Volume 6 Chapter 41

Volume 6 + Chapter 41: Water of Life

“What… Did you say?”

Xia Yi turned around and looked at Dorothea.

“I’m asking you, do you want to save Xia Lulu?”

Thinking Xia Yi hadn’t heard clearly, Dorothea repeated herself.

“How? Dorothea, if you can save Xia Lulu, I… I’m willing to do anything!”

Xia Yi ran back in front of Dorothea.

She absolutely could not accept losing Xia Lulu. If there was a way to bring Xia Lulu back, she would give everything!

“Calm down, little Xia Yi. I’m asking you this question, what is your answer?”

“I want to!”

Xia Yi nodded earnestly.

After all, Dorothea was a very special dragon. She had lived for an extremely long time, had seen much and knew much, she must have a way.

“Do you really have a way to save Xia Lulu? Dorothea, just a moment ago, you wanted to kill both me and Xia Lulu and turn us into puppets.”

“I cannot save Xia Lulu,” Dorothea said.

“You, you’re teasing me, aren’t you?”

Xia Yi’s lips trembled. She wore a deeply aggrieved expression, on the verge of tears.

“If you can’t save her, don’t say things like that!”

“Because I cannot give a definitive conclusion on whether this will help Xia Lulu…”

Dorothea’s words gave Xia Yi a glimmer of hope again.

From what she meant, it wasn’t as if there was no way at all.

“Dorothea, stop being so cryptic! Just tell me!!” Xia Yi was so anxious she could have spun in circles.

“Alright, alright, I understand. Then I’ll tell you. This possibility is, ”

Dorothea paused for a moment.

“From a conventional standpoint, Xia Lulu is certainly beyond saving. The Dragon King’s Heart is locked inside her body. The backlash from its power continues to take effect, overwhelming her until she reaches her limit, collapses, and walks toward death, just like now.”

“Yes, I know.”

“The only way would be to repair Xia Lulu’s already crumbling body. But under normal circumstances, no one can do that. After all, Xia Lulu is practically the strongest among the higher-order kings. Only a being far, far above her level could accomplish this. Someone who has reached such a realm could already be called…”

“A God?”

“Yes.”

Dorothea confirmed it.

“Not even the race-kings of divine rights have reached this level, reshaping flesh, granting life, reversing life and death, rewriting reality… To achieve such things, one would have to be an omnipotent true god.”

“Then…”

Xia Yi frowned.

She could already sense the difficulty involved.

“Then can’t we give Xia Lulu a new body? Like you, Dorothea, use a puppet body as a substitute…”

“No, that won’t work. Xia Lulu’s heart cannot be removed from her current body, it’s already locked in place. Only when she completely dies and her soul dissipates will the heart leave her body. That is the price she paid to master that power, a destined outcome of certain ruin.”

“The gift of power often comes with a cost, especially a cost far beyond one’s ability to control.”

“Xia Lulu…”

Xia Yi glanced at Xia Lulu, her heart aching.

“Actually, look at it from another angle, little Xia Yi. Since no one in this world can save Xia Lulu, then why not let a true God save her?” Dorothea said.

“That’s… how could that be possible!”

Although the idea was logical, in reality, it was utterly absurd.

In the ruins deep within the Gold Sea, Xia Yi had learned part of the world’s truth.

True gods did exist in the old world, but after the old world was destroyed and the new world was born, they had already perished.

“Do you have a way to find a true god?” Xia Yi asked.

“How could I possibly find one? If I could find a true god, then I’d truly be greater than anyone.”

“Then why say that…”

“Think about it. Even though we cannot find a true god, that doesn’t mean the true god left nothing behind in this world.”

“……!”

Dorothea’s words enlightened Xia Yi.

Although the true god had died, they had left traces of their existence.

For example, the legendary beasts, those were created by the true god. Those calamity-like monsters were even more powerful and terrifying than divine-right kings like Elizabeth. In terms of realm, they were indeed far above Xia Lulu.

But…

Dorothea couldn’t possibly be suggesting she go find a legendary beast, could she?

“You don’t mean… the legendary beasts, do you?” Xia Yi asked.

“……No. Legendary beasts represent destruction. The notion of saving lives, that’s something legendary beasts would never do. It goes against their very instincts.” Dorothea shook her head.

“If not legendary beasts, then…”

“Do you know of the World Tree?”

“The World Tree… was created by the true god?!”

Xia Yi found this hard to believe, yet it was entirely possible.

If the true god hadn’t created it, how could the World Tree be so special?

A tree, yet possessing the function of recording history.

“Little Xia Yi, it seems you already know something about the World Tree. Yes, it was very likely created by the true god. In the distant past, there was a Central World Tree whose roots connected to every corner of this land. However, during a certain incident, the Central World Tree burned down. Before it burned, its seeds scattered across the world, and even new World Trees sprouted…”

Dorothea recounted.

Her account matched the events Xia Yi had experienced.

In the human world, the laurel tree at Laurel Academy was actually a small World Tree.

Miu Miu had also once stored her soul inside a World Tree seed…

“A true World Tree accumulates vast amounts of life essence, which gives rise to a miraculous liquid called the Water of Life. The life essence contained in the Water of Life should be able to repair Xia Lulu’s body.”

“Water of Life?” Xia Yi was astonished. “Would a small World Tree have the Water of Life?”

“You’ve seen a small World Tree? That probably wouldn’t work. A small World Tree is still in the stage of accumulating life essence, it cannot produce the Water of Life.”

“If a small World Tree won’t work, where else does a World Tree exist…”

Suddenly, Xia Yi remembered something.

Rumor had it that the Elf Kingdom possessed a true World Tree.

However, the elven royal family had never publicly responded to such speculation from the outside world.

She was about to mention this to Dorothea, but the other woman dropped a bombshell.

“Before I was executed, I loved traveling. I went to the Elf Kingdom, got in touch with many things, and learned many secrets… Among them was this, the Elf Kingdom does indeed possess a World Tree.”

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