The Holy Wish Tree
As the congregation chanted, all kinds of strange phenomena appeared one after another.
One moment, a towering pagoda rose into the clouds; the next, tens of thousands of gray, shadowy beings emerged from underground. Besides humans, there were all sorts of monsters.
—Monsters even Gu Qingshan had never seen!
Suddenly, all the strange phenomena vanished, and the world disappeared with them.
A colossal tree, gray from top to bottom, appeared before Gu Qingshan. It blotted out the sky and sun, constantly radiating an invisible, wondrous power.
Apart from this tree, nothing else existed.
Gu Qingshan looked at the colossal tree, and lines of Crimson Small Characters immediately appeared before his eyes:
"Holy Wish Tree."
"An elementary holy relic of the Fallen type."
"It will make a contract with you of some kind, helping you become stronger."
"But first..."
"It needs to weigh your strength."
The scene before Gu Qingshan's eyes flickered, and everything vanished.
The next instant,
the world became a field of ruins.
Crimson Small Characters kept appearing, offering reminders:
"Fallen mission: Prove your worth."
"The more potential you show, the higher the Holy Wish Tree's opinion of you will be."
"Warning: If its evaluation is too low, it will forcibly transform you into a low-level fallen creature."
"Don't worry about anything. Let go and show them what you can do."
Gu Qingshan fell silent, then suddenly asked, "Are the Six Paths of Reincarnation, you, and the Fallen Holy Tree all watching me right now?"
"Yes. The only difference is that the Fallen Holy Tree doesn't know we're watching all this," the Sequence replied.
"What exactly is the test?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"Probably dealing with some kind of Sequence. From the perspective of showing your potential, likely facing a doomsday," the Sequence said.
"You want