Chapter 1336

February 12, Overcast

Taking advantage of getting Jianmu drunk, I finally got him to tell the truth.

The reason he, as a tree spirit, sided with humanity rather than the demon race was that ever since he gained consciousness, a community of humans lived at the roots of his main body. Children would climb up and down, and adults would worship him, treating him as their faith.

One day, several powerful demons appeared, shattering this tranquility. He watched helplessly as these demons devoured the humans living at his base. Adults prayed to him, and children, before they died, cried and asked why he didn't protect them. Yet, he was powerless; after all, he was just a tree.

Eventually, he erupted, breaking through the shackles of his physical form. He controlled his true body and killed those powerful demons, but it was already too late; there was no one left at his roots.

How boring. I shouldn't have asked him about this. It completely ruined the mood of what was supposed to be a good gathering.

February 23, Thunderstorm

In the end, I still had to deduce the realm beyond the Tribulation Transcending Stage myself – the Dao Fruit realm. Jianmu and the others truly can't be relied upon.

I should hurry and tell them this good news.

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When I was deducing the realm, not a single one of them came to help me. But the moment I started teaching them about the realm beyond the Tribulation Transcending Stage, every one of them became more excited than me.

Oh well, without them, how else could my talent be highlighted?

After some discussion, Jianmu wants to condense a Dao Fruit of the Timeline, Shaohao wants to condense a Dao Fruit of Heavenly Tribulation, and Huozheng wants to condense a Dao Fruit of the Five Elements... They have quite a lot of ideas.

What should my Dao Fruit be?

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Beyond the Dao Fruit is transcendence – becoming an immortal, ageless, deathless, uncreated, indestructible, free from the limitations of lifespan, living freely between heaven and earth, unbound by any rules.

To become a transcendent immortal, one must sever all karma, making the world unaware of one's existence. Jianmu, Shihuang, Shaohao... With so many people knowing of my existence, how could I possibly transcend?

Damn it! Why did heaven give me such a brilliant mind, only for me to discover this? Why did it make me know these fools!

(Scribbled lines, suggesting the diary's owner is very agitated)

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I must achieve transcendence.