Chapter 89 Cutting Down the World Tree to Make a Swing! Can This Swing Shatter the Void?
Afternoon.
The purple-gold divine seat landed steadily outside the small courtyard gate.
Lin Yuan carried two boxes of freshly baked Peach Blossom Crisps, leading Xiao Yuer, who was eating a candied hawthorn stick. Sitting on his shoulder was Xiao Lian, also clutching a red fruit and nibbling away as they leisurely walked into the yard.
"Luo Xue, Jinyue, I've bought the snacks back. Eat them while they're hot." Lin Yuan handed the boxes to Luo Xue, who had come forward to meet them.
"Thank you, Young Master." Luo Xue and Jinyue respectfully accepted them.
Lin Yuan walked to the center of the yard, stretched, and watched the two little girls chasing Xiao Hei Gou around. He rubbed his chin.
"After the yard expansion, there's quite a bit of empty space. All these kids do all day is practice swordplay or run around blindly; they don't even have any recreational facilities."
Lin Yuan turned his head to look at the Primordial World Tree in the corner, which had already grown lush with foliage, blotting out the sky.
"Old Wan, go get the wood-chopping axe. I see these branches are growing too thick; they're blocking the light. I'll just chop down a sturdy branch to build a swing for the children."
As soon as those words were spoken...
Demon Venerable Wanhua, who was drinking tea, had a hand tremor, and the scalding tea poured directly onto his thigh, but he didn't even dare to groan.
Chop the Primordial World Tree? And use it to make a swing?!
That was the Primordial Mother Tree that nurtured the myriad worlds and carried the three thousand Great Daos! Even a single leaf falling into the Central Province could trigger a bloody battle between several super Holy Lands. The Young Master actually thought it was blocking the light and wanted to chop its branches?!
"Young Master, this tree is growing quite well. Wouldn't it be a bit of a pity to chop it?" Demon Venerable Wanhua braced himself to offer a word of advice.
"What's there to be a pity about? Trees need regular pruning to grow well." Lin Yuan nonchalantly took the rusty iron axe handed over by Old Wan.
He stepped under the Primordial World Tree, looked up, and scanned the thick branches surrounded by Primal Chaos Mother Qi and Great Dao Laws.
At this moment...
The Primordial World Tree, which had long since gained sentience, began to tremble violently!
Every leaf on the trunk shook frantically, letting out a rustling wail. It felt the intent to "prune" contained within Lin Yuan's indifferent gaze!
In the World Tree's perception, what Lin Yuan held was no rusty iron axe; it was clearly a Heaven-Opening Divine Axe capable of splitting Chaos and severing the river of eras!
"I can't let this ancestor do it himself! If he brings that axe down, more than half of my body will probably be gone!"
The Primordial World Tree erupted with an unprecedented will to survive.
*Crack!*
A crisp sound rang out.
Before Lin Yuan could even lift the axe, the Primordial World Tree actually exerted its own power and forcibly snapped off its thickest, straightest main branch—the one containing the supreme Origin of Creation—right at the base!
*Thud.*
That Primordial branch, which emitted a shimmering immortal light and was sufficient to craft a peerless Immortal Artifact, landed precisely at Lin Yuan's feet. Even the wood splinters on it had been thoughtfully smoothed out, making it as slick as jade.
Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment and put down the axe.
"Oh, this tree is quite sensible; it knows to drop its own branches. Saves me the effort of climbing up."
Lin Yuan patted the trunk of the World Tree with satisfaction. "Not bad, very spiritual. I'll have Old Wan give you some extra water tonight."
The massive canopy of the Primordial World Tree swayed repeatedly in gratitude. As long as it wasn't chopped for firewood, what was a single branch! Being able to make a swing for this great being's children was a heavenly stroke of luck for a tree like it!
Lin Yuan squatted down and used the axe to shave the World Tree branch into a flat wooden board.
"Where's the rope? Old Wan, find two sturdy hemp ropes," Lin Yuan called out.
Demon Venerable Wanhua quickly rummaged through his Storage Ring. He didn't have any hemp rope, but he pulled out a supreme Immortal Artifact that emitted a five-colored divine light, crafted from Nine Heavens Divine Dragon tendons mixed with the Mother Qi of Heaven and Earth—the [dragon-binding rope].
"Young Master, there's no hemp rope left at home. Do you think this clothesline will do?" Demon Venerable Wanhua offered the dragon-binding rope with both hands.
Lin Yuan tugged it and nodded. "Quite sturdy, and it's even elastic. It's just that these multiple colors are a bit flashy, but it'll have to do."
In a few swift motions, he threaded the dragon-binding rope through the World Tree board and then firmly tied it to another thick horizontal branch of the World Tree.
A simple yet arguably the most luxurious swing in the Nine Heavens was thus completed.
"Xiao Yuer, Xiao Lian, come play on the swing!" Lin Yuan brushed the sawdust off his hands.
The two little girls ran over cheering and sat on the swing, one on each side.
"Revered Master, push us!" Xiao Yuer grabbed the dragon-binding rope and shouted excitedly.
"Sit tight."
Lin Yuan smiled as he walked behind them and gave the wooden board a gentle push with his hands.
*Whoosh—*
The swing soared high.
However, what looked like an ordinary swing session in Lin Yuan's eyes was, to the group of old monster laborers outside the wall, a world-ending scene sufficient to collapse their Dao Hearts!
Outside the wall, Cangqiongzi and Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo had just finished moving bricks and were squatting at the base of the wall, panting.
Suddenly, they felt the sky above let out an overburdened wail.
They looked up.
They saw that every time the high-flying swing swept through the air, the board made from the World Tree branch would forcibly smash a bottomless black rift into the Void Realm ahead!
And the dragon-binding rope serving as the cord erupted with the phantom of a divine dragon that suppressed the ages, lashing out at the Laws of the world!
"Is... is this supposed to be swinging on a swing?!"
Cangqiongzi was so scared he fell onto his backside, his face deathly pale. "The Lord is using the barriers of the myriad worlds as a toy! If that swing goes any higher, the entire sky of the Shenhuang Continent will be smashed to pieces!"
Ancient Ancestor Yuanmo clutched his chest tightly, fearing that the terrifying astral winds produced by the swinging would tear his remaining half-body to shreds.
"Using the World Tree as the board and the dragon-binding rope as the cord... the Lord is teaching those two little Revered Masters how to control the power of creation!"
Inside the yard, Lin Yuan smiled with satisfaction as he pushed the swing and listened to the silver-bell-like laughter of the two little girls.
"The quality of this swing is really good; it goes quite high. It's just that the wind is a bit loud."
Lin Yuan casually instructed, "Xiao Yuer, hold on tight, don't fall off and get hurt."
"Got it, Revered Master! This is so much fun, we're flying so high!"
The two little girls had a blast on the swing that could shatter heaven and earth. Meanwhile, separated by a single wall, the old monsters trembled in fear amidst the cataclysmic terror.