At the topmost layer of Poseidya City, beneath the remnants of the giant "Life Tree" left behind by the Witchcraft Garden after its departure from the Spirit Realm, a grand Chimera Secret Ceremony spanning a thousand square meters was taking place, with splendid magic spiritual light soaring into the sky.

Outside the ritual formation were Aiven and Angie, dressed in matching dark green dragon skin robes, while inside the formation was Sera and her two apprentices, wearing simple white linen nightgowns to be as close to nature as possible.

Teacher Sera stood barefoot on the snake head of the Chimera symbolizing Regeneration, her sister Clareesa stood on the lion head symbolizing Strength, and her sister Leonara stood on the goat head symbolizing Mystery.

Whoosh——!

The spiritual wind rose suddenly, and the three gradually sank into a deep meditative state of the Life Tree Meditation Method.

With their robes fluttering, the three, in a fetal-like posture, slowly floated two meters off the ground, as if returning to the womb.

Aiven and Angie exchanged a tacit glance, simultaneously clasped their hands, and whispered:

act——

The giant "Life Tree" remnant in the middle of the ritual suddenly materialized, three slender branches drooping and penetrating the void above their heads, entering the realm of Spiritualism.

The only constant in the world is change.

Like the changing, evolving mysterious source with every member's contribution to the school.

After incorporating Aiven's Genetic Theory, the Life Tree originally characterized by ash and banyan has transformed into a blend of four parts red fir, three parts ash, and three parts banyan.

The same logic applies to Sera and her apprentices.

This ritual not only marks a great leap in the power of the Life Tree School, but it's also a completely transformative qualitative change in their extraordinary path, the most favorable resolution for mutual gain!

The Chimera with snake, lion, and goat heads seems custom-made for the three of them, rapidly resonating with their individual powers, already spiritually connected, the three practicing path migration together, resulting in unexpected effects.

Hiss! Roar! Bleat!

Accompanied by strange animal sounds, a gigantic Truth Gate which seemed to represent the culmination of world knowledge and paths slowly emerged above their heads, alongside the now-solidified Life Tree.

Only at this moment did Aiven and Angie get to witness the "mysterious source" of the witches, but their expressions turned peculiar.

The giant archway composed of countless bricks and stones was now barely a base, still largely illusory. Yet, many schools out of the ten were in such a state.

However, in the middle of the gateway's golden doors was carved a familiar pattern to the master and apprentice.

A big tree connecting ten wheels!

Topped with the title "Gift of the Tree of Life," while the bottom circle marked with the spiritual text "Adonai" meaning "Primordial God/Creator."

Below were ten wings representing the ten overflow stages or great powers the Creator used to manifest each feather symbolizing an aspect of the Creator. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

They are sequentially: Supreme Crown, Wisdom, Intelligence, Love, Great Power, Beauty, Eternal, Glory, Foundation, and Kingdom.

This symbolism is somewhat akin to angel incarnations representing different aspects of the True God, where normal angels have two wings, incarnate angels of the True God have six wings, and this Creator has ten!

Ultimately, they're all variants of the Life Tree.

Aiven and Angie sighed deeply in unison, feeling a profound connection, our ancestors had such grandeur!

But the sentiment stops here, akin to how each Daoist school possesses Tai Chi diagrams, simply akin to the difference between Yin Yang Fish Tai Chi Diagram and Innate Eight Trigrams Tai Chi Diagram.

Aiven glanced at Sera, it's no wonder that they exhibit greater confidence than myself when mentioning this matter, the root lies here, saving me much effort.

"Is this the Life Tree? Its completion far surpasses that of the Truth Gate."

Sera and her apprentices had already entered the World Root Source, standing beneath the actual Life Tree, gazing at the first mysterious source ever envisioned by a wizard, sighing with admiration.

Ring Ring Ring...

The countless half-bronze half-flesh bells hanging on the Life Tree swayed lightly, emitting melodious rings as if urging them to make a choice swiftly.

Joining a school doesn't entail selling oneself, although freedom to come and go is constrained, having personal thoughts is allowed.

Like how the Elemental Breathing School branched into four elements; the Alchemy School into Magic Potion, Mechanical Body, Enchantment Project; the Prophetic School with numerous factions.

The constraints and trade-off issues are viewed differently by everyone with their own wisdom.

Undoubtedly, the trio nodded in agreement.

In the next moment.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three wall bricks embedded in the Truth Gate suddenly shattered.

Jingle... Jingle...

The sound of bells above echoed again.

Three emerald meteors pierced through the sky from the lofty canopy.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Piercing through their hearts.

Upon opening their eyes again, they had entered their conscious oceans.

A vision appeared before them, of an entity half bronze mechanical structure, half crystal flesh, resembling both a fruit and a heart.

Click... Click...

Thump thump... Thump thump...

The sound of gears turning, accompanied by the sound of a heartbeat.

Though its appearance is somewhat bizarre, it seems to embody the ultimate beauty of the world, the truth, and the solid foundation from which mortals ascend the Extraordinary Path.

With a gentle bump, the shadow of their original Truth Gate within them shatters and is absorbed into the fruit.

Immediately after.

A mysterious transformation occurs simultaneously within their bodies and the "Mysterious Source."

Inside their bodies.

The fruit rapidly takes root in the sea of consciousness, sprouting into a lush Life Tree. The Life Tree Meditation Method operates autonomously, and the sisters, already Senior-level Official Wizards, easily illuminate the fifth essence of the Life Tree, "Beauty."

Serra ascends further, illuminating the third essence, "Understanding," which even Aiven has not achieved, representing her Senior Grand Wizard level.

Within the "Mysterious Source."

Three seeds fall onto the first layer of the four-layer world of the Life Tree, the "Material Realm," and grow rapidly into three saplings.

Clareesa and Leonara's siblings sprout two intertwining, spiraling kapok trees, one with red leaves and the other with green.

Serra's sapling grows into a skyward climbing tree resembling a writhing snake.

Unlike her siblings who stop after breaking through the cloud layer, Serra's tree further breaks through the first "Material Realm" layer and second "Forming Realm" layer, entering the third "Creation Realm" layer, transforming into a serpentine giant snake with yellow eyes.

This signifies Serra's pioneering knowledge of the "Petrifying Serpent," which, amid the numerous symbols of the third layer, is not stunning but is decent.

The entire Life Tree silently grows a new branch eerily resembling the towering tree.

This marks their complete acceptance by the "Life Tree."

Whew—!

Two "Spiritual Origins" instantly dissolve, the Spiritual Wind sweeps away the Chimera on the ground without a trace.

After recovering consciousness, the three master and apprentice gently open their eyes and return to the ground.

At this moment, they instinctively transform into forms closest to the new "Mysterious Source."

Serra's lower half turns into a long snake tail, where the scales change from a mottled pattern to a pure dark green, appearing more harmonious and balanced; Clareesa turns into a centaur, mermaid, and harpy, her coat sleek and shiny, her physique larger than before.

Next to her, Leonara looks upon with envy.

She's always coveted the second or even third forms that her teacher and sister possess, but as someone specialized in Divination and Soul Witchcraft, she hasn't developed such forms, despite having previously let Aiven check.

Her genes expressing dominantly inside are identical to her sister, but within seemingly useless excess introns, a tiny base pair difference exists, causing her talent to almost completely bypass physical aspects.

She plans to undergo a dedicated gene repair surgery once the pathway migration is completed.

Suddenly.

"Huh? Huh? Huh?"

Angie, standing beside them, points at Leonara and exclaims, her silver eyes filled with: something's not right.

The girl immediately glances down, shuts her eyes hard then reopens them, instantly starting, "Whimpering..."

Because during the road migration she naturally gained benefits from the Life Tree, repaired her defects, and finally becomes an Octopus Girl with eight tentacles.

Serra laughs and cries, twisting her alluring Water Snake waist, touching the girl's head, and tells her earnestly, "Child, appearance isn't important, it's the spirit that counts. So we won't laugh at you randomly, unless... Haha! Can't help it... Ahahaha..."

Angie beside her struggles to hold back, while Clareesa, her sister, laughs so unrestrainedly she holds her belly and bends over backward.

No one knows who's odd, though among the laughing crowd, Nara herself is crying, but Aiven thinks it looks alright, quickly stepping forward to comfort:

"Nara, don't cry. I happen to have captured a prize that suits you well, now I'll give it to you."

Saying this, Aiven produces a Blackwood box containing a small ecosystem, captured from the old witch Baba Yaga, and opens the lid to reveal a one-eyed frog inside.

Leonara, proficient in Divination and Spiritual Witchcraft, finds that this magical Demonized Creature possesses prophetic and foresight abilities, and their combined power will certainly enhance her divination skills.

However, in her current state, Nara entirely ignores its practicality, sniffing: "Boo... You're giving me a... so ugly... little toad?"

The girl stares back at the frog, inflates her cheeks, and makes herself look like a little toad, causing her to cry even harder.

Whimpering...

Croaking...

Meanwhile.

In the Spirit Realm, within the Witch's "Turin Grand Library."

A certain elegant figure, who was reading, suddenly freezes, closes the book, and mutters, seemingly hearing: "Huh, where's my knife?"