Chapter 552 28: Vast Green Grass and the Fusion Soul

It could even speak a few short sentences to express its affection and joy. In response, Su Zhou shook his head with some regret. "Ah, what a shame. I forgot to save some for you when I ate the Ghost Car. Otherwise, I could have watered you with some Spirit Beast Blood... Next time I find a suitable Spirit Plant, I'll bring you more companions!"

"Great! Companions! The more the better!"

The Wisdom Tree Essence Soul was overjoyed.

After Su Zhou closed the entrance to his Personal Space, it even manipulated its main body, sprouting roots to tidy up the patch of grass and soil Su Zhou had sent inside. It made the environment more elegant and refreshing.

"Organized!"

It swayed its branches and adjusted the angle of its leaves. Deciding the environment was now just about up to its standards, the Wisdom Tree Essence Soul made its body tremble with satisfaction, like a human nodding. "Beautiful!"

Meanwhile, outside.

'It's actually quite clever.'

On Su Zhou's hat, the small, snake-like emblem seemed to glint. Yara mused to herself, 'So it realized the greatest tribulation of the Divine Wood Dao is that "one's very existence is a threat to others"? And so it decisively changed its path, choosing to become the most insignificant, yet most indispensable, thing to all living beings?'

'Unlike "one's very existence being the reason all things exist," this is "one's very existence being what all things need"... This, too, is a true Path of Creator.'

As she had this thought, the small snake's gaze fell upon the omnipresent emerald green of the world around them.

It was grass.

The inconspicuous pasture grass that blanketed the entire Beast God Realm.

In the vast, boundless Beast God Realm, from jungle to desert, from mountain range to Sea Abyss, from endless plains to rolling hills.

Everywhere one looked, there was the vibrant, omnipresent pasture grass.

The Devotion Species nibbled on the green grass, carnivorous Spirit Beasts devoured the Devotion Species, and the supreme Divine Beasts devoured everything in the world.

But even if the Order of the Divine Beasts collapsed, the civilization of beasts was destroyed, and almost all living things were driven to extinction or subjugated by outside invaders...

...the humblest, lowliest green grass remained unchanged.

Beneath the remains of the Tree of Life, which seemed to prop up the very heavens, the grass tossed and turned gently in the gale.

Just as it had for the past several thousand years.

Tossing about, going with the flow.

「Returning to the present.」

Lying on his bed, Su Zhou reviewed his memories once more. He was beginning to understand the Tree of Life's current state.

'Perhaps it changed its life form, abandoned all the fruits of its past Cultivation, and started over... Or did it simply reincarnate?'

That would also explain the strange observation: the entity known as the Tree of Life was indeed dead. Its last wisp of life force had been completely extinguished.

But 'He' was not necessarily gone.

'Enough about that for now.'

Setting aside the things he couldn't figure out for the moment, Su Zhou exhaled. He raised his hand, his bright gaze fixed on his palm.

The Tree of Life wouldn't be a major threat for centuries—Yara herself had ordained it. Better to focus on the spoils from his trip to the Beast God Realm.

And that was precisely why he had sent the others away and remained alone in his room.

'Evil Souls and Wish Souls... can actually be fused?'

Muttering to himself, the young man stared gravely at the dazzling object in his palm. It was slowly gestating, being born from an inconspicuous "grain of wheat" at its core.

It was a radiance that seemed to be a mixture of hope and despair.

It pulsed with a soft, bright glimmer. Against a dark backdrop, tens of thousands of light motes like stardust shifted and intertwined, creating a dazzling and magnificent sight... But the foundation of this brilliance was utterly dark, like the backdrop of the cosmos itself—a lightless, dim Chaos.

This brilliance was composed of two halves: one of an incredibly potent Curse, the other of an equally potent Desire Power.

This 'soul'—he couldn't tell if it was an Evil Soul or a Wish Soul—now rested in his palm.

It was gathering around that tiny grain of wheat, its core.