The human world once had three Holy Trees. One was named 'Fate', another was named 'Time', and the last one was named 'World'.
The elves were special lifeforms born from the 'World Holy Tree'. Every fruit of the World Holy Tree ripened meant the birth of an elf baby.
Since ancient times, elves had been known as the 'embodiment of beauty'. It was not only because elves were mostly beautiful, but also because the moment elves were born, they were blessed by the World Holy Tree with the 'Seven Virtues'.
To humans, the theory of human nature being good and evil had always been a topic of endless debate. Using the behavior of infants to discuss the initial good and evil of human nature, debating whether humans learned good behavior or were tainted with evil habits in the process of growing up. Such a debate could not be resolved even after thousands of years of debate. This was because from different perspectives and standpoints, the explanations that both sides obtained were reasonable. No one could completely refute the other, and no one could prove that they were absolutely correct.
However, to elves, there was no such awkward debate. This was because 'being born good and beautiful' was the greatest blessing that the World Holy Tree had for elves.
Elves were born with the seven precious' Virtues' — chastity, temperance, generosity, diligence, patience, tolerance, and humility.
However, although the elves were born with virtues, they also had to go through the baptism of the secular world and gradually change as they grew up. For example, an elf did not need to work because of her rich family and lived a life without worrying about food and clothing. Her virtue of "diligence" would be worn away in this kind of waste day after day.
Elves who could maintain the seven virtues their entire lives were extremely rare, almost non-existent. Only the 'Holy Elves' recorded in legends had truly maintained all the seven virtues. However, 'Holy Elves' were ultimately just legends. It was impossible to determine if they truly existed or not.
Normally, well-educated elves would typically be able to maintain two to three virtues. The remaining virtues would disappear as they grew up, becoming no different from ordinary humans.
However, to elves who were born with virtues, there was one thing that could not be allowed and was despised. Virtues could disappear, but they could never become evil.
For example, 'Diligence' could disappear, but it could never become 'Laziness'.
'Chastity' could be lost, but it could never become 'Lust' …
Elves could allow the virtues bestowed by the World Holy Tree to disappear, treating it as their own incompetence, but they could never be tainted by the seven Original Sins corresponding to the seven virtues. This was because it would be the most serious betrayal to the World Holy Tree that gave birth to them.
Any elf that was tainted by any of the 'sins' of the Seven Original Sins, be it elven commoners, elven nobles, or even the elven queen, would be deemed as' fallen elves' as long as they were tainted by the 'sins'.
The 'fallen pixies' were the race that the pixies despised the most. However, what was tragic was that while the World Tree gave them the seven virtues, it also planted the seeds of 'corruption'.
This was because as long as they destroyed a certain "virtue" in themselves and actively "degenerated" into "sin", they would be able to trigger the seed hidden in the elf's body, allowing the elf to temporarily obtain explosive power.
Using 'sins' to exchange for power was the kindest gift that the World Holy Tree gave to the elves when it gave birth to them. However, it was also the most malicious test.
This was because even the elves that yearned for peace had to succumb to power. When that happened, they had to make a choice. They had to choose if they would be tainted by 'sins' in order to obtain the necessary power. Especially when faced with the hunting of greedy humans, their lives, chastity and dignity were threatened. Whether these things were more important than 'virtues' became their most difficult choice.
Most elves would choose to 'fall' to resolve the crisis at the most critical moment. Even if it meant betraying the World Holy Tree, it was still easier than betraying themselves.
This was the origin of fallen elves and fallen elves. They were elves that were born with the seven virtues.
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Ten thousand years ago, the first 'apocalypse' descended upon the human world.
The strongest destroyer of the apocalypse — the Original Sin of Calamity — had first destroyed the three Holy Trees that were the pillars of the human world. Naturally, the World Holy Tree could not escape the calamity.
From then on, the Seven Original Sins, which were the 'cleaners', began to massacre the living beings in the human world. As a result, the elves were faced with a calamity of extinction.
In that calamity of extinction, only one elf was lucky enough to survive.
The only elf that survived was Kali, who was chosen by the World Holy Tree to be its inheritor because she still retained the seven virtues despite being in her budding years.
Without the World Holy Tree's reproduction, Kali became the last elf in the human world.
From then on, Kali realized her fate and mission. She once swore in her heart that in order to preserve the final bloodline of the elves, she would absolutely not use the power of the 'fallen seed'. She would absolutely not become a 'fallen elf'.
Fortunately, after obtaining the World Holy Tree's heritage, she possessed nearly invincible strength from the very beginning. Furthermore, she would always transform into an 'ugly old woman' when she traveled different planes of existence. As such, she had never encountered a situation that required her to use the 'fallen seed' in the past ten thousand years.
Although in the ten thousand years of traveling, she had lost her 'tolerance' due to her inhumane enemies, lost her 'humility' due to her overly powerful strength, and lost her 'diligence' due to her ability to teleport across half a world without walking, she did not experience any signs of degeneration, nor did she encounter a crisis that required her to actively degenerate. It was already an incredible miracle.
However, not long ago, she had sealed herself after entering the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower. As a result, she was trapped in the God Slaughtering Formation set up by the four Level Lords as the array core. In order to save Shi Xiaobai, who nearly died, she had no choice but to use the 'fallen seed'.
When 'sacrificing Shi Xiaobai' and 'sacrificing herself' were placed on the same level, Kali did not hesitate to choose the latter.
She had destroyed the virtue known as' patience 'and took the initiative to accept the sin known as' anger '. In order to save Shi Xiaobai, she had violated her oath and betrayed the World Holy Tree, becoming a' fallen elf '.
She did not regret this. Even if she had to do it all over again, she would make the same choice.
Although compared to ten thousand years, the time she knew Shi Xiaobai was as short as a grain of sand in a desert, to her, this short period of time was more precious than the long ten thousand years.
This was because in ten thousand years, what was long was not only life, but also the loneliness of being alone.
And in the recent short period of time, she had secretly observed Shi Xiaobai's colorful adventures. She saw him at times laughing heartily, at times fuming with anger, at times revealing sorrow, at times surging with hot blood, and at times disregarding everything …
Although he did not sense her gaze that penetrated through space, and although he knew nothing when she smiled or knitted her brows slightly, she did not feel lonely at all even though she was only a lonely observer.
What she obtained from Shi Xiaobai was far more than she could imagine.
Therefore, how could she stand idly by and watch the life that filled her 'emptiness' be destroyed?
How could she allow a youth with loftier ideals than anyone else to perish at the beginning of his journey?
Even if she had to use the lie of 'she was not an ordinary elf, but an inheritor of the World Holy Tree, even if she became a fallen elf, it would only be a betrayal of herself. It was a trivial matter' to deceive herself, she absolutely could not let the youth fall into eternal slumber.
Therefore, she chose to 'fall' to complete her 'salvation' of him.
She did not regret this at all.
However, the subsequent developments left her feeling regretful up to this very moment.
Shi Xiaobai did not let down her efforts. He had even given her an unimaginable return.
He had 'snatched' her 'fall'.
Even she was at a loss as to how he had 'snatched' it. She only remembered that she had fallen into a flustered and embarrassed state when he suddenly 'pushed' her. While she was vexed over how to reject him, he had gently returned her efforts.
However, this "repayment" was as heavy as a "retribution" to her.
Shi Xiaobai had snatched away the sin known as' wrath 'from her, allowing her to become a pure elf that had not been tainted by sin. For this, he had paid an expensive price of being controlled by' wrath 'or being tempted by' fall 'at any moment.
Kali blamed herself for her carelessness, but she was mostly touched.
True love was to make a 'selfless' sacrifice like her.
And to be truly loved, it was to repay her 'selfishness'.
The first thing Kali did after leaving the Nine Revolutions Transcendental Tower was to read through all the information regarding 'fall'.
The Seven Deadly Sins were passionate about destroying life, but they did not have the habit of burning books. Therefore, she was lucky enough to retain a portion of the pixie's books ten thousand years ago.
However, after flipping through the thick books, the more she understood about 'fall', the more confused she became.
This was because all the books that described 'fall' were based on a premise that could not be ignored — the identity of the fallen were pixies.
Yes, there were no descriptions of humans who had seeds of evil planted in them due to 'fall'!
To humans, virtue and evil stemmed from human nature. However, it was just the polarization of human nature. It was an extremely common matter. Therefore, when the 'seeds of evil' that belonged to pixies were sown in the flower fields of human souls, there was no precedent of what sort of 'flowers of evil' would bloom.
Without a precedent, this was the most awkward situation.
Shi Xiaobai had snatched away the seed of evil known as' wrath 'from her. There was no way to predict what sort of changes would occur.
Only when Shi Xiaobai fell into a state of despair once again did she smile wryly at how many times this youth, who had only recently started cultivating, would encounter perilous situations before he was willing to give up. She was also nervously waiting for the final moment when she had to make a decision.
This time was different from before. She was unable to make a decision with absolute calm. Due to the machinations of the Infernal Queen, she could only save one of them. Once she saved Shi Xiaobai, it would mean giving up on the other seven rookies that had fallen into a dangerous situation in order to save Shi Xiaobai. Even though she no longer had the habit of being calculative about 'morality', such 'biting the hand that fed her' was too immoral '.
Therefore, the only way for him and the rest, who were on the brink of danger, to walk towards a perfect ending was to save each other or save themselves.
However, the rookies that had their shadows captured by the ninth level's Level Lord, 'Shadow Wraith', probably had no way of resisting.
Shi Xiaobai, who had fallen for the sixth time while running for his life while hugging the girl, no longer had the strength to get up.
With the situation having developed to this stage, it should have been a hopeless situation — if Shi Xiaobai did not have the 'evil seed of wrath' snatched 'from her buried in his body.
The 'evil seed of wrath' had used its reliable but detestable power.
Shi Xiaobai had once again obtained the power bestowed by 'fall'.
Kali did not expect this at all. This was because this was the first anomaly that had happened so far.
Pixies could destroy 'virtues' and induce the corruption of 'sins' to obtain strength, but it could only be used once in their lives.
If they could obtain strength that far exceeded their own countless times, it would no longer be a gift from the World Tree, but a 'cheat' that broke the rules.
But with the precedent of humans obtaining the seed of sin, the rules had also been broken.
Pixies could only obtain strength the first time they fell. If the direction of their fall was' anger ', they would easily lose control of their anger in the future. It was equivalent to being tainted with the bad habit of being easily angered.
However, this was the second time Shi Xiaobai had obtained strength that far exceeded his own because of 'anger'!
What was going on?
Falling again after falling?
What was the price he had to pay to obtain strength once again after falling into anger?
Kali was alarmed as she forced herself to calm down. She carefully observed Shi Xiaobai, who had lost his reason due to 'anger', as he slaughtered the monsters in the array world.
He was still as powerful and cold as when he slaughtered the four Level Lords. He was still using the same brutal method of tearing apart his prey with his bare hands. He was still a silver-haired devil that allowed blood to stain him …
Compared to the first time he was' angry ', there did not seem to be any changes. However, if one observed carefully, they would discover that Shi Xiaobai was clearly colder than before. He was even more decisive in tearing apart his prey. He was more like a' devil 'that followed his killing instincts.
This meant that compared to the previous time, Shi Xiaobai's remnant self-consciousness had become even more blurry and indistinct in his' angry 'state.
Although he had paid a terrible price, Shi Xiaobai had at least managed to 'save himself'.
Just as Kali was consoling herself with such a crappy explanation, the story reached a bleak nadir.
Due to Dawn Li's awakening and summoning, 'Shi Xiaobai', who was no different from a devil, finally sensed her existence.
This silver-haired devil that followed his killing instincts finally extended his blood-stained hands towards the soft and warm body of the girl.
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