Ancestor of Souls

The protagonist is a small sapling in the wilderness. It grows vigorously with rain, dew and sunshine every day. Suddenly one day, a few ignorant villagers break in. Villager: This is a sacred tree. Let's transplant it back and it will become our sacred tree from now on. During a worship ceremony, the village chief accidentally broke a branch, and the protagonist shook the branch in pain. Villager: Oops! It turns out that this is the real way to worship the tree god. From now on, if you break a branch every time you worship, the tree god will appear. Protagonist: I'm going to kill you, you ignorant villager! Don't let me succeed in transforming, otherwise I'll hang you up and beat you! From then on, the protagonist endured the torture of ignorant villagers while furiously transforming...