At this moment.
All human cities and towns, the aquatic spiritual domains of the sea's Demonic Beasts, and even some tribal gathering places that had grown and flourished in the Wilderness were linked by the Net Dao spirit veins. They were then lifted into the air along with great swathes of land and sea—and one could see that the source of the Four Spirit Vein Cities, as well as the spiritual domains within the sea, lay at the heart of the territories controlled by humanity and Demon Spirits.
A small tree, sheltered at the center, hidden amidst layers of mist, grand formations, and the laws of the greater cosmos.
A "Jianmu sapling."
This Jianmu sapling was still exceedingly young, less than a thousand meters tall. Though such a size was already unimaginably immense to humans and most living beings, to Jianmu, it was merely the state of having sprouted not long ago.
Its roots spread into the spirit veins, transforming into the creeping roots of bamboo groves. They sprouted upward, giving rise to every city, town, and tribe. All spirit vein resources under human control throughout the Tianyuan Realm existed to nurture it.
And the purpose of its existence...
[Jianmu Divine Ship]
The master of Lianshan, Jiang Haoxu, Immortal Haoxu, spoke in an even voice: [We shifted the Heavenly Dao and nurtured the Divine Wood so that one day, we could seize the Creation of heaven and earth and raise a Divine Wood for an entire realm—once the Jianmu sapling has grown strong, it need not become too large. It need only be nearly mature, and it will be able to evolve a vast Grotto-Heaven realm, becoming a "Heaven-and-Earth Ark" that can carry the people of Tianyuan away from this realm.]
[All resources of the Tianyuan Realm, aside from those