Chapter 2097 - 1658: Furnace Branch Requests to Send Reinforcements

Chapter 2097: Chapter 1658: Furnace Branch Requests to Send Reinforcements

After a session of verbal education from Anthony, Ossia realized that his greatest value lay in being situated on the Universal Tree of Kelanis, serving no other purpose.

So... now all he needs to do is offer his soul to Ange and imprint it with the Soul Brand.

Ossia was a bit surprised, is it really just about imprinting? No other tasks?

Having just been deemed worthless, Ossia thought no one valued him, only to be surprised by a complete turn of events. For nothing is needed now to achieve the goal, as uploading memory also requires establishing Soul Contact.

Anthony sneered: "What are you capable of doing? We’ll make a body for you first, you’ll project over for the next step. What kind of body do you want?

Ossia replied indifferently: "Whatever, as long as it can carry my consciousness."

Anthony replied irritatedly: "What are you thinking? Whatever? Isn’t that a waste? You’re coming over to work too."

Ossia remained silent for a long time. He originally thought of himself as worthless, so didn’t dare to ask, thinking just any body that could hold his consciousness would do.

But what did Anthony mean? Was he to come over to work, or would he be given a more practical body?

Seeing his silence, Anthony directly suggested: "How about we give you a seedling of the Universal Tree as your body, does that work?"

Ossia was suddenly dumbfounded; he was merely a growth on the Universal Tree, but now being given a sapling of the Universal Tree meant he could grow into one?

Anthony, noticing his silence, chuckled and continued: "Don’t want this? Then how about a Deceit Tree Seedling? Don’t want the Deceit Tree Seedling either? Then what about the Parasitic Vine? The use of Parasitic Vine is more troublesome as it requires parasitizing other plants. If you choose the Parasitic Vine, it would need to parasitize the Universal Tree."

Ossia quickly replied: "I want the Universal Tree, as my body."

Goodness, with just a moment’s hesitation, the offer dropped from Universal Tree to Parasitic Vine, and he’d have to find a Universal Tree to parasitize? Why not directly reincarnate as the Universal Tree instead?

But how strong are these people? Casually bringing out a Universal Tree sapling, is this the power of the Ghost Guides?

Ossia truly didn’t know what Ghost Guides were. His perception of the outside world was entirely shielded by the Universal Tree. He had heard the name only because the Living Dead discussed it.

He knew of all the discussions within the Nether River Council, but only limited to it, as information was provided by Kelanis. Whatever Kelanis wanted the Nether River Council to discuss, that was the information provided, nothing beyond that was known.

Next was a somewhat unconventional process. Ossia handed over an imprint to Ange, who casually branded it onto a White Crystal.

Then Ossia projected onto this White Crystal, after which Ange used the Goddess of Beauty Fist to extract the consciousness from the White Crystal and imprint it with a Soul Brand.

The following moment, a new node appeared on Ange’s Soul Network.

Subsequently, Ange planted it into a sapling of the Universal Tree, randomly picking a God Star to plant it in.

Under Ange’s command, many God Stars lacked a Universal Tree, so planting was just right.

Once planted, the Universal Tree was controlled by the seedling, and Ossia’s consciousness was restrained by Ange, providing dual assurance against betrayal.

Additionally, a copy of his memory was saved, allowing him to return to his body. Thus, even if betrayal occurred, it wouldn’t matter as Ange could revive another with his memory—a triple assurance.

After such operations, Ossia was securely bound to Ange, eliminating further chances of betrayal.

And Gesia seemed resigned, sharing everything he knew completely.

"You truly are quite pitiful. Have you never left Kelanis since your creation? Not even seen the Void?" Negris asked empathetically.

Ossia nodded; he had become a growth on the Universal Tree due to insect damage, effectively a wound on the Universal Tree’s body, which had awoken consciousness?

If not for his special ability, the Universal Tree would have eliminated him long ago—who would care about the desires of a wound? Even ordinary people would rush to apply medicine for healing.

Fortunately, he survived, but everything was controlled by the Universal Tree. Without nourishment, he couldn’t even think, and without permission, his thoughts couldn’t extend far.

Essentially trapped within the confines of a growth-sized space until the Universal Tree’s death—at which time he would also perish, meaning his life’s course was already foreseeable.

Furthermore, he had to sustain a batch of Living Dead, leading such a life for countless years, eternally seeing no hope of change.

Thus, learning the silver coin had a method of contacting the external world and uploading memory for resurrection, his first response wasn’t to report to Kelanis but secretly connect with Ange, preferring enslavement under someone else than remaining here.

Anthony asked: "What’s this Nether River Council about?"

Ossia explained: "Every once in a while, Kelanis would bring over a couple of wise souls... as he calls them, then graft them onto me, letting me nourish them to sustain their life..."

Here, Ossia paused: "... and sustain their thinking ability. However, these people are essentially dead, leaving only a shell, with consciousness long dissipated, not considered alive."

"Whenever significant decisions arise, Kelanis is unsure or unable to decide, he’d consult these Living Dead for solutions."

Anthony nodded: "I guessed as much—the so-called Nether River Council is essentially Kelanis’s auxiliary brain. No wonder he sometimes acts quite human, even naming things with human-like mannerisms. So what’s the latest decision from the Nether River Council?"

"Their decision is to continue searching elsewhere, cautiously avoiding the Sixth Divine Star, fearing it might be used for traps by you." Ossia stated.

Anthony slapped his thigh abruptly: "Why didn’t I think of that? Yes, the Sixth Divine Star can be leveraged to set traps."

The Sixth Divine Star’s tone tightened, asking: "Anthony, what do you mean by this?"

"I mean, this is a flaw. If I didn’t know you, the first thing should be to set traps using your body. However, Kelanis was too cautious and missed this flaw." Anthony explained.

The Sixth Divine Star sighed in relief, glad it wasn’t intended as a trap with his body. As he was about to say more, Ossia suddenly said: "Hold on, Kelanis just established a new agenda, mentioning the Lord of the Furnace Branch, Helios, hoping to send some people to assist Kelanis in besieging you all."