Ascension of the Sylvan Cosmos-Chapter 369. Soothing Recovery. The Nexus Show Their Fangs.

Liu Shu felt her mind drifting. It was as if everything around her had lost its colors, as if her heart had become numb, as if... she was slowly losing herself. Her current state made her realize many things.

First, she asked herself. 'How did I end up in my current situation?' The answer was clear.

Arrogance.

Even when she had not reached the Third Energy Cycle, Liu Shu grew too confident of herself and attacked someone who was out of her league. If she had not unlocked the Curse Devouring skill by pure chance, not to mention resisting, her current self would have already fallen to Corruption.

Fighting the Third Energy Cycle Terragores, being able to suppress Prarya, placing Fortuna and Lakeborn Forest under her domain... Everything stacked together and pushed her to believe that she was strong. That she was able to fight the threats that she had been surrounded by.

Yet, the proved how wrong she was. What if Thalgryn arrived a day late? What if Galia's group weren't convinced and fought by her side? What if the Corrupted World Tree had another group like Lyara protecting it?

These questions were like sharp blades striking her heart and confidence. 'I shouldn't have attacked so fast... Because of me, many people died...'

Arrogance.

That was the mindset that almost got her into trouble, to put it lightly. 'If I wake up, I need to be more careful... I'll also make sure to compensate everyone that I hurt because of my rashness.'

A sincere and heartfelt sentence left her mouth. "I'm sorry."

Our lovely World Three didn't know that by the time she woke up, many years would've passed, and things changed beyond her expectations.The reason for her long nap was that, together with the treatment, Wisdom felt that it was the best opportunity to finally reach the Level that would push Liu Shu over the edge.

Level 50.

Still, while she was asleep, she was not doing nothing. One day, a notification appeared in front of her.

[ has been completely unlocked. Do you want to start creating your first dungeon?]

'Huh?'

In Golden Sap City, Life Tree used her skills to quickly deal with the corruption that had stuck with Liu Shu. Her seeping, purifying nature was more than enough to fight the growing and suppressed corruption, and she took not longer than a month to erase all traces of corruption.

While she did so, the room where Liu Shu's Avatar was stayed closed and under constant surveillance. The people who visited, mainly the Sylvans, Flor, and Ignatia, couldn't help but be captivated by the slow but ongoing changes.

As the World Tree's nature recovered, the room glowed with gentle green and blue lights. The Avatar's greyish skin also started improving, as if the tint was being swept away by Liu Shu's natural milky white complexion. Additionally, Liu Shu's black veins slowly returned to their previous color, very faintly visible through her skin, giving her a sensual tone.

Naturally, her hair also changed from being bristly and dry to her innate satin-like smoothness. With it, the jade green color returned, and an ethereal blue glow reflected on the bed Liu Shu rested on. She was like a precious gem reflecting light, leaving everyone in the room sighing in awe.

When the healing was advanced, her nails slowly shortened, changing from a pointy and black appearance to a rosy and rounded one. Finally, her sunken cheeks and scrawny body became plumper, giving anyone who looked at her the urge to hug and pamper her.

A month later, the ping of completing the mission reached them.

[Congratulations on completing !]

[Reward: !]

BOOM!

An aura surrounded all the people who participated, making them glance at their hands with awe at the smoothness and gentleness of the process. That was not always the case, sometimes even being quite a painful process.

Flor muttered, her eyes glancing at her System page. "Woah... my stats are crazy."

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Ignatia chuckled. "We are both at the C+ Tier now and Level 54, right? Our strength has grown a lot."

"Huh?" Verdantia glanced at Ignatia with confusion and bewilderment. "Weren't you D Tier? When did you reach C+ Tier?"

Ignatia smiled mischievously. "I've completed another dedicated to me, which is expanding beyond a recognized province and getting 200 Level 50 ants~. The extra completion has made my rewards quite bountiful!"

The Sylvans sighed and glanced at Ignatia with envy. Cinderielle pouted. "You are truly blessed... The quests that come naturally with your race are truly too good!"

Ignatia patted the red-haired Sylvan's head and chuckled. "Aren't you also quite high-tiered now?"

Tempestria laughed faintly. "In comparison to you and Flor, we are relatively weak. Didn't your

stat already cross the 20,000 points mark?"

Ignatia grinned. "A bit more than that~. Moreover, now that my overall tier is higher than Liu Shu's, I should have higher raw stats than her, even after she reaches Level 50... At least in Phoer~. Hohoho."

Hearing her arrogant laugh, everyone clicked their tongues. 'Ant Queens are truly terrifying.'

Verdantia asked, confused. "Speaking of which, since monster races have their attributes linked instead of being individual as ours, are your non-primary attributes very low?"

Ignatia nodded. "Well, you know that a monster's attributes focus on one, and the others are tied to it. The relation is different from monster to monster. This has its advantages and disadvantages. When we, monsters, Tier Up, all of our attributes . On the contrary, you, Intelligent races, need very specific items to simulate the same. Otherwise, you would only be able to upgrade one of your paths, like

."

Tempestria rubbed her chin. "Is this the reason monsters have an easier time reaching higher tiers? The other day I went to hunt those corrupted monsters that spawned because of Liu Shu's condition, and I almost got into trouble. There was a Level 49 monster of the C Rank, and the strength was not something to be underestimated."

The girls were surprised. Tempestria had reached Level 50 already. After all, even if her overall Tier was D+ Tier, one whole tier below that monster, the qualitative leap was not to be underestimated.

As they spoke, an adorable whine tickled their ears. "Hng~."

Hearing the soft and gentle complaining sound, everyone closed their mouths and looked at the sleeping girl. Flor couldn't help but feel full of emotions seeing the healthy and beautiful Liu Shu. She hugged Liu Shu's head and sighed. "How can you be so pretty? My baby is the prettiest in the world~."

"Speaking of Lian'er... Why isn't she waking up? Lady Life Tree has told us that Liu Shu's corruption should have healed, right?"

After Harmonixia asked, a calm and graceful voice answered them. "Lady Harmonixia, I can answer that."

Looking behind them, they saw Galia, Verena, and Wert entering together, their expressions serious. Galia spoke again. "Lady Liu Shu's energy is spiking and constantly increasing. We think that she is reaching Level 50. However, it is strange that Lady Liu Shu's energy is not focusing on her own body but on the domain. It would've been difficult to sense if we hadn't been paying attention and had Lord Wert's energy measuring devices."

Wert closed his muscular arms and glanced at Liu Shu. "Hm... Speaking of the little girl, each time she Levels Up, she grows quite a lot in height, right?"

Everyone nodded, and Wert commented thoughtfully. "In that case, since she is going to have a massive growth spurt when she reaches Level 50, isn't she preparing the land for her ascension? For example, spreading out the walls, creating new , new , and also expanding the farmland area and other structures."

"Right!" Cinderielle exclaimed. "That makes a lot of sense."

Galia asked, curious. "Does she grow that much when she Levels Up?"

Verena chuckled at the side. "Do you think she reached her current height in less than 20 years naturally? I guess that her height will at least double."

"... No way, right?" Galia spoke, her face confused. "If Lady Liu Shu reached 2,000 meters, she might enter the top 10 tallest World Trees in the world just at Level 50!"

Verena and the others glanced at Galia, and Flor asked. "Lady Galia, how many Level 70 and above World Trees exist?"

Galia frowned for a second, pondering deeply. "I am unaware of the exact number since once a World Tree reaches those levels, it becomes something similar to a strategic resource. Moreover, after Level 50, analyzing a World Tree's system page is basically impossible. However, if I had to guess, I would say that there are at least 100 World Trees at Levels 70 to 74, and there should be between 5 to 10 World Trees above Level 75.

The girls were stunned. Flor frowned. "That's many more than I expected. Is there enough land to accommodate so many World Trees? Here in the Wild Continent, World Trees above Level 50 are relatively rare. In our isolated section, there are only 10 to 15 World Trees, taking all the discovered ones into account."

"Well..." Galia explained. "The Wild Continent has not been nurtured by powerful superpowers for several thousand years. While the exact way of creating a World Tree is not clear, there are some studies that have a 10% chance of creating a World Tree's spawning conditions. For Life Trees, the success rate when simulating the environment is as high as 13%!"

While those numbers sounded low, they were quite a crazy proportion. Of course, the resources needed to do these experiments were not easily gathered, even for the Ceperet World's most powerful factions. Flor was baffled. "So, there are a bunch of artificially created World Trees in the other continents?"

Galia frowned faintly. "I wouldn't call them artificial... They are, hmm, out of the norm."

Verena snorted. "It seems that those powers have become arrogant, trying to play and creating unnatural World Trees. This is nothing but smearing the sacredness of World Trees as natural manifestations."

Wert spoke at this time, changing the subject so that things wouldn't become too tense. "Speaking of that, what happened to Liu Shu's biological mother? I went to her side, and she felt very different."

Flor blinked and tilted her head. "Haven't you asked her?"

Wert smiled awkwardly. "Well, I am not too close to her. It felt slightly awkward."

Flor chuckled and answered. "She has transformed into a Life Tree specialized in Life and Space. Her strength is also ridiculous. At least, I can feel that I am below her in terms of Life Rating."

Galia, Verena, and Wert glanced at Flor with a flabbergasted expression. They couldn't understand what she meant!

Seeing their funny expression and remembering how she also felt that way, she shared what happened with them.

After listening, Verena was silent for a second before sighing. "I should say, like daughter, like mother. Both those trees always give us surprises that make it difficult to remain calm."

Verdantia glanced at Liu Shu and then at Flor. "Should I bring Liu Shu's Avatar to her Core Room?"

Flor opened her mouth and then closed it. She was very reluctant that she wouldn't be able to hold her baby! Still, she understood that the Avatar needed to stay in the Core Room if they wanted it to recuperate completely. "Sigh. Okay."

Mariane flew inside from the window and spoke, her face quite serious. "Bad news. The Nexus has led a coordinated attack on the north side of the continent. Everything beyond the Wall Forest is engulfed in the flames of War."

Galia's eyes widened. "What? How is that possible? The Nexus barely occupied the West of the continent not long ago!"

Mariane shook her head. "I don't know, but it seems that they are not only attacking but also dominating. Many World Trees are barely resisting the brutal assault. At this pace, they will probably fall."

Everyone became serious. They needed to unify their part of the continent quickly before the Nexus's fangs turned toward them.