Chapter 383: The Startling Truth

Miss Feilian's power protected the eyes of the three from being harmed. And amidst the three kinds of ultimate light, the giant tree behind them trembled slightly.

Two golden light spots appeared at the tree roots, and two golden light spots also appeared at the height parallel to the canopy. The four light spots connected in sequence to form a frame, and tree vines were intertwined on the light rays, flashing with white lightning. A huge golden light door appeared in front of the giant tree.

This was the true appearance of the Old God 【Door of Radiance】 when it manifested in the material world.

Xia De noticed that white fog had appeared around him, and at the same time, deep within the gradually thickening white fog, a transparent giant tree was faintly visible.

That tree seemed to connect heaven and earth, with well-developed roots, lush canopy, and tree patterns that seemed to record the story of the entire world.

This was the figure of the Father of Infinite Trees. The mission was over, and his body felt a pulling force backward; he was going back.

"Miss Feilian, Miss Olanode, may we meet again in the long river of time. Thank you for your teaching."

He bowed slightly, speaking very fast:

"I am truly happy to have met you!"

"Xia De, I hope everything goes well on your path ahead."

The Moon Witch seemed to have summoned great courage, reaching out to embrace him, only to find that Xia De had already become a phantom, and the leaves in his hand were drifting toward the ground with the night wind.

"Xia De, may you never be swallowed by the darkness."

Miss Feilian also said loudly:

"If possible, if I can still retain memories of you after leaving the Forest of a Thousand Trees, I will definitely leave a gift for you. When you hear of me in your era, you will definitely be able to obtain it (Note)! Also, beware of the fish-men; their potions are not something that can be easily taken. The weakness of the fish-men is the fishing rod!"

Although she also couldn't see those white fogs, she could feel the suddenly appearing great power. And the other god present clearly "saw" what Xia De was experiencing:

"So that's how it is. You are also a favored one of the Tree Father."

Xia De heard the sound of the god's sigh in his ears. He endured the pain in his eyes and looked up at the golden light door that had already unfolded:

"You must know the 【Time Key】, so why is there no key leading to the Sixth Era!"

This was a question that popped into Xia De's mind. His body was retreating, the figures of the two witches had already blurred, and Miss Feilian and the Moon Witch were waving goodbye to him together.

If Xia De guessed correctly, this time was a final farewell.

"Because..."

The white fog completely wrapped around Xia De.

"... strictly speaking..."

But the second half of the sentence still passed through the boundary of time and entered his ears:

"... the point in time where you are..."

Deep in the white fog, on the transparent giant tree, two emerald green leaves fell naturally, drifting and overlapping toward Xia De. This was the reward for the mission.

"... is not at all..."

He held the notebook and the storybook, stumbling backward out of the bedroom door, startling the orange cat that was poking its head in.

"... the Sixth Era."

The tail end of the sound echoed constantly in Xia De's ears, shaking his heart and trembling his soul:

【In the dark forest, god and god walk together. The tree gave the princess a mission and power, and the door gave you knowledge.】

【Outsider, you have listened to the story of the Old God 'Door of Radiance', and you have learned of the miracle of the Old God 'Door of Radiance'.】

Xia De stood there blankly, his life ring appearing automatically behind him. The golden light marks rotated rapidly with the life ring, and in that white steam, golden light spots were engraved on the wheel ring behind him. The spiritual light flickered, and the cat raised its head, staring blankly at those rays of light. That was the power of miracles, the secret that a wise soul learned from the story of the Old God.

【Outsider, you have engraved the golden miracle spirit rune - Tree's Kiss.】

Xia De had no time to pay attention to this. He stood in his empty home, frowning tightly, not knowing who he was asking hesitantly:

"Now... is it not the Sixth Era?"

This almost overturned all the facts.

She naturally wouldn't answer this question:

【Outsider, you have returned to the current time.】

【A message from the Ancient God 'Father of Infinite Trees':】

"What?"

【Infinite time protects you.】

Xia De stood in place, tilting his head and thinking. Feeling something moving at his trouser leg, he looked down and saw the small orange cat jumping up, wanting him to pick it up.

Holding the two leaves in his hand, Xia De bent down to pick up the cat and walked to the living room window. He opened the window and took a deep breath of the smell of fog outside. The time had reached 12:03 AM. In St. Theresa Square outside the window, there were only two police officers patrolling with kerosene lamps, passing by in the dim yellow halo of the streetlights.

A quiet night, everything was fine.

"Is it not the Sixth Era now?"

He asked again in a low voice; this was talking to himself.

Then he used the miracle 【Sense Time】 to sense the time as usual—

Sixth Era, General Calendar 1853, Month of Flowers, Fifth Day, early morning, 12:03 AM.

"There's no problem... God shouldn't lie to me."

The cat was in his arms, squinting its eyes and rubbing back and forth with its side face.

"But He said, strictly speaking, it is not the Sixth Era now, so there is no key leading to the past time of the Sixth Era... Strictly speaking... which means, not strictly speaking, it is the Sixth Era now."

Mia stretched out her small claws, wanting to paw at Xia De's other clenched hand. Xia De then temporarily placed the cat on the windowsill and placed one of the leaves before his eyes.

His eyes glowed slightly at the same time. Along the veins of the leaf, golden miracle elements entered Xia De's soul from the leaf through his eyes. The miracle 【Space Stabilization Halo】 that required no casting materials had an effect as simple as its name: with Xia De as the center, the space within a certain area nearby became stable.

The most basic usage: when Xia De used 【Lagley's Leap】 and activated 【Space Stabilization Halo】, the stable space would reduce the probability of him attracting strange things. Under the blessing of "Divine Embers," this was equivalent to Xia De using it once every ten seconds or so, and he wouldn't attract anything strange.

He would have to try the more precise interval time himself; after all, the 【Father of Infinite Trees】 didn't give him an instruction manual either.

But this was enough. The value of the miracle 【Lagley's Leap】 was greatly increased because of this, even leaping to become Xia De's most important miracle.

Of course, it was only because Xia De had space-leaping miracles that 【Space Stabilization Halo】 had such an effect.

And the true function of the miracle 【Space Stabilization Halo】 was actually to stabilize the surrounding space and prohibit all spatial anomalies. For example, once the miracle was activated, before Xia De's spirit was completely exhausted, no one within the range of effect other than Xia De could use space-type abilities. And if Xia De was powerful enough, he could even stop the effect of that Angel-level (Level 1) relic that caused the splitting of the material world's continental shelf, 【Broken Old World Map】.

Like 【Blade of Chaotic Time】, 【Space Stabilization Halo】 was also a miracle never heard of before.

"The Ancient God of Time actually gave me the ability of space..."

Xia De muttered to himself. He originally thought he already knew the most basic situation of this world, but he didn't expect there were still so many unknowns waiting for him.

Thinking again of the two witches he might never meet again in this life, Xia De looked at the night outside the window.

Under the quiet night sky of Tobesk, gas streetlights marked the outline of the city, only it was unknown whose sigh echoed in the long night for a long time. ===== CHAPTER 384 =====