Chapter 157: Manifestation

In Banwang City, Xiong Da completed his breakthrough and successfully advanced. He ordered the Hero Lin Xiaobai to be imprisoned and taken away, showing no leniency despite their former classmate relationship. The Hero’s ability to instantly deploy multiple barriers had exceeded Xiong Da’s understanding.

The Hero’s army was merely an appetizer; the true great battle had just begun. The Demon King’s Army, having gathered formidable strength, had already begun advancing deep into the forest. They would soon cross the northern mountain range to invade the Dragonkin’s heartland, utilizing unique magical means of movement to accelerate their progress.

The Demon King’s Army, originally planning to rest and reorganize in Banwang City, seemed to have received orders to hasten their advance and continued deeper into the forest.

“Bring the Hero. We’re preparing to return to the forest,” Xiong Da said to Saiwen, as Lucy followed him away from the city walls.

Xiong Batian did not linger here long. After slaying Mier, she mounted Little Husky Two and returned to the Divine Tree’s location. The moment she sensed the Soul Pressure from Lord Divine Tree, she urgently wanted to return and check the situation.

Xiong Er also trotted along after Xiong Da, casting somewhat resentful glances at Lucy ahead. Her Special Skill had also completed its evolution, though Xiong Er was only Level 62. However, her Fantasy-type Skill, King’s Library, had evolved into the Ultimate Skill, God’s Library.

This was likely the peak of her Golden Finger. Not only could she manifest books she had read, but she could now even manifest skills she had seen, turning them into books—single-use items. Xiong Er felt increasingly hopeful about the future, wishing only that when Zhai Guangyi returned, she could show him how she had risen.

Xiao Ai had already led a group of Primordial Spirits back to the forest, using Teleportation Magic to return directly without paying any attention to Xiong Da and Xiong Er’s breakthrough in Banwang City.

“Sister, sister, is Mother alright?” several small Primordial Spirits crowded around Xiao Ai, asking anxiously.

Xiao Ai paid them no mind and did not respond. Although these Primordial Spirits possessed strong attributes and magical talent, their minds were still immature and rather childish. Xiao Ai was not good with children; it was better to let Liya and Qiqi handle these little spirits.

Xiao Ai was now fully focused on constructing a new body for her master, Zhai Guangyi. To accommodate the soul of a high-ranking Deity, the body of the Spirit King Tree was insufficient. The options were either to have the body break through and evolve into an Elven Divine Tree, or to use the power of ‘World’ to fantasize a suitable vessel. For now, this was the only way.

To break through and become an Elven Divine Tree, one needed to obtain the corresponding Unique Skill; simply using ‘World’ could not pave this path. Zhai Guangyi had made a mistake in his initial choice, but he had no regrets.

If he wanted to change his initial evolution direction, Zhai Guangyi would have to sacrifice a great deal. His Level and strength would need to be resealed, and he would have to fantasize the evolution path of the World God Tree, starting again from Level 1. That would be far too troublesome.

But without doing so, Zhai Guangyi could not maintain his True Body. The Elven Divine Tree body fantasized by ‘World’ consumed Zhai Guangyi’s System Currency every moment, and the expenditure was enormous.

Zhai Guangyi’s current plan was to first envision himself advancing into an Elven Divine Tree, then kill the original Elven Divine Tree Sylph, replace her, and become a truly complete Deity. If that failed, he would envision himself retracing the World Tree path and starting over from scratch.

The process of envisioning was instantaneous, but the Elven Divine Tree was, after all, the Body of a Deity. Manifesting it through Xiao Ai’s envisioning speed was somewhat slow. Zhai Guangyi’s Elven Body had just perished, and his Main Consciousness had just returned to his True Body. He now began to assist Xiao Ai with the Manifestation.

According to the knowledge gained during the ‘World’ Breakthrough, he could not only Manifest as an Elven Divine Tree but could even Manifest as any Deity recorded by the ‘World’. This was the authority of the ‘World’. As long as something existed in this world, the ‘World’ had the right to record it. With a record, Zhai Guangyi could Manifest it.

In fact, with sufficient energy, he could even Manifest a new world, a complete living planet. However, the energy required for that was beyond what Zhai Guangyi could currently bear.

After Xiao Ai obtained a body, her processing speed for Manifestation had slowed somewhat. But with Zhai Guangyi’s help, the speed increased rapidly.

In his mind, the form of the Elven Divine Tree’s body began to slowly take shape. But as he envisioned it, Zhai Guangyi felt something was off.

He had been so focused on seizing time that he forgot to pay attention to gender. The image in his mind was not just a bit excessive—it was truly excessive. The doll-like figure wasn’t particularly appealing; it was very petite, with everything about it being miniature.

Although Zhai Guangyi’s Elven Body had perished, he noticed the Teleportation Array prepared by the Demon King. He guessed what Demon King Mephistopheles intended to do—to forcibly drag Dragon God Radon into this, with no consideration for other living beings.

The location of the Dragon God was precisely where his True Body resided, and there were already many of Zhai Guangyi’s Followers there. So, that version of Zhai Guangyi was indeed somewhat impatient, but now was not the time for haste. The envisioning of the Elven Divine Tree’s body was already complete, and Zhai Guangyi had no intention of changing it. Changing would require too much energy, more than he could currently bear.

The towering giant tree that originally stood at the center of the Elf Church slowly shrank, turning into a mass of snow-white light, then gradually shrinking further.

The location where the Lord Divine Tree of the Elf Church resided was inaccessible without permission. At this moment, no Follower dared to approach. Although Zhai Guangyi’s Followers would not be knocked unconscious by his Soul Pressure, the force of that Divine Pressure filled them with innate fear. This was the aura of a Deity, and even the most devout Believers could not cross that chasm to approach the Deity.

The white light gradually dissipated. Above the hollowed soil, Zhai Guangyi hovered there.

This was originally the place where his True Body was born, now left with only a white-haired girl.

Having obtained the Body of a Deity, Zhai Guangyi now felt incredibly comfortable, with no discomfort in his Soul whatsoever—it was utterly perfect. This was not just perfection in the compatibility between body and Soul; the body itself was also perfect.

Although the body’s curves were not pronounced, this exquisite, doll-like figure, crafted as if by the heavens, made Zhai Guangyi feel that every part of it was a Treasure.

Zhai Guangyi himself was not some perverted narcissist; rather, this body was simply that exquisite, flawless in every way—this was the Body of a Deity. Moreover, it was the body of the Elven Divine Tree, Sylph. Now, Zhai Guangyi’s soul also bore the name Sylph.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that she and the original Divine Tree Sylph were mirror images of each other—this body was, after all, a replica created from the Divine Tree Sylph.