# Chapter 1235: Tree of Life
The Divine Organization took the lead, naming this ancient life land the Fifth Divine Star, which made people suspect whether there was special significance—were there four other ancient stars?
No major force withdrew; all charged forward. Traveling from the Tanmu Star Domain to the Fifth Divine Star was a long journey, and many had died along the way. Now that they were about to see the Tree of Life, who would give up?
"This star isn't very large, as if it's nearly dried up. The life fluctuations are very weak."
Even when approaching, the ripples on the life detector were very faint, disappointing people somewhat. This was not a massive planet.
"It's shrouded in leaden clouds, blocking the view, making it difficult to scan the ground below."
Everyone was surprised. How could ordinary clouds block the exploration of a cosmic mothership? Yet this dark gray mist cut off all kinds of sensing.
The star was truly small, of course, relative to the Eternal Main Star.
Ye Fan stared at the large screen, viewing various scanned data. He learned that this star was about the same size as Earth, but its life aura was very weak.
Gray mist shrouded the planet, making the place look desolate. No one knew what the actual situation on the ground was like.
"Land! Prepare for battle!"
The first cosmic mothership charged into the mist, descending toward the ground, leaving a trail of silver-gray luster. Other organizations followed suit upon seeing this.
Soon, cries of surprise rang out. Disappointment outweighed joy. This was a bleak planet—withered trees rooted in high ridges, giant mountains, and great chasms, stretching toward the sky. Green was almost nowhere to be seen. Everywhere were withered plants, as if the star had suffered a calamity, losing all its vitality.
Ye Fan showed a strange expression. In that instant, he had an illusion—this ancient star had once been very large, but it had withered, growing smaller and smaller, somewhat like Earth.
"This is a star heading toward the end of its life. The last traces of life should have disappeared in the past few thousand years," said the old mercenary Huo Bai.
The lakes on the ground had all dried up. Many majestic mountain bodies were no longer magnificent, lifeless and dead. Old trees that had shed all their leaves were about to fall at any moment, and there were many cliff marks where waterfalls had ceased to flow.
This was disappointing. When a life land was approaching its end, what divine tree could still exist? It had most likely been taken away long ago.
"Eh, look! There's still a bit of green life over there."
Inside Ye Fan's warship, a mercenary stared at a cliff on the screen. There, life fluctuations were very faint, and green light flickered.
The spaceship traced a graceful trajectory, descending from the sky. On the cliff, old trees and ancient vines intertwined, all withered and defeated. Among the yellow grass, there was a medicinal herb, hanging with a dozen green leaves, releasing its last spiritual energy.
The cabin door opened, and everyone walked out one after another.
"A waist-high old medicine... this is... Azure Qilin Orchid. To have grown to this size, it must be at least fifty thousand years old—a small Medicine King!"
People sighed in amazement. This was a precious medicine, but unfortunately, the world had changed, and it too had declined, relying on its original spiritual energy to survive until now, having lost all its value.
Old mercenary Huo Bai dug open the surface and discovered dried-up dragon veins underground. He nodded—the old medicine had relied on these to survive.
"A pity, a lament. We finally found a life star, but we came for nothing." The other mercenaries were dejected.
In the distance, spaceships flew past, charging toward another direction. There seemed to be a new discovery there. They also set off. Someone had found a giant stele, broken through a restriction, and then a group of ancient buildings appeared.
Soon, people took action. Many abandoned cities emerged from their seals, standing on the ground.
"There are indeed traces of life. There was once a group of natives, but who knows where they've gone now."
People rushed into the cities, searching through the buildings. Unfortunately, there were no useful artifacts—most were left by ordinary mortals.
"The cultivators on this star mostly moved their mountain gates and such away as a whole, so it's difficult to find their inheritance."
Because on those grand mountains and in those extraordinary great valleys, there were clear traces of buildings that had been uprooted and taken away.
"An entire clan migrated. Where did they go?"
"It should have happened within the past few tens of thousands of years."
"This planet still has faint life fluctuations. There should still be some dragon veins underground that haven't completely dried up."
Before long, violent explosions came from afar. A mothership was shot down, emitting a blinding light. Many spaceships rushed over.
"A massive altar has been discovered! On it, there are actually tender shoots of the Tree of Life offered as tribute, surging with essence!"
The Sacred Light Mercenary Corps summoned their mercenaries, gathering there to claim a share of the spoils. Ye Fan, Huo Bai, Dao Yi, and others hurried over.
This was discovered by the Fan Clan. They tore open a sealing scroll, revealing an altar the size of a small mountain, built from black crystal stones on a grand scale.
At the center of the altar were many offerings: several pieces of gleaming white sacred bones, some dried bloodstains, scattered magical artifacts, and most eye-catching of all, a jade plate at the very top, emanating astonishing life aura.
In the pure white jade plate was a tender branch about a foot long, with over a dozen emerald-green, sparkling tender buds, surrounded by essence. However, they were sealed by the jade plate, preventing any leakage.
"The Ancient Tree of Life!"
The people who had rushed over exclaimed. The battle just now had been over this.
"These are the most tender divine sprouts of the Tree of Life—its essence."
Someone charged forward, but found that the several sacred bones on the altar, the dried blood grooves, and the other magical artifacts all emitted light, sweeping them away.
"The altar has powerful restrictions. Do not attack recklessly. Carefully dismantle it."
All parties acted together, trying to break down the ancient altar. The tender branch of the Tree of Life had appeared—this was absolutely a divine-grade precious medicine, capable of reviving the dead and regenerating flesh, and also containing fragments of the Great Dao.
Ye Fan frowned. He did not rush forward recklessly, watching from a distance. Old mercenary Huo Bai was also acting mysteriously, standing behind the crowd.
The Divine Organization arrived. Their black mothership blotted out the sky, covering the area above, shooting down a beam of blinding light, partially breaking down the restrictions.
"The Divine Tree of Life! Heavens, they've really discovered this Immortal Elixir!"
Suddenly, cries of surprise came from afar. Motherships were fighting, experts were flying through the air, engaged in fierce conflict, all plunging into a mountain range.
Boom!
At the same time, dust and smoke shot up from this altar area as everyone attacked together, breaking through it. In the chaos, someone snatched away the tender shoots of the Tree of Life.
Deep in the mountains a hundred miles away, multicolored light shot into the sky, auspicious radiance flourished. Even from a great distance, it could be clearly seen. Many people turned and rushed over—compared to the real Ancient Tree of Life, a small tender shoot was nothing.
In just a hundred miles, many people fell. To reduce competition, they plotted against each other. Even the Divine Organization was secretly attacked, and their cosmic mothership was damaged in one spot.
In the great chaos, people charged into the mountain range, leaving behind many corpses and bloodstains. The value of an Immortal Divine Tree could move even a Great Emperor, let alone these people.
"Ah..."
Screams came from one area after another. Dozens or even hundreds of people lost their lives, yet they could not approach the wondrous tree. There was a terrifying ancient formation here.
The majestic mountain range, the magnificent peaks—this should have been a blessed land containing immortal aura, with the spirit of ascending immortals and soaring emperors. Unfortunately, it had now dried up.
There were many old trees, all withered and dry, most of them fallen to the ground. Stepping on them would immediately turn them to dust. Deep within this mountain range, green mist rose thickly. An immortal tree was rooted in the central forest.
There, all other plants had withered, and the springs had lost their spiritual energy. Only an ancient tree, barely over a meter tall, stood by the pond, emitting essence.
As a tree, it was truly short—at most one meter twenty. But its trunk was gnarled and sturdy, its old bark cracked open, like a coiled flood dragon lurking here.
The leaves above flickered with green light, like immortal rainbows dancing, with hazy light and mist. It looked divinely wondrous, making people feel close to it.
And at this place, there was also a rumbling Dao sound, echoing around the ancient tree, as if emitting the primordial sound of the creation of heaven and earth.
"It really is the Tree of Life! Who would have thought... it was left behind!"
Everyone was excited. Many couldn't help but roar to the sky. This was an immense divine fortune, an unimaginable great opportunity.
There were many corpses on the ground, along with large patches of bloodstains. Clearly, a struggle had just occurred. No one could get close; they could only watch from afar.
There was a stone stele here. The Divine Organization appeared and was carefully studying it, along with some people from major forces.
It recorded some secrets. This ancient land had dried up, forcing the entire clan to migrate. During the journey, severe internal strife broke out, followed by an attack from terrifying cosmic creatures, nearly wiping them out. An old sage fought desperately to break through and brought the Tree of Life back to their homeland.
Beside the stone stele, there were traces of Dao dissolution, with only a piece of gleaming white bone remaining. The old sage had already passed away many years ago.
"So that's it. The people of this life ancient land were killed in the cosmos, most likely their entire clan exterminated."
"Were the tender shoots on the altar an offering from him, praying to the heavens to protect his people?"
Many suddenly understood, their expressions shifting uncertainly. They were anxious in their hearts but had no way to approach.
There was actually a Great Sage-level formation here. Several sages charged forward one after another, all retreating severely injured, while others died directly.
"This is a Great Sage formation. Even a powerhouse of the same level might not be able to break through. Unless one wears a Divine Mech, there's no way to enter."
The group was first overjoyed, then fell into despair. The Sutra Clan's divine skin ancient scroll had proven true. They had finally found this ancient star, but in the end, this was the result.
Even if they destroyed this star, this mountain range could still be preserved. They couldn't obtain the divine tree. This frustration of guarding a treasure mountain empty-handed was extremely hard to bear.
Even the Divine Organization was helpless. They had four people here, none of them a Great Sage. Their eyes flickered, bright and uncertain.
"The legendary Immortal Divine Tree, vanished for endless ages, now reappearing, yet we cannot obtain it." Everyone felt as if a small insect was gnawing at their hearts.
"Return to the Eternal Main Star. Go invite experts with profound Dao pattern mastery. I refuse to believe we can't open this place!"
In the end, after dozens or even hundreds of attempts, leaving another field of corpses behind, some major clans set off, rushing toward the Eternal Star Domain.
They competed in speed, racing against time, all wanting to be the first to return to Eternal, seize the initiative, and have their clan elders invite experts to dismantle this place and obtain the immortal medicine.
The Flame Qilin Cave's Great Sage Yan Qi led the ancestral kings to blockade the Eternal Main Star. They had attacked several times but couldn't break through the protection of the Ancient Emperor's Dao, paying a bloody price for nothing.
"A Star Gate has opened there. The Ancient Emperor's Dao has sealed this star, and even they can't break in. Hmm, a few more groups have appeared. Capture them all."
The people returning from the Fifth Divine Star were discovered immediately. They were captured by ancestral kings descending from the sky, their faces turning pale.
"Great Sage, we've discovered a shocking piece of news!" A sage of the Flame Qilin Cave spoke almost tremblingly, quietly reporting to Great Sage Yan Qi.
"King Nine Phoenix, a major incident has occurred! In the distant starry sky... there is actually an Immortal Elixir!" On the other side, someone reported to the leader of the Blood Phoenix Mountain.
At the same time, other ancient sages like Qilin King also learned of this. All were shaken. They personally interrogated the prisoners, viewing their sea of consciousness, and were all shocked.
"It really is a tender shoot of an immortal medicine. This is... the Tree of Life!" Great Sage Yan Qi could not remain calm. Many cultivators had returned from the Fifth Divine Star seeking reinforcements, only to be captured. Among them, one person had snatched a tender shoot in the chaos on the altar. Though only the size of a fingernail, it was filled with immortal aura, now illuminating the faces of Yan Qi and Huo Qizi.
"We must obtain this Immortal Divine Tree! Every immortal medicine contains secrets that fascinate even the Ancient Emperors!" Yan Qi stared at the tender shoot in his palm, quickly making a decision.