The years went by slowly ...
Liu Yang, Alwine, June, Fantina, and the beasts have been within the challenge for almost ten years. They did not know the things that were happening outside of the challenge.
If they could see what was happening to dryads, they were surprised and happy.
For some reason, dryads were returning to normal one by one. But very slowly.
When the first dryad had the curse lifted and was purified. She screamed with joy before visiting the empress, and there was also Rhexia and the nine children.
The appearance of a dryad without the curse shocked the two women, but after hearing that she lost the curse.
The thought that Liu Yang was doing his part of the deal made them very happy, but they didn't know how long it would take.
Fortunately, the dryads without the curse helped the empress to keep the tree green longer. They could also put their powers to increase the empress's power.
