Once again, Lu Yi entered the Sea of Consciousness that did not belong to him and witnessed Mu En merging with the Golden Tree.
But Lu Yi found that Mu En seemed completely unaware of his presence. In Lu Yi's eyes, Mu En ultimately gave almost everything he had to the Golden Tree, retaining only a wisp of his soul, which fell into slumber.
Unlike last time, when he could only watch passively, Lu Yi's spiritual power had grown steadily over nearly three years and undergone a world-shaking transformation. Now he had far more freedom.
He also discovered something that had not been in the Sea of Consciousness before: a sphere wrapped in vines—or, more precisely, a Cocoon.
Lu Yi had never seen this vine before. Yet its distinctive blue appearance and silver veins shot through with gold let him identify the plant in a heartbeat.
The way it existed within the Sea of Consciousness closely resembled a parasite, but it appeared to be dormant and showed no reaction to Lu Yi's scrutiny.
As Mu En merged with the Golden Tree, however, the golden veins across the vine flickered. Then the entire plant seemed to grow a little stronger.
Lu Yi understood what had happened, but he had not expected Ah Yin to begin seizing the Golden Tree so soon.
What baffled him even more was the being that was very likely the Golden Tree itself. It had pulled him into this Sea of Consciousness twice, yet apart from saying hello, it had revealed nothing. What was it trying to tell him?
It couldn't be asking me to stop Ah Yin from taking it over, could it?
After all, stopping Ah Yin from taking over the Golden Tree would mean facing more than Ah Yin alone.
Since Ah Yin had