When "God" Decides To Start Over

Inside the Blue House, there were no furnishings to be seen, nor any person. There was only a large tree growing within the wooden house, so thick that it took three people to embrace its trunk, supporting the roof like a giant pillar.

The top of the tree seemed to have been chopped off by someone, showing only the trunk without any treetop.

On this massive trunk, there was only one small branch about a foot long, with a single green leaf hanging from it.

The trunk was ashen and withered, appearing to have been dead for many years, with dried and cracked bark in many areas.

Yet, that green leaf was vibrant and teeming with life.

Li Xiu stepped directly inside, and the door closed by itself immediately.

"Is anyone there?" Li Xiu called out, but there was no response. The house was so silent that one could hear a pin drop.

"Strange, didn't Old Eight say there was someone in this house? How come there's no one here? Could the mistress of the place have deceived Old Eight?" Li Xiu circled the large tree, seeing nothing other than the green leaf on the small branch.

Examining the green leaf more closely, he discovered a faint white pattern on it, surprisingly forming the character "Spirit."

"Without a person, how am I supposed to take the leaf? Should I just leave the gemstone and take the green leaf with me?" Li Xiu felt it couldn't be that simple.

"The character on the leaf must have been left by the mistress. What does she mean by leaving a Spirit character on a leaf?" Li Xiu pondered with a frown.

After thinking for a long time without any clue, Li Xiu had no choice but to place the gemstone on the ground and said, "I'll trade the gemstone for the green leaf. If there are no objections, I'll just take it."

He asked three times, and still, no one answered. Li Xiu reached out to pluck the green leaf from the tree.

He carefully pinched the leaf's stem, trying hard to pluck the palm-sized oval leaf.

Despite applying force, pulling the branch downwards, the stem showed no signs of breaking.

Li Xiu had a thought and summoned the Jedi Knight.

The Jedi Knight swung his saber at the leaf's stem with precise control, aiming only to cut down the leaf without intending to harm anything else.

But to everyone's surprise, the saber couldn't cut through the seemingly soft stem, leaving no mark whatsoever.

After a bout of swaying, the small branch and green leaf returned to stillness.

"What a resilient branch!" Li Xiu frowned slightly, and with a thought, the Jedi Knight entered the Super Spirit State.

In an instant, the Jedi Knight transformed into a fully armored, glowing warrior, emitting a strong radiance like a monster.

The Jedi Knight's twin blades slashed continuously, with the crimson glow of the samurai swords cutting again and again at the leaf's stem, sending the green leaf and small branch trembling vigorously, yet unable to leave a scratch.

Li Xiu was astonished. Although the Super Spirit Limit of his Jedi Knight was merely one percent, it was still the power of the Super Spirit, far stronger than an ordinary S-Class Demon Spirit, yet he couldn't leave even a scratch on it; such resilience!

While Li Xiu was distressed and helpless, an aged voice suddenly spoke, "Stop chopping; you're already dead."

"Who are you?" Li Xiu asked, frowning.

"Who I am doesn't matter. You should hurry and leave your last words. If a later comer manages to leave alive, they might deliver your message to your family," the aged voice spoke again.

Upon careful listening, Li Xiu found that the voice was emanating from inside the tree.

"Why tell me I'm dead only now? Why didn't you speak when I came in?" Li Xiu asked while examining the tree, trying to find where the speaker was hidden.

"No need to look. I'm inside the tree's trunk with no way to enter," the aged voice continued: "When you came in, I didn't speak because it was unnecessary. Regardless of what I said, it couldn't change the fact that you are destined to die. Now I'm telling you as you have little time left, allowing you some time to leave your last words."

"I have no last words to leave. Tell me why you believe I'm already dead," Li Xiu said.

"Sigh, people, always the same, thinking that knowing the truth would change everything, and in the end, nothing is left behind," the aged voice sighed, "This tree is named Divine Spirit. It was once an ordinary ancient tree, but someone wrote the word 'Spirit' on its leaf, transforming it into a Divine Spirit. How can the body of a Divine Spirit allow mortal wounds? The damage you've inflicted upon it will return to you. Your spirit struck it with so many blows; once the time comes, those damages will be inflicted upon you. Do you think you can survive so many blows?"

"Even if the ancient tree truly has that peculiar power, it's my spirit that struck it; the power should fall upon my spirit," Li Xiu said.

"Humph, those criminals who wield the blade to kill, do you think the blade should be judged or the person? The Divine Spirit is aware; your petty tricks won't deceive it," the aged voice said disdainfully.

"So, it seems I'm truly going to die soon," Li Xiu said.

"Certain death," the aged voice declared adamantly.

"I assume you're also trapped by the owner of this place? If you know of a way out, perhaps you could share it with me. If I manage to break free, you too can escape. If I fail, you'll have lost nothing," Li Xiu said, looking at the ancient tree.

"Saying the same words over and over, yet nothing changes; why waste your breath?" the aged voice said.

"The person in the Red House said the same, yet here I am alive. Everything has a possibility, and even if there isn't, having someone to talk to after being trapped for so long can't be that bad," Li Xiu smiled.

"You broke out of the Red House?" The aged voice suddenly sounded a bit surprised.

"I tend to have good luck," Li Xiu replied.

"How did you drink the three bowls of Evolution Liquid inside the Red House?" the aged voice asked.

"So the three bowls of water were called Evolution Liquid." Li Xiu recounted how he poured the three bowls of Evolution Liquid into the White Jade Bottle and then drank.

"Only by letting go can one obtain; you did well. Thankfully, you left one bowl. Had you drunk all three, you would already be dead," the aged voice said.

Li Xiu didn't ask why; he merely said, "Could you provide some guidance on breaking free from the Blue House?"

"There's something buried beneath the tree. Retrieving it can sever the Spirit Leaf," the aged voice said.