Today's second update: Chapter 2312! 2/2!
For a moment, Xu Kun was at a loss for words. He could only use big, huge, and especially huge to describe the... parasol tree before him!
Yuan spoke at just the right moment. "The Nine Heavens Phoenix Tree is Phoenix Lord's bonded divine tree. However, this divine tree never awakened spiritual intelligence, so it is fundamentally different from the living beings of the Wood Race."
"The Thousand Nest Cloud Sea where we are now, and the thousand-nest bird forests growing above the sea of clouds, were arranged with the help of a Wood Race expert at Phoenix Lord's request. Strictly speaking, they are offshoots of the Nine Heavens Parasol Tree. They grew from its root system and became nests for all kinds of mixed-blood descendants and countless birds. They are also the outermost living defenses protecting the Nine Heavens Parasol Tree."
Yunxiao Continent was a stretch of land inhabited either by criminals or avian creatures unable to spread their wings and pierce through the clouds.
The Thousand Nest Cloud Sea was already above the heavens. What Xu Kun had mistaken for forest shade growing in midair was actually formed by offshoots of the Nine Heavens Parasol Tree.
It was clear that the closer one got to the offshoots of the Nine Heavens Parasol Tree, the taller they grew, and naturally, the more birds they could gather.
It was obviously a world far away, yet above these clouds, anyone who focused could clearly see scenery at an immense distance. The clouds themselves parted for it.
Looking straight ahead, Xu Kun saw the root system of the Nine Heavens Parasol Tree pierce through the cloud sea. Calling them roots was less fitting than calling them mountain ranges. Their branches extended all the way to