Far above the Pacific Ocean, the atmosphere had already descended into complete chaos.

The gigantic golden World Tree barrier continued trembling violently while cracks slowly spread across portions of the outer bloom shell.

Supreme Warriors hovered across the skies with ugly expressions.

Formation Masters rushed around nervously while countless floating calculation arrays rotated continuously above the ocean surface.

Nobody understood what exactly had happened.

But everyone understood one terrifying fact clearly.

The World Tree Blessing was blooming earlier.

Four entire days earlier.

Meanwhile...

Deep beneath the ocean currents, Tony silently stabilized himself near the massive golden stalk while observing the chaos above through the water surface.

Even from underwater, he could sense dozens of terrifying Supreme auras sweeping across the region repeatedly.

The Octopus Organization had clearly entered emergency mode now.

Tony immediately frowned afterward.

"This became troublesome..." he muttered softly.

Originally, he still expected several more peaceful days before the World Tree became unstable publicly.

But now...

Everything accelerated.

Suddenly—

A familiar sea aura approached rapidly through the water afterward.

The old Demonic Sea Tribe woman quickly appeared beside Tony while looking visibly tense.

"What did you do in there?!" she demanded immediately.

Tony blinked afterward.

"Why are you asking me?"

The old woman nearly exploded afterward.

"The entire barrier shook!"

"The bloom timing changed!"

"Even the Supreme guardians became alarmed!"

Then she stared at Tony suspiciously afterward.

"You seriously did nothing?"

Tony immediately maintained a calm expression afterward.

"I only entered and came out."

That part technically wasn’t a lie.

The old sea woman stared at him for several moments afterward before finally clicking her tongue angrily.

"Forget it!"

"We need to leave immediately before the ocean gets fully sealed!"

Without wasting more time, she directly grabbed Tony’s arm afterward.

Both instantly descended deeper into the ocean currents again.

Meanwhile...

Above the Pacific skies...

Ancestor Long silently observed the trembling World Tree barrier with a grave expression.

Beside him, several Octopus House Masters discussed urgently.

"This acceleration makes no sense."

"Could the World Tree detect something?"

"No external intrusion was found."

"Then why did the bloom cycle suddenly change?!"

The atmosphere became increasingly heavy afterward.

Finally— 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Third House Master Bellard coldly spoke:

"Seal the entire surrounding region immediately."

"No unauthorized movement."

"No hidden approaches."

"No exceptions."

Several Supreme Warriors immediately nodded afterward.

Meanwhile...

The Demonic Sea Tribe representatives looked visibly displeased hearing that.

One sea elder coldly replied afterward.

"The ocean does not belong to the Octopus Organization."

Bellard immediately stared back sharply.

"And the World Tree doesn’t belong to your tribe either."

The atmosphere instantly became tense again afterward.

Fortunately...

Ancestor Long finally interrupted coldly.

"Enough."

Then his old eyes slowly narrowed toward the trembling golden barrier afterward.

"Something changed inside."

Silence followed immediately.

Even the sea tribe elders became serious now.

Because if the internal pre-bloom state truly changed...

Then this World Tree Blessing might become far more dangerous than previous generations.

Meanwhile...

Back inside Nine Lotus Academy...

The entire academy exploded into chaos after the official emergency announcement spread worldwide.

BOOOOOOM!!!

Huge holographic screens activated throughout the academy skies instantly.

Then the emergency message appeared publicly.

[World Tree Blessing Bloom Cycle Updated]

[Remaining Time Before Full Bloom: 9 Days]

Silence spread briefly afterward.

Then absolute uproar exploded across the academy.

"NINE DAYS?!"

"It was thirteen before!"

"What happened?!"

"Did somebody trigger something?!"

Participants everywhere immediately became restless afterward.

The atmosphere inside the academy changed drastically overnight.

Previously, people still prepared steadily.

Now...

Pressure truly exploded.

Because four entire preparation days vanished suddenly.

Meanwhile...

Cultivation markets instantly became war zones again.

Resource prices tripled within hours.

Peak Grandmaster breakthrough medicine completely sold out.

Several hidden sects even began openly fighting over cultivation resources.

One martial forum post immediately spread like wildfire:

"THE WORLD TREE IS WAKING EARLY!!!"

The comments beneath flooded instantly.

"This blessing definitely isn’t normal!"

"I heard the barrier cracked!"

"My sect elder said previous blessings never accelerated like this!"

"Something terrifying is happening!"

Fear slowly began spreading throughout the younger generation now.

Even some registered participants quietly withdrew their names afterward.

Meanwhile...

Inside the Imperial Family temporary headquarters...

Jamie Smith slowly folded the latest emergency report while his expression became increasingly serious.

"This changes everything..."

Nearby elders immediately nodded nervously afterward.

The compressed timeline meant:

less preparation

less alliance building

less resource gathering

But for true monsters...

This sudden chaos also created opportunity.

Meanwhile...

Inside the Frost Family residence...

Lily Frost silently stared toward the updated bloom announcement displayed above the academy sky.

For some reason...

An uneasy feeling quietly rose inside her heart afterward.

Almost like...

Something had already started moving beneath the surface.

Meanwhile...

Far beneath the ocean...

Tony and the old sea woman finally returned toward the floating crystal pod village region quietly.

The moment they emerged from the ocean surface—

Supreme Ancestor Lucy Clark immediately appeared nearby afterward.

Her expression visibly relaxed after seeing Tony alive.

Then instantly turned cold again.

"You little bastard..."

"Do you know how much chaos happened outside?!"

Tony awkwardly coughed afterward.

"A little?"

Lucy immediately smacked the back of his head again.

BOCK!!!

"Ow?!"

Lucy narrowed her eyes afterward.

"Don’t play stupid."

"Even the bloom timing changed."

Then she stared at him carefully afterward.

"...did you really do nothing inside?"

Tony immediately remained calm afterward.

Technically...

The World Tree acceleration happened after:

Nora recovered partially

primordial energy shifted

Dragon Lord Transformation awakened

But none of that could be explained safely.

So Tony simply sighed afterward.

"I really don’t know why it changed."

Lucy quietly stared at him for several moments afterward.

Then unexpectedly...

She stopped asking further.

Because deep down...

She already sensed something strange about Tony now.

Not visible externally.

But his life aura had subtly changed.

Heavier.

Ancient.

Almost like some sleeping beast quietly hid beneath his skin.

Still...

Lucy chose not to ask directly.

Everyone had secrets.

Particularly talented monsters.

Finally, she coldly turned around afterward.

"Come."

"We leave immediately."

"The entire Pacific region will soon become impossible to approach secretly."

Tony silently nodded afterward while taking one final glance toward the distant golden World Tree barrier.

Meanwhile...

Deep inside the unfinished primordial realm...

The gigantic First Seed Chamber slowly pulsed once beneath endless golden darkness.

And somewhere far deeper beyond the visible bloom regions...

Something ancient quietly opened its eyes.

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