Chapter 150: Purification of the Bloodline

“A species containing the essence of natural energy has been discovered. Its essence can be extracted and fused into the Tree of Life, triggering its evolution. Proceed with fusion?”
When Ilya held a leaf from the ancient Tree of Life and approached it, the Book of Truth in Donald’s mind immediately provided guidance.
“Fuse!”
Of course, he wouldn’t miss such an opportunity. Yet the Book of Truth gave him another hint: fusion required five units of soul power and three thousand low-grade elemental crystals.
Gritting his teeth, Donald confirmed the fusion again. Although it required a cost equivalent to summoning a hero, the potential for the Tree of Life’s evolution made it worthwhile.
After paying these costs, the leaf in Ilya’s hand floated upward, transforming into a green beam of light that spread out and instantly merged into the Tree of Life before him.
The Tree of Life emitted a soft green glow, with countless light particles drifting around it like natural spirits. A wave of life-infusing force radiated over hundreds of miles.
In an instant, the Tree of Life’s appearance changed—its trunk grew upward at a rate of one foot per second, thickening as it went, while its branches and crown expanded outward.
Soon, what had once covered only a small area grew into a tree with a trunk diameter of a hundred meters, thirty stories tall, and a crown spanning several football fields—almost large enough to cover an entire town.
Just one leaf had enabled the Tree of Life to reach a level it would have taken hundreds of years to achieve otherwise. Through the Book of Truth, Donald realized that the Tree of Life now equaled a Golden Sacred Beast, with even greater capabilities.
Firstly, the Tree of Life evolved into an Ancient Tree of Life, rising to a Golden-tier being. Its natural barrier expanded to hundreds of square kilometers, covering almost the entire territory of Dalaran. Moreover, beyond its original attributes, the barrier’s power increased—within its bounds, the Tree of Life could provide its master with abundant life force, restoring all physical injuries and draining stamina and magic energy.
Secondly, the function of the Moon Wells also evolved. Their monthly output increased by dozens of times, and the life force they contained became even richer.
When the Tree of Life rewrapped its previous Moon Wells, seeing the moon essence swirling within them, the elves led by Ilya exclaimed in awe, “This is the Water of Life!! By the Moon Goddess!”

Donald asked Ilya about the Water of Life and learned that generally only an adult Life Tree could produce it. The Water of Life had miraculous effects, including prolonging life, restoring vitality, and healing all wounds. Especially for short-lived races like humans, its life-prolonging effects were even more significant.
“This is quite similar to the Moon Essence. I guess due to the rules of this world, the Moon Essence produced by the Moon Well is also more akin to the Water of Life!”
After integrating some essence from the world’s Life Tree, the evolved Life Tree became more in line with the world’s laws. It not only reached a golden-level status, reaching the pinnacle of ordinary beings, but could also advance further into the legendary realm beyond the mundane.
Moreover, the Life Tree’s combat capabilities greatly improved. Although its tree-man form was powerful, its slow speed limited its offensive strength. However, the natural barrier it possessed expanded by dozens of times, covering almost the entire territory. It could be said that if it advanced further, the area covered by this barrier would become Donald’s actual domain.
As the first golden-tier warrior under Donald, although the Life Tree couldn’t provide legendary-level combat power, its support capabilities were comparable to those of a divine artifact.
Any enemy below the golden tier who entered the barrier’s range would be suppressed and at Donald’s mercy. Even golden-tier warriors would have their strength reduced by at least three levels, and their use of elemental powers within the barrier would be affected by the laws controlled by the Life Tree, preventing them from fully utilizing their abilities. This was the true strength of the Life Tree.
These were merely the direct effects of the Life Tree’s advancement. Its indirect effects brought even greater benefits to Donald.
At the request of the Book of Truth, Donald took the opportunity to ask Elder Ilya for some of his blood. Though Ilya was somewhat puzzled, he was too overjoyed at regaining the Life Tree to object and agreed.
After obtaining pure elf blood and combining it with the Book of Truth’s scans of their bodies, it was determined that elf bodies were over 99% similar to human bodies, essentially confirming them as close blood relatives.

But unlike humans, the souls of elves possess a difference of less than one percent—within them lies a force imbued with natural energy that connects their body and soul, similar to the divine bloodline found in divine beings. However, this force is much weaker and gentler, far inferior to the dominance and power of a divine bloodline.
The Book of Truth concluded that this was the gift and potential bestowed upon elves when the World Tree created them, and it was also the real reason they were generally stronger than humans and other races.
What Donald had seen were ordinary elves. Presumably, those noble elves with higher elf bloodlines were strong because their natural energy was greater than that of ordinary elves. As for the true high elves, they must have reached or even surpassed the level of divine bloodlines, which is why they became the most elite beings in the world, possessing almost immortal lives.
Does that mean humans actually lost their elf bloodline and separated from the elf race?
Thinking this way, combined with the secrets mentioned earlier by Illia, it wasn’t impossible! The first intelligent beings in the main world were the high elves born from the World Tree. To humans, those legendary high elves were like gods, and they indeed were as powerful as gods.
Weren’t there similar legends in his past life—of Pangu and Nüwa being born from chaos as the ancestors of humanity?
Then, the high elves who first emerged from the World Tree might very well be the common ancestors of humans, elves, and even other anthropoid beings in this world.
After arriving at this conclusion, Donald immediately ordered the Book of Truth to restore his and Kelthas’s elf bloodline by extracting the life imprints from their elf bloodlines and the primal energy from the ancient World Tree.
Suddenly, two streams of green light emanated from the World Tree, enveloping Donald and Kelthas.
Within the green light, the auras of the two began to change slightly.
The elves watching this scene were filled with envy, thinking it was the World Tree bestowing blessings upon them.
Although there was no visible change in appearance, their auras were now completely different from before. If their elf auras had been hidden before, now they had become fully visible. Even humans who weren’t elves could sense the difference, let alone the true elves present.
“Congratulations, Lord and Lord Kelthas, for receiving the blessings of the Mother Tree!”

Elder Ilya said with envy. Although their druid tribe had ancient origins, it had declined over many generations, and its bloodline purity could no longer compare to that of the direct descendants of the Sun Elves and Moon Elves, the two major high elves. Even now, it was inferior to the half-elf bloodline of someone like Donald.

Logically, he should be the strongest among those present and, having offered leaves from the ancestral tree, ought to receive the Tree of Life’s blessing the most. Of course, Ilya had no idea it was the Book of Truth at work; he thought the Tree of Life favored these two even more!

In reality, the elf bloodline granted to Donald and the others by the Book of Truth was not pure—it was merely a simulation created by the Book of Truth by combining the elf bloodlines from another world with the rules of this world. Compared to true elf bloodlines, it was only somewhat similar. Now, having acquired pure elf bloodline and been further evolved by the essence of the true Tree of Life, he had reached a level equivalent to half a high elf’s bloodline. Donald could now be considered a hybrid of a high elf descendant and a human, with his lifespan rising to around eight hundred years. Such a long time would allow him to reach the pinnacle of the mage profession even without much effort, and it wouldn’t be difficult for him to advance to legendary status or beyond.

Meanwhile, Kelthas’s high elf bloodline had also grown stronger. Now, whenever he stood in front of any elves, they would feel deep affection and respect for him.

Through this transformation, the Book of Truth also perfected the elf bloodline system. From now on, the elf troops summoned by Donald would be completely different. The elves summoned before were merely superficial—they looked like elves on the outside but, like Donald and the others before them, had impure bloodlines. Although their abilities weren’t much weaker than those of true elves, they lacked the innate elf traits; those abilities were merely deduced by the Book of Truth.

Now, with the true elf bloodline’s life imprint, it was finally possible to manifest true elves! From this point on, the elf troops he summoned would have bloodlines identical to those of the true elves in this world, even surpassing them by combining the best traits from all sides.

The Tree of Life communicated with Donald through thought, stating that it could emit the essence of its spirit. All elves below legendary status would feel an innate resonance in their bloodlines, leading them to feel immense affection and reverence for this ancestral tree.

This bond is a powerful restraint second only to a slave contract, essentially ensuring that these elves will not betray or disobey. Upon learning of such an advantage, Donald, who was worried about how to fully bind these elves to his war chariot, immediately ordered the Tree of Life to release that mental wave. An invisible spiritual wave then spread from where the Tree of Life stood, covering all the elves present. If humans sensed this tempting mental wave, it would surely arouse some caution in them. But for these elves, the opportunity to get close to the Tree of Life was like a blessing bestowed by the Moon Goddess! These druid elves, who had been far away from the Tree of Life for thousands of years, longed desperately for the feeling of being close to their mother. As a result, they gradually and steadily established a deeper spiritual connection with the Tree of Life, and unconsciously developed more respect and affection for Donald, the master of the Tree of Life.