Great Thousand Northern Territory, Heaven Burning Continent.
Standing outside the continent and gazing into the distance, one could vaguely see, if their eyesight was sharp enough, an enormous verdant tree reaching into the heavens. It stood rooted in the center of the continent, beneath the southern foothills of the Heaven Burning Mountain Range.
Its trunk, over ten thousand zhang tall, radiated an ancient, boundless aura.
Above its sky-covering canopy, dense pure energy spread through the air, shifting into the forms of all things.
It shone with the light of wisdom. Simply looking at it gave one a sense of sudden enlightenment, as though one were about to enter a state of epiphany and comprehend the profound truths of heaven and earth.
Even more strangely, the entire tree was wreathed in a faint layer of Green Flame.
Yet this flame did not make one feel scorching heat or danger. Instead, it brimmed with vast vitality.
At this moment, the Bodhi Ancient Tree's extensive roots beneath the earth reached deep underground, probing into the magma. While drawing upon Earth Fire Power, they had also discovered an unfathomable place.
There, an intense and scorching power of the continent lingered, pure and vast, as though it had come from the primordial age, crossed through time, and remained until the present day.
This mysterious power was of immense benefit to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
Its simple intelligence sensed that this power would bring it great benefits, and so it instinctively drew it in and absorbed it.
This mysterious power elevated the Bodhi Ancient Tree's simple spirituality, giving it a feeling of clarity and lucidity.
Its limited intelligence gradually underwent a mysterious transformation throughout this process.
The Bodhi Ancient Tree began to learn how to think, becoming increasingly spiritual, like a newborn beast filled with curiosity