Three years had passed again.
ckwood was thriving more than ever. As Ethan stood up, looking at the information on the translucent screen before him, he walked towards the Death Coffin.
[Your descendant Nathan has broken through to the third level of the Death Coffin and today enters the fourth level space!]
"Finally, he''s broken through to the fourth level."
Ethan grinned and entered the Death Coffin, where he met Nathan on the fourth level.
The first and second levels of the Death Coffin were filled with endless zombies, the third with oppressive psychic powers, and now the fourth level presented apletely different scene.
It was... an endless ck ocean, with a deathly aura floating above the sinister and terrifying waters.
[Death Coffin Fourth Level·Boundless Sea of Death]
[This sea, formed from the deathly energies of heaven and earth, allows the owner of the Death Coffin to absorb and utilize these energies to strengthen themselves. Within the Sea of Death, zombies can heal their wounds. Set up the Four Symbols Death Psychic Array, using four Sky Corpses as the foundation of the array.
Once the array isplete, it possesses powerparable to undergoing the ny-nine heavenly tribtions.]
Ethan gasped, "Truly the work of an ancient Ability Master Psychic."
The strength of a Force Psychic is also measured by their ability to endure heavenly tribtions. Ny-nine tribtions represent the pinnacle of Force.
Nathan had seen it himself; he said his own heavenly tribtion would likely only reach sixty-nine, thanksrgely to his heavenly pill.
"Forebearer, I have broken through the fourth level and now must go out to await the heavenly tribtion. With the Sea of Death here, I can use the tribtion to forge my third Sky Corpse!"
Seeing Nathan holding the Psychic Position.
Ethan nodded slightly. Nathan had already turned Donald''s body into a Sky Corpse two years ago, but it had exhausted all their materials.
Nathan also left the family with his coffin, preparing to face his tribtion.
...
Time quickly moved to [ckwood Year 160], and the grand ceremony began again, bringing another wave of gains.
Ethan opened his eyes.
[Congrattions, you haveprehended the power of the sun, moon, and stars!]
"I''ve finally understood it!"
Ethan was overjoyed. Now, he felt the power of the five elements and the celestial bodies, ready to face the lightning strikes in the real world.
The children of ckwood were also preparing for their tribtions, and the younger generations were growing stronger due to the vast consumption of resources.
Even...
He nced at the Primordial Blood Tree above. It hadn''t opened its eyes for over a decade. Its branches emitted a red glow, and its aura was strengthening. If it weren''t for the ckwood people collectively using a spell to shield its aura, rk, who coborated with ckwood, would have been tempted to dig it up.
"Let''s stay here a bit longer; we''re not in a rush."
Ethan smiled slightly. The family''s power had grown many times stronger than when they were fighting in Azure Cloud.
Then, Ethan took a walk around the family estate.
Year after year, not only ckwood but also its estate had grown significantly, not weakened by their submission to the Druids, but rather bing more formidable.
However... the conflict between ckwood and the Druids was deepening.
...
[Gratitude Vige]
Ethan walked through the streets. Gratitude Vige was divided into the core area, inner city, and outer city. The core area was only essible to ckwood n members and those truly loyal to ckwood. The inner city was where the original inhabitants of Gratitude Vige lived, with Psychics patrolling everywhere.
The outer city...
Ethan saw many Druids. Over the years, Nichs had coborated with the Druids, and rk had dered sovereignty, slowly infiltrating ckwood, leading to the current situation in Gratitude Vige.
The vige used to be harmonious, but now with the Druids living in the outer city, it was filled with disorder. He even saw Psychics from Gratitude Vige fighting Druids in the outer city''s arena. This was Nichs''s solution to the discord between the Druids and humans, setting up an arena for legal battles to the death.
At that moment, a citizen of Gratitude Vige was killed by a Druid in the arena.
The Druids below the stage shouted excitedly, while the vigers of Gratitude Vige whispered bitterly.
"If the old n leader and Lord Daniel were here, how dare these Druids be so bold? They would have been buried in our fields, nourishing our psychic nts!"
"They don''t treat us like humans!"
"I heard they even took old Stephen''s daughter, treating her like a ve. I really want to risk my life fighting these Druids."
...
As Ethan walked through Gratitude Vige, he could hear the vigers cursing under their breath, while the Druids strutted around as if they owned the ce. Soon, Ethan arrived at a mansion.
The sign above the door read [Foreign Affairs], bustling with many Druids and some localsing and going. Entering, Ethan saw Nichs sitting behind a desk, with Helen standing by his side.
"What has be of you?" Ethan frowned. It had been over twenty years since hest saw Nichs while cultivating psychic powers within the family estate. Nichs hadn''t shown up at the grand ceremony at the ckwood shrine, yet Ethan had still received Nichs''s Tribute Offering.
Now, the once pampered young man appeared overweight, his face lined with wrinkles and his hair speckled with white. Time had left its mark on Nichs. Many years ago, Nichs had reached the Transcendent Seed stage, and he was still at that stage now, despite having a single Psychic Constitution.
[Your descendant Nichs is burdened with deep-seated frustrations, unable to break through his inner demons and advance beyond the Developing Skill stage.]
[Your descendant dares not step into the inner city again; he has exhausted all means, even kneeling to Luke again, to keep the sacred family inner city and estate from being breached by the Druids.]
Behind him was the Great River Dragon Map, a lower-grade ability weapon he hadn''t used since then, and the family-gifted psychic spear, now revered like an antique on the altar behind him.
After dealing with the Druids'' affairs, he stared at the Great River Dragon Map behind him, lost in thought for a long time.
Helen ced her delicate hand on his shoulder, and Nichs caressed Helen''s hand, "Helen, I''ve seen the message sent by Great-Grandmother."
"So many of our family have broken through, many reaching the Developing Skill stage."
"There will also be many Competent Force stage warriors. Our ckwood''s power can nowpare with the entire Cloudview County."
Hearing this, a smile spread across Helen''s face, "Then we..."
Nichs also smiled, "Great-Grandmother said I no longer need to be the head of the family. I can walk into the inner city, follow the paths I walked as a child, return to the family, and head towards the Forebearer''s shrine."
Ethan smiled too. These years had been joyful within ckwood, but he knew that the peace ckwood had enjoyed was all because of Nichs''s humble sacrifices.
Shortly after.
Ethan walked to where Olivia was at Dawn.
At that moment, Olivia was still seated in her wheelchair, handing letters to the Dawn assassins. She had her AI Bionic Robot maid push her to the window, looking out at the bright sun, "The Druids, it''s toote for regrets now."
That day, everyone in ckwood received a letter!
The letter was marked with a ''B'', and they could smell the bloodstain''s foul scent on it—it was Druid blood.
Not only them.
In the Thunderfire Demon Cave, the hidden forces of Cloudview County also received letters from ckwood. They squinted their eyes, picked up their weapons, and emerged from their seclusions.
Across Cloudview County, all the masters held the blood-stained letters, looking up at the bright sun.
It seemed... they were ready!