But what made it strange was that when Xu Yi comprehended the Dao, his recitation of "The Dao that can be spoken" and "All conditioned phenomena" had caused such a tremendous disturbance that it directly stirred the Divine Trees of Seven Treasures Mountain and the Ancestor Buddha Court, nearly sending both trees soaring to ascension.
Although both Divine Trees were ultimately protected, their essence had still been drawn away and flowed into their respective tree avatars, where it formed two branches. They now hung at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's waist—the very two Divine Trees Xu Yi was observing through the Sky-Illuminating Mirror at that moment.
Having received the essence of the main Divine Trees, these two trees naturally shared breath and fate with the trees on Seven Treasures Mountain and in the Ancestor Buddha Court.
At that moment, when Xu Yi observed this Immaculate Wonderful Tree, it was actually no different from observing the Immaculate Wonderful Tree in the Ancestor Buddha Court.
The Immaculate Wonderful Tree there was constantly nourished by the chanting of a hundred thousand Buddhas; this tree could feel that experience as if it were its own.
Xu Yi knew nothing of the circumstances, and couldn't be bothered to look into them. As long as the outcome was good, that was all that mattered.
More importantly, he absolutely couldn't repeat his previous mistake of running over time. Who knew when the higher-ups might take the Sky-Illuminating Mirror away?
Xu Yi simply stopped searching the lower half and focused on the upper portion. Soon, he found his target: the twelve leaves at the very top were golden, clearly no ordinary leaves. He immediately focused on them alone.
He had only flipped through five leaves when Xu Yi froze. On the fifth leaf, he had actually seen the words "Spirit Official