"Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree hadn't completely withered away?"
Li Yun's heart stirred slightly. But seeing that the surrounding Zhizuns had no attention to spare for the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree, seemingly unaware of its fluctuations as well, he remained outwardly calm.
"Everyone here is well-traveled and knowledgeable. Do you know whether this Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree still has any chance of reviving?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a Zhizun impatiently took over.
"Absolutely not!"
"Oh? Why?"
Li Yun looked at that Zhizun.
"Uh... Daoist Li, we arrived on this isolated island before you, so we have studied the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree more thoroughly. We can now confirm that its life force has been severed!"
"Its vitality has already been utterly obliterated by the dense Chaos Qi within the Despair Ruins."
"Having lost all life force and vitality, it is nothing more than a dead tree."
Having said this, he seemed afraid that Li Yun would be disappointed.
He hurriedly changed his tune.
"However, although only dead wood remains, some Immortal Substance and faint Dao Resonance still linger within its roots. If one digs deep enough, it can still provide considerable aid for Zhizuns seeking to comprehend and elevate their Dao Fruits, condensing Immortal Truth."
Li Yun nodded.
"Oh... I understand."
"So what you are fighting over is not actually the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree itself, but the opportunity to advance into an Immortal Being?"
Everyone tacitly agreed.
Obviously, if the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree were still the Ancient Yuan Heavenly Tree it had once been, it could give people the chance to skip the immortal and indestructible realms entirely, directly comprehend Supreme Truth, and become Supreme Immortals.
How could this group possibly have yielded it so easily?
They would probably have beaten each other's brains out over it