220: The cycle of life and death, the way of nature.

Three months later!

The Ancient Tree of Life, Ancient Tree's originally majestic and tall body was now mostly withered, and the canopy that once blotted out the sky was left with only a few scattered dead branches and leaves.

Not only the Ancient Tree, but the once-verdant mountains had also become desolate.

This once lush world had welcomed its final day; the originally blue sky was now shrouded in a grey haze, and large spatial rifts were scattered across the world barrier.

"As expected of a Spirit of Nature, she only reached saturation after absorbing so much life essence, and she can even accept my complete inheritance of knowledge."

"And this human contractor, his talent is actually not inferior to a Spirit of Nature. It's truly incredible; his future achievements will be limitless!"

Ancient Tree's aura had weakened to the extreme and could fade away at any moment, but his mood was very good.

Two powerful ripples of energy erupted, their vigorous life essence forming a sharp contrast with the nearly exhausted Ancient Tree.

"I've broken through!"

"Is this the Legendary Realm?"

"It's truly powerful!"

Reyn excitedly felt the surging power within his body; the world became so clear before his eyes, and the once-elusive laws were now traceable.

Reyn also found a brand-new set of magic robes on himself, with a suit of armor worn underneath, and a green staff in his hand.

Dora was the same, though she only had a set of magnificent magic robes without armor, and the staff in her hand was a miniature version.

"Do you like the gifts I prepared for you?"

Ancient Tree's voice echoed in their minds.

"I like them very much, they are very beautiful clothes. Thank you, Ancient Tree!"

"Thank you for your generosity, Your Excellency Ancient Tree!"

Dora and Reyn expressed their gratitude to the Ancient Tree. Reyn was very excited at this moment, while Dora's mood was somewhat complicated; she looked at the withered Ancient Tree with sad eyes, her small hand gently stroking his body.

"There is no need to be sad for me. Life and death are the eternal meaning of life and the Way of Nature; I have been looking forward to this day for a long time."

"Excellency Dora, I hope you can continue to walk forward as the representative of the will of nature."

"Finally, please take this and leave this place!"

"This world is about to collapse."

After Ancient Tree finished his last words, a seed flew out from his body and landed in Dora's hand, after which Ancient Tree's massive body completely collapsed and vanished from the spot.

Dora's small eyes were now red, and crystal tears welled up in them, but in the end, they did not fall. Dora firmly held back her crying; the alternation of life and death was the practice of the Way of Nature.

Gently putting away the seed of life in her hand, Dora then looked back at Reyn.

"Reyn, are we going back now?"

"No rush, Dora."

"There's still a bit of time before the world collapses. Let's look for space stones and law crystals; I really need those things."

Finding a Sub-plane that was about to shatter was extremely difficult, and the world before them was much more vast than the shattered Sub-plane Reyn had entered before.

If not for this world's guardian, the Ancient Tree of Life, being heavily wounded by Chaos Demons and the influence of the spatial rifts from the Chaos Demon Abyss, this world wouldn't have been unable to withstand the Spatial Storm.

A world of such scale would surely produce many space stones and law crystals before collapsing; this was a huge fortune.

"Are they those delicious crystals Cecilia gave me to eat?"

"Then let's look for them!"

Reyn and Dora had already broken through to the Legendary Realm; their strength was several times greater than before, their perception had also increased several-fold, and their flying speed was extremely fast, making their search efficiency terrifyingly high.

Reyn collected fragments of space stones and law crystals of various sizes, and even gathered several complete space stones.

As time passed, the spatial rifts on the world barrier grew larger, and the Spatial Storm became more violent. Based on previous experience, they should have retreated by now.

However, Reyn's strength was no longer what it used to be, and he could still hold on for a moment longer.

"What is this?"

Reyn discovered a crystal completely different from space stones and law crystals.

This crystal was much larger than the law crystals and space stones, emitting an earthy yellow glow. Although he didn't know what it was, the rich earth-element magic power it emitted told Reyn it was something good.

After searching for a while longer, the ground of this world began to collapse, space became even more distorted, and the mountains had completely crumbled.

Feeling that the Plane Passage had become unstable, Reyn decisively took Dora and left this world. Although the harvest of treasures increased as it got closer to the end, making Reyn somewhat addicted, these treasures were not worth mentioning compared to their lives.

Stepping out of the spatial passage, Reyn looked at the familiar sky, and his mood was wonderful.

"Princess Dora, you're out!"

Lecis, who had been guarding the place, immediately stepped forward upon seeing Dora and Reyn, while on the other side, Reck, who had been waiting for a long time, pounced into Reyn's arms.

"His Highness Ancient Tree?"

"It's all over. From now on, you will follow me and live well on the Noah Continent!"

Though she had expected it, Lecis was still extremely sad after hearing the answer from Dora.

At this moment, the Plane Passage behind Reyn twisted and emitted violent spatial power, and then the entire Plane Passage exploded and vanished before everyone.

"Our home is really gone!"

Looking at the disappearing Plane Passage, Lecis felt empty inside, and the Flower Spirits following behind her all cried into little puddles of tears.

The gathered treants formed a circle; though there was no sound of crying, the emotion of sadness spread among the treants and filled the entire forest.

Looking at the grieving Flower Fairies and treants, Dora flew into the air and gave the staff given to her by Ancient Tree a sudden wave, scattering a large amount of nature power throughout the surrounding mountain forests.

Bathed in the nature power, the sad emotions of the Flower Fairies and treants were gradually soothed.

"Princess Dora!"

Lecis bowed low before Dora to show her submission, and the surrounding Flower Fairies and treants similarly gathered around Dora to show their submission and support.

"Since I promised Ancient Tree, I will take good care of you, right, Reyn?"

Dora suddenly turned and asked Reyn a question, bringing Reyn, who had been watching Dora act freely, back to his senses.

"Of course. From now on, you will live and multiply in the Red River Territory, and Dora and I will protect your clans!"

"Thank you, Princess Dora, and thank you, Lord Reyn!"

Lecis was the first to respond!

In the nearby mountain forests, besides the Flower Fairy Clan and the Treant Clan, there were many other creatures that had escaped, most of whom were ordinary animals brought to this world by the treants.

Reyn and Dora did not restrict these creatures, letting them move freely and disappear into the mountain forests.

Regarding the arrangements for the Flower Fairy Clan and the Treant Clan, Reyn planned to take the Flower Fairy Clan back to the Red River Fortress and settle them in Dora's garden.

The Flower Fairy Clan has a talent for caring for magic plants; every Flower Fairy is an excellent nature-system mage, and their ability to care for magic plants is even stronger than that of fairies like Ariya.

With them tending to Dora's garden, it would surely be able to take another step forward.

Moreover, the environment where Flower Fairies live and multiply is a magic plant garden, so arranging for them to be in Dora's garden was most appropriate.

As for the Treant Clan, they were settled by Reyn in the Black Corridor area; this was already the planned activity area for treants in Reyn's vision, and now it could be used directly.

The Black Corridor region is half wilderness near the Black Mountain Range and half forest at the outermost edge of the Black Mountain Range; these treants would live in this forest corridor.

The number of treants who escaped from the Ancient Tree's world was about ten thousand; distributing them in this forest corridor was more than enough, and they were still quite sparse.

Reyn planned that after some time, he and Dora would continue performing Soul Awakening to awaken all the Ancient Trees in the forest corridor that could be awakened.

Arranging for the treants to find suitable settlements along the forest corridor themselves, the Magic Wolf Pack would move along with them. Reyn then took Dora and the Flower Fairy Clan and left the area.

"Dora, let's go home!"

"Home!"