I will burn books and slay gods.

"We do not belong to this world; we come from the distant Eternal Realm, which is our true home."

"It was a beautiful world, full of laughter and joy. We, like you humans, had our own homeland, but we can't go back now."

"We have become 'outcasts,' not because it abandoned us, but because we left it."

"For the millions of years since we left it, our only wish has been to return to the Eternal Realm and see our former homeland."

"But now, I have no time left. My life is coming to an end. My wish can no longer be fulfilled. But these 'children,' they still have time, they still have time to return to their homeland."

When Chen Ye heard that the old man in front of him had lived for millions of years, he was shocked and explained, "Old man, it's not that I'm unwilling to help you, it's just that you've lived for millions of years and still haven't found a way."

"I am just an ordinary person who has awakened affinity. No matter how powerful I am, I can't possibly live to be millions of years old like you. Perhaps in the future, I will have to go and find the next caregiver, just like you."

"Don't worry about that," he said with a smile. "My situation is different from yours. I'm just acting out of concern for them. But you're different; you're the 'guardian' they chose."

"Therefore, the length of your life depends on the tree in front of you."

"This requires you to enter into a contractual agreement with it."

"In this matter, I will only state my request. Whether you are willing to comply is up to you. I will not force you to comply."

After listening to the old man's story, Chen Ye glanced at Sanhua, whose eyes held both expectation and worry.

Both of these emotions were expressed in his eyes, leaving Chen Ye somewhat undecided for a moment.

"Could you give me some time to think about it carefully?"

The old man nodded. "Don't worry, you have plenty of time. In my space, time outside is essentially frozen, so there won't be any problems."

Three disappearances occurred in the blink of an eye.

Chen Ye, who was sitting to the side, seemed to have made up his mind. He suddenly stood up and stared firmly at the two Daoists in front of him.

"I've made up my mind. Since you think I can do it, I'll reluctantly believe you. But I will do my best to bring these children back to their homeland."

After hearing this, the old man slowly walked up to Chen Ye and said, "In that case, I will make a contract with you."

When Chen Ye heard that he was to make a contract with the old man, his face showed fear and he asked in confusion, "Old man, do you mean I should make a contract with you?"

The old man nodded.

He then explained to Chen Ye, "I am both the incarnation of this divine tree and its projection. The image I present to you now is merely a phantom."

Chen Ye took a few steps back in a panic, looking at the two people in front of him with a flustered expression, and said nervously, "I... I feel like I've fallen into a den of thieves."

Before Chen Ye could react, the old man waved his hand, and in an instant, star-like orbits appeared around Chen Ye, lifting him up.

Gradually, Chen Ye floated into the air until he was suspended in mid-air, where eight different colored star trails made him appear and disappear among them.

Before Chen Ye could react, the eight-colored star trail shrank towards him and disappeared.

As the eight-colored star trails disappeared, Chen Ye felt an extraordinary and powerful energy continuously circulating within his body.

Then Chen Ye's body slowly descended from mid-air and landed in front of the two. But it wasn't over yet; the old man spun his palm around Chen Ye's body.

The power that originally belonged to Chen Ye slowly emerged from his chest. Until Chen Ye saw the true form of the object, he couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "Isn't this the Book of No Words?"

At this point, the old man explained, "You may think this is a wordless book without any original content, but this book is something I gave you a long time ago."

"The real name of this book is the Book of Stars. It's something I gave you a long time ago, but for some reason, you've only recently discovered it."

"But thankfully, it wasn't affected too much."

When the wordless book was held in the old man's hands, the original complex patterns, like runes, were still visible at the top of the book, but as the old man infused his own energy into it...

The complex runes on the book actually changed. With the old man's infusion of energy, the runes seemed to come back to life, moving themselves until they became a rune array.

In the very center of the rune array, the old man gestured for Chen Ye to look here and pointed, saying, "Drip a drop of your blood onto it, and you will officially and completely recognize the master and complete the contract."

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Ye put his right index finger into his mouth and bit down hard.

Then Chen Ye placed his bitten index finger directly above the talisman array, waiting for a drop of blood to drip from the wound.

In an instant, the drop of blood was absorbed by the book and merged into the rune array. The entire book changed from its original retro color to a somewhat eerie dark red, and the entire cover of the book changed color.

The book in the old man's hand rose into the air on its own, and opened itself. The originally wordless pages slowly revealed different patterns of runes.

As the three of them stared intently at the pages with their different runes, the Starry Book flipped forward on its own and reached the first page, where a cyan rune array appeared.

In an instant, a cyan rune array was projected from the pages of the book, growing to be enormous, with a diameter as long as an adult.

Before Chen Ye could recover from the cyan rune array, the old man suddenly shouted, "Sanhua, it's your turn, go!"

Immediately afterwards, the three flowers transformed into a beam of cyan light and entered the cyan rune array. A burst of light appeared, and the original rune array became even brighter at this moment.

Perhaps it was only after Sanhua entered that the cyan rune array was fully activated.

Chen Ye's gaze was fixed on the cyan rune array that still appeared before him. Suddenly, the cyan rune array began to rotate.

Just then, a familiar figure emerged from the rune array, but its overall form had changed. After it appeared fully before him, Chen Ye stared at the transformed Three Flowers, speechless with astonishment.

After Sanhua emerged from the cyan rune array and stood still, Chen Ye looked at her appearance. The complete and utter change that had taken place surprised both Chen Ye and the old man!

At this moment, the old man exclaimed in surprise, "Sanhua, you succeeded!"