Crimson-red wood.

After being cut open, inside is a long oval-shaped, dark red "tree heart" about thirty centimeters in length, and about fifteen or sixteen centimeters in diameter, its surface covered in black Origin Force patterns.

After being in an Origin Force vacuum for so long, its life is on the brink, the Origin Force patterns are dim and lifeless, teetering on the verge of collapse.

"Dragon Cypress?!"

Ink Orchid took the object out, holding it up to inspect, asking in doubt, "Didn't Yellow Stem say that with the Law changes of Cloud Trace Continent, all King-Level Wild God-Given Seeds were taken away?"

Dragon Cypress: "Overlooked?"

As soon as he said it, Dragon Cypress himself couldn't quite believe it: what kind of insect could have possibly missed a God-Given Seed?

Dragon Cypress's mind spun rapidly, replaying it three times, unable to make sense of it, "Yellow Stem has no reason and no need to lie to us; the Divine-Given Tree Core should definitely have been taken by the Insect King."

"Let's not worry about it for now!" Ink Orchid tossed out the words, cradled the tree heart, and dashed off.

Dragon Cypress followed closely behind.

Ink Orchid sprinted out of the cave and leapt up onto the Dominating Throne.

Dragon Cypress hopped up after her.

The Origin Force within both Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid was also nearly exhausted.

The Dominating Throne immediately responded, releasing three streams of Origin Force, each enveloping Dragon Cypress, Ink Orchid, and the tree heart respectively.

Suddenly, a piece of information appeared in Dragon Cypress's consciousness:

[Detected Heart of Life of the Natural God System, state: extremely critical, initiate healing?]

Dragon Cypress: "Huh?!"

Dragon Cypress instinctively was about to choose [Yes]

But his thoughts spun fast—startled, his whole body shuddered, and he quickly chose [No]

Recalling how the Dominating Throne healed the Deep Blue God-Given Seed before—Origin Force was released rapidly, and once begun, could not be interrupted, and wouldn't stop until the Origin Force was depleted.

At this place, in an Origin Force vacuum, if the Dominating Throne burns through its reserve, how are Ink Orchid and I supposed to get out? Wouldn't we just be trapped here until we die?

"Dragon Cypress? What's up?" Ink Orchid sensed something was off and questioned suspiciously.

"It's nothing…" Dragon Cypress was so shocked his soul wavered and trembled, taking a long while to steady himself.

That was a close call!

"Ink Orchid, let's not stay here. Let's go!"

"Huh? Where to?"

"To…"

Dragon Cypress controlled the Dominating Throne to slowly rise into the air, his brain spinning fast, calculating, picking up sunlight with the Heavenly Eye, locking in the direction.

"The Dominating Throne can heal this tree heart! But it'll cost a huge amount of Origin Force! Let's go to White Lotus Lake!"

…

Swamplands dotted with lakes of all sizes like stars.

A thin, light mist shrouded the midsummer morning.

Above the high mountains, thick white clouds drifted with the breeze, flowing down to the forests below like streams of water.

The calls of early rising birds were melodious and lingering.

From time to time, wild beasts lurking in the forests would let out furious roars, bringing a fleeting moment of tranquility to the swamp forest.

The Dominating Throne plummeted from high above, decelerating smoothly, finally drifting gently to a stop beside White Lotus Lake.

Dragon Cypress cradled the tree heart and made a leap to the ground.

The Dominating Throne slowly shrank, signaling Ink Orchid for help to unload the Stump Ant Nest.

The Dominating Throne settled into a diameter of around one meter.

Dragon Cypress carefully picked up the tree heart and placed it on the soft cushion of the throne.

[Detected Heart of Life of the Natural God System, state: extremely critical, initiate healing?]

This time, Dragon Cypress decisively chose [Heal]

Immediately, the Dominating Throne expanded on its own, up to about four meters in diameter, blue Primordial Energy bursting forth, wrapping the tree heart, converging, condensing into a blue light cocoon.

"Dragon Cypress, can it be revived?"

"Not sure, but there's a good chance!"

"Wow! Awesome!"

Ink Orchid cheered and then asked hopefully, "Dragon Cypress, could it be a Divine God-Given Seed?"

All day long, Ink Orchid was dreaming of getting rich overnight.

Dragon Cypress: "…Let's hope so."

Ink Orchid: "Can it 'zero out and resurrect' like Azure did?"

Dragon Cypress: "Theoretically speaking, it should be possible, right?"

If so, if it really could, then that'd truly be a windfall.

Ink Orchid hopped and bounced around Dragon Cypress, elated and shouting with joy.

After several days of nonstop excavation, then two days and nights of rush flying, Dragon Cypress was utterly spent. He got a jar of Origin Force Ant Honey, twisted it open, and ate to recover.

Ink Orchid did the same, opening a jar and eating happily.

They fished from the lake, hunted a water buffalo in the swamp, boiled soup for a meal.

Just after eating and ready to get some sleep to recover, the Dominating Throne suddenly shifted, as a violent surge of Primordial Energy swept out, and the blue light cocoon gradually dimmed, the Origin Force covering the tree heart rapidly dissipated.

Dragon Cypress received a message: [Healing complete]

Healing complete?

And then?

No follow up?

This can't be right~

Back then, Azure wasn't like this~

Dragon Cypress communicated with the Throne, trying to trigger the 'zero out and resurrect' function.

But the Dominating Throne did not respond.

Ink Orchid saw Dragon Cypress pacing anxiously around the throne and knew immediately things weren't good. Then she saw the tree heart lying quietly on the throne's soft pad, with no further change, and instantly figured out what was going on.

"Dragon Cypress?"

"Looks like we're going to be disappointed~"

"Can't zero out and resurrect?"

"Looks that way."

"Why?"

"I can't figure it out either~"

"So is the tree heart revived?"

"…Healing is complete."

Dragon Cypress tried communicating with the Dominating Throne several times but to no avail. He hopped right up and buried himself in examining the tree heart.

The previously dull and lifeless black Origin Force patterns were now clear and glossy, the deep-red wood freshly renewed, the brown patterns neat and distinct.

It had regained a "breathing" rhythm, slowly and deeply absorbing and exhaling Natural Primordial Force.

Using mental power sensing, its Life Breath was still frail.

There was spiritual power fluctuation, its consciousness had awakened from slumber, but its soul was still extremely weak and on the verge of death.

"At least it's alive again!" Dragon Cypress let out a long sigh of relief.

"Yay~"

Ink Orchid cheered, then jumped up onto the throne, leaned in close and examined it, unwilling to give up. She asked, "It really can't zero out and resurrect like Azure?"

Dragon Cypress: "I've tried many times, that function just won't trigger at all…"

Thinking it over, Dragon Cypress said, "Probably because this tree heart belongs to the Natural God System, not to the Creator Civilization."

Ink Orchid: "..."

Ink Orchid: "Dragon Cypress, there's a weird fragrance—it seems to be coming from the Origin Force patterns."

Dragon Cypress: "???"

An ant's sense of smell is even more acute.

Dragon Cypress placed his antennae on the tree heart, feeling carefully.

There really was a faint, strange fragrance!

But something was off.

It wasn't an ordinary physical scent, not something you picked up with smell.

Ants' perception of scent is ten thousand times sharper than mantises, so why did Ink Orchid detect it first?

Soul!

This acts directly on the soul, it's a Primordial Energy Power that confuses the soul's consciousness, creating an illusion of a "strange fragrance" in one's awareness.

It's not actually a scent at the material level.

Could it be—

Dragon Cypress and Ink Orchid thought of it at the same time.

"Night Fragrance Tree God-Given Seed?"

"That's it!"

"Divine Grade?"

"Cloud Trace Continent's most useless God-Given Seed?"

"The Night Fragrance Tree itself also has this 'fragrance' ability? This power really is totally useless, huh."

Dragon Cypress's mind zipped: "Not completely useless, right? This soul-engraved 'fragrance' is not bad, gives bugs a nice pleasant feeling, relaxes everything. Could we blend this into our Origin Force Ant Honey? If we can, it'd be useful."

Ink Orchid: "What's the point? It's not like we're hurting for sales of Origin Force Honey."

Ink Orchid: "Besides, I don't feel pleasant at all. I'm not happy."

Ink Orchid muttered in disappointment, fluttered her wings, then suddenly realized, "Dragon Cypress! I get it."

Dragon Cypress: "Get what?"

Ink Orchid: "Because the Night Fragrance God-Given Seed's power was so useless, it got abandoned."

Dragon Cypress: "..."

Dragon Cypress: "Now that's tragic. During Origin Force's prime, the Zhidun Guoluo Tribe didn't care about it. When the Origin Force went silent, no one bothered to take it along to escape."

Ink Orchid said gloomily, "You and I are pretty tragic too. All that effort, and in the end, just empty joy."

The two of them were quiet and downcast for a while.

Ink Orchid said doubtfully, "But Night Fragrance Mountain is a big place named after the Night Fragrance God-Given Seed. There's quite a few Insect Kings, right? With so many, not one cared to bring it? That doesn't seem right."

Dragon Cypress grew serious, tapped his antennae in agreement, "Let's ask around later…"

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