From Snow Emperor's handling of the matter, it was clear that her attitude toward Han Liang was utterly different from how she had always treated you. Yet on reflection, that was only natural. Though Cold Abyss Divine Palace possessed vast wealth and resources, it could not withstand reckless squandering. Rationality outweighed sentiment in Snow Emperor's way of doing things. In some respects, she resembled a female version of Qin Huang: handling matters impartially while placing great importance on those of value.
Han Liang had possessed a Prove the Dao Treasure for his first Dao Verification, and his conditions had been far superior to those of many others, yet he had still fallen at the second trial of Dao Verification. This also indirectly proved that his talent was rather "ordinary." Perhaps, in Snow Emperor's eyes, he was no longer worth investing too many resources in.
You could not demand more from Snow Emperor. Perhaps as your cultivation realm rose, your perspective had changed as well, allowing you to understand that merely gaining one or two newly advanced Immortal Kings would do little to enhance Cold Abyss Divine Palace's strength.
If they truly wished to look, Cold Abyss Divine Palace had quite a few such geniuses. With vigorous cultivation, they could be raised up.
To many people, a newly advanced Immortal King was already an exceedingly formidable expert. But from Snow Emperor's perspective, when truly facing raging winds and towering waves, anyone without the strength of an Immortal King Third Realm could not provide even the slightest help in weathering the storm. Disciples of such strength were therefore not all that useful.
That was not to say that those at the newly advanced Immortal King realm had no value at all. At the very least, they were useful for guarding resource strongholds