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[Tree] Chapter 164: Descendant of a fake god

"Let's start that again. I was rather confused why they gave me a list of pills rather than names," Elder Brent chuckled, "Anyway, in 5th place, we have the Blood Essence Revitalization Pill."

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[Tree] Chapter 163: Spiritual Nullification

Ashlock watched the colosseum from high above. Tensions were high as the final round was nearing the end, and the majority of the participants had completed their pill and stood idly next to their ...

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[Tree] Chapter 162: Newfound Confidence

Ashlock looked around the colosseum from high above and found Elder Margret standing under the demonic tree's shade.

She was calmly watching the proceeds of the finals with her arms crossed a...

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[Tree] Chapter 161: Seven Ingredients

Ashlock snapped the portal closed and watched as Titus stood at his full height out in the wilderness. In his cupped hands far above the ground was Roderick Terraforge, trapped within twisting blac...

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Ashlock Art

Here is some cool abstract art of Ashlock. 

I just gave the artist a description of my MC and sent some reference images, and let them have creative freedom, and I really like the result...

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[Tree] Chapter 160: A Verdict

Stella ignored Kassandra's questioning of the masked people and glanced around the hyped-up colosseum. The atmosphere was ecstatic to the point that she began to fear that the giant stone building ...

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[Tree] Chapter 159: The Crowds Roar

To kill the Skyrend family and blame it on Dante Voidmind was the focal point of the grand plan. Everything being done today was to set the stage for that moment.

Yet after Diana's great news...

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[Tree] Chapter 158: An Insane Plan

After watching Stella tour the city for a while, Ashlock switched his focus back to Red Vine Peak.

The day of reckoning was soon upon him, and he started panicking a little. The tournament's ...

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[Tree] Chapter 157: (Interlude) New Lands

Kassandra Skyrend glanced around the main hall of the Skyrend family mansion in Darklight City. The room was sunlit by massive windows obscured from the outside by a tapestry of runic formations ru...

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[Tree] Chapter 156: Death Sentence

Stella ignored the examiner's words to start—her focus was entirely on the Qi Flowing Grass presented to her. She picked it up, and after spending a moment to check, she let out a small sigh of r...

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[Tree] Chapter 155: The Preliminary Round

Stella felt very uncomfortable in the test room.

Not only were the other nobles showing open hostility, but so were the examiners.

Why did they look at me like that? Aren't the judg...

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[Tree] Chapter 154: A Simple Test

As much as Stella wished to leave immediately, she was unprepared for the day ahead.

"I wasn't planning on attending, so I'm not caught up on what the preliminary round entails," Stella said ...

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[Tree] Chapter 153: Rise of the Tyrant

Ashlock watched as Stella entered the alleyway behind the half-destroyed restaurant through her conjured portal. She looked understandably distraught, so he quickly opened a rift for her that led s...

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[Tree] Chapter 152: The Sin of Pride

Which family was she from?

Stella stood there, unsure how to respond. Her true identity would be easy to discover if she admitted to being a Crestfallen. Ashfallen was out of the question as ...

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Stella Art

Here's some Ai art inspired by chapter 151 I made in Photoshop (I am not very good). 

The first image shows what Stella could look like with a demonic tree tattoo, and t...

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[Tree] Chapter 151: Immortal Gourmet Pavilion

Stella sat on the bench with her back straight. Her gaze was deadset ahead on the demonic tree offspring in the courtyard center in a vain attempt to ignore the perpetual mystical fog hanging at th...

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[Tree] 150: Darklight City Academy

"That will be all for this lecture on how to overcome the limits of your affinity. Are there any questions?" Elaine scanned the lecture hall for any raised hands or confused faces, but all she got ...

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[Tree] Chapter 149: Talkative Tree

Elder Margret tapped her foot in annoyance while waiting in the empty airship station. The midday sun streaked through the windows and doorways, which could only mean one thing.

The Skyrend f...

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[Tree] Chapter 148: Abyssal Whispers

Through his Demonic Eye, Ashlock could see through the mortal flesh and gaze upon the spiritual nature of the corpses he had acquired. Rather than black fur sprouting from leathered skin, he saw th...

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[Tree] Chapter 147: Self Reflection

Stella felt wild and free as she swung her sword and brutally slashed a mutated beast in half—the sheer force of her attack sent the two halves of the corpse hurtling through the air in opposite ...

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[Tree] Chapter 146: Hunting with Titans

Grand Elder Redclaw frowned as he gazed out his study's window at the distant Red Vine Peak. A perpetual mist swirled around the mountain, obscuring everything but the tips of the demonic trees fro...

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[Tree] Chapter 145: Stella's New Talent

Stella let out a deep breath as her consciousness returned to reality. Her eyes fluttered open, and she squinted briefly as she was blinded by the warm midday sun.

Feeling within herself, she...

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[Tree] Chapter 144: A Profound Pill

Ashlock felt a little prideful watching Elder Margrets and the twin's reactions to him growing cultivation resources in the blink of an eye. The system may refrain from giving him many powerful att...

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[Tree] Chapter 143: Celestial Monolith

Douglas looked over his shoulder as he saw the distorted sunset on Red Vine Peak through the shimmering portal. Stella gave him a little wave before the portal snapped closed behind him with a pop ...

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[Tree] Chapter 142: Alchemy Empire

Ashlock observed the meeting occurring in the dining room from above. As he had planned, Elaine began to write on the parchment in ancient runes, which he and Stella could read without problem.

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[Tree] Chapter 141: Double Agent

Elaine reluctantly left the void chamber with Dante.

He was insane, and she felt sick listening to his nonsense. But It wasn't often that she was allowed access to the void chamber, which was...

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[Tree] Chapter 140: Deluded Scion

After fusing with his children's roots, Ashlock could peer into many buildings by sneaking a root through a window or a doorway. With so many demonic trees throughout the city, people didn't really...

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[Tree] Chapter 139: Dante Voidmind's Arrival

Elaine stood before a mirror hanging in her study with a frown.

She had made a window in the thick dust coating the mirror with her sleeve and now stared at her reflection.

"How?" Those...

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[Tree] Chapter 138: Odd Looks

Diana placed Kaida down on the ground. The snake glanced back at her with deep golden eyes, and his pink tongue flickered out. It was obvious to Diana that Kaida didn't like being on the cold stone...

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[Tree] Chapter 137: Learning New Things

A date?

Ashlock's initial thought—seeing Douglas standing before him and asking for such a thing—was how sad this was. Why did a grown man feel the need to ask a demonic tree whether or n...

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