The elven race was born from the Moon Tree, but that didn't necessarily mean that they completely bent to the will of the Moon Tree.
Especially for the elven race that was an expert of invading other worlds to gain power for their own, the more they went off-world, the easier it was for there to be elves who escaped the will of the Moon Tree's control.
Most interesting of all was a certain elven soldier who clashed against the Protagonist of an invaded world without making the proper preparations, got her weakness taken advantage of, then blatantly persuaded (brainwashed) by his Protagonist Aura. This broke the Moon Tree's control of her thoughts and turned her against the Moon Tree world, causing not only the failure of that invasion but also the infiltration of several intruders into the Moon Tree world from that one.
However, that traitor didn't ultimately get a happy ending. After the will of the Moon Tree once again pooled more resources into their invasion, that world was completely broken through, the soul of the traitor was extracted and made into a soul lamp, left to burn for thousands of years.
Naturally, there were also less impulsive elves as well. Even when they had escaped from the thought control, they simply bided their time and developed themselves, waiting to grow powerful to a certain degree before they came to bargain with the will of the Moon Tree, turning from the exploited into the exploiters.
The three most successful among them were naturally the three elven Lord Gods. Even after growing strong enough, they didn't leave the Moon Tree world and instead joined its system, which was the case for a lot of other elven Gods as well.
One could enjoy the coolest breeze under a tall tree, so after the Dim Silence Envoy became one of the three elven Lord Gods, as the Moon Tree world grew stronger, so did he.
However, when the great tree collapsed, he also had to pay for his past choices, having to rely on the characteristics of a different aspect of the world to prolong his last breaths.
Naturally, the other two elven Lord Gods got it even worse.
The Life Scion originally tried to escape with the Essence of Life, but how could the seven Gods who came to butcher the cow let such a large chunk of fatty meat escape? So the Life Scion was surrounded and thoroughly killed.
Meanwhile, the Hunter chose to betray the Moon Tree world, wishing to join the seven Gods' side. Only for the will of the Moon Tree to trigger its contingency plans and greatly weaken him, essentially delivering meat straight to the seven Gods' doors.
Only the Dim Silence Envoy, the relatively weakest Lord God left himself any hope of resurrection and did not completely die. Although, he was still only at the level of 'not being completely dead', having no choice but to remain lying dead.
But today, he recognized the aura of the Moon Tree. A pure Moon Tree could help him resurrect, he would be very weakened, or perhaps even deteriorate and become weaker as a whole, but that would be more beneficial. The weaker he was, the smaller of a target he would be, giving him the chance to escape.
If he could truly resurrect, he still had measures prepared in other worlds that would allow him to transmigrate to them. At the same time, the traces that his weakened self left in space would be incredibly tough to track. Essentially, it would be like pursuing a person versus pursuing a bug in a forest, not only would chasing the bug be much harder, it would be a lot less valuable.
Having lied dead, the Dim Silence Envoy didn't have much rationality left, only some basic instincts; but even then, he knew that this was a dangerous venture, the likelihood of it being a trap was 80-90%.
The sprout was hidden very well, but with such a huge commotion, it would definitely be exposed no matter what they did. Even if this wasn't a trap, the seven Gods would quickly pursue him, and it was a very real issue whether or not he would be able to escape with his life.
However, the Dim Silence Envoy didn't have much of a choice. There was a huge chance of him being harmed immediately after his resurrection, but if he chose not to resurrect, he could only continue lying dead. He had already waited for several thousand years, perhaps very soon, he wouldn't be able to wait any longer.
He was essentially a braised duck right now. The seven Gods temporarily couldn't consume him because he was still hot; but one day, either the seven Gods would no longer be afraid of the heat, or he would completely cool down, then he would be served.
Because of this, even if the chances to escape were so incredibly slim, he had no choice but to attempt it.
The light-blue figure then emerged from the aspect of silence.
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Within the divine altar, the gigantic Eternal Heat statue started radiating brilliant light, officially announcing his arrival on this world. The Descension of God's ritual caused the supernatural phenomena of the Dim Silence Envoy's resurrection to be completely obscured, turning into one of the lights.
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When Eternal Heat manifested himself, the Dim Silence Envoy felt his heart freezing over, but then he quickly discovered to his surprise that the other party did not devour him right away, but helped him obscure the supernatural phenomena instead.
Something was clearly off, but he had no other choice. Once he was resurrected, he would have a few other means to attempt, but while lying dead, the only two choices he had were to either resurrect or continue lying dead.
The people of the Soundless Cult were crying tears of joy as they witnessed the emergence of the Dim Silence Envoy from the other aspect of reality, they all prostrated to the ground, offering to him their utmost devout worship.
In response to their devoutness, the Dim Silence Envoy was preparing to immediately extract all of their mana as soon as he was resurrected; since that would grant him a lot more room to wiggle when time demanded it.
Naturally, the prerequisite was that he could truly resurrect.
The Dim Silence Envoy's goal was clear: directly invade the body of Chromie who was trapped inside the magic ritual and steal the sprout of the Moon Tree within. As the origin of the elven race, he would be able to borrow it to resurrect himself.
At this exact moment, Chromie suddenly opened his eyes wide. His two empty eye sockets were now replaced by two clusters of emerald flames. They fluttered and beat like two actual living beings, seemingly revealing everything there was to reveal in the world to him.
The Mana Eye, or as it was more accurately known, the Anti-Mage Eye. In Chromie's vision, all circulation of mana and energy-based constructs were completely laid bare. Combined with the sprout of the Moon Tree, Chromie was instinctively informed of even deeper secrets, for example, who the person trying to take over his body was.
As soon as the Dim Silence Envoy entered Chromie's body, he immediately understood. The sprout of the Moon Tree, the Anti-Mage Eye, Eternal Heat's active support, as well as Chromie's body that was missing several crucial portions from being sacrificed. There was only a single explanation for this: he had been sold by the will of the Moon Tree as a bargaining chip.
The Mana Eye was one of the Dim Silence Envoy's most prideful creations. In essence, it was a grand axle ritual targeting the source of all mana. And where was the source of all mana? Obviously, it was the world's Source Energy.
A Mana Eye that had undergone the grand axle ritual would be able to observe all movements of mana from their essence, but by doing so, the magic circuit of one's body would become permanently distorted. It was for this reason that a person who practiced the Mana Eye would lastingly be unable to perform other spells and magic.
The sprout of the Moon Tree was currently the World Tree, which had the ability to breed new life and create a stable mana network cycle, but the essence of its power was still the creation of a world's authority, which would be able to control an entire world if it grew strong enough.
With the Mana Eye and sprout of the Moon Tree being used in tandem, the caster would be able to observe the majority of things in this world, as well as control and destroy them.
For example, the Dim Silence Envoy, who was attempting to take over Chromie's body. The principle of his 'lying dead' was the formation of a close bond between himself and the other aspect of reality, which was naturally in the Moon Tree's grasp. With the sprout of the Moon Tree's current power, it wouldn't be able to affect locations that were too far away, but if the target was in such close proximity, there was a lot of room for it to act.
Chromie had already taken the initiative. Borrowing the Mana Eye and the sprout of the Moon Tree, he was able to observe the essence of the Dim Silence Envoy himself. As the avatar of the Moon Tree, what he needed to do now was swallow the Dim Silence Envoy and use him to nurture the sprout of the Moon Tree.
However, this was already part of the Dim Silence Envoy's expectations. In fact, it was a lot better than what he had imagined. The worst-case scenario for him was to be caught and devoured by the seven Gods as soon as he manifested himself; because that gave him no room to do anything.
