"My lord... this Sky Tree Sapling is remarkable, but I'm afraid it's of no use to us."
"Keeping it might even become a liability."
Supreme Sage Yuan Zhang spoke with great care.
Li Yun studied the Sky Tree Sapling with interest. "It is remarkable. This is my first time seeing one. What else do you know about it?"
Supreme Sage Yuan Zhang shook his head. "My lord, I don't know much about Sky Tree Saplings. I only know that every faction on the Myriad Sources Continent treats them as treasures."
"I've also heard they're extremely difficult to cultivate."
"And getting them to grow is no easier."
"Many people have taken Sky Tree Saplings to plant in damaged worlds, but seven or eight out of every ten fail to grow properly."
"If that's so, why are they considered treasures?"
"That... is mainly because of a legend."
Longing flashed in Supreme Sage Yuan Zhang's eyes. "Legend has it that if a Sky Tree Sapling grows successfully, it can restore a damaged world. By then, the fully grown Sky Tree and that world will have become one seamless whole."
"The world's Primordial Order will also be transformed into Heavenly Dao by the Sky Tree."
"And whoever controls the Sky Tree can take the tree and the entire world for themselves, turn them into their own life-bound Divine Kingdom, and become a true Divinity."
"What?"
"Such a thing is possible?"
Li Yun was astonished. He gave Supreme Sage Yuan Zhang a searching look.
"So that's the real reason you brought the Sky Tree Sapling back to Tianhua Domain, isn't it?"
"You wanted to restore Tianhua Domain, make it your life-bound Divine Kingdom, and ascend to Divinity... But this Sky Tree Sapling is subject to its mother tree. Even if you became a Divinity through