Chapter 353: Father

"Little Sharon, this gold coin is for you." Even now, Sharon remembers the look in her teacher's eyes when he gave her this gold coin.

That look, so complex it exceeded the young girl's understanding at the time, is something Sharon still cannot forget to this very moment.

The anticipation, anxiety, and trust contained within it were also the driving force that supported the young girl in her struggle against the Indulgence Sect, lasting until now.

Several years ago, when the Temperance Faction suffered a sudden attack from the Indulgence Sect, her teacher, even while being besieged and dismembered, still desperately sent away her and Maric, the two youngest students, letting them go find new hope.

This gold coin was their only hope.

And they were also lucky enough to escape the pursuit of the Southern Continent demigods, reach Backlund in the Northern Continent, meet the owner of the gold coin, and receive the corresponding promise.

But at that time, Sharon still had doubts about this Dream Gold Coin that her teacher treasured like his own life, and she did not know how she should use it, or what was meant by the "appropriate time."

But now, as she saw her teacher facing off against the "Divine Sin" again, she knew.

Her teacher's current state is very poor; he cannot possibly be a match for the "Divine Sin," and if her teacher dies again in this state, it will be a true death.

So she flicked this Dream Gold Coin, praying devoutly, hoping it could save her teacher.

He recalled that back then, he had been assigned by the Mother Tree to capture Roselle before he had grown up; he had failed at the time and was even caught by the Dream Angel, who taught him a fact.

He looked at the tumbling Dream Gold Coin, and a realization from several hundred years ago suddenly surged in his eyes.

At this moment, seeing this Dream Gold Coin, the "Divine Sin" Sua subconsciously retracted his Mythical Creature Form.

He looked uncontrollably at that "Sacred Tree," two arms wrapped in bandages stretched out, and there was a vague head within the petals, wanting to break free, but it seemed that the flower was too powerful, and there was not a shred of hope to be seen.

"Supreme Dream..."

"Father..."

"I am the child of the 'God of Bound'..."

He needed to walk to the foot of the Sacred Tree and save his father.

This thought sprouted in Sua, and then it was like a wildfire that could no longer be contained.

Hum!

The gold coin flipped up, tumbling in the air, humming.

Sua called out this title he had never spoken aloud.

"My father is trapped in that tree; I want to save Him."

"Divine Sin" Sua stated a fact that all members of the Rose School of Thought, including the Indulgence Sect and the Temperance Faction, acknowledged.

Hum!

With a hum, the Dream Gold Coin turned into a streak of Dream Phosphor and landed on Sua, causing his fantasy to descend into Reality because of his intense wish.

He was indeed the child of the "God of Bound," separated from the "God of Bound."

"Save Him! Save Him! Save Him!"

Sua was completely insane; he forgot the enemy in front of him, forgot the struggle between indulgence and temperance, and even forgot the other existence that created him besides his father.

So a space rift appeared before him, spanning half the continent, reaching directly to the "Sacred Tree."

"Dream!"

The hands that had been temporarily suppressing Bernadette suddenly froze; the countless limbs that made up the main body of the "Sacred Tree" were all dancing in a frenzy at this moment, and the skulls and rotting heads upon them all let out a shrill, indescribable cry.

The moment the Dream Gold Coin was tossed by Sharon and seen by Sua, all the tributaries of Fate completed their convergence, revealing all the schemes beneath the surface to the existences capable of seeing them.

Chumen's scheme was not particularly brilliant—it was just the ordinary person's routine of "openly repairing the plank road while secretly crossing the Chencang"—but he was strong enough!

Within the Barrier, before the Creator of the Third Epoch had fully returned and the "Lord of the Mysteries" had not yet resurrected, he was invincible.

So this simple scheme was able to succeed.

The trump card he hid was in plain sight, but he was able to hide Him until now, right under the nose of the "Mother Tree of Desire," preventing the "Mother Tree of Desire" outside the Barrier from noticing the abnormality in Sua.

There were several key points in this, but those were all facilitated by the "Mother Tree of Desire" herself.

For example, when Roselle met Sua just after setting sail hundreds of years ago, it was an arrangement by the "Mother Tree of Desire," and it was also that time that Chumen planted a Seed in Sua.

It was also like now, where Sua wanted to kill Reinette Tinekerr and bring back "Sefirah Castle" by the way; this was also due to the arrangement of the "Mother Tree of Desire."

For this, the "Mother Tree of Desire" even unsealed the second arm of the "God of Bound," giving His autonomous consciousness a rare chance to resist.

This time, Sua saw the Dream Gold Coin that had been hidden away early on by Reinette Tinekerr, allowing the "Seed" to be irrigated by the Dream Phosphor and sprout.

Crack! Crack!

The "Sacred Tree" was shaking; it was the "God of Bound" feeling Sua's change and resisting.

The "God of Bound" was already infinitely close to Sequence 0; even for the "Mother Tree of Desire," wanting to seal or erode Him was difficult.

But the "Mother Tree of Desire" wanted both the "God of Bound" and "Sefirah Castle"—how could there be such a good thing?

"You are too greedy." Chumen sat on the railing of the "Future" deck, gently pushed off with both hands, jumped into the void, and the next instant, he arrived at the foot of the "Sacred Tree."

At this moment, all Causality was also revealed; Causality lay across Fate like a net, and this net cut off all connections between the "Sacred Tree" and the "Mother Tree of Desire" outside the Barrier.

Rumble!

Above the Astral World and beneath the Abyss, these two places erupted with unimaginable tremors simultaneously, as if the entire planet were about to shatter in this vibration.

This was the "Mother Tree of Desire" forcibly striking the Original Barrier.

It was just that the "Abyss" was sealed, there was still a "Demon Monarch" who did not want to die, and there were gods in the Astral World; how could this be broken through?

To get in, one had to shatter the Barrier, but one could only shatter the Barrier after getting in; this logical paradox was difficult even for an Oldest One to resist, as it was, after all, the remnant power of the "Original Creator."

The time had not yet come; if an Oldest One wanted to get in, they had to wait for the Doomsday.

So this behavior of the "Mother Tree of Desire" was meaningless, just a way to vent.

Chumen expressed his understanding of this.

"After all, everything is lost."

Yes, everything is lost; the "Mother Tree of Desire" lost everything it had accumulated over thousands of years.

The Blood-Worshipping Church would perish, the Indulgence Sect of the Rose School of Thought would perish, the Astrology Society would perish...

All these organizations related to the "Mother Tree of Desire" would be purged, with at most a few small kittens and puppies left, never to stir up trouble again.

"Of course, the most important thing is still you." Chumen stood beneath the Sacred Tree, a pair of Dream light wings unfurling behind him, as he looked toward Sua, who was walking toward the Sacred Tree.

(End of chapter)