Chapter 103: Unconscious

Far outside Banwang City, Xiong Batian suddenly felt a tightness in her heart. An inexplicable weakness surged from the depths of her soul, and an ominous premonition rose within her.

“Everyone, speed up. We’re heading back.”

Xiong Batian hoisted Xiong Da onto her shoulder and activated all her Skills at once. With immense strength, she transformed into a meteor, flying at high speed just above the ground. Each of her steps left a massive crater in the earth, the terrifying propulsion allowing her to achieve low-altitude flight.

The horde of Magical Beasts behind her rode the Storm Holy Wolves, closely following.

Lvqi looked at the unconscious Primordial Spirit and stopped casting his Magic. He had been failing repeatedly and was growing somewhat discouraged. It wasn’t until Zhai Guangyi collapsed unconscious that he realized something was wrong. The soul of this Primordial Spirit seemed to have vanished; this Primordial Spirit Body was like an empty shell—alive, yet no different from dead.

“Damn it! Did he just suddenly drop dead?”

The ancient elder couldn’t help but curse his own mother. This was the key to the Demon King becoming a Deity, and now he had just died right in front of him?

He hastily summoned a Goblin carriage, placed Zhai Guangyi inside, and began pouring Magic Crystals from his possession into the Primordial Spirit Body.

Lvqi could sense a faint trace of a soul still within this Primordial Spirit Body. Now, he could only hope to revive him with his treasured possessions—these were all Demigod-Rank Magic Crystals, his personal collection. The Demigod-Rank Goblins he summoned relied on these crystals. If this Primordial Spirit couldn’t be revived, he would be in deep trouble. He had just communicated with the Demon King, reporting that the contract was perfectly sealed and they would return soon. Who could have predicted such a sudden turn of events?

Saiwen watched as the Magical Beast army arrived in haste and the massive Goblin carriage departed just as quickly, leaving him to clean up the mess.

Six months passed swiftly. During this time, no matter who prayed to Zhai Guangyi, there was no response. If it weren’t for Feicui still being able to sense the soul fluctuations of the Spirit King Tree, he would have thought the King Tree had perished.

When Zhai Guangyi regained consciousness, the environment around him had undergone a dramatic transformation. With just a blink of his eyes, he could hardly recognize the place.

A town had been built around his True Body—no longer just clusters of small wooden huts, but a proper city, identical in layout to the inner district of Banwang City. It featured a complete sewage system and rational urban planning. From high above, the view was unobstructed, revealing a uniformly organized city. Without even looking, he knew it had to be the work of a modern person.

“How long was I unconscious?”

“Report, Master. You were unconscious for a total of 192 days.”

Zhai Guangyi hadn’t expected that a mere glance from the Elven Divine Tree would cause such immense damage. Truly worthy of a Deity—utterly terrifying. Fortunately, he was fine, though his System Currency had decreased by a full 3,000 points. It seemed “World” had automatically activated to protect him.

“And you said nothing would happen. Now, including the initial thousand, four thousand big ones are gone.”

“Report, this System has chosen the most economical protection method based on the Master’s personality.”

Listening to the System’s reply, Zhai Guangyi fell into silence. Even with the protection of the ‘World’ Unique Skill, it still required consuming three thousand System Currency—enough to bless over a dozen people. He hadn’t expected it would take nearly two hundred days for his consciousness to recover. It seemed there were drawbacks to Appraisal being too advanced.

This time, he learned his lesson. Initially, when he approached the Elven Divine Tree, there was no reaction. But the moment he used Appraisal to observe her, she detected him and launched an attack. Even the System couldn’t cut the connection in time. It appeared that Appraisal could easily reveal things that shouldn’t be seen. People in this world probably had experience with this—no wonder they didn’t level up Appraisal.

This Skill not only consumed Skill Points but could also lead to sudden death if you saw something you shouldn’t. At low levels, there wasn’t much to see anyway, making it practically useless. He had thought reaching max level would bring some transformation, but it turned out to be just the same.

What concerned him most was the name of the Elven Divine Tree—how could it be exactly the same as the name he had given himself? And what did her words mean?

“My World?”

Could she also be playing My World? Or was she a modern person?

Of course, this was just a joke. If she were also a Transmigrator, that would be truly terrifying, and she could even detect his biggest secret at a glance. Zhai Guangyi understood the importance of a Unique Skill. If word got out that he possessed one, even the Demon King would personally come knocking.

Moreover, the Elven Divine Tree said “My World,” as if the ‘World’ Skill originated from her? What connection did his Skill have with the Elven Divine Tree? With the limited information he had, he couldn’t understand what was going on. He even feared the Elven Divine Tree might come after him—that would truly be the end. It seemed he would have to use his Elven Body to gather more information from the Demon King’s side.

Still, the current situation wasn’t too bad. At least in the nearly two hundred days, the Elven Divine Tree hadn’t come to cause trouble.

Either she couldn’t find him, or she couldn’t leave that area. After all, Zhai Guangyi had observed that the Elven Divine Tree showed no intention of leaving the island.

At least things hadn’t taken the worst turn.

Although the System would help respond to Xiong Er and others’ requests during these nearly two hundred days, the number of responses decreased due to Zhai Guangyi’s unconsciousness. However, the System would still respond to requests for Fruit-bearing or healing needs.

But this was limited to the Magic Mirror in Xiong Er’s hands. After the master fell unconscious, the System’s capabilities were very limited, only acting as an AI to automatically reply to Xiong Er.

Zhai Guangyi activated the King Tree Domain again. He didn’t know if the Forest Elves had gone mad because he hadn’t maintained the Domain, but the situation should be fine now. With Feicui, the guardian of the old Elven Divine Tree, he should be able to help suppress the curse among the Forest Elves. Now, Zhai Guangyi was just reactivating the Domain to take over again.

Although he had lost several thousand System Currency due to the Elven Divine Tree during this time, it seemed he had gained quite a few Followers, making up for the loss.

Feicui and Liya once again felt that sense of tranquility and knew the Spirit King Tree had recovered. Liya had established a religion in this city, dedicated to collecting Faith Power for the Honored One, the King Tree.

Feicui became even more certain that this Spirit King Tree must be a contingency left behind by his Deity. He would never mistake that aura—it was unmistakably the presence of the Elven Divine Tree. All he hoped for now was that the Spirit King Tree could recover as soon as possible and restore its former glory.

Zhai Guangyi’s Domain covered the entire city, and every fleeting change within it instantly flowed into his consciousness.

Now, the city was not only home to his Followers—Magical Beasts and Demon Humans—but even Humans, who appeared to be merchants or Adventurers based on their attire.

Xiong Er lay sprawled in a luxurious office, engrossed in some questionable reading material, while a large pile of documents cluttered the desk.

The documents bore titles such as “City Road Regulations” and “People’s Property Safety Protection Ordinances”—all important files. Yet, Xiong Er had shoved them aside, drooling instead over the two-dimensional characters in her comic books.