"Everyone come, our mother is hurt!" Tepa Shouted hysterically towards the village.

Everyone heard Tepa's loud shout and quickly started to gather at the village's center.

Berbu ran towards Tepa. She stumbled and fell on the ground but she ignored her injury and got back up and continued heading towards Frindle.

She nervously looked Frindle's situation. She noticed so much fluids leaking from her body and her skin cracking.

Tepa was quickly approached by the entire tribe.

Leafteay was the first to speak. "What happened to mother?" She looked at Frindle with worry.

"I don't know Leafteay, I found her like this and her body is really hot especially near her heart." Tepa replied worriedly.

Berbu placed her hand on Frindle's chest and quickly removed it. She held her hand and helped out "Hot".

Frindle aware of what was happening couldn't help but shed tears both from the pain and the compassion she was receiving.

Where's Redcap Leafteay wondered out loud.

Many of the other tribes man wondered the same now that it was brought up.

Frindle overheard what was being said and she started to cry more intensely.

She continued to focus on cultivating. The bark like skin of hers started to heal and smooth over as if it was made of skin. The blood dried up and turned to dust and was blown by the wind.

Berbu, Tepa and the others watched Frindle heal with uncanny speed.

When she opened her eyes they were bloodshot from crying. She gathered her strength and spoke to the tribe.

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"I'm okay everyone." She quickly stood up and spoke again. "Redcap is no longer with us." she started to get misty eyed again but she powered through the emotions and spoke about what was happening.

"He sacrificed himself for us. He told me about the uncomfortable feelings we had and where they were coming from. It turns out we have enemies coming to invade our land."

Tepa looked unconvinced but she shut her mouth and decided let Frindle finish before speaking.

"He was special, weird but special. He was born with memories of another life and he showed me everything and explained to me what the threat was." Frindle solemnly spoke.

"These people that are coming are like a plague they ravage lands and take whatever they want leaving nothing but barren land in their wake. These beings are called Ashram."

"The Ashram are blood thirsty, They love hurting others and stealing away their happiness."

Leafteay and Berbu were shocked and the rest of the tribe started to panic. Tepa said "calm down everyone let mother finish. She was calmer than the others but she was still startled by the information."

"Redcap sacrificed himself and turned himself to energy and gave it all to me along with a cultivation technique which I planned to pass to all of you." Frindle told the tribe.

"Is Redcap reliable" Berbu spoke what everyone was thinking.

"I believe that he wouldn't do anything to harm us he was a weirdo but he didn't do anything to hurt us since he showed up to the village; also don't forget that he sacrificed him self to help more advance to a new form." Tepa said.

"We need to get stronger or else we will become food for everyone." Frindle solemnly spoke to everyone. As she looked towards everyone she noticed their fear and panic.

"Everyone calm down for a moment, Redcap gave us the tools and opportunity for us to fight and save ourselves we shouldn't let that go to waste." Frindle looked at everyone before saying I have a technique that Redcap gave me and he wanted to share it with everyone.

One by one she shared the cultivation technique to everyone than she held an impromptu group cultivation session.

She explained to everyone what she had experienced and pointed out some of the mistakes that they were doing.

100 years had passed.

Leafteay was the first to form a galaxy her constellation was a tea tree and it formed in the shade of a giant tree with a sun which represented Frindle.

The others formed their constellations soon after and each one was shaped by their original form and they also were in the shade of a giant tree with a golden sun.

300 more years pass and everyone in the tribe had continued to cultivate getting much stronger than before.

Frindle watched as everyone continued to cultivate and hatred growing in her heart. These Ashram have taken away their happiness already, They no longer play, or live a happy life all they do is cultivate.

When they show up I'll make them pay for harming my children's happiness.

104 Years go by and suddenly the ground shakes. Meteors smash into the ground setting the world on fire. Many creatures that have formed on the world had their life extinguished and Frindle felt it all. She grew furious.

She quickly formed back into a her humanoid shape and told everyone that the Ashram were finally attacking.

The Teafee tribe quickly stood up and prepared for war.

The meteors cracked open. Ashram poured out of each one. Some looked grotesque as if made from the flesh of many living beings but the stronger they became their forms began to unify and then they started to become ranked.

Coprun was the weakest of the ranked and the most numerous followed by Phairon Sillcastars, Aurumitans followed by Platin. This was part of the information Redcap had given Frindle.

The Ashram marched towards their target and nothing was going to stop them. They were after a treasure and they were going to get it no matter how much blood had to be spilled. This was their way of life, their honer for the Ashram.