This probably counted as getting something in return for what they gave up. Through Grotto-heaven blessed lands, the Immortal Realm, Heaven, Mount Olympus, and similar means, the immortals had continued living in places rich in spiritual energy during the five hundred years of Spiritual Energy Decline, free to cultivate, train, and live as they pleased. But they had lost the first fifty years of every millennium.
It sounded like it did not matter much, but what if they had obediently accepted the five-hundred-year seal and could awaken during those first fifty years?
Just like the backstory behind the Herrscher of Knowledge's original identity, an A-rank Talent User's talent activated after her death, but she fell asleep because spiritual energy had declined.
That A-rank Talent User had truly been sealed for five hundred years, so after Spiritual Energy Revival, Chen Luo could awaken her directly without waiting for the separation between heaven and earth to end.
Simply put, it was like escaping punishment, but not entirely escaping it.
Those ancestors and gods who sealed themselves within Grotto-heaven blessed lands traded the punishment of being unable to descend to the mortal world during the first fifty years of every millennium for the benefit of being able to move freely, cultivate, and train during the five hundred years of Spiritual Energy Decline.
Strictly speaking, if everyone chose to enter Grotto-heaven blessed lands together and seal themselves for five hundred years, then everyone's appearance would be delayed by fifty years. No one could get ahead, so it was practically no punishment at all.
It was like postponing a three-day vacation, while also extending the start of school by three days.
Doing that was basically guaranteed profit with no losses.
After all, if they did not go to a Grotto-heaven blessed land, then the five