novelweb Chapter 1275 The Heart of the Wood God Grows into the World Tree, Transforming into the Membrane of
Chapter 1275 The Heart of the Wood God Grows into the World Tree, Transforming into the Membrane of
It was as if a voice, a command, entered their minds from the depths of their being.
In a hazy, dreamlike state, the image of a beautiful woman resurfaced in the minds of over a billion believers.
As for the figure of that imposing man, he had already disappeared.
"What just happened? Why did I see two Gods? One male and one female?"
In the ruins of the Holy See in Brahma, Pope Francis shook his head vigorously. During the kneeling ceremony just now, he had a dream in which there were two gods, a man and a woman, fighting fiercely.
In the end, the female god won, and the male god disappeared.
What's going on here?
The old Pope was completely stunned.
Just as the old Pope was bewildered, the figure of the Empress reappeared before his eyes. She was shrouded in brilliant holy light, obscuring her true appearance, but she possessed an unparalleled power that seemed capable of crushing all the heavens throughout the ages.
For a nobody like the Pope, it doesn't matter who God is, or whether he is male or female. What matters is that they only need to worship devoutly and believe sincerely to receive God's protection.
He can also draw upon a trace of the power of faith in God for his cultivation.
There's no reason why God would change people. Since the concept of God existed on Earth, there has never been a change of people. But now there's a sudden change of people, and it's even a change of woman from man to woman. There must be something fishy going on behind this.
In a flash, the old pope suddenly remembered that not long ago, when Chen Yang stormed into the Holy See, he had demolished the entire Holy See, even stormed into the Heavenly Secret Realm, destroyed the statue of God inside, and even stole a drop of God's blood essence.
Could this change, where God becomes an Eastern girl, be related to Chen Yang, the Great Demon King of the East?
As the bravest man on Earth, it seems that no one but Chen Yang would dare to do this.
Thinking of this, the old pope couldn't help but shudder.
They dared to replace God with someone else; that's incredibly audacious.
The old pope was making a decision: to find a time to visit Chen Yang in the great Eastern power and ask him about the origins of this matter.
In fact, he is still Chen Yang's prisoner, because Chen Yang spared his life back then.
To some extent, the Holy See will only be a branch of the Xuanhuang Daoist sect founded by Chen Yang.
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At this very moment, in the valley where the Xuanhuang Daoist sect, the ancestral home of the great Eastern nation, is located.
Yun Jinxiu was drawing upon the faith and spiritual power of all living beings to heal her injuries.
Chen Yang's injuries looked serious, but he was not seriously injured.
"Was that just the will of God? It was terrifying! If his will can descend once, then it can descend twice, three times, four times...?"
Wu Shanhe said with deep concern, getting to the heart of the matter.
That is, although Chen Yang defeated the will of God that descended from across billions of stars this time, the will of God may descend again next time, and it can descend countless times.
If Chen Yang can protect Yun Jinxiu once, can he protect her countless times?
If he fails to protect her even once, Yun Jinxiu could die.
Thinking of this, Yun Jinxiu's face paled slightly.
If that's the case, wouldn't the rest of my life be like having a Damocles' sword hanging over my head?
"Is it too late to return God's fruits to him now and ask him to show leniency?" Wu Yan'er asked weakly.
God is truly terrifying. An eighteen-winged angel, a Void Returning Great Being, he can roam freely in the universe. We simply cannot afford to offend him.
Frankly speaking, even Chen Yang himself didn't expect that letting Yun Jinxiu replace God would have such a huge impact. He never imagined that it would alarm the true God beyond the endless galaxy, nor did he expect that an extraterrestrial will of the true God could descend upon Earth.
But once the arrow is released, there's no turning back!
The fusion of Yun Jinxiu with a drop of Divine Transformation Blood Essence is irreversible.
It's no longer possible to make peace with God.
Now we can only continue along the original plan.
“Don’t worry, it’s unlikely that God’s will will descend upon Earth again anytime soon; it will be blocked from Earth. Unless His true form comes in person, no one can do anything to me or Jinxiu,” Chen Yang said, his eyes sharp.
Since the feud has already begun, let it continue.
As long as one grows strong enough and possesses the power to look down upon the world, there is no cause and effect that cannot be resolved.
Chen Yang said this because the Wood God Heart in his dantian was gone.
During the battle just now, he broke all the seals on the Heart of the Wood God. The Heart of the Wood God grew into a towering tree. After shrinking, it did not return to Chen Yang's body, but instead merged into the Earth beneath his feet.
Boom boom boom!
For no apparent reason, everyone felt the mountains and earth beneath their feet shaking, as if an earthquake had occurred, or as if a great terror was about to happen.
"what happened?"
"what happened?"
Everyone was shocked.
"Don't be afraid, this is the Heart of the Wood God merging with the Earth," Chen Yang said to the group.
The Heart of the Wood God was originally formed from the spiritual roots of Earth, and merging with Earth has always been Chen Yang's long-cherished wish.
When he obtained the Heart of the Wood God in the Ragnarok world, he wanted to do this: return the Heart of the Wood God to Earth so that the spiritual energy of Earth could be revived.
At the same time, as the chosen one of Earth's destiny, this is also his way of giving back to Earth. This way, the Heavenly Dao of Earth will know that he was chosen as the chosen one, and will bestow upon him even greater fortune.
At first, the Heart of the Wood God lingered inside him and refused to come out.
Now that the Heart of the Wood God has emerged and is actively integrating into Earth, Chen Yang is very happy.
You see, this thing had been like a ticking time bomb inside him for a long time, and he had wanted to get rid of it.
He had considered refining it, but then felt it was inappropriate, since it was a rebirth of the earth's spiritual roots.
Just like the ground beneath Chen Yang's feet, it first trembled, and then a beam of emerald green light suddenly shot out of the ground, piercing straight into the sky and disappearing into the Earth's atmosphere.
At the same time, an invisible wave of the Great Dao emanated from the ground, spreading outwards in all directions from Chen Yang's feet, like a gentle spring breeze, without causing any damage.
Buzz!
Almost instantly, this surge of energy burst forth from Cloud Mist Mountain, from Chu City, from Jiangnan Province, from the Great Eastern Power, and across the Pacific Ocean…
Incredibly, in just a short moment, this surge of energy swept across the entire Earth, every corner, and every inch of space.
At the same time, in the Earth's atmosphere, which is invisible to ordinary people, the emerald light that had just shot into the sky began to expand in all directions, quickly transforming into a net that enveloped the entire Earth.
If you look down at Earth from a distance, you'll see a faint blue glow on its surface.
This shimmering blue light is no ordinary thing; it is commonly known as the membrane between heaven and earth, and to some extent, it can be understood as the manifestation of the celestial order of the earth.
Because the World Tree is the spiritual root of heaven and earth, it is a manifestation of the Way of Heaven.
It is because of the World Tree that life came to exist on Earth, and that the conditions for life to survive were created.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, the spiritual roots of heaven and earth take many forms. The World Tree is just one of them. On other life-bearing planets, it might be a great river, a continuous mountain range, an underground dragon vein, a bottomless abyss, and so on.
The existence of the celestial membrane is to protect the Earth and the life on it.
Because of the existence of the celestial membrane, if a powerful cultivator descends to Earth and their realm surpasses the Heavenly Dao, breaking through the Earth's combat power ceiling, their realm will be suppressed.
Just now, God's will descended from heaven to earth. In fact, it was suppressed by the heavenly laws of earth, but because the heavenly laws of earth were incomplete, the suppression was not strong enough. Therefore, God's will was able to penetrate unimpeded.
Now that the Heart of the Wood God has taken root and sprouted, growing into the World Tree and forming the membrane of heaven and earth, it has strengthened the incomplete Heavenly Dao of Earth, and the outcome is different. If God's will were to descend again, it would not only be suppressed more strongly, but might even be blocked outside the membrane of heaven and earth.
That's why Chen Yang just said that God's will is unlikely to descend upon Earth again, and may very well be blocked outside of Earth. This is because of the existence of the celestial membrane.
Therefore, there is no need to worry that Yun Jinxiu will be targeted by God again.
As long as Yun Jinxiu is on Earth, God's will should be able to do nothing to him.
Unless God himself arrives in person, or breaks through a realm and gains greater cultivation.
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Then, turning our attention back to the Earth's surface, deep within the Cloud Mist Mountain, at Chen Yang's feet, a sapling was taking root, sprouting, and growing vigorously at a speed visible to the naked eye, rising from the ground.
It grows extremely fast, ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters...
"Holy crap, what's going on? Where did this big tree come from?" Wu Shanhe exclaimed in astonishment, his eyes practically popping out of their sockets.
Everyone else had similar expressions.
"The World Tree, the spiritual root of Earth!" Chen Yang said in a deep voice.
In no time, this World Tree grew to a height of over a hundred meters and a diameter of an astonishing ten zhang (approximately 33 meters). Its branches and leaves were so thick that they covered several mountain peaks.
This is only the part on the surface. In the depths, invisible to the naked eye, a huge main root, like a giant dragon, keeps drilling into the depths of the earth, eventually even penetrating the earth's crust and taking root in the mantle.
It is important to know that the Earth's crust has an average thickness of 17 kilometers, and the crust of the landmass has an average thickness of 35 kilometers.
Yunwu Mountain is a mountainous area with a crust thickness of at least 40 kilometers, or more than 4 meters.
The World Tree that grew from the Heart of the Wood God penetrated 4 meters of the Earth's crust and took root in the mantle. How terrifying that must have been!
Actually, that's nothing.
The original World Tree on Earth, a spiritual root of heaven and earth, had roots that could even penetrate three thousand kilometers of mantle and take root in the Earth's core. That's truly amazing.
Unfortunately, this Heart of the Wood God was merely a fragment of the complete spiritual root of Earth, transformed through nirvana. It was far inferior to the complete spiritual root of Earth; the fact that it could take root in the mantle was already an exhaustive effort.
As the main root of the Heart of the Wood God took root in the mantle, countless other roots spread out from it, spreading in all directions through the earth's crust, like earth dragons traversing the ground. They first rushed out of the Cloud Mist Mountain, then out of Chu City, and finally spread almost throughout the entire Eastern Great Country.
If it were a complete spiritual root from countless ages ago, its root system would have spread throughout the entire Earth, forming a massive root network that could encompass the entire planet.
Unfortunately, the Heart of the Wood God is not a complete spiritual root of heaven and earth. Its root system is centered on Cloud Mist Mountain and only extends for a few thousand kilometers around it, all within the territory of my great Eastern country. Moreover, except for one main root that extends slightly into the mantle, all the rest of the root system is within the earth's crust.
A complete spiritual root of heaven and earth is not like that. Its extensive root system can spread throughout the entire earth, across the seven continents and four oceans, in every corner and every inch of space. Moreover, the main root can extend into the earth's core, while the secondary roots and rootlets can extend into the mantle.
It is evident that Chen Yang's Wood God Heart is incomparable to a complete Earth's spiritual root.
However, this is also a good thing. Since the roots of the spiritual roots of heaven and earth are mainly located within the territory of our great Eastern country, it means that our great Eastern country will become a holy land for cultivating immortality. Perhaps it can reproduce the golden age of the cultivation civilization of the past, with all the immortals coming to pay homage.
The World Tree's extensive root system spreads wildly through the earth's crust, but instead of plundering the earth's life force and the nutrients of other plants, it gives back to the earth, to the planet, and to the natural order...
Its growth depends on the mysterious and unpredictable primal force captured from the universe.
With his eyes closed, Chen Yang could feel the ocean of primal force brought by the Heart of the Wood God, filling the earth and the void, making the earth's pulse even stronger. It was like injecting his heart with adrenaline.
This is a sign of the spiritual energy revival!
Because of the existence of this World Tree, the spiritual energy concentration of the entire Cloud Mist Mountain is steadily increasing, affecting the mountains, rivers, and vegetation, causing them to grow at a faster pace. Even the terrain is subtly rising in elevation.
In addition, just as Chen Yang had guessed, the Heavenly Dao of Earth is rising, and the ceiling of combat power is no longer the Divine Realm, but above the Divine Realm.
Ordinary people might not feel it strongly, but powerful cultivators like Yun Jinxiu, the Golden Armor Corpse King, Miss White Fox, Ye Kunlun, and the Old Dragon King of the Dragon Group could clearly feel the pressure of the Heavenly Dao on them lessen.
If it is a cultivator who has already condensed their core, they may even experience a breakthrough, and the tribulation lightning will no longer be out of reach.
Given that the roots of the Wood God's Heart mainly spread within the territory of our great Eastern country, it would be easier for foreign cultivators to break through if they came to our great Eastern country.
From this, we can imagine that the golden age of cultivation in our great Eastern nation is not far off.
Today, our great Eastern nation is the world's leading power, dominating both military and economic spheres. If another wave of cultivation-based civilizations were to emerge, creating a golden age of cultivation that would boost technological advancements, it's conceivable that for the next few hundred, even several thousand years, our great Eastern nation would lead the world.
The most brilliant cultures in the world will be born in our great Eastern nation.