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[Tree] Chapter 129: (Interlude) Demoness

Diana finally felt free within the Mystic Realm as she could be herself away from prying eyes.

Last time she had chosen a world of pure water Qi as she desperately tried to suppress the darker side of herself that she wanted to keep hidden away.

However, things had changed since her last visit to the Mystic Realm a month ago. The darkness within her soul was becoming harder and harder to suppress. The monster within was trying to claw its way out, and she couldn't hold it back any...

Chapter 128 PATCH NOTES

Hey everyone, I am always open to feedback and take it seriously. Multiple people pointed out that the reveal and capabilities of the new skill felt lackluster. The new S rank skill has an important purpose, but I do agree I didn't present it correctly.

So in light of the feedback, I spent the last 3 hrs rewriting the chapter. Almost all of the changes are for the middle 1.5k ish words, and I hope this version is much better.

TLDR;

1. Ashlock fused his roots with all his chi...

[Tree] Chapter 128: Emperor of the Spirit Trees

Sebastian Silverspire flicked his wrist to guide his manifested silver core to impale yet another monster that dare threatened his peace. Recalling his silver stream to orbit around himself, he put his hands behind his back and felt the air rush through his robes as he rode his sword through the sky above the sea of demonic trees.

All the worms dealt with over here. How is the Ashfallen Sect handling their side of the mountain range?

His spiritual sense was spread wide to...

[Tree] Chapter 127: Feast and Slaughter

Red Vine Peak trembled as many enormous worms circled its base below the surface.

After a week of doing nothing but meditating and training with Elaine, Ashlock's Star Core had been brimming with Qi. Annoyingly this Qi was now being shoved down his roots and into the mountain to stave off the worms.

"Why the fuck is that worm back here?" Ashlock cursed, "And where the hell did it get friends?"

Although the other worms weren't as large or powerful, there were far too many to ...

[Tree] Chapter 126: Qualities of a Smith

What were the qualities of a forge master?

Amber raised her arm and struck down on the piece of metal, making sure to strike the spot of ghostly flame that danced along its surface. The cold handle in her fingers vibrated in the process, making her hand numb, and upon striking the spot, a sliver of information entered her mind.

Reappearing, the spot of ghostly flame on the metal shifted position again, and Amber tried to strike it but missed slightly and felt that sliver of inform...

Decide who wins!

Who should claim the spirit forge masters inheritance?

Note whoever is picked won't join Ashlock's gang on Red Vine Peak. They will go back with the Redclaws and stay at the White Stone Palace. However, they may eventually end up moving into a specially-made forge in the mountain or something.

Let me give a run down of the candidates:

The Grand Elder: Already in the Star Core Realm. Realistically most likely to conquer the inheritance as he is the one who has cont...

[Tree] Chapter 125: (Interlude) Spirit Forge Master

Amber clenched Elder Mo's hand harder than she felt comfortable, but it was hard to ignore the pain of having such dense fire Qi flowing through her spiritual roots.

Other than holding hands, they had mutually agreed to exchange Qi to try and guarantee they ended up in the same pocket realm, and there was no way Amber planned to end up lost and alone in an alternate world filled with danger. She hadn't even left the sect all that much except for the occasional excursion into the wildern...

[Tree] Chapter 124: Making Father Proud

As the warm sunlight cascaded over the horizon and shone onto Ashlock's scarlet leaves, his mind slowly kicked into gear. As always, his system appeared in his mind, reminding him that yet another day had passed in this new world he now called home.

Idletree Daily Sign-In System

Day: 3515

Daily Credit: 11

Sacrifice Credit: 103

[Sign in?]

Upon seeing the day, Ashlock became ...

[Tree] Chapter 123: Vanquished Heart Demons

Grand Elder Redclaw watched Elder Mo collapse to his knees, grasping at his throat while he choked. His balding head was on full display as he threw his head back, and his eyes stared wide-eyed at the distorted sky.

Is this supposed to happen? It looks like he is dying.

Unsure of the situation, the Grand Elder remained stoic as he watched with worry gripping his heart. Elder Mo may be a bitter old man, but at the 8th stage of the Soul Fire Realm, he was one of the stronge...

[Tree] Chapter 122: Mystic Realm Preparations

Elaine, Douglas, and Stella stepped through a rift Ashlock had conjured up.

It was almost creepy how much Elaine had changed from two days ago. Before, she had been a perfect example of an overworked researcher, with a hunched-back, reserved presence and the plague of sleep at the edge of her eyes.

However, now she looked full of life while laughing with Douglas. She had a slightly more mature demeanor than Stella and Diana, but it made sense as she was almost a decade older than ...

IMPORTANT: NEED TO CHANGE CHARACTER NAME

(Pictures above show Ella, now renamed Elaine. I also attached a picture of rose gold hair as I don't think the Ai quite got the right shade)

Hey everyone, it has come to my attention that having a character named "Ella" and another called "Stella" will make the audiobook experience miserable as when read aloud, they sound almost exactly the same. 

Therefore I have decided to change Ella's name to Elaine and will be going back through the old chapters and changing her name be...

[Tree] Chapter 121: (Interlude) Lacking Perspective

[Author Note] Ella was changed to Elaine for audiobook reasons.

"I knew something was off about all this," Elaine grumbled as she collapsed against a rock and rotated the truffle in her hand, frowning at it.

Douglas, who was leaning against a nearby wall, shrugged, "You got far better treatment than I ever did. They practically bullied me into an oath of loyalty."

An oath...

Elaine reached up and touched her chest, feeling the cold phantom cha...

[Tree] Chapter 120: Revealing the Truth

Ashlock knew there was a slim chance of getting denied by Elaine. Hence he had offered her two options, but it was a little unexpected that she had openly stated her support for her bloodline while standing before her Uncle's killer.

"I obviously know almost nothing about Elaine, but I had been under the assumption that most cultivators in the demonic sects were willing to backstab family in favor of power." Ashlock mused as he glanced over everyone standing before his trunk, awaiting h...

[Tree] Chapter 119: An Unexpected Rejection

Ashlock needed to take a moment to let his body recover, as trees didn't handle having their branches and roots ripped off very well.

Closing his Demonic Eye so he could ignore the outside world, he reeled in his spirit sight and retreated into the recluse of his mind. Slowing his thoughts and entering a state of deep meditation, he cycled his cultivation technique {Transpiration of Heaven and Chaos} and relished in the pleasant feeling.

Chaotic Qi surged up and poured into his di...

[Tree] Chapter 118: He Who Fights With Worms

Ashlock didn't like to admit it, but he felt a tinge of dread as he tracked the worm's titanic body moving swiftly toward him at an impossible speed. It had delved deep beneath the earth, so the tremors on the surface were minimal, but it was a different story through his roots.

"Shit, why is it heading straight for me all of a sudden?" Ashlock panicked. He kept lighting up trees to show its path to the Redclaw Grand Elder and Stella flying overhead on a sword of crimson flames, but he ...

[Tree] Chapter 117: (Interlude) Distant Tremors

The sound of fingers drumming on wood in an irate rhythm filled the study.

Grand Elder Redclaw sat hunched in his seat while mulling over a series of reports he had been putting off for a while. Yet, even while engrossed in his work, he subconsciously breathed in and out in a controlled manner, circling fire Qi throughout his body, slowly pushing the boundaries of his Star Core.

He could feel its warmth in his chest. Despite being in the center of a forest, practically overnight, ...

[Tree] Chapter 116: Skills, skills and more skills.

Ashlock hated to admit it, but his idea of an early warning system had only half worked.

Through his connection with the demonic trees forming a vast wall out in the wilderness, he had felt that something deserved his attention—hence he had decided to go out and hunt, but this worm monster had been beyond his expectations.

"Ugh, how can I even improve the early warning system? My body, which includes my roots, is so vast that it's impossible to pick up on things unless ...

[Tree] 115: A Relaxing Summer Day

To Elaine, the world was a blur without her glasses, so she planned to stand beside Stella and Douglas and keep quiet while listening in on their conversation. Of course, she had debated asking the Silverspires for help, but without her vision, she couldn't tell how powerful the Silverspires were.

Her hopes of salvation had been squandered when she overheard that only two people from the Silverspire family had shown up, and one was a child. She had experienced the mist demon's killing i...

[Tree] Chapter 114: Deal with the Silverspires

Stella stepped through the rift in a good mood as her Soul Core was filled to the brim with rich spatial Qi, and she felt on the edge of forming her Star Core and ascending to the next realm.

With the pop of the rift closing, Stella felt the sudden change in environment from the mountain air and sunshine to the dusty darkness of the mineshaft. She looked up and noted the end of the hollowed-out root that led to the surface.

Having been down here before, Stella strode down the mine...

[Tree] Chapter 113: A Lost Bet

The chilly night air rushed past Elaine's ears as she scampered down the mountainside. Her breathing was ragged, and her lungs burned. She couldn't remember the last time she had felt this weak as she had to resort to her mortal body—her Soul Core was utterly depleted.

"Being... so... weak... sucks." She said between gasps as she reached up to clean her glasses. She was still in the first stage of the Soul Fire Realm, so she wasn't that far from a mortal, especially when she was out o...

[Tree] Chapter 112: Crazy Demonic Cultists

"Who is this?"

"I believe her name was Elaine?"

Elaine could hear distant voices that echoed as if they were in a large open space. Her head was pounding, and her mouth was parched as if she had spent days without water.

"But why is she down here? I thought I was supposed to be making an alchemy lab?"

Elaine opened her eyes to a dark cavern illuminated with glowing mushrooms that grew from the cracks in the ceiling.

In the distance, she could make out two blurry ...