CHAPTER 649: CHAPTER 649: PLANTING THE WORLD TREE, THE MYSTERY OF MU QINGXUE’S ORIGINS! (PLEASE FOLLOW)

"Toothless old fart, next time I see you, I’m gonna yank out every last one of your white beard hairs!"

The Ancestral Empress, Mu Qingxue, and the Time Empress were all stunned.

*How could the Human Emperor dare? That was the condensed body of the universal grand will!*

Xiao Ye wore a gloomy expression. *He really didn’t like being so passive, like his life was under someone else’s control, getting pushed around to do this or that.*

And the headmaster grandpa, he was the mastermind behind pushing him around for everything.

"Hmph!"

"Let’s head back to Blue Star!"

Xiao Ye lifted his hand, a subtle ripple of the Power of Space spreading out like water waves.

The next instant, the scene before everyone’s eyes shifted, and they appeared in Wilderness Base City.

At that moment, the highest alert sounded throughout Wilderness Base City. This level of alert meant the base city’s very foundation had been threatened, indicating the entire city was on full-scale battle readiness.

Cheng Bingxi and Nangong Siyao appeared at Xiao Ye’s side, their faces grave as they said,

"Xiao Ye, there’s major turmoil on Blue Star, all the demon beasts out in the wild have gone insane, it’s like they’ve lost their minds, attacking every base city they can find without a care."

"A rotten, ominous storm of energy just swept across the entire globe. Tons of citizens in our base city lost their minds too, turning into beast-like savages killing any people they see."

"It’s only thanks to us beast girls holding the line here in Dragon Country that we can keep those infected demon beasts and humans under control, but as for other countries, in a lot of their base cities, the whole city’s become a beast battlefield."

Xiao Ye sent his divine sense sweeping outward.

All the base cities in Dragon Country rose up in his mind.

Some humans suddenly turned violent, crimson-eyed, stabbing their allies in the back.

Many once-docile demon beasts suddenly became ferocious, breaking through city defenses to launch full assaults on the bases.

Under Cheng Bingxi, Nangong Siyao, Qin Xi’Er, Yun Bing, Yunxi, and the other Sovereign Realm beast girls’ suppression, within Dragon Country, those infected by the ominous storm—both demon beasts and humans—were all frozen, unable to move.

But still, more and more demon beasts and humans kept getting infected, falling into corruption.

Outside Dragon Country, things were even scarier. Especially on that well-off little island—nearly the whole population had been swept up by the rotten, ominous storm and completely corrupted, turning into mindless beasts that started slaughtering the nearest people.

Other countries maybe weren’t quite that bad, but they weren’t much better either.

Even Sovereign Realm beast girls couldn’t disperse or eliminate the ominous storm.

And the source of that ominous storm was spreading from the center of the Pacific Ocean, which happened to be where the Desolate Realm had shifted.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

More beast girls appeared at Xiao Ye’s side.

Qin Xi’Er, Yun Bing, Yunxi, Gu Qingcheng, the Reincarnation Divine Spirit, Huangfu Xiangling, Jiang Xue’an, Liu Ya, Ziran.

Every beast girl had arrived, all with heavy, serious faces.

"Let’s just freeze all of Dragon Country."

"Yeah, freeze all the demon beasts, humans, and magic plants."

"Xiao Ye, what should we do? This is our homeland, our country, there’s no way we can just sit by."

They’d already tried everything to disperse or wipe out the ominous storm, but had failed every time.

Xiao Ye nodded, raising a hand and pointing forward.

A wave of spatial rules spread out, instantly covering the entire Dragon Country.

In a flash, every living being within Dragon Country was frozen, unable to move.

Even if they’d been infected by the ominous storm and fallen into corruption, they couldn’t move.

Mu Qingxue activated her Time Divine Technique, [Time Reversal], trying to rewind time in Dragon Country by a day.

But in the next moment, her face suddenly changed.

"For any being infected by the ominous storm, Sovereign Realm time techniques are useless, there’s no way to reverse time on them. And everywhere the ominous storm has spread, time also can’t be reversed."

She blurted it out.

At her words, everyone’s expression changed.

*The supposedly invincible time techniques were actually useless!*

Xiao Ye held a mini version of the World Tree in his hand, and said calmly,

"Don’t panic. The Desolate Realm’s energy is insanely high level, and the law of rot in this storm is also way above us—it’s only natural our Sovereign Realm rules and powers won’t work."

"But I already have a solution!"

The beast girls all brightened up at that.

Yun Bing licked her red lips, "Xiao Ye, you really are something, I like how you always have a way out of any mess."

"After this is dealt with, I’ve decided I’m going to reward you."

Qin Xi’Er blushed, "M-me too, I want to reward Xiao Ye too."

Huangfu Xiangling rolled her eyes, "You guys just thirsty, want some ’refreshment’ or something, now you’re calling it a reward."

Ziran reached out and flicked her disciple’s forehead,

"Why you gotta rain on everyone’s parade? I don’t believe for a second you don’t want to reward Xiao Ye yourself."

"Boohoo!" Huangfu Xiangling looked like she was about to cry, "Of course I want to!"

"Master, could you maybe stop hitting me on the head from now on? I’m already dumb enough as it is, you keep knocking me, I might end up even dumber."

Cheng Bingxi brought a hand to her forehead, and spoke up over everyone,

"Everyone quiet down, Xiao Ye won’t forget about anyone. The immediate priority is putting an end to that ominous storm."

As soon as the big sister spoke, all the beast girls shut their mouths.

But those stunning eyes kept sweeping up and down Xiao Ye’s body.

Xiao Ye felt like a little lamb getting stared down by hungry wolves, completely uncomfortable all over.

"Ahem!"

"Let’s head to the orphanage, we’ll plant this tree over there."

"This tree should be able to purify those ominous storms, and let all our corrupted demon beasts and humans in Dragon Country get back to normal."

He said this right away and turned to leave.

The beast girls curiously followed Xiao Ye to the orphanage.

Xiao Ye picked a patch of empty ground and tossed the World Tree out.

As soon as the World Tree hit the ground, it gave a loud boom, expanding in size as countless roots burrowed deep under the earth.

The entire orphanage was swallowed up by the World Tree.

The orphanage was gone.

All that was left where the orphanage gate used to be was a massive tree trunk, so huge it reached up through the clouds and even pierced the atmosphere.

The dense branches spread out, countless limbs stretching to cover all of Dragon Country.

A faint, ambient energy began to emanate from the World Tree.

"Shhhhhh!"

"Shhhhhh!"

Throughout Dragon Country, the ominous storm suddenly acted like it ran into its nemesis—getting purified and erased.

In a split second, every ominous storm across Dragon Country was cleansed by the World Tree’s energy.

All those infected demon beasts, magic plants, humans, and other beings, under the influence of the World Tree’s aura, recovered to normal.

Xiao Ye and the other beast girls, all Sovereign Realm, saw everything change in Dragon Country and were all filled with joy, their heavy hearts completely lifted.

Xiao Ye raised his hand, and the Power of Space rippled out—every frozen being, demon beast, magic plant, and more within Dragon Country suddenly regained control of their bodies.

The power of confinement was broken, and Dragon Country returned to normal.

Mu Qingxue used [Time Reversal], sending time back by half a day across the nation, to before the ominous storm had hit.

Anyone who’d been killed or destroyed—humans, demon beasts, magic plants—all came back, restored! Everyone was resurrected!

But their memories of the events were kept intact.

The orphanage didn’t actually vanish, but instead got Spatial Shifted to an open plot of land in Wilderness Base City.

Xiao Ye let out a sigh of relief.

This crisis was handled.

But suddenly, Mu Qingxue let out a light "huh," and said in surprise,

"My past life’s Residual Soul Saint Realm just appeared, and it’s even formed a new body. Xiao Ye, let’s go have a look together."

The Time Empress was shocked. *Mu Qingxue looked so much like her, and yet she even had a past life?*

*Could this have something to do with her, the Time Empress?*

Xiao Ye narrowed his eyes and said,

"The World Tree’s just been replanted and is in the middle of evolving, it’s going to need a little time."

"Let’s go check it out together. That chick tried to take over Qingxue’s body back then—and now, after all this time missing, she finally showed up."