The moment Tang Changsheng's Divine Sense cleared, the Three Realms Mirror whirled into motion. It swallowed a beam of light shooting toward him, analyzed it, then turned it into countless characters that appeared on its surface.
Another beam of light was swallowed. The Three Realms Mirror rapidly processed it as well, revealing Heavenly Book Characters that Tang Changsheng could understand.
At the same time, countless scenes flashed across the mirror. Fragments of the golden giant tree's history appeared in Tang Changsheng's mind.
Just then, Tang Changsheng's Spirit Terrace plunged into darkness. All the light, and everything else, vanished.
There was no sky or earth, no above or below. Nothing existed but darkness that seemed destined to last forever.
Then a golden spark appeared before Tang Changsheng. An ancient yet vast consciousness reached out to him. "Welcome, young man. You are the first living being I have seen in hundreds of thousands of years."
"Who are you?" Tang Changsheng's heart skipped a beat, and he asked without thinking.
"Who am I? Hmm. In terms you would understand, you can think of me as this great tree itself," the voice said.
"This great tree?" Tang Changsheng was horrified. The terrifying tree that had nearly doomed him for all eternity with a single glance?
"Yes, me. Of course, I am not merely this great tree. I am this world itself. In terms you would understand, I created this world, or you could say it was nurtured within my body. You could also say I am the embodiment of its Laws—or simply that I am the world itself!"
So that was why it was so powerful! Tang Changsheng was shaken. This was the consciousness of the world itself.
By the standards of the Eastern Glory World, it was plainly an existence at the Taiyi