Charlotte didn't know how long she had been asleep.

When she once again gave birth to "consciousness," it was gradually awakening from a black chaos.

As her consciousness gradually resurged, her perception of the world emerged as well.

First, it was her hearing; she heard the howling wind, the pouring rain, the roaring thunder, and the rustling, like the wind blowing through leaves.

The sounds around her kept changing, sometimes noisy, sometimes quiet, as if time was continuously flowing.

There was the cycle of wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, and an unending chorus of insect chirps like the jungle.

No...

That's the jungle.

When her sense of smell began to recover, Charlotte sensed the unique fragrance of the primitive forest, the air filled with the scent of grass and trees, the smell of moss and humus so strong it could almost be tasted.

Her sluggish consciousness gradually turned, and Charlotte realized with clarity that this time... she had crossed into the forest.

Charlotte didn't know how much time had passed again.

She only felt the smell and sound around her continually cycling and changing, like a long period passing in her sluggish consciousness.

Gradually, she regained more senses; she felt the temperature.

Sometimes warm, sometimes scorching, sometimes cold.

From the changes in temperature, she accurately deduced the measure of a "year."

And in her sluggish perception, she only felt the temperature around her changing repeatedly, over and over, one year... one year... another year...

Finally, after the seventy-eighth year calculated by Charlotte, her consciousness fully awoke.

As if reaching some critical point, or as if a running program finally completed its load, Charlotte regained control of "self" and broke free from this semi-dreamlike state.

The long-missed "vision" returned, and what came into Charlotte's "eyes" was a vast, ancient, primitive forest.

However, when Charlotte looked at "herself," she quickly discovered an anomaly, although it was an anticipated anomaly—

She had become a leaf.

It was the leaf she had taken before crossing, the anchor point for her crossing to this era.

And subsequently, Charlotte became aware of another realization—this world was devoid of magic power.

No.

It should be said that this was the Mireya World before the primordial descent and the emergence of transcendence!

Upon realizing this, Charlotte hastily checked her own state.

Then she realized that she hadn't truly become a leaf; instead, she inhabited this leaf in a state akin to "Divine Descent."

The divine power within her had disappeared, and even her divine position was gone.

However, although the divine position and divine power were both gone, her status hadn't changed.

In Charlotte's perception, she was still like a deity of creator status, able to see through the essence of all things in an instant and manifest various mythical powers—if she could wield divine power.

Deep within her consciousness, the Blood Holy Scripture also disappeared, or more accurately, it had completely merged with her.

No, it might be more accurate to say that the reason she maintained her status was because of her fusion with the Blood Holy Scripture.

She was the Holy Scripture.

The Holy Scripture was her.

It was a very wonderful state.

Without divine power, she instead achieved a more thorough fusion with the Blood Holy Scripture.

Her state no longer resembled an artifact spirit, and the Blood Holy Scripture was no longer just a book; she and the Holy Scripture had become the same imagery—

The Blood Holy Scripture was also the Blood True Ancestor.

The Blood Holy Scripture carried all the laws she possessed, and after fusing with it, her very existence became a living "Divine Position."

The primordial pollution had completely vanished.

There was no primordial in this era, and the primordial that once polluted her was left in another era along with the severance of the divine soul.

In other words, she became a creation-level deity descending upon this era, without divine power or a divine body.

Charlotte wasn't surprised by this.

No, more accurately, when she decided to cooperate with Lilith for this crossing, she had already realized the plan.

Only an anomaly strong enough could oppose the primordial.

But if Charlotte wanted to have powerful strength when crossing, she had to accept transcendental power, and accepting transcendental power representing the primordial would inevitably mean losing the status of an "anomaly."

Thus, the only thing Charlotte could do was—

Return to an era without the primordial and become an already strong enough "anomaly" from the beginning!

That is to say, Charlotte now maintaining the creator status but not marked or polluted by the primordial!

As for divine power... even without transcendental force, it could be gradually replenished—divine power itself is a form of energy, while transcendental power is merely a unique, active state of energy, capable of conversion between matter and energy.

In other words, just like the "Creator God" spread transcendental power across the Mireya World, Charlotte could directly convert energy, turning it into her divine power.

Energy is everywhere.

The sunlight is energy, the organic matter stored in plants is energy, and even the thoughts and emotions of ten thousand spirits are a type of energy.

Among all forms of energy, the most active and easily transformable are life force and spiritual power.

Thinking of this, Charlotte focused her gaze on the gigantic tree where her resident leaf was, a towering tree over thirty meters tall.

She slightly shifted her thoughts, attempting to absorb the life force of the ancient tree, and soon the life energy of the ancient wood flowed into her resident leaf, which she converted into strands of divine power.

As she continued the conversion, the life force of the ancient tree visibly dwindled, but the divine power Charlotte gained was insignificant.

Charlotte quickly ceased the conversion.

She was just experimenting.

This ancient tree, after all, was the existence that awakened her; she didn't want to drain it.

But with the first trace of divine power, there were many things she could do.

After a brief contemplation, Charlotte returned this strand of divine power, injecting it back into the ancient tree.

Abundant vitality blossomed on the ancient wood; new shoots emerged, and flowers bloomed.

Soon, under Charlotte's guidance, the flowers were pollinated by the wind, and as the flowers fell, fruits formed.

Round, crimson fruits hung from the branches, exuding a refreshing fragrance.

Feeling the faint divine power within the fruits, Charlotte felt a tinge of anticipation.

Compared to plants, the life force of animals is more active and can more easily bring transcendental feedback through power-level enhancements.

Once animals eat these fruits, they'll gain a trace of Charlotte's divine power, allowing them to step into transcendence, and with every future power increase and energy acquisition, they will provide Charlotte with a certain amount of power feedback.

"The primordial has not yet descended, but it eventually will."

"The divine power it spreads across the world will instantly transform the whole world into a transcendent realm, and the amount of power it possesses far exceeds what I can contend with. Therefore... I must accumulate a certain amount of self-sustaining power before it descends."

Charlotte mused to herself.

Charlotte waited like this.

Unfortunately, perhaps due to the novelty of the fruits on the giant tree or maybe the redness being too vibrant, several days passed without any birds pecking at them.

Just as Charlotte was considering using spiritual power to guide nearby animals, a group of unexpected guests appeared in her perception.

They were humanoid creatures.

And upon "seeing" their distinctive pointed ears, Charlotte's heart stirred:

"Elves?"