Since there was still no news of Yggdrasil, Mimir continued serving as the "Speaker" of Athens Sanctuary for the time being, while Hao Ren hung up the phone and began pondering a few questions.
After hearing Mimir's description of Yggdrasil, Hao Ren thought of many things. First of all, what exactly was this Firstborn named Yggdrasil, and what state had it been in during the Mythical Era?
Yggdrasil's incredible power was beyond doubt. It could pull the Nine Kingdoms through spacetime, and could even leap from the Solar System to a location millions of light-years away within seconds. The power required for that was absolutely astonishing. Even if that "Firstborn" had used some special means to achieve such a miracle, it had still demonstrated terrifying control. But why had it shown no reaction when the Demon Hunter triggered Ragnarök?
Mimir's explanation was that Yggdrasil had an unusual way of thinking, and that the Demon Hunter's attack had posed little threat to the World Tree itself, so the latter had not considered it something that needed to be taken seriously. However, Mimir had also mentioned that when he spoke with Yggdrasil during the Mythical Era, he had sensed that its mind was muddled and its thoughts sluggish. The old giant probably did not find that strange; after all, he had never met any other "World Trees." But Hao Ren knew that this was obviously abnormal. He had met a normal Firstborn before, and Zorm's thoughts had certainly not been sluggish.
"After crossing the Wall of Reality, the Firstborn was also affected by the Original Sin of Divine Blood. That's why Yggdrasil doesn't remember anything about the Dream Plane, and I suspect its sluggish thinking was caused by the same thing," Hao Ren said, explaining his guess. "The Firstborn's mental structure is