Chapter Summaries

Yu Ziyu woke after transmigrating as a weeping willow and discovered a status panel that tracked his evolution. After evolving one branch, he found he could control it and lash it fast enough to create a sonic boom.

• Yu Ziyu realized he had become a weeping willow in a mountain range.
• Yu Ziyu opened his status panel and saw that he had 0.2 Evolution Points and one mutated branch.
• Yu Ziyu discovered that he could freely move the branch he had evolved with 0.1 Evolution Points.
• Yu Ziyu lashed the branch through the air, producing a sonic boom and a two-meter wave of air.

Yu Ziyu discovered that his willow body could strike with great force and that killing creatures earned evolution points. After killing a bee, he gained 0.1 points and began reconsidering how he could grow stronger.

• Yu Ziyu observed his new three-hundred-and-sixty-degree vision and the enormous trees surrounding him in the canyon.
• Yu Ziyu absorbed a strange energy in the air and grew several meters taller over a few days.
• Yu Ziyu whipped a bee into bloody mist when it disturbed him.
• The system announced that Yu Ziyu had gained 0.1 evolution points for killing the bee.
• Yu Ziyu compared the reward with the points he earned from sunlight and decided that killing could help him advance, then insisted it was natural selection.

Yu Ziyu spent his Evolution Points enhancing three more branches, then grew rapidly over the next half month. He demonstrated how the combined force of his branches could shatter a boulder, though they still could not reach it directly.

• Yu Ziyu imagined taking human form like Willow God, then focused on improving his strength.
• Yu Ziyu spent his remaining 0.3 Evolution Points enhancing three branches, bringing the number he could control to four.
• Over the next half month, Yu Ziyu grew to more than twenty meters tall, with branches extending over ten meters.
• Yu Ziyu struck at a boulder with all his enhanced branches, and the force of the attack shattered it despite the branches falling half a meter short.

Yu Ziyu tested his air-cannon attack and considered how the rapidly growing plants and changing animals suggested the world was no longer quite like his previous life. After peregrine falcon chicks fell into a nest in his treetop, he decided to raise them as potential helpers.

• Yu Ziyu decided to save his air-cannon attack as a trump card against nearby enemies.
• Yu Ziyu noted that trees were growing rapidly, animals were changing, and his territory had yielded few evolution points.
• Yu Ziyu discovered eight hungry peregrine falcon chicks nesting in a fork of his treetop.
• Yu Ziyu recalled that the chicks had fallen from a tree he had struck apart and chose to raise them instead of using them for evolution points.

Yu Ziyu fed the eight Peregrine Falcons as He Qing'er and He Ling'er entered the woods and bathed in a nearby pool. After spotting the sisters, he chose not to approach them and resolved to stay hidden until he could protect himself.

• Yu Ziyu divided rabbit meat into pieces and fed it to the eight Peregrine Falcons, then stroked their feathers.
• He Qing'er and He Ling'er went into the mountains despite the village's warning about recent attacks and a missing villager.
• The sisters noticed the forest had grown unusually dense but continued along the path to a pool and began bathing.
• Yu Ziyu heard the sisters, spotted them from the canyon, and decided to keep his distance from humans.

Yu Ziyu spent an evolution point to enhance his roots, gaining control of a powerful secondary root while learning that moving his main root caused unbearable pain. He hid his newly exposed root and played dead when a pair of fiery red eyes watched him from the forest.

• Yu Ziyu accumulated one evolution point and chose to enhance his roots.
• The enhancement caused Yu Ziyu excruciating pain and exposed a secondary root more than ten meters long, which he could control freely.
• Yu Ziyu tried to move his main root but stopped after the pain nearly overwhelmed him.
• Yu Ziyu coiled eight secondary roots around his main root for protection and guided the exposed root into the surface soil as a potential weapon.
• Yu Ziyu noticed fiery red eyes staring at him from the forest and drooped his branches to pretend he was dead.

Yu Ziyu captured an unusually large red fox with fiery eyes after it was drawn to him by a faint fragrance. He decided to spare it and try to tame it, leaving the fox trapped within his reach.

• The red fox cautiously approached Yu Ziyu, drawn by the fragrance and the commotion he had made.
• Yu Ziyu’s underground root sprang up and bound the fox, but he loosened his grip after becoming distracted by its striking eyes.
• The fox tried to flee, and Yu Ziyu used his branches to block its escape within his ten-meter domain.
• Yu Ziyu gently stroked the frightened fox and decided to tame it rather than kill it.

Yu Ziyu used a drop of his essence to help an injured red fox evolve, but discovered that extracting it weakened his branch. The fox gained a rank and a special ability, while Yu Ziyu realized the world was beginning to move toward the extraordinary.

• Yu Ziyu dripped essence from a broken branch onto the injured red fox, which grew larger and developed sharper claws and flame-like fur.
• Yu Ziyu noticed the branch had withered and lost much of his control over it, and guessed that the essence was connected to his evolution points.
• Hours later, the calf-sized red fox affectionately licked Yu Ziyu's branch after evolving.
• Yu Ziyu saw the red fox's status panel identify it as an Entry-Level 4 Mutant Red Fox with the Bewitching Eyes ability.
• Yu Ziyu checked his own status and found that he was an Entry-Level 9 Mutant Weeping Willow.
• Yu Ziyu concluded that the red fox, himself, and a Golden Eagle were signs that the world was entering an era of extraordinary evolution.

Yu Ziyu discovered that his Life Essence could accelerate evolution and heal injuries, then tested it on the eight Peregrine Falcons. Realizing humans might also seek the essence, he resolved to grow stronger before they discovered him.

• Yu Ziyu noted that his and the red fox's lifespans had increased alongside their strength.
• Yu Ziyu identified Life Essence as an innate ability that could accelerate evolution and heal injuries, though excessive use depleted his reserves.
• The red fox eagerly watched as Yu Ziyu produced a drop of Life Essence, but he moved it over the Peregrine Falcons' nest instead.
• The eight Peregrine Falcon nestlings reacted excitedly to the Life Essence, and Yu Ziyu worried that it could attract humans as well as animals.
• Yu Ziyu decided he had to cultivate faster so he could defend his territory before humans discovered him.

Yu Ziyu watched the eight Peregrine Falcons mutate into powerful, fast-flying birds with a dangerous Bullet Dive talent, then built them a nest and made a den for the Red Fox. The Peregrine Falcons settled into their new nest, while the Red Fox curled up in its den.

• The eight Peregrine Falcons drank Yu Ziyu’s life essence, grew to pigeon size, and gained enough speed to vanish from sight.
• The Peregrine Falcons dove through a three-meter boulder, then flew back to Yu Ziyu, who saw that they had reached the third tier of the entry level and gained the Bullet Dive talent.
• Yu Ziyu wove a large nest beneath his crown for the eight Peregrine Falcons, who happily landed on his branches.
• Yu Ziyu opened a den beside his roots and nudged the Red Fox toward it.
• The Red Fox discovered the den’s benefits, curled up inside, and refused to come out.

Yu Ziyu watched a giant Mutated Golden Eagle circle the canyon, wary of its strength and the threat it posed to the creatures near his tree. The eagle kept its distance because of Yu Ziyu’s immense aura, while the Peregrine Falcons and Red Fox trembled beneath it.

• A five-meter-wide Mutated Golden Eagle circled above the canyon, and Yu Ziyu assessed its abilities and feared how powerful it might become.
• The Golden Eagle sensed Yu Ziyu’s ten-meter aura and watched him from above, waiting for a chance to attack despite its caution.
• Yu Ziyu stayed on guard as the Golden Eagle continued circling overhead.
• The Peregrine Falcons cried and hopped nervously in their nest, while the Red Fox trembled outside its den.

Yu Ziyu suppressed his aura to lure the giant golden eagle down, then ambushed it with nine sharpened roots. One spear struck the eagle’s wing, but its alloy-hard feathers resisted the attack.

• Yu Ziyu realized the giant golden eagle was wary of the aura his true body emitted.
• Yu Ziyu held his breath to weaken his aura, making the willow tree seem nearly dead.
• The giant golden eagle perceived less danger and dove toward Yu Ziyu to hunt.
• Yu Ziyu concealed nine sharpened roots beneath the soil and launched them as the eagle attacked.
• One root struck the giant golden eagle’s wing, but its hard feathers sent up sparks.

Yu Ziyu killed the mutated golden eagle and began his First Order evolution, transforming the gorge and empowering the creatures around him. His main root reached an underground river rich in unknown substances, while the newly grown peregrine falcons and the red fox took up watch over the gorge.

• Yu Ziyu drove eight black spears into the golden eagle’s abdomen and unleashed their stored force, killing it.
• After receiving 70 Evolution Points and meeting the First Order requirements, Yu Ziyu confirmed his evolution.
• Yu Ziyu’s trunk, branches, and roots rapidly strengthened, and his main root reached an underground river about a hundred meters below the gorge.
• The eight peregrine falcons in Yu Ziyu’s crown grew rapidly as his evolution stirred spiritual energy around him.
• The red fox transformed beneath Yu Ziyu, howled, and took up watch from a boulder.
• The eight peregrine falcons spread their wings, flew into the sky, and searched the gorge from eight directions.

He Qing'er and He Ling'er discovered Yu Ziyu's willow tree battling a giant golden eagle and fled to report it. Yu Ziyu then woke to find a Beast Tide surging toward the canyon, with the two sisters running ahead of it.

• Yu Ziyu felt reassured by the red fox's and Peregrine Falcons' protective reactions and sank his consciousness back into his body as a deeper transformation began.
• He Qing'er and He Ling'er reached the canyon and saw a giant golden eagle impaled by the willow tree's roots.
• He Qing'er decided to return to the village and report the supernatural scene, hoping to earn a reward, and pulled her frightened sister away.
• Screams from the sisters roused Yu Ziyu, who saw a Beast Tide of mutated animals rushing toward the canyon behind them.

He Qing'er and He Ling'er fled a charging beast tide as Yu Ziyu prepared to defend himself by extending his branches and unleashing his animal allies. The attack left many beasts dead and earned Yu Ziyu evolution points.

• He Qing'er and He Ling'er saw birds and beasts surging toward them and ran, falling repeatedly as they escaped.
• Yu Ziyu used Super regeneration to lengthen his branches and extend his attack range as the beasts charged despite sensing his killing intent.
• Red Fox killed a wild boar with a swift strike and prepared to hunt again.
• The Peregrine Falcons used Bullet Dive to pierce eight beasts and protect Yu Ziyu.
• Yu Ziyu sent countless branches raining down on the beasts, killing them and gaining evolution points.

Yu Ziyu unleashed his newly strengthened roots and branches, turning the area around him into a deadly zone and killing the mutant beasts that had attacked him. After crushing a powerful mutant wild boar, he gained 50 Evolution Points and began estimating how mutant beasts’ strength affected their rewards.

• Yu Ziyu unleashed his full power, sending roots and branches through a hundred-meter radius and killing the beasts around him.
• Yu Ziyu noticed a massive mutant wild boar had survived the attack and decided to finish it.
• Yu Ziyu’s roots wrapped around the wild boar and crushed it despite its strong defenses.
• Yu Ziyu received 50 Evolution Points for killing the Entry-Level level 5 mutant wild boar.
• Yu Ziyu compared the reward with those from other creatures and concluded that stronger mutant beasts generally yielded more Evolution Points.

Yu Ziyu buried the battlefield’s remains as fertilizer while leaving the Golden Giant Eagle and Mutated Wild Boar for Red Fox and the eight Peregrine Falcons. He kept two human women captive, fearing both their potential threat and the danger of revealing himself, and ended the chapter unable to decide whether to kill them.

• Yu Ziyu buried the severed limbs and remains underground but left the Golden Giant Eagle and Mutated Wild Boar for Red Fox and the eight Peregrine Falcons.
• Yu Ziyu kept the two women and several beasts trussed beneath his branches, explaining to himself that he had rescued the women from being absorbed as fertilizer.
• Yu Ziyu worried that humans would exploit his life essence if they discovered him and that they could destroy him before he grew stronger.
• Yu Ziyu considered releasing or killing the women but hesitated over the consequences of either choice.

Yu Ziyu unlocked Dense Fog Shroud and Hallucination, testing the abilities on the red fox and Peregrine Falcons as he planned to turn the canyon into a forbidden zone. When one of the two captured women began to wake, he enveloped her in mist and prepared to deal with her.

• Yu Ziyu spent 20 evolution points to unlock Dense Fog Shroud and Hallucination.
• Yu Ziyu used mist and hallucinations to conceal himself, unsettling the red fox and Peregrine Falcons until the red fox recognized him and he dispelled the effect.
• Yu Ziyu welcomed the eight Peregrine Falcons as they flew back to him.
• Yu Ziyu noticed one of the two bound women waking and enveloped her in mist, intending to use Hallucination as a medium.
• Yu Ziyu planned to enhance the fog and hallucinations until the canyon became a forbidden zone, while weighing how to handle humanity and the captured women.

Yu Ziyu questioned He Qing'er about recent supernatural events and learned that the state was relocating villages, expanding military recruitment, and responding to newly awakened humans. He upgraded his Hallucination Ability to Lv2 and left the women alive, planning to use the stronger power for his own purposes.

• Yu Ziyu used the mist to ask He Qing'er about recent events and learned that Spiritual Energy had revived, monsters had attacked a ship and a plane, and humans with abilities had appeared.
• He Qing'er said the village was being relocated and people were being recruited into the military, leading Yu Ziyu to suspect the state was preparing for the supernatural era.
• Yu Ziyu decided not to kill He Qing'er and He Ling'er, whose branches he had wrapped around their necks, and spent ten evolution points to upgrade his Hallucination Ability.
• Yu Ziyu saw that Hallucination Ability had reached Lv2 and could greatly influence the minds of animals and humans and alter their perceptions.

Yu Ziyu used his hallucinatory ability and a trained Peregrine Falcon to conceal his involvement in the deaths of He Qing'er and He Ling'er. The villagers believed a Mutant Green Snake had killed them, while Yu Ziyu judged his plan a textbook murder.

• Yu Ziyu altered He Qing'er and He Ling'er's memories and ordered A-Da to follow them.
• He Qing'er and He Ling'er returned to their village, unaware that A-Da was watching them from above.
• The worried village chief and villagers welcomed the sisters back after they had feared they were lost in the mountains.
• A-Da dropped a Mutant Green Snake near the sisters, and its venom killed them as the villagers watched.
• Yu Ziyu explained how he had used life essence to lure the snake and erase evidence of his involvement.