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The last time Nie Changfeng cried was when he saw the remains of Earth after the disaster. He cried because countless lives disappeared, and the last time he cried was when he was still on Earth and had already forgotten about it.

At this moment, Nie Changfeng felt as though the ancient memories had reappeared, and once again, he burst into tears.

At that time, he was still young, and she was still young. They were both studying in a small town near the border of China, and because of fate, they gradually developed feelings for each other, so that was their first love.

Many scenes flashed before his eyes. There was innocence, hot-bloodedness, impulsiveness, longing, sadness, and pain. They all began from ignorance and ended in despair.

From middle school to high school to university, this feeling took up all of his world, so that in the days to come he had to force himself to forget it, to hide it in the deepest recesses of his mind, to pretend that it had never happened.

"You're crying. Why do I feel so sad?" A gorgeous voice sounded.

"Because you are beautiful, and I am Zhang Feng …"

"Then you must still remember my past. Tell me about it, and help me recall it."

Nie Changfeng steadied his heart, and started to talk about the day he met her.

"..."

"I never heard from you again, and I don't know what you went through."

Hua Mei seemed to be excited by Nie Changfeng's words. She gradually awakened her original memories and began to recount her later experiences that Nie Changfeng didn't know about.

"I didn't die in the disaster, but was captured by Penglai's men. They tried to test me, but failed. They thought I was dead, so they left me in the wilderness, but I didn't die. From then on, I became a monster."

"I wandered around the wilderness by myself. After an unknown amount of time, I met some cultivators and explorers who wanted to capture me. I threw them into the sea and escaped."

"I was so tired that I fainted in the sea. I don't know when I woke up, but I was caught again and experimented on my body."

"I still remember the name of the experiment they did. It was over there that I became the monster I am now. Later on, there was a huge explosion and I escaped from the lab."

"So the person I saw at the bottom of the sea was you. No wonder I felt that you were very familiar."

"I don't know what they did to me. I became more and more dizzy, and finally I couldn't remember anything until you woke me up."

While Hua Mei was calmly narrating her story, Nie Changfeng's heart felt as though it was being stabbed by knives. He choked with sobs and said, "I'll definitely save you and restore you to your original appearance."

"No!"

Hua Mei said determinedly, "I wanted to die a long time ago. I deserve to die. Even if you didn't kill me, I would have killed myself. I haven't died for so many years because of this monster's instinct."

"I can definitely restore you to your adult form!"

"What's so good about being human? I'd rather make a tree... "

Nie Changfeng was about to continue persuading her, but he was interrupted by Hua Mei. "I know you're doing well. It's my biggest surprise these years. I'm already very satisfied."

"Don't say that. I've let you down and caused you to suffer for so many years!"

"You didn't do anything wrong, I've always been the one at fault. Say, if I really turned into a tree, what would it feel like?"

"NO!" "No!"

Nie Changfeng let out a hoarse scream.

Hua Mei silently gathered the last of her remaining consciousness, and dashed towards the monster's will, which had been suppressed by Nie Changfeng, and started to launch a spiritual power attack that would destroy jade and stone at the same time.

The two wills were shattered into pieces. The treeman's aura rapidly declined and soon turned into an ordinary tree. It stood there quietly, its leaves fluttering in the wind.

Nie Changfeng's heart felt as though it was being cut by a knife. Tears flowed like a spring as he helplessly spread himself under the tree.

"Why? "Why did you all have to leave me …"

Originally, seeing an old friend was a very happy thing, let alone an old friend that was deeply engraved in his heart.

Even though they were once entangled in grudges, after experiencing so many things for so many years, that bit of grudge was nothing. Furthermore, the breakup back then was not anyone's fault, it was all because of their age and misunderstanding.

Nie Changfeng was crying like a child. The large tree lowered its body as it caressed his face. He didn't have any consciousness nor any emotions. He only had a feeling of serenity, gentleness, and naturalness.

He seemed to understand why Hua Mei would be so determined to let go of her consciousness. With such a pure life right now, perhaps she would no longer be able to live in pain. Her life would be too tiring, too painful.

Nie Changfeng carefully examined the huge tree. Although it had lost its consciousness and its powerful might, it still seemed to have more spiritual energy.

He did not know if this tree would ever give birth to a consciousness again, but he would never let anyone harm her.

This was a vast valley with beautiful scenery. The location of the big tree was very suitable for her to grow. Although Nie Changfeng was still far from the coverage of the Sky Network, he still decided to protect this place first.

Many people knew that the Emperor had personally come to deal with the treeman, and many people from nearby had come to watch the commotion.

"The Emperor will definitely be able to easily exterminate the tree demon. He also doesn't want the treasures on the tree demon. If he leaves, we might even have a chance!" Someone was looking down on the tree demon. After all, it was a monster with the cultivation of a supreme immortal.

"Why did the Emperor block out the Treant? We can't see anything!"

"Shut up, there's naturally a reason for what the Emperor wants to do. Are you blaming the Emperor for wanting to die?"

The surrounding cultivators whispered among themselves, waiting for the final result.

When Nie Changfeng removed the shielding spell formation and was about to set up the Heaven's Net, he also noticed a lot of onlookers.

Before he could say anything, someone spoke up first, "Congratulations to the Emperor for destroying the tree demon. This tree demon has slaughtered an expedition team in my house. Can you let us bring it back to pay our respects to the victims?"

Nie Changfeng lightly glanced at him and said, "She's already dead. Right now, she's only a tree without a consciousness. Can't you see that?"

That person angrily said, "Even if it's just a tree, I will burn him like firewood and turn him into ashes!"

Another person suggested, "Great Emperor, treemen commit many evil deeds and cannot die so easily. We should dismember its body into ten thousand pieces and compensate all those who have been hurt by it!"

When Nie Changfeng heard this, an unnamed fire ignited in his heart. The people that she had hurt wanted compensation, and the people that had hurt her? Who were they going to seek compensation from?

"Scram!"

Regardless of whether they were Foundation Establishment or the Celestial Sovereign Realm, thousands of people in the vicinity were swept away like leaves in a fierce wind hundreds of miles away. Everyone was scared as they scattered like birds and beasts, no longer daring to have any ideas on the main body.

He spread out the three sky net materials that he had specially prepared for this area, activating an independent sky net that covered millions of miles. When the sky net extended over, this place would be merged into a subnet.

He then used the great technique of moving the mountain and filling the sea to erect a monolith that was ten thousand feet high. On it were the four big words, "Eternal Town's Western Frontier". He wanted to turn this place into an impregnable fortress just to protect that big tree.

Nie Changfeng even had a small stone tablet next to the tree. On the front, there was a beautiful name, and on the back, there was the story of her life.

Another great formation with a circumference of ten thousand li was set up here, completely concealing this area. Without his permission, no one could enter.

After everything was settled, Nie Changfeng stroked the tree and said, "In the future, no one will be able to hurt you anymore. And if they do, I'll definitely make them pay the price!"