"Truly astonishing."
Kahn's eyes filled with wonder as he looked down at the towering banyan tree in the center of the Swamp.
With the simple map Guru Pathik had drawn by hand, he had ridden Four Directions day and night straight toward his destination. Now, he hovered above the Swamp.
The sight before him was magnificent. Encircled by mountains, the entire Swamp stretched for several kilometers, and at its very center, an enormous banyan tree over a hundred meters tall rose from the ground, standing like a crane among chickens.
Viewed from high above, it looked as though a gigantic green mushroom had sprouted from the ground, a truly spectacular sight.
And through his eyes, enhanced by Spiritbending, the scene was even more astonishing.
"No wonder Master Guru Pathik said that. He wasn't exaggerating at all."
Others might have thought it was merely an unusually large tree, but Kahn could see the almost tangible [spirit] flowing through its trunk, through every branch, and along every vine!
This was far more than a swamp, far more than a banyan tree. It was practically an ocean of [spirit], a physical manifestation of [spirit] condensed into substance!
The [spirit] flowed ceaselessly, surging from the earth through the roots, coursing through the branches, then following the roots deep into the earth once more. No wonder Master Guru Pathik had called it "a feeler the world has extended outward."
The banyan tree's [spirit] flowed quietly within it, much like blood flowing through a human body.
Somehow, he seemed to sense that this tree truly was "alive."
At the same time, a concept from his previous life surfaced in his mind-
The World Tree.
The enormous banyan tree before him did indeed bear some resemblance to the legendary World Tree.
Kahn signaled Four Directions to descend,