The nine leaves contained supreme power, making it difficult to cross through them. Nonetheless, this must be done in order to climb the entire tree whose pinnacle existed at the end of the sky. While standing up there, it felt as if the entire cosmo was within reach.

In reality, a bud existed at the highest point, yet to become the tenth leaf. On this bud was a water bead the size of a fist.

It seemed to be carved out of a crystal but no crystal...