Su Chen was just about to pass through the small garden.
The pale old man stopped Su Chen and said, "Take the spoils that belong to you."
With that, the old man threw a ring that was glowing with a pale light into Su Chen's hand.
Su Chen took a look and saw that the ring's shape was very unique. It was obviously very exquisite, but it didn't give him the feeling that it was man-made at all. It was as if it was naturally formed.
"Everything about this old man originates from this pale divine ring. It comes from the ancient and distant era. This old man still hasn't completely understood the power it contains. But if it's you, you might be able to truly control its power."
"Thank you."
Su Chen cupped his hands and put the pale divine ring on his finger. However, he wasn't in a hurry to study it. Instead, he went straight through the small garden.
In front of him was a strange domain space that glowed with a faint blue light.
The ground was like still water, and the wilderness was like the void.
Su Chen raised his head and saw a withered tree. The trunk had been hollowed out, leaving only a layer of bark to support the whole tree. The bark emitted a faint blue light, cold and lonely.
He could vaguely see the figure of a woman sitting under the tree. However, no matter how close Su Chen got, he always kept a certain distance from the withered tree, so he couldn't see the woman's true appearance.
Su Chen decisively gave up.
"Su Chen greets the Eternal Overlord."
Su Chen bowed slightly to the woman and the withered tree in the distance.
"Do you know why you're standing here?" the woman asked.
Her voice was very strange. Although it sounded soft and ethereal, it also gave people a feeling of emptiness. It was as if the tree behind her was already standing tall, but its heart had already withered.
Su Chen was slightly stunned. After thinking for a while, he said, "Because I passed the test?"
"The Eternal Trial is actually just a lie. From the beginning to the end, there was no trial in this Eternal Garden. The conditions that decide who can come here will always depend on whether I agree or not. That's all."
"Even if you're a weak ant, as long as I agree, you can come here."
"On the other hand, even if you were ten times or a hundred times stronger, I would still be able to stop you outside."
So … the two fights earlier were for nothing?
At the very least, these two battles had given Su Chen a lot of enlightenment. One was the enlightenment of the True Self, and the other was the Pale Divine Ring. These were very helpful to Su Chen's strength.
However, Su Chen did not doubt the veracity of the Eternal Overlord's words.
She was indeed very strong.
Even though he was looking from afar and couldn't see his face clearly, he still gave Su Chen an unprecedented sense of pressure.
Perhaps even the Chaos Will wasn't as strong as an eternal overlord.
"Eternal Overlord, do you think I'm handsome, so you're deliberately giving me a way out?" Su Chen chuckled.
The Eternal Overlord was not affected by Su Chen's frivolous words. She said, "As you can see, my soul has begun to wither. This Eternal Tree represents my will. It can't hold on for much longer. Before I'm completely exhausted, I must choose a successor to pass on the knowledge I've gained over the years. Now, I've chosen you. Are you willing to accept this heavy inheritance?"
"Then, what's the price?" Su Chen frowned.
"Fulfill my unfulfilled wish … Break the final lie and go to the other side of the truth."
"Are you saying that the world we live in is actually fake?"
"You need to discover this for yourself."
"Sounds interesting. Okay, I agree." Su Chen smiled.
Life was full of challenges. He wasn't even afraid of the Chaos Will, so there was no need for him to panic over such a small matter.
Su Chen wouldn't have been able to reach where he was today if he didn't have the mindset to remain calm even if the sky collapsed.
"You're very brave. It seems that my choice wasn't wrong."
The woman whose face couldn't be seen clearly seemed to show a faint smile.
The next moment.
The Eternal Tree collapsed with a loud bang.
Everything turned into dust.
The light and dust shone on Su Chen's soul.
Pain!
In an instant, a huge amount of information beyond imagination surged into the depths of Su Chen's soul.
A huge amount of images and information kept flashing through his mind.
This information transmission efficiency was even better than 50G or 500G, let alone 5G.
Every millisecond, Su Chen received an astronomical amount of information. It was so huge that it was enough to paralyze and collapse the top AI of a level-9 civilization.
Su Chen's soul was too strong. If it were anyone else, their soul would have been directly burned by this huge amount of information.
This process lasted for an unknown amount of time.
Su Chen only lasted for a few seconds before he completely lost consciousness. He was like a mobile hard drive that didn't have any consciousness. He only knew how to crazily store information, tireless and endless.
After a long time.
When Su Chen's soul cooled down slightly and his consciousness recovered, he found that he had returned to the small garden.
He was lying on a large bed made of flower petals.
He didn't see the pale old man, but he saw a beautiful girl with long, straight black hair sitting by the bed. Her eyes were closed as if she was dozing off.
"Who are you?" Su Chen sat up and asked.
The girl with long, straight black hair was frightened and almost fell to the ground. After stabilizing herself with great difficulty, she hurriedly explained, "Greetings, Lord Ruler. I'm Weilan. As you can see, I'm the tree spirit of the Eternal Tree. I've been living in the Eternal Tree for a long time. Now that the Eternal Tree has collapsed, the previous Eternal Master took pity on me and gave me a new life of freedom. However, Weilan doesn't know where to go, so I've voluntarily chosen to stay and assist the new Lord Ruler."
"You mean to say that the previous Eternal Master has already died, and I'm now the new Eternal Master?"
"Burp … It's better not to use such words on the former Eternal Overlord. That would be too disrespectful to the former Eternal Overlord. But the meaning is correct. The former Eternal Overlord has indeed fallen. In fact, she could have avoided such a solution. After all, eternity will not perish. But in the end, she still made the worst choice, which makes me very surprised and puzzled."
"That's not important."
Su Chen shrugged. She was just a woman he had met once. There was no need to sympathize with her. Besides, she was probably tired of living. Now that she had thrown her courage to Su Chen, she could be free to go. To her, this might not be a bad thing.
As for the heavy burden that Su Chen had taken on … Who cares? Let's have some fun first.
This was the Eternal Master. Without mentioning anything else, just this title alone was priceless.