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Watching the suppressed Forgetfulness Tree, Xu Zimei’s gaze was profound, and his figure slowly descended.
"Submit or die?" Xu Zimei asked indifferently.
The Forgetfulness Tree roared, desperately trying to flee the place.
Its countless branches were wildly attacking everything around, as if it had lost all reason.
The entire land began to shake.
The boundless spiritual energy around was disturbed.
"I’ll ask again, submit or die?" Xu Zimei said calmly.
Yet, the Forgetfulness Tree still gave no answer, just wildly attacked everything around it.
"Destroy it," Xu Zimei turned around and said blandly.
As his words fell, the surrounding Divine Dragons and the Tree of Life that were hidden in the void vanished from sight.
With the suppression gone, the Forgetfulness Tree instantly broke through, looking around somewhat angrily.
However, before it could truly become enraged, the entire firmament above changed.
Winds gathered at the edge of the sky, and clouds swirled with tumult.
Streams of thunder intertwined with lightning echoed in the "rumbling" of the heavens.
Then suddenly, the sky darkened, and the sun disappeared.
Dark clouds filled the entire sky, while the mad wind lifted sand and stones, wreaking havoc between heaven and earth.
Under the cloud-covered sky, an oppressive atmosphere prevailed.
The sky gradually grew stormier, and amidst the dark clouds and torrential rain, silver lightning like great dragons crackled through the clouds.
And it wasn’t just lightning; it was as if true Divine Dragons rode the mists, overturning rivers and seas, roaming freely at the edge of the sky.
At this moment in the firmament, a supreme force, unchallengeable by human might, descended as Heavenly authority.
The Forgetfulness Tree felt as if its entire being could not withstand this Heavenly authority when it descended, about to shatter apart.
The moment the Heavenly authority descended, a pair of eyes appeared in the firmament.
A pair of eyes indescribable in words.
Majestic, domineering, invincible, unrivaled...
These eyes seemed to convey too many implications, yet all were proclaiming one principle.
Inviolable!
In the presence of these eyes, you wouldn’t even have the courage to meet their gaze, let alone the notion of combat to defy them.
"Heavenly Dao?" Looking at those eyes, feeling the majesty emanating from them.
That was the Forgetfulness Tree’s first thought.
The Heavenly Dao of the Yuan Central Continent!
But that shouldn’t be, it hadn’t done anything against the principles of the Heavenly Dao.
Moreover, although the eyes exuded an inviolable majesty, they seemed somewhat weaker compared to the true Heavenly Dao.
Although it had never seen the true Heavenly Dao, the presence and pressure felt somewhat different from what it had imagined.
In fact, the Forgetfulness Tree could never have guessed that these eyes indeed were an incarnation of the will of the Heavenly Dao.
Only it wasn’t the Heavenly Dao of the Yuan Central Continent, but that of the Divine Continent.
Because Xu Zimei’s world rules were not perfect, the Heavenly Dao had just been conceived and was not very formidable yet.
Naturally, it could not compare with the mature Heavenly Dao of the Yuan Central Continent.
But at least here, on this land of the Divine Continent.
Apart from Xu Zimei the Creator, it was the deity, the god who judged everything.
The moment the will of the Heavenly Dao appeared, the Forgetfulness Tree didn’t even have time to resist.
The thunderbolt in the sky was brewing, with boundless lightning accompanied by dark purple arcs of electricity, "rumbling" resoundingly above.
Darkness descended as if the whole world had entered an apocalypse.
Those indifferent eyes stared at the Forgetfulness Tree, as if they saw through everything clearly, leaving no secrets at all.
Finally, when the thunderbolt above reached a critical point...
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The mountain air was heavy with the tense stillness before a storm, and dark clouds loomed over the city as if to crush it.
The Forgetfulness Tree could no longer bear the pressure and bent its entire body to the ground, expressing its submission.
"I submit, I submit."
It conveyed its thoughts to Xu Zimei through telepathy.
However, Xu Zimei merely watched this scene indifferently, paying no heed to the Forgetfulness Tree.
When the thunderbolt was fully nurtured, there came a loud "boom."
The entire firmament seemed to collapse, and half the sky cracked open.
A deep purple thunderbolt fell straight from the firmament.
Carrying supreme might, everything in its path, including time and space, was destroyed.
With an unstoppable descent, the Forgetfulness Tree didn’t even have a chance to dodge before it was struck by the thunderbolt.
Xu Zimei thought he heard roars within the thunderbolts.
As the thunderbolt struck with "crackle and pop," the land within dozens of miles cracked open, and not a blade of grass remained.
In the center of the thunderbolt, the Forgetfulness Tree bore the brunt.
The thunderbolt lasted for about a dozen seconds before gradually dissipating.
The sky cleared up again, and the divine presence faded as his gaze slowly disappeared into the void.
When all was calm again, Xu Zimei looked toward the Forgetfulness Tree’s location.
The surrounding earth was without a single intact spot.
The Forgetfulness Tree, though not reduced to ashes, was riddled with countless cracks and was already on its last breath.
The once vibrant green leaves began to wither.
The branches hung listlessly.
"This is a lesson, I gave you a chance, but it’s a pity you didn’t cherish it," Xu Zimei said, his voice solemn and calm, "I do not wish for there to be a next time."
Hearing Xu Zimei’s words, the Forgetfulness Tree quickly agreed in a weakened voice.
Xu Zimei instructed it to recuperate in the True Fate World, and then he left this world.
By the time he returned to Worry-Free City, the nearby area was devoid of people.
The entire city had nearly become ruins.
Living beings were in misery, and the surviving residents had all moved away to distant places.
Xu Zimei looked around; Yue Qingli had lived in the city before, but now there was no sign of her.
Of course, Xu Zimei also believed that even without his presence, Yue Qingli would slowly grow into the Divine Person she once was.
Since their fate had been intertwined, there was no need to force anything.
If it was meant to be, they would meet again one day.
The matter with the Heaven Tiger Empire was nearly finished; he just wondered what reaction the Luochong Tribe would have upon discovering the disappearance of two of their upper echelon. 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝔠𝔬𝖒
For the time being, Xu Zimei didn’t concern himself with that; his grandfather’s birthday was approaching.
He needed to hurry to the Phoenix Perching Empire, and there was also the matter he had promised to Sword Immortal Jiang Yun.
Finding his family and bringing the legacy to his people.
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Travelling from the White Tiger Empire to the Phoenix Perching Empire was quite a distance.
There was no direct Teleportation Array between the two.
Xu Zimei needed to teleport from the Heaven Tiger Empire to the Bright Moon Empire and then proceed to the Phoenix Perching Empire.
The Teleportation Array of the Heaven Tiger Empire was located in Heaven Illuminating City.
Leaving Worry-Free City, Xu Zimei checked the direction and made his way toward Heaven Illuminating City.
Heaven Illuminating City lay to the south of the Heaven Tiger Empire, built by the riverside of Sunset River.
With water surrounding three sides of the city, it was a famously scenic city far and wide.
