Shi Feng stared at the crystal branch in his hand, stunned for several moments. He could hardly believe it was real.
Withered Tree of Life Main Branch. Special Legendary-Grade Fragment. A withered main branch from a Tree of Life, preserved until now only because it contained a trace of the world's aura from before the Great Destruction. Withering degree: 94%.
The displayed data was simple enough, and to players unfamiliar with the Divine Realm, it would seem utterly worthless.
But for Shi Feng, who was deeply familiar with the Divine Realm, this was different.
Seeing this information, Shi Feng almost thought he was dreaming.
The Tree of Life belonging to the Elven race was the highest-quality and most ancient known Tree of Life in the Divine Realm. Yet even that Tree of Life only came into existence after the Great Destruction.
However, the Tree of Life main branch before his eyes existed before the Great Destruction. It was simply unbelievable.
One had to remember, the Divine Realm before the Great Destruction was the Age of the Gods. Even deities enjoyed living within the Divine Realm; one could imagine just how superior its environment had been back then.
It could be said that an ordinary object from before the Great Destruction would be an absolute treasure in the present era. As for a Tree of Life that grew during that time, he didn't even dare to imagine its quality.
It might have already reached the sacred grade!
Sacred grade!
This wasn't some item merely called "sacred"—it was the genuine sacred grade.
Items of this grade could protect an entire race, dictating its rise and fall. They were treasures coveted even by ancient gods.
In his previous life, he had only learned of the introduction to two sacred-grade artifacts within the War God's Temple because of a Legendary-Grade main questline. The War God's Temple was the most pinnacle force in the entire Divine Realm; no kingdom or empire dared to defy it. Yet even such a formidable War God's Temple possessed only two sacred-grade items in its treasure vault.
Before this, he had been completely ignorant regarding sacred-grade items.
He had even suspected that sacred-grade items were not something players could ever possess.
Because even after ten years in the Divine Realm, there had been no reports of any player obtaining a sacred-grade item. The strongest items players wielded were Legendary-Grade at most.
And Legendary-Grade items were already objects that allowed players to fight opponents far above their tier. If a player were to obtain an even more powerful sacred-grade item, he couldn't imagine how terrifying they would become.
Although a Tree of Life wasn't a weapon or armor, as its quality increased, the materials required to produce Life Fruits and Life Cores would not only decrease, but the quantity produced would also increase, and the cycle would shorten.
A standard Legendary-Grade Fragment could produce once a month, yielding one to three fruits. A true Legendary-Grade item cut that cycle in half and could yield three to five. As for the sacred grade, he didn't even dare to imagine.
"However, this withering degree is far too high. It's reached 94%—just 1% away from being completely unusable. The chance of reviving it is probably less than 10%." Shi Feng's brow furrowed as he looked.
While 95% was the theoretical limit, the only person who had ever succeeded had revived a branch, not the main trunk.
Of course, whether it was a branch or the main trunk, the revival process was the same: use items of high-purity energy and high-concentration life aura to continuously replenish it, attempting to stimulate the branch's vitality so it could grow naturally.
To revive a withered branch at 94%, especially a Legendary-Grade Fragment, the required materials were not something any ordinary power could obtain. Even a superpower might not be able to acquire them all.
Every single material needed to be Legendary-Grade to be effective. Coupled with the requirements for high-purity energy and high-concentration life aura, such Legendary-Grade materials were exceedingly rare. Not a single one was easily found or obtained.
But then, when he thought that this had originally been a sacred-grade Tree of Life, all these difficulties seemed to pale in comparison.
"It looks like I'll need to prepare thoroughly for this trip to the Western Continent." Shi Feng considered, and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.