Under these circumstances, Lu Xiaotian's importance to Soaring Heavens Palace had grown even greater. Nascent Soul Cultivators were the pillars that held up a sect's sky, yet Soaring Heavens Palace had suffered heavy losses in the previous melee across the cultivation realm. Counting every last one, only seventeen Golden Core Cultivators remained, and that included Luo Qian, who could no longer participate in battles normally.
The situation had originally been one of two pillars supporting the heavens, but it had become Chen Henian holding everything up alone. In the current war with the ghost tribe, Soaring Heavens Palace was undoubtedly in an extremely difficult position. Fortunately, the palace had gained enough benefits from the previous battle. The two Nascent Soul Formation Pills won from Ancestor Jiebing had also arrived, allowing Chen Henian to catch his breath a little.
By comparison, Lu Xiaotian was nearly equal to half a Nascent Soul Cultivator. Although his strength was worlds apart from that of a true Nascent Soul Patriarch, below the Nascent Soul Realm, he had few opponents. When Nascent Soul-level ghost cultivators were deployed, the patriarchs of the various sects would usually deal with them. But Golden Core-level ghost cultivators—in other words, those Ghost Marshals—basically had to be handled by the sects themselves.
Soaring Heavens Palace now had only a little over ten Golden Core Cultivators who could truly take the battlefield. Defending a place alone was inevitably nerve-racking. It was only because Lu Xiaotian was stationed there that these people could feel at ease; compared with the other sects, their circumstances were at least somewhat better.
With the help of those Nascent Soul Cultivators, Lu Xiaotian had nearly obtained everything he needed by now: the Snow-Yin Creation Crystal and the two rewarded Nascent Soul Formation Pills. In addition, Ten-Tier demonic eagle blood