Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100 Chapter 1441 Reaction of the Chaos Tree!
Previously on Dimensional Keeper: All My Skills Are at Level 100...
As Max entered the path within the sixth layer, the unseen force weighing on his frame intensified further, encompassing not just the fierce might of the flames this time, but the very dominion of the fire laws crushing down upon him.
The atmosphere grew denser. Every inhalation drew in blistering warmth that pierced into his lungs and flowed along his meridians. The encircling flames stopped their random dancing. They shifted deliberately, as though each flicker bore a sliver of purpose.
Rather than push back right away, Max let the burden envelop him. He sought to grasp its nature. He aimed to sense it distinctly.
With that in mind, he advanced further into the sixth layer at a measured pace, his strides firm even as the force mounted.
Five thousand two hundred miles.
Five thousand three hundred miles.
Five thousand five hundred miles.
Upon arriving near the center of the sixth layer, Max eased his pace. His forehead creased slowly as an inner feeling shifted, unrelated to the outer strain.
He advanced a few more steps before halting entirely, positioned amid the furious ocean of red and golden blazes. The blaze nearby thundered, but his focus had shifted inside.
"I can sense my Chaos Tree responding to the energy here," Max whispered softly, his tone subdued and reflective.
This reaction was unprecedented. The Chaos Tree had always resided in him as a quiet primordial presence, taking in what suited it and ignoring nearly all outside influences.
Typically, it would only draw in some conceptual essence to create a concept leaf on the appropriate branch. Beyond that, nothing notable occurred.
Even after he had consumed myriad items via his black flames, it showed no response, yet now it stirred so vigorously, almost hungrily, toward this particular setting. The novel reaction filled his chest with surprise and intrigue.
Max shut his eyes and directed his awareness deep into his inner realm, where the Chaos Tree anchored itself in infinite shadow. The massive tree throbbed subtly, its core timeless and enigmatic.
As his mind fixed on the branch for the flame element, he spotted something that narrowed his gaze slightly.
Five leaves born from his grasp of the Flame Concept gleamed with gentle golden light. Each signified a stage of his insight. They had lingered there steadily, marking his command, but now they shone brightly. The illumination was strong, vibrant, like the leaves were answering a summons.
He examined closer and noticed innumerable threads of golden glow emerging from the emptiness encircling the tree. These threads were faint but infinite, flowing from every side before blending into the flame leaves. With each thread's integration, a leaf's shine grew a touch brighter.
"These leaves stem from the flame concept I've understood. Five leaves for the five stages of the Flame Concept," Max pondered aloud. "So why are they only glowing now?"
He avoided hasty judgments. Instead, he turned his awareness back to the surroundings, matching the internal shifts to the sixth layer's conditions. The golden threads flowing into the Chaos Tree matched exactly the distinct flame essence filling the Path to Eternal Flames.
This wasn't mere blaze. It was fire laced with deep law shards. It held clarity and timeless power.
An insight gradually took shape in his thoughts.
"These golden threads are the flame energies released by the Path to Eternal Flames," he stated softly. "And the Chaos Tree is consuming them."
The term consuming fit perfectly. The essence wasn't just taken in passively. It was pulled actively, purified, and funneled straight to the flame branch. The remaining branches stayed serene, unaffected, as if solely this element echoed in this space.
Max lifted his gaze, gazing at the boundless blaze encircling him. The flames lost their sole sense of suppression. They now appeared as sustenance.
"My Chaos Tree holds deep mysteries too," Max murmured, his face grave. "It's part of the Unholy Trinity Physique, but its core intent still eludes me."
The Chaos Tree had supported him endlessly, steadying law conceptual forces that ought to have shredded him and enabling him to blend clashing powers. Still, its profound role stayed hidden.
Was it simply a container for concepts and elements, or something vastly more significant waiting to be revealed?
"Hold on. The fact that I can contain light energy, infernal energy, Draconic Essence, and even Divine Essence in one form without disintegration stems from the Unholy Trinity Physique," Max voiced deliberately, his gaze sharpening as his ideas connected.
The Unholy Trinity Physique had forever served as the base permitting clashing powers to dwell within him without destruction. It neutralized oppositions. It quelled resistance. It forged equilibrium amid potential chaos.
"So what role does the Chaos Tree truly play?" he went on in a hushed tone, rooted still amid the sixth layer's furious fires. "Does it enable me to master every element in a single form?"
On the surface, this made sense. The Chaos Tree held concepts as leaves, each denoting a degree of mastery. It featured branches for various elements, growing as his knowledge advanced. Yet the deeper he probed this idea, the more inconsistencies emerged.
"No. That isn't its primary purpose," Max declared resolutely to himself.
When he had seized the concept of time, it wasn't through this body. The law of causality had enforced limits, barring him from merging the time concept into his present state.
He needed another vessel to seize it. If the Chaos Tree permitted unrestricted comprehension of all concepts in one body, the law of causality wouldn't have demanded that divide.
That key detail demolished the prior notion.