That single drop, had the effect of tightening an aetherial's foundation, and clearing all bottlenecks in one's path of ascension.
In short, after taking that single drop, if your potential was to reach the alpha rank, your climb to that rank wouldn't slow down the closer you get to said rank, unlike before.
That single drop was enough to guarantee that as long as you don't die, you'd eventually achieve your full potential, with much less difficulty and time no less.
Now that the human race had won, the human race would be the one to monopolize the sap produced during the last one hundred years.
But the wonders of the divine tree didn't end there. The champion's prize was another matter entirely. It was quite simple really, the champion gets to be blessed by the divine tree.
It was no wonder why the other three races waged war on the demons for the possession of the demon continent, and in extension, the divine tree.
