Zhen Han soon entered his sleep, and he found himself in a dream...no multiple dreams.

In his first dream, he turned into a formless and colorless mass of energy. The formless energy has no idea how it was created and for what goal.

The formless energy realized it was different from other objects in the universe. The planets and stars had no "Will". But it has a Will if its own. It could move on its own violation. It didn't have to follow the fixed cycle, unlike the planets and stars.

The formless energy for millions of years traveled through the universe to find another being with "Will". The only thing it found was ice-cold desolate worlds.

After the end of every Grand Chaos Era, the universe would destruct. From the destruction, a new universe would be born. It was like the life of a Phoenix: from the ashes, a new life would be created. This was the eternal cycle which the universe has followed from its inception.

Very few things could survive the destruction of the universe if any. The universe would turn back into its original form.

The formless form of energy has seen the destruction of a universe and birth of another. It was able to survive the destruction either due to luck or some scheme which the formless energy didn't know. Yet it never met any lifeforms.

Perhaps the universe was far too big so it was not surprising it had not met any life forms. There were many Greater World containing thousands of galaxies...

At the end of another Grand Chaos Era, the formless energy found itself becoming the part of the destruction. This time the formless energy want able to save itself from the destruction.

The formless energy wasn't a true form of life but it has gained enlightenment about the way of the universe. It has its own Instinct. The formless energy didn't want to "die". To save itself the formless energy used the same concept the universe as follows: starting new from the destruction.

During the destruction of the universe, the formless energy sealed what it believed was its "Will". The gigantic formless energy sacrificed all its energy to protect a small "seed" which was its Will.

The first dream ended with Zhen Han exploding in his formless form.

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In the second dream, Zhen Han found himself in the shape of a small seed. The universe was once again in its beginning stage with different forms of energy and gases fusing to form new matter.

The small seed absorbed the chaotic energy of the universe. It slowly germinated and spread its roots in different planets. The process continued for a billion years after which the seed finally germinated into a sapling. After another billion years it turned into a gigantic tree. The tree was larger than an entire galaxy so its size is beyond the scope of understanding.

Once again another billion years passed after which the tree "meet" living beings. The living beings introduced themselves as "children of The Creator".

The lifeforms the tree meet were of different races but it was as if they were in harmony and truly belonged to one family.

The tree didn't know about its own origin. The only thing it knew was that it evolved from a seed. It was its first time meeting someone who has a "Will", and the tree has a deep feeling that it has always desired to find those with "Will".

The tree then asked the children of the Creator if they know about its origin.

Those lifeforms answered in positive. They said the tree has a name. The Creator named the tree as "World Tree".

According to them, the seed was created by The Creator of the universe. It was The Creator who blessed the tree with nutrition so that it can grow and fulfill its duty.

The duty of World Tree is to help the universe. The World Tree would give its fruits to the people of the universe for helping them. Kindness and charity are the noble aspects every lifeform should have according to the children of The Creator.

They shared a part of their memory in which every single wondrous tree would give their fruits to the people. A tree has no self-desire. It only lives for the sake of the world. At least that's what those memories showed.

The tree was like a kid with no idea of good or bad. No idea about what is noble or evil. Like a gullible child, the tree believed the words of the lifeforms.

From that time onwards the tree has a name: World Tree.

Another billion years passed during which the tree gave its mysterious fruits to the children of The Creator. It didn't stop anyone from picking its fruits.

Alas, the tree suffered from the loss of its fruits. The fruits contained its own vital essence so the tree started getting older.

And yet the World Tree never stopped someone. It truly believed in its mission of helping the universe. For its mission, it was ready to sacrifice its life.

The tree knew about the concept of life and death as it has seen many generations of those lifeforms dying. Many of those at the old age would ask for a life-essence fruit which the World Tree readily granted.

The tree knew it wouldn't live for long. The number of fruits it could grow started decreasing. For the first time, the tree understood the concept of aging.

A deep Instinct in the tree hated aging and death. That Instinct wanted the tree to live at any cost.

The Instinct desired for the tree to stop the charity, and start thinking of ways for survival.

The tree thought of the deep Instinct as nothing but evil thought. Children of The Creator has warned the tree about this "evil thought" long before.

The tree did what those lifeforms said. It buried the "evil thought" deep in its heart and tried best to grow fruits for the sake of other lifeforms.

One day an old man at the end of his lifespan arrived in front of the World Tree. Without any warning that old man attacked the world tree's trunk. That old man was extremely powerful. He was a supreme cultivator at the end of his lifespan.

That old man showed a frantic expression as he attacked the tree. The tree didn't attack him as harming others is something "evil".

Even though the old man was extremely powerful he wasn't able to make a single scratch on the tree.

"You dumb tree...give me your vital core!" the old man roared. The man was extremely agitated.

The tree identified the man as the first generation of Children of The Creator. He was the first generation of the people who "meet" the tree and explained about its responsibilities.

"Can't you understand what I'm saying? You dumb tree, I don't have much time!" the man continued to attack while roaring.

The tree was perplexed by the behavior of the old man. In the first meeting with the children of The Creator, the tree was said to never give its core to others. Without the vital core, the tree would die and couldn't fulfill its duty.

In the earlier years, many people have asked the tree for its vital core but the tree denied. It didn't fear death but it has a responsibility of helping the universe. None of the people who asked it dared to attack.

Now the same person who advised the tree is asking it to commit the taboo! The tree wasn't able to understand.

Suddenly the old man took out a jade talisman on which a dragon was inscribed.

"Dumb tree, you are forcing me to use my trump card. I have saved it for killing the Crown Prince but now..."

The tree felt fear for the first time. The tree knew the talisman man in the old man's hand could destroy its trunk. Perhaps it would have been impossible if the tree was in its prime but now the tree was on its deathbed.

The deep "evil thought" which the tree has suppressed was shouting loudly in the consciousness of the tree. The evil thought took advantage of tree's confused state and freed itself.

Before the old man could launch the jade talisman one of the tree's root pierced old man's heart!

Both the tree and old man were shocked at the unexpected twist. The tree knew the "evil thought" did such thing.

While the old man couldn't believe that tree would actually attack him! He believed the brainwashing of the countless years wouldn't go to waste!

The root absorbed the old man's energy, essence, and soul! The tree tried to regain control of its evil thought but then stopped when it absorbed the soul of old man.

The tree could see all memories of the old man. What the tree saw made it almost faint.

How could this be? The old man has killed millions of people? He has even killed his own "brothers".

The tree was confused by the shocking pictures it saw in the memories. The tree scanned the memories of the old man, and identified the real name of "evil thought".

The evil thought is an Instinct of every living being. People call this Instinct as " Survival Instinct".

The tree further inspected the memories of the old man. It came to know that the old man was at the end of his lifespan. The normal fruits wouldn't extend his life as his body has grown a resistance to them after multiple uses.

Even for that old man with such a strong cultivation base, a billion years of lifespan is impossible without the help if tree.

The old man knew his only chance of survival depended on the vital core of the tree. He attacked the tree without any warning as he thought that the old tree would be weakened enough. He was aware the old tree wouldn't agree to his request due to their earlier brainwashing.

It can't be! The tree showed multiple expressions for the first time in its life. The tree was confused, sad, angry and disgusted.

From the memories, the tree realized that a supreme cultivator has found about it when it was nothing but a sapling. That supreme cultivator was far too strong than the old man it just killed.

That supreme cultivator planned everything as he knew about the ignorance of a tree.

He believed in the famous idiom "To kill the Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs" and hence planned in such a way that they could enjoy the fruits for a long time.

That supreme cultivator was very strong but even he lacked confidence against the tree. He could only guess how strong the tree would be if it went all out. The tree occupied an entire galaxy! It took planets as its roots!

So the supreme cultivator devised the best possible scheme thinking in mind the long-term benefits. The story of The Creator was fake. Everything was a lie.

The personality and wisdom of a person depend on his environment and the people he meets. The interactions in the life define the personality of a person.

The supreme cultivator planned to use this basic principle to brainwash the tree.

The people he sent for first meeting were his trusted subordinates. The supreme cultivator never appeared by himself but used his subordinate for everything including taking fruits. The only fruits the supreme cultivator would personally use were the heaven-tier fruits which need million years to grow.

Other fruits would be used by his subordinates to strengthen his army. For that supreme cultivator, the tree was nothing less than a blessing of Heavens!

The supreme cultivator didn't plan to let the tree die out of old age. According to the supreme cultivator, the tree has a lifespan rivaling the universe itself but it would decrease dramatically after growing those mystique fruits.

He has planned to attack the tree when it grows weak to steal the vital core! He wanted to use every part of the tree! There could be no waste!

It was a pity the old man attacked much before the supreme cultivator could. The old man was on his deathbed, and he knew the supreme cultivator wouldn't share the vital core.

"My name is world tree? My responsibility is to help the universe?" the tree cried bitterly. It never expected the world to be so cruel. How can people do such terrible things without any remorse?

A year passed by and during that time the tree's entire way of thinking changed.

The tree wanted to live! The survival instinct in the body was running strong. The tree promised itself to never suppress the survival instinct again.

"Even if I don't grow any fruits I wouldn't live for long. I have used far too much of my life essence in growing those fruits. There has to be a way for me to avoid death. "

The tree was trying its best to think of ways to extend its lifespan.