It was extraordinary. No two leaves on the entire tree were alike, each one unique and crystal clear, as though carved from jade.
Some leaves resembled tiny cauldrons shrouded in mist, others looked like Divine Phoenixes shimmering with rosy light, and still others were shaped like immortals sitting cross-legged, astonishingly lifelike.
Some of these leaves gleamed brilliantly like gold, while others were as vivid as crimson jade, displaying a dazzling array of colors.
At that moment, Ye Fan and the others could all make out a figure through the swaying shadows of the tree, and their hearts began to pound with dread.
"Great Emperor!" The Big Black Dog nearly leaped into the air, overcome with excitement, and rushed toward the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree.
"Great Emperor? Which Great Emperor is this?" Seeing how excited the Black Emperor was, Ye Fan had already begun to guess who that figure was.
It was a hazy figure whose features could not be made out. He paced around the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree, with a great bell wreathed in wisps of chaos mist above his head.
The great bell seemed capable of freezing time. Chaos surged around it, spilling down in ten thousand silken strands, mysterious and indistinct, like the flowing river of years.
The figure finally sat cross-legged beneath the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree. The great bell rose and fell, and he seemed to merge into the boundless world, on the verge of disappearing.
Before long, he rose thoughtfully and gazed up at the sky, then walked away step by step, as though traveling against the current of the River of Time.
"Great Emperor, don't go! Take me with you!" the Big Black Dog shouted, his excitement reaching an overwhelming pitch as he prepared to charge forward.
Ye Fan hurriedly reached out