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The Tree of Rebirth and the Little Yggdrasil Sprout started to fuse!

In front of Frank and everyone else, the two trees of life started to merge together!

Below the ground, their large and strong roots began to wildly expand around the rich soil, as they started to entangle together, making the first contact!

And then…

FLASH!

A brilliant, resplendent light glowed from both trees, as their branches and even their wood began to expand, as if both trees had fallen in love with each other, they embraced lovingly with their branches, entangling each other, and becoming one!

Crack, crack, crack…!

The sound of the strong and sturdy branches twisting as they moved began to entangle each other, tightly grasping their very bodies.

Everyone glanced at the unexpected spectacle with awe.

Not even Frank had guessed that something so outstanding and direct would happen, he had thought, at most, that they would be able to share roots or something… but no, they were simply merging!

They were so attracted to each other that they began to move out of their original positions, their wood and branches entangling each other like two snakes mating, growing larger and taller!

"They're really merging… Interesting," said Axitl.

"Is this because of the similarities of their auras and existences?" asked Gwendolyn.

"Most likely. As the two are plant-type materials that contain very similar attribute particles, they simply had instinctively merged together to form something new and bigger… Perhaps. This is but a hypothesis," said Axitl.

"Attribute… particles?" asked Annabelle.

"Attribute Particles is what makes up the entire world. When Terra was made, the Gods spent millions of their own particles, which also make up their total power. This is why they most likely grew so weaker afterward…" said Axitl.

Frank had already learned about Attribute Particles before thanks to the memories of the Gods he fought and ate part of their souls.

Simply said, Attribute Particles were the particles that made up all attributes in a world, they were their very core, even the smallest of pebbles had some of it.

Gods grew stronger as they accumulated more of such Particles, which hastened their cultivation and existence ranks, becoming greater beings that embodied one or more attributes.

Usually, Particles would repel each other when they were within an entity and not manifesting in nature, so it was very rare to find Gods that embodied more than three attributes… Frank could be said to be an exception to this rule.

However, as his level of existence, he was not able to see his Attribute Particles in detail yet, but he knew that they grew as he leveled up and gained stats, and this is how the Gods were healing their souls and growing so big by leveling up.

The spectacle continued as the two trees merged together, entangling with each other's bodies, and then expanding upwards, extending all high into the sky, until they finally stopped.

The two tree's bark and wood had completely merged together into a rich and bright brown wood, and the size of the entire thing had increased up to 40 meters…

Although the Tree of Rebirth was particularly smaller than the other, when it began to merge with it, it grew out of proportion to catch up with the big size of the Little Yggdrasil Sprout.

Now, the legendary artifact and the tree grown from the seed of Yggdrasil had completely merged into a single tree.

Its brilliance, splendor, and vitality were immense.

It began to exude it all around the Divine Realm, filling it with life and power.

Its roots kept growing and expanding, reaching deep into the soil and far away, connecting to many trees growing nearby, the entire forest merged with the tree as well.

For some time, it kept expanding, until it finally settled down.

Even the most untalented at Magic would notice the immense aura that the tree was emanating, beautiful and filled with a transcendental divinity.

And because this Divine Realm was inside of his Soul, right inside his Divine Soul Core, Frank felt this transcendental connection the most.

It felt as if a rush of power filled his entire soul as if it were almost about to burst!

"This power…!"

Frank quickly sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes as he began to swiftly assimilate this power, he was gaining yet another new source of energy right inside of his soul, this Yggdrasil Sprout had merged with the Tree of Rebirth!

"Such… an enormous amount of Life Attribute Particles… And they keep appearing… more and more…" thought Frank, gritting his teeth as he asked the help of everyone present.

It was as simple as sitting at his side and sharing their power with him, their very souls connected to Frank, even Axitl's Chaotic Soul was able to do this swiftly, and Frank, before his soul was to explode due to the power, finally managed to stabilize it and share the residual power with everyone.

"This power…!" muttered Gwendolyn, feeling as her soul evolved.

"Amazing…" said Vheslia.

"I feel so revitalized…" said Cathyl.

"And it seems that it is not being affected by my Chaos Particles…" said Axitl in surprise.

Frank began to redirect a big part of this power into his body as well, making it mutate and acquire new powers.

Suddenly, his sight changed, as he found himself surrounded by a large forest.

"What? Where am I?"

Frank began to wonder what was going on, as he found that he could not move.

However, he knew he was as stiff as a log…

No, he realized that he had become a tiny tree sprout.

Frank felt lethargic, as he suddenly fell unconscious.

He sometimes woke up, finding that he had grown bigger.

And then fell unconscious again.

Continuously, he woke up and found out he was bigger and bigger…

Once covered by the other trees, he quickly surpassed them all, and kept growing bigger and majestically.

Frank, for an indescribable amount of time, experienced what it was to be born as a tree and grow over time, as his roots extended and he took the water of the soil, its nutrients, and the light of the sun…

He got so big he touched the sky…

And then, his eye opened again, his body was emanating an enormous aura of life.

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