After analyzing and speculating, Ling Tian and the others all believed that cultivators in the past and those of the present might not have faced the same level of difficulty in becoming Saints. After all, Ling Tian, Chi Xue, and the others had nearly the finest aptitudes in the entire star field. By rights, their talents should have been comparable to those of cultivators who had become Saints, or at least not far behind. Yet, as things stood, becoming Saints was extremely difficult for them. This alone suggested that it was harder for cultivators today to become Saints than it had been in the past.
Ling Tian and the others knew about conditions in the God Realm, too. They were far harsher than those in the star field now, making it much harder for cultivators to advance and break through. They had seen as much in how rapidly their realms had advanced after they broke free of the Lord of the Universe's restraints. That only strengthened their belief that cultivators from different eras faced different levels of difficulty in breaking through to Sainthood.
"So cultivators in the past found it easier to become Saints because their environment was much better than it is now?" Though Chang Xiangshou was only speculating, she sounded certain. "What made conditions so much harsher now? Could the master of this star field be in poor health, too?"
The Lord of the Universe's poor health had made conditions in the God Realm, Immortal Realm, and even Cultivation World increasingly harsh. From this, Chang Xiangshou naturally concluded that the master of this star field was in worse shape than before.
"This... this is very possible." The Creation Divine Tree could barely hide its shock. It murmured, "This star field is vastly more powerful than the universe created