The Red Flame Sect still had quite a few disciples whose aptitude was passable.
People such as Mingyu, Mingcang, Flower Fairy Ami, Wang Peiyu, Yu Qingning, Yuan Heming, Situ, Guo Xun, Tu Lin, Whale Overturning Sea, and the others—had they been born over a thousand years ago, reaching the Formless Realm would already have been extraordinary for them. Becoming True Immortals would have been nearly impossible.
But times had changed. Over the years, Shen Mo had amassed a tremendous foundation for the Red Flame Sect. Its Blessed Land spirit veins, cultivation manuals, external resources, and more far surpassed even the Little Penglai that Wang Wuyue had managed for a million years. He had also manifested multiple incarnations that often preached and expounded the Dao within the sect. From the Heavenly Realm, he could even weaken the trials of ascension and shield those undergoing tribulation, granting those once fated never to become immortals a sliver of hope of attaining True Immortality!
Even if they found it difficult to succeed in this life, they could still reincarnate in the Central Heaven Realm through secret Samsara arts. Perhaps in their next life, they could continue upon the immortal road.
Furthermore, over the years, quite a few seeds of True Immortals had emerged among the billions of immortal and mortal beings under the Red Flame Sect's rule. Their origins were rather complex. Some were Red Flame Domain beings who had dwelled, multiplied, and survived within the Azure Cloud Blessed Land to this day; some were seekers of immortality from the Nine Dragonheart Worlds who had risen through the sect's branch courtyards; others had encountered the opportunity of the Dao-Bearing Jade Pendant and ascended from the myriad heavens and worlds to Five Dragon Mountain.
Now that Little Penglai had been refined into the Azure Cloud