In some ways, the tree had similarities to Ki in the way it had started out and had encountered the world.
It was incapable of protecting itself and those around it while it had to endure all kinds of things that had happened to it that had broken it down gradually.
It had survived by luck and due to its strong vitality which had later helped it to be given sentience and the ability to protect itself later at the cost of another that was close to it.
Once it had started to be able to perform its own actions and have thoughts of its own, it had started to move around and respond to the world around it.
Ki and the tree had faced many obstacles and difficulties in the form of others fearing or rejecting them due to their appearance and their overall existence.
There were times where they had to kill in order to survive but there were some times where mercy and kindness was shown.
They both gradually learned how to adapt to the world around them and they had both found some people to take under them as time had passed whether it was to fill the time they had or to just serve as part of a greater goal.
Many lives disappeared through the passing years in their lives but they had remained until the very end.
Their vitality was so strong along with their determination to live on that they had continued to beat the odds against them.
They both lived a long life that included them killing others in many kill or be killed situations.
They were betrayed at times and were not forgiving when it had happened.
They both were full of so much vitality even if their appearance had been made up of their past scars.
The vitality that continued to nurture and sustain them had come from the blood of their enemies or those that had died around them.
The more that they would continue to grow, so would how deadly they would become to others.
The blood and the broken down bodies of the dead nourished the tree and the trees natural defences had only continued to grow more harmful the more it was nurtured like that.
It was very similar to how her Blood Qi was making Ki full of vitality, strength and was tempering her body and how it was being put to further use to nurture her Poison Qi.
The tree itself may have been able to survive and flourish over time but it was still rooted in place and had to survive by responding to everything that had happened around it while Ki had previously only had one destination in mind without being able to move in another direction
The tree was incapable of moving on to another place just like Ki was unable to move on from her grief and vengeance.
More time had passed and the tree had eventually found its place in the world but it had grown tired of living the way it had been unable to see the wider world beyond its range of detection.
Its large roots that had been deep within the earth had pulled themselves out then the tree had started to walk on the land.
Its body had slowly transformed into the shape of a young girl with brown wavy hair, glowing red eyes and pale skin that had some abnormal markings on it like the skin had been an outer layer of the tree that had been carved into or damaged in the past which had been shown like cracks or cuts on her fair skin.
There were some small horns on the girls head which looked like tree branches with leaves, berries and silk worms on them.
The surrounding silk moths that had lost their home had flown around the demon tree spirit girl that was once the Mulberry Tree.
The tree spirit looked very similar to Ki but had some subtle differences but its overall demeanour was calm and slightly positive as she took her first steps forward on land into the unknown world ahead.
The tree spirit was hopeful that she would be able to handle the trials ahead with what she had learned and there were those that had followed the tree spirit for a long time that had volunteered to journey with her.
She was walking off to the distance and reached the top of a hill but had stopped for a moment and turned her head back to take one final look back towards her past environment.
For a moment, it was like she was looking towards Ki as if to say that everything would be fine and that she had her own journey to go on.
Ki had understood from that look that the tree spirit was also telling her that she did not need to worry anymore since it would be okay once Ki had left and she no longer needed to look over her anymore.
The heart demon that had been overcome and dissipated had later shown back up as the tree demon spirit but it seemed to have gotten over a lot of its resentment and had even turned back to reassure Ki that it would be fine.
The imagery around the space started to slowly dissipate once the tree demon had stepped over the mountain out of view as it had began the new chapter on its life.
Everything had returned to darkness once again and Ki had slowly opened her eyes. "I have succeeded. Huh.. that heart demon of mine sure is sneaky to show up like that."
There was a gentle smile on her face as she had checked over her current state, there was a new feeling of power within her that was not there previously.
It was like the shackles that restrained her had been removed and she had a feeling a sense of freedom for the second time ever.
The first time was when she had achieved that state in her previous life but the current that was even better.
She had missed out on the enlightenment part of the breakthrough in her previous life due to mainly relying on resources or blood to help push her past that wall but the present situation was very different.
Rather than rushing her own growth to reach that realm earlier at the cost of not gaining any significant insights that could help form her martial path to form her enlightenment state, Ki had spent a long time working on everything that had been learned from her previous life.
Everything she had learned and mastered along with her many experiences that was built up into a firm foundation for her growth had helped to form such a clear and detailed vision or inspiration state as she had broken through to the next realm.
Ki had wiped off the snow from her clothes and let out a soft voice. "Unrestrained Realm.. the limit to where I was stuck before. I wonder how much further I can go?"
The shackles that had restrained Ki to its past forms were removed and she had stepped into the Unrestrained Realm where there were more possibilities for her own martial arts to progress further beyond normal martial artists capabilities.