Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang shook his head.
"Golden Roc, I'm afraid you're mistaken!"
He turned toward the silver-white Light Screen in the Star Chart.
"Cultivators from the Fringe Region managed to reach the Great Emperor, Half-Immortal, and even True Immortal realms despite scarce resources and the crushing suppression of the World Will. What does that tell us?"
He paused. A flicker of admiration crossed his clouded old eyes.
"It tells us their talent and perseverance far surpass those of ordinary people!"
"Once such people enter the resource-rich Ancient Region, with the Time Acceleration Secret Realm and the Heaven and Earth Origin to aid them, they'll grow far faster than we can imagine!"
"They aren't burdens. They're uncut jade, geniuses waiting to be shaped!"
The Sacred Radiance Ancient Emperor pondered. "Yin Yang has a point, but training them will take time, and time is what we lack most!"
Immortal Emperor Yin-Yang nodded.
"Sacred Radiance is right. Time is pressing. That's precisely why we need power we can control!"
"We can't control the forces of the Primordial Region. We don't know when they'll act, how they'll act, or what the New Alliance will become afterward!"
"But our compatriots in the Fringe Region are a force we can count on. They're the Alliance Leader's comrades and old friends of Huo Li, Fairy Qingci, and Fellow Daoist Ye Kong. They share the New Alliance's purpose and will never betray us!"
"Give them time, and they'll become our strongest support!"
He paused, and a deep light flashed in his clouded old eyes.
"Besides, breaking through the relatively easier Ancient Barrier first will let us gain experience, learn to work together, and test the Spacetime Compass's stability!"
"Once that passage is secure and the New Alliance has grown stronger, we can face the more powerful and unpredictable