Naturally

The Heavenly Dao sent down a rain of dew called Spirit Fiends. Countless seeds drank in its nourishment. Some grew larger than the rest, shading an entire region as their roots spread and drank in more rain. They grew ever more enormous, storing the most nourishment and leaving no room for new trees to grow beneath their shade.

The Heavenly Dao deemed this undesirable, so it sent the Seven Killings Tribulation to destroy these giant trees. They would be burned to ash and turned into nourishment, once more enriching the earth.

That was the truth behind the Seven Killings Tribulation.

On the surface, it seemed to be just that.

But as the only top-tier Seven Killings Tribulation in history, perhaps, to have both parents, An Jing had a somewhat different view.

First, if the world truly only wanted to release the nourishment trapped within the great sects, yet imposed no other constraints, then all it would do was repeat a dull cycle: the nourishment released from a great sect would only give rise to another sect. Just as the Great Chen Imperial Dynasty, born after the Yushen Great Court was destroyed, was so much like its predecessor.

Second, did the natural cycle really produce more martial artists than the sects did?

An Jing thought that, objectively speaking, sects definitely produced more martial artists.

A teacher was someone who imparted the Way, taught skills, and answered questions. The Heavenly Dao could be said to have imparted the Way to those with Divine Fate, but for other, lesser Fate Grids, it had merely given them the chance to learn. Those martial artists who awakened a Fate Grid still had to seek out a sect to learn and grow, didn't they?

Many Fate Holders without teachers fell before they could mature. Far too