Mount Sumeru.
The Bodhi Tree rose from the earth, growing at a rate visible to the naked eye. In just a few days, it reached a height of thirty-three zhang. Its crown resembled a cloud, its green leaves stirred by the wind as ten thousand rays of rosy light spilled down. Its bark split open like dragon scales, while its sturdy branches pointed straight toward the heavens.
Meanwhile, an ancient withered tree before the Great Thunder Sound Temple released all the little life force remaining within it into the Bodhi Tree as the latter grew.
"An old tree withers; a new tree flourishes."
As Great Sage Moke watched the dried husk left behind by the Bodhi Tree's nirvana completely fade away, its last traces of vitality becoming nourishment for the Bodhi Seed, a hint of joy appeared in his clouded eyes.
On Mount Sumeru, the withered Bodhi Tree was among the finest materials. Though it had undergone nirvana and extinction, bolstered by boundless faith and mental power, it still retained some of the properties of an Undying Divine Medicine.
If used in artifact refinement, it could forge a Quasi-Emperor divine weapon.
If used in alchemy, it could extend a Quasi-Emperor's lifespan.
Even with his status as Mount Sumeru's most orthodox Great Sage of the current era, he could not easily make use of this withered Bodhi Tree.
But as the Future Buddha, Fang Yang naturally had the authority to use it, especially since he had planted the Bodhi Tree.
The Bodhi Tree had once been the Undying Divine Medicine possessed by Emperor Amitabha. It had been planted on Mount Sumeru, where he taught his disciples beneath its branches, allowing Buddhism to once possess nearly ten ancient Buddhas and reach the height of its prosperity.
Now that the Bodhi Tree had