But with the influx of countless living beings, even the vast Forest of Existence had become unbearably crowded.
Fierce conflicts also arose between the original residents and the new immigrants.
Yet all of this was quelled by Elino, the mythic treant.
Elino had now embarked upon the path of cultivation and, following the methods imparted by the Wondrous Existence Emperor Lord, had reforged his Primordial Spirit.
Perhaps in the past, when gods walked the earth in droves, he would have amounted to nothing.
But now that the gods had been cast down by Ao and their strength had yet to recover, someone like him, who had twice cultivated himself to the peak of Legend, had become a force not to be underestimated.
Those unaware of the truth saw that he alone could approach the World Tree and took him to be its guardian.
But the host of holy spirits who knew the truth understood
that behind the mythic treant on the surface, there was also a powerful avatar of the Druid God here.
Thus, everyone was willing to give the mythic treant some face and follow his arrangements.
Yet now, at a time when the gods had fallen, the renowned leader of the Zhengyi Sect, Christianity's Grand Elder, the Grand Knight, Buddhism's Enlightened One, the Blood God, the Thunder God, and the like—
these beings who still retained their original divine power and possessed the ability to destroy worlds were wantonly plundering everything they could lay their hands on.
This inevitably made the people in the Forest of Existence grow nervous.
Even with the suppression of Elino, the mythic treant, the entire Forest of Existence could not help but fall into some disorder.
Supporters of the various faiths gathered around the holy spirits of the gods they believed in.
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