The little boy in the well-tailored suit before him and the enormous black dragon coiled atop the World Tree's corpse in the distance were both the Black Emperor, Nidhogg.
Or this boy could also be called the Black Emperor's soul form.
His soul and body each possessed special potential on their own, so even now that the two had merged, Nidhogg could still appear separately in this soul form.
Seeing Nidhogg's appearance and hearing his "complaint," Yi Tian could not help smiling.
"How could I forget?"
He slowly walked over to the little boy and gazed at the fallen World Tree alongside him.
Looking at the fallen World Tree and the meteor disaster descending upon the Yagu Continent, Yi Tian naturally connected the two.
The World Tree was the Yagu Continent's guardian god. Now that its guardian god had fallen, the continent would likely suffer calamity as well. It was inevitable.
Yi Tian suddenly turned to the little boy, who had been silent for some time.
"Were you waiting for me just now?"
"Need something?"
At his words, the little boy broke into a playful smile, looking particularly delighted.
"Boss, I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?"
"..."
Meteors kept falling around them, crashing down with explosive booms.
For some reason, Yi Tian actually found himself intrigued. He wanted to play along with this damned ritual.
"The good news."
Nidhogg led Yi Tian forward to the edge of the enormous pit where the World Tree's roots had broken off and gestured for him to look inside.
Within the enormous pit where the World Tree had once stood, motes of light were gathering into a single point.
"Boss, this World Tree really is different from the other gods I've seen."
"More precisely, gods who