The World First Grows a Tree

Starting from the Golden Tree in Elden Ring, the author places it alongside the No. 1 bronze divine tree at Sanxingdui and the fusang and jianmu records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, discussing how a tree links a scattered world into one whole. The Golden Tree both grants blessings and connects to the dead underground, while Deathroot spreads along its roots until players burn it; the bronze tree's restoration records note its trunk broke into three sections and its branches into eighteen.