I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

Ji Tian was about to follow the group of "Coo-Coo" little beasts and the demigod towards the treehouse when he suddenly remembered the standard process from those online novels in his previous life: "Explore the secret realm → Encounter the goddess → Accept the trial → Obtain the inheritance." He blurted out, almost unconsciously:

"Is there another nine trials for the Lake God here? Will he inherit the divine position after passing them?"

The elven demigod, who was gathering his long hair behind his shoulder, paused, then his eyes crinkled into a smile, as if he had heard an extremely funny joke.

She leaned on the table, tilting her head to the side, her beautiful eyes gleaming with mischief: "You're only taking the exam because you have a martial spirit?"

Ji Tian stood at the door, his expression slightly dazed.

【…No, sis?】

His brain was working at lightning speed; his ability to pick up on a joke was a bit too fast.

Could it be that……

His gaze involuntarily drifted to the faded paintings that had inexplicably appeared on the treehouse wall, and he recalled the records of the first hero on the mural.

—The Demon King summoned the hero.

—The hero chose the Demon King's castle.

Could it be that the first hero was actually a fellow countryman?

But the timing doesn't match.

According to the historical records he had read on the mainland, the first generation of heroes lived at least three thousand years ago.

Three thousand years ago, Earth had probably already entered the interstellar age.

Unless... the flow of time is different in the two worlds.

Ji Tian didn't have a noticeable sense of time difference when he traveled through time, but what if it was random? Perhaps in the era of the first hero, the original world was still in a more ancient period.

He decided to put the idea aside for now and go inside first.

"Coo~" The pale golden creature rolled across the threshold from Ji Tian's feet, jumped into a small nest in the corner of the wall with practiced ease, curled itself up into a ball, and stared at this side with its bright black bean-like eyes.

The interior of the treehouse is much more spacious than it appears from the outside.

Several crystal lamps emitting a warm yellow glow hung on the vine-woven wall, and in the center was a round table that had grown naturally from tree roots, with the unpolished wood grain still visible on the tabletop.

Elune gestured for everyone to sit down, then walked to the table and gently waved her hand in the air. Several wooden cups appeared out of thin air, filled with a pale green liquid, with a few tiny silver-blue petals floating on the surface, emitting a refreshing herbal fragrance.

"Try it. This is moonflower tea, which can only be found deep in the tundra. I planted a few bushes by the lake, just enough to entertain our guests." She said, picking up a cup herself and taking a sip.

Lilith carefully picked up the cup, sniffed it first, then tentatively took a small sip, her eyes brightening slightly: "Delicious!"

Ji Tian didn't rush to drink his tea. He looked at Elune and got straight to the point: "The story on the mural only tells of the hero choosing the Demon King's castle. What happened after that?"

Elune put down her teacup, her gaze falling on the table as if she were sorting through a long-forgotten memory.

"Let's start from the very beginning."

"The first hero was indeed summoned by the Demon King. In that era, the relationship between demons and elves, dwarves, and humans was not as hostile as it is now. Back then, the demons were more like a loose tribal alliance. They were indeed powerful, but none of the tribes submitted to the others, resulting in severe internal strife. The Demon King at that time was a very farsighted person. He realized that if things continued like this, the demons would never truly become strong, and they needed someone to break the deadlock."

"So He consulted the ancient summoning spells and summoned a 'stranger' from another world."

"And then?" Lilith couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Then he came, a man from another world. He had some strange habits: for example, he insisted on using two thin sticks to pick up food."

Lilith subconsciously looked down at her hands, then at the tea set on the table that had no cutlery, and nodded as if she understood.

"He settled down in the Demon King's castle. Originally, the Demon King only wanted him to impart his experience from another world, and he even paid a price for it by helping him deal with his worries in his original world. He was also very helpful, and began to teach the demons in the Demon King's castle how to build sturdier houses with wood and stone, and how to cultivate wasteland into fields where things could be grown."

"Later, the hero left the Demon King's castle, drew his holy sword, and began his journey. He traveled to the human kingdoms, the elven royal court, and the dwarven mountains, staying for a while in each place. He would set up a stall in the human kingdom's market to sell strange trinkets; teach the children in the elven treehouse a game called 'fighting slimes'; and in the dwarven forges, he would piece together tools from scrap metal that even amazed the dwarven craftsmen. His footprints covered almost the entire continent."

"What about the rest of the team?"

"He met the magician on his journey. At that time, Merlin was not a magician, but just a young man full of curiosity about the rules of the world."

The hero taught him many things, including his original world's understanding of 'elements' and 'laws'. Merlin organized these things into a system, which later became the foundation of modern magic.

Ji Tian had encountered Merlin's clone before, and upon hearing this, he knew that the original hero team was no ordinary group.

"He met the dwarf warrior in the Dwarf Mountains. At that time, the various dwarf tribes were still fighting over the ownership of the mines, and there was no unified leader."

The hero traveled among the various races, mediating conflicts. Later, after the hero's party disbanded, the dwarf warrior took over the responsibility of unification and became the first High King.

After Elune finished speaking, her expression turned somewhat annoyed when she mentioned the next person:

"As for that priest, he later became the third sage of the church, Hermes. During his lifetime, he tried to understand why the hero would make that choice. He felt that the hero had betrayed humanity, betrayed the church, and betrayed the vow he had made."

He couldn't let go of his resentment until his death; that obsession solidified in the crown he left behind, which later became the "Sage's Crown," said to repel all non-pure-blooded humans...

"By the way, when you were traveling the continent as an elven archer in the hero's party, was your name also Elune?"

"No, back then my name was Elune Morning Dew, which I chose myself. It was the first time I walked on the earth as a member of a human hero's party, so I wanted to use a new name."

Ji Tian nodded: "What was your name before?"

Elune tilted her head, raising an eyebrow slightly. "My previous name... it was a bit long. Are you sure you want to hear it?"

"Give it a try."

She cleared her throat, sat up straight, and began in a solemn tone, as if reciting an ancient eulogy:

"The first rays of dawn in the verdant forest, the first rain as spring returns to the earth, the guardian of the moonlit lake, standing still when the stars fall, one of the first creations of the goddess of life..."

Seeing that the other person had been talking for quite a while without finishing, Ji Tian quickly interrupted, "...Just use your real name."

Elune blinked. "Just call me 'Elune.' What I just said was just my title. Who would call someone that normally?"