At this moment, Li Ye needed to make a choice.
Immortal or god.
"I shouldn't have overthought this in the first place."
If it were up to Li Ye, he would definitely choose the immortal path.
At the very least, among the cultivation systems of this world that he knew of, the immortal path was certainly more carefree.
But the Dew-Bearing Magnolia Tree's situation was special.
It had fused with the consciousnesses of so many different trees from the very beginning, and so many Crystalline Spirit Bees were counting on it. Not to mention that over the past decade or so, it had gradually absorbed an unknown number of Dew-Bearing Magnolias.
The world of spirit plants was cruel yet tender, but sometimes that tenderness was too tender—when the Dew-Bearing Magnolia Tree had not chosen to directly absorb those consciousnesses as nourishment, it had already planted the seed of what was to come.
Now, it had finally erupted.
Instead, Li Ye felt as though the dust had finally settled, leaving him with a sense of relief.
So.
"Then just take both."
"I'll help you."
He sighed softly, and the Immortal Light of the Heartfelt Melody lit up.
There was no need to play it.
There was not even any need for him to take out the Heartfelt Melody.
With merely a turn of thought, the Immortal Light rose and stretched toward the chaotic Dew-Bearing Magnolia Tree.
Wanting both immortality and godhood was not easy.
But he had learned quite a few things over this period. On top of that, he had an Earth Book Fragment in hand, enough to help the Dew-Bearing Magnolia Tree turn the area it occupied into an Earth Immortal Domain.
The magnolia tree's main consciousness would become an "immortal."
The other Crystalline Spirit Bees and the unconsumed