Devouring Heaven and Earth: I Became the World Tree of the Ancient Wilderness

Opening Chapter (Protagonist: Er Dongchen) Er Dongchen’s consciousness awakened from the chaos, and a violent pain seemed to tear apart his not-yet-formed soul. “Damn… are the aftereffects of pulling an all-nighter doing construction really this bad?” He instinctively tried to rub his eyes, only to realize he had lost his arms, his body, and even the organ known as “eyes.” His “vision” was a distorted image made up of pure perception: a rough brown trunk, roots sunk into crimson soil, and towering ancient trees all around him, their shapes grotesque and their tops lost in the clouds. Wasn’t I at my computer, clearing the dungeon cooldown in Myriad Realms Devour? The panic lasted only an instant. The grit of a top-tier game grinder forced him to calm down. Assess the situation: form, sapling; surroundings, an unknown world of extreme danger; objective, survive. Just then Ding! Compatible soul detected. Binding Devour and Evolve System… Ding! High-dimensional rule fragment detected. Binding Divine Synthesis System… Two wildly different, yet incredibly familiar, game UI screens suddenly opened in his consciousness! “Looking” at the interface, Er Dongchen felt a surge of absurd excitement. He was a professional at grinding for loot. And now, in this real, untamed world, he would use these two Systems to grind his way to the heavens! A ladybug-like creature radiating a faint trace of spiritual energy wobbled down onto one of his tender young leaves. “My first experience point is here.”