"No one expected that the world, which had returned to peace, would almost be destroyed because of the mutation of the Elf Tree."
"After the Tree of Life began to decline, everything changed. Countless disasters broke out, and the life force of the whole world was rapidly deteriorating. In the end, it turned out that the Tree of Life was stripping the entire continent of its life force!"
"It turns out that the Elf Tree itself is the life core of the entire continent, maintaining the continent's vitality at a normal level. When the vitality is abundant, it transforms its own vitality into more concentrated energy, or gives birth to new life."
"Conversely, when the Tree of Life's vitality falls below this level, it will begin to continuously draw energy from the continent to ensure its own vitality."
"If everything had proceeded according to the order ordained by the laws of nature, things would have been fine, but unfortunately... that loss of life force had reached the point where it threatened the entire Noah continent. Left with no other choice, I had to seek out the Moon Goddess..."
Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at the Moon Goddess, their eyes filled with shock, speechless for a moment.
Did the Moon Goddess also participate in the incident concerning the Tree of Spirits?
Does that mean he's always known the truth, so why hasn't he said anything?!
The Moon Goddess naturally understood everyone's doubts, and still smiled with her eyes closed: "I concealed this matter in order to allow Yuan to recover... Of course, I will always stand on the young lady's side. We'll discuss the necessity of Yuan's recovery later."
"Now, let me tell you about this."
"After the Elf Queen found me, I immediately came over to take a look and found that two balanced and powerful beings were being nurtured under the Tree of Life. These beings controlled all the order of the Noah Continent. So I quickly realized that these two were the young lady and Yuan, who had already perished together."
"However, the life force of these two is too scarce. The Tree of Life has been providing them with life force, but their needs are too great, which has led to the exhaustion of the Tree of Life. It has no choice but to use the power of deprivation to draw life force from the Noah Continent to nourish them."
Quan Ji finally realized why the Elf Queen said that the Holy Spirit Tower was built for her and for the Noah Continent.
"So, to prevent the Noah Continent from being destroyed or regressing due to the rapid loss of life force, you directly removed the Tree of Life's ability to strip away life force?"
The Moon Goddess was momentarily stunned, then curled the corners of her lips into a smile: "Young Miss is truly intelligent."
"The Noah Continent won't be completely destroyed, but it will definitely be greatly affected, with more than half of the population dying or being injured... We are the gods of the Noah Continent, and we should think about the Noah Continent. We must provide enough energy to nourish you and Yuan for the Tree of Life. After thinking about it countless times... we can only be sure of one thing in the end. Because we cannot calculate how long it will take for your life force to be saturated and you to be reborn, we must replenish it with a continuous source of life force."
"The life essence secreted by the Tree of Life provides energy to some life forms, and some life forms in turn give back energy to the Tree of Life. This was the decision we could think of that would result in the least loss."
"Furthermore, this matter must be kept secret, otherwise if the Abyss Cult hears the news, they will definitely use all means to accelerate the growth of the Abyss."
"Just as our power allowed you to be born more than ten years earlier than the Abyss, the Abyss also has such a method."
Quan Ji was still puzzled: "But since the power of the Tree of Life to strip away life has been eliminated, and the life forms on the entire Noah Continent are complete enough, why not let the Tree of Life wither away?"
Kannazuki chuckled helplessly, shook her head, and said:
"Because you and Yuan cannot die."
"You should already know, right? Do you remember the creation myth that Master Shenxuan told you about back then?"
"In the beginning, everything was created by the great god Noah. His eyes became the sun, moon, and stars, and his blood and bones became mountains and rivers. Everything has a basis. But you, young lady, were born as an egg and have a strange mastery of all the laws. The gods have an innate awe of you. Even when you were weak, the gods could not harm you."
"We were completely baffled until the abyss descended upon us, and then we learned the real answer."
"Young Miss, you are the embodiment of the heart of the god Noah, the heart of the entire Noah continent! You are the one who mediates and maintains the normal operation of the Noah continent."
"Whether human or god, no one can live without the heart; it is the core of everything."
"Therefore, the young lady is immortal. No matter how many times she dies, she will be reborn—but every time she is reborn, the Noah Continent will pay a terrible price."
"We can indeed let the Tree of Life wither for the sake of the bigger picture, but while the Tree of Life can wither, the heart cannot. The Tree of Life can nurture the young lady, and similarly, other places can nurture her as well. There will always be a price to pay."
"Therefore, the Tower of the Holy Spirit has always been a last resort. Its real reason is simply to sacrifice a part of the entire continent... Perhaps this sounds very cruel, but if the Noah Continent is gone, who else will exist?"
"Gods? Dragons? Humans? These powerful beings exist because of the existence of the Noah Continent. Therefore, everything we do is based on the best possible outcome before we make a decision and implement it."
"Sacrifice is always necessary for lasting peace, but unfortunately... each of us carries a different mission that we must fulfill, and at the same time, we can only be the villain once."
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