Anyone familiar with Ge Qingzhu would know that his rise to prominence started when he found a pond of spirit lotus in the Battlefield Between the Two Worlds. 1

He had been nurturing it since then and turned it into a blessed land of the institution. From a certain standpoint, the Spirit Lotus Pond was even more important than the Starry Tree in the Star Observatory.0

Before obtaining the Starry Tree, Shang Xia had to admit that he was slightly envious of Ge Qingzhu’s opportunities. 0

The Spirit Lotus Pond was massive and anyone between the Martial Intent Realm and Martial Dipper Realm would be able to make use of it. For any faction, cultivators at that level made up the bulk of their strength and could be considered the key to a faction’s rise or decline.0

The Starry Tree might be extremely useful, but the effects only came into play during an attempt to enter the Martial Void Realm. Moreover, the tree was extremely difficult to grow and the time taken for a Starry Fruit to mature was long. Also… There were only 3 fruits...0