Chapter 872: The Ability to Create Life

The “Tree Man Su Che,” formed from tree roots, slowly approached. It stopped when the distance was less than ten feet.
“I want to know how you created that yang energy that can counteract the icy poisonous mist.”
The Tree Man spoke very directly, getting straight to the point, using mental waves to convey his words.
Su Che did not respond immediately. He remained silent for a while, unsure of how to answer. If he told the truth and revealed the secrets of the Creation Divine Tree and the Immortal Prison, who knew what might happen? But lying seemed even more foolish—he had no way of deceiving the other party. Moreover, he couldn’t think of any more reasonable explanation.
Say it was his own creation? Well, the other party might skin him alive and study him thoroughly, or extend a tree root to pierce his forehead and search his soul…
It was impossible to tell the truth or lie, so Su Che could only remain silent.
“Unconvenient to say?” the Tree Man asked again.
“Yes,” Su Che replied, nodding. “This is a personal secret of mine. I would rather die on the spot than let it be revealed.”
In other words, if you try to force me to reveal my secrets by searching my soul, I would rather destroy everything about myself first than let you get anything.
To Su Che, the Immortal Prison was more important than his own life. If he ever faced losing it, he would destroy himself first.
At least in my last moment, I would still possess the Immortal Prison.
It might sound ridiculous, but that was his firm determination.
The Tree Man paused briefly before saying, “Don’t forget, your friends are still in my hands. My children can tear them to pieces at any moment.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Su Che said nonchalantly, shrugging. “Whether they die with me or I die with them, it makes no difference.”
What Su Che hated the most was having his loved ones used as threats. The best way to deal with this was to act as someone utterly cold-hearted and ruthless, unbothered by losing everything, even his own life.
If someone is already ruthless to the extreme toward themselves, what else can be used to scare them?
The Tree Man’s expression seemed strange, especially since he had the same appearance as Su Che.

The snake woman beside him also smirked, staring at Su Che’s profile, seemingly lost in her thoughts. The tree man walked a few steps around Su Che, dragging the tree root tail behind him, and said again, “I don’t believe you can truly care nothing about life or death.” “Of course I don’t want to die,” Su Che nodded gently. “I came to this Devil Isolated Island to pick some Purple Crystal Fruits to improve my cultivation level, not to come here and commit suicide. I just refuse to let anyone threaten me in any way, especially since this involves the most important secret in my life.” Su Che was truly ready to go all in, risking everything he had. If he lost, it would be the end of everything for him. At this moment, his mind was clear, without a trace of fear. Because up to this point, Su Che stubbornly believed that he hadn’t made any mistakes along the way, and whatever happened next was fate—there was nothing to regret. Swish swish swish… Dozens of tree roots as thick as wrists emerged from the soil within a radius of ten zhang. More than a dozen of them, like ropes, slowly wrapped around Su Che, binding him tightly. The binding wasn’t fast, giving Su Che enough time to resist, but he didn’t move. Another dozen sharp-tipped tree roots floated up, like spears aimed at Su Che’s head. Su Che could sense that these tree roots contained overwhelming power that could easily pierce his skull. Su Che remained calm and unshaken, but mentally prepared to explode his brain and destroy himself the moment they struck. “Master…” Lao He was so nervous in the Immortal Prison that his heart felt like it might burst. At such a moment, he didn’t know what to say. “It’s okay, Lao He,” Su Che said calmly. “To be honest, I’m not afraid at all.” “I know, Master,” Lao He whined. “I can feel that you really aren’t afraid at all, but I’m terrified—I’m about to die!” “Haha…” Su Che couldn’t help but laugh inwardly. “At a time like this, you still try to make me laugh? You’re really annoying.” “I didn’t…” Lao He looked innocent. “I’m really scared. I even can’t understand how we suddenly ended up in such a desperate situation.” “It might not necessarily be a dead end. I just feel… Well, I can’t explain it.”

Sure enough, as Su Che thought these words to Old Black in his mind, the dozen or so sharp tree roots floating above his head slowly descended again, retracting back into the soil. However, the dozen or so tree roots binding Su Che still remained tight. “I’m giving you some time to think it over carefully.” The tree man on the other side also slowly retreated. “A reminder: don’t make me lose patience, or you and your friends will all die here.” Whoosh! He turned back into slender tree roots and retreated underground as well. Beside Su Che, only the thick, snake-like tail of the snake woman remained coiled on the ground. Su Che couldn’t move; the tree roots binding him were extremely tough. It seemed even a Chaos Spirit Treasure couldn’t cut them through. The snake woman swam closer, her expression half-smiling. “Do you want some time alone, or would you prefer me to stay with you?” “It’s much better to have someone to talk to than to be alone, especially under these circumstances,” Su Che said with a smile before asking, “Are you one of the first creatures created by the Hunli Divine Tree?” “Oh?” The snake woman’s expression changed slightly as she asked curiously, “How do you know?” “Just a guess.” Su Che’s gaze fell on her tail. “What I can figure out is that the Hunli Divine Tree already has the ability to create creatures. You and those magical beasts are all its children, each with an independent soul and mind, yet unable to break free from this direct connection to it, unable to leave the Island of Magic and Separation. Is that right?” “You’re right.” The snake woman nodded. “But it’s not that the Mother Goddess doesn’t want to grant us complete freedom. It’s that our forms of life aren’t complete. Once we’re separated from her nourishment, we die immediately. You’ve seen this happen already.” Su Che nodded. Not long ago, he had witnessed eight-headed magical beasts whose tails were severed by the Heavenly Sound Saw turning into piles of ashes in an instant. This situation was indeed quite special—the Hunli Divine Tree had created creatures with independent souls, and each of them was extremely powerful. Even the lowest-level magical beasts were roughly equivalent to the Immortal Lords in his own universe. Just three such beasts could defeat a Chaos Traveler. Yet for some reason, it couldn’t grant these magical beasts true freedom of life. Once their bodies lost connection to the tree roots of the Hunli Divine Tree, they died immediately. These creatures’ dependence on the Hunli Divine Tree was even deeper than that of fish without water.

Based on these circumstances, Su Che could conclude that the Mixed Separation Divine Tree’s ability to create life was still quite primitive, stuck in a bottleneck at a certain level. Such a bottleneck couldn’t be overcome by time alone; it required some external opportunity. Today, his arrival on Demon Separation Island made it sense that some kind of opportunity had arrived, and it wanted to obtain a chance for life evolution from him. “That’s right, it must be like that.” Su Che believed his speculation was almost certainly correct. “Then the next question is: what price do I need to pay to satisfy its request? Is it willing to make a deal with me, exchanging what we need, or does it only want to plunder from me unilaterally?” Through Su Che’s thoughts, Lao He basically understood the situation and asked, “Master, even if it’s willing to make a deal with you, what can you give it? Are you planning to cut off a branch from the Creation Divine Tree and give it?” “That’s impossible!” Su Che rejected it without hesitation. “If it finds out we have a Creation Tree seed with infinite creative power, who knows if it won’t become greedy and even try to devour the entire Creation Divine Tree… I still need to think carefully about what to do.” At that moment, the snake woman beside him spoke up again, “What’s your relationship with that female creature that can cut off our tails with sound waves?” “Female creature?” Su Che looked puzzled and immediately corrected, “We are humans. I’m a man, and she’s a woman. Moreover, she’s my woman—my spouse, my partner, in a marital relationship. Do you understand?” “I understand.” The snake woman stuck out her tongue and licked her red lips. “I’ve swallowed more than a dozen Chaos Travelers, so of course I know that when a male and a female combine, they can create new life. It’s amazing, isn’t it?” At that moment, judging from her facial expression, she was indeed very charming, filled with seductive allure, as if she was eager to try creating new life through union… Su Che had no words in response. This female creature had swallowed more than a dozen Chaos Travelers, surely incorporating some of their life memories as well. The snake woman added, “Since she’s your life partner, can you really remain indifferent to her life or death?”

Su Che knew that the Snake Woman stayed here as a lobbyist to gradually break down his mental defenses with gentle methods, so he said to her, “What exactly do you want from me? Can you just say it straight?”
“Very well, then I’ll be direct.”
The Snake Woman leaned in closer and narrowed her eyes, saying, “The Mother Goddess can sense that you possess a power to create life… Of course, it’s not the ability of combining male and female as mentioned earlier, but something else—something far more primal, born from chaos. You must be aware of it yourself, right?”
“Something primal, born from chaos, with the power to create life?”
Hearing this, Su Che immediately realized that he indeed had such a thing—though it wasn’t the Immortal Prison nor the Tree of Creation, but rather…