Chapter 143

This scene was very similar to the one Ye Xuan first saw in the Hangcheng Nature Reserve.

However, the tree in the Hangcheng Nature Reserve was a creation influenced by the Shikon Jewel shards, while this tree itself is a Myriad Realms treasure.

Ye Xuan's eyes flickered. As his fingertips touched the trunk and his spiritual power seeped in, countless memory fragments surged into his mind like a tide.

Chaotic images and sounds intertwined into a torrent, as if crossing the long river of time and space, directly striking the depths of his consciousness.

"Tushan Bitter-Love Giant Tree..."

"Bitter-Love Giant Tree..."

"Bitter-Love Tree..."

"I am willing to use every bit of memory of our meeting and knowing each other, as well as all my demon power, to swear."

"I am willing to use every bit of memory of our meeting and knowing each other, as well as half of my demon power, to swear."

"I, Huan Du Luo Lan, am willing to swear with all my demon power..."

"Let us meet again in the next life."

Obsession, waiting, regret, infatuation—countless emotions surfaced in the depths of his consciousness, finally freezing on heart-wrenching shouts:

"How could I not know? I can't even be sure of his feelings for me! But what if he wakes up? What if he speaks? What if he loves me?"

"I don't want to be any Demon Emperor; I just want to forget everything like this and fly away with you..."

"If we can get out alive, would you be willing to see the world's mountains and rivers with me?"

"Did you ever give her a chance? A chance to live as Tushan Susu!"

"..."

The torrent of memories became faster and more chaotic, until everything returned to silence.

In the darkness, only a gentle and sorrowful whisper slowly emerged:

"Infatuated demon, please wait one more lifetime."

Ye Xuan's consciousness returned to reality, and he remained silent.

Lin Ruoxi was walking around the giant tree, examining it. She didn't notice the change on Ye Xuan's face, only sighing:

"The efficiency of this tree in absorbing spiritual energy is a bit exaggerated. If it weren't for the arrival of the spiritual energy tide, where the whole Blue Star is not lacking in spiritual energy, I'm afraid the spiritual energy of the entire Qingfeng Mountain would be drained by it."

"Which world did this tree grow from? It can absorb so much?"

"But just relying on the concentration of spiritual energy shouldn't be enough to let those apes break through so quickly."

Nowadays, the whole world is not lacking in spiritual energy, but the problem is, how much spiritual energy can your body support you in absorbing?

The body has limits. Once you reach the limit, it's useless no matter how dense the external spiritual energy is.

At most, this spiritual energy concentration could allow for a larger number of geniuses to be born in the mutated ape tribe in the future, not necessarily leading to so many Stage Threes at this point in time.

Gu Che stroked his chin and looked up, pink petals falling on his shoulders.

"Strange, I always feel like I've seen this tree somewhere, but I can't recall it for a moment."

As for trees, not to mention novels—after all, they are just words and there is no accurate concept in the mind; in anime, the one that left the deepest impression on him was the Divine Tree from Naruto; he has few memories of others.

Since this tree can leave an impression on him, it is clearly from some anime, and he must have seen it.

It's just that he can't recall it for a moment.

Shen Mo ignored their confusion and silently walked to the tree, learning from Ye Xuan's example by placing his palm on the rough bark.

In an instant, countless memory fragments surged into his mind like a tide, and his expression also became exceptionally complex.

Seeing this, Gu Che and Lin Ruoxi looked at each other and also curiously placed their hands on the tree.

After a long while, the two opened their eyes, feeling slightly silent.

"Bitter-Love Giant Tree..."

Lin Ruoxi's fingertips gently brushed over the patterns on the bark, her tone extremely complex.

She was no stranger to the Bitter-Love Tree. Like the world where Ye Xuan's Wangquan Baye template came from, it originated from the world of *Fox Spirit Matchmaker* and was the foundation of the entire Tushan, the symbol and sign of the "Red Immortal Realm."

It possesses special divine power that can help humans and demons reincarnate and continue their love, and can also assist fox spirits in their cultivation.

As for the fragments they saw, they were all scenes that truly happened in the world of *Fox Spirit Matchmaker*.

In the fox spirit world, the lifespan gap between humans and demons is huge. Although they can fall in love, after falling in love, what often awaits the demon in the end is long-lasting loneliness.

And the Bitter-Love Giant Tree, which has stood in Tushan since ancient times, seems to know the pain in the demon's heart, providing another possibility for human-demon love.

As long as the two lovers sincerely swear to the Bitter-Love Tree, using the memories of the demon and human loving each other and a portion of demon power as a sacrifice, sealing them into their own magic treasure, and then borrowing the power of a fox spirit to split this magic treasure into two.

After the human dies, the magic treasure and demon power will reincarnate with the human's soul. Once the Bitter-Love Tree senses their true feelings, it will timely bestow fate after the human reincarnates.

The reincarnated person will be born with the demon power and half of the magic treasure from the wish made during the continuation of their love. As long as they borrow the Tushan fox spirit's innate connection with the Bitter-Love Tree to help the human and demon recover their memories, they can continue their previous love.

This process is also known as 【Reincarnation Continuation】.

Fox spirit power originates from true love. When helping others continue their love, a Red Thread Immortal can further understand what love is, thereby strengthening their own cultivation.

They naturally wouldn't think that those apes were chosen by the Bitter-Love Tree; they only felt that perhaps species other than humans cultivating under the Bitter-Love Tree might have exceptional bonuses; there could also be other reasons, but compared to the existence of the Bitter-Love Giant Tree, these reasons were not very important.

Only...

"The fox spirit world is the fox spirit world, and the real world is the real world."

"There is no such thing as demons."

The complexity on Gu Che's face had faded, replaced by indifference.

Mutated creatures are mutated creatures, and the real world is not the fox spirit world; there is no such thing as "demons."

Even if one day in the future, humans give mutated creatures the title of "demon," that would be because human strength has far surpassed that of mutated creatures, to the point of turning mutated creatures back into a part of human rule.

In that case, so-called "human-demon love" could be accepted.

Anything that happens before that should be damned.

Not obeying strictly forbidden things, but instead betraying one's own species for a life form other than a human, and even making a vow of reincarnation continuation under the Bitter-Love Tree.

Not only would he not have any emotional response, he would also help the two of them meet again in "hell."

"That's how you say it, but you know how much sincere love there is among humans."

"It's like that between humans, let alone between humans and demons."

"Moreover, the human heart will change. No matter how much they love each other at first, over time, feelings will fade, unless one of them dies, or both die when they love each other the most."

"There are too few who truly accompany each other for a hundred years and still love each other deeply."

(End of chapter)