"Yes. The artifact is a jade tree with jade leaves," the Snow Empress said.
"We do not know where it came from. But these leaves hold the power to temporarily enhance the strength of a path, even without the formal ranks established."
"Oh?" Grey's interest was piqued. This was genuinely surprising.
"Where did this jade tree come from?"
The Snow Empress shook her head upon hearing this. "We do not know its exact origins, because it was simply swept into our universe out of nowhere."
"Swept into our universe?" Grey frowned.
Something being swept into a universe was rarely a good thing. Technically, there was no such thing as aimlessly floating into a universe, because outside the various planes of existence lay the raw, destructive chaos. That meant most artifacts and ordinary materials would not even survive the journey.
