In terms of numbers, Manghuang Mountain's sect disciples could not compare with those of the first-rate great sects. But in terms of cultivation realms, it was by no means inferior to any first-rate sect.
Manghuang Mountain's primary requirement for accepting disciples was Foundation Establishment, and it had strict age requirements as well. They had to successfully establish their foundations before reaching their thirties. Foundation Establishment cultivators of such an age could already be considered people with fairly good cultivation aptitudes.
As long as those who joined Manghuang Mountain were not exceptionally unlucky, reaching the Core Formation realm was virtually certain.
Thus, although Manghuang Mountain had only several thousand people, most of them were cultivators in the Core Formation realm or above. During the several decades of turmoil in the Cultivation World, under Manghuang Mountain's deliberate cultivation efforts, the number of Nascent Soul cultivators had even reached two or three hundred. Compared with those super sects, it was not inferior—and might even have surpassed them.
At this moment, so many cultivators had appeared in a mighty procession outside the enormous sect-protecting restriction. The people of the Baleful God Sect, who had surrounded Manghuang Mountain for years, were momentarily stunned on the spot.
Seven late Nascent Soul stage and peak-stage cultivators led several hundred Nascent Soul cultivators, followed by more than three thousand people in the Core Formation realm. Their ranks were orderly and imposing. Compared with the numerous Rogue Cultivators, who were like loose sand, they were fewer in number, but their morale was far stronger.
The leader had restrained his aura, making his precise cultivation realm impossible to discern. Yet merely sweeping his gaze across them inspired awe. There was no need to ask—this old man was surely Zhuang Daoqin, who had advanced to the Integration stage at Manghuang Mountain