First, the Fusang tree, a divine tree from the mythology of the Eastern lands, is a classic totem from ancient creation myths.
In "Records of the Ten Continents": "Fusang, ever-changing, has no fixed form, and can also split into a hundred bodies."
In "Shan Hai Jing - Eastern Classic": "Above the Tang Valley is Fusang, where ten suns bathe, north of the Black Teeth." Guo Pu's commentary: "Fusang is a tree."
In "Tai Ping Yu Lan - Xuan Zhong Ji": "The highest in the world is Fusang, with no branches or wood, reaching to the heavens, winding down and bending, connecting the three springs."
From various literary sources, it seems this tree is related to the sun, being the resting place of the sun.
The sun resides in the heavens, which the ancients believed to be the realm of immortals, a place unreachable by mortals. Thus, there is also a saying that this tree bears the heavens, and the legendary celestial realm exists upon this tree.
Therefore, discovering this divine tree and climbing to its top would allow one to reach the world of the immortals.
There is also a belief that the Fusang tree serves as a gateway connecting the heavens, the mortal realm, and the underworld, bearing the three realms.
In other words, the Fusang tree is the World Tree that supports the world.
Next, Yggdrasil, a name many may not understand, is the name of a divine tree in Norse mythology.
The 'Ygg' in its name has a fearful connotation, and this name is also another name for Odin, the chief god in Norse mythology.
As for the other part of the name, 'drasill,' refers to a horse, thus combining to mean 'Odin's horse.' The origin of this name is said to be that Odin once hung himself from this giant tree and, using his eternal spear (Gungnir), wounded himself, thereby discovering the magical runes.
Thus, Odin referred to this act as 'riding a horse,' and from then on, this giant tree was known as Yggdrasil.
In Norse mythology, this giant tree's branches reach the sky, and its branches constitute the entire world, with legends stating that nine kingdoms sprout from this tree.
The tree is divided into three layers and nine realms, with the legendary Asgard (the realm of the Aesir), Jotunheim (the realm of giants), Alfheim (the realm of elves), and others existing upon it.
It is said that the three massive roots of this tree delve into different realms: the first root reaches into Asgard, where the Well of Urd lies, and every day the gods gather by this spring to hold council.
Additionally, the three Norns, the goddesses of fate, reside here.
The second root extends into Jotunheim—the realm of giants, where the Well of Mimir, the source of wisdom and knowledge, is located.
The third root plunges into Niflheim—the realm of mist, a land of ice and snow, the resting place for the dead and dying, where the root is beneath the Hvergelmir spring and is home to the infamous dragon Nidhogg, which constantly gnaws at the roots of the tree.
It will continue to bite at the roots until one day, when it finally severs the tree, Ragnarök will come, and the world will meet its end.
Thus, this tree that supports everything is also the World Tree.
Furthermore, it is said that in the center of the Garden of Eden, there exists a tree known as the Kabbalah, Tree of Life, also called the Tree of Reversal.
In the original Hebrew text, it is called ???????, translated into English as the Tree of Cabala/Kabala/Qabalah/Kabbalah. It is a mystical symbol used in Judaism and part of the philosophical tradition known as "Kabbalah."
Kabbalah employs this symbol to describe the so-called "Path to God" or the manner in which God created the world from nothingness.
Studying Kabbalistic thought is said to allow one to perceive the "mystical causal relationships of the universe" and comprehend its secrets.
There is also a widely held belief that the Tree of Life represents the vast cosmos, the human body as a microcosm, and the spiritual journey to attain divine enlightenment—these three elements are intricately linked, forming the essence of Kabbalistic philosophy.
In short, the Kabbalistic Tree of Life is also deeply connected to creation, hence it is also referred to as the World Tree.
Beyond these three interpretations of the World Tree, nearly every mythology features a similar divine tree.
For example, the Ashvattha in ancient Indian mythology.
Or the Celestial Tree in ancient Egyptian mythology, among others.
All of these can be called World Trees.
However, though they may be referred to as World Trees, they are not the true World Tree in the strictest sense.
It would be more accurate to say that these divine trees in this world are fragments of the genuine World Tree.
If they were the true World Tree, these mythologies wouldn't be confined to a single universe—each would govern its own independently functioning cosmos.
The so-called acts of creation performed by these World Trees, such as forming universes, are essentially just other dimensional spaces within the greater cosmos.
The true World Tree exists at the very root of the universe.
So now, behind Renji, in the direction of Xianyang, stands a towering tree that pierces the heavens—is it a branch of the World Tree, or the true World Tree itself?
It is the genuine World Tree, and this particular one was obtained as a reward upon reaching a certain milestone in role-playing.
However, the reward wasn't the World Tree itself.
He acquired the World Tree through the reward.
So what was the reward? It was an item—specifically, the Fusang Tree sought by the First Emperor in the world of Type-Moon.
When Renji obtained the Fusang Tree, he was standing beside another Fusang Tree—one that belonged to the world he had reincarnated into, the Fusang Tree of this world's celestial realm.
How did he find the Fusang Tree? By investigating ancient records, he uncovered a hidden entrance to the celestial realm.
Only after entering the celestial realm did he realize it was completely deserted.
After some exploration, he located the celestial realm's Fusang Tree.
Subsequently, using the Fusang Tree from his reward, he successfully claimed the celestial realm's Fusang Tree as his own and, unexpectedly, synthesized it into the true World Tree—or rather, its seed.
It was only after coming into contact with this celestial Fusang Tree and accessing its Akashic Records that Renji understood why the celestial realm was empty: its gods and immortals had departed this universe.
During the Shang Dynasty, the immortals of this world accidentally discovered an entirely new universe. To prevent other pantheons from finding out, they quietly relocated.
Of course, they didn't abandon the humans under their jurisdiction entirely.
During the Yin-Shang period, a brutal war erupted that was actually manipulated by immortals and deities—using the conflict as cover to relocate populations.
They took away the highest-quality humans.
Now, returning to the issue at hand: he was using the now-barren celestial realm as fertilizer to catalyze the growth of the World Tree seed.
He melted down and reforged this nearly defunct celestial space, creating a new miniature world.
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