The crown of the Golden Ancient Tree spread across the center of the basin, forming a pale golden dome.
Its newly sprouted leaves gleamed softly in the warm light. Each one resembled a thin sheet of polished gold, with delicate light patterns flowing along its edges.
The canopy covered an area roughly a dozen paces wide, transforming the once-empty fertile ground east of the spring into a region shrouded in golden light and shadow.
Its roots rose slightly from the earth, winding outward in every direction and intertwining with the water veins of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, forming a peculiar symbiotic arrangement.
Lan Tian stood beneath the tree, looking up at the pale golden leaves swaying gently in the breeze. He felt the ancient life energy continuously spilling from the canopy seep into his skin and meridians.
That energy was incredibly dense, purer than the naturally dispersed energy of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, carrying a profound weight accumulated over ancient ages.
He suddenly felt the Blue Silver God Power within him become active.
It was not the restless agitation triggered by external force, but a more natural resonance. It was as though something sharing his origin was being transmitted upward from the Golden Ancient Tree's roots, reaching the soles of his feet through the ground and slowly climbing through his meridians.
Without giving it much thought, he sat down cross-legged where he stood.
The Blue Silver God Domain automatically unfolded the instant he sat, enveloping the Golden Ancient Tree's canopy and several paces around it.
Violet-gold radiance intertwined with the pale golden motes falling from the canopy, forming a warm and stable field of energy.
He closed his eyes and sank his consciousness deep into his Dantian, sensing the life energy flowing up from