Actually, if Shi Hao were willing to reveal the secret of the Immortal Abode, he could have definitely sold a portion of the World Tree Essence for a high price, as I believe there would have been plenty of peerless great entities willing to purchase it for their descendants.
But a greater possibility was that both the Immortal Abode and the World Tree Essence would have been stolen, with Shi Hao meeting a violent end.
There was no helping it—without sufficient strength, but possessing a treasure that others coveted, was of course asking for hostility.
Expect others to be kind?
Hehe.
Indeed, there are good people in the world, but there are also bad ones.
So, what about Immortal Stones?
The Purple Gold Rat said that these are used for the cultivation of Immortals, containing the secrets of the great Dao, but the problem is that this stuff is too high-end, and even for those capable of building the Sky Ladder, it's garbage, completely useless.
