Chapter 3369: Bestowments from the Ancestor

Jian Chen's eyes narrowed as well, also gazing at the figure in shock.

The first ancestor of the Wood Spirits was still alive?

After all, this was an existence who led a great group of Wood Spirits and vehemently left the larger group.

During that distant age, the Spiritsages had yet to come into existence. Even the Wind Venerable had not been born yet.

After all these years, that ancestor of the Wood Spirits was still alive?

Jian Chen's eyes shone brightly as he studied the green figure, but his face soon relaxed as he completely stopped worrying. He had already noticed that the first ancestor of the Wood Spirits was only a lingering will left behind in the past.

It could not even be regarded as a soul clone.

However, this lingering will was very different from the lingering wills in the maze. The lingering will of the ancestor seemed to retain her intelligence from her previous life perfectly.

"The first ancestor?" At this moment, the first ancestor's lingering will spoke. She murmured, "In terms of this world created by the Source of Life, I am indeed the first generation."

The first ancestor did not give the Jade Heaven Ruler any time to talk. Instead, she began to monologue, "Our race has an extremely lengthy history. In the Spirits' World, we were extremely glorious, a race that ruled over the world."

"But afterwards, with the passing of our sovereign, with the shattering of the Spirits' World, our glorious race gradually declined."

The first ancestor went into detail about many things, from the history of the Wood Spirits to the various incidents that occurred afterwards. She even told them everything about what they experienced in the Saints' World.

For a moment, the Jade Heaven Ruler, Heaven Fighting Ruler, and the seven other Chaotic Primes were all engrossed in her words as their emotions heaved.

After learning about the glorious past of the Wood Spirits, they all roused with great spirit. Their sense of pride burned away brightly.

When they heard about the Wood Spirits' gradual decline, they became dejected and gloomy, utterly hating those enemies of the Saints' World.

In short, what the first ancestor told them completely opened their horizons. It allowed them to understand just how vast and colourful the outside world was.

"The lingering forces of us, the Spiritsages, stood no chance against the Saints' World. Coupled with some internal fragmentation that occurred afterwards, our race was split into two factions, completely exiting the alliance. I led part of my clansmen to a lower dimension and used the power of the Source of Life to open a small world, isolating us from the rest of the world forever."

"The Source of Life already sustained severe damage from the battle between our ancestor and the Darkstar race. It was also severely exhausted by the numerous clashes with the sovereign god artifacts of the Saints' World, so when I used the Source of Life to open this world, the artifact spirit was unable to withstand the burden. It sank into a slumber."

Hearing that, Jian Chen immediately thought of the Darkstar World. He understood extremely well just how intense the battle between the Grand Exalt of the Wood Spirits and the Grand Exalt of the Darkstar race had been in the past.

The Grand Exalt of the Wood Spirits was victorious in the end, successfully slaying the Grand Exalt of the Darkstar race, but she was also heavily injured. This was obvious from the fact that her spine and heart ended up in the hands of the Darkstar race.

Moreover, even after the two sovereigns had perished, their powers continued to clash in a different form, such that the Darkstar World that should have belonged to the Darkstar race had a region occupied by Life-devouring Beasts.

The first ancestor continued, "Everything in this world was created by the Source of Life. The Source of Life falling into a slumber also affected the normal operation of this world. The origin energy is dissipating and the laws are vanishing. At this rate, this world will become a dead world in the future."

"The only way to change this situation is to awaken the artifact spirit of the Source of Life and replenish the power of the Source of Life. However, I'm incapable of that. I tried all that I could, but all I managed to do was set up a formation in this world to barely ensure its operation, extending the day of its eventual wither."

"I don't want to take my clansmen back to the Saints' World and become embroiled in the flames of war again, while the existence of the Source of Life forces us to hide carefully. Both the Spirits' World and the Saints' World have countless experts who are eyeing this treasure, so we can only rely on this world to hide away, away from the view of others."

"As a result, this world must be preserved. Our branch must survive on into the future. As a result, I went to great lengths to peer into the heavenly secrets and learn about the future. In the end, I finally saw the hope of the Source of Life awakening. This hope lies with your generation."

The first ancestor looked at the nine of them. She became rather excited. "Countless years ago, I saw you through time and I also saw the generations of courageous juniors who sacrificed themselves to awaken the Source of Life."

"Compared to the generations who arrived afterwards, your generation is very weak, extremely weak. In the past, I was very perplexed by how you were able to awaken the Source of Life."

"Afterwards, I gradually realised that it was probably because of the generations who sacrificed themselves for the Source of Life beforehand. It was their power coupled with accumulation over all this time that allowed the Source of Life to gradually recover, to slowly fill up again. Your appearance just happens to match up with the timeline."

"Ancestor, how do we awaken the Source of Life? Do we have to offer up ourselves like the predecessors too?" The Jade Heaven Ruler could not help but ask.

The first ancestor seemed to see the Jade Heaven Ruler. Her blurry face turned over as she said, "Don't talk. I passed away a long time ago. I just happened to see you in the future, across countless years. I saw everything that would happen here. Everything I saw was left behind countless years ago. I can see you, but I can't hear your voices. I can only predict what you want to say—only a portion of it—not everything."

"This lingering will of mine will only appear once. It will only awaken when your generation sets foot in here before dissipating very soon. There isn't enough time to answer all of your questions."

"You must remember carefully that after awakening the Source of Life, you must cultivate well. Before you become powerful enough, never venture to the outside world, much less expose the Source of Life. When you possess abundant strength, I-I hope you can leave this small world and return to the ancestral homeland to take a look."

"At the same time, seek out the fortunate races who managed to survive after the shattering of the Spirits' World and see if they're still around. If they are, then please help me apologise to them."

"I was wrong. I was wrong. I made the wrong decision in the past. I was too selfish. I should not have chosen to cower in order to avoid battle, hiding away with my faction. Instead, I should have fought alongside everyone else, to share their fates and to claim a territory of our own."

"Unfortunately, by the time I thought this through, it was already too late."

Two streaks of tears seemed to linger on the first ancestor's blurry face. She glanced past the nine experts of the Wood Spirits while completely ignoring Jian Chen on the side.

It was as if she had only managed to see the nine experts of the Wood Spirits here from countless years ago and not Jian Chen.

The first ancestor's lingering will began to slowly disperse, but when her lingering will was about to dissipate completely, she raised her hand slowly and extended it towards her own body.

Bang!

With a gentle sound, her body exploded, turning into a sky full of green specks of light that scattered through the surroundings, filling every inch of space.

The rain of light contained the surging essence of life and fragments of ways.

"This is what I left for you. Even though very little of it remains after the erosion of time, this is all I can do to help you. When the Source of Life awakens, it'll present you with a complete legacy of your own."

With that, the lingering will of the first ancestor completely vanished.