Clear Light poured upward like a fountain, rippling outward in endless waves. It stood out especially starkly in the boundless, profound darkness, as though it could spread across this vast expanse.
As one of the renowned Great Divine Ability Users of the Ancient Heavenly Court, "Nine Heavens Xuan Nü" Liu Luo was no stranger to this. Her expression turned grave, and she murmured, "Jianmu..."
Jianmu had emerged in response to the Dao, its roots reaching up and down to the source, its branches connecting in every direction to the myriad worlds. It was the framework and support of the Nine Heavens of the Immortal Realm.
As she spoke, she glanced at the Great Dao Tree in Meng Qi's hand. She had heard about it for a long time, but only now, by chance, did she truly sense just how much it resembled Jianmu in form and spirit.
Was this reaction the resonance between the two?
Since the Great Dao Tree could absorb Jianmu and devour the Immortal Realm's many peculiarities, Meng Qi was only slightly surprised by the strange sight before him before quickly returning to normal. Countless wild, fanciful thoughts sprang into his mind.
This realm was the highest of the Nine Heavens, a place close to the Dao—and also the very top of Jianmu. Could it bear fruit here?
And what wonders would those fruits possess?
The Fusang Ancient Tree had been planted by someone unknown, modeled after the Great Dao Tree and nourished by the blood of Haotian Shangdi and Eastern Emperor Taiyi. "Watered" by the destruction of the previous era, it had been born at the start of this one, as if to replace Jianmu. Of the two fruits it bore, one became the Azure Emperor's true body, while the other helped the Azure Emperor attain