I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

On Xiaohua's back, Mia gazed at the rapidly churning thunderclouds, her expression gradually becoming serious.

"The power of these lightning bolts is getting stronger and stronger. If this continues, I'm afraid the power of each lightning bolt will be comparable to a forbidden spell. At that time, even the hero will probably have a hard time resisting them."

As someone who had experienced forbidden spells, Mia knew very well how terrifying they were, let alone these countless forbidden spell lightning bolts.

Xiaohua seemed to sense her worry and comforted her:

"Don't worry too much. Ji Tian must have his reasons for doing this. Maybe he's the one who summoned these lightning bolts."

"How is that possible? I've never seen a hero use lightning magic before."

As they were talking, Mia suddenly remembered how Ji Tian casually concocted medicine while treating Xiao Hua and herself. Using only his own blood and some magic essence, he easily concocted a pill that was even more effective than the holy light spell mastered by the cardinals of the Holy City.

In comparison, it's not so surprising that someone knows some lightning magic.

"I hope so."

She sighed again, shifting her gaze from the thunderclouds to another person on the dragon's back.

Lilith was sitting not far from her.

Her long, silvery-white hair was blown about by the high-altitude airflow, with a few strands clinging to her cheeks and others fluttering in the wind.

She cupped her face in her hands, grinning foolishly, her complexion flushed, looking somewhat sickly.

This reminded Mia of the case studies she had seen in the Adventurers' Guild archives about "mental breakdowns caused by major stimuli," and she knew that mental breakdowns under extreme joy or sorrow were not uncommon, let alone Lilith's case.

The sentimental Mia couldn't help but worry about her mental state, and cautiously inquired:

"Lilith? Are you alright?"

no respond.

"Lilith?"

Mia stretched out her hand and waved it in front of her.

Lilith maintained the pose of cupping her face, tilted her head slightly, and let out a muffled, dreamlike, gentle laugh.

"Hehe...how about we reenact all the stories I've read in storybooks with him?"

A glistening drop of saliva almost slipped from the corner of her mouth, but she quickly sucked it back and continued to think nonchalantly, as if some notorious, unspeakable plan in her mind had finally come to fruition.

Hmm... I guess I'm not crazy, but what exactly is this "story in a storybook"? It doesn't seem very proper.

Mia shook her head and decided not to delve any further into the matter.

Just then, two figures rushed in from below at an angle.

Elena's light golden hair floated in the air as she walked on air wearing a golden crown, her clothes billowing in the wind, with Ophelia close by beside her.

"Where is Ji Tian? What happened inside the World Tree?"

Lilith was still laughing in Tang Xiao's eyes when Mia quickly summarized the process:

The World Tree's will replaces Evan, the time loop restarts, and Ji Tian fakes his death to lure the enemy...

After listening, Elena looked at Lilith with some pity, making sure she was mentally sound, before turning her gaze to the sky filled with lightning.

Ophelia pursed her lips, her gaze becoming complex and unreadable as she looked at the bloodstains at the corner of Lilith's mouth that were gradually drying.

……

Within Ji Tian's sea of ​​consciousness, the gray-white void surged like boiling water, and two figures collided, separated, and collided again amidst the chaos.

The World Tree's will expanded, and wooden branches exploded from the phantom, stretching out in all directions like countless frenzied tentacles, each branch wrapped with dark purple lightning.

"You cannot devour me! I am the will of the world! I am—"

Ji Tian interrupted, "Stop yelling. You've said it almost ten times since then."

After another round of pursuit and struggle, the World Tree's will finally found a breakthrough.

He discovered a memory sealed in the depths of Ji Tian's sea of ​​consciousness. The sealing techniques were extremely exquisite, like a barrier woven from countless threads.

"I've found your weakness!"

"Weakness? How come I don't know?"

Ji Tian was stunned for a moment, then recalled his experience in the Elf Royal Court Secret Realm: when leaving the secret realm, all those who entered were placed under a secrecy restriction, which would not be triggered as long as they did not reveal it.

At the time, I was in a state of mortal transformation, so I did not actively remove the seal and left it there until now.

Seeing Ji Tian's questioning look, He was overjoyed and rushed towards the seal. He was convinced that it was Ji Tian's last weakness. As long as the seal was broken, He would have a chance to turn the tide!

The emerald green phantom collided with the silver-white seal, bursting out with dazzling light the moment they made contact. The seal began to crumble from the inside, and countless fragments of memories poured out from it.

The World Tree's will incorporated all those memory fragments into its consciousness. It was prepared to see Ji Tian's most vulnerable past and intended to use it to break his mind.

A familiar figure came into view.

With silver hair and bare feet, and a blurred face, he stood in the gray-white void, holding a branch that shimmered with emerald light in his hand.

At this moment, the World Tree recalled the fear of being dominated by the terrifying being who had killed it, and the humiliation of having all its clones taken away by that being.

He had considered the possibility of identical appearances, but the branch did not lie.

That was the part that the other party cut off after killing him!

As for the seeds or similar things in the memory fragments, it is unknown; perhaps they were spoils obtained from other victims.

She severed His original body and took His clone away back then, and now she has left behind this memory seal.

He could even sense a certain will remaining within that seal: anyone who peered into this memory without permission would be directly marked.

It turned out to be the case.

He was never let go; he was always under that guy's control.

Endless anger and despair surged into his heart, and the phantom of the World Tree's will began to expand. Emerald green light exploded from its body, like a collapsing star, pulling everything around it toward the center.

"So that guy never intended to let me go! In that case, I'll go down with the world!"

boom--!

A blinding white light burst forth in his sea of ​​consciousness, and the shockwave spread in all directions, tearing countless cracks in the gray-white void.

The light lasted for a few breaths before slowly dissipating.

Ji Tian stood there, his robes slightly disheveled and his brows furrowed.

"So it just self-destructed?"

He sensed the state of the other party's remaining authority scattered everywhere, which he needed to piece together before he could use it.

But this is not the point.

"Could it be... that my Dao heart has become so firm that it can actually make a wild inner demon commit suicide?"

No, he clearly committed suicide because he saw someone from his memories.

Is the goddess of life really that sinister?

But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. When they first arrived in this world, the fairies were so frightened by Ophelia that they fled in a panic, which fits the setting of "Sequence 0 affects the entire path" in the online novel.

He shook his head, drawing his attention back to the outside world.

Thunderclouds churned, and lightning continued to dance across the dome.

The intensity of those lightning bolts continued to rise, each one possessing the power it had during its previous tribulation, but these could no longer harm Ji Tian in his full-power state.

His physical body had undergone several rounds of tempering, his sea of ​​consciousness had just devoured the will of a World Tree, his spiritual root encompassed all things, and his Dao foundation was as perfect as a mirror.

These lightning bolts posed little threat to him.

Just as Ji Tian was thinking about how to unleash an even stronger tribulation lightning, the space inside the World Tree was trembling violently.

The domes woven from wooden branches began to crack and collapse, with large chunks of emerald green falling from the sky and crashing into the churning thunderclouds.

The giant tree is collapsing from the inside; it has lost its will, its core, and can no longer sustain its existence.

With the death of the World Tree's will, the entire giant tree is heading towards utter destruction.

What does the destruction of the World Tree mean?

Ji Tian raised his head.

The sky is slowly collapsing.