavier. The foul odors around her not only disgusted her, but also clung to her body, condensing into a sticky, muddy substance that was difficult to clean.

"It's really...a bad memory."

This scene reminded the Great Tree King of her previous experience in the Layered Rock Abyss, where the feeling of the embers pushing her into the mud was similar to what she felt now.

However, mud is now everywhere, not only on her body, but the entire Order House has become filthy because of it.

In this chaotic and foul-smelling space, only the Doctor remained unaffected. One of his slices relentlessly played a "cat and mouse" game with the Great Tree King, while the other hid in the shadows, quietly waiting for the right moment to strike.

The Great Tree King's movements became increasingly sluggish, and her attacks, which she managed to muster, were rendered largely ineffective by the remnants of the demon god and the erosion of the dead zone.

"Now's the time! Seize it!"

In a thick fog of black and purple, the fog suddenly thinned, and then long, dark purple tentacles began to dance and extend out.

They seized the slow-moving Great Tree King in the air and wrapped her up tightly.

"Caught."

"Don't take it lightly."

The two slices exchanged a glance, and then the tentacles in the air suddenly exerted force. The Doctor might not kill the Great Tree King, but he would be happy to see her severely injured and fall to the ground.

"Crack...crack crack!"

"Wait, this feels wrong!"

When the tentacles loosened, there was no longer any Great Tree King inside, just a piece of wood shaped like a human.

Chapter 721 The Scene at the Beginning of Heaven and Earth

2024-06-10

"call……"

The solid wooden block, exposed in the dense debris of the demon god, turned into dust and scattered before it even hit the ground.

"It's not that simple after all." The purplish tentacles disappeared, and the surrounding fog thickened even more.

The mist churned, and seeing this, the doctor pressed his hands down hard.

The floating mist seemed to instantly gain enormous mass, plummeting rapidly through the air and condensing into a thick layer of residue and mud on the ground.

"Boom!!!"

The ground of the Church House cracked inch by inch, and not only that, even the walls around it collapsed under the weight of the mud.

The remnants of the demon god fell to the ground, and the Church of Gods was now an open-air structure—the walls and ceiling had long since turned into a pile of ruins.

These dark objects did not seem to be formed from the rising mist, but rather resembled blackened steel.

The Order of the Church was reduced to ruins, but even so, the Doctor did not see the Great Tree King.

"Oh!"

The black objects on the ground rose again, and the space that had just been brightened instantly became gloomy and dark.

Even with the scorching sun outside, it couldn't penetrate the mixture of demonic remnants and the dead zone that enveloped the surroundings.

"Hide and seek? You can play that childish game by yourself here."

After letting out a sneer in the thick fog, the Doctor rushed into the still relatively intact part of the Order of the Church without looking back.

That is the depths of the Kyorya Institution, and also the location of the Pure Good Palace.

"Gulu!"

The doctor's two slices merged together as he ran, and just as he was about to rush into the Pure Good Palace, they suddenly burst out with a dazzling light.

"boom!"

Green and deep purple intertwine, fighting and devouring each other.

The doctor, who had been thrown back into the air, regained his footing. Looking at the massive elemental power gushing out of the Pure Good Palace, he realized that the Grass God had escaped.

"Phew... I should have seized the Heart of God immediately."

He gasped for breath, increasingly regretting his hasty killing of the Great Sage. Had the Great Sage not died, the initiative would have been in his hands.

He can go to find the Heart of God whenever he wants; there's no need for him to have to fight to seize it like he is now.

"I knew I hadn't misjudged you. However, what happens next is beyond your control."

"Relax, I'll get you out of here."

A head identical to Nasita's emerged from the shattered ground, her upper body resting on the exposed sacred tree, while her lower body was completely fused with the tree.

"Crack!"

Tiny twigs lifted up the intact floorboards, and then these twigs grew at a visible speed, eventually enveloping Nasita and the others.

The capsule, formed by the intertwining branches, carried the person it contained as it sank down, eventually merging into the sacred tree and the surrounding vegetation.

They would weave through the roots of plants to reach a safe place.

"you……"

"You should already have the answer in your heart, right? But now is not the time to reminisce."

The Great Tree King smiled at Nasita, then pulled down with both hands, taking Nasita with her as they fled into the sacred tree beneath the ground.

"boom!"

As soon as Nasita's figure disappeared, the giant hand smashed everything nearby to pieces.

"Is the heart of God in your hands?"

Naxida and the Great Compassion Tree King, who merged into the grass and trees, were in a very peculiar state. They became part of the grass and trees, enduring and standing together with them.

"exist."

"That's good."

Nasita suddenly felt that someone was "holding" her hand, even though she didn't have a "hand" in her current state.

"Follow me, and let the first ferns grow above."

Memories flashed through her mind, things that Nasita seemed to have been born with, instinctive, but which had been suppressed and worn away.

Following the images in her memory, Nasita began to activate herself and the power within the heart of the god.

"Om-"

A faint green light suddenly shone from one corner of the Sacred Tree’s massive body. This location was none other than the collapsed Church Council.

On the shattered floor, on the bare sacred tree, and on the walls that still stood all around... green gradually emerged in almost every place.

Upon closer inspection, one can discover that these green plants are actually individual, tightly clustered, curled ferns.

In the beginning of time, the first to sprout were these tiny ferns. When their curled-up bodies stretched freely toward the sky, they transformed into flowers, grass, trees, and roots.

Today, a scene from an uncountable past is being replayed in this small space.

The emerald green ferns grow in the highly toxic air; they die quickly, but grow just as quickly.

At first, an almost imperceptible fern grew from the "corpses" of countless predecessors. It was different from its companions because it was the only fern that was purplish.

Thus, the green turned into purple at an astonishing speed, so fast that it happened in the blink of an eye.

The doctor condensed the surrounding mist into various shapes: claws, scythes, and dangerous spikes... He was fighting against the spreading purple mist, just like the Great Tree King had fought against this mist before.

But this did not stop the thriving ferns from continuing to grow. In the beginning of time, the earth cracked open, and lava rained down, filling the sky with the smell of sulfur.

But the ferns continued to grow.

After some time, the earth was covered in frost, the ocean turned into a transparent continent, and the biting cold wind never stopped.

But the ferns continued to grow.

Compared to those earth-shattering calamities, the damage caused by today's PhDs is far too insignificant.

The ferns expanded their curled bodies, and this time they diverged. Some leisurely became grass, some fluttered and became flowers, and some felt they were too short before, so they became trees.

This is a scene never seen before, where the toxins in the air are absorbed by unknown plants, allowing them to grow even more vigorously.

The doctor looked around; these strange flowers and plants were things he had never seen or heard of before.

If there were earth, sunlight, and water outside of this world, the plants there would probably look like this.

"You are the master of plants and trees. You should remember that the power of plants and trees is greater than you imagine, and their wisdom is greater than yours."

"The god of wisdom should remember that wisdom is the enemy of the wise."

As Naxida walked out of the sacred tree, the Great Tree King was still tirelessly talking about something.

"Clap clap clap!"

"What a brilliant tactic, what a brilliant tactic."

The doctor clapped amidst the clusters of exotic flowers and fruits, his praise for the Great Compassion Tree King coming from the bottom of his heart.

What he had just witnessed had also shocked him. The process from nothing to something was a miracle of life that would amaze anyone who saw it.

"Just a little trick. Unlike you, you're even stronger than before."

"Let me guess... you're trying to reclaim the consciousness that was 'severed' from you? That must be quite difficult, since they are independent individuals after all."

The Great Tree King smiled at the doctor's praise, successfully turning the latter's face as black as the bottom of a pot.

"As expected of the god of wisdom, I even think that title underestimates you."

“You’re wrong. The goddess of wisdom is Naxida.” The Great Tree King raised Naxida’s hand.

However, the latter clearly didn't think so. She quickly waved her other hand and declined, saying, "No, no, no, I'm not worthy of the title of Goddess of Wisdom..."

"So you need to learn, and now is a great opportunity." The Great Tree King forcibly patted Nasita's head at the same height and said patiently.

"Fighting against both the former and current God of Wisdom is truly my greatest challenge to date."

Upon hearing this, the doctor twitched the corner of his mouth. Fighting two gods, even if one was crippled and the other newly born, was still the greatest challenge he had ever faced.

“No, you’re wrong, there are others.” The Great Tree King shook his finger.