Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

222: Chapter 222: The True Seal Awakens and the Mother Tree is RebornThe cavern temporarily returned to silence, leaving only the low, rolling whimper of the Lava Lake and the lingering energy aftershocks and scent of blood in the air. The three Nascent Soul Elders’ panicked flight did not bring Nangong Xuan the slightest relief; instead, it felt like an even heavier boulder pressing down on his heart.

They had stirred up a hornet’s nest, and the future troubles would be endless. After suffering such a heavy blow, the Tiangong Sect would likely not send just Nascent Soul Cultivators next time. Soul Transformation old monsters, and even more unfathomable existences, could be alerted. Time had become unprecedentedly urgent.

”We must purify the Mother Tree as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the Tiangong Sect catches its breath, all will be lost,” Nangong Xuan’s voice was grave, his gaze once again turning towards the seemingly calm yet internally suffering Eye of Silence.

Su Muxue took a Medicinal Pill, her complexion improving slightly. Frowning at his words, she said, ”But how do we purify it? Even the ancient ancestors could only choose to Seal it. That dark side pollution has almost fused with its Origin. Forcible purification might...” Her unspoken words were clear: she feared the Mother Tree’s Origin would also dissipate.

”There might still be a chance.” Nangong Xuan felt the vast power of the Four-Key Cycle within his Dantian and the desire for the filth at the bottom of the pool transmitted from the star Core on his shoulder. ”The four keys stabilize the four directions, capable of ordering earth, fire, water, and wind, stabilizing energy. The star Core can devour filth and transform its power. Perhaps... we can try to guide the power of the four keys to stabilize the Mother Tree’s Origin, then let the star Core gradually gnaw away and peel off that filth.”

This was a plan so bold it bordered on madness. It required extremely delicate control of power and bore immense risk—if control was lost, the power of the four keys might instead accelerate the Mother Tree’s collapse. And if the star Core devoured too much unconvertible filth, it could trigger unpredictable mutations.

But there seemed to be no other way.

At that moment, Zi Linger, who had been meditating and sensing, suddenly spoke. Her voice was weak but carried a strange certainty: ”The Mother Tree... it says... it can endure... it is willing to trust... us... It is too tired...”

Ten thousand years of torment had long overwhelmed this ancient guardian. Even if there was only a sliver of hope for release, it was willing to gamble with everything it had left.

Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue exchanged a glance, both seeing determination in the other’s eyes.

”Since that’s the case, let’s begin!”

Nangong Xuan hesitated no longer, sitting cross-legged beside the Eye of Silence. Su Muxue immediately laid down layers of Lunar Restrictions around him. Though she knew their effect might be minimal, she sought peace of mind. Zi Linger, forcing herself to sit up, kept her hands pressed to the ground, striving to maintain that faint bridge of communication with the Mother Tree. She would be the most crucial ”coordinator” in the purification process.

Nangong Xuan took a deep breath, his Divine Sense sinking completely into his Dantian.

The four star keys sensed his will, their rotation slowly increasing. Silver, gold, blue, and red lights shone upon each other, and a vast, harmonious force began circulating along a profound trajectory. He carefully extended this fused Four Symbols Power into the Eye of Silence, like the finest silk thread.

Hum—

The pool water rippled slightly, not rejecting this power that was of the same Origin yet of a higher order. The Four Symbols Power, like gentle tentacles, slowly delved deeper, avoiding the violent, chaotic areas, inching closer to the Mother Tree’s Core Origin—a dimly glowing orb tightly bound by black, filthy chains.

This process was extremely taxing on his mind. Sweat soon beaded on Nangong Xuan’s forehead. He had to constantly control the strength and attribute shifts of the power: using water’s softness to nourish, fire’s vitality to stimulate, metal’s sharpness to carefully cut the connections of the filth, and the Illusory Shadow’s power to stabilize the surrounding space, preventing energy from running wild.

Simultaneously, the chaos star core on his shoulder received its command. It flew above the pool water, the black vortex at its Core slowly rotating, emitting a targeted suction force that locked onto the faint strands of black filth energy that the Four Symbols Power had slightly loosened and peeled away, devouring them.

With each strand the star Core devoured, the dark gold and crimson patterns on its surface brightened, transmitting a sense of satisfaction and pleasure. This filth, which was a deadly poison to the Mother Tree, was a great tonic for it. Nangong Xuan could also feel that the wisp of Lin Mo’s consciousness within the star Core seemed to become more solid and active, nourished by this pure dark side energy.

The purification proceeded slowly and arduously.

Time passed bit by bit. Nangong Xuan’s face gradually paled, his Divine Sense heavily depleted. Su Muxue watched anxiously beside him, constantly feeding him pills to restore spiritual power. Zi Linger teetered on the verge of collapse; maintaining the communication placed an immense burden on her weak Origin.

But the results were also evident.

Deep within the Eye of Silence, the Mother Tree’s Core—the light orb bound by black, chain-like filth—began to regain its pure, warm crimson glow at a visible rate, strand by strand! Though still faint, it was no longer a hopeless stillness but filled with a longing for rebirth!

The black filthWrapped around it had noticeably thinned.

However, just as things seemed to be going smoothly, a sudden change occurred!

When the star Core devoured one particularly thick strand of filthy energy, that energy seemed to contain an extremely stubborn, cunning Core of dark side will! It was not immediately transformed. Instead, it struggled fiercely and counterattacked within the star Core, attempting to corrupt the star Core itself!

The chaos star core trembled violently, its surface light flickering unsteadily. The black vortex even experienced a moment of disorder! A savage, insane, destruction-filled will suddenly spread from within!

”Not good!” Nangong Xuan’s heart shook violently. Connected mind and spirit to the star Core, he was the first to feel that counterforce! If the star Core was corrupted, the consequences would be unthinkable! He immediately wanted to forcibly interrupt the purification process.

But at this critical moment—

Hum!

A cool, pure, yet supremely empty and majestic will suddenly awoke from the deepest part of the star Core, like a slumbering emperor roused by defiance!

It was Lin Mo’s consciousness! Stimulated by this external filthy will, it was no longer a faint fluctuation but had coalesced into a clear force!

”Suppress!”

A vague yet supremely majestic will, as if words became law, resounded in Nangong Xuan’s heart and within the star Core!

Under that single word ”Suppress,” the struggling, counterattacking dark side will, as if meeting its nemesis, let out a shrill shriek and was instantly crushed, devoured, and transformed by an even deeper, more fundamental Chaos power!

The star Core’s trembling instantly ceased, its light stabilizing, even becoming purer and more restrained than before. The black vortex at its Core rotated even more leisurely, as if it had merely swallowed a slightly hard candy.

And at that moment, the nirvana true seal fragment floating quietly at the center of Nangong Xuan’s Dantian, stirred by the dual influence of Lin Mo’s ”Suppress” will and the star Core’s perfect transformative power, suddenly emitted an unprecedented radiance!

It was no longer an inanimate object but seemed to come alive! Countless dark golden patterns, far clearer than before and containing the principles of heaven and earth, emerged and extended from the fragment. Though still incomplete, they exuded a supreme dao rhyme of controlling the nirvana of all things, the ultimate return of everything to the Void Realm!

At this moment, the Nirvana True Seal truly revealed to him a glimpse of the terrifying power beneath the tip of the iceberg!

Inspired by divine insight, Nangong Xuan instinctively channeled this wisp of newly awakened True Seal power, mixed it with the Four-Key Cycle power, and probed into the Eye of Silence once more.

This time, the effect was completely different!

Wherever the True Seal power passed, the originally stubborn black filth, which required careful peeling, melted and disintegrated rapidly and silently, like snow meeting the blazing sun! They were not devoured but were fundamentally ”negated,” ”erased,” ”returned to nirvana”!

The purification speed suddenly increased more than tenfold!

The Mother Tree’s Core emitted an unprecedented hum of joy. Warm and vast swathes of crimson light bloomed forth! More and more black filth was rapidly cleared away!

In the short time it takes an incense stick to burn, over seventy percent of the dark side pollution that had entangled the Mother Tree for ten thousand years was cleansed! The Mother Tree’s Origin radiance had completely overwhelmed the remaining filth. The entire Eye of Silence began to ripple with pure fire essence, full of vitality!

The remaining small amount of filth was no longer a concern. Relying on its gradually recovering power, the Mother Tree could slowly expel and purify it itself.

Nangong Xuan slowly withdrew his power, letting out a long sigh. Though his face was weary, his eyes were filled with excitement. The satisfied star Core flew back to his shoulder, hovering quietly. The consciousness of Lin Mo within transmitted a faint weariness but more satisfaction and stability, sinking into sleep again, yet clearly more solid than before.

Su Muxue and Zi Linger also sensed the completely different, vitality-filled aura, and smiles of joy appeared on their faces.

At that moment, the entire cavern, and indeed the entire Heart of Molten Fire, began to tremble slightly.

It was not the agitation before a disaster, but a tremor of joy and celebration, of renewed life.

Within the Eye of Silence, the dark red pool water began to turn crystal clear, like the purest molten ruby. A small, tender, illusory sapling burning with pure golden flames slowly emerged from the pool’s center, gently swaying. It emitted a warm, peaceful light that enveloped the entire cavern.

A gentle, ancient, yet deeply grateful will lightly brushed against the minds of the three:

”Thank you... children... The long night... finally... sees a glimmer of dawn...”

The Mother Tree’s spiritual nature had begun its initial recovery!

However, at the same time, Nangong Xuan’s brow suddenly furrowed. He looked up, as if he could see through the layers of rock above.

”Not good... The Mother Tree’s recovery caused too great an energy fluctuation... The celestial phenomena outside... have likely changed...”

Such a massive energy transformation would inevitably trigger strange phenomena in the outside world. The Tiangong Sect... would absolutely not fail to notice!

The real storm was about to arrive.