Jianmu was a sacred tree worshipped by the ancient forebears of High Antiquity.
Legend held that it was a bridge linking heaven, earth, mortals, and gods.
Many stories and legends about this tree circulated among the people, but most were vague, repeating the same few lines over and over.
Among the Jade Slips Xu Ze had collected, however, some ancient texts recorded it in considerable detail.
They said that a heavenly ladder stood upon Jianmu, refined by the Yellow Emperor.
In High Antiquity, Fuxi, the Yellow Emperor, and the other gods and immortals had all used this ladder to travel to and from the Mortal World.
But the ancient texts also recorded that Jianmu had green leaves, purple stems, dark blossoms, and yellow fruit.
Song Yan raised his head and looked toward the enormous tree in the distance.
The colors did not seem to match.
Song Yan considered that the accounts in these ancient texts were not necessarily entirely accurate.
Besides, that Divine Tree of Heaven and Earth was so distant that it seemed to stand at the very end of the world.
Looking at it from afar with human eyes alone, through layers of cloud and thick mist, could indeed produce discrepancies.
With that thought, he let the matter go.
Song Yan stood there looking for quite some time before withdrawing his gaze.
The most pressing matter now was to find a way to try to escape.
However poor Song Yan's sense of direction was, he did not think his Master, the Divine Lord Yangsu, would fly over from Jianmu's direction to rescue him.
So he would head west first.
After a little thought, he lightly deployed the Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water Sword Intent, covering his face with it.
The Sword Intent flowed like water,