In the infinite weave of realities—where worlds nest inside systems, galaxies blossom from Dao seeds, and multiverses form the petals of greater truths—there exists a root. Not one of wood alone, but of being. Of memory. Of truth. It is called Ydrýsal, the Omniversal World Tree, and through its endless branches, existence breathes.
Once, there was a boy who wept beneath the final tree on Earth—a dying planet where the winds no longer carried scent and the sky had forgotten color. His name was Elion, and though his body was frail, his soul pulsed with a forgotten rhythm. Unlike the people around him, who saw the world as a tool to be shaped, he had always felt the call of stillness, of growth, of the unseen whispers in leaves and stone.
As humanity withered in its hunger for steel and smoke, Elion closed his eyes at the base of the last tree, its roots hugging his spine, its sap mingling with his tears. In that moment, as life fled his lungs, something deeper than death reached out to him.
The Tree answered. Not the one beneath him, but the one behind all life.
Ydrýsal—so vast it anchored chaos realms and spun laws like threads from its leaves—heard his final breath and accepted it. His soul did not reincarnate by chance. It was chosen. Not reborn, but re-rooted.
When Elion awoke, it was not as a baby in a cradle, but as a seed in the womb of a world that transcended scale.
Mountains hovered in the air, not because of magic but because they'd awakened to their own Dao. Beasts wore moons as horns. Rivers flowed not with water, but with intent, time, and memory. Cultivators did not chase power for prestige—they sought to unify with realms, become one with phenomena, devour galaxies or birth their own.
He was reborn not in the lowest layer of this world, but in the soil between planes, where existence itself was young and pulsing.
And so Elion began again. But he was no ordinary cultivator.
He did not climb toward the heavens.
He grew into them.
His connection to Ydrýsal was not metaphorical—it was literal. Threads of soul and root intertwined. As he cultivated, he touched not only the spiritual veins of his world, but the soul-streams of stars, the intention of dying gods, the abandoned laws of forgotten realities. Even death bent like grass before his will. His growth was irreversible, tied to the pulse of all things. As long as existence breathed, so too would he.
But such power does not go unnoticed.
Realms built atop broken seeds watch him.
Empires with Sovereigns who have cut away their karma to dominate fate now see him as a threat.
Deep in the Chaos Realms, where concept-devouring entities slumber, a whisper stirs.
The Verdant One walks. The Root returns.
And somewhere, at the peak of it all, where time ceases and the raw fabric of creation flutters in the void…
A voice of bark and breath, of silence and song, murmurs:
"Grow, my child for Reality is but your garden."
MC Background:
Name: Elion (Earth name) / Mu Shen (Cultivation name, "Divine Wood/Tree God")
Core Power: Connection to Ydrýsal, the Omniversal World Tree. He can draw power from all layers of existence—world, solar system, galaxy, universe, multiverse, chaosverse, and beyond.
Nature Link: His presence heals the land, causes spirit herbs to grow, beasts to calm, and even laws of nature to bend toward harmony… until they are threatened.
Unique Trait: Rather than cultivating toward heaven, he cultivates through everything, using his root-like soul to branch into the core of all realities.
His Cultivation Path: Verdant Sovereign Path — absorbs not just spiritual energy, but cosmic essence from celestial bodies, laws, and forgotten timelines.
Power System Concepts:
1. Root Levels: Cultivation stages relate to how deep his soul roots have grown.
Sprout, Sapling, Rooted Soul, Verdant Dao, Eternal Canopy, Realm Seed, Cosmic Vein, Multiversal Bark, Omniversal Bloom, Chaos Seedling...
2. Worldbuilding Scale:
A world the size of a continent.
Solar systems that act as sects.
Galaxies governed by ancient clans.
Universes as domains of ancient Dao gods.
Multiverses guarded by Sovereigns of Law.
Chaos Realms that birth laws themselves.
3. Enemies:
Dao-Devouring Insects that eat realms.
Cultivators who sever their karma to dominate timelines.
Trees corrupted by inverse Dao, spreading anti-life.