I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

Without a moment's mourning for the first hero, Ji Tian put away the wooden box and asked:

"You've lived this long, you must know quite a few secrets about the gods, right?"

Elune gave a wry smile, as if she had been expecting this, and said:

"The first hero asked me the same question, but I couldn't answer it. I tried using metaphors, stories, analogies..."

But every time I try to say something, it's as if some force has ripped it from my memory, and I forget what I was going to say.

"Is it a restriction?"

"Yes, but this was set up by the goddess for protective purposes."

She didn't say anything more, and Ji Tian didn't ask any further questions.

It's easy to see that the other party has already said what they wanted to say, and saying anything more would be futile.

Elune laughed again, as if trying to shake off the heaviness of the moment just now:

"Besides, what I know is just the tip of the iceberg when compared to the entire realm of the gods. It's like picking up a seashell on the beach and saying you understand the ocean. The real secrets are hidden at the bottom of the sea, and I don't even have the qualifications to dive there."

Unable to get anything more out of her, Ji Tian got up and said goodbye, "Thank you for the hospitality and the information. We'll be going now."

"Wait a moment."

Elune beckoned and summoned a branch about the length of her forearm. The branch was pale gold in color, with a smooth surface like polished jade. The broken end shimmered with a lustrous emerald green luster, and inside, a faint light seemed to slowly rotate, as if it were a condensed form of life itself.

She offered the branch to Ji Tian:

"This is a branch that I personally plucked from the ancient tree of life. Take it; consider it a gift from a senior to a junior."

Legolas's gaze fell on that branch, and he was stunned for what seemed like the umpteenth time:

"This is... a core branch of the ancient tree of life?"

The Ancient Tree of Life in the Elf Kingdom is the foundation of the entire forest kingdom, and every branch carries immense life magic.

Ordinary branches are precious enough, but core branches are sacred objects that can only be possessed by the Goddess of Life or her agents.

The combined share of the five great noble families might not even reach this length.

Elune waved her hand and said casually:

"I am one of the goddess's most beloved creations, so what's so strange about having a branch on my body? Besides, this thing is just taking up space here, so it's better to give it to someone who can use it."

Ji Tian thanked him and then put it away.

Elune smiled slightly at him, and she raised her hand to gently draw an arc on the surface of the vine.

In an instant, the entire treehouse emitted a low hum, and the vines that were wrapped around the walls seemed to come alive, slowly wriggling, stretching, and reweaving.

The wooden floor beneath your feet extends outwards, transforming into a wide platform, with vines climbing up the edges like snakes, forming a low railing.

Above the dome, the stone wall began to recede to both sides, revealing faint flashes of lightning on the horizon.

Silver-blue fluorescent light poured in from the crack, and the night wind, carrying the unique crispness of the tundra, filled the cave, causing Lilith's long silver hair to flutter backward. She subconsciously squinted and instinctively gripped Ji Tian's clothes.

Elune stood in front of the platform, her long hair blowing behind her in the wind, her clothes fluttering.

"Farewell, everyone."

The vine platform carried them upwards, through the huge crevice, and like an elevator, sent them back to the ground.

The night wind of the tundra whistled past their ears. On the ground, everyone had just recovered from the exquisite manipulation of the vines and rock formations. Lilith opened her mouth as if to say something, but the sight on the horizon silenced her.

Lightning.

The entire sky was filled with lightning!

Silvery-white lightning bolts crisscrossed wildly in the clouds, illuminating the sky as if it were daytime. The churning thunderclouds obscured the entire sky, their bases pressed low, as if they might plummet to the ground at any moment.

The sky above was shrouded by a massive, thick thundercloud that stretched for hundreds of miles, with lightning flashing like dragons and snakes within it.

The thunderclouds had somehow condensed to such a size, layer upon layer, like a giant city pressing down on the sky, with dark purple vortexes churning around the edges, and golden lightning faintly visible accumulating, sinking, and swirling in the center.

Lightning surged forth from the depths of the clouds, illuminating the entire silvery-blue tundra as if it were daytime.

On the wasteland, grass and trees prostrate themselves, pebbles tremble slightly, and fine ripples spread across the surface of the distant lake, as if even the earth itself is holding its breath.

Lilith stood behind him and looked up at the thunderclouds that blotted out the sky.

"Master...did you recruit him?"

"you guess."

It is indeed Ji Tianqian's.

Even as he stepped onto the edge of the tundra, he sensed that the land beneath his feet was alive, its rhythm synchronized with that of the ancient demigod.

In other words, the entire tundra was her "dojo".

From the moment they set foot on that silvery-blue land, she knew they had arrived.

Similarly, the Shadow Fiends never escaped her gaze.

She only "discovered" the uninvited guests after they had entered the maze and come before her.

Ji Tian regarded her as a potential candidate for tribulation at that time. After all, as one of the first creations of the most ancient god, the fact that she was able to "live to this day" proved that she was not as foolish as the lake god she had encountered before.

The nascent soul spiritual power he released when he transformed into a mortal was naturally gathering in the world, waiting for the right opportunity to be triggered.

As he added a true ancient demigod to the list of those "who might need to be negotiated with," calamity clouds began to gather over the tundra.

After he entered the labyrinth, the tribulation clouds completed their final formation. Now, this thundercloud stretching for hundreds of miles is the unspoken confrontation between him and this demigod.

After all, this level of confrontation has exceeded the scope of ordinary warriors' patrols across the continent; it's not considered a small-scale operation.

Fortunately, the other party was more worldly-wise than he had imagined.

"Let's go."

He gripped the holy sword and led his group northward, as the lightning in the sky gradually dissipated.

Behind them, the cracks had completely disappeared, and the ground was as smooth as ever, as if it had never been opened.

If someone could penetrate that layer of bluish-gray rock and see the treehouse deep underground, they would see the ancient demigod standing by the window, gazing at the now-closed crack in the dome, muttering softly:

"My goddess... why are you still sleeping?"

In fact, as soon as she sensed the majestic aura surrounding the Holy Mountain and the "hero" that stretched for hundreds of miles, Elune began reciting her title as "one of the first creations of the Goddess of Life," hoping to gain the goddess's attention in this way.

Unfortunately, He was still sleeping.

Elune lowered her shoulders and kicked away the pale golden creature that had come to her feet seeking praise. The creature let out a pitiful "cluck".

"Oh ho, you're acting all wronged now? How many times have I told you not to trust strangers so easily? But you, seeing the aura of a holy sword, led the person in. Now look what happened, I had to give them that branch I broke off when I was a kid to get rid of them..."

She sighed, restored the cabin to its original state, and sat down again in the vine-woven hammock.

"...Even more troublesome than the first hero."