The number of disciples joining the sect far exceeded Shi Lan's expectations.
Even though those scions of the great clans were temporarily holding back, ordinary people who wanted to change their fate still came in an endless stream, like carp crossing a river.
The three hundred disciples were stretched thin for a time. With no other choice, Shi Lan extracted another two hundred people from the minor world, only then managing to cope.
Fortunately, Li Canglan's requirements for selecting disciples were extremely strict. The lowlifes who came solely to fish in troubled waters were all turned away at the gates.
Thus, although countless people came, after a month, only a little over ten thousand had entered the gates of the Tianyan Sect—practically one in ten thousand compared to the number of applicants.
The cultivation of the immortal path was divided into the immortal and mortal realms. The mortal realm consisted of eight stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Dao Integration, Tribulation Transcendence, and Mahayana. Mahayana was the pinnacle of the mortal realm. Once one crossed that step, one became an immortal.
To facilitate the cultivation of these new disciples, and also to prevent the immortal arts from leaking too extensively, Shi Lan directly divided the immortal scripture into four sections of techniques.
From Qi Refining to Golden Core was the Qi Guidance Chapter, from Nascent Soul to Dao Integration was the Soul-Nourishing Chapter, and the Tribulation Transcendence and Mahayana stages made up the Return-to-True Chapter. The final method of becoming an immortal was the Fate-Reversing Chapter.
According to the immortal scripture, a True Immortal was eternal and boundless. Even if Heaven and Earth fell silent and perished, an immortal would still endure throughout the ages. Such a terrifying description was no exaggeration to call defying