Elf Kingdom: Game of the World Tree-Chapter 268 - 260: The Secret of the World Tree

"The Abyss..."

Eve murmured.

Although she had not directly encountered the Abyss, only reading about it in the inheritance of the Tree of the World, the moment she sensed this evil, maddening aura, Eve immediately realized its true source...

This indeed was a True Divine Artifact eroded by the Abyss.

The Abyss was the collective name for the lowest chaotic planes of the Segis Universe, a place where laws were disordered, home to demons and evil gods.

Nobody knew when the Abyss first appeared.

But one thing was certain: the Abyss Plane was located at the very bottom of the Segis Universe and naturally possessed great suction, continuously attracting upper planes to fall into it...

In the Segis Universe, new planes were born every year, but ancient ones were also annually attracted by the Abyss, descending into it and becoming another layer of the Abyss.

After countless years of recurrence, no one knew just how many planes had been devoured by the Abyss, nor how many layers had been formed, thus it was also known as the Endless Abyss.

The Abyss Planes also gave birth to creatures, but... the power of the Abyss could twist souls, and the creatures born there were often insane and fanatical, decadent and chaotic, harboring immense hostility and aggression toward the material world.

Thus, they were referred to as demons by the beings of the Segis World.

Moreover, the Abyss was also a breeding ground for evil gods, where many evil gods either hid or were spawned.

They would often tempt mortals in the material world to sacrifice to them, bringing evil and chaos into the upper planes, ultimately using the power of the Abyss to erode these planes and drag them into the Abyss...

One could say that the Abyss was the natural enemy of the upper planes.

And the erosion of the Abyss’s power was almost insoluble, instilling fear even in the gods.

If the Divine Soul was corrupted by the power of the Abyss, even a True God might suffer greatly, at best going insane, becoming a lunatic, or at worst directly falling, losing oneself, and becoming an Abyss Evil God.

For this reason, Uller had not left a True God Seal on this incomplete True Divine Artifact but instead used the hands of his believers and the sacrifice of living beings’ lives to indirectly employ it...

Seeing how even Uller took such precautions, Eve became even more cautious after obtaining this True Divine Artifact.

She had already noticed that Hela’s Soul Storage Orb, even if sealed by this True Divine Artifact for just a moment, was also tainted with a layer of evil and chaotic aura.

Had she not promptly withdrawn a wisp of her Divine Soul from the bead, she might have been affected...

"If only there were a highly efficient way to purify Abyss power."

Eve sighed in her heart.

The faith power of True Gods and the Divine Power of ancient gods could indeed suppress Abyss power to some extent.

If the Abyss aura was weaker, they might even be able to directly remove it.

But if the Abyss power was strong enough, it wouldn’t be possible.

And this incomplete True Divine Artifact, which even Uller feared, had already been severely polluted.

Even if a True God intervened, purifying it would be difficult...

Being careless might even lead to unexpected failures.

"There must be a purification method. I remember... the Netherworld was pulled from a layer of the Endless Abyss by the Primordial Death God and purified, but how was it done?"

This... was really hard to say.

The Primordial Death God was an existence nearly on par with great Divine Power, far beyond the current Eve.

It was said that even the previous Tree of the World, at its strongest, couldn’t match her.

The Primordial Death God was an existence more ancient than the Tree of the World, a god with a history more enduring than dragons and Titans!

Of course, whether the previous Tree of the World had ever grown to its peak was a mystery...

Even now, Eve still clearly remembered the description of her "Absorption" ability in the legacy of the Tree of the World:

The inherent ability of the junior form of the Tree of the World, capable of absorbing Void Energy, Origin Power, and life force from the void, Plane Worlds, and living beings, converting it into her Divine Power...

The "junior form" of the Tree of the World...

If there was a junior form, did that mean there were also intermediate and advanced forms?

Given her current performance, aside from the strength of Divine Power, Eve didn’t feel much different from the True God of Faith. So... what level was the previous Tree of the World?

After her revival, with the step-by-step increase in Divine Power, Eve increasingly suspected whether the previous one had even broken through the Tree of the World’s junior form...

After all... the name Tree of the World carried the word "world!"

And now, although her body was relatively large, it was only about a kilometer tall, a far cry from being called a "world."

Even a thousand years ago, before the Tree of the World withered, its height was less than ten kilometers.

While it might have been the highest peak among planes, it still felt somewhat lacking compared to the word "world."

*Or could it be... the term Tree of the World was actually an exaggeration, describing a tree so large it seemed like a world?*

*No... that would be too lowly, wouldn’t it?*

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Eve shook her head slightly.

She pushed aside these chaotic thoughts and focused her attention once more on the Heart of Withering before her.

However, this time, when she observed it, she was immediately taken aback.

"Hmm...? The Abyss aura... is gone?!"

The Heart of Withering floated quietly in the air of the Divine Country, its color having changed from black-red to white.

Although it took the form of a skull, still looking somewhat eerie, the previously chaotic, evil aura had completely vanished...

The Abyss power on the Heart of Withering had been cleared?!

For a moment, Eve’s expression became quite colorful.

She waved her hand slightly, drawing the Heart of Withering into her palm.

When the Heart of Withering landed in her hand, Eve immediately felt that the weight of this True Divine Artifact seemed to have increased slightly.

With a thought, she carefully sensed it again...

"Hiss... it was indeed purified! Not a trace of chaotic or evil aura is left. Although it’s still an incomplete True Divine Artifact, it can be claimed and controlled with Divine Power now."

Eve was delighted in her heart.

However, after the joy, there came a wave of puzzlement.

*How had the Abyss aura on the Heart of Withering, something even the powerful War God found tricky, been removed?*

*Could it have been the life Divine Power she had just infused?*

*Her Divine Power... could it purify Abyss power?!*

*Though the Divine Power of ancient gods inherently had a suppressive effect on Abyss Energy, wasn’t her power a bit too strong?*

*Could it be... because she was the Tree of the World?*

*Moreover... with the life Divine Power and Abyss aura in the artifact both gone, could they have neutralized each other?*

"So my Divine Power could actually purify Abyss aura?!"

"In that case... does that mean for beings from the Abyss, I might also have a way to absorb a bit of their power? After all... although they are either eroded by the Abyss or directly born from it, they are all, indeed, life!"

Eve was greatly intrigued.

However, upon discovering the secret of her Divine Power, suddenly, another even more perplexing question surfaced in her mind:

*Wait a minute...*

*The Abyss was the enemy of the gods.*

*If the Tree of the World could purify the power of the Abyss, from any perspective, the gods should have revered the Tree of the World, so why did they besiege her...*

*There might be secrets she wasn’t aware of in all this.*

Thinking of this, Eve’s originally joyful expression gradually faded, and her heart grew heavier.

Just then, the Box of the Dead placed beside the True God’s throne suddenly blossomed with a deep glow.

Death God Hela had replied.

This speed was much faster than Eve had imagined...

She beckoned with her hand, summoning the Box of the Dead into her palm, and opened it.

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Another rushed Chapter with no proofreading, the second Chapter will be checked for typos later _(:з"∠)_ Sorry!

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