Chapter 2 The Spirit Occupying the Dark Tree

Spanning the endless black mountains and continuous rivers, the flowing black waterfall now looks extremely strange. After all, for all living things, water is the source of life, but now it is ink-black, accompanied by the rising strange black air, which is always warning living things not to approach.

The source of life has become the source of disaster here.

However, in this dark ancient island where no living creatures have set foot, the scene brought by the free display of nature is indeed amazing, with towering black mountains and dense forests. Rare and exotic herbs can be seen everywhere, and there are also many rare and magical medicines, but unfortunately, these spiritual objects are all black.

If it were not polluted by darkness, this place would definitely be a paradise on earth or a supreme land of Taoism.

Until a huge black lake came into view. In the eternal darkness, this seemingly cursed island began to become different.

This is a dark lake. The lake surface is as restless as the sea. Waves rise up without wind. On the central island, an ancient tree nearly three hundred feet tall takes root in the equally polluted black soil.

This unknown ancient tree has also been eroded by darkness. However, it is completely different from other dead and silent towering ancient trees. The branches and leaves of this tree are like black ancient jade, crystal clear, and emitting a faint dark golden light. From a distance, the entire towering tree looks like a black candle lit in the dark night, which is really incredible.

The strangest thing is that in this sea of ​​​​world where there is no Tao and no obvious laws, faint black divine chains of order connect the roots and branches of the black ancient tree from the void like a dragnet, as if providing nutrients to the ancient tree.

If such an ancient tree had not been eroded by darkness, there would be many people who would recognize it.

The seedling of the World Tree.

Even though it was eroded by darkness, the hundred-foot-tall tree body was like a black demon, greedily absorbing the power of myriad laws that remained on the island polluted by darkness.

Such a horrifying scene is truly creepy. No wonder it can grow hundreds of feet high on this island where no civilization exists.

Darkness is the weirdness and ominousness that devours everything. It can even devour the soul of the original body of a living being and give birth to a horrible black disaster of a dark spirit. All living beings tremble at it and try not to avoid it.

However, the World Tree itself does not have a soul. It was too powerful when it was born. Unlike ordinary holy fetuses that have been nurtured by the essence of heaven and earth for millions of years to give birth to living beings, it is difficult for the World Tree to give birth to independent consciousness.

However, the World Tree is very different from the ordinary holy fetus that has no consciousness at all. That is, it has its own instinctive will.

Just like now, it instinctively absorbs all the laws.

The World Tree is an extension of the will of the world's glorious civilization. When some civilizations develop to the pinnacle of the supreme realm, the will of all races and the strong breath of life infect and reflect the laws of heaven and earth, and then feedback the will of the realm, and finally give birth to the World Tree. Therefore, the World Tree is also called the Tree of Civilization. It not only represents the will of a great realm, but also represents the glorious civilization of an era.

In some supreme realms, the world trees nurtured there are comparable to the kings of the immortal ways. Their branches and leaves display all the laws that resonate in the eternal realm. The supreme space encompasses everything in the heavens and the earth, and it is the most amazing sacred tree in ancient history.

It is hard to imagine whether a dazzling dark body would be born if such a sacred tree was eroded. But unfortunately, such a thing has never happened in the past.

After all, if there was no such thing as soul and spirit originally, it would be difficult to give birth to a new spiritual body even if it was eroded by darkness, otherwise it would seem like something was created out of nothing.

However, having said that, the World Tree has its own instinctive will, and it is difficult to define whether it is a truly dead object.

Suddenly, on this dark island isolated from the world and devoid of any life, a sound was heard. Upon careful listening, a vague whisper echoed, which seemed so abrupt. This amazing scene made people imagine.

"Where...is this place? Who...am I? What should I do...? I'm so sleepy!"

For a life that had just been revived and was exposed to a strange world with a vague consciousness, this might just be an instinctive reaction. Unfortunately, there was no sound on this desolate island that could respond to him.

"Hmm... I turned into a tree this time? That's really weird, or am I in a dream now? I feel like... my head is going to explode, and my body feels heavy!"

After a long time, in another burst of intermittent whispers of surprise, the unexpected information seemed to open up a new world.

A living being turned into a tree? Rather than shocking, it might be more suitable for a funny appearance. From a normal sense, this kind of thing is really too far-fetched.

Upon closer inspection, the branches and leaves of the entire tree, which had been silent all this time, were actually shaking slowly, and waves of terrifying fluctuations were rippling from the void. The originally looming, simple and unpretentious Divine Chain of Ten Thousand Daos Order also began to emit terrifying and strange black air, as if sensing the source's intention, dense black true patterns fluttered up like black spirit butterflies with blazing black light, filling the island.

The already unstable void of the Sea of ​​Boundary directly split apart, and the chaotic energy also rushed out in an instant to submerge the lake island. Black lightning even crawled all over the Order Divine Chain. The tyrannical power tore everything apart, and the Black Lake raised waves of black water that rushed in all directions.

Although the World Tree is just a seedling, it is like the source of all Daos. Every movement it makes is like the Dao descending to the earth. It is truly extraordinary. Now it has been eroded by darkness and turned into a dark tree. It is even more terrifying than an ordinary World Tree. The darkness it has stirred up is simply destroying the void and polluting time.

At some point, a new spirit actually took over this world tree that had been eroded by darkness. Or, just as a new dark spirit was born after many creatures in this world were devoured, this dark world tree also gave birth to a similar dark spirit. Of course, the word "occupy" might be more appropriate.

If people outside knew about this, it would definitely cause an uproar, because it means that from now on, the world tree, which has no independent consciousness, has a spirit that dominates itself. It is unknown what kind of changes this will cause.

However, the brief whisper came and went quickly, and the entire island returned to its previous silence.

Even the spirit occupying the Dark World Tree fell into a deep sleep.

The years passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, thousands of years had passed. For this sea area, this amount of time was still too short, let alone thousands of years, even if it was measured in eras, it was the same. After many eras, this sea area was still not back to normal. However, compared with before, the dark old tree on the ancient island in the lake was becoming more and more different.

As if it had found its backbone, with the dark ancient tree in the lake as its center, the Divine Chain of Order connected from the void materialized and reflected the reality. The black Divine Chain of Order pulled the laws of the island that were eroded by darkness more frantically than before. If it was just absorbing instinctively before, now it seemed as if it was actively guiding.

And this ancient dark tree also began to show explosive growth. The tree body, which was originally two or three hundred feet tall, had now grown to a thousand feet in ten thousand years. Moreover, this trend showed no signs of stopping, as if as long as there was a trace of darkness on this ancient island, it would continue to grow.

The peace was not broken until the island, which had been silent for a long time, was shaken again.

"Have I really turned into a tree? How interesting!"

A voice sounded, as if waking up from a dream, with a tone of surprise and disbelief. Compared with many years ago, this time the owner's voice did not sound as sleepy as before, and he did not seem too frightened about turning into a tree.

"anyone there……?"

"What a dark world. What exactly is this place? Does such a world exist?"

"What a lousy place!"

A voice talked to itself for a long time, but unfortunately there was no response.

　The pace of this book may not be that fast, as it will focus more on the battle between the kings of the two worlds in the ancient times of immortals.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)