[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d":3,"chapter-lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-237":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Lord of All Heavens: From a Wasteland Farm to a Divine Court of Myriad Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2344430,4582,"Chapter 237: The Twin Pool and the First Tear","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-237",237,"\u003Cp>Cold stone floor pressed against Lingna’s burning cheek, offering a feeble clarity. Her mind felt like it had endured a storm—countless chaotic thought fragments still hummed—but the final words of the ancient elf elder burned into her memory like a brand:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...later one... if you hear this... remember... ‘Hunger’ stems from... the World Tree’s... sorrow... the Purification Key... lies in the... ‘Twin Pool’... find the... first... tear...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The World Tree’s sorrow? Could the root of this disaster be tied to the World Tree itself, the very entity the elves worshiped? The Purification Key... did that mean the ultimate solution to the ‘Hunger’? And where was the Twin Pool?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She struggled to lift her head, staring at the new downward passage at the center of the array. An ancient, pure, yet faintly sorrowful energy surged continuously from below. Unlike the vibrant energy of the Sanctuary Seed, this force was calmer, deeper, as if steeped in countless ages of memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer might lie below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She checked her body. The violent energy clash had left her drained again, but no new serious injuries had formed. The dark red brand on her right leg remained suppressed by the thorn array, though its color had darkened slightly from the impact—as if a slumbering beast had been disturbed, radiating restless agitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She must go down quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a deep breath, gathered her strength once more, and crawled toward the small entrance of the passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the entrance lay a short, steep stone staircase, its end shrouded in a soft, strange dual-colored glow—one a clear sky-blue, the other a warm milky white. The two hues intertwined without merging or repelling, forming a harmonious, balanced beauty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sorrowful aura grew stronger, yet it did not oppress; instead, it carried a peculiar sense of purification and comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna descended the steps step by step, and the sight before her stole her breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a natural cavern, not especially large, its ceiling hung with countless glowing crystal formations like stalactites, emitting a soft dual-colored light that illuminated the entire space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the cavern’s center lay a crystal-clear pool. The water was extraordinary: half shimmered a clear sky-blue, radiating a cool chill; the other half glowed a warm milky white, emitting a gentle warmth. The two colors met precisely at the pool’s center, forming a sharp yet unmixed boundary, flowing slowly and silently—as if alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pool emitted an indescribably pure energy, and the faint sorrowful aura emanated directly from its waters. Merely standing beside it, Lingna felt her spirit grow profoundly calm; the dizziness from the chaotic thoughts of the Resonance Hall had significantly subsided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Twin Pool?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then where was the ‘first tear’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna stepped closer, studying the pool. The water was perfectly clear, revealing the bottom in full view—a fine layer of white sand, devoid of any debris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She crouched and cautiously extended her left hand into the milky-white water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warmth. A gentle, soothing energy flowed through her fingers, calming her weary spirit and wounded soul, yet having little effect on the brand on her right leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then dipped her fingers into the sky-blue water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coolness. A clear, purifying, calming energy surged in, sharpening her mind; the brand on her right leg twitched slightly, but remained stubborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither pool alone could fully resolve the problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze fixed on the sharp boundary at the pool’s center, where two utterly different energies met and balanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thought arose in her mind. She recalled her journey, her identity as this ‘contradictory vessel.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gritted her teeth and made her decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carefully, step by step, she stepped into the Twin Pool. The water was shallow, just above her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she stood at the pool’s center, her left foot on the milky-white warmth, her right foot on the sky-blue coolness—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire Twin Pool surged violently! Centered on her body, the two colors of water ceased their stillness and began to slowly swirl, forming a miniature vortex!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The milky-white energy and the sky-blue energy, no longer separate, began to exchange and circulate through her body—exceedingly slow, yet profoundly deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her left side warmed like spring, nourishing her soul; her right side cooled and stilled, purifying corruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the dark red brand on her right leg—under the combined, perfectly complementary forces of these two energies—finally underwent dramatic change!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sssss...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thicker black smoke rose from the brand! The dark red color visibly faded and shrank! The sensation was no longer searing numbness, but a deep, piercing, tingling pain—as if the root itself were being purified!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, a clearer, more complete memory fragment surged uncontrollably into her mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...a colossal World Tree, radiating soft light, stood between heaven and earth. But one of its major branches had withered, darkened, no longer dripping life-giving nectar—but instead, flowing thick, black liquid, saturated with pain and sorrow... (The World Tree’s sorrow?)... Several elf elders stood beside the Twin Pool, faces grim. In their hands, they held the emerald seed; within it, a faint, threadlike strand of black, identical to the withered branch... “...It must be purified... or the ‘Seed’ will be tainted...” “...Only the ‘first tear’ can wash away this original sorrow...”... They began a complex, ancient ritual, channeling the Twin Pool’s energy toward its center... At the pool’s center, along the black-and-white boundary, a single crystal-clear droplet, shimmering with both blue and white halos, like liquid gemstone, slowly coalesced... Was that... the first tear?... Then disaster struck! Distant, terrifying explosions and impacts echoed! The entire cavern shook violently! The ritual was interrupted! The nearly-formed ‘tear’ trembled violently, unstable... A corrupted elf—thoroughly stained in dark red (the same one from her memory fragments!)—rushed in wildly, lunging for the ‘tear’! “...Mine! All mine! The endless Hunger... must be filled!”... Amid chaos, struggle, and explosions, the ‘tear’ shattered! Most of its energy dispersed; only a tiny core of light shot into the nearby emerald seed... And the corrupted elf seized a shard of the broken ‘tear,’ stained dark red, and devoured it Fengkuangditunlexiaqu ... He let out a more agonized, frenzied roar, his body twisting violently... The final image froze on his mutated hand clawing desperately at his own chest...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory fragment ended abruptly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna snapped open her eyes, gasping, drenched in cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this was it! The root of the ‘Hunger’ truly stemmed from some ‘sorrow’ or corruption within the World Tree itself! And the Twin Pool was the key to its purification! The ‘first tear’ was the Purification Key!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the tear had shattered! Most of its energy scattered; the core had merged into the seed, while the other fragments... had birthed the first ‘Chaos Devourer’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So now... what should she do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if sensing her confusion and realization, the Twin Pool’s rotation subtly quickened. Beneath the center of the pool, the fine white sand glowed faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna dove under the water and brushed aside the sand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath lay a tiny fragment, no larger than a fingernail, irregularly shaped, its surface perfectly smooth, emitting a faint blue-and-white halo... a crystal shard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its energy signature matched the memory of the ‘tear’—though a million times weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this... the last remaining fragment of the ‘first tear’ after its shattering?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant her fingertip touched the tiny shard—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shard flared with soft light! A pure, ancient purifying intent flowed into her heart like a clear spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simultaneously, the last remnants of dark red on her right leg’s brand—now greatly purified—dissolved like snow beneath sunlight, vanishing completely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a faint, silvery-gray scar remained on her skin. All searing pain, numbness, greedy pull, and cold surveillance vanished entirely!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Success?! Though not fully eradicated (a scar remained), the will of the ‘Hunger’ had indeed been purified!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna clutched the tiny shard, feeling the minuscule yet profoundly pure purifying power within, nearly moved to tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she knew this was only a temporary fix. As long as the World Tree’s ‘sorrow’ endured, as long as that black thread still lingered within the seed, the ‘Hunger’ could resurface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shard was too small to achieve true purification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She needed... more energy? Or... a way to reunite the ‘tear’?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gazed at the slowly swirling Twin Pool water, and a vague idea began to form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps... she could try?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gently placed the tiny shard on the pool’s boundary line, then stood again, focusing all her spirit, attempting to guide the Twin Pool’s energy—as the elf elders had done in her memory—slowly pouring it into the shard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The water rippled gently, light flowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shard, like a parched sponge, began slowly absorbing the Twin Pool’s energy; its dual-halo glow brightened by the faintest trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Effective! But at this rate, it would take countless years...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Lingna felt a flicker of despair—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thorn mark on her left arm and the now-silvery-gray scar on her right leg, stirred by her active guidance and the Twin Pool’s unique environment, suddenly resonated together!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint silver energy and a faint silvery-gray energy, uncontrollably, flowed from her marks—like two slender streams—merging into the energy she channeled, flowing together into the ‘tear’ shard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shard trembled violently! Its absorption rate surged several-fold! Its glow visibly brightened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna froze in shock. Her own power... could accelerate this process?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The contradictory vessel... both hope and risk...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was her very existence—this complex state combining order and chaos (now purified), life and thorns—the key to catalyzing the ‘Purification Key’’s rebirth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hope flared again in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She no longer hesitated. She continuously guided the Twin Pool’s energy, carefully and balancedly channeling the two opposing forces from her marks into the shard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shard’s glow brightened, visibly, slowly, steadily...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours passed—until her spirit and strength neared depletion—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint, yet unmistakable drip echoed from beneath the shard at the pool’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single droplet, the size of a grain of rice, shimmering with both sky-blue and milky-white halos, crystal-clear and luminous, was slowly forming beneath the shard and falling into the pool below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though tiny, it radiated the same pure, ancient purifying aura as the ‘tear’ in her memory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first tear... was being reborn?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though merely a drop, it represented true hope!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna watched the tiny tear dissolve into the pool, feeling the pool’s purifying aura strengthen by an imperceptible degree, filled with indescribable exhilaration and accomplishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had found her path!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the instant she relaxed—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glug-glug-glug...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden, unnatural sound, not from the pool, echoed from a dark corner behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like... something wading through water?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lingna froze, snapping out of her joy, whirling around in alarm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, at the cavern’s edge, in the shadow beyond the dual-colored light, a figure stood—silent, unseen until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The figure seemed to have just emerged from water, soaked, black combat suit clinging to a lean, familiar silhouette. Head bowed, wet hair obscuring her face, one arm limp, the other gripping a dagger glowing with cold energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dagger’s design—Lingna knew it well—it was Ali’s dagger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Ali... sister?” Lingna croaked, voice dry with disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sound, the figure slowly, stiffly lifted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Revealing a face deathly pale, eyes hollow and lost, lips curled in a strange, twisted smile—Ali’s face!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Found... you...” ‘Ali’’s lips moved, voice hoarse and broken. Her hollow eyes locked onto the glowing ‘tear’ shard in Lingna’s hand, brimming with cold, unhidden greed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Doctor... told me... to bring you... and that light... back...”\u003C\u002Fp>",1900,"2026-06-21T00:09:54.226Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","7653f9bc6f12ff141842acd870f3b9e69d95143dd1ddcf4d314d207de3d4204f","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-238","lord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-chapter-236",247,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flord-of-all-heavens-from-a-wasteland-farm-to-a-d-cover.jpg"]