A Progenitor wasn't even qualified to protect themself, let alone someone in the mere Spiritual Molting Realm.
Even Progenitor-level powerhouses sometimes couldn't protect themselves in the Yu Jiuxiao Campaign.
"Most of the cultivators joining the battle are only in the Spiritual Molting Realm. I'm a Progenitor, so why shouldn't I go?" Qiu Nan Hong Ye said, then ended the call.
Her eyes, hidden behind a veil, seemed to look into the distance, toward the foot of the Sixth Night Pillar, where countless cultivators were still arriving to enlist and join the expedition.
It was incredibly difficult to climb the ranks of the cultivation world. Some people spent their entire lives slowly cultivating with only the most basic resources. The odds of producing a Progenitor were actually about the same as in the Heavenly Origin Universe. It was just that the number of cultivators in the Nine Heavens Universe was absurdly high, so people saw quite a few Progenitors.
In particular, the cultivators Lu Yin had met all had powerful backgrounds or great opportunities. Ordinary cultivators could never cross paths with him, so naturally, he saw more powerhouses.
But most people were quite ordinary.
For ordinary cultivators to make something of themselves, they had to fight for it.
The Yu Jiuxiao Campaign was an opportunity.
If they survived, then even setting aside what they might gain in the Outer Universe, the Military Merit earned just for taking part would be enough to push every cultivator up a step. Some might even advance two or three steps, saving them countless years.
Despite the high chance of death, people continued to enlist in droves.
Of course, it depended on the target of the expedition.
When they had once launched an expedition to the Cang Tian Universe, very few had joined. The various major