Wang along saf motionless, in a deep sleep on his rocking chair as the guqin continually played.
Soon, 1 year passed...
Then 5 years...
Then 10...
Then 100...
And then 1000...
Until finally, after 10,000 years...
Beneath a massive tree, full of vibrant life and greenery stood a simple and short pagoda, small but charming.
The pagoda stood spotless as it stood beneath the tree, shaded by the trees Canopy.
Beneath the roof of the little pagoda sat a void of darkness with hunan shape, relaxing on a humble looking rocking chair. All while a zither played in the background, sounding like a choir of immortal fairies, singing to the moon.
One day, the void of darkness stirred, waking softly with a deep and resounding yawn. Breaking the quiet harmony of the pagoda.
...
As Wang Long stirred, he yawned deeply and stretched his arms over his head, feeling a deep sense of relaxation.
"Always good after a long nap..."
Muttering while once more connecting to his God's sense, prompting his senses to expand rapidly, quickly engulfing the universe within a moment.
To his surprise, when he expanded his senses, he sensed that around his pagoda sat thick tree roots, gently wrapping around near the base of the pagoda but not touching it at all.
The roots originated from the tree of life, prompting a light smile from Wang Long , assuming the tree of life had gained some level of sentience. Instinctively wrapping around its creator like a child greeting their father but not doing anything before receiving permission.
Such a gentle display of possession gave ewng Long a faint smile that he didn't even try to hide. Without hesitation, Wang Longs feet left the pagodas floor as Wang Long floated up into the air before slowly descending just outside the pagoda, just in front of the thick roots that looked like walls.
Gently patting the the massive tree root before softly saying
"Come on, don't act all shy"
As if receiving an order, the tree rooot softly moved, gently reaching out a thinned branch on front of Wang Long. Moving extremely slow and gentle, it settled in his hand.
Wang Long was then able to feel a sense of emotion coming from the tree root, a slight sense of happiness as if a child meeting their father once more after a long time.
After an instant, Wang Long felt a stream of information arriving out from the tree root, going into Wang Longs mind. Sounding like a child like little girl calling out "Father! I'm I'm happy you're awake!"
Wang Long stood, slightly surprised, not expecting such a voice or even to speak at all, only expecting instincts to start with.
"Ah... so you do speak, how are you feeling?"
Once more, Responding to Wang Long, the child like voice resounding throughout Wang Longs mind once more.
"Amazing father! Im happy i can finally talk to you!" A soft giggle also escaping from the tree.
Such an innocent response elicited a soft chuckle from Wang Long, looking up after already noticing the cpuple dozen fruits on the trees crown.
"So what are those, little one?"
Giggling softly, the tree responded in a slight teasing tone "they're just extra stuff! All the energy has to go somewhere, right father?"
Rolling his eyes softly, Wang Long glanced inside the dozen or so fruits, seeing bare human like creatures with longer ears and a lingering aura of qi condensation.
Thinking back to a story he once heard about the tree of life, ang Long raised an eyebrow, not really expecting it to be real.
"Elves?"
"Elves? What's that father?"
The Tree asked curiously at the new word Wang Long muttered to himself.
"Oh, I just think Elves would be a good name for those creatures in your fruits"
The Tree giggled softly, childishly Responding "oooh how lovely! Yay! Let's name them that then!"
Wang Long couldnt help but chuckle once more at the trees innocent tone, despite it being extremely old
"So how much do you remember?"
"Everything, father!"
Raising an eyebrow slightly, Wang Long nodded, thinking to himself as he stroked his chin.
"Cool... so when are you going to release those Elves?"
As Wang Long asked his seemingly innocent question, the tree of life responded slightly more reserves and slightly nervous.
"W..well father... I could release them for a while... but I didn't want to...without your permission...."
In response, Wang Long raised an eyebrow before laughing out loud before gently patting the tree root.
"Oh, you sont need my permission to create things, little one"
"Really father?! Oh thank you thank you thank you!"
Laughing at the childish display, Wang Long patter the root as it curled around him with excitement after finally receiving permission.
"OK, ok little one, calm down... now, now that you're sentient, shall I give you a name?"
"Oooh! Yes yes! Please father, it would mean the world!" The world tree said with glee, Wang Long already able to imagine the pleading expression on the trees imaginary face.
Wang Long let out another soft chuckle, nhoying the refreshing innocent childishness of the Tree of life. Smiling as he gave a suggestion "OK, ok, what about treeie?"
Suddenly, the tree root froze, trembling lightly "t..that name... m..maybe another..father..?" Clearly not liking the name at all.
Feeling the emotion coming from the root, Wang Long let out a loud and long laugh, evidently just teasing the tree of life previously. "Don't worry, I'm just teasing you, what about Thalia? It means 'To Blossom'"
Wang Long said softly as he stroked the tree root, feeling the root relax slightly in his hand.
"Meanie.... but Thalia... t..that's better than treeie at least..." Despite the tree of lifes defiant words, her tone was happy, clearly liking the name causing Wang Long to smile.
"OK, ok, I'm just happy that you like it, Thalia"
Hearing her new name come from Wang Long, Thalia couldn't help but emit a sense of happiness from the tree roots, trying to hide it but failing miserably.
Chuckling lightly, Wang Long started to fly into the air "have fun with your new rlves then Thalia, just make sure they stay away from my house"
Giggling lightly, Thalia responded happily, feeling a warmth inside her "ok, bye bye father!" With a few words, she raised a root lightly to invitation Wang Long in Waving back.
Flying away, Wang Long held a faint smile on his face as he flew towards the north at first, wanting to fly and enjoy the scenery eith his eyes rather than his senses.
Flying in a specific direction, clearly having a destination in mind even as he flew slowly.
After a short few weeks of flying, Wang Long gazed into the distance, seeing large stone walls on the horizon.
Smiling to himself, thinking that it was just as it seemed in his God's sense, Wang Long kept flying at a slow speed towards the large walls.
As Wang Long flew, his body slowly morphed, his black void like body slowly shimmered, a wave of skin colour slowly spread over his whole body.
Once Wang Longs skin formed, body features started properly appearing, bright and deep blue irises formed, along with a set of sword like eyebrows and a set of plain lips. His nose growing along with a pair of ears to finish off his face before his hair slowly grew.
As his hair slowly grew, it started fluttering in the wind as Wang Long flew, coming out a lustrous snow White color.
Once Wang Long finished forming his head, his body gently bulged, forming dense and powerful muscles that still looked sleek beneath his gold and black robe.
"Now that'll about do it, pretty handsome if I I say so myself" He chuckled as he looked at himself with his God's sense, seeing a handsome young man with deep and piercing eyes and striking looks.
As his appearance fully formed, Wang Long arrived above the city, stopping in the air as he looked down, admiring the city with his own eyes.
Below, Wang Long watched with his own eyes as tens of thousands of people worked below, walking around like ants on the ground. Scattered throughout the brick like mud buildings along with wood.
Within the center of a city stood a much larger ceramic building with more intricate carvings.
Smiling to himself, Wang long chuckled before stepping through space, having enough fun for a short while.
Upon stepping forwards, Wang Long appeared before the cave he set up, finding it still perfectly in tact.
"Hm.. no lucky ones yet..."
Once more stepping through space, Wang Long appeared before the village that Adam and Eve moved to with their children, finding it as nothing but a barren hill, filled with lush green grass but no humans anywhere.
"Hm... surprising, this should be a popular land... no matter" He muttered before stepping forward, appearing at the top of his pagoda.
"OK, enough fun, time to get to work"
Once settled in his rocking chair, Wang Long flicked open the panel, a deep smile appearing on his face, along with a deep satisfaction and happiness.
God Points: 127,521